EX-99.d.9

Delaware Management Company

100 Independence, 610 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106-2354

October 23, 2024

Ivy Funds

100 Independence, 610 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106-2354

Re:   Expense Limitations

To whom it may concern:

By our execution of this letter agreement (the "Agreement"), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of the Macquarie Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund”), series of Ivy Funds, the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale dividend and interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations (collectively, the “Excluded Expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any Excluded Expenses) exceed the percentages set forth below for the period from October 30, 2024 through October 29, 2025. For purposes of this Agreement, Excluded Expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and the Manager.

Fund	Class A, Class C and Class I Expense Cap	Class R6 Expense Cap
Macquarie Global Allocation Fund	0.33%	0.19%

The Manager acknowledges that it (1) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.

Delaware Management Company, a series of
Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust

By:	/s/ Richard Salus
	Name:	Richard Salus
	Title:	Senior Vice President