Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
EX-99.d.3
Delaware Management Company
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February 26, 2019
Delaware Pooled Trust
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Re: Expense Limitations
Ladies and Gentlemen:
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of certain series of Delaware Pooled Trust listed below (collectively, the “Funds”), the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale dividend and interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations (collectively, the “Excluded Expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Funds’ total annual operating expenses (excluding any Excluded Expenses) exceed the percentages set forth below for the period from February 28, 2019 through February 28, 2020. For purposes of this Agreement, Excluded Expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Funds’ Board of Trustees and the Manager.
Fund | Expense Cap | ||
Delaware REIT Fund (Class A, C, R and Institutional) | 1.15% | ||
Delaware REIT Fund (Class R6) | 1.00% | ||
Macquarie Core Plus Bond Portfolio | 0.45% | ||
Macquarie Emerging Markets Portfolio II | 1.20% | ||
Macquarie High Yield Bond Portfolio | 0.59% | ||
Macquarie Large Cap Value Equity Portfolio | 0.70% |
The Manager acknowledges that it (1) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.
Delaware Management Company, a series of
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
Your signature below acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: | February 26, 2019 |