Exhibit 99.(h)(5)(iv)
PBHG FUNDS
Advisor Class
PBHG Disciplined Equity Fund
PBHG XXX Capital Preservation Fund
PBHG New Perspective Fund
PBHG REIT Fund
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
(15(f) Period)
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT, effective as of October 23, 2001, by and
between PBHG Funds (the "Trust"), on behalf of each portfolio of the Trust set
forth in Schedule A (each a "Portfolio", and collectively, the "Portfolios"),
with respect to its Advisor Class of shares, and Pilgrim Xxxxxx & Associates,
Ltd. (the "Adviser").
WHEREAS, the Trust is a Delaware Business Trust organized pursuant to an
Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated November 13, 2000 (the "Declaration"),
and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company of the series type,
and each Portfolio has been added as a series of the Trust pursuant to an
Amendment to the Declaration dated June 5, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Investment
Advisory Agreement (the "Advisory Agreement"), pursuant to which the Adviser
will render investment advisory services to each Portfolio for compensation
based on the value of the average daily net assets of each such Portfolio; and
WHEREAS, the Portfolios have been created as shells into which certain UAM
funds (the "UAM Funds") may be merged subject to approval by the Board and the
shareholders of each UAM Fund; and
WHEREAS, in order to take advantage of the provisions of section 15(f) of
the 1940 Act, Old Mutual plc and the investment advisers (the "UAM Advisers") of
each of the UAM Funds agreed to maintain the maximum expense ratio disclosed in
the then-current prospectus of each UAM Fund for the period up to and including
September 25, 2002 (the "15(f) Period"); and
WHEREAS, following the merger of the UAM Funds into the respective
Portfolios, the Adviser and its affiliates wish to continue to take advantage of
the provisions of section 15(f) of the 1940 Act, and will therefore adhere to
the aforementioned expense limitations for the remainder of the 15(f) Period.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. EXPENSE LIMITATION.
1.1 APPLICABLE EXPENSE LIMIT. To the extent that the aggregate expenses
incurred by a Portfolio in any fiscal year or portion thereof covered by this
Agreement, including but not limited to investment advisory fees of the Adviser
(but excluding: (i) fees and expenses incurred under the Fund's Service Plan,
interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, and other expenditures which are
capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
(ii) other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such
Portfolio's business) ("Portfolio Operating Expenses"), exceed the Operating
Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1.2 below, such excess amount (the "Excess
Amount") shall be the liability of the Adviser.
1.2 OPERATING EXPENSE LIMIT. The Operating Expense Limit in any year shall
be as set forth in Schedule A as to each Portfolio, or such other rate as may be
agreed to in writing by the parties.
1.3 METHOD OF COMPUTATION. To determine the Adviser's liability with
respect to the Excess Amount, each month the Portfolio Operating Expenses for
each Portfolio shall be annualized as of the last day of the month. If the
annualized Portfolio Operating Expenses for any month of a Portfolio exceed the
Operating Expense Limit of such Portfolio, the Adviser shall first waive or
reduce its investment management fee for such month by an amount sufficient to
reduce the annualized Portfolio Operating Expenses to an amount no higher than
the Operating Expense Limit. If the amount of the waived or reduced investment
advisory fee for any such month is insufficient to pay the Excess Amount, the
Adviser may also remit to the appropriate Portfolio or Portfolios an amount
that, together with the waived or reduced advisory fee, is sufficient to pay
such Excess Amount.
1.4 YEAR-END ADJUSTMENT. If necessary, on or before the last day of the
first month of each fiscal year, an adjustment payment shall be made by the
appropriate party in order that the amount of the advisory fees waived or
reduced and other payments remitted by the Adviser to the Portfolio or
Portfolios with respect to the previous fiscal year shall equal the Excess
Amount.
2. TERM AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall continue in effect until and including September 25,
2002. Nevertheless, this Agreement may be terminated as to any one or all
Portfolios by either party hereto, without payment of any penalty, upon 90 days'
prior written notice to the other party at its principal place of business;
provided that, in the case of termination by the Trust, such action shall be
authorized by (A) resolution of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who (i)
are not "interested persons" of the Trust or any other party to this Agreement,
as defined in the 1940 Act, and (ii) have no direct or indirect financial
interest in the operation of this Agreement, or (B) by a vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities of the Trust.
3. MISCELLANEOUS.
3.1 CAPTIONS. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience
of reference only and in no other way define or delineate any of the provisions
hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
3.2 INTERPRETATION. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the 1940 Act (including, but not limited to, section 15(f) thereof) and the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without reference to conflicts of law rules.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or any Portfolio
to take any action contrary to the Trust's Declaration or By-Laws, or any
applicable statutory or regulatory requirement to which it is subject or by
which it is bound, or to relieve or deprive the Trust's Board of Trustees of its
responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust or the
Portfolios.
3.3 DEFINITIONS. Any questions of interpretation of any term or provision
of this Agreement, including but not limited to the investment advisory fee, the
computations of net asset values, and the allocation of expenses, having a
counterpart in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the
Advisory Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning as and be
resolved by reference to such Advisory Agreement or the 1940 Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
ATTEST: PBHG FUNDS
on behalf of each of the
Portfolios listed on Schedule A
__/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Secretary
ATTEST: PILGRIM XXXXXX & ASSOCIATES, LTD.
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Secretary
SCHEDULE A
TO
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
Operating
This Agreement relates to the following Expense
Portfolios of the Trust Predecessor UAM Fund Limit
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PBHG Disciplined Equity Fund Analytic Enhanced Equity Fund 0.99%
PBHG XXX Capital Preservation Fund XXX Capital Preservation Portfolio 1.00%
PBHG New Perspective Fund NWQ Special Equity Portfolio 1.25%
PBHG REIT Fund Xxxxxxx Real Estate Portfolio 1.40%
DATED: October 23, 2001
