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Exhibit (d)(4)

 

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PARNASSUS FUNDS

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE CAP AGREEMENT

Agreement made this _____ day of ______________ 2022, between Parnassus Investments, LLC as investment adviser (the “Adviser”), and the Parnassus Funds (the “Trust”).

WHEREAS, the Trust is comprised of the following four funds: the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund, the Parnassus Endeavor Fund, the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Adviser intends to reimburse the Funds for expenses that exceed certain expense limits and to commit to those limits for a period of time; and

WHEREAS, shareholders of the Funds benefit from any expense limits agreed to by the Adviser.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trust and the Adviser agree to expense limits on the annual operating expenses of the Funds, as follows:

 

Fund

   Expense Limit Effective 5/1/24 (as a
percentage of average net assets)
 

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

  

Investor Class

     0.80

Institutional Class

     0.68

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

  

Investor Class

     0.96

Institutional Class

     0.75

Parnassus Endeavor Fund

  

Investor Class

     0.88

Institutional Class

     0.65

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

  

Investor Class

     0.84

Institutional Class

     0.63

The Adviser agrees to continue the foregoing expense limits through April 30, 2024.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS
By:  

 

Name:   Benjamin E. Allen
Title:   CEO
Date:  

 


PARNASUSS FUNDS
By:  

 

Name:   John V. Skidmore
Title:   Secretary
Date: