FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT ALPS/ALERIAN MLP INFRASTRUCTURE INDEX FUNDInvestment Advisory Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust • Colorado
This Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 29th day of November, 2012, by and between ALPS Advisors, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Adviser”), and Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), regarding the Funds listed in Appendix A (the “Fund” or the “Funds”).
Amendment to Fund Accounting and Administration AgreementFund Accounting and Administration Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated as of November 29, 2012 (this “Amendment”) is to the Fund Accounting and Administration Agreement dated October 1, 2007, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between ALPS Fund Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ALPS”), and Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”). Any items not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service AgreementTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated as of November 29, 2012 (this “Amendment”) is to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated October 1, 2007, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between ALPS Fund Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ALPS”), and Financial Investors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”). Any items not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
ALPS ADVISORS, INC.Management Fee Limitation Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This letter confirms the agreement by 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. To the extent the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (as defined in Item 3 to Form N-1A), after such expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver (exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder services fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses) does not exceed 0.85% for each of the Class A, Class C and Class I shares of the Fund, the Adviser will reduce the fee payable with respect to the Fund to the extent of such excess and/or shall reimburse the Fund (or class as applicable) by the amount of such excess. The waiver or reimbursement shall be allocated to each class of the Fund in the same manner as the underlying expenses or fees were allocated.
Amendment to Foreign Custody Manager AgreementForeign Custody Manager Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated November 29, 2012 (“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”).
Amendment to Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated as of November 29, 2012 (this “Amendment”) is to the Distribution Agreement dated November 1, 2011 (the “Agreement”), by and between Financial Investors Trust (the “Trust”), an open-end, management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust, having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203, on behalf of the Funds, and ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a Colorado corporation and a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any items not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
Amendment to Custody AgreementCustody Agreement • November 29th, 2012 • Financial Investors Trust
This Amendment dated November 29, 2012 (“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”).
