Amendment to Distribution Agreement

Exhibit (e)(2)

Amendment to Distribution Agreement

This Amendment dated as of August 31, 2012 (this “Amendment”) is to the Distribution Agreement dated November 1, 2011 (the “Agreement”), by and between Financial Investors Trust (the “Trust”), an open-end, management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust, having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, on behalf of the Funds, and ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a Colorado corporation and a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any items not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Distributor wish to amend the Agreement in certain respects as more fully set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Effective as of the date of this Amendment, SCHEDULE A LIST OF FUNDS the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the new SCHEDULE A LIST OF FUNDS attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

2. Except as specifically set forth herein, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first written above.

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST						ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx						Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President						Title: President

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF FUNDS

ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund (Classes A, C, I and R)

(formerly, Listed Private Equity Fund)

ALPS/WMC Value Intersection Fund (formerly, Activa Value Fund) (Classes A, C and I)

Xxxxxx China Fund (Classes A, C and I)

Jefferies Asset Management Commodity Strategy Allocation Fund (Classes A, C and I)

RiverFront Global Allocation Fund (Classes A, C and I)

(formerly, RiverFront Moderate Growth Fund)

RiverFront Dynamic Equity Income Fund (Classes A, C and I)

(formerly, RiverFront Long-Term Growth & Income Fund)

RiverFront Moderate Growth & Income Fund (Classes A, C and I)

RiverFront Global Growth Fund (Classes A, C, I, L and Investor)

(formerly, RiverFront Long-Term Growth Fund)

ALPS/Kotak India Growth Fund (Classes A, C and I)

RiverFront Conservative Income Builder Fund (Classes A, C and I)