EXCESS EXPENSE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.(d)(4)(a)
Excess Expense Agreement dated as of June 16, 2011, and as amended on April 14, 2020 and August 28, 2023, between INVESCO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST and INVESCO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II, each a Massachusetts business trust, and INVESCO ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (collectively, the “Trusts”), and INVESCO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
WHEREAS, Invesco Capital Management LLC is the investment adviser of the Trusts;
WHEREAS, the Adviser agrees to waive fees and/or absorb certain expenses of the series of the Trusts listed in Schedule A (the “Funds”) in order to maintain expense ratios of the Funds at or below a predetermined level (the “Expense Caps”); and
WHEREAS, the Trusts desire to induce the Adviser to waive fees and/or absorb expenses of the Funds to the extent necessary to maintain the expense ratios of the Funds at or below the Expense Caps.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The Adviser agrees to waive the advisory fee and/or reimburse other expenses for the Funds as follows:
(a) to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of each of Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Basic Materials Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Consumer Staples Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Energy Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Financial Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Healthcare Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Industrials Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Technology Momentum ETF, Invesco Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Utilities Momentum ETF, Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF, Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF, Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight ETF, Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF, Invesco S&P 500 Value with Momentum ETF, Invesco S&P Midcap Quality ETF, Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum ETF, Invesco S&P Midcap Value with Momentum ETF, Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF, Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF, Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF and Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF (excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (as defined in SEC Form N-1A) and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding the percentage of average daily net assets set forth in Schedule A, at least until the date set forth in Schedule A. Except as set forth below, the offering costs excluded from the Expense Caps are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ shares offered for sale; (b) initial SEC and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange.
(b) to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of each Fund other than those referenced in Section 1(a) above (excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (as defined in SEC Form N-1A) and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding the percentage of average daily net assets set forth in Schedule A, at least until the date set forth in Schedule A. Except as set forth below, the offering costs excluded from the Expense Caps are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ shares offered for sale; (b) initial SEC and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange.
2. Subject to the limitations specified below, each Fund shall reimburse the Adviser, without interest, for fees waived and/or expenses absorbed by the Adviser for the purpose of maintaining each Fund’s expense ratio at or below its Expense Cap (the “Reimbursement Payments”).
3. The Adviser shall be entitled to Reimbursement Payments from a Fund on the earliest date that any such payments may be made without thereby causing the Fund to exceed: (i) its Expense Cap then in effect; or (ii) the Expense Cap in effect at the time the fees and/or expenses subject to Reimbursement Payments were waived and/or borne by the Adviser.
4. The Funds’ obligations to make Reimbursement Payments with respect to any particular fees waived, and/or expenses absorbed, shall expire three years from the date the fee or expense would otherwise have been accrued by the Fund, and may be terminated by the Trust or the Adviser, without penalty, upon 60 days prior written notice.
5. The Adviser shall, upon termination of the Agreement, have no claim against the Trust or the Funds for any unreimbursed amounts.
Dated: August 28, 2023
INVESCO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Principal Executive Officer & President | ||
INVESCO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Principal Executive Officer & President | ||
INVESCO ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Principal Executive Officer & President | ||
INVESCO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |