PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 9 Prudential Absolute Return Bond Fund AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 9
Prudential Absolute Return Bond Fund
AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Amendment to Management Agreement made this 8th day of December, 2017 between Prudential Investment Portfolios 9 (PIP 9), on behalf of its series, Prudential Absolute Return Bond Fund (the Fund), and PGIM Investments LLC (the Manager) (formerly, Prudential Investments LLC).
WHEREAS, PIP 9 and the Manager have mutually agreed to reduce the management fee rate pursuant to which PIP 9 compensates the Manager for the services provided by the Manager to the Fund under the Management Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties mutually agree as follows:
1. Effective as of January 1, 2018, the management fee rate schedule appearing in Schedule A to the Management Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and is replaced with the following new management fee rate schedule applicable to the Fund:
0.650% of average daily net assets up to $2.5 billion;
0.625% of average daily net assets from $2.5 billion to $5 billion;
0.600% of average daily net assets over $5 billion.
2. The Management Agreement is unchanged in all other respects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first above written.
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 9
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
