Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ex.-99.h.3
Delaware Management Company
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June 12, 2007
Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust
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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 Tax-Free Pennsylvania Fund (the “Fund”), which is a series of Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income 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 Fund’s 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 0.67% for the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 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 Fund’s 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 Fund’s participation in inverse floater programs where it has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues the inverse floaters.
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.
Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware | ||||
Management Business Trust | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President/Chief | |||
Administrative Officer | ||||
Date: | June 12, 2007 | |||
Your signature below acknowledges
acceptance of this Agreement:
Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Date: | June 12, 2007 |