ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC FIRST AMENDMENT TO FUND SUB-ADMINISTRATION SERVICING AGREEMENT

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

FIRST AMENDMENT TO FUND SUB-ADMINISTRATION

SERVICING AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of this 15TH day of November, 2010 to the Fund Sub-Administration Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2010, (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC, (the “Company”) on behalf of itself and ARIEL INVESTMENT TRUST (the “Trust”), and U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (“USBFS”).

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to add the Ariel Discovery Fund; and

WHEREAS, Section 10 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by written agreement executed by the parties and authorized or approved by the Board of Directors; and

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

           Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit A attached hereto.

Except to the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC	U.S BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
By:    /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx	By:    /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
Name:     Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx	Name:     Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
Title:       Vice President	Title:       Executive Vice President

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Amended Exhibit A

to the Fund Sub-Administration Servicing Agreement – Ariel Investments, LLC

Fund Names

Separate Series of Ariel Investment Trust

Name of Series

Ariel Fund

Ariel Appreciation Fund

Ariel Focus Fund

Ariel Discovery Fund

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