Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited Letterhead] April 28, 2017
Exhibit 99.B(h)(xvi)
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April 28, 2017
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Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom EH1 3 AN
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The Long Term Global Growth Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds (the “Trust”) |
Dear Sirs
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Overseas Limited, a company registered in Scotland with registered number SC084807 and registered as an investment adviser with, and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Manager”) acts as the manager of the Fund.
This letter is to inform you that the Manager has agreed to extend its expense limitation undertaking with respect to Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, and Class 5 shares of the Fund, and to implement an expense limitation undertaking with respect to Class K and Institutional Class shares of the Fund. This extension of the expense limitation undertaking with respect to Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, and Class 5 shares of the Fund and implementation of an expense limitation undertaking with respect to Class K and Institutional Class shares of the Fund is not intended to precipitate any alteration or reduction in the services provided by the Manager to the Fund.
For the period April 29th, 2017 until April 30th, 2018 (and any subsequent periods as may be designated by the Manager by written notice to the Trust), the Manager hereby agrees to waive, reduce, reimburse or otherwise bear the Fees and Expenses to the extent that total annual operating expenses attributable to the share classes of the Fund set out below, exclusive of interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses, exceed the following annual rates (based on the average daily net assets of the Fund):
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Class 2 |
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0.77 |
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Class 3 |
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0.70 |
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Class 4 |
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0.67 |
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Class 5 |
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0.62 |
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Class K |
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0.77 |
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Institutional Class |
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0.92 |
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For purposes of determining the financial obligation of the Manager under this Expense Limitation Agreement, the expenses of the Fund shall not reflect the application of custodial, transfer agency or other credits or expense offset arrangements that may reduce the Fund’s expenses. Annualized figure will be used to calculate the Fund’s expenses and the level of waiver/reimbursement where the expense limitation undertaking either begins or expires in the middle of the Fund’s fiscal year.
This Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated by the Trust at any time upon a vote of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” for the purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This Expense Limitation Agreement may not be terminated by the Manager.
We understand and intend that you will rely on this undertaking in preparing and filing Registration Statements for the Trust on behalf of the Fund on Form N-lA with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in accruing the Fund’s expenses for purposes of calculating its net asset value per share and for other purposes and expressly permit you to do so.
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
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its series, the Long Term Global Growth Equity Fund
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President, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds |
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