EX-99.D.4 2 mimgaf3838181-ex99d4.htm EXECUTED INVESTMENT ADVISORY EXPENSE LIMITATION LETTER (FEBRUARY 19, 2021)

EX-99.d.4

Delaware Management Company
100 Independence, 610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2354

February 19, 2021

Delaware Group Adviser Funds
100 Independence, 610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2354

       Re: Expense Limitations

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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 series of Delaware Group Adviser Funds set forth below (collectively, the “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 Funds’ total annual operating expenses (excluding any Excluded Expenses) exceed the percentages set forth below for the period from February 26, 2021 through March 1, 2022. 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 Funds’ Board of Trustees and the Manager.

  Class A, Class C,    
  Class R and    
  Institutional Class   Class R6
      Fund       Expense Cap       Expense Cap
Delaware Diversified Income Fund 0.45% 0.36%
Delaware U.S. Growth Fund 0.84% 0.62%

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                        

Your signature below acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:

Delaware Group Adviser Funds

By:      /s/ Shawn K. Lytle
  Name:   Shawn K. Lytle
  Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
  Date: February 19, 2021