0001398344-25-018104 Sample Contracts

ETF MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT
Etf Master Services Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • Ohio

This ETF Master Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated July 31, 2025, is between Rayliant Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Ohio.

AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF RAYLIANT FUNDS TRUST
Trust Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • Delaware

AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST made as of March 21, 2025, by the Trustee or Trustees of Rayliant Funds Trust, whom has executed this Declaration of Trust.

ETF CONSULTING AGREEMENT
Etf Consulting Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • Nebraska

THIS ETF CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated July 31, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between RAYLIANT FUNDS TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust having its office and principal place of business at 5140 Birch Street, Suite 300 (the “Trust”), and NORTHERN LIGHTS COMPLIANCE SERVICES, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company having its office and principal place of business at 4221 North 203rd Street, Suite 100, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022 (“NLCS”).

RAYLIANT FUNDS TRUST
Private Offering Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust

This Private Offering (Seed Money) Agreement (the “Agreement”) made this 4th day of September, 2025, by and between Rayliant Funds Trust, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), on behalf of Rayliant-ChinaAMC Transformative China Tech ETF (the “Fund”) and Rayliant Investment Research (the “Subscriber”).

CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
Custodian and Transfer Agent Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • New York

THIS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of June, 30 2025, between Rayliant Funds Trust (the Fund, including its separate series, the Portfolios), an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), and BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York (BBH&Co. or, when referring to BBH&Co. in its capacity as custodian, the Custodian, and when referring to BBH&Co. in its capacity as transfer agent, TA). For purposes of this Agreement, reference hereafter to the “Fund” shall mean the Fund and/or the respective Portfolio(s), as the context requires.

ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Etf Distribution Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • Nebraska

This ETF Distribution Agreement (this “Agreement”) is effective the 31st day of July, 2025, between Rayliant Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of itself and the fund(s) listed on Schedule B, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”), and Northern Lights Distributors, LLC a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Investment Advisory Agreement • September 12th, 2025 • Rayliant Funds Trust • Delaware

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated July 11, 2025, between Rayliant Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Rayliant Investment Research, a company organized under the laws of California (the “Adviser”).