EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT NEUBERGER BERMAN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS NEUBERGER BERMAN RISK BALANCED COMMODITY STRATEGY FUND
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX RISK BALANCED COMMODITY STRATEGY FUND
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
August 27, 2012
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Management LLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Alternative Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (“Trust”).
You hereby agree, until the date noted on Schedule A (“Limitation Period”), to forgo current payment of fees and/or reimburse annual operating expenses of the Fund’s respective Class noted on Schedule A (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, and extraordinary expenses, if any, of the Fund) (“Operating Expenses”), so that the Operating Expenses of the Fund’s respective Classes are limited to the rate per annum, as noted on Schedule A, of that Class’ average daily net assets (“Expense Limitation”).
The Fund agrees to repay you out of assets attributable to its respective Class noted on Schedule A for any fees forgone by you under the Expense Limitation or any Operating Expenses you reimburse in excess of the Expense Limitation, provided the repayments do not cause that Class’ Operating Expenses to exceed the respective annual rate of average daily net assets as noted on Schedule A and the repayments are made within three years after the year in which you incurred the expense.
You understand that you shall look only to the assets attributable to the respective Class of the Fund for performance of this Agreement and for payment of any claim you may have hereunder, and neither any class of the Fund or series of the Trust, nor any of the Trust’s trustees, officers, employees, agents, or shareholders, whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable therefor.
This Agreement is made and to be performed principally in the State of New York, and except insofar as the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or other federal laws and regulations may be controlling, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. Any amendment to this Agreement shall be in writing signed by the parties hereto, and requires approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Agreement supersedes any prior agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance on the enclosed counterpart hereof and return the same to us.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX ALTERNATIVE FUNDS,
on behalf of
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX RISK BALANCED COMMODITY STRATEGY FUND
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
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President
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of August 27, 2012
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX MANAGEMENT LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE A
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Fund
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Class
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Limitation
Period
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Expense
Limitation
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund*
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Class A
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10/31/2014
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1.46%
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Class C
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10/31/2014
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2.21%
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Institutional
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10/31/2014
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1.10%
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*For purposes of this limitation, the Fund’s Operating Expenses shall be deemed to include the Operating Expenses of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund, or any other wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund advised by Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Management LLC.
