MASON STREET ADVISORS, LLC
XXXXX STREET ADVISORS, LLC
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000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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March 15,
2024
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President
Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
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Dear Xx. Xxxxxxxx:
This letter constitutes an agreement between Xxxxx Street Advisors, LLC (“MSA”) and Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc. (“Series Fund”) as follows:
MSA hereby agrees, from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, to waive its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse certain expenses for the Series Fund portfolios specified below (each, a “Portfolio”) to the extent necessary so that each Portfolio’s total operating expenses (excluding taxes, brokerage, other investment-related costs, interest and dividend expenses and charges, acquired fund fees and expenses, fees for class action, other passive securities litigation and anti-trust claim filing services and such non-recurring and extra ordinary expenses as they may arise) on an annualized basis after the waiver, do not exceed the percentage of average net assets specified below (the “Expense
Cap”):
| Portfolio |
Expense Cap |
| Focused Appreciation Portfolio |
0.90 % |
| Large Cap Blend Portfolio |
0.85 % |
| Large Company Value Portfolio |
0.80 % |
| Domestic Equity Portfolio |
0.75 % |
| Equity Income Portfolio |
0.75 % |
| Mid Cap Value Portfolio |
1.00 % |
| Index 600 Stock Portfolio |
0.35 % |
| Small Cap Value Portfolio |
1.00 % |
| International Growth Portfolio |
1.10 % |
| Research International Core Portfolio |
1.15 % |
| Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio |
1.50 % |
| Short-Term Bond Portfolio |
0.45 % |
| Long-Term U.S. Government Bond Portfolio |
0.65 % |
| Inflation Protection Portfolio |
0.65 % |
| Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio |
0.90 % |
| Asset Allocation Portfolio |
0.75 % |
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The Expense Cap
shall be given effect after the application of the investment advisory fee waivers contemplated by that certain Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement of even date herewith in
place between the parties hereto with respect to certain Portfolios.
This letter supersedes all prior agreements between the parties relating to the same matters.
| Very truly yours, | |
| XXXXX STREET ADVISORS, LLC | |
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
| Name: |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
| Title: |
President |
Agreed to and accepted:
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL SERIES FUND, INC.
| By: |
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: |
President |
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