SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • February 28th, 2022 • Guardian Variable Products Trust • New York
THIS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of February 17, 2022 by and between Park Avenue Institutional Advisers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) and, as a third-party beneficiary hereto, Guardian Variable Products Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTExpense Limitation Agreement • February 28th, 2022 • Guardian Variable Products Trust • New York
THIS expense limitation AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of May 1, 2021, as amended October 25, 2021, by and between Guardian Variable Products Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series as set forth on Schedule A, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”), and Park Avenue Institutional Advisers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Park Avenue”).
SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2022 • Guardian Variable Products Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 17th day of February, 2022, by and between SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC., ("SIMNA") a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 7 Bryant Park, 19th Floor, New York 10018, and SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LIMITED ("SIMNA Limited") a UK corporation with its principal place of business at 1 London Wall Place, London, EC2Y 5AU, UK.
RULE 12d1-4 FUND OF FUNDS INVESTMENT AGREEMENTFund of Funds Investment Agreement • February 28th, 2022 • Guardian Variable Products Trust
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 19, 2022, between Guardian Variable Products Trust, on behalf of itself and its separate series listed on Schedule A (each, an “Investing Fund”), severally and not jointly, and the investment trusts listed on Schedule A, on behalf of themselves and their respective series also listed on Schedule A, severally and not jointly (each, a “Vanguard Fund” and together with the Investing Funds, the “Funds”).
