Sub-Subadvisory Agreement Sample Contracts

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • July 25th, 2024 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT as of this 2nd day of June 2022, by and between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • August 25th, 2017 • Oppenheimer Global Real Estate Fund • New York

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 1st day of January 2017 among OppenheimerFunds, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “SubAdviser”), and Barings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-SubAdviser”)

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • November 17th, 2020 • Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust • New York

This SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made this 31st day of July, 2020, by and between Western Asset Management Company, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Subadviser”), and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of Singapore (“WAML Singapore” or the “Sub-Subadviser”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • November 17th, 2020 • Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust • New York

This SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made this 31st day of July, 2020, by and between Western Asset Management Company, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Subadviser”), and Western Asset Management Company Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of England and Wales (“WAML” or the “Sub-Subadviser”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • November 17th, 2020 • Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust • New York

This SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made this 31st day of July, 2020, by and between Western Asset Management Company, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Subadviser”), and Western Asset Management Company Ltd, a corporation organized under the laws of Japan (“WAML Japan” or the “Sub-Subadviser”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 14th, 2019 • Oppenheimer Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund • New York

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 14th day of February 2019 by and among OppenheimerFunds, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "SubAdviser"), and Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (which, prior to February 14, 2019, was Macquarie Capital Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company) (the "Sub-SubAdviser").

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT FOR SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 28th, 2025 • Sunamerica Series Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 13th day of January, 2025, among Franklin Advisers, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, California 94403 (the “Subadviser”), and ClearBridge Investments, LLC a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 620 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018 (the “Subadviser Affiliate”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT RREEF America L.L.C. an affiliate of Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. 41st Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2012 • DWS Securities Trust • New York

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“DIMA” and/or the “Advisor”) has delegated to RREEF America L.L.C. (“RREEF”) substantially all of its duties under a subadvisory agreement (the “Subadvisory Agreement”) dated as of April 29, 2011, as amended from time to time, on behalf of the DWS RREEF Global Real Estate Securities Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the DWS Securities Trust, (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust. A copy of the Subadvisory Agreement has been previously furnished to you. In furtherance of such duties to the Fund, and with the approval of the Fund, we wish to avail ourselves of your investment advisory services. Accordingly, with the acceptance of the Fund, we hereby agree with you as follows for the duration of this Agreement:

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • June 13th, 2013 • Managers Trust I • Massachusetts

The Brandywine Advisors Midcap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) that is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), and subject to the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • May 22nd, 2025 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II • Massachusetts

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT as of this 1st day of January 2025, by and between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”), amends and restates a Sub-Subadvisory Agreement between the parties dated as of June 2, 2022.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • May 3rd, 2024 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT as of this 7th day of June 2018, by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • July 25th, 2025 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II • Massachusetts

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT as of this 1st day of January, 2025, by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR Investment Management (U.K.) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub- Subadvisor”), amends and restates a Sub-Subadvisory Agreement between the parties dated as of December 13, 2017, as further amended and restated as of June 3, 2020.

FORM OF SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • December 23rd, 2015 • Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc. • New York

This Sub-Subadvisory Agreement is made as of this 9th day of March, 2015 between Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (PIM or the Subadviser), a New Jersey corporation, and Pramerica Investment Management Limited (PIML), a U.K. limited company.

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • December 23rd, 2025 • Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II • Massachusetts

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT as of this 1st day of January 2025, by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”), amends and restates a Sub-Subadvisory Agreement between the parties dated as of June 7, 2018.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 13th day of January, 2025.
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 28th, 2025 • Sunamerica Series Trust

WHEREAS, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Subadviser”) has been retained by SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (formerly known as SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), as a subadviser, to provide investment advisory services to the SA PIMCO RAE International Value Portfolio (formerly, SA Templeton Foreign Value Portfolio) (the “Portfolio”), a series of the SunAmerica Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company (the “Trust”), pursuant to an investment subadvisory agreement dated January 13, 2025, as amended from time to time (the “Investment Subadvisory Agreement”);

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2023 • GuideStone Funds • Delaware

THIS SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made among Westwood Management Corp., a registered investment adviser organized under the laws of the State of New York (“Sub-Adviser”), and Broadmark Asset Management LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Sub-Subadviser”).

PGIM-PGIM LIMITED SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • August 18th, 2020 • Six Circles Trust • New York

This Sub-Subadvisory Agreement is made and effective as of July 27, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) between PGIM, Inc. (the “Subadviser”), a New Jersey corporation, and PGIM Limited (“Sub-Subadviser”), a U.K. limited company.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT ARK Investment Management, LLC
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • November 7th, 2023 • EA Series Trust • Delaware

This Sub-SubAdvisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), entered into as of October 30, 2023, between Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers or ETF Architect, a Pennsylvania limited liability company with principal place of business in Havertown, Pennsylvania (the “Adviser”), ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Futures Cayman Ltd. (the “Fund”), and 21Shares US LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in New York, New York (referred to herein as “21Shares”) and ARK Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in St. Petersburg, Florida (referred to herein as “ARK”), to provide certain management and investment sub-subadvisory services to 21Shares for the benefit of the Fund.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • October 30th, 2023 • Azzad Funds • Pennsylvania

This Sub-Subadvisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 15, 2023 among Federated Investment Management Company, a Delaware statutory trust (“Sub-Adviser”), Federated Hermes (UK) LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in the United Kingdom (“Sub-Subadviser”) and Azzad Asset Management, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“Adviser”).

ADVANCED SERIES TRUST AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • March 23rd, 2012 • Advanced Series Trust • New York

Agreement made as of this day of April, 2012 between Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (SIMNA), a Delaware corporation, and Schroder Investment North America Limited America Limited (SIMNA LIMITED), a UK corporation.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIAM LLC and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • May 15th, 2025 • Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of this May 1, 2025 by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

PGIM Private Credit Fund SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 30th, 2025 • PGIM Private Credit Fund • New York

Agreement made as of this 24th day of April, 2025 between PGIM, Inc. (the Subadviser or PGIM), a New Jersey corporation, on behalf of itself and PGIM Private Capital (PPC), the private credit arm of PGIM, and Deerpath Capital Management, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Deerpath).

THIRD AMENDMENT TO SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2020 • Hartford Mutual Funds Ii Inc

This Third Amendment to the Sub-SubAdvisory Agreement by and between Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Limited”) is effective as of August 7, 2019.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 23rd, 2026 • JNL Series Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is effective as of this 27th day of April, 2026, by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT FOR SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 22nd, 2016 • Sunamerica Series Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 13th day of January, 2016, among SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC., (“SIMNA”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York 10022, and SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LIMITED (“SIMNA Limited”) a UK corporation with its principal place of business at 31 Gresham Street, London, UK EC2V 7QA.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2020 • Hartford Mutual Funds Ii Inc • New York

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 19th day of October, 2016, among SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC., (“SIMNA”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York 10022, and SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LIMITED (“SIMNA Limited”), a UK corporation with its principal place of business at 31 Gresham Street, London, UK EC2V 7QA.

FORM OF NINTH AMENDMENT TO SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • May 24th, 2022 • Hartford Mutual Funds Ii Inc

This Ninth Amendment to the Sub-SubAdvisory Agreement by and between Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Limited”) is effective as of May 24, 2022.

FORM OF SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 10th, 2023 • Hartford Schroders Private Opportunities Fund • New York

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this [ ] day of [ ], 2022, among SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC., (“SIMNA”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 7 Bryant Park, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10018, and SCHRODERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (US) INC. (“Schroders Capital”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Delaware] with its principal place of business at 7 Bryant Park, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10018.

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 25th, 2025 • Brighthouse Funds Trust I

AGREEMENT made as of this 9th day of December, 2024, by and between BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BlackRock”) (the “Adviser”), BlackRock International Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Scotland (the “Subadviser”), and Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INTERNATIONAL TRUST on behalf of FRANKLIN INDIA GROWTH FUND
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • September 27th, 2013 • Franklin Templeton International Trust

THIS SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT made as of the July 17, 2013 by and between FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED, a private company incorporated in Mumbai, India (hereinafter called “FT India”), and TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, a corporation organized under the laws of and based in Singapore (hereinafter called “TAML”).

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIAM LLC and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • April 27th, 2026 • Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of this May 1, 2026, by and between FIAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2019 • John Hancock Investment Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 1st day of January, 2019, between Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited, a Scottish company (“Standard Life”) and Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aberdeen Standard”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Subadvisory Agreement • September 30th, 2021 • Hartford Mutual Funds Ii Inc

This Sixth Amendment to the Sub-SubAdvisory Agreement by and between Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Limited”) is effective as of August 2, 2021.