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Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the each Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the each Fund with respect to such portion of the a Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation (“Investment Policies”), and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Limitations”). The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the each Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s current Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies Investment Policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveLimitations, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timetime (“Instructions”, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Board Policies”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the a Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the a Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the a Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the a Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the a Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the a Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Each Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the a Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by Trust and applicable to the Fund from time to timetime (“Procedures”), and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAMwill monitor the security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that a Fund’s carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in a current market transaction, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that In performing its duties to a Fund hereunder, the Subadviser shall not be responsible accountable for taking compliance with the Governing Documents, the Investment Policies, Limitations, Instructions, Board Policies, Procedures and/or any action or rendering advice with respect amendments thereto unless and until provided to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundby TAM.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. The Subadviser will not act on behalf of TAM or the Fund regarding any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving the securities held by the Trust and the issuers of those securities. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of a security held by the Fund’s portfolio securities Fund does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in accordance with a current market transaction, the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAMTAM and subject to such other written restrictions and limitations provided by officers of TAM or the Trust to Subadviser in writing (such restrictions and limitations, the “Limitations”) and to the provisions of Section 2(h), the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation (“Investment Guidelines”). Subject to any existing Limitations, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsmay invest, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions Investment Guidelines of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timeLimitations, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust Fund to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation Any Investment Guideline or warrantyLimitation will apply only at the time of an investment to which the Investment Guideline or Limitation is applicable and any such Investment Guideline or Limitation shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, express any change in circumstance resulting from, for example, a change in value, net assets or implied, that other circumstance will not be considered in determining whether any level of performance investment or investment results will be achieved by the Fund complies with an Investment Guideline or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateLimitation. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund and acknowledged by the Subadviser from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund, except that TAM shall have the duty to vote proxies relating to investments in any pooled investment vehicles sponsored or advised by TAM. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. For the avoidance of doubt, TAM is responsible for: (i) ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations relating to the reporting of proxy votes for the Fund, including all required reports on SEC Form N-PX; and (ii) making any and all filings in connection with any securities litigation, class action lawsuits and bankruptcy, insolvency or workout proceedings relating to securities held or that were held by the Fund, or related to reporting requirements under federal and state securities laws and/or any foreign laws (as applicable) that may arise in respect of securities held in the Fund, including without limitation, filings required by the SEC or any other applicable regulatory agency (including required reporting related to short positions held in the Fund). The Subadviser shall not incur any liability to TAM by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, TAM’s discretion in respect of such filings. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. On a periodic basis (e.g., monthly, quarterly) and as a supplement to TAM’s valuation process, the Subadviser will review the security valuations in accordance with the Subadviser’s own pricing hierarchy and validation logic and will notify TAM on a reasonable basis if Subadviser becomes aware of any material differences (as defined by the Subadviser) between Subadviser’s internal valuations and TAM’s custodial valuations. The Subadviser will seek to notify TAM promptly if it believes, based on differences between the Fund’s valuation of a security that is a part of the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser’s valuation of the same security for another account under its management, the Fund has incorrectly valued the security to a material extent. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for any valuation determinations made with respect to the Fund. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that Subadviser, its personnel, and Subadviser’s affiliates may take actions (or refrain from taking action) or have investment views that differ from actions taken or views taken with respect to the Fund hereunder. In addition, TAM acknowledges and agrees Subadviser and/or its affiliates may possess information as part of operating its other businesses or otherwise, including information that may be relevant to Underlying Fund and Manager Selection (as defined below), and that Subadviser has no obligation to share that information with TAM or the Fund, and that Subadviser may be limited in its ability to use that information in providing services hereunder. (g) All directions, instructions or Limitations by or on behalf of the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser shall be in writing signed by an authorized agent of the Fund or TAM, confirmed in writing. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “in writing”, shall include directions given by facsimile or electronic mail. A list of persons authorized to give instructions to the Subadviser hereunder is set out in Schedule B to this Agreement. The Fund or TAM may revise the list of authorized persons from time to time by sending the Subadviser a revised list which has been certified by a duly authorized agent of the Fund or TAM. The Subadviser shall incur no liability whatsoever in relying upon any direction from, or document signed by, any person reasonably believed by Subadviser to be authorized to give or sign the same, whether or not the authority of such person is then effective. The Subadviser shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statement contained in any writing and may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements therein contained. Directions given by the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser hereunder shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Subadviser and shall be acknowledged by the Subadviser through its actions hereunder only, unless the Fund or TAM is advised by the Subadviser otherwise. (h) TAM shall endeavor to provide Subadviser reasonable advance notice, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, of any instructions, directions or amendments to the Investment Guidelines, Limitations, Governing Documents or any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser (“Amendments”). TAM and the Fund agree and acknowledge that the Subadviser may not be responsible for taking able to comply immediately with such instructions, directions or Amendments. The Subadviser agrees to implement any action such instructions, directions or rendering advice Amendments as soon as reasonably practicable after their receipt or notify TAM regarding the Subadviser’s inability to comply with such instruction, directions or Amendments, and in the cases of such notice being provided, compliance by Subadviser with such instruction, directions or Amendments shall be excused and the parties agree to seek in good faith an appropriate resolution with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets proposed instruction, direction or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundAmendment.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision and oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will review the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets on a daily basis. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust), Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser Sub-adviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold sold, converted or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser Sub-adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser Sub-adviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws as delivered by TAM to the Sub-adviser (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, other than the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Sub-adviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. Sub-adviser is fully protected in relying on the most recent version of such documents, policies or procedures delivered by TAM and is not responsible for any changes in such documents, policies or procedures until such changes are delivered in writing to Sub-adviser. The SubadviserSub-adviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser Sub-adviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser sub-adviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser Sub-adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund with respect to the Allocated Assets either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser Sub-adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserSub-adviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein if such policies and procedures are provided in writing to the Sub-adviser. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Sub-adviser which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities any of the Allocated Assets between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its directors and officersofficers as delivered to the Sub-adviser. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser Sub-adviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall exercise voting rights (or withhold therewith) incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the SubadviserSub-adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund so long as the Sub-adviser receives the proxy materials from the Fund’s custodian. The Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees Sub-adviser will be available upon reasonable request to provide, upon request, provide reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management management, and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations detetminations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 I 940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that As reasonably requested by the Fund, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering will provide the Fund with information and advice regarding assets in the Allocated Portion to assist the Fund in (i) determining the appropriate liquidity classifications of such assets and whether liquidity information provided by the Fund’s liquidity classification agents is reasonable; and (ii) risk identification, risk assessment, and monitoring of risk guidelines with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.’s derivatives risk management program;

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAMAdvisor, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund solely with respect to such portion of the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s assets respective investment objective and policies as shall be allocated to stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the Subadviser by TAM provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the “Allocated Assets”) with investment researchFunds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, advicefutures agreements, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationMSFTAs, and subject other agreements) as necessary to place such other restrictions orders; and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the Allocated securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Funds may hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine from time to time what securities and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other investments applicable federal and instruments state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to an act or omission of Subadvisor under circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor, on the one hand, and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”), on the other hand, are consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act and with the Funds’ policy regarding Section 17 transactions. Except with respect to PWP, Subadvisor will not consult with any Other Subadvisors of the Funds or other subadvisors to a series under common control with the Funds concerning transactions of the Funds in securities or other assets. (i) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Funds in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Funds or issues of those securities, unless otherwise agreed. (j) The Subadviser will place orders Funds have claimed an exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to its investment determinations CFTC Rule 4.5 (the “CPO Exclusion”) and Subadvisor shall not manage the Subadvisor Managed Assets in a manner that would cause any Fund to not qualify for the Fund either directly with CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders Advisor in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. writing. (k) In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have collateral requirements associated with transactions effected with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Advisor’s administrative agent shall be responsible for moving subadvised assets into and out of any tri-party special custody accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised established by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by Funds for bilateral trading agreements and to meet prime brokerage requirements. Advisor is responsible for establishing such tri-party special custody accounts. Subadvisor shall be responsible for ensuring the 1940 Act accuracy of such collateral movement and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing for ensuring that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresadequate collateral is available for this purpose. In addition, the Subadviser Subadvisor will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice posting cash as initial margin and daily variation margin in compliance with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held Rule 17f-6 under the Investment Company Act for futures transactions in the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets. Advisor’s administrative agent and not Subadvisor is responsible for the calculation of asset coverage and segregating liquid assets on the Funds’ books for purposes of compliance with Section 18 of the Investment Company Act and the guidance and interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Subadvisor is responsible for monitoring the Subadvisor Managed Assets or Fund. TAM to ensure the adequacy of eligible collateral and will instruct applicable service providers not take any necessary action to forward to Subadviser resolve any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in deficiencies as promptly as practicable under the Allocated Assets or Fundcircumstances.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation (“Investment Policies”),, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Limitations”). The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s current Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveInvestment Policies, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timetime (“Instructions”), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Board Policies”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Trust and applicable to the Fund from time to timetime (“Procedures”) , and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that In performing its duties to the Fund hereunder, the Subadviser shall not be responsible accountable for taking compliance with the Governing Documents, the Investment Policies, Limitations, Instructions, Board Policies, Procedures and/or any action or rendering advice with respect amendments thereto unless and until provided to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundby TAM.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provideIf, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAMas a result of its review of the securities valuations of the Allocated Assets, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser shall notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsproblem. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The TAM shall provide the Subadviser makes no representation with copies of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, By-Laws, Policies, the Guidelines, and the Fund’s Prospectus, and shall provide the Subadviser with reasonable notice of any change in a Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in the Prospectus or warrantyin any policies or guidelines adopted by the Board and/or TAM, express and the Subadviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, manage the Allocated Assets in compliance with such documents and changes, provided that the Subadviser has received notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Fund or impliedTAM and any such changes to the investment objectives, policies, restrictions or guidelines for the Fund shall be reasonably acceptable to the Subadviser, provided, further, that any level such changes shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Subadviser unless the Subadviser has provided TAM written notice within seven (7) business days of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or receiving such documents that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviserchanges are not reasonably acceptable. In addition to such notice, whether public or privateTAM shall provide to the Subadviser a copy of a modified Prospectus reflecting such changes. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein, a copy of which policies and procedures will be provided in writing to the Subadviser. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. The Subadviser shall promptly inform TAM of all tender offers, rights offerings and other voluntary corporate action requests affecting securities in a Fund with respect to the Allocated Assets and, absent specific written instructions to the contrary provided to the Subadviser by XXX, shall respond on behalf of a Fund to all such corporate action requests and shall complete and file notices of claims in connection with class action lawsuits concerning securities in a Fund with respect to the Allocated Assets. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that As reasonably requested by the Fund, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering will provide the Fund with information and advice regarding assets in the Allocated Portion to assist the Fund in (i) determining the appropriate liquidity classifications of such assets and whether liquidity information provided by the Fund’s liquidity classification agents is reasonable; and (ii) risk identification, risk assessment, and monitoring of risk guidelines with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.’s derivatives risk management program;

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation If TAM or warrantythe Trust participates in a securities lending program, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or TAM agrees and understands that the Fund Sub-Adviser will perform comparably with any standard or indexnot be responsible for the securities lending program, including other clients of any transactions that fail to settle due to the Subadviser, whether public or privateinability to retrieve securities in a timely manner. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will review the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets on a daily basis. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Funds may hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. With respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the FundFunds, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund Funds with respect to such portion of the each Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s Funds’ current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund Funds and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsFunds invest, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s Funds’ behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund Funds referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund Funds is limited to that discrete portion of the each Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s Funds’ assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund Funds as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the FundFunds. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund Funds in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund Funds either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund Funds and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that Funds which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s Funds’ portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Each Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the such Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the such Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the FundFunds, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the FundFunds, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the a Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund Funds from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s Funds’ then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the FundFunds. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. The Subadviser agrees to provide TAM in a timely manner with all information relating to the Subadviser necessary for preparation of the Funds’ proxy statements or other required mailings, as may be needed from time to time. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAMwill monitor the security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Funds’ carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in a current market transaction, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser willrepresents and warrants that none of the information or work product utilized by it in connection with its provision of subadvisory services pursuant to this Agreement infringes on any third party patent, howevercopyright, forward to trade secret, trademark, or other intellectual property rights of any kind, without limitation, and that there is no actual or threatened claim or lawsuit by any third party for infringement of those rights. Subadviser further represents and warrants that it shall promptly inform TAM if, after the effective date, Subadviser receives an actual or threatened claim or lawsuit by any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundthird party based on a violation of such rights.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and . The Subadviser shall implement those portfolio management decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any amendments to any material amendments terms to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for prompt legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff ) and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser and its applicable employees are authorized to open and maintain brokerage accounts for securities and other property for and in the name of the Fund. The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser upon reasonable notice will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (fd) TAM acknowledges The Subadviser will not have custody of any securities, cash or other assets of the Fund and agrees that will not be liable for any loss resulting from any act or omission of the custodian other than acts or omissions arising in reasonable reliance on instructions of Subadviser. The custodian will be responsible for the custody, receipt and delivery of securities and other assets of the Fund, and the Subadviser shall not have no authority, responsibility or obligation with respect to the custody, receipt or delivery of securities or other assets of the Fund. TAM shall be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in all custodial arrangements, including the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in payment by the Allocated Assets or FundFund of all fees and expenses charged by the custodian.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAMTAM and subject to such other written restrictions and limitations provided by officers of TAM or the Trust to Subadviser in writing (such restrictions and limitations, the “Limitations”) and to the provisions of Section 2(h), the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation (“Investment Guidelines”). Subject to any existing Limitations, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsmay invest, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterpartiescounterparties (“Trading Documents”), on the Fund’s behalf behalf, including prior to the Effective Date, as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions Investment Guidelines of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timeLimitations, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser. TAM acknowledges and agrees that GSAM will negotiate and execute such Trading Documents prior to the Effective Date. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust Fund to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation Any Investment Guideline or warrantyLimitation will apply only at the time of an investment to which the Investment Guideline or Limitation is applicable and any such Investment Guideline or Limitation shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, express any change in circumstance resulting from, for example, a change in value, net assets or implied, that other circumstance will not be considered in determining whether any level of performance investment or investment results will be achieved by the Fund complies with an Investment Guideline or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateLimitation. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-11a2- 2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund and acknowledged by the Subadviser from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund, except that TAM shall have the duty to vote proxies relating to investments in any pooled investment vehicles sponsored or advised by TAM. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. For the avoidance of doubt, TAM is responsible for: (i) ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations relating to the reporting of proxy votes for the Fund, including all required reports on SEC Form N-PX; and (ii) making any and all filings in connection with any securities litigation, class action lawsuits and bankruptcy, insolvency or workout proceedings relating to securities held or that were held by the Fund, or related to reporting requirements under federal and state securities laws and/or any foreign laws (as applicable) that may arise in respect of securities held in the Fund, including without limitation, filings required by the SEC or any other applicable regulatory agency (including required reporting related to short positions held in the Fund). The Subadviser shall not incur any liability to TAM by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, TAM’s discretion in respect of such filings. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. On a periodic basis (e.g., monthly, quarterly) and as a supplement to TAM’s valuation process, the Subadviser will review the security valuations in accordance with the Subadviser’s own pricing hierarchy and validation logic and will notify TAM on a reasonable basis if Subadviser becomes aware of any material differences (as defined by the Subadviser) between Subadviser’s internal valuations and TAM’s custodial valuations. The Subadviser will seek to notify TAM promptly if it believes, based on differences between the Fund’s valuation of a security that is a part of the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser’s valuation of the same security for another account under its management, the Fund has incorrectly valued the security to a material extent. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for any valuation determinations made with respect to the Fund. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that Subadviser, its personnel, and Subadviser’s affiliates may take actions (or refrain from taking action) or have investment views that differ from actions taken or views taken with respect to the Fund hereunder. In addition, TAM acknowledges and agrees Subadviser and/or its affiliates may possess information as part of operating its other businesses or otherwise, including information that may be relevant to Underlying Fund and Manager Selection (as defined below), and that Subadviser has no obligation to share that information with TAM or the Fund, and that Subadviser may be limited in its ability to use that information in providing services hereunder. (g) All directions, instructions or Limitations by or on behalf of the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser shall be in writing signed by an authorized agent of the Fund or TAM, confirmed in writing. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “in writing”, shall include directions given by facsimile or electronic mail. A list of persons authorized to give instructions to the Subadviser hereunder is set out in Schedule B to this Agreement. The Fund or TAM may revise the list of authorized persons from time to time by sending the Subadviser a revised list which has been certified by a duly authorized agent of the Fund or TAM. The Subadviser shall incur no liability whatsoever in relying upon any direction from, or document signed by, any person reasonably believed by Subadviser to be authorized to give or sign the same, whether or not the authority of such person is then effective. The Subadviser shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statement contained in any writing and may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements therein contained. Directions given by the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser hereunder shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Subadviser and shall be acknowledged by the Subadviser through its actions hereunder only, unless the Fund or TAM is advised by the Subadviser otherwise. (h) TAM shall endeavor to provide Subadviser reasonable advance notice, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, of any instructions, directions or amendments to the Investment Guidelines, Limitations, Governing Documents or any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser (“Amendments”). TAM and the Fund agree and acknowledge that the Subadviser may not be responsible for taking able to comply immediately with such instructions, directions or Amendments. The Subadviser agrees to implement any action such instructions, directions or rendering advice Amendments as soon as reasonably practicable after their receipt or notify TAM regarding the Subadviser’s inability to comply with such instruction, directions or Amendments, and in the cases of such notice being provided, compliance by Subadviser with such instruction, directions or Amendments shall be excused and the parties agree to seek in good faith an appropriate resolution with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets proposed instruction, direction or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundAmendment.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the FundFunds, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund Funds with respect to such portion of the each Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s Funds’ current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund Funds and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsFunds invest, and shall implement those decisions (including assistance with the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s Funds’ behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, the conditions of any exemptive order or no-action relief pursuant to which the Funds are operating, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund Funds referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund Funds is limited to that discrete portion of the each Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s Funds’ assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund Funds as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the FundFunds. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund Funds in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund Funds either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund Funds and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that Funds which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s Funds’ portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Each Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the such Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the such Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the FundFunds, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the FundFunds, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the a Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund Funds from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s Funds’ then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the FundFunds. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provideprovide TAM in a timely manner with all information relating to the Subadviser necessary for preparation of, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAMamong other things, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and Funds’ proxy statements, registration statement, shareholder reports or other required mailings, as may be needed from time to time. (f) The Subadviser will monitor the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations security valuations of the fair Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Funds’ carrying value of for a security does not fairly represent the Fund’s portfolio securities price that could be obtained for the security in accordance with a current market transaction, the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (fg) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser willrepresents and warrants that none of the information or work product utilized by it in connection with its provision of subadvisory services pursuant to this Agreement infringes on any third party patent, howevercopyright, forward to trade secret, trademark, or other intellectual property rights of any kind, without limitation, and that there is no actual or threatened claim or lawsuit by any third party for infringement of those rights. Subadviser further represents and warrants that it shall promptly inform TAM if, after the effective date, Subadviser receives an actual or threatened claim or lawsuit by any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundthird party based on a violation of such rights.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica ETF Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise exercises investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have has with respect to accounts over which they exercise it exercises investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser (other than TAM) for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation in the form provided to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser, all of which shall be communicated to Subadvisor reasonably in advance of being effective. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time and provided to the Subadvisor by TAM (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), applicable interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser in writing, which shall be provided to Subadviser reasonably in advance of effectiveness. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision the services described herein to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a11 (a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees Advisor, Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Segment in accordance with the Fund's respective investment objective and policies as stated in the Registration Statement, the provisions of this Agreement, and with such other written guidelines as the Advisor, chief compliance officer (BoardCCO”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM , or Board may from time to time provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the “Allocated Assets”) with investment researchSegment and if applicable, adviceenter such orders on behalf of the Segment under trading agreements the Advisor or Fund has entered into (such as ISDAs, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectivesfutures agreements, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationMSFTAs, and subject other agreements) as necessary to place such other restrictions orders; and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the Allocated Assetssecurities transactions of the Segment as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, determine from time Subadvisor will supervise the Segment and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Segment's assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish the Fund and/or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, the Fund and/or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to time what securities the instruments that the Subadvisor may cause the Segment to hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the relevant policies and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by procedures of the Fund and what portion Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) Investment Guidelines (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsFund, and shall implement those decisions (including iii) the negotiation and executionRegistration Statement, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as agent of amended (the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review"Code"), and all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state lawlaws, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timerules, and any other specific policies adopted by regulations (collectively with the Board and disclosed to Registration Statement, the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment researchInvestment Company Act, advicethe Advisers Act, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with Code, the "Relevant Laws"). Advisor will give Subadvisor prompt notice of any other Subadviser for a portion material change to any policy and/or procedures of the Fund’s . Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and other assets concerning of the Segment shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by the Fund to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the "Custodian") in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Segment or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions assets with respect to the Allocated Assets Segment shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to time such reports concerning assets, receipts and disbursements with respect to the custodian Segment as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the Fund as securities held by the Segment. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to deliveries the Segment due to circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Segment. Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian's records on a daily basis, and (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian's records. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Segment's pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Segment. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices used to value the Segment's holdings for reasonableness and other investments and payments notifying Advisor of cash for any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the account of Advisor's valuation committee or to the Segment's pricing agents in valuing securities held by the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions . (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and investment-related matters regarding the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Segment. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Segment or that the Fund Segment will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Segment between Subadvisor and any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Fund either directly ("Other Subadvisors"), if any, are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) requirements of the Securities Exchange Investment Company Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinpolicy regarding Section 17 transactions. (ci) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Segment in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Segment or issues of those securities, without the Advisor's prior written consent. (j) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with has claimed an exclusion from the Subadviser that is a member definition of a national securities exchange Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to effect any transaction on CFTC Rule 4.5 (the exchange "CPO Exclusion") and Subadvisor shall not manage the Segment in a manner that would cause the Fund to not qualify for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except Advisor in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.writing

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Nomura Alternative Income Fund)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian)) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Funds or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the 1940 Act Funds shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to time such reports concerning assets, receipts and disbursements with respect to the applicable rules Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and regulations promulgated thereunder market value of the securities held by the Securities Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and Exchange Commission (resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances deemed by the SEC staff Subadvisor in good faith to be outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any other applicable federal material discrepancies as defined by Advisor and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Subadvisor in writing from time to time. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and any other specific policies adopted is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Board Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Subadvisor Managed Assets used to value the Funds for reasonableness and disclosed notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Subadviser. The SubadviserAdvisor’s responsibility for providing investment researchvaluation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, advice, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and supervision to investment-related matters regarding the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision and oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-11a2- 2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will review the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets on a daily basis. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the each Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation (“Investment Policies”),, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Limitations”). The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s current Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveInvestment Policies, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timetime (“Instructions”), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Board Policies”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Trust and applicable to the Fund from time to timetime (“Procedures”) , and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that In performing its duties to the Fund hereunder, the Subadviser shall not be responsible accountable for taking compliance with the Governing Documents, the Investment Policies, Limitations, Instructions, Board Policies, Procedures and/or any action or rendering advice with respect amendments thereto unless and until provided to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundby TAM.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will use its reasonable best efforts to (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with (x) each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement as of the date hereof and as amended from time to time, (y) the provisions of this Agreement and (z) such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds placed by Subadvisor as are required by applicable law or regulation. Advisor will provide Subadvisor with advance notice of any change in the Registration Statement or guidelines that may impact Subadvisor’s activities under this Agreement. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Funds may hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times use its reasonable best efforts to comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”) with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets. Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such changes of Trust which it has not received notice. Subadvisor shall have no responsibility or liability for the actions or omissions of the Advisor, PWP or any other subadvisor or agent of the Funds or the Issuer. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for receiving trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. With respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness on a regular basis and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or institutional investors about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser Subadvisor will place orders pursuant use its reasonable best efforts to its investment determinations ensure that any transactions effected for the Subadvisor Managed Assets by Subadvisor between the Funds and any other Fund either directly or account managed by Subadvisor, PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund's respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund's Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and what portion procedures of the Allocated Assets will be held Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsSubadvisor Managed Assets, and shall implement those decisions (including iii) the negotiation and executionFunds' Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as agent of amended (the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review"Code"), and all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state lawlaws, as well as rules and regulations (collectively with the investment objectivesRegistration Statement, policies the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and restrictions the Code, the "Relevant Laws"). Subadvisor will be given prompt notice of any material change to any policy and/or procedures of the Fund referred to aboveFunds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, any written instructions securities and directions other assets of the Board Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or TAM provided entities engaged by Issuer to be the Subadviser custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the "Custodian") in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Funds or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business and that are directly attributable to the actions of Subadvisor, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor's internal records to the Custodian's records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian's records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds' pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor's valuation committee or to the Funds' pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds ("Other Subadvisors") are consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act and with the Funds' policy regarding Section 17 transactions, as provided to Subadvisor. Except with respect to PWP, Subadvisor will not consult with any Other Subadvisors of the Funds or other subadvisors to a series under common control with the Funds concerning transactions of the Funds in securities or other assets. (i) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Funds in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Funds or issues of those securities, unless otherwise agreed. (j) The Subadviser will place orders Funds have claimed an exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to its investment determinations CFTC Rule 4.5 (the "CPO Exclusion") and Subadvisor shall not manage the Subadvisor Managed Assets in a manner that would cause any Fund to not qualify for the Fund either directly with CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders Advisor in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. writing. (k) In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers collateral and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage margin requirements and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have short sale proceeds associated with transactions effected with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall be responsible for moving subadvised assets into and out of any tri-party special custody accounts over which they exercise investment discretionestablished by the Funds. The Board may adopt policies Advisor is responsible for establishing such tri-party special custody accounts and procedures that modify and restrict Subadvisor is responsible for the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution instruction of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange collateral movement to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for from such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresaccounts. In addition, the Subadviser Subadvisor will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking posting margin for the Funds out of the Subadvisor Managed Assets in compliance with Rule 17f-6 under the Investment Company Act. Advisor's administrative agent and not Subadvisor is responsible for the calculation of asset coverage and segregating liquid assets on the Funds' books for purposes of compliance with Section 18 of the Investment Company Act and the guidance and interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Subadvisor is responsible for monitoring the Subadvisor Managed Assets to ensure the adequacy of eligible collateral and will take any necessary action or rendering advice with respect to resolve any class action claim relating to any assets held in deficiencies as promptly as practicable under the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundcircumstances.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) to the extent consistent with Subadvisor’s duty to seek best execution, place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds in respect of the Subadvisor Managed Assets and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds in respect of the Subadvisor Managed Assets under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered into for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) (the “Trading Agreements”) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Subadvisor Managed Assets as are required by Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act and Rule 204-2 of the Advisers Act. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments constituting the Subadvisor Managed Assets. (c) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will at all times comply, in all material respects, with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets and of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 4 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change that may impact the Subadvisor or the Subadvisor Managed Assets to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds, the Registration Statement, the Trading Agreements or to any Rules. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. Subadvisor shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of any Custodian. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. With respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records on a monthly basis, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that nothing in this sentence shall result in the Subadvisor being responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds or determining the Funds’ net asset value. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Sub-Adviser shall promptly notify Advisor if Subadvisor, based on market data, believes that the valuation of any Subadvisor Managed Asset (as provided to Subadvisor by the Fund as administrator or the Advisor) used in calculating a Fund’s net asset value differs materially from what Subadvisor believes is its market value. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to deliveries of the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the held by a Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser . (f) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bg) Subadvisor acknowledges and agrees that in connection with the exemptions provided under Rules 10f-3(b), 12d3-1, and 17a-10 under the Investment Company Act, (i) Subadvisor will not knowingly consult with any persons previously identified to the Subadvisor by the Advisor as either another subadvisor for the Funds (“Other Subadvisor”) or another subadvisor to the Issuer or any other registered investment company under common control with the Issuer concerning transactions for the Funds in securities or other assets, and (ii) its responsibility in providing investment subadvisory services to the Funds shall be limited solely to the Subadvisor Managed Assets. (h) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Funds in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Funds or issues of those securities, unless otherwise agreed to by Subadvisor in writing. (i) Advisor will be responsible for the preparation and filing of reports on Schedules 13D or 13G, if applicable with respect to the portfolio holdings held or previously held in the Subadvisor Managed Assets. (j) The Subadviser will place orders Funds have claimed an exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to its investment determinations CFTC Rule 4.5 (the “CPO Exclusion”) and Subadvisor shall not manage the Subadvisor Managed Assets in a manner that, if such assets represented the entirety of a Fund, would cause the Fund to not qualify for the Fund either directly CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the Advisor in writing. (k) In connection with collateral requirements associated with transactions effected with respect to the issuer or with Subadvisor Managed Assets, Advisor’s administrative agent shall be responsible for moving subadvised assets into and out of any broker or dealertri-party special custody accounts established by the Funds for bilateral trading agreements and to meet prime brokerage requirements. Advisor is responsible for establishing such tri-party special custody accounts. Subadvisor shall be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of such collateral movement and for ensuring that adequate collateral is available for this purpose. In addition, foreign currency dealer, Subadvisor will be responsible for providing the Custodian and any applicable futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance commodity clearing organization with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have instructions with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretionposting cash as initial margin and daily variation margin in compliance with Rule 17f-6 under the Investment Company Act for futures transactions in the Subadvisor Managed Assets. The Board may adopt policies Advisor’s administrative agent and procedures that modify not Subadvisor is responsible for the calculation of asset coverage and restrict segregating liquid assets on the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution Funds’ books for purposes of compliance with Section 18 of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinInvestment Company Act and the guidance and interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Subadvisor is responsible for monitoring the Subadvisor Managed Assets to ensure the adequacy of eligible collateral and will take any necessary action to resolve any deficiencies as promptly as practicable under the circumstances. (cl) The Fund hereby authorizes Advisor shall provide Subadvisor with a list of each person who is an “affiliated person” (and any entity or affiliated person associated with of such an affiliated person), as such term is defined in the Subadviser that is a member Investment Company Act, of a national securities exchange any Fund. Advisor agrees to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account provide such list prior to Subadvisor commencing actual management of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) assets of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem Subadvisor Managed Assets and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingspromptly update such list whenever Advisor becomes aware of any changes to such list of affiliated persons. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject The Subadviser shall direct the asset allocation strategy and the investment decisions to implement such strategy for the Fund by allocating the Fund’s assets primarily among a broad mixture of mutual funds advised by TAM and designated in the Fund’s Prospectus as permissible investments for the Fund (“Underlying Funds”). The Subadviser’s management of the Fund’s investments shall be subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, Information and with investment guidelines agreed upon by TAM and the Subadviser and subject to such other instructions, restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions (“Investment Guidelines”). The Subadviser shall, with respect Subadviser’s management of the Fund’s investments is also subject to the Allocated Assetsprovisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, determine as may be amended from time to time what securities (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and other investments the applicable rules and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged regulations promulgated thereunder by the Fund Securities and what portion of Exchange Commission (the Allocated Assets “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law. (b) Based on the Fund’s overall investment strategy and target asset class exposure levels, the Subadviser will be held in employ its investment process to select the various securities and other investments specific Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests, will invest and shall implement those decisions (including to determine the negotiation and execution, as agent size of the Fund’s allocations to the selected Underlying Funds. The Subadviser will rebalance the Fund’s assets among Underlying Funds as needed based on the analysis produced by its investment process. The Subadviser is not required to allocate to all Underlying Funds. Consistent with the Fund’s objective and strategies, the Subadviser is authorized to invest any portion of the Fund’s assets in Underlying Funds subadvised by the Subadviser. TAM acknowledges that the Subadviser has a potential conflict of interest when it selects an Underlying Fund that it subadvises. (c) Notwithstanding the Subadviser’s responsibility pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section to allocate assets among the Underlying Funds, TAM shall have sole control and responsibility for this limited purpose, determining which series of the Transamerica Funds and the Trust will be Underlying Funds and for monitoring the Underlying Funds’ subadvisers. The Subadviser shall have no responsibility or liability for the choice or supervision of the Underlying Funds’ subadvisers or for the performance of the Underlying Funds for which it does not act as subadviser. (d) The Subadviser may invest Fund assets in derivative instruments and negotiate and execute investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (be) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (cf) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem issue and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsmeetings with respect to instruments, e.g., derivative instruments, the Subadviser has directly purchased for the Fund. (fg) Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other subadviser for another series of the Trust concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Subadviser from consulting with a subadviser to an Underlying Fund concerning transactions for the Fund in shares of the Underlying Fund. (h) The Subadviser shall communicate to the Trust’s custodian and transfer agent (as identified in the Fund’s current Prospectus) trade file instructions that are a result of its investment decisions, including rebalancing/reallocation decisions. (i) The Subadviser shall not vote proxies of the Underlying Funds that the Fund may receive. Such proxies will be voted by TAM in accordance with the current proxy voting policies and procedures of the Trust and TAM. (j) The Subadviser shall have no power, authority, responsibility or obligation hereunder to take any action with regard to any claim or potential claim in any bankruptcy proceedings, class action securities litigation, or other litigation or proceeding affecting Underlying Funds held at any time in the Fund, including, without limitation, to file proofs of claim or other documents related to such proceedings (the “Litigation”), or to investigate, initiate, supervise, or monitor the Litigation involving Fund assets, and TAM acknowledges and agrees that no such power, authority, responsibility or obligation is delegated hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking cooperate with TAM regarding the provision of information requested by TAM in connection with any action or rendering advice taken by TAM with respect to any class action such claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundproceeding.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser Sub-adviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser Sub-adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser Sub-adviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Sub-adviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The SubadviserSub-adviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser Sub-adviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser sub-adviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser Sub-adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser Sub-adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserSub-adviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Sub-adviser which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser Sub-adviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the SubadviserSub-adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, Sub-adviser will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Sub-adviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSub-adviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser Sub-adviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser Sub-adviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser Sub-adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser Sub-adviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Sub-adviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The SubadviserSub-adviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser Sub-adviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser sub-adviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser Sub-adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser Sub-adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserSub-adviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Sub-adviser which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser Sub-adviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the SubadviserSub-adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. TAM acknowledges that proxies will be voted by the Sub-adviser in accordance with the proxy service provider’s recommendations unless the Sub-adviser overrides a specific recommendation. The third-party firm may also provide proxy execution, record keeping and reporting services. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, Sub-adviser will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Sub-adviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSub-adviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser Sub-adviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser Sub-adviser will not be responsible for evaluating and making decisions regarding securities litigation claims involving securities held by the Fund. The Sub-adviser will assist TAM and/or the custodian in evaluating such securities litigation claims, as reasonably required, but the Sub-adviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning filing such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundclaims.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealerdealer including any broker or dealer affiliated with the Subadviser, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by reasonable advance notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, the power to execute swap, futures, options and other agreements agreements, including collateral agreements, with counterparties, and to open and close accounts in connection therewith, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided that TAM shall have the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment right to review and approve such documentation and agreements and any material amendments prior to existing investment agreements and their execution or amendment as may be agreed to by the opportunity for legal reviewparties from time to time), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws as disclosed to the Subadviser (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assetsassets except as permitted by applicable law. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. Subject to any other written instructions of the Board and/or TAM, The Subadviser makes no representation Fund does hereby delegate to the Sub-Adviser all of its powers, duties and responsibilities with regard to such investment and reinvestment and hereby appoints the Sub-Adviser as its agent in fact with full authority to buy, sell or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or otherwise effect investment results will be achieved by transactions involving the Fund or that assets in its name and for the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or indexFund’s account, including without limitation, the power to execute swap, futures, options and other clients of agreements with counterparties on the Fund’s behalf as the Sub-Adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out the Sub-Adviser’s responsibilities hereunder; provided that, the Subadviser’s actions in negotiating such documents shall comply with federal regulations, whether public or privateall other federal laws applicable to registered investment advisers and the Subadviser’s duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Governing Documents. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a1l(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a21la2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-11a2- 2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timetime and provided to the Subadviser, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, will provide the Adviser with reasonable assistance in connection with the Adviser’s obligation to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and fair value certain securities in the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available agrees to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM The Adviser acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible have no power, authority, obligation or responsibility for taking any action filing claims on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or rendering the Fund or for providing advice with respect to any class action, bankruptcy proceeding or any other action claim or proceeding (the “Litigation”) in which the Fund or the Trust may be entitled to participate as a result of its securities holdings. The Subadviser’s responsibility with respect thereto shall be limited to providing any and all documentation or information relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actionsLitigation as may reasonably be requested by the Adviser. The Adviser acknowledges that the Subadviser will, however, forward is not the official record keeper with respect to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundmanaged assets.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s ’ s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that As reasonably requested by the Fund, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering will provide the Fund with information and advice regarding assets in the Allocated Portion to assist the Fund in (i) determining the appropriate liquidity classifications of such assets and whether liquidity information provided by the Fund’s liquidity classification agents is reasonable; and (ii) risk identification, risk assessment, and monitoring of risk guidelines with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.’s derivatives risk management program;

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general superv1s1on, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund's respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund's Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFfAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and what portion procedures of the Allocated Assets will be held Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsSubadvisor Managed Assets, and shall implement those decisions (including iii) the negotiation and executionFunds' Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as agent of amended (the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review"Code"), and all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state lawlaws, as well as rules and regulations (collectively with the investment objectivesRegistration Statement, policies the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and restrictions the Code, the "Relevant Laws''). Subadvisor will be given prompt notice of any material change to any policy and/or procedures of the Fund referred to aboveFunds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, any written instructions securities and directions other assets of the Board Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or TAM provided entities engaged by Issuer to be the Subadviser custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the "Custodian") in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Funds or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circwnstances deemed outside the normal course of business and that are directly attributable to the actions of Subadvisor, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor's internal records to the Custodian's records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian's records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds' pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor's valuation committee or to the Funds' pricing agents invaluing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds ("Other Subadvisors") are consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act and with the Funds' policy regarding Section 17 transactions, as provided to Subadvisor. Except with respect to PWP, Subadvisor will not consult with any Other Subadvisors of the Funds or other subadvisors to a series under common control with the Funds concerning transactions of the Funds in securities or other assets. (i) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Funds inany legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Funds or issues of those securities, unless otherwise agreed. (j) The Subadviser will place orders Funds have claimed an exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to its investment determinations CFTC Rule 4.5 (the "CPO Exclusion") and Subadvisor shall not manage the Subadvisor Managed Assets in a manner that would cause any Fund to not qualify for the Fund either directly with CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders Advisor in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. writing. (k) In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers collateral and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage margin requirements and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have short sale proceeds associated with transactions effected with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall be responsible for moving subadvised assets into and out of any tri-party special custody accounts over which they exercise investment discretionestablished by the Funds. The Board may adopt policies Advisor is responsible for establishing such tri-party special custody accounts and procedures that modify and restrict Subadvisor is responsible for the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution instruction of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange collateral movement to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for from such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresaccounts. In addition, the Subadviser Subadvisor will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking posting margin for the Funds out of the Subadvisor Managed Assets in compliance with Rule 17f-6 under the Investment Company Act. Advisor's administrative agent and not Subadvisor is responsible for the calculation of asset coverage and segregating liquid assets on the Funds' books for purposes of compliance with Section 18 of the Investment Company Act and the guidance and interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Subadvisor is responsible for monitoring the Subadvisor Managed Assets to ensure the adequacy of eligible collateral and will take any necessary action or rendering advice with respect to resolve any class action claim relating to any assets held in deficiencies as promptly as practicable under the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundcircumstances.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. With respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets used to deliveries value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions knowingly effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the TrustFund’s Board of Trustees Directors (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets Parent Allocated Assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM Fund from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, analysis, advice, evaluation of statistical, financial and economic data and judgments regarding individual investments, general economic conditions and trends, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the FundSole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by provided the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing same have been delivered to the Subadviser. In addition to the foregoing, the parties hereby agree that Subadviser, as sub-adviser to the Sole Shareholder, shall have the right and authority to determine the amount of the Parent Allocated Assets to be invested in and retained by the Fund and the amount of the Allocated Assets to be withdrawn from the Fund and reinvested in the Sole Shareholder. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine invest and reinvest the Allocated Assets by determining from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments of United States and foreign entities will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and Fund. In addition, the Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including including, the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided subject to TAM’s final review and execution of such investment documentation and agreements on behalf of the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice Fund(other than as specified in subparagraph (b)(ii) of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity this Paragraph 2 which allows for legal reviewexecution by Subadviser)), all subject to the provisions of the TrustFund’s Declaration Memorandum and Articles of Trust and By-Laws Association (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsArticles”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveand, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time extent applicable, the Sole Shareholder (as stated in the Sole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, provided the same have been delivered to timethe Subadviser), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser, provided that the Subadviser is given reasonable time to implement such policies adopted by the Board and such adopted policies do not require the Subadviser to breach any legal, tax or regulatory requirements applicable to Subadviser (collectively, the “Investment Guidelines”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of the 1940 Act, as applicable to the Fund. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust Fund to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. (i) Subject to any other written instructions of the Board and/or TAM, the Subadviser is hereby appointed as the Fund’s agent and attorney-in-fact with authority to act in regard to the investment, reinvestment and management of the Allocated Assets, including, but not limited to (A) the authority to place orders for the execution of such securities transactions with or through such brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or issuers as the Subadviser may reasonably select; and (B) the authority to negotiate brokerage contracts, and other trading agreements on behalf of the Fund and perform such functions as it considers reasonable, necessary or convenient in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided that, the Subadviser’s actions in negotiating such documents shall comply with the Fund’s Articles and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund and, to the extent applicable, the Sole Shareholder (as stated in the Sole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, provided the same have been delivered to the Subadviser), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board, federal regulations, all other federal laws applicable to registered investment advisors and the Subadviser’s duties and obligations under this Agreement. TAM will review all agreements prior to execution by the Fund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and subject to sub-paragraph (b)(iii) below, except as otherwise specified by notice from the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser, the Subadviser may place orders for the execution of transactions hereunder with or through any broker, dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant, bank or any other agent or counterparty that the Subadviser may select in its own discretion. (ii) The Subadviser may open and maintain brokerage accounts (including the execution of any documentation related thereto) of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, with respect to the Allocated Assets. The Subadviser makes no representation may enter into customer agreements (including the execution thereof) with brokers and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts as the Subadviser deems desirable or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateappropriate. (biii) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly In connection with the issuer or with selection of any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant merchant, bank or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers any other agent, and the placing of such ordersorders with any of them, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees Directors of the Trust Fund or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timetime that have been notified to the Subadviser and are in effect as of the date of the transaction, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents Articles and the FundSole Shareholder’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Fund or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations will review security valuations of the Allocated Assets from sources other than TAM’s custodian and will notify TAM promptly if Subadviser becomes aware of any position that requires fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresor a material adjustment. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the TrustFund’s Board of Trustees Directors (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser Sub-adviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the FundSole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold sold, converted or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser Sub-adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser Sub-adviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the TrustFund’s Declaration Memorandum and Articles of Trust and By-Laws Association (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsArticles”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred and, to abovethe extent applicable, the Sole Shareholder, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Sub-adviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. Sub-adviser is fully protected in relying on the most recent version of such documents, policies or procedures delivered by TAM and is not responsible for any changes in such documents, policies or procedures until such changes are delivered in writing to Sub-adviser. The SubadviserSub-adviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser Sub-adviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser sub-adviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser Sub-adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund with respect to the Allocated Assets either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser Sub-adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserSub-adviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein if such policies and procedures are provided in writing to the Sub-adviser. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Sub-adviser which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees Directors of the Trust Fund or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities any of the Allocated Assets between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents Articles and the FundSole Shareholder’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its directors and officersofficers as delivered to the Sub-adviser. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser Sub-adviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Fund or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall exercise voting rights (or withhold therewith) incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the SubadviserSub-adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund so long as the Sub-adviser receives the proxy materials from the Fund’s custodian. The Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees Sub-adviser will be available upon reasonable request to provide, upon request, provide reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund Funds is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund Funds represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s Funds’ assets concerning Fund Funds transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund Funds as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the FundFunds. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund Funds in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. Subadviser shall not be responsible for filing or completing any legal notices for the Fund, including class action or bankruptcy proofs of claim, although the Subadviser shall provide transactional information to assist TAM or the Fund as requested. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provideapplies its fair value procedures daily and, upon request, reasonable assistance will notify TAM promptly if it believes fair valuation is warranted based on the valuations Subadviser uses to TAM, value securities held in the Trust’s Valuation Committee Fund for its internal purposes and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations management of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresany separate accounts. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsmeetings upon request. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s 's Board of Trustees (the "Board") and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s 's investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s 's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, the Subadviser shall direct the asset allocation strategy and subject the investment decisions to implement such other restrictions and limitations strategy for the Fund in accordance with the target level of equity exposure as directed determined by TAM on the first Business Day of every month ("Target Allocation") by the officers proprietary dynamic asset allocation model from Transamerica Capital Management (the "Model"). Following receipt of TAM or the Trust Target Allocation by notice in writing to the Subadviser, the Subadviser shall have 5 Business Days to reallocate the Fund's portfolio to reflect the new allocation; however, the Subadviser may request that TAM extend this period if the Subadviser deems such an extension to be in the best interest of the Fund and such request shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Subadviser shall, with respect to shall not be responsible for determining the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s 's assets concerning Fund transactions that are directly held in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as cash and cash equivalents, but shall be responsible for allocating such assets among the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateappropriate Underlying Funds. (b) The Based on the Model's Target Allocation, the Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for shall decide which series of the Transamerica Funds and the Trust designated in the Fund's prospectus (the "Underlying Funds") the Fund either directly with will invest and how much of the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by itFund's assets to allocate to an Underlying Fund. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy not be required to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject allocate to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretionall Underlying Funds. The Subadviser is authorized shall rebalance the Fund's assets among the Underlying Funds as often as needed to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for maintain the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Model's Target Allocation. Nothing herein shall prevent the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account from allocating assets of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised Underlying Funds managed by the Subadviser or its affiliates. (c) Notwithstanding the Subadviser's responsibility pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section to allocate assets among the Underlying Funds, except in each case as permitted by TAM shall have sole control and responsibility for selecting the 1940 Act Underlying Funds and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by monitoring the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officersUnderlying Funds' external managers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the The Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident communicate to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, Trust's custodian and transfer agent (as identified in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish 's current Prospectus) trade file instructions that are a copy result of its proxy voting policies and proceduresinvestment decisions, and any amendments thereto, to TAMincluding rebalancing/reallocation determinations. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to shall not vote proxy statements of the Underlying Funds that the Fund may receive. Such proxy statements will be voted by TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, current proxy voting policies and procedures of the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem Trust and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsTAM. (f) Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, or employee of the Subadviser to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature, nor to limit or restrict the right of the Subadviser to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind, including investment advisory and management services, to any other fund, firm, individual or association. (g) The Subadviser shall have no power, authority, responsibility, or obligation hereunder to take any action with regard to any claim or potential claim in any bankruptcy proceedings, class action securities litigation, or other litigation or proceeding affecting Underlying Funds held at any time in the Fund, including, without limitation, to file proofs of claim or other documents related to such proceedings (the "Litigation"), or to investigate, initiate, supervise, or monitor the Litigation involving Fund assets, and TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action no such power, authority, responsibility or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundobligation is delegated hereunder.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws By- Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by reasonable advance notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timetime by reasonable advance notice in writing, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser by reasonable advance notice in writing. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. TAM shall provide reasonable prior written notice to the Subadviser of the appointment of any additional adviser or sub-adviser to the Fund. The Subadviser does not have custody of any assets of the Fund on behalf of the Fund or TAM. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the FundFund and with respect to such other matters as relate to the performance by the Subadviser of its duties under this Agreement. TAM has obtained the agreement of the custodian of the Fund to act in accordance with the Subadviser’s instructions in connection with the performance by the Subadviser of its duties under this Agreement. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein and TAM will provide reasonable advance notice in writing to the Subadviser of the same. TAM acknowledges that the Subadviser may not be able to seek to obtain best execution on behalf of the Fund if such modifications or restrictions require the Subadviser to direct portfolio transactions to certain brokers or dealers (or not direct them to certain brokers or dealers). (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. TAM shall instruct the custodian of the Fund and other relevant service providers to promptly forward materials relating to proxies and related matters to the Subadviser. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall have no power, authority, obligation or responsibility for filing claims on behalf of TAM, the Trust or the Fund or for providing advice with respect to any class action, bankruptcy proceeding or any other proceeding in which the Trust or the Fund may be entitled to participate as result of its securities holdings. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, will provide TAM with reasonable assistance in connection with TAM’s obligations to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the Fund or Trust to fair value of Allocated Assets (to the Fund’s portfolio securities extent such assets are required to be fair valued in accordance with the TrustFund’s valuation procedurespolicies). In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) . TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall does not be responsible for taking any action keep or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating maintain the official books and records of the Trust or Fund and/or in relation to any assets held in of the Fund (including the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundAssets).

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees Advisor, Subadvisor will (i) make investment recommendations for the “Board”) Funds in accordance with each Fund's respective investment objective and TAMpolicies as stated in such Fund's Registration Statement, the Subadviser shall regularly provide IPS, the Fund provisions of this Agreement, and with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets other written guidelines as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM Advisor may from time to time provide to Subadvisor; (the “Allocated Assets”ii) with communicate its investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program recommendations for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed each Fund by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing delivering to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, Advisor a model portfolio together with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws portfolio parameters (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsModel Portfolio) setting forth the recommended security positions and weights for the Fund portfolio, which will be communicated on a weekly basis on such day and at such time mutually agreed by the parties from time to time; (iii) pursuant to the communication process agreed upon by the parties from time to time, deliver any updates to the Model Portfolio that Subadvisor has determined are necessary for the management of the Fund; and (iv) maintain such books and records with respect to the Subadvisory Services as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) Subadvisor will not have discretion to place securities orders on behalf of the Funds. Advisor will exercise investment discretion with respect to the implementation of the Model Portfolio on behalf of the Funds. All purchase and sale orders will be the responsibility of the Advisor and implemented pursuant to Advisor’s policies and procedures regarding securities transactions. On a daily basis, the Advisor agrees to provide Subadvisor the current portfolio holdings (positions and weights) of the Fund to assist Subadvisor in the provision of the Subadvisory Services. (c) Subadvisor will furnish the Issuer and/or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, the Issuer and/or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the Model Portfolio. (d) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer, and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Funds, and (iii) the Funds' Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any all other applicable federal and state lawlaws, as well as rules, and regulations (collectively with the investment objectivesRegistration Statement, policies the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and restrictions the Code, the "Relevant Laws"). Advisor will give Subadvisor prompt notice of any material change to any policy and/or procedures of the Fund referred to aboveFunds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of which it has not received notice. (e) All cash, any written instructions securities and directions other assets of the Board Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or TAM provided entities engaged by Issuer to be the Subadviser custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the "Custodian") in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Funds or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Assets Funds as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. (f) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds' pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. Upon request, Subadvisor may provide reasonable assistance to the custodian Advisor's valuation committee or to the Funds' pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (g) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor may participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and investment-related matters regarding the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (h) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bi) The Subadviser Subadvisor will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations not advise or act for the Fund either directly with the issuer Funds in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or with any broker or dealerclass actions, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth involving securities held in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with Funds or issues of those securities, without the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinAdvisor's prior written consent. (cj) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with Funds have claimed an exclusion from the Subadviser that is a member definition of a national securities exchange Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to effect CFTC Rule 4.5 (the "CPO Exclusion") and Subadvisor shall not make investment recommendations to the Funds that would cause any transaction on the exchange Fund to not qualify for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except Advisor in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officerswriting. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Etf Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. The Subadviser will not act on behalf of TAM or the Fund regarding any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving the securities held by the Trust and the issuers of those securities. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Subadvisor may cause the Fund to hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets and of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”); provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Subadvisor shall only be responsible for compliance with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets and shall only be responsible for those provisions of the Code that relate to the provision of the Subadvisory Services. Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not received notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund as Subadvisor Managed Assets for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to deliveries challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities held by a Fund. (f) At the reasonable request of securities Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall have the following responsibilities:responsibilities (which responsibilities shall commence upon receipt by the Sub-adviser of written confirmation from TAM that the transition manager appointed by TAM (or TAM’s affiliates) to cause the Fund’s assets to comprise Allocated Assets (as defined below) has fulfilled its responsibilities to do so): (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall regularly provide the Fund Fund, with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser Sub-adviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) ), with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by reasonable advance notice in writing to the SubadviserSub-adviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser Sub-adviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser Sub-adviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Sub-adviser from time to timetime by reasonable advance notice in writing, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSub-adviser by reasonable advance notice in writing. The SubadviserSub-adviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser Sub-adviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser sub-adviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. TAM shall provide reasonable prior written notice to the Sub-adviser of the appointment of any additional adviser or sub-adviser to the Fund. The Subadviser Sub-adviser does not have custody of any assets of the Fund on behalf of the Fund or TAM. The Sub-adviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the FundFund and with respect to such other matters as relate to the performance by the Sub-adviser of its duties under this Agreement. TAM has obtained the agreement of the custodian of the Fund to act in accordance with the Sub-adviser’s instructions in connection with the performance by the Sub-adviser of its duties under this Agreement. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser Sub-adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser Sub-adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser Sub-adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserSub-adviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein and TAM will provide reasonable advance notice in writing to the Sub-adviser of the same. TAM acknowledges that the Sub-adviser may not be able to seek to obtain best execution on behalf of the Fund if such modifications or restrictions require the Sub-adviser to direct portfolio transactions to certain brokers or dealers (or not direct them to certain brokers or dealers). (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Sub-adviser which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser Sub-adviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser Sub-adviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser Sub-adviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser Sub-adviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the SubadviserSub-adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. TAM shall instruct the custodian of the Fund and other relevant service providers to promptly forward materials relating to proxies and related matters to the Sub-adviser. The Subadviser Sub-adviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Sub-adviser shall have no power, authority, obligation or responsibility for filing claims on behalf of TAM, the Trust or the Fund or for providing advice with respect to any class action, bankruptcy proceeding or any other proceeding in which the Trust or the Fund may be entitled to participate as a result of its securities holdings. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, Sub-adviser will provide TAM with reasonable assistance in connection with TAM’s obligations to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the Fund or Trust to fair value of Allocated Assets (to the Fund’s portfolio securities extent such assets are required to be fair valued in accordance with the TrustFund’s valuation procedurespolicies). In addition, the Subadviser Sub-adviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Sub-adviser does not keep or maintain the official books and records of the Trust or Fund and/or in relation to any assets of the Fund (including the Allocated Assets). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, TAM confirms that the Fund or Trust and its Board, and not the Sub-adviser, is responsible for the valuation of the Fund’s assets, including the fair valuation of such assets. (f) TAM hereby instructs the Sub-adviser to sell at the earliest opportunity any security, securities or other property into which the following securities may be converted or exchanged: any securities issued by Better Place, Inc. (the “Better Place Securities”) that comprise a part of the Allocated Assets. TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall Sub-adviser may not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held actively follow the Better Place Securities in the Allocated Assets or Fund. market place and TAM will instruct applicable service providers not agrees to forward to Subadviser furnish the Sub-adviser with any information concerning regarding opportunities to sell the Better Place Securities as such actionsinformation becomes available to TAM. The Subadviser willWithout prejudice to the foregoing, howeverif the Sub-adviser itself expressly identifies an opportunity to sell the Better Place Securities, forward it shall notify TAM of the same and shall sell the Better Place Securities upon TAM instructing the Sub-Adviser to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Funddo so.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures policy without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedurespolicy, and any material amendments thereto, to TAM. The Subadviser shall not be obligated to render advice or take any action on behalf of the Fund with respect to securities presently or formerly held by the Fund which become the subject of any legal proceedings, including but not limited to securities class actions and bankruptcies. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to such written instructions and supervision as the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser Adviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management furnish and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the a Fund’s investment objectivesobjective, policies and restrictions, applicable restrictions as stated in the such Fund’s current most recent Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, the Subadviser will provide an investment program for the Segment, including investment research and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, management with respect to securities and investments, including cash and cash equivalents in the Allocated AssetsSegment, with full discretion to determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retainedretained or sold by and within the Segment. The Subadviser will exercise full discretion to implement such determinations through the placement, sold on behalf of each Fund, of orders for the execution of portfolio transactions through such brokers or exchanged dealers as it may select. The Subadviser may utilize the personnel of its affiliates to assist it with providing its services under this Agreement, provided that Subadviser: will remain solely responsible for the provision of services under this Agreement; will supervise the personnel of its affiliates and subject them to its Code of Ethics; and represents that it will satisfy the conditions adopted by the Fund and what portion SEC staff with respect to utilizing personnel of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out affiliates. ln fulfilling its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements agrees that it will, with respect to each Fund: a. use reasonable care and any material amendments act in a manner consistent with applicable national, federal and state laws and regulations in rendering the services it agrees to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), provide under this Agreement; b. conform with all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by of the SEC staff and, in addition, will conduct its activities under this Agreement in accordance with any applicable regulations of any government authority pertaining to the investment advisory activities of the Subadviser and any shall furnish such written reports or other applicable federal and state law, as well documents substantiating such compliance as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Adviser reasonably may request from time to time, and ; c. not make loans to any other specific policies adopted by person to purchase or carry shares of beneficial interest in the Board and disclosed Trust or make loans to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will Trust; d. place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any an underwriter, market maker or broker or dealer. In placing orders, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The the Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with will use its policy commercially reasonable best efforts to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject having regard to applicable all factors it considers relevant. Consistent with this obligation, the Subadviser may, to the extent permitted by law, effect portfolio securities transactions through brokers or and dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in within the meaning of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to or for the benefit of the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise exercises investment discretion. The Subject to the review of the Trust’s Board of Trustees from time to time with respect to the extent and continuation of the policy, the Subadviser is authorized to cause the Fund to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing effecting a portfolio securities transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be , viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that of the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to the accounts over as to which they exercise it exercises investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict Trust or the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with Adviser may, from time to time in writing, direct the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunderplace orders through one or more brokers or dealers and, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoingthereafter, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal have no responsibility for ensuring best execution with itself, respect to such orders. In no instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which sold to the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales any affiliated person of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, as principal except in each case as may be permitted by the 1940 Act and or an exemption therefrom. If the Subadviser determines in accordance with such good faith that the transaction is in the best interest of each client, securities may be purchased on behalf of the Fund from, or sold on behalf of the Fund to, another client of the Subadviser, subject to the Trust’s policies and procedures (as may be adopted by provided to the Fund Subadviser from time to time, ) and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents applicable laws and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.regulations;

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Angel Oak Funds Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the FundFunds, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund and only with respect to such portion of the each Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) ), the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Funds with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the each Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the each Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund Funds and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsFunds invest, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s Funds’ behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund Funds referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund Funds either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund Funds and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the a Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and or restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s Funds’ portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund Funds hereby authorizes authorize any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that Funds which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a21la2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund Funds hereby consents consent to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv)) under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the FundFunds, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the FundFunds, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund Funds and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund Funds from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s Funds’ then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Transamerica Series Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the FundFunds. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to providewill monitor the security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAMas a result of this review, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Subadviser believes that a Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s 's Board of Trustees (the "Board") and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s 's investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s 's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, the Subadviser shall direct the asset allocation strategy and subject the investment decisions to implement such other restrictions and limitations strategy for the Fund in accordance with the target level of equity exposure as directed determined by TAM on the first Business Day of every month ("Target Allocation") by the officers proprietary dynamic asset allocation model from Transamerica Capital Management (the "Model"). Following receipt of TAM or the Trust Target Allocation by notice in writing to the Subadviser, the Subadviser shall have 5 Business Days to reallocate the Fund's portfolio to reflect the new allocation; however, the Subadviser may request that TAM extend this period if the Subadviser deems such an extension to be in the best interest of the Fund and such request shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Subadviser shall, with respect to shall not be responsible for determining the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s 's assets concerning Fund transactions that are directly held in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as cash and cash equivalents, but shall be responsible for allocating such assets among the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateappropriate Underlying Funds. (b) The Based on the Model's Target Allocation, from the series of Transamerica Funds and the Trust designated in the Fund's prospectus and any exchange-traded funds approved by TAM in writing provided to the Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for (the "Underlying Funds"), the Subadviser shall decide in which of those Underlying Funds the Fund either directly with will invest and how much of the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by itFund's assets to allocate to an Underlying Fund. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy not be required to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject allocate to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretionall Underlying Funds. The Subadviser is authorized shall rebalance the Fund's assets among the Underlying Funds as often as needed to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for maintain the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if Model's Target Allocation. Nothing herein shall prevent the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account from allocating assets of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised Underlying Funds managed by the Subadviser or its affiliates. (c) Notwithstanding the Subadviser's responsibility pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section to allocate assets among the Underlying Funds, except in each case as permitted by TAM shall have sole control and responsibility for selecting the 1940 Act Underlying Funds and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by monitoring the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officersUnderlying Funds' external managers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the The Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident communicate to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, Trust's custodian and transfer agent (as identified in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish 's current Prospectus) trade file instructions that are a copy result of its proxy voting policies and proceduresinvestment decisions, and any amendments thereto, to TAMincluding rebalancing/reallocation determinations. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to shall not vote proxy statements of the Underlying Funds that the Fund may receive. Such proxy statements will be voted by TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, current proxy voting policies and procedures of the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem Trust and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsTAM. (f) Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, or employee of the Subadviser to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature, nor to limit or restrict the right of the Subadviser to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind, including investment advisory and management services, to any other fund, firm, individual or association. (g) The Subadviser shall have no power, authority, responsibility, or obligation hereunder to take any action with regard to any claim or potential claim in any bankruptcy proceedings, class action securities litigation, or other litigation or proceeding affecting Underlying Funds held at any time in the Fund, including, without limitation, to file proofs of claim or other documents related to such proceedings (the "Litigation"), or to investigate, initiate, supervise, or monitor the Litigation involving Fund assets, and TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action no such power, authority, responsibility or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundobligation is delegated hereunder.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictionsrestrictions that apply to the Allocated Assets’ investment strategy, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions in accordance with investment guidelines agreed upon by TAM and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser (“Investment Guidelines”). The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund investsAllocated Assets may invest, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of applicable to the Fund Allocated Assets’ investment strategy referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, Investment Guidelines and any other specific policies adopted by the Board that are consistent with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions applicable to the Allocated Assets’ investment strategy referred to above and have been disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein which TAM hereby acknowledges could adversely affect the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable will provide assistance to TAMTAM in determining or confirming, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, Allocated Assets for which TAM seeks assistance from the Subadviser will be or identifies for review by the Subadviser. This includes (i) being available to consult for consultation with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in when the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. meets; (fii) notifying TAM acknowledges that it has changed its pricing source for a security; and agrees that (iii) assisting TAM in finding a pricing source for a security. In addition, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held will notify TAM in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not event the Subadviser determines the value of a security pursuant to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundSubadviser’s procedures for determining the fair value of a security.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, analysis, advice, evaluation of statistical, financial and economic data and judgments regarding individual investments, general economic conditions and trends, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by provided the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing same have been delivered to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine invest and reinvest the Allocated Assets by determining from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments of United States and foreign entities will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and Fund. In addition, the Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser, provided that the Subadviser is given reasonable time to implement such policies adopted by the Board and such adopted policies do not require the Subadviser to breach any legal, tax or regulatory requirements applicable to Subadviser (collectively, the “Investment Guidelines”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of the 1940 Act. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. (i) Subject to any other written instructions of the Board and/or TAM, the Subadviser is hereby appointed as the Fund’s agent and attorney-in-fact with authority to act in regard to the investment, reinvestment and management of the Allocated Assets, including, but not limited to (A) the authority to place orders for the execution of such securities transactions with or through such brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or issuers as the Subadviser may reasonably select; and (B) the authority to negotiate brokerage contracts, and other trading agreements on behalf of the Fund and perform such functions as it considers reasonable, necessary or convenient in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided that, the Subadviser’s actions in negotiating such documents shall comply with federal regulations, all other federal laws applicable to registered investment advisors and the Subadviser’s duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Governing Documents. TAM will review all agreements prior to execution by the Fund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and subject to sub-paragraph (b)(iii) below, except as otherwise specified by notice from the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser, the Subadviser may place orders for the execution of transactions hereunder with or through any broker, dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant, bank or any other agent or counterparty that the Subadviser may select in its own discretion. (ii) The Subadviser may open and maintain brokerage accounts (including the execution of any documentation related thereto) of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, with respect to the Allocated Assets. The Subadviser makes no representation may enter into customer agreements (including the execution thereof) with brokers and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts as the Subadviser deems desirable or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateappropriate. (biii) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly In connection with the issuer or with selection of any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant merchant, bank or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers any other agent, and the placing of such ordersorders with any of them, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timetime that have been notified to the Subadviser and are in effect as of the date of the transaction, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations will review security valuations of the Allocated Assets from sources other than TAM’s custodian and will notify TAM promptly if Subadviser becomes aware of any position that requires fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresor a material adjustment. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation in the form provided to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser, all of which shall be communicated to Subadvisor reasonably in advance of being effective. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time and provided to the Subadvisor by XXX (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), applicable interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser in writing, which shall be provided to Subadviser reasonably in advance of effectiveness. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision the services described herein to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-11a2- 2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-11a2- 2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, will monitor the Trust’s Valuation Committee and security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s pricing agent carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in making determinations of a current market transaction, the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresSubadviser will notify TAM promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that As reasonably requested by the Fund, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering will provide the Fund with information and advice regarding assets in the Allocated Portion to assist the Fund in (i) determining the appropriate liquidity classifications of such assets and whether liquidity information provided by the Fund’s liquidity classification agents is reasonable; and (ii) risk identification, risk assessment, and monitoring of risk guidelines with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.’s derivatives risk management program;

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement and with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time provide to Subadvisor; (ii) determine from time to time what on a discretionary basis and without prior consent of Advisor which securities and or other investments and assets/instruments will are to be purchased, retainedsold, sold exchanged, converted, retained or exchanged by borrowed for the Fund and Subadvisor Managed Assets; (iii) determine what portion of the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets will be invested or held uninvested as cash consistent with the IPS, the Registration Statement and the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below); (iv) place purchase and sale orders for the various securities Funds with brokers and/or dealers (each, a “broker-dealer”) for trade execution selected by the Subadvisor through accounts set up by Subadvisor with such broker-dealers; (v) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (vi) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Funds may hold or contemplate purchasing. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in which Section 3 below) applicable to the Fund investsSubadvisor Managed Assets, and shall implement those decisions (including iii) the negotiation and executionrelevant provisions of the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as agent amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”); provided, however, that Subadvisor shall only be responsible for compliance with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets and shall only be responsible for those provisions of the Fund for this limited purpose, Code that relate to the provision of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM Subadvisory Services. Subadvisor will be given prompt notice of any new investment agreements material change to any policy and/or procedures of the Funds. For the avoidance of doubt, Advisor understands and agrees that the Subadvisor shall bear no responsibility or liability for failure to comply with the Registration Statement, IPS, any material amendments to existing investment agreements direction of Advisor or PWP, any policies and procedures of the opportunity for legal reviewFunds, Issuer or Advisor, the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below), all subject or any amendment or supplement thereto, unless the Subadvisor has received such materials and had a reasonable opportunity to the provisions review and comply with such materials. (d) All cash, securities and other assets of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and By-Laws futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian)) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any custody arrangements involving any assets of the Funds or for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the 1940 Act Funds shall be made directly to or from the Custodian. Subadvisor shall have the authority to instruct the Custodian: (i) to pay cash for securities delivered to the Custodian, (ii) to deliver securities and other property against payment for the applicable rules Funds, and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities (iii) to transfer assets and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well funds to such brokerage accounts as the investment objectivesSubadvisor may designate, policies all consistent with the powers, authorities and restrictions of limitations set forth herein. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Fund referred Custodian to aboveprovide, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances deemed outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund Subadvisor Managed Assets used to value the Funds as received from the Custodian for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any need to deliveries of challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the held by a Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser . (f) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard standard, whether relative or indexabsolute, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bg) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected for the Fund either directly Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”), or any affiliated person of such subadvisor, are consistent with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in requirements of the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection Investment Company Act and with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Funds’ policy regarding Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.17

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board that are consistent with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above and have been disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided hereinherein which TAM hereby acknowledges could adversely affect the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable will provide assistance to TAM, TAM in determining or confirming the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, Allocated Assets for which TAM seeks assistance from the Subadviser will be or which TAM identifies for review by the Subadviser. This includes (i) being available to consult for consultation with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in when the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. meets; (fii) notifying TAM acknowledges that it has changed its pricing source for a security; and agrees that (iii) assisting TAM in finding a pricing source for a security. In addition, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held will notify TAM in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not event the Subadviser determines the value of a security pursuant to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundSubadviser’s procedures for determining the fair value of a security.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the TrustFund’s Board of Trustees Directors (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the FundSole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, agreements including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, and to open and close accounts in connection therewith, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice and copies to TAM of any new investment agreements and of any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal reviewagreements), all subject to the provisions of the TrustFund’s Declaration Memorandum and Articles of Trust and By-Laws Association (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsArticles”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveand, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timeextent applicable, and the Sole Shareholder, any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser. For the avoidance of doubt, Subadviser is authorized to enter into any and all permissible trading and derivative contracts on behalf of the Fund (e.g., ISDA agreements). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management management, compliance monitoring and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust Fund to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees Directors of the Trust Fund or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund and acknowledged by the Subadviser from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents Articles and the FundSole Shareholder’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Fund or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. For the avoidance of doubt, TAM is responsible for: (i) ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations relating to the reporting of proxy votes, including all required reports on SEC Form N-PX; and (ii) making any and all filings in connection with any securities litigation or class action lawsuits involving securities held or that were held by the Fund. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. On a periodic basis (e.g., monthly, quarterly) and as a supplement to TAM’s valuation process, the Subadviser will review security valuations in accordance with the Subadviser’s own pricing hierarchy and validation logic and will notify TAM on a reasonable basis if Subadviser becomes aware of any material differences (as defined by Subadviser) between Subadviser’s internal valuations and TAM’s custodial valuations. Subadviser shall also notify TAM on an ongoing basis, as a supplement to TAM’s valuation processes, of any significant market events (e.g., large-scale market disruptions) of which Subadviser becomes aware that impact the types of securities held in the Fund. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice valuation determinations made with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, agreements including without limitation, the power to execute swap, futures, options and other agreements agreements, including collateral agreements, with counterparties, and to open and close accounts in connection therewith, on the FundTrust’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, hereunder provided that TAM shall have the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment right to review and approve such documentation and agreements and any material amendments prior to existing investment agreements and their execution or amendment as may be agreed to by the opportunity for legal reviewparties from time to time), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws as disclosed to the Subadviser (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assetsassets except as permitted by applicable law. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timetime and provided to the Subadviser, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Transamerica Funds or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, will provide the Adviser with reasonable assistance in connection with the Adviser’s obligation to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and fair value certain securities in the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available agrees to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM The Adviser acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible have no power, authority, obligation or responsibility for taking any action filing claims on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or rendering the Fund or for providing advice with respect to any class action, bankruptcy proceeding or any other action claim or proceeding (the “Litigation”) in which the Fund or the Trust may be entitled to participate as a result of its securities holdings. The Subadviser’s responsibility with respect thereto shall be limited to providing any and all documentation or information relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actionsLitigation as may reasonably be requested by the Adviser. The Adviser acknowledges that the Subadviser will, however, forward is not the official record keeper with respect to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundmanaged assets.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Partners Portfolios)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice with copies of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and before executing any transactions on behalf of the opportunity for legal reviewFund that are governed by such documents), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserSubadviser in writing. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets (other than a sub-subadviser to the Subadviser as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement) concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the FundFund (which shall be disclosed to the Subadviser by TAM in writing), as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) TAM and the Trust’s Valuation Committee shall have primary responsibility for valuation of the Fund’s assets. The Subadviser agrees will be reasonably available to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, consult with TAM and the Trust’s Valuation Committee and to provide requested input concerning the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations valuation of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduressecurities. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with promptly notify TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall becomes aware that the Fund is carrying a security at a value that the Subadviser believes does not fairly represent the price that could be responsible obtained for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held the security in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Funda current market transaction.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the each Fund, the Subadviser TXX shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the TrustCorporation’s Board of Trustees Directors (the “Board”) and TAMTXX, the Subadviser XXX shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser TXX by TAM TXX from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser TXX shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the TrustCorporation’s Declaration Articales of Trust Incorporation and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), ) and interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the SubadviserTXX. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser TXX is authorized as the agent of the Trust Corporation to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser TXX will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser TXX or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser TXX is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser TXX determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser which TXX and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the SubadviserTIM’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that TXX which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser TXX agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees Directors of the Trust Corporation or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser TXX or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser TXX or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser TXX and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises TXX shall, at the Subadviser in writing that request of the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another partyBoard, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights, rights incident to consent to corporate action and any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, other rights pertaining to the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Transamerica Investors, Inc.)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing in advance to the Subadviser, and agreement by the Subadviser thereto, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the opening of accounts, negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of as soon as reasonably practicable prior to entering into any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal reviewagreements), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to timetime in advance and agreed to by the Subadviser, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets, except for the purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that other subadvisers may be engaged to provide investment advisory services to the Fund, the Subadviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to the Allocated Assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets Allocated Assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes shall have no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level responsibility for filing proofs of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients claim on behalf of the Subadviser, whether public or privateTrust related to class actions involving any of the Allocated Assets. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein, which will be provided to the Subadviser in advance and agreed to by the Subadviser, which such agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers, which will be provided in advance to the Subadviser. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and upon receiving a reasonable advance written request from TAM. Upon receiving such a request, the Subadviser shall provide reasonable assistance to participate TAM to assist TAM in its determination of the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) proper value of any Allocated Assets, provided, that TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in valuing the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or FundAssets.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision general oversight of the Trust’s Board and the general supervision, oversight and direction of Trustees (the “Board”) PWP and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shallAdvisor, with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets, determine Subadvisor will (i) make investment decisions for the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s respective investment objective and policies as stated in such Fund’s Registration Statement, with the provisions of this Agreement, with such written guidelines as Advisor may from time to time what securities provide to Subadvisor and with the IPS; (ii) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Funds and enter such orders on behalf of the Funds under trading agreements the Advisor or Issuer has entered for use by the Funds (such as ISDAs, futures agreements, MSFTAs, and other investments agreements) as necessary to place such orders; and (iii) maintain such books and records with respect to the securities transactions of the Funds as are required by applicable law or regulation. (b) In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor will supervise the Subadvisor Managed Assets and conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Subadvisor Managed Assets. In addition, Subadvisor will furnish PWP, Issuer or Advisor whatever information, including statistical data, PWP, Issuer or Advisor may reasonably request with respect to the instruments that the Funds may hold or contemplate purchasing. Advisor and Subadvisor expressly agree that Subadvisor is not liable for how Advisor uses such information, but shall be liable to the extent provided in Section 20 hereof for the validity of such information. (c) Subadvisor will at all times comply, with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, with (i) the policies and procedures of the Funds, Issuer and Advisor of which it has received written notice, (ii) the Rules (as defined in Section 3 below) applicable to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, and (iii) the Funds’ Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (collectively with the Registration Statement, the IPS, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, and the Code, the “Relevant Laws”). Subadvisor will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM given prompt notice of any new investment agreements and material change to any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions policy and/or procedures of the Trust’s Declaration Funds. Subadvisor will not be responsible for complying with any such material changes of Trust which it has not been provided written notice. (d) All cash, securities and By-Laws other assets of the Funds shall be held at all times by such entity or entities engaged by Issuer to be the custodian, including prime brokers and futures commission merchants (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsCustodian), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions ) in compliance with Section 17(f) of the Fund referred to above, Investment Company Act. Subadvisor shall not be responsible for any written instructions and directions custody arrangements involving any assets of the Board Funds or TAM provided for the payment of any custodial charges or fees, nor shall Subadvisor have possession or custody of any such assets. All payments, distributions and other transactions in cash, securities or other assets in respect of the Funds shall be made directly to or from the Subadviser Custodian. Advisor shall provide, or shall direct the Custodian to provide, to Subadvisor from time to timetime such reports concerning assets, receipts and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions disbursements with respect to the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets as Subadvisor may request, including daily information on cash balances available for investment, Fund shareholder activity and market value of the securities held by the Funds. In providing the Subadvisory Services, Subadvisor also shall be responsible for trade confirmations, monitoring timely settlement of trades, and resolving custody overdrafts resulting from trading. In the event overdraft fees are incurred with respect to the custodian Subadvisor Managed Assets due to circumstances reasonably deemed by Advisor to be outside the normal course of business, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reimbursing the Funds. With respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Subadvisor shall (i) reconcile positions from Subadvisor’s internal records to the Custodian’s records on a daily basis, (ii) reconcile the market value from its internal records to the Custodian’s records on a monthly basis, and (iii) provide Advisor and PWP with a monthly reconciliation report listing any material discrepancies as defined by Advisor. (e) Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Subadvisor is not the Funds’ pricing agent, and is not responsible for pricing the securities held by the Funds. However, Subadvisor shall be responsible for reviewing the prices of the Fund Subadvisor Managed Assets used to value the Funds for reasonableness and notifying Advisor of any basis to challenge a price provided by a pricing vendor that is materially different than the price used by Subadvisor as soon as possible but no later than 10 am CST the following business day. Upon request, Subadvisor will provide reasonable assistance to deliveries the Advisor’s valuation committee or to the Funds’ pricing agents in valuing Subadvisor Managed Assets. Subadvisor will bear no liability in connection with the pricing of securities Subadvisor Managed Assets absent Subadvisor’s willful misconduct or fraud. (f) At the reasonable request of Advisor, Subadvisor will participate in educational meetings with intermediaries or others about portfolio management and other investments and payments of cash for investment-related matters regarding the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser Funds. (g) Subadvisor makes no representation representations or warrantywarranties, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund Funds or that the Fund Funds will perform comparably with any standard or indexstandard, including any other clients of the Subadviser, whether public Subadvisor or privateany index. (bh) Subadvisor is responsible for ensuring that any transactions effected by Subadvisor for the Subadvisor Managed Assets between Subadvisor and PWP or any other subadvisor engaged to manage some of the assets of the Funds (“Other Subadvisors”) are consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act and with the Funds’ policy regarding Section 17 transactions. Except with respect to PWP, Subadvisor will not consult with any Other Subadvisors of the Funds or other subadvisors to a series under common control with the Funds concerning transactions of the Funds in securities or other assets. (i) Subadvisor will not advise or act for the Funds in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in the Funds or issues of those securities, unless otherwise agreed. (j) The Subadviser will place orders Funds have claimed an exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator pursuant to its investment determinations CFTC Rule 4.5 (the “CPO Exclusion”) and Subadvisor shall not manage the Subadvisor Managed Assets in a manner that would cause any Fund to not qualify for the Fund either directly with CPO Exclusion unless otherwise approved by the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders Advisor in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. writing. (k) In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have collateral requirements associated with transactions effected with respect to the Subadvisor Managed Assets, Advisor’s administrative agent shall be responsible for moving subadvised assets into and out of any tri-party special custody accounts over which they exercise investment discretionestablished by the Funds for bilateral trading agreements and to meet prime brokerage requirements, and for providing notice of such movement to Subadvisor as soon as reasonably practicable. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that Advisor is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction responsible for establishing such tri-party special custody accounts. Subadvisor shall be responsible for ensuring, based on the exchange for notice from the account of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoingAdvisor’s administrative agent, the Subadviser agrees accuracy of such collateral movement and for ensuring that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property adequate collateral is available for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresthis purpose. In addition, the Subadviser Subadvisor will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice providing instructions for posting cash as initial margin and daily variation margin for the Fund out of the Subadvisor Managed Assets in compliance with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held Rule 17f-6 under the Investment Company Act for futures transactions in the Allocated Subadvisor Managed Assets. Advisor’s administrative agent and not Subadvisor is responsible for the calculation of asset coverage and segregating liquid assets on the Funds’ books for purposes of compliance with Section 18 of the Investment Company Act and the guidance and interpretation of the staff of the SEC. Subadvisor is responsible for monitoring the Subadvisor Managed Assets or Fund. TAM to ensure the adequacy of eligible collateral based on collateral and eligibility requirements provided to Subadvisor by the administrative agent and will instruct applicable service providers not take any necessary action to forward to Subadviser resolve any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in deficiencies as promptly as practicable under the Allocated Assets or Fundcircumstances.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (American Century Capital Portfolios Inc)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff ) and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to and acknowledged by the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment researchFor the avoidance of doubt, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage enter into any and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage all permissible trading and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction derivative contracts on the exchange for the account behalf of the Fund that is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder(e.g., and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.ISDA

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser sub-adviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the TrustFund’s Board of Trustees Directors (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets Parent Allocated Assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM Fund from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, analysis, advice, evaluation of statistical, financial and economic data and judgments regarding individual investments, general economic conditions and trends, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the FundSole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by provided the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing same have been delivered to the Subadviser. In addition to the foregoing, the parties hereby agree that Subadviser, as sub-adviser to the Sole Shareholder, shall have the right and authority to determine the amount of the Parent Allocated Assets to be invested in and retained by the Fund and the amount of the Allocated Assets to be withdrawn from the Fund and reinvested in the Sole Shareholder. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine invest and reinvest the Allocated Assets by determining from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments of United States and foreign entities will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and Fund. In addition, the Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including including, the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swap, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided subject to TAM’s final review and execution of such investment documentation and agreements on behalf of the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice Fund (other than as specified in subparagraph (b)(ii) of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity this Paragraph 2 which allows for legal reviewexecution by Subadviser)), all subject to the provisions of the TrustFund’s Declaration Memorandum and Articles of Trust and By-Laws Association (collectively, the “Governing DocumentsArticles”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to aboveand, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time extent applicable, the Sole Shareholder (as stated in the Sole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, provided the same have been delivered to timethe Subadviser), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser, provided that the Subadviser is given reasonable time to implement such policies adopted by the Board and such adopted policies do not require the Subadviser to breach any legal, tax or regulatory requirements applicable to Subadviser (collectively, the “Investment Guidelines”). The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of the 1940 Act, as applicable to the Fund. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust Fund to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. (i) Subject to any other written instructions of the Board and/or TAM, the Subadviser is hereby appointed as the Fund’s agent and attorney-in-fact with authority to act in regard to the investment, reinvestment and management of the Allocated Assets, including, but not limited to (A) the authority to place orders for the execution of such securities transactions with or through such brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or issuers as the Subadviser may reasonably select; and (B) the authority to negotiate brokerage contracts, and other trading agreements on behalf of the Fund and perform such functions as it considers reasonable, necessary or convenient in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided that, the Subadviser’s actions in negotiating such documents shall comply with the Fund’s Articles and any other applicable Cayman Islands and U.S. federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund and, to the extent applicable, the Sole Shareholder (as stated in the Sole Shareholder’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, provided the same have been delivered to the Subadviser), and any other specific policies adopted by the Board, federal regulations, all other federal laws applicable to registered investment advisers and the Subadviser’s duties and obligations under this Agreement. TAM will review all agreements prior to execution by the Fund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and subject to sub-paragraph (b)(iii) below, except as otherwise specified by notice from the Fund or TAM to the Subadviser, the Subadviser may place orders for the execution of transactions hereunder with or through any broker, dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant, bank or any other agent or counterparty that the Subadviser may select in its own discretion. (ii) The Subadviser may open and maintain brokerage accounts (including the execution of any documentation related thereto) of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, with respect to the Allocated Assets. The Subadviser makes no representation may enter into customer agreements (including the execution thereof) with brokers and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts as the Subadviser deems desirable or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateappropriate. (biii) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly In connection with the issuer or with selection of any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant merchant, bank or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers any other agent, and the placing of such ordersorders with any of them, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees Directors of the Trust Fund or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timetime that have been notified to the Subadviser and are in effect as of the date of the transaction, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents Articles and the FundSole Shareholder’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust Fund or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations will review security valuations of the Allocated Assets from sources other than TAM’s custodian and will notify TAM promptly if Subadviser becomes aware of any position that requires fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation proceduresor a material adjustment. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, investment policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional InformationInformation and provided to and agreed upon by the Subadviser, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the SubadviserSubadviser and agreement by the Subadviser thereto, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreements, including, without limitation, swapswaps, futures, options options, repurchase, and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided the Subadviser provides TAM prompt notice of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal review)to review the collateral schedule to master repurchase agreements, all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws Laws, as may be amended from time to time and provided to the Subadviser (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, investment policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, time in advance and any other specific policies adopted agreed to by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets Allocated Assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The In addition, the Subadviser makes no representation is authorized to act for, represent, and purport to bind the Fund with respect to any Allocated Assets in any legal or warranty, express administrative proceeding involving the Trust or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably any such proceeding involving any Allocated Assets, including, without limitation, class action and bankruptcy proceedings, in consultation with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or privateTAM. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures of the Subadviser as may be adopted by the Fund from time to timeFund, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers, which will be provided in advance to the Subadviser. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. (e) The Subadviser agrees to provide, upon request, reasonable assistance to As reasonably requested by TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and Subadviser shall provide the Fund’s pricing agent Fund with information regarding the Allocated Assets to reasonably assist the Fund in making determinations determining the appropriate valuation of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedures. In additionsuch assets, provided that TAM acknowledges that the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of is not a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetingsvaluation agent. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees The Subadviser may, as permitted by rule, regulation or position of the staff of the SEC, utilize the personnel of its affiliates, including foreign affiliates, in providing services under this Agreement, provided that the Subadviser shall not be remains solely responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fundprovision of services under this Agreement.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Funds)

Subadvisory Services. In its capacity as subadviser to the Fund, the Subadviser shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and TAM, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by TAM from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”) with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of TAM or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions (including the negotiation and execution, as agent of the Fund for this limited purpose, execution of investment documentation and agreementsdocumentation, including, without limitation, swapagreements relating to swaps, futures, options and other agreements with counterparties, on the Fund’s behalf as the Subadviser deems appropriate from time to time in order to carry out its responsibilities hereunder, provided provided, that, upon the prior written request of TAM and so long as the Subadviser provides and TAM prompt notice have entered into a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement effective as of any new investment agreements and any material amendments to existing investment agreements and the opportunity for legal reviewdate of such request, the Subadviser shall provide TAM with template forms of such documentation entered into by the Subadviser on behalf of the Fund), all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or TAM provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser is authorized on behalf of the Fund, and consistent with the investment discretion delegated to the Subadviser herein, to: (i) enter into agreements and execute any documents (e.g. any derivatives documentation such as exchange traded and over-the-counter, as applicable) required to meet the obligations of the Fund with respect to any investments made for the Funds’ Allocated Assets. Such documentation includes but may not be limited to any market and/or industry standard documentation and the standard representations contained therein; and (ii) acknowledge the receipt of brokers’ risk disclosure statements, electronic trading disclosure statements and similar disclosures. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other Subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund, specifically, the Subadviser further shall have the authority to instruct the custodian to: (i) pay cash for securities and other property delivered for the Fund, (ii) deliver or accept delivery of, upon receipt of payment or payment upon receipt of, securities, commodities or other property underlying any futures or options contracts, and other property purchased or sold for the Fund; (iii) deposit margin or collateral which shall include the transfer of money, securities or other property to the extent necessary to meet the obligations of the Fund with respect to any investments made pursuant to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. The Subadviser shall not have the authority to cause TAM to deliver securities or other property, or pay cash to Subadviser other than payment of the management fee provided for in this Agreement. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies. The Subadviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund or that the Fund will perform comparably with any standard or index, including other clients of the Subadviser, whether public or private. (b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. The Subadviser shall place orders in accordance with its policy to seek best execution as set forth in the Subadviser’s Form ADV. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund that which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities that which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein. The Subadviser shall not be liable for any act or omission of any brokerage firm or firms or counterparties designated by TAM or chosen by the Subadviser with reasonable care. (c) The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund that which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with Trustees of the Trust or any principal underwriter of the Fund, as principals or agents in making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the Fund, nor will it purchase any securities from an underwriting or selling group in which the Subadviser or its affiliates is participating, or arrange for purchases and sales of securities between the Fund and another account advised by the Subadviser or its affiliates, except in each case as permitted by the 1940 Act and in accordance with such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Fund from time to time, and will comply with all other provisions of the Governing Documents and the Fund’s then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information relative to the Subadviser and its directors and officers. (d) Unless TAM advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to TAM or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with TAM or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to TAM. Further, the Subadviser shall have the power to exercise rights, options, warrants, conversion privileges, and redemption privileges, and to tender securities pursuant to a tender offer. (e) The Subadviser agrees will notify TAM as soon as reasonably possible of any fair valuation recommendation that is applicable to providethe positions in TAM’s portfolio(s) based on the Subadviser’s internal pricing policy. The Subadviser will follow its internal pricing policy when valuing securities, upon request, reasonable assistance to which may utilize different sources than those used by TAM, the Trust’s Valuation Committee and the Fund’s pricing agent in making determinations of the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the Trust’s valuation procedurescustodians. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with TAM in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s Valuation Committee meetings. (f) TAM acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Fund. TAM will instruct applicable service providers not to forward to Subadviser any information concerning such actions. The Subadviser will, however, forward to TAM any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Fund.

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Samples: Investment Subadvisory Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust)