FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST JEFFERIES ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMODITY STRATEGY ALLOCATION FUND INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust • Colorado
This Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 15th day of June, 2010, by and between ALPS Advisors, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Adviser”), and Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), regarding the Fund listed in Appendix A (the “Fund”).
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST JEFFERIES ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMODITY STRATEGY ALLOCATION FUND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust • Delaware
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 15, 2010, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) by and among ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Investment Adviser”), a Colorado corporation having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203, Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the funds listed in Appendix A hereto, as amended from time to time to add or remove a fund, each a series of the Trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and Jefferies Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”), having its principal place of business at The Metro Center, One Station Place, Three North, Stamford, Connecticut 06902.
ALPS ADVISORS, INC.Sub-Advisory Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms the agreement by ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) and Kotak Mahindra (UK) Limited (the “Sub-Adviser”) and the Trust with respect to the Fund.
VULCAN VALUE PARTNERS, LLC LETTERHEAD]Management Fee Limitation Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
Amendment to Foreign Custody Manager AgreementForeign Custody Manager Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated February 14, 2011 (“Effective Date”) to Foreign Custody Manager Agreement, dated November 13, 2007, as amended (the “Agreement”), between Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York corporation (the “Custodian”).
ALPS ADVISORS, INC.Expense Limitation Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms ALPS Advisors, Inc.’s (the “Adviser”) agreement with the Trust to contractually limit the total amount of the “Advisory Fee” and “Other Expenses” that they are entitled to receive from the Fund.
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST ALPS/KOTAK INDIA GROWTH FUND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust • New York
AGREEMENT, dated as of January 20, 2011 by and among ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Investment Adviser”), a Colorado corporation having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203, Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd. (the “Sub-Adviser”), a corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, having its principal place of business at 6th Floor, Portsoken House, 155-157 Minories, London, United Kingdom EC3N 1LS, and the Financial Investors Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the ALPS/Kotak India Growth Fund (the “Fund”), a Delaware statutory trust having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203.
ALPS ADVISORS, INC.Management Fee Limitation Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms the agreement of ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) and Red Rocks Capital LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) with the Trust to contractually limit the total amount of the “Management Fees” and “Other Expenses” that they are entitled to receive from the Fund.
ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.Transfer Agency and Service Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms the agreement between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) and the Trust that ALPS Fund Services, Inc.’s Annual Open Account Fee, as set forth in Schedule B (Fee Schedule) of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and the Trust, dated October 1, 2007, as amended, with respect to the Fund (the “Agreement”), shall be reduced as follows for the period May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012:
ALPS ADVISORS, INC.Expense Limitation Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms the agreement of ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) with the Trust to contractually limit the total amount of the “Management Fees” and “Other Expenses” that they are entitled to receive from the Fund.
Amendment to Custody AgreementCustody Agreement • August 29th, 2011 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated February 14, 2011 (“Effective Date”) to Custody Agreement, dated November 13, 2007, as amended (the “Agreement”), between Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York corporation (the “Custodian”).
