THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN PPM FUNDS AND PPM AMERICA, INC.

EX 99.28(h)(3)(iv)

THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN PPM FUNDS AND

PPM AMERICA, INC.

This Third Amendment to the Expense Limitation Agreement is made as of December 30, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) and amends Schedule A to the Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 15, 2018 and amended as of November 20, 2019 and November 30, 2020 (the “Agreement”) between PPM Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) and PPM America, Inc. (the “Adviser”). All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed in the Agreement.

Whereas, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended as an open-end management investment company and has established several separate series of shares (each, a “Fund”), with each Fund having its own assets and investment policies;

Whereas, the Adviser agrees to waive a portion of its management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund as described in the Expense Limitation Agreement for each respective class of shares of each Fund listed on Schedule A;

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Trust has approved the liquidation of four Funds of the Trust:

1) PPM Floating Rate Income Fund;

2) PPM Long Short Credit Fund;

3) PPM Large Cap Value Fund; and

4) PPM Mid Cap Value Fund.

Now, therefore, it is hereby agreed as follows:

1. Schedule A to the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the Amended and Restated Schedule A attached hereto.

2. The expense limits set forth on the Amended and Restated Schedule A shall continue to be effective for a term ending April 30, 2021, except as otherwise noted.

3. Except as expressly amended herein, the Agreement shall continue to be and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

4. The Amended and Restated Schedule A shall become effective as of the Effective Date.

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, as of the day and year written below.

PPM Funds

By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx

Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx

Title: Assistant Secretary

Date: December 14, 2020

PPM America, Inc.

By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx

Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx

Title: President and CEO

Date: December 14, 2020

Amended and Restated

Schedule A

Maximum Operating Expense Limits

Effective December 30, 2020

Fund	Expense Cap*
PPM Core Fixed Income Fund	0.45%
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	0.45%**
PPM High Yield Core Fund	0.70%
PPM Investment Grade Credit Fund	0.50%
PPM Small Cap Value Fund	1.00%

* Expressed as an annual percentage of the Fund's average daily net assets.

**Effective through April 30, 2022.