Delaware Management Company
Ex-99.h.3
Delaware Management Company
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Philadelphia, PA 19103
April 26, 2007
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Re: Expense Limitations
Ladies and Gentlemen:
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series, Delaware VIP High Yield Series, and Delaware REIT Series (collectively, the “Funds”), which are series of Delaware VIP Trust, the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs ,and non-routine expenses or costs, including but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations [collectively, “non-routine expenses”]) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Funds’ respective total operating expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs, and non-routine expenses) exceed the amounts indicated below for the periods described below. For purposes of this Agreement, non-routine expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Funds’ Board and the Manager. Inverse floater program expenses include, but are not limited to, interest expense, remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees from the Funds’ participation in inverse floater programs where a Fund has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues the inverse floaters.
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Expense Limitation |
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Effective Dates |
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Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series |
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1.50 |
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5/1/07 – 4/30/08 |
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Delaware VIP High Yield Series |
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0.74 |
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5/1/07 – 4/30/08 |
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Delaware VIP REIT Series |
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1.00 |
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5/1/07 – 4/30/08 |
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The Manager acknowledges that it (1) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.
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Delaware Management Business Trust |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X.Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X.Xxxxx |
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Title: President |
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Date: April 26, 2007 |
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Your signature below acknowledges
acceptance of this Agreement:
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: April 26, 2007 |
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