MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
THE
MAINSTAY FUNDS
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Subadvisory Agreement, is made as of the 28th day of February 2024, between New York Life Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”) and MacKay Xxxxxxx LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Subadvisor”).
WHEREAS, the Manager and the Subadvisor are parties to the Amended and Restated Subadvisory Agreement, dated January 1, 2018, as amended (“Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Manager and the Subadvisor hereby wish to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to reflect (i) the name change for MainStay MacKay Short Duration High Yield Fund to MainStay MacKay Short Duration High Income Fund and (ii) to update the fee schedule for MainStay MacKay Convertible Fund and MainStay MacKay Tax Free Bond Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
(i) Effective February 28, 2024, Schedule A is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule attached hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers and attested effective as of the date first written above.
NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
Attest: /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director and Associate General Counsel Title: Senior Managing Director
MACKAY XXXXXXX LLC
Attest: /s/ Xxxxx Xxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxx Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Managing Director and Title: Executive Managing Director and
General Counsel Chief Administrative Officer
SCHEDULE A
(As of February 28, 2024)
As compensation for services provided by Subadvisor, the Manager will pay the Subadvisor and Subadvisor agrees to accept as full compensation for all services rendered hereunder, at an annual subadvisory fee equal to the following:
FUND / PORTFOLIO | ANNUAL RATE ON ALLOCATED ASSETS |
The MainStay Funds | |
MainStay Income Builder Fund (investment sleeve)* | 0.32% on assets up to $500 million; 0.2875% on assets from $1 billion to $5 billion; and |
MainStay MacKay Convertible Fund* | 0.30% on assets up to $500 million; |
MainStay MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund | 0.30%
on assets up to $500 million; 0.25% on assets from $7 billion to $10 billion; and |
MainStay MacKay Strategic Bond Fund* | 0.30% on assets up to $500 million; 0.275% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; |
MainStay MacKay Tax Free Bond Fund* | 0.225%
on assets up to $500 million; |
MainStay MacKay U.S. Infrastructure Bond Fund* | 0.25% on assets up to $500 million; 0.2375% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; and |
MainStay Funds Trust | |
MainStay MacKay California Tax Free Opportunities Fund* | 0.225%
on assets up to $1 billion; |
FUND / PORTFOLIO | ANNUAL RATE ON ALLOCATED ASSETS |
MainStay MacKay High Yield Municipal Bond Fund* | 0.275%
on assets up to $1 billion; |
MainStay MacKay New York Tax Free Opportunities Fund* | 0.225% on assets up to $1 billion; |
MainStay MacKay Short Duration High Income Fund* | 0.325% on all assets |
MainStay MacKay Short Term Municipal Fund* | 0.175%
on assets up to $1 billion; |
MainStay MacKay Strategic Municipal Allocation Fund* | 0.20% on all assets |
MainStay MacKay Total Return Bond Fund* | 0.225% up to $1 billion; 0.22% from $1 billion to $3 billion; and 0.215% over $3 billion |
MainStay VP Income Builder Portfolio (investment sleeve) | 0.285% on assets up to $1 billion; and 0.275% on assets over $1 billion |
MainStay XX XxxXxx Convertible Portfolio | 0.30% on assets up to $500 million; 0.275% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; 0.25% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; 0.245% on assets over $2 billion |
MainStay XX XxxXxx Government Portfolio | 0.25%
on assets up to $500 million; |
MainStay XX XxxXxx High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio | 0.285%
on assets up to $1 billion; 0.2625% on assets over $5 billion |
MainStay XX XxxXxx Strategic Bond Portfolio* | 0.30% on assets up to $500 million; 0.275% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; 0.25% on assets from $1 billion to $5 billion; and 0.2375% on assets over $5 billion |
The portion of the fee based upon the average daily net assets of the respective Allocated Assets shall be accrued daily at the rate of l/(number of days in calendar year) of the annual rate applied to the daily net assets of the Allocated Assets. Payment will be made to the Subadvisor on a monthly basis.
* The Manager has agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s/Portfolio’s management fee or reimburse the expenses of the appropriate class of the Fund/Portfolio so that the class total ordinary operating expenses do not exceed certain amounts. These waivers or expense limitations may be changed with Board approval. To the extent the Manager has agreed to waive its
management fee or reimburse expenses, the Subadvisor, upon reasonable prior notice from the Manager, has voluntarily agreed to waive or reimburse its fee in proportion to the percentage of the total subadvisory fee that the Subadvisor earns.
