EX-99 18 f38212d18.htm (D)(15) (d)(15)
 

(d)(15)
May 1, 2024

Voya Partners, Inc.

7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road

Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034

Re: Expense Limitations

Ladies and Gentlemen:

By execution of this letter agreement, Voya Investments, LLC ("VIL"), the investment manager to VY® Columbia Contrarian Core Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), a series of Voya Partners, Inc. ("VPI"), agrees that, from May 1, 2024 through May 1, 2025, VIL shall waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses to limit ordinary operating expenses, excluding interest, taxes, other investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses such as litigation, other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio's business, and expenses of any counsel or other persons or services retained by VPI's directors who are not "interested persons," as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, in amounts necessary so that after such waivers and/or reimbursements, the maximum total operating expense ratios of the Portfolio shall be as follows:

Name of Portfolio

Maximum Operating Expense Limit

 

(as a percentage of average net assets)

 

 

Share Classes

 

 

Adviser

Initial

Service

VY® Columbia Contrarian Core Portfolio

1.25%

0.75%

1.00%

We are willing to be bound by this letter agreement to lower our fees for the period from May 1, 2024 through May 1, 2025. VIL acknowledges that: (1) it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for waived fees at any time in the future; and (2) it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for reimbursed expenses at any time in the future.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination or modification of this letter agreement requires approval by the Board of Directors of VPI.

Very sincerely,

By: /s/ Todd Modic

Name: Todd Modic

Title: Senior Vice President

Voya Investments, LLC

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

Voya Partners, Inc.

By: /s/ Kimberly A. Anderson

Name: Kimberly A. Anderson

Title: Senior Vice President, Duly Authorized