EX-99.(H)(XLIII) 14 fundvantage_ex99hxliii.htm EXHIBIT (H)(XLIII)

 

Exhibit (h)(xliii)

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

EXPENSE Limitation/reimbursement AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is entered into as of the October 31, 2017, as amended and restated August 31, 2019, August 31, 2020, May 1, 2021, August 31, 2021 and August 31, 2022, by and between Polen Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) and FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund (the “Fund”).

 

WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to contractually agree to reduce its advisory fee and/or reimburse certain of the Fund’s operating expenses to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses, excluding taxes, fees and expenses attributable to a distribution or service plan adopted by the Trust, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” (as defined in Form N-1A), and brokerage commissions, do not exceed the levels described below; and

 

WHEREAS, effective September 1, 2019, the Adviser amended and restated the Agreement dated October 31, 2017 to extend the term to August 31, 2020;

 

WHEREAS, effective September 1, 2020, the Adviser amended and restated the Agreement dated October 31, 2017 to extend the term to August 31, 2021;

 

WHEREAS, effective May 1, 2021, the Adviser amended and restated this Agreement to reflect: (i) a reduction in the Expense Limitation level with respect to the Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund from 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets to 1.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets; and (ii) the addition of Class Y shares of the Fund;

 

WHEREAS, effective September 1, 2021, the Adviser amended and restated the Agreement dated October 31, 2017 as effective May 1, 2021, to extend the term to August 31, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, effective September 1, 2022, the Adviser wishes to amend and restate the Agreement dated October 31, 2017 as effective May 1, 2021, to extend the term to August 31, 2023.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

Fee Reduction. The Adviser agrees that it will reduce its compensation and/or reimburse certain expenses for the Fund, to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses, (excluding taxes, fees and expenses attributable to a distribution or service plan adopted by the Trust, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed (on an annual basis): (i) 1.25% as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets with respect to the Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund from the commencement of operations of the Fund through May 1, 2021; and (ii) the following percentages of the Fund’s average daily net assets effective May 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023:

 

Institutional Class 1.10%
Investor Class 1.10%
Class Y 1.00%

 

 

 

 

Fee Recovery. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the date on which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. The Adviser is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, for fees it waived and Fund expenses it paid to the extent the total annual fund expenses do not exceed the limits described above or any lesser limits in effect at the time of the reimbursement. No reimbursement will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation.

 

Term. This Agreement shall terminate on August 31, 2023, or at an earlier date upon the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, unless extended, terminated, modified or revised by the mutual agreement of the parties, as provided for in writing.

 

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Effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

  Polen Capital Management, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Brian Goldberg
  Name: Brian Goldberg
  Title: General Counsel & CCO
     
 

FundVantage Trust, on behalf of

Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund

     
  By: /s/ Joel Weiss
  Name: Joel L. Weiss
  Title: President

 

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