AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of the 30th day of April 2011, to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of September 15, 2009, is entered into by and between Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”) and Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds Trust (formely knowns as, AIP Alternative Strategies Funds), a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), regarding the series of the Trust listed in Appendix A (the “Funds”).
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the fees payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement and add new series of the Trust to the Operating Services Agreement; and
WHEREAS, subject to certain conditions, Section 11 of the Investment Advisory Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties, and
WHEREAS, the conditions required under Section 11 of the Investment Advisory Agreement have been satisfied.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the following:
Section 6 is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
6. Compensation of the Adviser. In consideration of the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, the Funds will pay to the Adviser, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser under this Agreement, a monthly fee as described in Appendix A to this Agreement. Additionally, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser under this Agreement and under the separate Underlying Funds Trust Advisory Agreement, each series of the Underlying Funds Trust will pay to the Adviser a monthly fee of 1.75% (on an annualized basis) of its respective average daily net assets.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement, the fee provided for in this paragraph 6 shall be calculated on the basis of a period ending on the last day on which this Agreement is in effect, subject to a pro rata adjustment based on the number of days elapsed in the current period as a percentage of the total number of days in such period.
Appendix A is hereby superseded and replaced with the following:
APPENDIX A
Separate Series of Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds Trust
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Fund
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Annual Fee Rate
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Hatteras Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund
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0.25% of average daily net assets
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Hatteras Beta Hedged Strategies Fund
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0.00% of average daily net assets
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Hatteras Long / Short Equity Fund
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0.00% of average daily net assets
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Hatteras Long / Short Debt Fund
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0.00% of average daily net assets
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Hatteras Hedged Strategies Fund
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0.25% of average daily net assets
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Except to the extent amended hereby, the Investment Advisory Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first above written.
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
HATTERAS ALTERNATIVE MUTUAL FUNDS, LLC
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Operating Officer
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