EX-99.(D)(24) 6 file005.txt CONTRACTUAL FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT FORM OF January 29, 2004 Commonfund Institutional Funds 15 Old Danbury Road P.O. Box 812 Wilton, CT 06897 RE: WAIVER OF FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES Ladies and Gentlemen: This letter shall constitute an agreement between Commonfund Asset Management Company, Inc. (the "Investment Manager") and Commonfund Institutional Funds (the "Company"), replacing the letter agreements between the parties dated January 3, 2000, December 11, 2000 and October 1, 2003. The Investment Manager, which acts as investment adviser to the following investment portfolios of the Company, agrees to waive its investment advisory fees and to reimburse expenses of the CIF Short Duration Fund, CIF Core Plus Bond Fund, CIF Core Equity Fund, CIF Small Cap Fund, CIF All Cap Equity Fund and CIF International Equity Fund (each a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") as necessary to keep total operating expenses of the Funds from exceeding following annual rates: o 0.25% of net assets of the CIF Short Duration Fund; o 0.45% of net assets of the CIF Core Plus Bond Fund; o 0.55% of net assets of the CIF Core Equity Fund; o 1.00% of net assets of the CIF Small Cap Fund; o 1.05% of net assets of the CIF All Cap Equity Fund; and o 0.80% of net assets of the CIF International Equity Fund. The Investment Manager further agrees to waive its investment advisory fees and to reimburse expenses as necessary to keep non-investment advisory expenses of the CIF Inflation-Indexed Bond Fund from exceeding 0.10% of net assets per year. This agreement shall remain in effect, with respect to a Fund, as long as the Investment Manager serves as investment adviser to such Fund. These fee waivers may be amended or terminated only with the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. Please execute a copy of this letter in the place provided below as evidence of your written consent to the terms of this agreement: Commonfund Asset Management Company, Inc. By: ______________________________________ Attested By: _____________________________ ACCEPTED AND AGREED: Commonfund Institutional Funds By: ______________________________________ Attested By: _____________________________