ADVISORSHARES TRUST INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
AGREEMENT made as of the 25th day of October 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 150, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, and Poseidon Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware company with its principal place of business at 30 Fell Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94102.
SUB-ADVISER EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTSub-Adviser Expense Limitation Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
AGREEMENT effective as of October 25, 2021, by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Poseidon Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), on behalf of each series of the Trust set forth in Schedule A attached hereto (each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”).
AMENDMENT TO FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTFund Administration and Accounting Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of October 19, 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”).
AMENDMENT TO CUSTODY AGREEMENTCustody Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of October 19, 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“Custodian”).
SCHEDULE A as revised November 1, 2021 to the THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT dated September 8, 2017 between ADVISORSHARES TRUST and ADVISORSHARES INVESTMENTS, LLC MAXIMUM ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITSExpense Limitation Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
* The Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit is equal to the annual rate of the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee, which can range from 0.65% to 0.85%.
AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
AMENDMENT is made as of the 1st day of November 2021 to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 5, 2018, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”).
FIRST AMENDMENT TO ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEtf Distribution Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
This first amendment (the “Amendment”) to the ETF Distribution Agreement dated as of September 30, 2021 as Novated (the “Agreement”), is entered by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and Foreside Fund Services, LLC (together with the Trust, the “Parties”), and made effective as of October 27, 2021.
AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • November 10th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of October 19, 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”).
