OPTIMUM FUND TRUST DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • July 29th, 2013 • Optimum Fund Trust • Pennsylvania
Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement") made as of this 4th day of January, 2010 by and between OPTIMUM FUND TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), for the series identified on Schedule I attached hereto, as from time to time amended (the "Series"), and DELAWARE DISTRIBUTORS, L.P. (the "Distributor"), a Delaware limited partnership.
Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103Expense Limitation Agreement • July 29th, 2013 • Optimum Fund Trust
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 each series of Optimum Fund Trust (collectively, the “Funds”), 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, acquired fund fees and 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, the “Excluded Expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which a Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any Excluded Expenses) exceed the percentages set forth below for the period July 29, 2013 through July 29, 2014 For purpose
Delaware Distributors, L.P. 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103Expense Limitation Agreement • July 29th, 2013 • Optimum Fund Trust
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 the Class B Shares of the Optimum International Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Funds (each a “Fund”), which are each a series of Optimum Fund Trust, the Distributor shall waive a portion of the Rule 12b-1 (distribution) fees for the Fund’s Class B Shares, so that shares’ Rule 12b-1 (distribution) fees will not exceed 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets for the period July 29, 2013 through July 29, 2014.
