INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) made as of this 1st day of July, 2013 by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (the “Adviser”) and AthenaInvest Advisors, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company with its principal place of business at 5340 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. (the “Sub-Adviser”).
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTExpense Limitation Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT, effective as of July 1, 2013 by and between ADVISORSHARES INVESTMENTS, LLC (the “Adviser”) and AthenaInvest Advisors, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) (the “Agreement”). AthenaInvest, Inc. joins this Agreement solely for purposes of Section 4.1 and any obligations arising thereunder.
to the CUSTODY AGREEMENT Dated July 16, 2009, amended as of July 1, 2013 between each series of ADVISORSHARES TRUST listed herein on this Schedule II and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AdvisorShares Trust Series:Custody Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
NINTH AMENDMENT TO ADVISORSHARES ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEtf Distribution Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
This Ninth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the AdvisorShares Trust ETF Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of June 25, 2009, as amended from time to time, by and between AdvisorShares Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) is entered into as of July 17, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).
SCHEDULE A as last revised July 1, 2013 to the SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATIONS AGREEMENT dated November 21, 2011 between ADVISORSHARES TRUST AND ADVISORSHARES INVESTMENTS, LLC MAXIMUM ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITSExpense Limitations Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
EXHIBIT A to the FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT Dated July 16, 2009, amended as of July 1, 2013 between each series of ADVISORSHARES TRUST listed herein on this Exhibit A and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AdvisorShares Trust Series:Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
to the TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT Dated July 16, 2009, amended as of July 1, 2013 between each series of ADVISORSHARES TRUST listed herein on this Appendix I and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AdvisorShares Trust Series:Transfer Agency Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
AMENDMENT TO ADVISORSHARES ADVISORY AGREEMENTAdvisorshares Advisory Agreement • July 2nd, 2013 • AdvisorShares Trust
This amendment (the “Amendment”) to the AdvisorShares Advisory Agreement dated June 2, 2009, by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC and AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) (the “Agreement”) is effective as of July 1, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).
