Common use of Duties of Advisor Clause in Contracts

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected International Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Emerging Markets Social Core Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the of: DFA InflationSHORT-Protected Securities Portfolio TERM MUNICIPAL BOND PORTFOLIO (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, policies and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Commodity Strategy Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationShort-Duration Inflation Protected Securities Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities CSTG&E International Social Core Equity Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Dimensional Retirement Fixed Income Fund I (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationCalifornia Intermediate-Protected Securities Term Municipal Bond Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected International Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationIntermediate-Protected Securities Term Extended Quality Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities U.S. Social Core Equity 2 Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Dimensional Retirement Fixed Income Fund III (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities World Core Equity Portfolio (formerly, Dimensional Retirement Equity Fund II) (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Selectively Hedged Global Equity Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationShort-Protected Securities Term Extended Quality Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Global Fixed Income (GBP Hedge) Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities U.S. Large Cap Core 3 Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the The DFA Inflation-Protected Real Estate Securities Portfolio of the Fund (the "Portfolio")) , to continuously review, supervise, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, policies and limitations set forth in the PortfolioFund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationShort-Protected Securities Term Extended Quality Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Fund (the "Portfolio")) , to continuously review, supervise, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, policies and limitations set forth in the PortfolioFund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Dimensional Retirement Equity Fund II (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Selectively Hedged Global Fixed Income Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Real Estate Securities Portfolio of the Fund (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, supervise and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, policies and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's Fund’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationWorld-Protected Securities ex US Government Fixed Income Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Dimensional Retirement Fixed Income Fund IV (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationIntermediate-Protected Securities Term Extended Quality Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities International Value Ex Tobacco Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationIntermediate-Protected Securities Term Municipal Bond Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio Dimensional Retirement Fixed Income Fund II (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities World ex U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA InflationCalifornia Short-Protected Securities Term Municipal Bond Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities U.S. Small Cap Core 3 Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the DFA Inflation-Protected Securities World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies, and limitations set forth in the Portfolio's ’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.