DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS I DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • February 27th, 2009 • Delaware Group Equity Funds I • Pennsylvania
The following Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) has been adopted pursuant to Rule l2b-l under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), by DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS I (the “Trust”), separately for each Series of the Trust identified on Schedule I as amended from time to time (the “Series”) on behalf of the R Class shares of each such Series identified on Schedule I as amended from time to time (the “Class”), which Trust, Series and Classes may do business under these or such other names as the Board of Trustees of the Trust may designate from time to time. The Plan has been approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan or in any agreements related thereto (“non-interested Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such Plan. Such approval by the Trustees included a determi
SCHEDULE B SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT COMPENSATION SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 DELAWARE INVESTMENTS FAMILY OF FUNDSShareholder Services Agreement • February 27th, 2009 • Delaware Group Equity Funds I
MUTUAL FUND CUSTODY AND SERVICES AGREEMENTMutual Fund Custody and Services Agreement • February 27th, 2009 • Delaware Group Equity Funds I • Pennsylvania
THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of the 20th day of July, 2007, and is by and between each investment company listed on Appendix D (referred to herein individually as the “Fund” and collectively, as the “Funds”) and MELLON BANK, N.A. (referred to herein as the “Custodian”) a national banking association with its principal place of business at One Mellon Center, 500 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258. As a matter of administrative convenience, this Agreement is entered into by and between the Custodian and multiple Funds, each on behalf of their respective Series (as hereinafter defined). Nevertheless, this Agreement shall be construed to constitute a separate Agreement between each such Fund, on behalf of its Series, and the Custodian. As such, the term Fund is used in the singular herein.
EXHIBIT ADelaware Group Equity Funds I • February 27th, 2009
This Exhibit to the Investment Management Agreement between DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS I and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Investment Manager”), entered into as of the 28th day of December, 1999, and amended effective January 30, 2008 (the “Agreement”) lists the Funds for which the Investment Manager provides investment management services pursuant to this Agreement, along with the management fee rate schedule for each Fund and the date on which the Agreement became effective for each Fund.
Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103Delaware Group Equity Funds I • February 27th, 2009
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of Delaware Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”), which is a the series of Delaware Group Equity Funds I, the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs, and non-routine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations (collectively, “non-routine expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage f
Delaware Distributors, L.P. 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103Delaware Group Equity Funds I • February 27th, 2009
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Distributors, L.P. (the “Distributor”) agrees that in order to improve the performance of each series (each a “Fund”) of Delaware Group Equity Funds I, the Distributor shall waive a portion of the Rule 12b-1 (distribution) fees for each Fund’s Class A and Class R shares, so that each Fund’s Rule 12b-1 (distribution) fees with respect to its Class A and Class R shares will not exceed 0.25% and 0.50%, respectively, for the period March 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010.
