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FEE WAIVER AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT

HARDING, LOEVNER FUNDS, INC.

400 Crossing Boulevard, Fourth Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

September 13, 2022

Harding Loevner LP

400 Crossing Boulevard, Fourth Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. Global Equity Portfolio, International Equity Portfolio, International Small Companies Portfolio, Institutional Emerging Markets Portfolio, Emerging Markets Portfolio, Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio, International Equity Research Portfolio, Global Equity Research Portfolio, Emerging Markets Research Portfolio, Chinese Equity Portfolio and Emerging Markets ex China Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) are series of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Company”). Operating expenses of each Fund are annual rates expressed as a percentage of average daily net assets.

2. Harding Loevner LP (“you”) is the Adviser to the Global Equity Portfolio, International Equity Portfolio, International Small Companies Portfolio, Institutional Emerging Markets Portfolio, Emerging Markets Portfolio and Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement dated August 26, 2009. You are the Adviser to the International Equity Research Portfolio pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 17, 2015. You are the Adviser to the Global Equity Research Portfolio and Emerging Markets Research Portfolio pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 19, 2016. You are the Adviser to the Chinese Equity Portfolio pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 16, 2020. You are the Adviser to the Emerging Markets ex China Portfolio pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement dated September 13, 2022.

3. You hereby agree that you will waive a portion of the applicable management fee payable to you by each Fund and/or reimburse the Fund for its other operating expenses to the extent that the aggregate operating expenses through (i) February 28, 2023 for all share classes of all Funds other than the Investor share class of the Institutional Small Companies Portfolio and the Institutional share class of the Emerging Markets ex China Portfolio and (ii) through February 28, 2024 for the Investor share class of the Institutional Small Companies Portfolio and the Institutional share class of the Emerging Markets ex China Portfolio, otherwise would exceed the applicable percentage shown in the chart below (each, a “Maximum Permitted Rate”):

 

     
Fund Name   Share Class   Maximum Permitted Rate
Global Equity Portfolio  

 

Advisor

 

 

 

1.20%

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

0.90%

 

 

 

Institutional Class Z

 

 

 

0.80%

 


International Equity Portfolio  

 

Investor

 

 

 

1.25%

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.00%

 

 

 

Institutional Class Z

 

 

 

0.80%

 

International Small Companies Portfolio  

 

Investor

 

 

 

1.30%

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.15%

 

Institutional Emerging Markets Portfolio  

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.10%

 

 

 

Institutional Class Z

 

 

 

1.00%

 

Emerging Markets Portfolio  

 

Advisor

 

 

 

1.30%

 

Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio  

 

Investor

 

 

 

2.00%

 

 

 

Institutional Class I

 

 

 

1.75%

 

 

 

Institutional Class II

 

 

 

1.35%

 

 

Global Equity Research Portfolio

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

0.80%

 

 

International Equity Research Portfolio

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

0.75%

 

 

Emerging Markets Research Portfolio

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.15%

 

Chinese Equity Portfolio  

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.15%

 

 

Emerging Markets ex China Portfolio

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

1.10%

 

4. You further agree that you will continue the applicable management fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement under Paragraph 3 above until the later of (A) the dates set forth above or (B) the date on which the Fund’s prospectuses are updated to reflect superseding waiver/reimbursement arrangements, if any, or the termination thereof.

5. Each Maximum Permitted Rate does not include any expenses attributable to (1) dividend expense, borrowing costs, and interest expense relating to short sales and (2) interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses, and you are not obligated to waive administrative fees or reimburse operating expenses to the extent that the Fund’s aggregate operating expenses exceed the Maximum Permitted Rate because of the aforesaid.

6. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement between you and the Company.


7. You understand that you shall look only to the assets of the relevant Fund for performance of this Agreement and for payment of any claim you may have hereunder, and neither any other Fund of the Company, nor any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, agents, or shareholders, whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable therefore.

8. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, except (a) Paragraph 7 shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland and (b) insofar as the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or other federal laws and regulations may be controlling. Any amendment to this Agreement shall be in writing signed by the parties hereto.

If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance on the enclosed counterpart hereof and return the same to us.


HARDING, LOEVNER FUNDS, INC.    

 

By:   /s/ Richard T. Reiter

Name: Richard T. Reiter

Title: President

 

The foregoing Agreement is hereby

accepted as of September 13, 2022

Harding Loevner LP    

 

By:   /s/ David R. Loevner

Name: David R. Loevner

Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer