EX-99 5 f37021d5.htm EXH. (D)(8)(I) Exh. (d)(8)(i)

(d)(8)(i)

   

Macquarie Asset Management 

  

One International Finance Centre 

1 Harbour View Street Central 

Hong Kong  

  

MACQUARIE 

  

February 28, 2023 

  

VIA EMAIL  

  

Delaware Investments Fund Advisers 

100 Independence 

610 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19106 

United States  

  

Voya Investments, LLC 

7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road 

Suite 100 

Scottsdale, AZ 85258 

United States 

  

Re: 

Sub-Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 1, 2019 (the “Agreement”) between Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust, and Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong Limited (the “Sub-Sub-Advisor”), as agreed and acknowledged by Voya Investments, LLC 

  

To whom it may concern: 

  

Sub-Sub-Advisor hereby provides the parties to the above-referenced Agreement with Notice of Termination of the Agreement, which termination shall be effective April 29, 2023.  Pursuant to Section 9 of the Agreement, the Agreement may be terminated by Sub-Sub-Advisor at any time upon giving sixty (60) days’ written notice (which Sub-Sub-Advisor is providing with this Notice).  

  

We greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with you pursuant to this Agreement and would be happy to answer any questions you may have in connection with this Notice of Termination.  

  

  

Very truly yours, 

  

Macquarie Funds Management  

Hong Kong Limited  

  

  

  

By:_/s/ LI On Ki  /s/ Sara Lynch_________ 

Name: LI On Ki / Sara Jane LYNCH 

Title:   Director / Secretary