FORM OF RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(3)(r)
FORM OF
RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
THIS EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of July 1, 2010, by and among
Pacific Life Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC
(“Adviser” or “PLFA”), a Delaware limited liability company, .
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)
as an open-end management investment company;
WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized to issue shares of beneficial interest in separate series
with each series representing interests in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets
(each a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”), the applicable Funds are designated in Schedule A
hereto, which may be amended from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement dated
June 13, 2001, as amended, and transferred from Pacific Life to PLFA effective May 1, 2007,
(“Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Adviser is authorized to provide investment advisory
services for the Trust and each of its Funds for compensation based on the value of the average
daily net assets of the Funds;
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have determined that it is appropriate and in the best
interests of the Funds and their shareholders to maintain the expenses of the Funds at levels
agreeable to the Trust and the Adviser.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is
agreed as follows:
I. | Expense Limitation. |
A. Fund Operating Expenses. For purposes of this Agreement “Fund Operating
Expenses” shall consist of the ordinary operating expenses incurred by a Fund in any fiscal
year, including the administration fees and organizational expenses and excluding the
following: investment advisory fees; distribution and/or service fees; foreign taxes on
dividends, interest, or gains; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other
transactional expenses; extraordinary expenses, such as litigation; and other expenses not
incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business.
B. Operating Expense Limit. The operating expense limit with respect to a Fund
shall be the amount specified in Schedule A attached hereto (the “Operating Expense Limit”),
based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Funds for the period
described in Section I.D. The Adviser may elect to lower the expense caps and/or extend the time
period further by amending Schedule A.
C. Applicable Expense Limit. To the extent that the Fund Operating Expenses
incurred by a Fund exceed the Operating Expense Limit, as defined in Section I.B. above, the
Adviser shall waive its respective fees, or a portion thereof, under the Advisory Agreement
or otherwise reimburse each Fund, as applicable, for such excess amount (the “Excess
Amount”).
D. Method of Computation. To determine the Adviser’s obligation with respect to the
Excess Amount, each day the Fund Operating Expenses for each Fund shall be annualized. If
the annualized Fund Operating Expenses of a Fund at the end of any month during which this
Agreement is in effect exceed the Operating Expense Limit for that Fund, the Adviser shall
waive or reduce its fee under the Advisory Agreement or remit to that Fund an amount that,
together with the waived or reduced investment advisory fee, is sufficient to pay the Excess
Amount computed on the last day of the month.
E. Year-End Adjustment. If necessary, on or before the last day of the first month
of each fiscal year, an adjustment payment shall be made by the appropriate party in order
that the amount of the investment advisory fees waived or reduced and other payments
remitted by the Adviser to a Fund with respect to the previous fiscal year shall equal the
Excess Amount.
F. Repayment. Each Fund agrees to repay the Adviser, out of assets belonging to
that Fund, any Fund Operating Expenses in excess of the Operating Expense Limit paid,
reimbursed or otherwise absorbed by the Adviser, during the term of this Agreement,
provided that the Adviser will not be entitled to repayment for any amount by which such
repayment would cause Fund Operating Expenses, during the fiscal year of such repayment to
exceed the then current Operating Expense Limit. Except to the extent consistent with
generally accepted accounting principles and the position of the staff of the SEC at the
time, no amount will be repaid to the Adviser by a Fund more than three fiscal years after
the year in which the Adviser reduced its fee, reimbursed or otherwise absorbed the Excess
Amount. Any amounts waived by the Adviser are not subject to repayment.
II. | Term and Termination of Agreement. | |
The Agreement shall have an initial term of ten (10) years. The Adviser may elect to extend beyond the initial term, by amendment to Schedule A to this Agreement. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate upon termination of the Advisory Agreement, or it may be terminated by the Trust, without payment of any penalty, upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Adviser at its principal place of business. The repayment obligations described in Section I.F. of the Agreement shall survive for the period indicated in that Section. | ||
III. | Miscellaneous. |
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A. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware, provided that nothing herein shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the
1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, or any rules or order of the SEC thereunder.
B. Definitions. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this
Agreement, including but not limited to the investment advisory fee, the administration fee,
the computations of net asset values, and the allocation of expenses, having a counterpart
in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the Advisory Agreement, the
Administration Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning as and be resolved by
reference to such Advisory Agreement, Administration Agreement or the 1940 Act.
C. Captions. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of
reference only and in no other way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof or
otherwise affect their construction or effect.
D. Limitation of Liability. The Administrator and Adviser shall look only to the
assets of the respective Fund for performance of this Agreement and repayment of any claim
hereunder that the Administrator and/or Adviser may have with respect to a Fund, and neither
any of the other Funds of the Trust, nor any of the Trust’s trustees, officers, employees,
agents or shareholders, shall be liable therefore.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective
officers designated below on the day and year first above written.
PACIFIC LIFE FUNDS | ||||||
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PACIFIC LIFE FUND ADVISORS LLC | ||||||
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Maximum Operating Expense Limit | ||||||||
(as a Percentage of average daily net assets) | ||||||||
Years 1-3 | Years 3-10 | |||||||
PL Portfolio Optimization Conservative Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Portfolio Optimization Moderate-Conservative Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Portfolio Optimization Moderate Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Portfolio Optimization Moderate-Aggressive Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Portfolio Optimization Aggressive Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Floating Rate Loan Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Small-Cap Value Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Main Street® Core Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Emerging Markets Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Small-Cap Growth Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL International Value Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Large-Cap Value Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Short Duration Bond Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Growth LT Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Mid-Cap Equity Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL International Large-Cap Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Managed Bond Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Inflation Managed Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Large-Cap Growth |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
XX Xxxxxxxx Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Mid-Cap Growth Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
PL Real Estate Fund |
0.15 | % | 0.30 | % |
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