INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 29, 1988, between The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), a mutual life insurance company organized under the laws of New Jersey, and The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Partnership (the “Partnership”), a general partnership organized under the laws of New Jersey.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, The Partnership has been established to provide a means for investing and reinvesting the assets allocated to real estate investment options under the variable life and variable annuity contracts issued by Prudential and under such contracts issued by affiliated life insurance companies; and
WHEREAS, Prudential has extensive experience in the acquisition and management of real estate equities, mortgages, land sale-leasebacks and other investments (including short-term and intermediate-term debt instruments) that satisfy the investment policies of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, The Partnership desires that Prudential act as the Partnership's investment manager; and
WHEREAS, Prudential desires to accept such appointment, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, The Partnership and Prudential agree as follows:
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1.Prudential shall act as the investment manager of the Partnership for a daily investment management fee equal to an aggregate 1.25% per year of the average daily gross assets of the Partnership. The Partnership shall. also bear all of its actual operating expenses. The Partnership acknowledges that Prudential engages in real estate investment activities on its own behalf and manages other real estate investment portfolios for separate accounts, subsidiaries, real estate investment trusts, limited partnerships, and other entities, and further acknowledges that such activities may be in competition with the Partnership for the acquisition and disposition of investments and the time and services of Prudential's employees.
2.Prudential shall manage the investment and reinvestment of assets held by the Partnership in a manner consistent with the prospectuses for the separate accounts participating in the Partnership contained in the then-current registration statements for such accounts on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Partnership has delivered or will deliver to Prudential copies of such prospectuses and shall promptly furnish Prudential with a copy of each amendment or supplement thereto.
3.The Partnership shall provide Prudential with instructions for monitoring the composition of investments of the Partnership to ensure that, in accordance with a “no-action position” taken by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the separate accounts participating in the Partnership do not become “investment companies” within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Prudential shall comply with those instructions.
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4.Prudential will make such reports regarding the management of the Partnership as the Partnership may from time to time require. In addition Prudential shall furnish applicable federal and state regulatory authorities with any information or reports in connection with its services under this Agreement which such authorities may request in order to ascertain whether the Partnership's operations are being conducted in a manner consistent with any applicable law or regulation.
5.The Partnership shall be ultimately responsible for the management and control of the Partnership's assets and in furtherance thereof, the Partnership shall have the right (a) to interpret the investment objectives and policies and restrictions of the Partnership and direct Prudential to comply therewith, (b) to direct Prudential to pursue, or not pursue, any investment strategies for the Partnership, and (c) to direct Prudential to purchase or sell any specific investments for the Partnership, The Partnership shall also have the right to change the Partnership's investment objectives, policies and restrictions.
6.Prudential shall maintain such records regarding its management of the Partnership as the Partnership may require. All records maintained by Prudential in connection with this Agreement shall be the property of the Partnership and shall be returned to the Partnership upon termination of this Agreement, free from any rights of retention. The Partnership shall have the right to inspect, audit and copy all pertinent records pertaining to the performance of services under this Agreement. Prudential shall keep confidential any information obtained pursuant to this Agreement and shall disclose such information only if the Partnership has authorized such disclosure, or if such disclosure is expressly required by applicable regulatory authorities.
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7.The Partnership acknowledges that, in addition to the management fee set forth in paragraph one of this Agreement, Prudential's management of the Partnership's assets may result in Prudential or its affiliates obtaining substantial fee income from the Partnership's assets or from the cash flow of the Partnership's investments for services rendered in connection with the Partnership's operations, including, but not limited to, real estate brokerage commissions and fees for property management services.
8.The term of this Agreement shall be one year, commencing as of the date set forth above and continuing automatically from year to year thereafter; provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time upon not less than 15 days' prior written notice to the other party.
10.This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written,
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| THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | |||||
 | By:  | ||||
| Senior Vice President and Actuary | |||||
| THE PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT REAL PROPERTY PARTNERSHIP | |||||
| ATTEST: | BY: PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (A General Partner) | ||||
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