EX-99.(13)(J) 10 dex9913j.txt SIXTH AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT Exhibit (13)(j) SIXTH AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT This Amendment made as of February 19, 2008, by and between Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P. ("Natixis Advisors") (formerly IXIS Asset Management Advisors, L.P.) and Gateway Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Gateway Trust"). WHEREAS, Natixis Advisors and Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust III, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Natixis Cash Management Trust, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II and Hansberger International Series (collectively, the "Trusts") are parties to an Administrative Services Agreement dated January 3, 2005, as amended November 1, 2005, January 1, 2006, July 1, 2007, September 17, 2007 and February 1, 2008 (together with the amendments, the "Agreement"), governing the terms and conditions under which Natixis Advisors provides certain administrative services to the series of the Trusts; and WHEREAS, the Gateway Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and WHEREAS, the Gateway Trust desires to employ Natixis Advisors to provide certain administrative services to the Gateway Trust in the manner and on the terms set forth in the Agreement and Natixis Advisors wishes to perform such services; and WHEREAS, Natixis Advisors and the Gateway Trust desire to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to reflect the addition of the Gateway Trust; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein, Natixis Advisors and the Gateway Trust hereby agree as follows: 1. Schedule A of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule A attached hereto. 2. Except as specifically superseded or modified herein, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall continue to apply with full force and effect. 3. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. [REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this instrument to be executed as a sealed instrument in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative as of the date first above written. NATIXIS ASSET MANAGEMENT ADVISORS,L.P. By Natixis Distribution Corporation, its generalpartner By: /s/ John T. Hailer ------------------------------------ John T. Hailer, President and Chief Executive Officer GATEWAY TRUST By: /s/ John T. Hailer ------------------------------------ John T. Hailer, President 2 Schedule A Trust Portfolios As of: February 19, 2008 Natixis Funds Trust I CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund Hansberger International Fund Natixis Income Diversified Portfolio Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund Westpeak 130/30 Growth Fund Natixis Funds Trust II Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund Loomis Sayles Massachusetts Tax Free Income Fund Natixis Funds Trust III Harris Associates Focused Value Fund Natixis Moderate Diversified Portfolio Natixis Funds Trust IV AEW Real Estate Fund Natixis Cash Management Trust Natixis Cash Management Trust - Money Market Series Loomis Sayles Funds I Loomis Sayles Bond Fund Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund* Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Fund Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund* Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund * With respect to these Funds only, paragraph 3 of the Agreement is revised to provide that Natixis Advisors shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for its services and expenses as Administrator, but Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. ("Loomis Sayles), the adviser to the Funds, and not Loomis Sayles Funds I, shall be responsible for payment of such compensation and expenses relating to the Funds, as agreed upon by Loomis Sayles in separate Letter Agreements dated January 3, 2005 and July 1, 2005, respectively. 3 Loomis Sayles Funds II Loomis Sayles Mid Cap Growth Fund Loomis Sayles Growth Fund Loomis Sayles High Income Fund Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund Loomis Sayles International Bond Fund Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund Loomis Sayles Municipal Income Fund Loomis Sayles Research Fund Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund Loomis Sayles Tax-Managed Equity Fund Loomis Sayles Value Fund Loomis Sayles Global Markets Fund Hansberger International Series Hansberger Emerging Markets Fund Hansberger International Value Fund Hansberger International Growth Fund Hansberger International Core Fund Hansberger All Countries Fund (not operational) Gateway Trust Gateway Fund 4