AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGER SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT TO

INVESTMENT MANAGER SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT MANAGER SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), effective as of the 1^st day of June, 2017, is entered into by and between City National Rochdale, LLC (the "Adviser"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Federated Investment Management Company (the "Investment Manager"), a Delaware statutory trust, with respect to the Fixed Income Opportunities Fund (the "Fund"), a series of City National Rochdale Funds (the "Trust").

 

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement dated as of August 27, 2015 (the "Advisory Agreement"), pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to provide investment advisory services to the various series of the Trust, including the Fund;

 

WHEREAS, the Adviser, which changed its name from Rochdale Investment Management LLC to City National Rochdale, LLC effective September 10, 2013, and the Investment Manager have entered into an Investment Manager Sub-Advisory Agreement dated as of March 28, 2013 (the "Initial Agreement"), pursuant to which the Investment Manager has agreed to provide investment sub-advisory services to the Fund;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Agreement the Investment Manager's fees are paid by the Adviser;

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the sub-advisory fee to be paid to the Investment Manager for providing such services to the Fund;

 

WHEREAS, the implementation of such revisions will constitute only reallocation of sub-advisory fees between the Adviser and the Investment Manager with respect to the Fund, and neither the quantity nor quality of advisory services to be provided by the Adviser or the Investment Manager to the Fund will change in connection with such implementation;

 

WHEREAS, this Amendment has been approved in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, and the Investment Manager is willing to continue to provide such services upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; and

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Initial Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and mutual promises herein set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, mutually agree as follows:

 

1.

Section 4.1. Section 4.1 of the Initial Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

"For the services to be rendered as provided herein, the Adviser shall pay to the Investment Manager for each month of the Fund's fiscal year on the last day of each such month a fee based upon the average daily net assets of the Account, as determined pursuant to the Fund's Registration Statement, at the following annual rate as a percentage of the Account's average daily net assets:

 

35 basis points (0.35%) on the first $100 million

30 basis points (0.30%) on the next $150 million

25 basis points (0.25%) on the next $250 million

20 basis points (0.20%) on the next $250 million

15 basis points (0.15%) on any assets over $750 million."

 

2.

Ratification of Amendment. Except as expressly amended and provided herein, all of the terms and conditions and provisions of the Initial Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

3.

Counterparts. This Amendment shall become binding when any one or more counterparts hereof individually or taken together, shall bear the original or facsimile signature of each of the parties hereto. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original against any party whose signature appears thereon, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

***Signature Page Follows***

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above. 

CITY NATIONAL ROCHDALE, LLC			FEDERATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By:			By:
Name:	F. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇		Name:	▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:	Chief Compliance Officer		Title:	President and CEO