EATON VANCE GROWTH TRUST AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF EATON VANCE RICHARD BERNSTEIN EQUITY STRATEGY FUND

EXHIBIT (d)(17)(b)

XXXXX XXXXX GROWTH TRUST

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT

ON BEHALF OF

XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX EQUITY STRATEGY FUND

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 to the Investment Advisory and Administrative Agreement (“Amendment”) made as of May 1, 2021, between Xxxxx Xxxxx Growth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Equity Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and Xxxxx Xxxxx Management, a Massachusetts business trust (“Xxxxx Xxxxx”). 

WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory and Administrative Agreement dated March 1, 2021 with Xxxxx Xxxxx (the “Advisory Agreement”), which provides that Xxxxx Xxxxx shall be entitled to receive compensation at a certain rate; and 

WHEREAS, Xxxxx Xxxxx has offered to reduce such advisory fee rate, and the Trust has accepted such fee reduction on behalf of the Fund, such fee reduction being effective as of May 1, 2021; and 

WHEREAS, Xxxxx Xxxxx and the Trust wish to memorialize said fee reduction in writing; 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxx hereby jointly and severally agree as follows: 

1.Appendix A of the Advisory Agreement is replace in its entirety with the Appendix A attached hereto.   

2.Except as specifically set forth herein, all of the other terms of the Advisory Agreement shall remain in full force and effective. 

3.This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be executed in written form or using electronic or digital technology, whether it is a computer-generated signature, an electronic copy of the party’s true ink signature, DocuSign, facsimile or otherwise. Delivery of an executed counterpart of the Amendment by facsimile, e-mail transmission via portable document format (.pdf), DocuSign, or other electronic means will be equally as effective and binding as delivery of a manually executed counterpart. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first above written. 

XXXXX XXXXX GROWTH TRUST on behalf of XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX EQUITY STRATEGY FUND
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Vice President and not individually

XXXXX XXXXX MANAGEMENT
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Gemma
	Xxxxxxx X. Gemma
	Vice President and not individually

XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX EQUITY STRATEGY FUND

APPENDIX A

As amended May 1, 2021

For the services, payments and facilities furnished by Xxxxx Xxxxx under this Agreement, Xxxxx Xxxxx is entitled to receive from the Fund compensation as set forth below:

Average Daily Net Assets for the Month	Annual Fee Rate
Up to $500 million	0.850%
$500 million but less than $1 billion	0.800%
$1 billion but less than $2.5 billion	0.775%
$2.5 billion but less than $5 billion	0.750%
$5 billion and over	0.730%

In case of initiation or termination of the Agreement during any month with respect to the Fund, the fee for that month shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the number of calendar days during which the Agreement is in effect.

The Fund’s daily net assets shall be computed in accordance with the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and any applicable votes and determinations of the Trustees of the Trust. Such compensation shall be paid monthly in arrears. Xxxxx Xxxxx may, from time to time, waive all or a part of the above compensation.