5th AMENDMENT TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
5th AMENDMENT TO
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS 5th AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT, made this 31st day of January, 2019 (the “Amendment”), is between Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (“LIAC”) and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), a Delaware corporation.
Recitals
| 1. | LIAC currently serves as investment adviser to the Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (the “Trust”); |
| 2. | BlackRock currently subadvises several series of LVIP pursuant to a written subadvisory agreement dated August 27, 2012 as amended October 1, 2015, February 8, 2016, April 21, 2016 and March 20, 2017 (the “Agreement”), |
| 3. | LIAC wishes to appoint BlackRock to serve as sub-adviser to the LVIP BlackRock Global Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, and BlackRock and LIAC desire to amend the fee schedule (“Schedule A”) to the Agreement to add the Fund; |
Representations
| 1. | LIAC represents and warrants that approval of this amendment has been obtained from the Trust’s Board of Trustees at an in-person meeting held December 4, 2018. |
Amendment
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
| 1. | The Recitals are incorporated herein and made a part of the Agreement. |
| 2. | The Representations are incorporated and made a part of the Agreement. |
| 3. | Section 1(m) shall be deleted and replaced with the following: |
The Sub-Adviser is authorized to enter into trading agreements and execute any documents (e.g., ISDAs, control agreements, clearing agreements and other trading arrangements on behalf of the Trust or a Fund, as applicable) and take any other actions required to make investments pursuant to the Prospectus and SAI, which may include any market and/or industry standard documentation.
| 4. | Schedule A shall be deleted and replaced with the attached amended Schedule A effective as of the date hereof, to reflect the addition of the Fund to the Agreement. |
| 5. | All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect. |
| 6. | This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts which together shall constitute one instrument. |
Signature Page Follows
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
| LINCOLN INVESTMENT ADVISORS CORPORATION |
BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | |||
| By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Bromchetti | By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Title: President | Title: Director | |||
SCHEDULE A
Fee Schedule
The Adviser shall pay to the Sub-Adviser compensation for services rendered to each Fund at an annual rate as follows:
|
Effective Date |
Funds |
Fees payable on assets of the Managed Portion
| ||
| February 8, 2016 | LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund (index sleeve)
|
[REDACTED] | ||
| October 1, 2015 | LVIP BlackRock Equity Dividend Managed Volatility Fund (active sleeve)
|
[REDACTED] | ||
| August 27, 2012 | LVIP BlackRock Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund
|
[REDACTED] | ||
| May 1, 2017 | LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund
|
[REDACTED] | ||
| February 11, 2019 | LVIP BlackRock Global Real Estate Fund |
[REDACTED] |
| Effective Date | Funds |
Fees payable on aggregate average daily net assets of the Managed Portions | ||
| May 1, 2016 | LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund
LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund
|
[REDACTED] |
