May 13, 2013
Exhibit (d)(3)(i)
May 13, 2013
Xxxx Xxxxx
Senior Vice President
ING Investments, LLC
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx.
Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Dear Xx. Xxxxx:
ING Investments, LLC (“ING Investments”) and ING Investment Management Co. LLC (“ING IM”) are parties to a Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated May 13, 2013 (the “Agreement”), and pursuant to the Agreement, ING Investments has agreed to pay ING IM an annual sub-advisory fee of 0.18% as a percentage of average daily net assets of ING Investment Grade Credit Fund (formerly, ING SPorts Core Fixed Income Fund, the “Fund”), effective May 13, 2013. By this letter dated May 13, 2013, ING IM voluntarily waives the annual sub-advisory fee that it is entitled to receive as follows:
ING IM will waive the sub-advisory fee payable by ING Investments for a period from May 13, 2013 through August 1, 2014 (the “Wavier Period”) for the Fund, such that the new sub-advisory fee rate is 0.00% for the Fund.
ING IM acknowledges that any fees waived during the Waiver Period pursuant to this letter shall not be eligible for recoupment at any time in the future.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination or modification of this letter requires approval by the Board of Trustees of ING Separate Portfolios Trust.
Please acknowledge your acceptance of this fee waiver by executing below in the place indicated.
Very sincerely,
By:
/s/Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx_______________
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Vice President, Finance
ING Investment Management Co. LLC
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
ING Investments, LLC
By:
/s/Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
Senior Vice President