SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTSubadvisory Agreement • July 22nd, 2020 • Nationwide Mutual Funds • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into effective the 16th day of March, 2020, by and among NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, NATIONWIDE FUND ADVISORS (the “Adviser”) a Delaware business trust registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), and GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Subadviser”), and also registered under the Advisers Act.
AMENDMENT TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTSubadvisory Agreement • July 22nd, 2020 • Nationwide Mutual Funds
This Amendment (“Amendment”) to the Subadvisory Agreement dated July 13, 2018, as amended (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 12th day of March, 2020, by and between Nationwide Mutual Funds (“Trust”), Nationwide Funds Advisors (“Adviser”) and Mellon Investments Corporation (“Subadvisor”). Any term not defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Agreement.
FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT NATIONWIDE GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUNDFee Waiver Agreement • July 22nd, 2020 • Nationwide Mutual Funds
THIS FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT, effective as of July 1, 2020, by and between NATIONWIDE FUND ADVISORS (“NFA”) and NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the Nationwide Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”).
Nationwide Fund Advisors One Nationwide Plaza Mail Code 5-02-210 Columbus, Ohio 43215sNationwide Mutual Funds • July 22nd, 2020
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Nationwide Fund Advisors (“NFA”) agrees that, with respect to the Nationwide Government Money Market Fund, a series of Nationwide Mutual Funds, NFA shall waive all or a portion of the Investment Advisory Fee to which it otherwise would be entitled in an amount that may vary in order to ensure that each class of the Nationwide Government Money Market Fund maintains each day a stable net asset value per share of $1.00, for the period from the date of this Agreement through April 30, 2021. NFA acknowledges that NFA shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future.
AMENDMENT TO THE GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENTGlobal Custody Agreement • July 22nd, 2020 • Nationwide Mutual Funds • New York
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Global Custody Agreement dated April 4, 2003, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“J.P. Morgan”), as successor-in-interest to a previous J.P. Morgan entity, and NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS (the “Customer”), as successor-in-interest to Gartmore Mutual Funds, and on behalf of each Fund on the Fund List (each a “Fund”), is entered into and made effective as of February 25, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) by J.P. Morgan and the Customer on behalf of each Fund.
June 22, 2020Nationwide Mutual Funds • July 22nd, 2020
You have requested our opinion as to certain federal income tax consequences of the reorganization (hereinafter referred to as the “Reorganization”), which will consist of: (i) the acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the Assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for shares of beneficial interest, without par value, of the corresponding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund listed in the table set forth in Exhibit A hereto; (ii) the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the Target Fund’s Liabilities; (iii) the distribution of each class of the Acquiring Fund’s shares to the shareholders of its corresponding class of shares of the Target Fund, according to their respective interests, in complete liquidation of the Target Fund; and (iv) the liquidation and dissolution of the Target Fund as soon as practicable after the Closing, all upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
Nationwide Fund Distributors LLC One Nationwide Plaza Mail Code 5-02-210 Columbus, Ohio 43215Nationwide Mutual Funds • July 22nd, 2020
By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Nationwide Fund Distributors LLC (“NFD”) agrees that, with respect to the Nationwide Government Money Market Fund, a series of Nationwide Mutual Funds, NFD shall waive all or a portion of the Rule 12b-1 Fee to which it otherwise would be entitled in an amount that may vary in order to ensure that each class of the Nationwide Government Money Market Fund maintains each day a stable net asset value per share of $1.00, for the period from the date of this Agreement through April 30, 2021. NFD acknowledges that NFD shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future.
