0001193125-25-166427 Sample Contracts

CUSTODY AGREEMENT
Custody Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund • Massachusetts
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Investment Management Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, and LINCOLN FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS CORPORATION (the “Investment Manager”), a Tennessee corporation.

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund • New York

This Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective as of June 2, 2025, is between Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the “Adviser”), and Partners Group (USA) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”).

AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND a Delaware Statutory Trust
Agreement and Declaration of Trust • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund

This AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund (the “Trust”) is made as of June 2, 2025 by the Trustees hereunder (together with all persons from time to time duly elected, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with Article III hereof).

PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Between LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND and LINCOLN FINANCIAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Principal Underwriting Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund • Delaware

This PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this 29th day of January 2025 between LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND, a statutory business trust organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Fund”), and Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Distributor”).

TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
Transfer Agency and Service Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 28 day of February, 2025, by and between STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company having its principal office and place of business at One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 (“State Street” or the “Transfer Agent”), and each fund listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”), each having its principal office and place of business at 1301 South Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802. All references in this Agreement to a “Fund” are to each of the funds listed on Schedule A, individually, as if this Agreement were between he relevant individual Fund and the Transfer Agent.

LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND LINCOLN CAPITAL TOTAL CREDIT FUND AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Administration Agreement • July 28th, 2025 • Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of August 1, 2025, is by and between the LINCOLN PARTNERS GROUP ROYALTY FUND and LINCOLN BAIN CAPITAL TOTAL CREDIT FUND (the “Funds”), each a Delaware statutory trust, and THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (the “Administrator”), an Indiana insurance company.