May 4, 2018 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Heritage Drive North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171 Attention: Clint Garran, Vice President Re: Aberdeen Funds — New Series of Shares Ladies and Gentlemen:

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May 4, 2018

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

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North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171

Attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President

 

Re:  Aberdeen Funds — New Series of Shares

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Sub-Administration Agreement between State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Sub-Administrator”) and Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. (the “Administrator”) dated as of June 1, 2010, as amended and supplemented (the “Agreement”).

 

This letter is to provide notice of the establishment of the following seven (7) new series (collectively, the “New Series”) of Aberdeen Funds (the “Funds”): (1) Aberdeen Dynamic Dividend Fund; (2) Aberdeen Global Infrastructure Fund; (3) Aberdeen High Yield Managed Duration Municipal Fund; (4) Aberdeen International Real Estate Equity Fund; (5) Aberdeen Realty Income & Growth Fund; (6) Aberdeen Income Builder Fund; and (7) Aberdeen Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund.

 

In accordance with Section 1 of the Agreement, as amended, we request that you act as Sub-Administrator with respect to each of the New Series, and their Class A and Institutional Class shares under the terms of the Agreement.  In connection with such request, the undersigned hereby confirms to you, as of the date hereof, the representations and warranties in Section 4 of the Agreement.

 

The foregoing changes are reflected in the attached updated Schedule A to the Agreement.

 

Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this letter, returning one to Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. and retaining one for your records.

 

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Sincerely,

 

 

 

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

 

 

 

 

 

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Name:

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Title:

Vice President

 

Accepted:

 

 

 

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

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Name:

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Title:

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

SUB-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

Effective June 1, 2010

As amended effective May 4, 2018

 

SCHEDULE A

Listing of Funds

 

Fund Name

 

Classes of Shares

Aberdeen Focused U.S. Equity Fund
(formerly, Aberdeen Equity Long-Short Fund)

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund
(formerly, Aberdeen Small Cap Fund)

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen International Equity Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Global Equity Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Diversified Alternatives Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

 

 

Fund Name

 

Classes of Shares

Aberdeen Dynamic Allocation Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Diversified Income Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Asia Bond Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) Equity Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Global Unconstrained Fixed Income Fund
(formerly, Aberdeen Global Fixed Income Fund)

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen International Small Cap Fund
(formerly, Aberdeen Global Small Cap Fund)

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Tax-Free Income Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

 

 

Fund Name

 

Classes of Shares

Aberdeen U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund
(formerly, Aberdeen U.S. Equity Fund)

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Debt Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Japanese Equities Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen U.S. Mid Cap Equity Fund

 

Class A
Class C
Class R
Institutional Class
Institutional Service Class
Class T

Aberdeen Dynamic Dividend Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

Aberdeen Global Infrastructure Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

Aberdeen High Yield Managed Duration Municipal Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

Aberdeen International Real Estate Equity Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

 

 

Fund Name

 

Classes of Shares

Aberdeen Realty Income & Growth Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

Aberdeen Income Builder Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

Aberdeen Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund

 

Class A
Institutional Class

 

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Filed: February 28th, 2019