-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FkkoT5ddLnloqmOCBIB5uWUo3uzfYpaR4KTk+jajajEgjcNhYhDe6Y8sIt+fsd0F iJUnhOa/j15/hOm5SZzjiA== 0001318148-06-000016.txt : 20060112 0001318148-06-000016.hdr.sgml : 20060112 20060112113323 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001318148-06-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-14/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MTB GROUP OF FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000830744 IRS NUMBER: 232515567 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-14/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130096 FILM NUMBER: 06526352 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5800 CORPORATE DRIVE CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15237-7010 BUSINESS PHONE: 8008362211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5800 CORPORATE DRIVE CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15237-7010 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VISION GROUP OF FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VISION GROUP OF FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 N-14/A 1 form.txt File No. 333-130096 As filed with the SEC on January 12, 2006 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x ------- Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 Post-Effective Amendment No. (Check appropriate box or boxes) MTB GROUP OF FUNDS (Retail/Institutional Funds) (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) (412) 288-1900 (Area Code and Telephone Number) 5800 Corporate Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7010 (Address of Principal Executive Offices -- Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) C. Grant Anderson, Esquire Reed Smith LLP Federated Investors Tower 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 (Name and Address of Agent for Service -- Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) Copies to: Matthew G. Maloney, Esquire Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP 2101 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037-1526 (202) 828-2218 Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The public offering of shares of Registrant's series is on-going. The title of securities being registered is shares of beneficial interest. No filing fee is due because Registrant is relying on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. PART C OTHER INFORMATION Item 15. Indemnification Indemnification is provided to officers and Trustees of the Registrant pursuant to Section 4 of Article VII of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust ("Declaration of Trust"). The Registrant's officers and Trustees are also entitled to purchase with Trust property coverage under an Errors & Omissions Policy pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Declaration of Trust. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), may be permitted to Trustees, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act, and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by Trustees, officers, or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such Trustees, officers, or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities may be permitted pursuant to Section 17 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), for Trustees, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware of the position of the SEC as set forth in Investment Company Act Release No. IC-11330. Therefore, the Registrant undertakes that, in addition to complying with the applicable provisions of the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, in the absence of a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before which the proceeding was brought, that an indemnification payment will not be made unless in the absence of such a decision, a reasonable determination based upon factual review has been made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum of non-party Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Registrant or (ii) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that the indemnitee was not liable for an act of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties. The Registrant further undertakes that advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of a proceeding (upon undertaking for repayment unless it is ultimately determined that indemnification is appropriate) against an officer, Trustee, or controlling person of the Registrant will not be made absent the fulfillment of at least one of the following conditions: (i) the indemnitee provides security for his undertaking; (ii) the Registrant is insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances; or (iii) a majority of a quorum of disinterested non-party Trustees, or independent legal counsel in a written opinion, makes a factual determination that there is reason to believe the indemnitee will be entitled to indemnification. Item 16. Exhibits (1) (a) Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of MTB Group of Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust; (41) (b) Conformed copy of Amendment to Certificate of Trust of MTB Group of Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust; (38) (2) (a) Copy of Amended and Restated By-Laws of MTB Group of Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust; (38) (b) Copy of Amendment #1 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of MTB Group of Funds; (41) (c) Copy of Amendment #2 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of MTB Group of Funds; (44) (3) Not applicable. (4) Forms of Agreement and Plans of Reorganization are filed as Exhibits A and B to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. (46) (5) The rights of security holders of the Registrant are defined in the following sections of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws: (a)Agreement and Declaration of Trust. See Article III, "Shares," Section 6; Article V, "Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meetings," Section 1; and Article VI, "Net Asset Value, Distributions and Redemptions," Section 2. (b)By-Laws. See Article II, "Meetings of Shareholders," Section 6 and Section 9. (6) (a) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (27 funds) dated August 22, 2003; (39) (b) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (2 money market funds) dated August 22, 2003; (43) (c) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (5 funds) dated August 22, 2003; (39) (d) Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement for the MTB Small Cap Stock Fund (Mazama Capital Management, Inc.), dated August 22, 2003; (39) (e) Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB Small Cap Stock Fund (LSV Asset Management), dated August 22, 2003; (39) (f) Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB International Equity (UBS Global Asset Management), dated August 22, 2003; (39) (g) Conformed copy of Amendment to Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB Small Cap Stock Fund (Mazama Capital Management, Inc.); (39) (h) Conformed copy of Amendment to Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB Small Cap Stock Fund (LSV Asset Management); (39) (i) Conformed copy of Amendment to Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB International Equity Fund (UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc.); (39) (j) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Contract Letter Agreement, dated April 1, 2004; (39) (k) Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB Large Cap Value Fund and MTB Large Cap Value Fund II (NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC) dated December 8, 2004; (42) (l) Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement for MTB Equity Income Fund (DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.) dated December 8, 2004; (42) (m) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Contract Letter Agreement, dated February 15, 2005 (Variable Annuity Funds); (44) (n) Conformed copy of Investment Sub-Advisory Contract Letter Agreement for the Mid Cap Stock Fund, dated December 8, 2004; (43) (o) Conformed copy of Investment Sub-Advisory Contract Letter Agreement for the Small Cap Stock Fund, dated December 8, 2004; (43) (p) Conformed copy of Schedule A to the Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (27 funds) dated August 22, 2003; (43) (q) Conformed copy of Schedule A to the Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (2 money market funds); (44) (r) Conformed copy of Schedule A to the Investment Advisory Agreement of the Registrant (27 funds); (44) (s) Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Contract Letter Agreement, dated January 6, 2006. + (7) (a) Conformed copy of Distributor's Contract of the Registrant, dated August 15, 2003; (39) (b) Conformed copy of Amendment to Distributor's Contract (September 22, 2003); (39) (c) Conformed copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit B to the Distributor's Contract; (43) (d) Conformed copy of Agreement for Administrative Services between the Registrant and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company; (43) (e) Form of Mutual Fund Sales and Services Agreement of the Registrant; (40) (8) Not applicable; (9) (a) Conformed copy of Custodian Agreement of the Registrant, dated December 7, 2004 and copy of Schedules A-D to the Custodian Agreement of the Registrant; (42) (b) Conformed copy of Custody, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration Fee Schedule; (40) (c) Conformed copy of Securities Lending Authorization Agreement between MTB Group of Fund and State Street Bank & Trust Company; (41) (d) Copy of Appendix A to the Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and State Street Bank, dated April 29, 2005; (43) (e) Conformed copy of Funds Transfer Addendum to the Custodian Contract; (44) (10) (a) Conformed copy of Rule 12b-1 Agreement of the Registrant and Edgewood Services, Inc.; (41) (b) Conformed copy of Rule 12b-1 Plan regarding Class B Shares and Class C Shares of the Registrant; (40) (c) Conformed copy of Rule 12b-1 Plan (non-Class B Shares and Class C Shares) of the Registrant; (40) (d) Copy of Dealer (Sales) Agreement; (7) (e) Copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit A to the Rule 12b-1 Plan; (43) (f) Conformed copy of Contract Defining Responsibility for Fees Under Non-Conforming Dealer Agreement; (43) (11) Form of Opinion and Consent of Counsel (Reed Smith LLP) as to the legality of the securities being registered; (45) (12) Form of Tax Opinion of Reed Smith LLP, supporting the tax matters and consequences to shareholders for the reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code discussed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for the Reorganization; (to be filed by amendment) (13) (a) Copy of Recordkeeping Agreement of the Registrant; (43) (b) Copy of Recordkeeping Agreement of the Registrant for the VA Funds; (43) (c) Conformed copy of Agreement for Administrative Services and Transfer Agency Services between the Registrant and Federated Services Company, dated November 1, 2000; (43) (d) Conformed copy of Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement between Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated November 8, 2000; (43) (e) Conformed copy of Shareholder Services Agreement of the Registrant, dated November 8, 2000; (43) (f) Conformed copy of Shareholder Services Plan, dated November 1, 2000; (43) (g) Conformed copy of Shareholder Services Plan for the VA Funds, dated February 22, 2005; (43) (h) Conformed copy of Participation Agreement of the Registrant, including Exhibits A-E; (36) (i) Conformed copy of Indemnification Agreement of the Registrant; (36) (j) Conformed copy of Service Mark License Agreement; (39) (k) Conformed copy of Assignment and Consent of Fund Participation Agreement; (40) (l) Conformed copy of Participation Agreement among MTB Group of Funds, Edgewood Services, Inc., MTB Investment Advisors, Inc., TransAmerica Life Insurance Co. and TransAmerica Financial Life Insurance Co.; (41) (m) Conformed copy of Participation Agreement among MTB Group of Funds, Edgewood Services, Inc., MTB Investment Advisors, Inc., and Hartford Life Insurance Company, dated May 1, 2004, including Schedules A-E; (42) (n) Conformed copy of Agreement for Transfer Agency Services between the Registrant and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., dated November 1, 2000; (43) (o) Conformed copy of Amendment No. 1 to Schedules A and C of the Participation Agreement with TransAmerica Life Insurance Co. and TransAmerica Financial Life Insurance Co.; (43) (p) Conformed copy of Amendment #9 to the Agreement for Administrative Services and Transfer Agency Services between the Registrant and Federated Services Company; (44) (q) Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company; (44) (r) Conformed copy of Assignment of Contracts between Federated Services Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company; (44) (14) (a) Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for MTB Group of Funds, Ernst & Young LLP; (46) (b) Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for The FBR Funds, Tait, Weller and Baker LLP; (46) (15) Not applicable; (16) Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of the Registrant; (46) (17) (a) Form of Proxy - FBR Maryland Tax-Free Portfolio; (45) (b) Form of Proxy - FBR Virginia Tax-Free Portfolio. (45) - ------------------------------------------------- + All exhibits have been filed electronically. 7. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 on Form N-1A filed June 17, 1993. (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514) 36. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 on Form N-1A filed June 27, 2002 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514) 38. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 on Form N-1A filed August 22, 2003 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 39. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 on Form N-1A filed April 28, 2004 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 40. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 on Form N-1A filed July 1, 2004 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 41. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 on Form N-1A filed August 27, 2004 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 42. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 on Form N-1A filed February 11, 2005 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 43. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 63 on Form N-1A filed April 28, 2005 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 44. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 on Form N-1A filed August 29, 2005 (File Nos. 33-20673 and 811-5514). 45. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-14 filed December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-130096 and 811-5514). 46. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form N-14 filed January 3, 2006 (File Nos. 333-130096 and 811-5514). Item 17. Undertakings (1) The undersigned registrant agrees that, prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form. (2) The undersigned registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them. (3) The undersigned Registrant agrees to file by Post-Effective Amendment the opinion of counsel regarding the tax consequences of the proposed reorganization required by Item 16(12) of Form N-14 within a reasonable time after receipt of such opinion. SIGNATURES As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the Registrant, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of January, 2006. MTB GROUP OF FUNDS By: /s/C. Grant Anderson C. Grant Anderson, Secretary As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity and on the dates indicated. NAME: TITLE: DATE: /s/ C. Grant Anderson Attorney in Fact for January 12, 2006 the Persons Listed Below - ------------------------------ C. Grant Anderson Joseph J. Castiglia* Chairman of the Board and Trustee Charles L. Davis, Jr.* Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Carl W. Jordan* President Richard N. Paddock* Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) William H. Cowie, Jr. Trustee John S. Cramer Trustee Mark J. Czarnecki* Trustee Daniel R. Gernatt, Jr.* Trustee Richard B. Seidel* Trustee Marguerite D. Hambleton* Trustee * By Power of Attorney EX-99.ADV LETTER AGR 2 advletter.txt Exhibit (6)(s) INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT LETTER AGREEMENT MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. 100 East Pratt Street 17th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 January 6, 2006 MTB Group of Funds 5800 Corporate Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15237-7010 Dear Sirs: Under the Investment Advisory Contract between MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. (the "Adviser") and MTB Group of Funds (the "Trust"), dated August 22, 2003, as amended, the Adviser agrees to contractually waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fee (based on average daily net assets) and other fees (including Rule 12b-1 and shareholder services fees) which it is otherwise entitled to receive from the Funds listed below and/or to reimburse operating expenses of the Funds in order to limit each Fund's total operating expenses for Class A Shares to not more than the stated amount of the Fund's average daily net assets, for the period starting from January 6, 2006 through the latter date of April 30, 2008 or two years from the closing date of the Reorganization with corresponding portfolios of The FBR Funds. Maximum Total Net Operating Expenses Class A Shares MTB Maryland Municipal Bond Fund - Class A Shares 0.85% MTB Virginia Municipal Bond Fund - Class A Shares 0.90% If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, please so indicate by signing and returning to the Trust the enclosed copy hereof. This may be executed in counterpart. Very truly yours, MTB INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. By: /s/ Scot A Millen Name: Scot A. Millen Title: Vice President ACCEPTED BY: MTB GROUP OF FUNDS By: /s/ Judith J. Mackin --------------------------- Name: Judith J. Mackin Title: Vice President -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----