DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
Agreement entered into this _____ day of ______________, 2000, between Calvert
Variable Series, Inc., First Variable Rate Fund for Government Income, Calvert
Tax-Free Reserves, The Calvert Fund, Calvert Cash Reserves, Calvert Social
Investment Fund, Calvert Municipal Fund, Inc., Calvert New World Fund, Inc.,
Calvert Social Index Series, Inc., Calvert Impact Fund, Inc. and/or Calvert
World Values Fund, Inc.(hereinafter referred to as the Fund or Funds), and
______________ (Director or Trustee, hereinafter referred to as the Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Trustee will be rendering valuable services to the Fund or Funds as
a member of the Board of Trustees, and the Fund or Funds is willing to
accommodate the Trustee's desire to be compensated for such services on a
deferred basis;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. With respect to services performed by the Trustee for the Fund or Funds
on and after the first day of , 2000, the Trustee shall defer % of the
amounts otherwise payable to the Trustee for serving as a Trustee. The deferred
compensation shall be credited to a book reserve maintained by the Fund or Funds
in the Trustee's name together with credited amounts in the nature of earnings
("Account(s)"). The account maintained for the Trustee shall be paid to the
Trustee on a deferred basis in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2. The Fund or Funds shall credit the Trustee's Account as of the day such
amount would have been paid to the Trustee if this Agreement were not in effect.
Such Accounts shall be valued at fair market value as of the last day of the
calendar year and such other dates as are necessary for the proper
administration of this Agreement, and each Trustee shall receive a written
accounting of his account balance(s) following such valuation.
A Trustee may request that his/her deferred compensation be allocated among
the available Funds or placed in a money market deposit account. The initial
allocation request may be made at the time of enrollment. Once made, an
investment allocation request shall remain in effect for all subsequent deferred
compensation until changed by the Trustee. A Trustee may change his/her
investment allocation by submitting a written request to the Administrator on
such form as may be required by the Administrator or by telephoning the
Administrator (or his/her delegate). Such changes shall become effective as soon
as administratively feasible after the Administrator receives such request.
Although the Fund intends to invest the deferred compensation according to the
Trustee's requests, it reserves the right to invest the deferred compensation
without regard to such requests. The Administrator is the Calvert Group, Ltd.
Controller.
3. As of January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year the
Trustee dies, retires, resigns or otherwise ceases to be a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Fund or Funds; the Fund or Funds shall: (check one)
( ) pay the Trustee (or his or her beneficiary) a lump sum amount
equal to the balance in the Trustee's account on that date or
( ) commence making annual payments to the Trustee (or his or her
beneficiary) for a period of ____ (2 through 15) years.
If the second box is selected, such payments shall be made on January 31st
of each year in approximately equal annual installments as adjusted and computed
by the Fund or Funds, with the final payment equaling the then remaining balance
in the Trustee's account. If the balance in the Trustee's account as of the date
of the first scheduled payment is less than $2,000, the Fund or Funds shall
instead pay such amount in a lump sum as of that date. The Trustee may not
select a period of time, which will cause an annual payment to be less than
$1,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Trustee ceases to
be a Trustee of the Fund or Funds and becomes a proprietor, officer, partner,
employee, or otherwise becomes affiliated with any business or entity that is in
competition with the Fund or Funds, or becomes employed by any governmental
agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the Fund or Funds, the Fund or
Funds reserves the right at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees to make
an immediate lump sum payment to the Trustee in an amount equal to the balance
in the Trustee's account at that time.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Fund or Funds may at any time
make a lump sum payment to the Trustee (or surviving beneficiary) equal to a
part or all of the balance in the Trustee's account upon a showing of a
financial emergency caused by circumstances beyond the control of the Trustee
(or surviving beneficiary) which would result in serious financial hardship if
such payments were not made. The determination of whether such emergency exists
shall be made at the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees of the Fund or
Funds. The amount of the payment shall be limited to the amount necessary to
meet the financial emergency, and any remaining balance in the Trustee's account
shall thereafter be paid at the time and in the manner otherwise set forth in
this section.
4. In the event that the Trustee dies before payments have commenced or been
completed under section 3 hereof, the Fund or Funds shall make payment in
accordance with section 3 to the Trustee's designated beneficiary, who shall be:
In the event that both the Trustee and the designated beneficiary have died
before the commencement or completion of payments under section 3, an amount
equal to the then remaining balance in the Trustee's account (or the portion
thereof that would have been payable to the beneficiary) shall be paid in a lump
sum. Such payment shall be made to the estate of the Trustee unless payments to
the beneficiary have already commenced, in which case the lump sum payment shall
be made to the estate of the beneficiary.
5. The Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to the Trustee's
compensation for services performed as a Trustee of the Fund or Funds in all
future years unless terminated on a prospective basis in accordance with this
section. Either the Trustee or the Fund or Funds may terminate this Agreement by
written notice delivered or mailed to the other party no later than December 31
of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which such termination is to
take effect. In addition, the Trustee may alter the amount of deferral for any
future calendar year if the Trustee and the Fund or Funds enter into an
amendment on or before December 31st of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year for which the amendment is to take effect. The amendment will be deemed to
supersede the amount of deferral for all future years unless otherwise amended
or terminated. Any termination or new amendment shall relate solely to
compensation for services performed after the termination or amendment becomes
effective and shall not alter the terms of the agreement with respect to the
deferred payment of compensation for services performed during any calendar year
in which this agreement was in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trustee may at any time amend the beneficiary designation hereunder by written
notice to the Fund or Funds.
6. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement shall create or be construed to create a trust of
any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Fund or Funds and the Trustee,
any designated beneficiary or any other person. Any compensation deferred under
the provisions of this Agreement shall continue for all purposes to be a part of
the general funds of the Fund or Funds. To the extent that any person acquires a
right to receive payments from the Fund or Funds under this Agreement, such
right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of
the Fund or Funds.
7. The right of the Trustee or any other person to receive payments under
this Agreement shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
8. If the Fund or Funds shall find that any person to whom any payment is
payable under this Agreement is unable to care for his or her affairs because of
illness or accident, or is a minor, any payment due (unless a prior claim
therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian, committee or other
legal representative) may be paid to the spouse, a parent, or a brother or
sister, or to any person deemed by the Fund or Funds to have incurred expense
for the person who is otherwise entitled to payment, in such manner and
proportions as the Fund or Funds may determine. Any such payment shall serve to
discharge the liability of the Fund or Funds under this Agreement to make
payment to the person who is otherwise entitled to payment.
9. Any written notice to the Fund or Funds referred to in this Agreement
shall be made by mailing or delivering such notice to the Fund or Funds at 4550
Montgomery Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, to the attention of the Controller,
Calvert Group, Ltd. Any written notice to the Trustee referred to in this
Agreement shall be made by delivery to the Trustee in person or by mailing such
notice to the Trustee at his or her place of residence or business address.
10. To the extent required by law, the Fund or Funds shall withhold federal
or state income taxes from any payments hereunder and shall furnish the Trustee
(or beneficiary) and the applicable governmental agency or agencies with such
reports, statements or information as may be required in connection with such
payments.
11. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Fund or Funds and its successors and assigns and the Trustee and his or her
heirs, executors, administrators and legal representative.
12. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of Maryland.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of
the date first above written.
Calvert Variable Series, Inc.
First Variable Rate Fund for Government Income
Calvert Tax-Free Reserves
The Calvert Fund
Calvert Cash Reserves
Calvert Social Investment Fund
Calvert Municipal Fund, Inc.
Calvert World Values Fund, Inc.
Calvert New World Fund, Inc.
Calvert Social Index Series, Inc.
Calvert Impact Fund, Inc.
By
(Print Name of Trustee)
(Signature of Trustee)
Date
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
By Ronald M. Wolfsheimer
(Print Name of Officer)
Treasurer
(Title)
(Signature of Officer)
Date
application for calvert group
trustee deferred compensation plan
1. Instructions
Please complete Sections 2 through 4 below. This application should be
signed by the Trustee and returned to the Administrator.
2. Trustee Information (please print)
Name of Fund:
Name of Trustee:
Address of Fund: 4550 Montgomery Ave., Ste. 1000N
Bethesda, MD 20814
3. Investment of Contributions
Contributions to the Calvert Group Trustee's Deferred Compensation Plan
shall be invested in the Calvert Group Funds:
Calvert First Government Money Market Fund %
CSIF Managed Index Portfolio _______%
CSIF Money Market Portfolio %
CSIF Balanced Portfolio %
CSIF Bond Portfolio %
CSIF Equity Portfolio %
Calvert Income Fund %
Calvert New Vision Small Cap Fund %
Calvert International Equity Portfolio %
Calvert Capital Accumulation Fund %
Calvert New Africa Fund %
Calvert Social Index Series, Inc. %
Calvert Impact Fund, Inc. %
Total %
4. Pursuant to Section 3, I choose to have my annual payments be made for:
a ____ lump sum or
b ____ years (no less than 2 nor greater than 15).
5. Acceptance
Trustee Acceptance: I hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the
Calvert Group Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan. I have read the prospectus(es)
of the chosen Fund(s).
Name Date
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Fund Number(s): Account Number: