Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
EX-99.d.3
Delaware Management
Company
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March 29, 2010
Delaware Group Global
& International Funds
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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 Emerging
Markets Fund, Delaware Global Value Fund, Delaware International Value Equity
Fund, and Delaware Focus Global Growth Fund, each a series of Delaware Group
Global & International Funds, 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, the “Excluded Expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the
amount by which the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any Excluded
Expenses) exceed the percentages set forth below for the period March 30, 2010
through March 30, 2011. 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 it has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues the
inverse floaters.
Fund | Expense Cap | |
Delaware Emerging Markets Fund | 1.75% | |
Delaware Global Value Fund | 1.30% | |
Delaware International Value Equity Fund | 1.35% | |
Delaware Focus Global Growth Fund | 1.20% |
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
Delaware Management Business Trust
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer |
Your signature below
acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:
Delaware Group Global
& International Funds
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||
Date: | March 29, 2010 |