EX-99.(d)(9)
APPENDIX A
ARTISAN INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST
FUNDS TRUST FUNDS
Diversified International Fund
(formerly, International Equity Fund)
Most recent annual approval by the Board of Trustees: March 26, 2010
Appendix A amended: March 1, 2010
APPENDIX B
ARTISAN INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
FEE AGREEMENT
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST
This fee agreement is made as of the 1st day of February, 2005, by and
between Xxxxx Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust"), Xxxxx Fargo Funds Management,
LLC (the "Adviser") and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (the
"Sub-Adviser").
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement
("Sub-Advisory Agreement") whereby the Sub-Adviser provides management and
other services to each series of the Trust listed in Appendix A to the
Sub-Advisory Agreement (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that the fees to be paid to the
Sub-Adviser are to be as indicated on this Appendix B;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser
under the Sub-Advisory Agreement shall be calculated and paid on a monthly
basis by applying the annual rates indicated below to the average daily net
assets of the Artisan Portion throughout the month:
NAME OF FUND SUB-ADVISORY RATE/1/
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Diversified International Fund (formerly, First 50M 0.80%
International Equity Fund) Next 200M 0.60%
Over 250M 0.50%
If the Sub-Adviser shall provide management and other services for less than
the whole of a month, the foregoing compensation shall be prorated based on the
number of days in the month that such Sub-Adviser provided management and other
services to the Fund.
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/1/ On March 26, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved sub-advisory fee changes
for the Diversified International Fund. Effective April 1, 2010 the prior
sub-advisory rates of 0.70% for the First 50M and 0.50% Over 250M will
change to the sub-advisory rates provided in the table.
The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of April 1, 2010 and shall remain
in effect until changed in writing by the parties.
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST
on behalf of the Fund
By:
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X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Secretary
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
Executive Vice President
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By Artisan Investment Corporation, its
general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
