FEE APPORTIONMENT AGREEMENT
THIS FEE APPORTIONMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of November 7, 2019, by and among: (1) Tributary Funds, Inc., a registered open-end management investment company organized as a Nebraska corporation having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Company”), on behalf of the Tributary Short/Intermediate Bond Fund, the Tributary Small Company Fund, the Tributary Small/Mid Cap Fund, the Tributary Income Fund, the Tributary Balanced Fund, and the Tributary Growth Opportunities Fund, (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), (2) Tributary Capital Management, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Tributary”), and (3) First National Bank, a national banking association having its principal place of business at 00000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX 00000, on behalf of its division, First National Fund Advisers (“FNFA,” together with Tributary and the Funds, the “Parties”).
Preliminary Statement
A. Tributary serves as investment adviser to the Funds, and FNFA serves as sub-advisor to Tributary with respect to the Tributary Income Fund (the “Income Fund”), Tributary Short-Intermediate Bond Fund (the “Short-Intermediate Fund”), Tributary Growth Opportunities Fund (the “Growth Opportunities Fund”) and the Tributary Balanced Fund (the “Balanced Fund”) together the “FNFA Advised Funds”).
B. Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), serves as distributor for the Funds.
C. The Company, Tributary, the Distributor and GWFS Equities, Inc. (“GWFS”) are parties to an Administrative Services Agreement dated _____________ (“Agreement”), under which GWFS provides certain services (“Services”) to each of the Funds in connection with GWFS’s customers’ purchase of shares of the Funds (such shares owned by GWFS customers, the “Shares”) through GWFS’s platform.
D. In exchange for GWFS’s performance of the Services, the Company and Tributary, as provided in the Agreement, have agreed to pay GWFS a fee in the amount of 0.40% (40 bps) of the aggregate daily net asset value of shares held in Omnibus Accounts at GWFS.
E. The Company, on behalf of the Funds, and Tributary wish to set forth the apportionment of the fee amongst the Company, Tributary and FNFA. For purposes of clarification, the Company shall pay GWFS directly for the portion of the fee payable from the Company, with Tributary being responsible to pay GWFS the remaining amount as provided in this Agreement. This Agreement also sets forth the amounts to be paid to Tributary by FNFA.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Responsibility of Fee. The amount due to GWFS shall be paid in two payments. The first will be direct from the Company on behalf of the Funds for the 25 bps allowable under the Shareholder Servicing Fee. Tributary shall pay GWFS the remainder of the Fee in accordance with the terms of the Administrative Services Agreement.
2. Apportionment of Fee Among the Funds and Tributary. For so long as Tributary is obligated to pay GWFS the Fee, the Parties agree that the Funds will pay up to 25 bps of the Fee on the Institutional Class of Shares directly to GWFS, apportioned in accordance with each Fund’s respective portion of the Fee, and Tributary will pay the balance of the Fee (the “Tributary Portion”).
3. Apportionment of Tributary Portion Between Tributary and FNFA. For so long as Tributary is obligated to pay GWFS the Tributary Portion, FNFA will reimburse Tributary for one-half of the Tributary Portion attributable to the FNFA Advised Funds.
4. Reference to Agreements. The term of this Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall only continue so long as Tributary is obligated to pay the Fee. In the event the amount of the Fee is modified or the Services Agreement is otherwise modified, the Parties may mutually agree to correspondingly modify this Agreement.
5. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the written agreement of the Parties hereto, including any amendment to the apportionment and reimbursement provisions of Sections 2 and 3; provided, that such amendment shall have no effect on the total Fee owed pursuant to the Services Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fee Apportionment Agreement to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and first year above written.
| TRIBUTARY FUNDS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| TRIBUTARY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| FIRST NATIONAL BANK | ||
| FIRST NATIONAL FUND ADVISERS | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | ||
