EX-99.(H)(IX) 9 file009.htm FORM OF EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT




Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022-6225

April __, 2006

Schroder Series Trust
875 Third Avenue (22nd Floor)
New York, New York 10022

Re: Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is to inform you that we hereby agree, until February 28, 2007, to reduce
the compensation we are entitled to receive as investment adviser of Schroder
Global Equity Yield Fund, Schroder Global Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging
Market Equity Fund, Schroder Strategic Bond Fund, and Schroder U.S. Small and
Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, and, if necessary, to pay other expenses
attributable to the Investor Shares and Advisor Shares of each such fund (other
than interest, taxes, and deferred organizational and extraordinary expenses) to
the extent that the Fund's total operating expenses attributable to its Investor
Shares and Advisor Shares exceed the following annual rates (based on the
average net assets of each fund taken separately):

SCHRODER SERIES TRUST

                                       Investor Shares   Advisor Shares
                                       ---------------   --------------
Schroder Global Equity Yield Fund            1.60%            1.85%
Schroder Global Opportunities Fund           1.75%            2.00%
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund         1.75%            2.00%
Schroder Strategic Bond Fund                 1.50%            1.75%
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap
Opportunities Fund                           1.75%            2.00%

Sincerely,

Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc.


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