RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MUTUAL FUNDS AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MUTUAL FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 8 (the “Amendment”) is made as of this 3rd day of June, 2015, by and between RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MUTUAL FUNDS (the “Trust”), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, with respect to that Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser dated May 6, 1994, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on June 15, 2000, Amendment No. 2 on December 27, 2005, Amendment No. 3 on March 31, 2009, Amendment No. 4 on March 14, 2012, Amendment No. 5 on November 13, 2012, Amendment No. 6 on December 31, 2013, and Amendment No. 7 on March 7, 2014 (collectively, the “Agreement”).
This Amendment is for the purpose of removing the Rainier Balanced Fund a recently liquidated series of the Trust from this Agreement.
| 1. | Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit A attached to this Amendment. |
| 2. | Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all on the day and year first above written.
| RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MUTUAL FUNDS | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | CEO/President | |
| RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | COO | |
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Exhibit A
| Fund |
Annual Advisory Fee Rate | Effective Date | ||||
| Rainier Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund |
0.85 | % | May 6, 1994 | |||
| Rainier Large Cap Equity Fund |
0.70 | % | January 1, 2013 | |||
| Rainier Intermediate Fixed Income Fund |
0.50 | % | May 6, 1994 | |||
| Rainier Mid Cap Equity Fund |
0.85 | % | December 27, 2005 | |||
| Rainier High Yield Fund |
0.55 | % | March 31, 2012 | |||
| Rainier International Discovery Fund |
1.00 | % | March 27, 2012 | |||
| Rainier Large Cap Growth Equity Fund |
0.73 | % | March 7, 2014 | |||
| RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MUTUAL FUNDS | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | CEO/President | |
| RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | COO | |
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