AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(4) |
AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT ADVISER |
FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT |
This AMENDMENT
TO INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is made effective
as of September 1, 2011 (the “Effective Date”) between CAVANAL HILL FUNDS,
formerly known as American Performance Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the
“Trust”) and CAVANAL HILL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., an Oklahoma corporation
(“Adviser”), to that certain Investment Adviser Fee Waiver Agreement,
dated December 31, 2010, between the Trust and Adviser (as amended and in effect
on the date hereof, the “Agreement”). All capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. |
WHEREAS, the
Trust is registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, that consists of nine
separate funds (the “Funds”) offered in various classes (the “Classes”) as of the date hereof; |
WHEREAS, the
Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, and serves as investment adviser
for the Trust pursuant to that certain Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 12,
2001, between the Trust’s and the Adviser’s predecessors in interest (the
“Investment Advisory Agreement”); |
WHEREAS, Adviser
and the Trust wish to enter into this Amendment to the Agreement in order to add
an additional Fund and additional Classes to the Agreement and specify the waivers
applicable to the fees payable to Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement; |
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter
contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and Adviser hereby agree as follows: |
1. | Funds. | ||
Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
attached Schedule A. |
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2. | Opportunistic Fund Expense Cap. | ||
The Adviser hereby agrees to waive or assume certain expenses so that the common
expenses (excluding 12b-1 fees) for each Class of the Opportunistic Fund do not
exceed an annual rate of two and sixty-five one-hundredths percent (2.65%) of the
Opportunistic Fund’s average daily net assets (other than extraordinary expenses
and fees and expenses related to the acquisition of other funds). |
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3. | Representations and Warranties. | ||
(a) The Trust represents (i) that it has full power and authority to enter into
and perform this Amendment and (ii) that this Amendment will be presented to the
Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) for the Board’s review
and approval. |
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(b) Adviser represents that it has full power and authority to enter into and perform
this Amendment. |
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4. | Future Waivers. | ||
This Amendment shall not limit or control any future decision by the Adviser to grant
a voluntary waiver of any of the Funds. |
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5. | Interpretation. | ||
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Adviser, the Trust or any
Fund (or Class) to take any action contrary to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust
or Bylaws, each as in effect from time to time, or any applicable statutory or regulatory
requirement, including without limitation any requirements under the |
1940 Act, to which it is subject or by which it is bound, or relieve or deprive the
Trust’s Board of Trustees of its responsibility for or control of the conduct
of the affairs of the Trust of the Funds. |
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6. | Miscellaneous. | |
(a) This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth
in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements
bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions
of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly
bear upon matters covered under this Agreement. Except as set forth herein, the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
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(b) Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this
Amendment) and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties
are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended
by this Amendment. No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid
unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto. |
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(c) Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are
not to be used to construe or interpret this Amendment. |
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(d) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original
but all which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement. |
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Investment Adviser
Fee Waiver Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written
to become effective on the Effective Date. |
CAVANAL HILL FUNDS | |
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: President | |
CAVANAL HILL INVESTMENT | |
MANAGEMENT, INC. | |
By: /s/ J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: Senior Vice President |
Schedule A |
To the Investment Adviser Fee Waiver Agreement |
Fund | Share Class | Ticker | Investment Advisory Fee (Annual rate in one-hundredths of one percent of average daily net assets) |
Waiver (Annual rate in one-hundredths of one percent of average daily net assets) |
Cavanal Hill Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Administrative | APBXX | 15 | 10 |
Service | APDXX | 15 | 10 | |
Institutional | APEXX | 15 | 10 | |
Select | AIFXX | 15 | 10 | |
Premier | 15 | 10 | ||
Cavanal Hill U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Administrative | APGXX | 15 | 10 |
Service | APJXX | 15 | 10 | |
Institutional | APKXX | 15 | 10 | |
Select | 15 | 10 | ||
Premier | 15 | 10 | ||
Cavanal Hill Cash Management Fund | Administrative | APCXX | 15 | 10 |
Service | APFXX | 15 | 10 | |
Institutional | APHXX | 15 | 10 | |
Select | 15 | 10 | ||
Premier | 15 | 10 | ||
Cavanal Hill Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund | A | AATFX | 55 | 35 |
No Load Investor | APTFX | 55 | 35 | |
Institutional | AITEX | 55 | 35 | |
Cavanal Hill Short Term Income Fund | A | AASTX | 55 | 40 |
No Load Investor | APSTX | 55 | 40 | |
Institutional | AISTX | 55 | 40 | |
Cavanal Hill Intermediate Bond Fund | A | AAIBX | 55 | 35 |
No Load Investor | APFBX | 55 | 35 | |
Institutional | AIFBX | 55 | 35 | |
Cavanal Hill Bond Fund | A | AABOX | 55 | 35 |
No Load Investor | APBDX | 55 | 35 | |
Institutional | AIBNX | 55 | 35 | |
Cavanal Hill Balanced Fund | A | AABAX | 74 | 39 |
No Load Investor | APBAX | 74 | 39 | |
Institutional | AIBLX | 74 | 39 | |
Cavanal Hill U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund | A | AAEQX | 69 | 29 |
No Load Investor | APEQX | 69 | 29 | |
Institutional | AIEQX | 69 | 29 | |
Cavanal Hill Opportunistic Fund | A | 225 | To the extent that commonexpenses (excluding 12b-1 fees) do not exceed 2.65% | |
No Load Investor | 225 | |||
Institutional | 225 |