Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ex-99.d.2
Delaware
Management Company
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August 27,
2010
Re: Expense
Limitations
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
By our execution of this letter agreement
(the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management
Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees
that in order to improve the performance of Delaware Select Growth Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of Voyageur Mutual Funds III, the Manager shall waive all or a
portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding any
12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses,
brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance
costs, and non-routine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those
relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and
liquidations (collectively, the “Excluded Expenses”)) in an aggregate amount
equal to the amount by which the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any
Excluded Expenses) exceed 1.24% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the
period August 28, 2010 through August 28, 2011. For purposes of this Agreement,
non-routine expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may
be agreed upon from time to time by the Fund’s Board and the Manager. Inverse
floater program expenses include, but are not limited to, interest expense,
remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees from the Fund’s
participation in inverse floater programs where it has transferred its own bonds
to a trust that issues the inverse floaters.
The Manager acknowledges that it (1)
shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any
time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim
for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.
Delaware
Management Company, a series of
Delaware Management Business Trust
Delaware Management Business Trust
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer |
Your signature
below acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: | August 27, 2010 |