AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of February 8, 2010 by and between the CM Advisers Fund (the “Fund”), a series of shares of the CM Advisers Family of Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and Van Den Xxxx Management I, Inc. d/b/a CM Fund Advisers, a Texas corporation (the “Adviser”), and is amending and restating in its entirety that certain Expense Limitation Agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) effective May 7, 2003 by and between the Fund and the Adviser.
WHEREAS, the Adviser has requested that the Expense Limitation Agreement be amended in order to modify and change the termination date and to confirm that “acquired fund fees and expenses” as defined in the Form N-1A instructions are excluded from the calculation of aggregate expenses incurred by the Fund in determining the applicable expense limit; and
Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1(b) below, such excess amount (the “Excess Amount”) shall be the liability of the Adviser.
This Agreement with respect to the Fund shall continue in effect until July 1, 2011 and from year to year thereafter provided each such continuance is specifically approved by a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who (i) are not “interested persons” of the Trust or any other party to this Agreement, as defined in the 1940 Act, and (ii) have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Agreement (“Non-Interested Trustees”). Nevertheless, this Agreement may be terminated by either party hereto, without payment of any penalty, upon written notice ninety (90) days prior to the end of the then-current term of the Agreement to the other party at its principal place of business; provided that, in the case of termination by the Trust, such action shall be authorized by resolution of a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees of the Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust. Any termination pursuant to this paragraph 2 shall become effective, unless otherwise specifically agreed upon, on the last day of the then-current term of the Agreement.
relieve or deprive the Trust’s Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust or the Fund.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CM ADVISERS FUND, A SERIES OF THE CM ADVISERS FAMILY OF FUNDS
/s/ Xxxxxx Van Den Xxxx
By: Xxxxxx Van Den Xxxx
Title: President
VAN DEN XXXX MANAGEMENT I, INC. D/B/A CM FUND ADVISERS
/s/Xxxxxx Van Den Xxxx
By: Xxxxxx Van Den Xxxx
Title: President