EX-99.D ADVSR CONTR 16 ex99d-sbifx.htm AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT - SEXTANT BOND INCOME FUND Sextant Bond Income Fund March 27, 2015

AMENDMENT TO THE
INVESTMENT ADVISORY
and ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
for the
SEXTANT BOND INCOME FUND
of the
SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

THIS AMENDMENT, executed this 27th day of March 2015, amends that certain Investment Advisory and Administrative Services Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated July 10, 1995, between Saturna Capital Corporation, a Washington State corporation (the "Adviser") and Saturna Investment Trust, a series open-end management investment company organized as a business trust under the laws of the State of Washington and presently having a portfolio named the Sextant Bond Income Fund (the "Fund").

WHEREAS, the parties wish to reduce the Base Fee, as defined under Section 1 of Article III of the Agreement and to provide a maximum Performance Adjustment, as defined under Section 2 of Article III of the Agreement, the parties agree to amend the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment, as set forth below.

The Agreement is amended as follows:

  1. To correct a typographical error in the sequential numbering of the Articles, the following Articles and cross-references are renumbered as indicated:
    1. Article III shall be renamed as Article II;
    2. Article IV shall be renamed as Article III, and the reference to Article III under Section 2 of this Article shall refer to Article II;
    3. Article V shall be renamed as Article IV; and
    4. Article VI shall be renamed as Article V.
  2. The "Base Fee" under Article III shall be 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

All other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. There shall be no reduction in the services provided by the Adviser to the Fund in connection with the fee reductions implemented pursuant to this Amendment.

This Amendment shall require the approval of the majority of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Adviser and shall be effective as of March 27, 2015.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on behalf of each of them by their duly authorized officers on the date indicated below.

SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

 

By:   /s/ Nicholas F. Kaiser
        Name:   Nicholas F. Kaiser
        Title:      President

Date: March 27, 2015

 

ATTEST:

By:   /s/ Ethel B. Bartolome
        Name:   Ethel B. Bartolome
        Title:      Secretary

SATURNA CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

By:   /s/ Jane K. Carten
        Name:   Jane K. Carten
        Title:      President

Date: March 27, 2015

 

 

By:   /s/ Ethel B. Bartolome
        Name:   Ethel B. Bartolome
        Title:      Secretary