MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST AMENDMENT TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST
AMENDMENT TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Subadvisory Agreement, is made as of the 1st day of May, 2023, between New York Life Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”) and Wellington Management Company LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (the “Subadvisor”).
WHEREAS, the Manager and the Subadvisor are parties to the Subadvisory Agreement, dated March 5, 2021, ("Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Manager and the Subadvisor hereby wish to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to revise the subadvisory fees with respect to MainStay VP Wellington U.S. Equity Portfolio.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
(i) Effective May 1, 2023, Schedule A is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule attached hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first written above. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts.
NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director and Associate Title: Senior Managing Director
General Counsel
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLP
Attest: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Client Title: Senior Managing Director
Service Manager
SCHEDULE A
(As of May 1, 2023)
As compensation for services provided by Subadvisor with respect to each of the following Series the Manager will pay the Subadvisor and Subadvisor agrees to accept as full compensation for services rendered hereunder beginning on the effective date set forth below, an annual subadvisory fee with respect to the Allocated Assets of such Series equal to the following:
Fund | Annual Rate |
MainStay Balanced Fund | 0.275% on allocated assets up to $1 billion; 0.265% on allocated assets from $1 billion to $3 billion; and 0.255% on allocated assets over $3 billion |
MainStay WMC Growth Fund | 0.29% on assets up to $500 million; 0.265% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; 0.2525% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; and 0.24% on assets over $2 billion |
MainStay WMC International Research Equity Fund | 0.335% on all assets |
MainStay WMC Enduring Capital Fund | 0.2375% on assets up to $500 million; 0.225% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; and 0.2125% on assets over $1 billion |
MainStay WMC Small Companies Fund | 0.375% on assets up to $1 billion; 0.3625% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; and 0.35% on assets over $2 billion |
MainStay WMC Value Fund | 0.275% on allocated assets up to $1 billion; 0.265% on allocated assets from $1 billion to $3 billion; and 0.255% on allocated assets over $3 billion |
MainStay VP Balanced Portfolio | 0.275% on allocated assets up to $1 billion; 0.265% on allocated assets from $1 billion to $3 billion; and 0.255% on allocated assets over $3 billion |
MainStay VP Wellington Growth Portfolio | 0.29% on assets up to $500 million; 0.265% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; 0.2525% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; and 0.24% on assets over $2 billion |
MainStay VP Wellington U.S. Equity Portfolio | 0.24% on assets up to $500 million; 0.2275% on assets from $500 million to $1 billion; 0.215% on assets from $1 billion to $3 billion; and 0.2107% on assets over $3 billion |
MainStay VP Wellington Small Cap Portfolio | 0.39% on assets up to $1 billion; 0.3775% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; and 0.365% on assets over $2 billion |
MainStay VP Wellington Mid Cap Portfolio | 0.38% on assets up to $1 billion; 0.355% on assets from $1 billion to $2 billion; and 0.3425% on assets over $2 billion |
Subadvisor will bear pro rata the impact of any management fee breakpoints specified in the Series’ Management Agreement. Subadvisor will bear forty-five percent (45%) of the costs (subject to the cap described in the next sentence) of any contractual or voluntary expense cap reimbursement or fee waivers. The Subadvisor’s share of the costs shall not exceed the subadvisory fee payment the Subadvisor receives from the Manager for such Series.
The portion of the fee based upon the average daily net assets of the Fund shall be accrued daily at the rate of l/(number of days in calendar year) of the annual rate applied to the daily net assets of the Fund.