Exhibit 23(h)(15)
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
This Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as __________, by and between
Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation ("LIA") and Lincoln Variable Insurance
Products Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of its series set forth in Schedule A
to this Agreement (the "Funds").
WHEREAS, the Trust and LIA, the investment adviser to the Funds, have
determined that it is appropriate and in the best interests of each Fund and
its shareholders to maintain the expenses of each Fund at a level below the
level to which each such Fund may normally be subject; and
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Expense Limitation.
(a) Applicable Expense Limit. To the extent that the ordinary operating
expenses ("Fund Operating Expenses") incurred by a Fund in any fiscal year,
including, but not limited to, investment management fees of LIA and amounts
payable pursuant to a plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 Act (the "1940 Act"), but excluding interest,
taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses such as litigation, and
other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund's business,
exceed the Operating Expense Limit, as defined below, such excess amount (the
"Excess Amount") shall be the liability of LIA.
(b) Operating Expense Limit. The Operating Expense Limit in any year with
respect to each Fund shall be the amount specified in Schedule A based on a
percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund.
(c) Method of Computation. To determine LIA's obligation with respect to the
Excess Amount, each day the Fund Operating Expenses for each Fund shall be
estimated and accrued. Each day, the Fund shall also calculate an Operating
Expense Limit Amount, based on each Fund's average net assets and its Annual
Expense Limit. If the total expenses exceed the Operating Expense Limit Amount,
the Fund shall record a receivable from LIA in an amount equal to the Excess
Amount less any such receivables previously recorded for the fiscal period.
Shortly after the end of each month, the Fund shall deliver to LIA a statement
indicating the Excess Amount owed to the Fund for the month and LIA will remit
to the Fund an amount that is sufficient to pay that monthly Excess Amount.
LIA's method of notification and payment to the Fund shall be as mutually
agreed upon by LIA and the Fund.
(d) Adjustment Payments. At least annually, and more frequently throughout
the year if mutually agreed to by the parties, an adjustment payment shall be
made by the appropriate party in order that the payments remitted by LIA to
each Fund with respect to the previous fiscal year shall equal the Excess
Amount for that Fund.
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2. Term and Termination of Agreement.
(a) This Agreement will continue with respect to each Fund at least through
April 30, 2009, and renew automatically for one-year terms unless LIA provides
written notice of termination to a Fund.
(b) This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Fund upon termination
of the Investment Management Agreement, dated April 30, 2008, between the
Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and LIA ("Investment Management Agreement"), or
it may be terminated by either party hereto, without payment of any penalty,
upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to the other party at its principal
place of business.
3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the
Funds to take any action contrary to the Trust's Declaration of Trust or
By-Laws, or any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement to which it is
subject or by which it is bound, or to relieve or deprive the Board of Trustees
of the Trust of its responsibility regarding the affairs of the Trust or the
Funds.
(b) Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this
Agreement, including but not limited to the investment management fee, the
computations of net asset values, and the allocation of expenses, having a
counterpart in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the
Investment Management Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning as
and be resolved by reference to suc3h Investment Management Agreement or the
1940 Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed on
their behalf by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the day and
year first above written.
LINCOLN INVESTMENT ADVISORS LINCOLN VARIABLE INSURANCE
CORPORATION PRODUCTS TRUST
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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SCHEDULE A
OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITS
This Agreement relates to the following Funds of the Trust:
Maximum Operating Expense
Limit (as a percentage of
Name of Fund average net assets)
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