Exhibit A

NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST III

CLASS C

MASTER DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN

Date Last Amended: November 23, 2020

Fund Name	Maximum Authorized Rate	Currently Approved Rate	Distributor
Boyd Watterson Limited Duration Enhanced Income Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Centerstone Investors Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Centerstone International Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Counterpoint Tactical Municipal Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Counterpoint Long-Short Equity Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Counterpoint Tactical Equity Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Counterpoint Tactical Income Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Good Harbor Tactical Select Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Leland Thomson Reuters Private Equity Index Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Leland Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Index Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Newfound Risk Managed U.S. Growth Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Persimmon Long/Short Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Pinnacle Sherman Multi-Strategy Core Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Pinnacle TrendRating Innovative Equity Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
RESQ Dynamic Allocation Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
RESQ Strategic Income Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Swan Defined Risk Emerging Markets Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Swan Defined Risk Growth Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Swan Defined Risk Foreign Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Swan Defined Risk Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
Swan Defined Risk U.S. Small Cap Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC
The Covered Bridge Fund	1.00%	1.00%	Northern Lights Distributors, LLC

Acknowledged and Approved by:

Northern Lights Fund Trust III:

By: /s/ Richard Malinowski

Richard Malinowski, President

Northern Lights Distributors, LLC:

By: /s/ William J. Strait

William J. Strait, President