Directed Services LLC
Exhibit 99.B(d)(1)(D)(iii)
Directed Services LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
March 15, 2010
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000-0000
Re: Advisory Fee Waiver
Ladies and Gentlemen:
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Directed Services LLC (“DSL”), the Adviser to ING BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), agrees that DSL shall, from March 15, 2010 through and including May 1, 2011, waive all or a portion of its investment management fee and/or reimburse expenses in amounts necessary so that after such waivers and/or reimbursements, the maximum total operating expense ratios of the Portfolio shall be as follows:
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1.10 |
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0.75 |
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ING Investments acknowledges that any fees waived or expenses reimbursed during the term of this Agreement shall not be eligible for recoupment at any time in the future.
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Vice President |
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Your
signature below acknowledges |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Senior Vice President |
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