1.INTRODUCTION
Thank you for electing to entrust MSM Property Fund (Pty) Ltd with your investment. We will
endeavour to live up to your expectations and undertake to act with your best interests in mind, at all
times.
In terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002) and other
related legislation, MSM requires a written mandate (“the mandate”) from the Client to manage
investments on behalf of the Client.
2. COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION
The mandate between MSM and “the Client” shall commence on and shall
endure
for an indefinite period unless terminated in terms of 17 below.
3. AUTHORISATION
MSM is the holder of a category II FSP license and is authorised to render intermediary services of a
discretionary nature in respect of investments schemes and products as defined in 3.1 below.
3.1 The Client authorises MSM to manage the following investments on behalf of the Client, in the
Republic of South Africa, unless otherwise indicated below:
3.1.1 securities
| Real Estate Instruments listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange
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| Real Estate Instruments listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange
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| Agriculture related Equities (listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange)
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(real estate instruments listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange)
3.1.2 money market instruments
3.1.3 other investments (please specify):
3.1.4 the following investments are expressly prohibited:
3.2 MSM shall exercise its discretion in the management of investments on behalf of the Client,
unless restricted from doing so by the terms of a particular investment. The Client authorises MSM to
execute and settle transactions in investments and exercise the rights attaching to the Client’s
investments, on the Client’s behalf, without prior reference to the Client.
3.3 Funds for investment shall, dependent on the instrument to be purchased, be paid to a member of
the exchange or shall be paid to a registered financial institution
3.4 MSM may make use of the services of its staff, or that of other approved FSP’s, to execute certain
administrative functions in the course of rendering intermediary services to the client
4. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES OF CLIENT
MSM shall follow the investment objectives of the Client as set out below:
4.1 Investment time horizon (circle appropriate item):
Note:
Notes:
Other:
4.5 EXCLUSIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
MSM may not invest in the following investments/jurisdictions on behalf of the Client:
4.6 Accruals (delete whichever is not applicable)
5. RISK DISCLOSURE
5.1 MSM uses its discretion to invest on the Client’s behalf with great care and diligence. There is a risk
associated however with investing in the financial products involved. The value of the investments and
income may rise as well as fall and there is a risk that the client may suffer financial losses. The client
does not have a claim against MSM in the event of the realisation of this risk unless it can be proved that
the losses were due to negligence, fraud, misconduct or dishonesty by MSM or its staff.
5.2 The Client acknowledges the risk as explained to him in respect of local investments and acknowledges
and understands the risk associated with local investments that have exposure to offshore investments and in
particular the effect the currency rates have on such investments.
6. REGISTRATION OF INVESTMENTS
MSM shall register the investments that from time to time it holds on behalf of the Client in the name of
the Client, or in the name of a FSB approved nominee company that the client may nominate in writing to MSM.
7. VOTING ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS
MSM may vote on behalf of the Client in respect of securities as well as in respect of a ballot conducted by
collective investment scheme in so far as the ballot relates to the investments managed by MSM on behalf of
the client.
8. TREATMENT OF FUNDS
8.1 MSM will forthwith deposit all money received from the client for the purpose of managing their
investments as defined in this mandate, directly into the bank account of the Investment Company or their
nominee company where such funds are to be placed for the future management of the investment.
Where the Client has indicated as such, all cash accruals (including dividends and interest) which are paid by
the Investment Company may be deposited directly into the Client’s nominated bank account as they accrue and
fall due.
The nominated bank account of the Client is:
Bank:
Branch:
Branch Code:
Type of Account:
Account No:
8.2 MSM shall be entitled to transfer monies from the custodian account to other institutions and/or funds in
terms of the mandate.
8.3 Any cash accruals which become available shall be re-invested by MSM in terms of this mandate unless the
client in writing instructs MSM otherwise.
8.4 Should the Client wish to implement standing instructions, the instructions must be provided to MSM in
writing.
No Cash deposit will be accepted
9. REMUNERATION
The Client shall remunerate MSM for the management of investments on behalf of the Client as set out below.
Unless otherwise stated, the payment of the fee in respect of any investment will be paid by the underlying
manager and or administrator of the investment direct to MSM and the Client shall not be required to make
any direct payments to MSM in relation thereto.
9.1 An Initial Fee of ZERO.
9.2 An Annual Fee payable monthly.
9.3 A Performance Fee (if applicable) of 20% of the growth in assets above a predetermined performance
hurdle rate, payable annually
10. REPORTING
MSM shall provide the Client with printed and/or electronic format consolidated reports and statements in
respect of his investments following each financial quarter. These quarter ends being the end of February,
May, August and November of each year.
11. ELECTRONIC NOTICES
Where confirmation of a transaction or any other notification is transmitted to the Client through an
electronic medium, MSM will not be liable to the Client or any other person receiving the confirmation or
notification, for or in respect of any direct, indirect or consequential liability, loss, damage or cost of
any nature, arising by virtue of the fact that the confirmation or notification is sent through an
electronic medium, whether or not as a result of the destruction or damage of data, system malfunction,
interruption of communication link, delay or any other cause excluding gross negligence or wilful misconduct
on the side of MSM.
12. TRANSFER OF FUNDS
12.1 The Client authorises MSM to retain or to withdraw from any cash deposited by the Client or MSM on
behalf of the Client such monies as are actually required:
12.1.1 from time to time to pay for investments purchased on behalf of the Client;
12.1.2 to transfer from one authorised investment to another;
12.1.3 to effect such other payments as are necessary in the operation of this mandate; and
12.1.4 to discharge a debt due to MSM by the Client whether in respect of the remuneration due to MSM
under this mandate or otherwise.
12.2 MSM shall not be obliged to make any payments to third parties on behalf of the Client unless
required to do so in terms of legislation.
13. DISCLOSURE
13.1 The Client undertakes to provide the MSM with all such information and supporting documentation as MSM
may be obliged to provide in terms of legislation (i.e. the Financial Intelligence Centre Act No. 38 of
2001), including but not limited to that information and supporting documentation set out in Annexure C
hereto.
13.2 The Client consents to MSM disclosing any such information provided by the Client in terms of 14.1 as
may be required in terms of legislation and the Client confirms that MSM shall not be required
14.1 as may be required in terms of legislation and the Client confirms that MSM shall not be required
to provide the Client with any other information than what a product provider such as a collective
investment scheme or other listed insurance company is required by law to disclose to the client.
13. DISCLOSURE
14.1 Notwithstanding the termination of this mandate for any reason, the Client hereby indemnifies
MSM and any third party with whom MSM contracts on behalf of the Client and holds it and any such
third party harmless from:
14.1.1 any loss incurred on behalf of the Client pursuant to any bona fide investment made by the
MSM in terms of this mandate; and
14.1.1 any loss incurred on behalf of the Client pursuant to any bona fide investment made by the
MSM in terms of this mandate; and
14.1.2 any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney
fees, which may be brought against MSM by reason of the operation of the Client’s account.
14.2 Nothing herein contained shall however absolve the MSM or any third party with whom MSM
contracts from liability for loss suffered by the Client or any other person through any act of fraud,
theft, bad faith, dishonesty or gross negligence on the part of MSM, the third party or their respective
employees. The aforesaid notwithstanding MSM assumes no liability whatsoever for any act of fraud,
theft, bad faith, dishonesty or gross negligence on the part of any third party as mentioned above, or
on the part of any such third party’s employees. Nor does MSM assume any liability in the event of
the insolvency or subsequent sequestration or liquidation of such third party’s estate.
14.3 Should the Client be an investment manager or other intermediary, then the Client warrants that
it holds all the necessary approvals and powers to manage investments and/or act on behalf of third
parties and shall advise MSM forthwith if any such approvals or powers be in jeopardy or withdrawn
and the Client agrees that it shall be solely liable for the timeous payment of all monies due to MSM in
terms of this mandate, notwithstanding that the Client is acting on behalf of third parties, disclosed or
undisclosed to MSM.
14.4 The Client hereby authorises MSM to act as principle, disclosed or undisclosed, or as your
agent, disclosed or undisclosed, whichever is required by law or by contract, to give effect to this
mandate.
The Client agrees to be bound by all rights and obligations so incurred by MSM.
15. DOMICILIUM
The parties hereby designate as their domicilium citandi et executandi for all purposes of this
agreement the following addresses:
15.1 In respect of MSM:
MSM Property Fund (Pty) Ltd
3 Exchange Square, 87 Maude Street, Sandton, 2146, Gauteng, South Africa.
Tel: 011 326 8214 / Fax: 086 648 6497
or such other address as may be communicated by MSM to the Client in writing from time to time.
15.2 In respect of the Client (Physical Address):
or such other address as may be communicated by the Client to MSM in writing from time to time.
16. TERMINATION OF MANDATE
16.1 Any amendment of any provision of this mandate shall be in writing and shall be by means of a
supplementary or new agreement between MSM and the Client.
16.2 The information as set out in the annexures to this mandate may be amended by MSM from time
to time and such amended annexures shall be forwarded by registered mail to the Client at the
address specified in 15.2 above. Should the Client fail to object in writing to the amendments to the
annexures within 14 (fourteen) calendar days of receipt thereof, the Client shall be deemed to have
agreed to the amendments in all respects.
16.3.1 Your death, if a natural person
16.3.2 The sequestration of your estate, if a natural person or a partnership
16.3.3 Your dissolution, for reasons other than sequestration, if a partnership
16.3.4 Your winding-up or deregistration, if a juristic person
16.4 MSM shall be entitled to conduct a due diligence to ensure that the Client or its investments do
not contravene any legislation and in such event MSM, in its sole opinion, may terminate this mandate
with immediate effect.
16.5 Upon termination of the mandate MSM shall return to the client all cash, assets and documents
of title and shall provide the Client with a detailed final statement of account. If the assets and
documents of title are in possession of a custodian or nominee company, MSM shall issue an
instruction to such custodian or nominee company to return such assets or documents of title to the
Client. With regard to investments in a collective investment scheme, provided MSM is able to do so,
investments shall be transferred in accordance with the instructions of the Client out of the bulk
account of the independent custodian of the LISP held with a collective investment scheme, into an
account with such scheme to be held in the name of the Client or the custodian of another LISP.
Where the client is not the beneficial owner of the units (e.g. pension fund or underwriting insurer) the
transfer of the units is subject to the rules of the pension fund or the contract of the insurer. Where
MSM is unable to transfer the units direct to the Client, the units will be reduced to cash, which will be
returned to the Client as set out above
16.6 Termination of this mandate for any reason shall not preclude the MSM from continuing to
receive remuneration in respect of any investment or product in which the Client remains invested
subsequent to the termination of the mandate.
16.7 Termination of this mandate shall not affect such of the provisions of this mandate as expressly
provide that they will operate after such termination or which of necessity must continue to have effect
after such termination (for example in the event that the Client remains invested in any product or
investment subsequent to termination), notwithstanding that the clauses themselves do not expressly
provide for this.
17. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
The Client hereby accepts that the Manager may delegate aspects of the investment process to
employees of the Manager or third parties who have been duly authorised by the Manager and
instructed by the Manager, including but not limited to the signing of mandates between the client and
the Manager, implementation of investment decisions, portfolio management, risk management and
administrative functions.
The Manager may use the services of its employees or that of other approved FSP`s to execute
certain administrative functions in the course of rendering intermediary services to the Client.
18. AGGREGATING ORDERS
MSM may combine your order(s) with those of other client(s) or our own order(s) when MSM have
reasonable cause to believe that the Client would obtain a more favourable price than if the Client’s
order(s) had been executed separately. However, on some occasions such combination of orders
could result in the Client obtaining a less favourable price than would have been achieved had the
orders been executed separately.
19. CESSION
The Client consents to and MSM are specifically authorised at any time to cede and assign all its
rights and obligations in and under this mandate to any third party, including any group company.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
The Client consents to and MSM are specifically authorised at any time to cede and assign all its
rights and obligations in and under this mandate to any third party, including any group company.
20. SOFT COMMISSIONS
There will be no payment of soft commissions
21. DECLARATION REGARDING FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS
21.1 The Client declares that all funds and investments placed under MSM’ management in terms of
this mandate are from a legitimate source and are not the “proceeds of unlawful activities”, as defined
in the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, No. 121 of 1998.
21.2 The Client further warrants that, where required, all funds placed under MSM’ management in
terms of this mandate are declared in terms of the Income Tax Act of 1962 and that the client has any
necessary approval from the South African Reserve Bank for foreign funds, assets or investments
owned by the Client.
ANNEXURE C:
CLIENT INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
The Client is required to provide MSM with the following information:
NATURAL PERSONS
- Full names
- Date of birth
- Identity number or passport number
- Income Tax number
- Residential Address
- Source of income
- Source of funds for this investment
- Contact details
LEGAL PERSONS
- Register name of close corporation or company
- Registration number
- Registered address
- Name under which the close corporation or company conducts business
- Address from which the close corporation or company operates
- Income tax and Vat numbers
- Full names, identity numbers, date of birth and residential address of each director/member who
participates in the management of the close corporation or company and each person authorised to
establish a business relationship on its behalf
- In the case of the company, the full names, date of birth, identity number and residential
address or the registered name, registration number, registered address, trade name and business
address of each shareholder holding at least 20% of the shareholding of the company
- Type of business conducted
- Source of income
- Source of funds for this investment
TRUSTS
- Name and number of the trust
- Names, date of birth, identity number and residential address or registered name, registration
number, registered address, trade name and business address (as the case may be) of each trustee
and each person authorised to enter into a business relationship on behalf of the trust
- Details as above of each beneficiary as referred to in the trust deed
- Details as above of each contributor of funds to the trust
- Income tax number if applicable
- Source of trust’s income
- Source of funds for this investment
- Net asset value
- Contact details of person acting on behalf of the trust
OTHER LEGAL PERSONS
- Name
- Address
- Legal form
- Income Tax number
- Names, date of birth, identity number and residential address of persons authorised to enter
into a business relationship
ANNEXURE D:
AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES LIST (The
Client)
Please list below all of the Client's authorised signatories together with details of the numbers of
signatures required for particular transactions and any restrictions on the authorisation capacity of
particular signatories. If there are no such restrictions then please state that that is the case.
Where the Client is, or includes, a Corporate Trustee please indicate those signatories signing on
behalf of the Corporate Trustee and those signatories, if any, appointed as Trustees in their individual
capacity.
Any subsequent changes to this list must be notified to the Manager.
Name of signatory
Signature
Title
Signature Title (CAPITAL LETTERS)
(e.g. Director)
ANNEXURE E:
FAX INDEMNITY AND INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Client, until the Client gives MSM Property Fund (Pty) Ltd “MSM” written notice to the
contrary, hereby requests and authorises MSM from time to time (without further authority or notice
to or from the Client) to act upon instructions to MSM given or purporting to be given on behalf of
the Client by facsimile transmission or other electronic communications signed or purporting to be
signed (and which MSM reasonably believes to have been signed) in accordance with the then current
list of authorised signatories of the Client.
2. In consideration of MSM agreeing to act on Instructions, the Client hereby undertakes to keep MSM
at all times fully indemnified against all losses, costs, damages, claims, demands and expenses
directly or indirectly incurred by MSM through MSM properly acting upon any such Instructions.
3. MSM shall not be required to take any action which is unlawful, or contrary to any order,
regulation or direction of any governmental or regulatory authority. MSM shall not act on
instructions which it considers to be ambiguous or unclear. MSM shall seek clarification of
ambiguous or unclear instructions from the Client and, following satisfactory clarification, shall
implement them in accordance with, and to the extent required by, this Mandate. Where MSM refuses to
act on any instructions it shall promptly notify the Client.
4. MSM shall be entitled to treat any Instructions as a valid authority given by the Client even if
the Instructions conflict or may conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any other terms
or conditions relating to the authorization of instructions contained in (or any other instructions
received by the Manager under) any other investment management agreement entered into between MSM
and the Client at any time. All such other investment management agreements shall be unaffected by
this authority and indemnity.
This authority and indemnity shall be read and construed according to the laws of South Africa and
the Client submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of South Africa.