AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
effective as of June 9, 2006 by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GLOBAL INVESTORS (North
America), Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Adviser") and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GLOBAL
FUNDS (the "Trust"), on behalf of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Core Growth Fund series of
the Trust (the "Fund"), hereby amends and restates the Expense Limitation
Agreement by and between the Adviser and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, dated
April 30, 2004, as amended and restated effective June 9, 2005.
WHEREAS, the Trust is a Delaware business trust, and is registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end
management company of the series type, and the Fund is a series of the Trust.
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Investment Advisory
Agreement dated August 31, 2001 ("Advisory Agreement"), as amended by letter
agreements dated September 24, 2003 and April 30, 2004, pursuant to which the
Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Fund for compensation based
on the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund, or average daily
managed assets with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Income Advantage Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have determined that it is appropriate
and in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders to maintain the
expenses of the Fund at a level below the level to which the Fund may otherwise
be subject;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. EXPENSE LIMITATION.
1.1 Applicable Expense Limit. To the extent that the ordinary operating
expenses incurred by the Fund in any fiscal year, including but not
limited to investment advisory fees of the Adviser, but excluding any
distribution and service fees under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act
and/or shareholder service fees as described in the then current
registration statement offering shares of the Fund and interest,
taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment-related costs and
extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and other expenses not
incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business ("Fund
Operating Expenses"), exceed the Operating Expense Limit, as defined
in Section 1.2 below, such excess amount (the "Excess Amount") shall
be the liability of the Adviser to the extent set forth in this
Agreement.
1.2 Operating Expense Limit. The Operating Expense Limit in any year with
respect to the Fund shall be 1.75% (annualized) of the average daily
net assets of the Fund.
1.3 Duration of Operating Expense Limit. The Operating Expense Limit with
respect to the Fund shall remain in effect until July 31, 2020, unless
renewed by written agreement of the parties.
1.4 Method of Computation. To determine the Adviser's obligation with
respect to the Excess Amount, each day the Fund Operating Expenses for
the Fund shall be annualized. If the annualized Fund Operating
Expenses for any day of the Fund exceed the Operating Expense Limit of
the Fund, the Adviser shall waive or reduce its investment advisory
fee or absorb the other Fund expenses in an amount sufficient to pay
that day's Excess Amount. The Trust may offset amounts owed to the
Fund pursuant to this Agreement against the advisory fee payable to
the Adviser.
2. REIMBURSEMENT OF FEE WAIVERS AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS.
2.1 Reimbursement. If on any day during which the Advisory Agreement is in
effect, the estimated annualized Fund Operating Expenses of the Fund
for that day are less than the Operating Expense Limit, the Adviser
shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Fund of the investment
advisory fees waived or reduced, and any other expense reimbursements
or similar payments remitted by the Adviser to the Fund pursuant to
Section 1 hereof (the "Reimbursement Amount") during the period from
April 30, 2004 through April 30, 2007, determined on a first in first
out basis, to the extent that the Funds' annualized Operating Expenses
plus the amount so reimbursed equals, for such day, the Operating
Expense Limit, provided that such amount paid to the Adviser will in
no event exceed the total Reimbursement Amount and will not include
any amounts previously reimbursed.
3. TERM AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. The Agreement shall terminate either
upon the termination of the Advisory Agreement or on July 31, 2020. The
obligation of the Adviser under Section 1 of this Agreement shall survive
the termination of the Agreement solely as to expenses and obligations
incurred prior to the date of such termination.
4. MISCELLANEOUS.
4.1 Captions. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience
of reference only and in no other way define or delineate any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
4.2 Interpretation. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require
the Trust or the Fund 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 Trust's Board of Trustees of its
responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the
Trust or the Fund.
4.3 Definitions. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision
of this Agreement, including but not limited to the investment
advisory 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 Advisory Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall
have the same meaning as and be resolved by reference to such Advisory
Agreement or the 1940 Act.
4.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement
signed by each of the parties hereto.
4.5 Assignment. This Agreement may be assigned to the successors in
interest of either party with the consent of the other party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective
corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, as of the day and year first above
written.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GLOBAL INVESTORS
(NORTH AMERICA) INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Corporate Secretary
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GLOBAL FUNDS
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Treasurer
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