FORM OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS BETWEEN EACH FUND AND HIGHLAND FUNDS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • February 9th, 2011 • Ge Funds • Delaware
Contract Type FiledFebruary 9th, 2011 Company JurisdictionAGREEMENT made as of [February , 2011], by and between Highland Funds Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Adviser”), and Highland Funds II, a Massachusetts statutory trust (fka GE Funds the “Trust”), on behalf of its series, [Highland Fund] (fka [GE Fund] the “Fund”).
HIGHLAND FUNDS II HIGHLAND SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND FORM OF SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • February 9th, 2011 • Ge Funds • New York
Contract Type FiledFebruary 9th, 2011 Company JurisdictionThis agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of [February , 2011], by and among HIGHLAND FUNDS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. (“HFAM”), a Delaware limited partnership, HIGHLAND FUNDS II, a Massachusetts business trust (fka GE Funds “Trust”), on behalf of the HIGHLAND SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND (fka GE SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND “Fund”), a series of the Trust, solely with respect to Section 13(b) of this Agreement, and CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware company (“Sub-Adviser”).
FORM OF INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • February 9th, 2011 • Ge Funds • Delaware
Contract Type FiledFebruary 9th, 2011 Company JurisdictionAGREEMENT made as of [February , 2011], by and among Highland Funds Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Adviser”), Highland Funds II, a Massachusetts business trust (fka GE Funds “Trust”), on behalf of its series [Highland Fund] (fka [GE Fund]), solely with respect to Section 10(b) of this Agreement, and GE Asset Management Incorporated, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”).