AMENDMENT TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

Exhibit d 6 e

MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST

AMENDMENT TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

This Amendment to the Subadvisory Agreement, is effective as of the 30^th day of November, 2018, between New York Life Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and Xxxxxxx Asset Management LP, a Texas limited partnership (the “Subadvisor”).

WHEREAS, the Manager and the Subadvisor are parties to a Subadvisory Agreement, dated July 11, 2014, as amended (the “Subadvisory Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereby wish to amend the Subadvisory Agreement to remove MainStay Absolute Return Multi-Strategy Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

(i) Effective November 30, 2018, Schedule A is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule attached hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers and attested effective as of the date first written above.

NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

Attest:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx		By:	/s/ Yie-Xxxx Xxxx
Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxxx		Name:	Yie-Xxxx Xxxx
Title:	Director and Associate General Counsel		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

XXXXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP

Attest:	/s Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx		By:	Swank Capital LLC, its general partner
Name:	Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:	General Counsel and
	Chief Compliance Officer		By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
			Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
			Title:	Managing Member

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SCHEDULE A

(Effective as of November 30, 2018)

As compensation for services provided by Subadvisor with respect to each of the following Series the Manager will pay the Subadvisor and Subadvisor agrees to accept as full compensation for services rendered hereunder, an annual subadvisory fee with respect to the Allocated Assets of such Series equal to the following:

SERIES NAME	ANNUAL RATE
MainStay Xxxxxxx MLP Premier Fund	0.55% on assets up to $3 billion; and 0.525% on assets over $3 billion*
MainStay Xxxxxxx Renaissance Advantage Fund	0.55% on assets up to $500 million; and 0.525% on assets over $500 million**
MainStay Xxxxxxx Energy Income Fund	0.475%**

The portion of the fee based upon the average daily net assets of the respective Series shall be accrued daily at the rate of 1/(number of days in calendar year) of the annual rate applied to the daily net assets of the Series.

Subadvisor agrees to bear pro-rata in the impact of any management fee breakpoints that may arise upon the achievement of economies of scale as a result of asset growth of the Series.

*Equal to 50% of the Series’ management fee. The Manager will bear all costs of any expense cap reimbursement, fee waivers or similar adjustments for the Series.

**Subadvisor will bear fifty percent (50%) of the costs (subject to the cap described in the next sentence) of any contractual or voluntary expense cap reimbursement or fee waivers for the Series. The Subadvisor’s share of the costs shall not exceed the subadvisory fee payment the Subadvisor receives from the Manager for such Series.

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