AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(6)
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 1st day of June, 2002 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business
trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of
Commerce pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of December 31, 1994, as amended.
BACKGROUND
The parties to this Agreement wish to limit investment advisory or other fees
or reimburse expenses of each of the portfolios of Commerce set forth on Exhibits A and B hereto in order to improve the performance of each such portfolio. The parties also wish to terminate the Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2002.
AGREEMENT
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. The Adviser shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses in amounts necessary so that after such waivers
and/or reimbursements, the maximum total operating expense ratios of the portfolios of Commerce set forth on Exhibit A hereto shall not exceed the amounts set forth on Exhibit A.
2. Effective as of May 1, 2002 (the “Effective Date”), the date the Adviser entered into a sub-investment advisory agreement with Bank of
Ireland Asset Management (U.S.) Limited, the Adviser shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees so that after such waiver the maximum investment advisory fee that the Adviser shall be entitled to receive for the portfolios of
Commerce set forth on Exhibit B hereto shall not exceed the amount set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
3. The Adviser acknowledges and agrees that it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for waived fees that are the subject of this Agreement at any time in the future.
4. This Agreement shall remain in effect through the end of the current fiscal year (October 31, 2003) and
thereafter will automatically renew for successive one-year terms; provided that either party may terminate this agreement for the following fiscal year upon written notice to the other party at least 60 days prior to the end of the current fiscal
year.
5. Except as modified herein, the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect
and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
6. The Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement dated as
of May 1, 2002 is hereby terminated as of the Effective Date.
7. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts.
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.
| THE COMMERCE FUNDS |
COMMERCE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.
| |||||||
| By: |
/s/ XXXXX X.
XXXXXXXX |
By: |
/s/ XXXXX X.
XXXXXXXX | |||||
| Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Vice President |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Vice President | |||||||
Exhibit A
The Commerce Funds
| Name of Portfolio |
Total Annual Operating Expenses | |||
| Institutional Shares |
Service Shares | |||
| Balanced Fund |
0.98% |
1.23% | ||
| National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund |
0.64% |
0.89% | ||
| Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund |
0.60% |
0.85% | ||
| Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund |
0.65% |
0.90% | ||
| Short-Term Government Fund |
0.68% |
0.93% | ||
Exhibit B
The Commerce Funds
| Name of Portfolio |
Fee After Waiver | |
| International Equity Fund |
0.78% | |
| Asset Allocation Fund |
0.00% |
