EX-99.D3 5 g20477etf_exhibithd3.txt EXHIBIT 99.D3 AMENDMENT DATED FEBRUARY 17, 2006 TO ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN RYDEX ETF TRUST AND PADCO ADVISORS II, INC. DATED APRIL 30, 2004, AS AMENDED AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE A TO THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 30, 2004, AS AMENDED, BETWEEN RYDEX ETF TRUST AND PADCO ADVISORS II, INC. The following amendment is made to Schedule A of the Advisory Agreement between Rydex ETF Trust (the "Trust") and PADCO Advisors II, Inc. (the "Adviser"), dated April 30, 2004, as amended to date (the "Agreement"), and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of the Agreement: Schedule A of the Agreement is amended, effective February 17, 2006, to read as follows: The Trust will pay to the Adviser as compensation for the Adviser's services rendered, a fee, computed daily at an annual rate based on the average daily net assets of the respective Fund in accordance with the following fee schedule: FUND RATE ---- ---- Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF 0.40% Rydex Russell Top 50 ETF 0.20% RYDEX S&P 500 PURE GROWTH ETF 0.35% RYDEX S&P 500 PURE VALUE ETF 0.35% RYDEX S&P MIDCAP 400 PURE GROWTH ETF 0.35% RYDEX S&P MIDCAP 400 PURE VALUE ETF 0.35% RYDEX S&P SMALLCAP 600 PURE GROWTH ETF 0.35% RYDEX S&P SMALLCAP 600 PURE VALUE ETF 0.35% ADDITIONS ARE NOTED IN BOLD. In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf and through their duly-authorized officers as of the 17th day of February, 2006. RYDEX ETF TRUST By: /s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur -------------------------- Name: Carl G. Verboncoeur Title: President PADCO ADVISORS II, INC. By: /s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur ----------------------- Name: Carl G. Verboncoeur Title: Chief Executive Officer