Sub-Advisory Agreement Sample Contracts

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY DIVERSIFYING SOLUTIONS LLC and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 11th, 2023 • Fidelity Cherry Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 9th day of November, 2022, by and between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FMR CO., INC. and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 25th, 2016 • Fidelity Concord Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 14th day of September, 2016, by and between FMR Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Sub-Adviser”) and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Adviser”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FMR CO., INC. and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 27th, 2017 • Fidelity Concord Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 14th day of September, 2016, by and between FMR Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Sub-Adviser”) and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Adviser”).

AMENDED and RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY LLC and GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC and FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST ON BEHALF OF FIDELITY FLEX SMALL CAP INDEX FUND
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 25th, 2022 • Fidelity Salem Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AMENDED and RESTATED as of this 1st day of October, 2022, among Fidelity Salem Street Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of Fidelity Flex Small Cap Index Fund, a series portfolio of the Trust (the “Fund”), Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Manager”), and Geode Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Subadviser”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • Voya EQUITY TRUST

This AGREEMENT is made as of this 17th day of March, 2023, between Voya Investments, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the "Manager"), and Victory Capital Management Inc., an New York corporation (the "Sub-Adviser").

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 31st, 2023 • Mercer Funds • New York

AGREEMENT made as of the 31st day of October, 2023 by and between Mercer Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and Aristotle Pacific Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS (U.K.) LIMITED and FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 23rd, 2011 • Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 17th day of September, 2008, by and between Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited, 25 Cannon Street, London, England, EC4M5TA, (hereinafter called the "U.K. Sub-Advisor") and Fidelity International Investment Advisors, a Bermuda company with principal offices at Pembroke Hall, Pembroke, Bermuda, (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor").

AMENDED and RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY LLC and GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC and FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST ON BEHALF OF FIDELITY MID CAP INDEX FUND
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 25th, 2022 • Fidelity Salem Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AMENDED and RESTATED as of this 1st day of October, 2022, among Fidelity Salem Street Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of Fidelity Mid Cap Index Fund, a series portfolio of the Trust (the “Portfolio”), Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Manager”), and Geode Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Subadviser”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIL INVESTMENTS (JAPAN) LIMITED and FIL INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 25th, 2013 • Fidelity Summer Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT as of the 16th day of March, 2011, by and between FIL Investment Advisors, a Bermuda company with principal offices at Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke HM19, Bermuda (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"), and FIL Investments (Japan) Limited, a Japanese company with principal offices at Shiroyama Trust Tower, 4-3-1, Toranomon, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 105-6019 (hereinafter called the "Japan Sub-Advisor").

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • April 29th, 2016 • Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of January 5, 2016, by and among Hatteras Funds, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (formerly a Delaware limited liability company known as Hatteras Funds, LLC) (the “Advisor”), Jadwin Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”), and the Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of such series as designated by the Advisor (the “Fund”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FMR CO., INC. and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
Sub-Advisory Agreement • December 26th, 2019 • Fidelity Investment Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this 18th day of September, 2019, by and between FMR Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Sub-Adviser”) and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Adviser”).

WITNESSETH:
Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 27th, 2015 • Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III • New York
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 29th, 2024 • GuideStone Funds • Delaware

THIS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made among GUIDESTONE FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (“Trust”), GUIDESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas (“Adviser”), and TCW INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, a registered investment adviser organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Sub-Adviser”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED
Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 26th, 2019 • Fidelity Select Portfolios • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AMENDED and RESTATED as of this 1st day of February, 2019, by and between FMR Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Sub-Adviser”) and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Adviser”).

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. SUB-ADVISED FUNDS
Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 27th, 2024 • Principal Funds, Inc.

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) to be effective as of January 1, 2024 by and between PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager"), and ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Sub-Advisor").

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 27th, 2018 • Fidelity Salem Street Trust • Massachusetts

This Amended and Restated Agreement made this 1st day of August, 2017, by and between FMR Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Sub-Adviser”) and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Adviser”).

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT for MML Growth & Income Fund
Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 2nd, 2011 • MML Series Investment Fund • Massachusetts

This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Sub-Advisory Agreement”), is by and between Massachusetts Financial Services Company, organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Sub-Adviser”) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“MassMutual”), for the MML Growth & Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of MML Series Investment Fund (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust which is an open-end diversified management investment company registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), effective as of the 20th day of August, 2010.

Form of SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Sound Capital Solutions LLC Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) entered into as of [ ], 2023, by and between Sound Capital Solutions LLC (the “Adviser”), and [ ] (the “Sub-Adviser”).
Sub-Advisory Agreement • December 15th, 2023 • Advisor Managed Portfolios • New York

WHEREAS, Advisor Managed Portfolios, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), is an open-end management investment company, registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”);

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT SEI INSTITUTIONAL MANAGED TRUST
Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 29th, 2024 • Sei Institutional Managed Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made as of this 30th day of March, 2023 between SEI Investments Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) and Dynamic Beta Investments LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

AMENDED and RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY LLC and
Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 28th, 2020 • Fidelity Garrison Street Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AMENDED and RESTATED as of this 1st day of January, 2020, by and between Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”).

AMENDED and RESTATED SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT between FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY LLC and FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 27th, 2020 • Fidelity Select Portfolios • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AMENDED and RESTATED as of this 1st day of January, 2020, by and between Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the “Advisor”), and FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”).

NORTHERN FUNDS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Multi-Manager Large Cap Fund
Sub-Advisory Agreement • July 24th, 2014 • Northern Funds • Illinois

Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) entered into as of the 23rd day of August 2013, by and among Northern Trust Investments, Inc. and The Northern Trust Company of Connecticut (together, the “Advisers”), and Huber Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability (the “Sub-Adviser”).

ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT with Penserra Capital Management, LLC
Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 20th, 2023 • ETF Series Solutions • Delaware

This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 13th day of July, 2023 by and between THE MILWAUKEE COMPANY, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company with its principal place of business at 414 N. Main Street, Thiensville, Wisconsin 53092 (the “Adviser”), ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS (the “Trust”), and PENSERRA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business located at 4 Orinda Way, Suite 100-A, Orinda, California 94563 (the “Sub-Adviser”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Rational/ReSolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Strategy Fund
Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 18th, 2024 • Mutual Fund & Variable Insurance Trust • New York

WHEREAS, the Adviser acts as the investment adviser to series of the Mutual Fund and Variable Insurance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), which is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), pursuant to a Management Agreement dated as of January 1, 2016 (the “Management Agreement”);

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • February 27th, 2018 • GuideStone Funds • Delaware

THIS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Contract”) is made among GUIDESTONE FUNDS, a Delaware business trust (“Trust”), GUIDESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (“Adviser”), a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and HEITMAN INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE SECURITIES GMBH, an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) and organized under the laws of Germany (the “Sub-Adviser”).

Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Sub-Advisory Agreement • May 26th, 2023 • Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds • New York

This investment sub-advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective as of October 21, 2022, between Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Fir Tree Capital Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Sub-Adviser”).

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Touchstone Climate Transition ETF a series of Touchstone ETF Trust
Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 5th, 2023 • Touchstone ETF Trust

This Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of [ ], 2023, between Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”), and Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp. (the “Sub-Advisor”).