AMENDMENT No. 1 TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.d.18.i
AMENDMENT No. 1 TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT No. 1 (“Amendment”) to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”) dated July 2, 2015 by and between Mercer Investment Management, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “Advisor”) and LSV Asset Management, a Delaware general partnership (the “Sub-Advisor”), is made effective as of the ___ day of ________, 2016.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Advisor has been retained to act as investment adviser pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated July 1, 2014, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), with the Mercer Funds (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; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement permits the Advisor, subject to the supervision and direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, to delegate certain of its duties under the Agreement to other investment advisers, subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisor currently manages an allocated portion of the assets of the Xxxxxx Non-US Core Equity Fund (the “Non-US Core Equity Fund”), a series of the Trust under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor intend to amend the Agreement to appoint the Sub-Advisor to provide investment management services with respect to an allocated portion of the assets of the Xxxxxx US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund (the “US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund”), a series of the Trust and to treat such portion of the US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund assets allocated to the Sub-Advisor as “Sub-Advisor Assets”, as that term is defined in the Agreement, and the Sub-Advisor is willing to render such services, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement; 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. | The Agreement is hereby amended to provide that the Advisor hereby appoints the Sub-Advisor to act as investment adviser for and to manage assets of the US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund (in addition to the assets of the Non-US Core Equity Fund), subject to the supervision of the Advisor and the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and subject to the terms of the Agreement; and the Sub-Advisor hereby accepts such appointment. |
2. | The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor each acknowledged that all of its respective representations and warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof. |
3. | Exhibit A of the Agreement, the Fee Schedule, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit A to this Amendment: |
3. | All other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby. |
Xxxxxx Investment Management, Inc. | LSV Asset Management | |||
By: | By: | |||
Name: | Name: | |||
Title: | Title: |