AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(3)
AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AGREEMENT
Waiver Agreement (“JPM/BII Waiver Agreement”) dated as of October 1, 2008 by and among BlackRock Liquidity Funds (the “Trust”), X.X. Xxxxxx Clearing Corp. (f/k/a Bear Xxxxxxx Securities Corp.) (“Clearing Corp.”) and BlackRock Investments, Inc. (“BII”, and collectively with the Trust and Clearing Corp., the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Trust, Clearing Corp. and BlackRock Distributors, Inc. (“BDI”), the Trust’s previous principal underwriter, are parties to the Bear/BDI Waiver Agreement dated as of February 21, 2008 and the Amended and Restated Bear/BDI Waiver Agreement dated as of February 20, 2007 (together the “Prior Waiver Agreements”);
WHEREAS, the Trust and Clearing Corp. desire to enter into a waiver agreement with BII on substantially the same terms as the Prior Waiver Agreements.
WHEREAS, the Trust and BIMC are parties to an Amended and Restated BIMC Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of September 29, 2006 (the “BIMC Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which BIMC has agreed to waive fees owed by the Trust and reimburse certain expenses incurred by the Trust;
WHEREAS, Clearing Corp. and BII wish to enter into this JPM/BII Waiver Agreement in order to agree to certain fee waivers for the Trust’s Select Shares, Private Client Shares, Premier Shares and Premier Choice Shares after giving effect to the BIMC Waiver Agreement; and
1. After the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by BIMC pursuant to the BIMC Expense Caps, effective as of the date hereof, BII shall waive all or a portion of the fees to which it is entitled under the Distribution Plans and Clearing Corp. shall waive all or a portion of the fees to which it is entitled under the Distribution Plans (and applicable related distribution and sales support agreements) and the Shareholder Services Plans (and applicable related servicing agreements) so that after such waivers, the maximum net ordinary operating expense ratios of the Trust’s Select Shares, Private Client Shares, Premier Shares and Premier Choice Shares shall not exceed the amounts set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The maximum net ordinary operating expenses set forth on Exhibit A include the BIMC Expense Cap.
3. 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.
4. This Agreement is effective as of October 1, 2008 and shall not be terminated before March 1, 2010, and will renew automatically on February 28 of each year for an additional one-year period unless a Party terminates this JPM/BII Waiver Agreement by providing written notice to the other Parties at least 75 days prior to the commencement of the successive one-year period.
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BLACKROCK LIQUIDITY FUNDS | BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS, INC. | |||||||
By: | By: | |||||||
Name: Title: |
Name: Title: | |||||||
X.X. XXXXXX CLEARING CORP. | ||||||||
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Name: Title: |
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Exhibit (d)(3)
EXHIBIT A
Share Class/Series |
Net Annual Fund Ordinary Operating Expenses | |
Select Shares |
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TempFund |
1.00% | |
TempCash |
1.00% | |
FedFund |
1.00% | |
T-Fund |
1.00% | |
Federal Trust Fund |
1.00% | |
Treasury Trust Fund |
1.00% | |
MuniFund |
1.00% | |
MuniCash |
1.00% | |
California Money Fund |
1.00% | |
New York Money Fund |
1.00% | |
Private Client Shares |
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TempFund |
0.68% | |
TempCash |
0.68% | |
FedFund |
0.68% | |
T-Fund |
0.68% | |
Federal Trust Fund |
0.68% | |
Treasury Trust Fund |
0.68% | |
MuniFund |
0.68% | |
MuniCash |
0.68% | |
California Money Fund |
0.68% | |
New York Money Fund |
0.68% | |
Premier Shares |
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TempFund |
0.68% | |
TempCash |
0.68% | |
FedFund |
0.68% | |
T-Fund |
0.68% | |
Federal Trust Fund |
0.68% | |
Treasury Trust Fund |
0.68% | |
MuniFund |
0.68% | |
MuniCash |
0.68% | |
California Money Fund |
0.68% | |
New York Money Fund |
0.68% | |
Premier Choice Shares |
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TempFund |
0.45% | |
TempCash |
0.45% | |
FedFund |
0.45% | |
T-Fund |
0.45% | |
Federal Trust Fund |
0.45% | |
Treasury Trust Fund |
0.45% | |
MuniFund |
0.45% | |
MuniCash |
0.45% | |
California Money Fund |
0.45% | |
New York Money Fund |
0.45% |