First Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement between MACC Private Equities Inc. and InvestAmerica Investment Advisors, Inc.

Summary

This amendment extends the existing Investment Advisory Agreement between MACC Private Equities Inc. and InvestAmerica Investment Advisors, Inc. for an additional one-year term, from March 1, 2000, through February 28, 2001. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged. The extension was approved by a majority of the independent directors of MACC Private Equities Inc. after review and evaluation of the agreement's terms.

EX-10.1.A 3 c66685ex10-1_a.txt FIRST AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.1.a. FIRST AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN MACC PRIVATE EQUITIES INC. AND INVESTAMERICA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. FIRST AMENDMENT TO MACC PRIVATE EQUITIES INC. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO MACC PRIVATE EQUITIES INC. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this "First Amendment"), dated as of February 22, 2000, amends the terms of the MACC Private Equities Inc. Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of March 1, 1998, between MACC Private Equities Inc. (the "Corporation") and InvestAmerica Investment Advisors, Inc. ("InvestAmerica"). All terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect except as expressly amended herein. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Agreement. WHEREAS, the original term of the Agreement was for two years from the date thereof, through February 29, 2000, subject to annual continuance thereafter in accordance with Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who are not interested persons of InvestAmerica, or by the vote of the holders of a majority of the Corporation's outstanding voting securities; and WHEREAS, at a meeting duly held on February 22, 2000, a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who are not interested persons of InvestAmerica, having requested from InvestAmerica and received and evaluated such information as deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement, determined that the continuance of the Agreement for an additional one-year term was in the best interests of the Corporation. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: Pursuant to Section 7 of the Agreement, the term of the Agreement shall be continued in effect for a one-year period from March 1, 2000 through February 28, 2001. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this FIRST AMENDMENT as of the year and date first above written. MACC PRIVATE EQUITIES INC. By: /s/ Paul M. Bass ------------------------------------- Paul M. Bass, Chairman INVESTAMERICA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. By: /s/ David R. Schroder ------------------------------------- David R. Schroder, President