Contract
(d)(15)
May 1, 2024
Voya Partners, Inc.
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
Re: Expense Limitations
Ladies and Gentlemen:
By execution of this letter agreement, Voya Investments, LLC ("VIL"), the investment manager to VY® Columbia Contrarian Core Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), a series of Voya Partners, Inc. ("VPI"), agrees that, from May 1, 2024 through May 1, 2025, VIL shall waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses to limit ordinary operating expenses, excluding interest, taxes, other investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses such as litigation, other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio's business, and expenses of any counsel or other persons or services retained by VPI's directors who are not "interested persons," as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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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Name of Portfolio |
Maximum Operating Expense Limit |
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(as a percentage of average net assets) |
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Share Classes |
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Adviser |
Initial |
Service |
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VY® Columbia Contrarian Core Portfolio |
1.25% |
0.75% |
1.00% |
We are willing to be bound by this letter agreement to lower our fees for the period from May 1, 2024 through May 1, 2025. VIL acknowledges that: (1) it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for waived fees at any time in the future; and (2) it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for reimbursed expenses at any time in the future.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination or modification of this letter agreement requires approval by the Board of Directors of VPI.
Very sincerely,
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Voya Investments, LLC
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
Voya Partners, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Xxxx Authorized
