ADVISORSHARES TRUST INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
AGREEMENT made as of the 27th day of May 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 150, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, and Gerber Kawasaki, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”), a California corporation with its principal place of business at 2716 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90405.
SUB-ADVISER EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTSub-Adviser Expense Limitation Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
AGREEMENT effective as of May 27, 2021, by and between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Gerber Kawasaki, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”), on behalf of each series of the Trust set forth in Schedule A attached hereto (each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”).
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEtf Distribution Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust • Delaware
This fifteenth amendment (the “Amendment”) to the ETF Distribution Agreement dated as of May 31, 2017 as Novated (the “Agreement”), is entered into on June 4, 2021 (the “Execution Date”) by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and Foreside Fund Services, LLC (“Foreside”), with an effective date of June 4, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).
INVESTMENT COMPANY REPORTING MODERNIZATION SERVICES AMENDMENT TO FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTAdministration and Accounting Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
This Investment Company Reporting Modernization Services Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of April 15, 2021 by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”). This Amendment restates and supersedes the Investment Company Reporting Modernization Services Amendment to the Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement dated February 28, 2018.
SCHEDULE A as revised June 7, 2021 to the THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT dated September 8, 2017 between ADVISORSHARES TRUST and ADVISORSHARES INVESTMENTS, LLC MAXIMUM ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITSExpense Limitation Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
* The Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit is equal to the annual rate of the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee, which can range from 0.65% to 0.85%.
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • June 7th, 2021 • AdvisorShares Trust
AMENDMENT is made as of the 27th day of May 2021 to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 5, 2018, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”).
