SHAREHOLDER ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (CLASS N AND I)Shareholder Administration Agreement • August 15th, 2012 • William Blair Funds • Illinois
AGREEMENT made as of this 16th day of August, 2012 by and between WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust”), on behalf of the William Blair International Leaders Fund (the “Fund”), and WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (“William Blair”).
Re: Management Agreement with William Blair Funds dated December 15, 1999 (the “Management Agreement”)Management Agreement • August 15th, 2012 • William Blair Funds
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Management Agreement, the William Blair Funds hereby provide notification of a new series of the William Blair Funds to be called “William Blair International Leaders Fund” (the “New Portfolio”). 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 Portfolio.
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTExpense Limitation Agreement • August 15th, 2012 • William Blair Funds
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of August 16, 2012 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”).
