April 30, 2017 ALPS Variable Investment Trust Board of Trustees
Exhibit (h)(xvi)
April 30, 2017
Board of Trustees
0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Denver, CO 80203
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Re:
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ALPS Variable Investment Trust (the “Trust”)
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By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), among the undersigned parties, ALPS Advisors, Inc. (“ALPS”) agrees to waive certain fees that it is entitled to receive from, or reimburse certain expenses to be paid by, the ALPS/Red Rocks Private Equity Portfolio, a series of the Trust (the “Portfolio”).
The parties hereby agree that ALPS shall reimburse Portfolio expenses and/or waive a portion of the investment advisory and other fees that ALPS is entitled to receive to the extent necessary such that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as defined in Form N-1A) (excluding Distribution and/or Services (Rule 12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed the levels set forth below:
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Portfolio
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Class I
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Class III
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ALPS/Red Rocks Private Equity Portfolio
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95 bps
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95 bps
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ALPS will be permitted to recover, on a class-by-class basis, expenses it has borne through this letter agreement to the extent that the Portfolio’s expenses in later periods fall below the annual rates set forth in this agreement or in previous letter agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Portfolio will not be obligated to pay any such deferred fees and expenses more than three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee and expenses were deferred.
ALPS agrees that such expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers for the Portfolio will be effective beginning on April 30, 2017, and shall continue through April 29, 2018.
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ALPS ADVISORS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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President
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Your signature below acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Treasurer
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