AMENDMENT TO UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EX-99.e.1.ii
AMENDMENT TO UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT (“Amendment”) to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of September 30, 2021, by and between Mercer Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and MGI Funds Distributors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Underwriter”), is made effective as of the 31st day of October 2023.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Trust have approved the creation of a new series of the Trust, the Mercer Short Duration Fixed Income Fund (the “Short Duration Fund” and together with the other series of the Trust, the “Portfolios”);
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that the parties may mutually agree to supplement or amend any provision of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Trust wishes to retain the Underwriter to serve as distributor for the Short Duration Fund and to provide for the sale and distribution of the Shares of the Short Duration Fund, and the Underwriter wishes to furnish such services.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement, as follows:
1. | The Trust hereby appoints the Underwriter to serve as the distributor of the Shares of the Portfolios identified on Exhibit A in accordance with the terms set forth in the Agreement. The Underwriter accepts such appointment and agrees to furnish such services. The Underwriter agrees not to engage in any business activity other than as the principal underwriter for the Trust, unless the Trust has otherwise agreed in writing to such activity. Nothing herein shall be intended to prevent the Underwriter’s “affiliated persons” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) from engaging in other business activities. |
2. | The Trust and the Underwriter each acknowledge that all of their respective representations and warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof. |
3. | Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit A attached to this Amendment. |
4. | All other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby. |
(Signature Page Follows)
Mercer Funds |
MGI Funds Distributors, LLC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Vice President | Title: | President |
EXHIBIT A
THIS EXHIBIT A, dated as of October 31, 2023, is Exhibit A to that certain Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 30, 2021, between MGI Funds Distributors, LLC and Mercer Funds.
PORTFOLIOS
Mercer US Large Cap Equity Fund
Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund
Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund
Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund
Mercer Core Fixed Income Fund
Mercer Opportunistic Fixed Income
Mercer Short Duration Fixed Income Fund