FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EXPENSE CAP/REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit d.5
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EXPENSE CAP/REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
This Fourth Amendment, to the Expense Cap/Reimbursement Agreement entered into as of the 1st day of March 1999 (the “Agreement”), is entered into as of the 31st day of March 0000, xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Oak Ridge Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) on behalf of the Oak Ridge Small Cap Equity Fund and the Oak Ridge Large Cap Equity Fund, each referred to herein as a “Fund.”
WHEREAS, the existing Amendment to the Agreement provides that it shall terminate on April 1, 2003 unless extended by the mutual agreement of the parties, as provided for in a further amendment to the Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement wish to extend the term of the Agreement until March 31, 2004.
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that the Adviser may recover amounts waived or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the date the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for a Fund;
WHEREAS, the Adviser may only recover waived or reimbursed expenses during the three year period to the extent that a Fund’s expense ratio before waivers and reimbursements does not exceed (i) 2.00% of the Fund’s total operating expenses with respect to a Fund’s Class A shares and (ii) 2.75% of the Fund’s total operating expenses with respect to a Fund’s Class C shares, based on such Fund’s average daily net assets on an annual basis.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
Pursuant to this Amendment, the Agreement shall terminate on March 31, 2004, unless extended by the mutual agreement of the parties, as provided for in a further amendment to the Agreement.
The Adviser may only recover waived or reimbursed expenses during the three year recovery period to the extent that a Fund’s expense ratio before waivers and reimbursements does not exceed (i) 2.00% of the Fund’s total operating expenses with respect to a Fund’s Class A shares and (ii) 2.75% of the Fund’s total operating expenses with respect to a Fund’s Class C shares, based on such Fund’s average daily net assets on an annual basis.
Moreover, the recovery by the Adviser of any amounts waived or reimbursed shall be determined on an annual basis calculated during the three-year recovery period.
All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
OAK RIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC
By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
OAK RIDGE FUNDS, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx