AMENDMENT No. 4 TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
EX-99.d.1.iv
AMENDMENT No. 4 TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT No. 4 (“Amendment”) to the Investment Management Agreement (“Agreement”) dated July 1, 2014 by and between Mercer Investments LLC (formerly known as Mercer Investment Management, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and Mercer Funds (the “Trust”) is made effective as of the 1st day of February, 2024.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Advisor has been retained to act as investment adviser pursuant to the Agreement with the Trust, a Delaware statutory trust registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which consists of several separate series of shares, each having its own investment objectives and policies, and which is authorized to create additional series in the future (the “Series”);
WHEREAS, the Board previously approved the liquidation and termination of a series of the Trust, Xxxxxx US Large Cap Equity Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that the parties may mutually agree to supplement or amend any provision of the Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement, as follows:
1. | Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule A attached to this Amendment. |
2. | The Advisor and the Trust each acknowledge that all of their respective representations and warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof. |
4. | All other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby. |
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XXXXXX INVESTMENTS LLC | MERCER FUNDS | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: | Vice President and Chief Investment Officer | Title: | Vice President |
Schedule A
as amended effective February 1, 2024
Investment Advisory Fee | |||||
Series | On the first $750 Million |
On the next $250 Million |
On assets over $1 billion | ||
Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund | 0.90 of 1% | 0.88 of 1% | 0.83 of 1% | ||
Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund | 0.75 of 1% | 0.73 of 1% | 0.68 of 1% | ||
Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Equity Fund | 0.80 of 1% | 0.78 of 1% | 0.73 of 1% | ||
Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund | 0.75 of 1% | 0.73 of 1% | 0.68 of 1% | ||
Mercer Core Fixed Income Fund | 0.35 of 1% | 0.33 of 1% | 0.28 of 1% | ||
Mercer Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund | 0.80 of 1% | 0.78 of 1% | 0.73 of 1% | ||
Mercer Short Duration Fixed Income Fund | 0.30 of 1% | 0.28 of 1% | 0.23 of 1% |