AMENDMENT
TO
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
XXXXXXX NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
AND
X. XXXX PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
This AMENDMENT is made by and between XXXXXXX NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT,
LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser
("Adviser"), and X. XXXX PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC., a Maryland corporation and
registered investment adviser ("Sub-Adviser").
WHEREAS, the Adviser and Sub-Adviser entered into an Investment
Sub-Advisory Agreement dated as of January 31, 2001 ("Agreement"), whereby the
Adviser appointed the Sub-Adviser to provide certain sub-investment advisory
services to certain investment portfolios of JNL Series Trust.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Adviser agreed to pay the
Sub-Adviser for the services provided and the expenses assumed by the
Sub-Adviser sub-advisory fees as set forth on Schedule B to the Agreement, and
the Sub-Adviser agreed to accept such sub-advisory fees as full compensation
under the Agreement for such services and expenses.
WHEREAS, the Adviser and Sub-Adviser have agreed to 1) revise the fee
schedule footnote for the JNL/X. Xxxx Price Established Growth Fund and the
JNL/X. Xxxx Price Value Fund (footnote 1); and 2) revise the fee schedule
footnotes for the JNL/X. Xxxx Price Short-Term Bond Fund (footnotes 4 and 5).
WHEREAS, in order to reflect these fee schedule footnote revisions,
Schedule B to the Agreement must be amended.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained,
the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Schedule B to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its
entirety with Schedule B dated September 1, 2011, attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser have caused this
Amendment to be executed as of August, 2011, effective as of September 1, 2011.
XXXXXXX NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President and CEO
X. XXXX PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxx
Title: Vice President and Sr. Legal Counsel
SCHEDULE B
DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
(Compensation)
JNL/X. Xxxx Price Established Growth Fund (1)
JNL/X. Xxxx Price Value Fund (1)
AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
Assets up to $1 billion:
$0 to $250 million 0.40%
$250 to $500 million 0.375%
$500 million to $1 billion 0.35%
When assets exceed $1 billion:
On the first $1 billion 0.35%
Amounts over $1 billion 0.325%
(1) For both the JNL/X. Xxxx Price Established Growth Fund and the JNL/X.
Xxxx Price Value Fund, the Sub-Adviser will provide the Adviser a
transitional credit to eliminate any discontinuity between the tiered fee
schedule and the flat fee once assets exceed $1 billion. The credit will
apply at asset levels between approximately $946 million and $1 billion.
To accommodate circumstances where a Fund's assets fall beneath $1 billion
and to prevent a decline in a Fund's assets from causing an increase in the
absolute dollar fee, the Sub-Adviser will provide a transitional credit to
cushion the impact of reverting to the original tiered fee schedule. The
credit will be applied against the fees assessed under the existing fee
schedule and will have the effect of reducing the dollar fee until assets
either (a) exceed $1 billion, when the flat fee would be triggered, or (b)
fall below a threshold of approximately $946 million, where the tiered fee
schedule would be fully re-applied.
The credit is determined by multiplying the difference between the tiered
fee schedule and the flat 0.35% fee schedule by the difference between the
current portfolio size for billing purposes and the $946 billion threshold,
divided by the difference between $1 billion and the $946 billion
threshold. The credit would approach $187,500 annually when a Fund's assets
were close to $1 billion and fall to zero at approximately $946 million.
The annualized transitional credit is determined as follows, and the
appropriate portion thereof (based upon the number of days in the month)
will be applied as a credit to fees assessed:
Average Daily Fund Assets - $946,428,571 x $187,500
$53,571,428
JNL/X. Xxxx Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund (2)
AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
$0 to $20 million 0.60%
$20 to $50 million 0.50%
$50 to $200 million 0.50%
Amounts over $200 Million 0.50% (3)
(2) Fees will be paid based on assets invested in the actively managed
portion of the Fund managed by X. Xxxx Price, not including assets from the
mid-cap growth index strategy portion of the Fund managed by Mellon Capital
Management Corporation.
(3) When net assets exceed $200 million, the annual rate asterisked is
applicable to all the amounts in the JNL/X. Xxxx Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund.
JNL/X. Xxxx Price Short-Term Bond Fund
AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS: ANNUAL RATE
Less than $100 million:
$0 to $50 million 0.30%
Amounts over $50 million 0.25%
Greater or equal to $100 million, but less than $1.5 billion:
$0 to $100 million 0.20% (4)
$100 to $250 million 0.175%
$250 to $500 million 0.125%
Amounts over $500 Million 0.10%
Greater or equal to $1.5 billion: All assets 0.10% (5)
(4) For net assets less than $100 million, the Sub-Adviser fees will be .30% on
net assets up to $50 million and 0.25% on net assets greater than $50 million.
The Sub-Adviser fee will reset to .20% on net assets from $0 to $100 million,
once assets reach $100 million. The Sub-Adviser will provide the Adviser a
transitional fee credit to eliminate any discontinuity between the tiered fee
schedule and the fee schedule that takes effect once assets exceed $100 million.
The credit will apply at an asset range between $70 million and $100 million.
(5) For net assets greater or equal to $1.5 billion, the Sub-Adviser fees
will be .10% on all net assets. The Sub-Adviser will provide the Adviser a
transitional credit to eliminate any discontinuity between the tiered fee
schedule and the flat fee once assets exceed $1.5 billion. The credit will
apply at asset levels between $1.225 billion and $1.5 billion.
To accommodate circumstances where a Fund's assets fall beneath $1.5
billion and to prevent a decline in a Fund's assets from causing an
increase in the absolute dollar fee, the Sub-Adviser will provide a
transitional credit to cushion the impact of reverting to the original
tiered fee schedule. The credit will be applied against the fees assessed
under the existing fee schedule and will have the effect of reducing the
dollar fee until assets either (a) exceed $1.5 billion, when the flat fee
would be triggered, or (b) fall below a threshold of $1.225 billion, where
the tiered fee schedule would be fully re-applied.
The credit is determined by multiplying the difference between the tiered
fee schedule and the flat 0.10% fee schedule by the difference between the
current portfolio size for billing purposes and the $1.225 billon
threshold, divided by the difference between $1.5 billion and the $1.225
billion threshold. The credit would approach $275,000 annually when a
Fund's assets were close to $1.5 billion and fall to zero at $1.225
billion.
The annualized transitional credit is determined as follows, and the
appropriate portion thereof (based upon the number of days in the month)
will be applied as a credit to fees assessed:
Average Daily Fund Assets - $1.225 billion x $275,000
$275 million