SHAREHOLDER ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (CLASS N AND I)Shareholder Administration Agreement • October 21st, 2011 • William Blair Funds • Illinois
AGREEMENT made as of this 24th day of October, 2011 by and between WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust”), on behalf of the William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”), and WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (“William Blair”).
Re: Management Agreement with William Blair Funds datedManagement Agreement • October 21st, 2011 • William Blair Funds
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Management Agreement, the William Blair Funds hereby provide notification of two new series of the William Blair Funds to be called “William Blair Large Cap Value Fund” and “William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund” (the “New Portfolios”). Attached hereto are Amended Appendix A and B to the Management Agreement to reflect, among other things, the appropriate management fees and initial term end for the New Portfolios.
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTExpense Limitation Agreement • October 21st, 2011 • William Blair Funds
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of October 24, 2011 by and between William Blair & Company, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (the “Advisor”) and William Blair Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the each series of the Trust reflected in Schedule A hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).
