EX-99.(D)(XXIX)(A) 5 ex99-dxxixa.htm AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99 (d)(xxix)(a)

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

SUB-ADVISORY ADVISORY AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made as of February 13, 2024, by and between TIDAL INVESTMENTS LLC (formerly, Toroso Investments, LLC) (the “Adviser”) and Carbon Collective Investing, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

BACKGROUND:

The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are parties to a Sub-Advisory Agreement dated as of July 8, 2022 (the “Agreement”).

The parties desire to supplement Schedule A to the Agreement with the addition of the following new series:

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Carbon Collective Short Duration Green Bond ETF.

TERMS:

NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:

Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on the Amended and Restated Schedule A attached hereto.

Miscellaneous.

Capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.

Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, and except as necessary to conform to the intention of the parties hereinabove set forth, the Agreement shall remain unaltered and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

The Agreement, as amended hereby, together with its Schedule, constitutes the complete understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior communications with respect thereto. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The facsimile signature of any party to this Amendment shall constitute the valid and binding execution hereof by such party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be signed by duly authorized representatives as of the date first set forth above.

TIDAL INVESTMENTS LLC		Carbon Collective Investing, LLC


By:	/s/ Dan Carlson	By:	/s/ Zack Stein
Name:	Dan Carlson	Name:	Zack Stein
Title:	CFO	Title:	Co-Founder

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Amended and Restated Schedule A

to the

Sub-Advisory Agreement

by and between

Tidal Investments LLC

and

Carbon Collective Investing, LLC

Fund Name

Sub-Advisory Fee

Effective Date

Trading Authority

Proxy Voting Authority

Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF

0.02%

Commencement of Operations

[ ] Fully Discretionary

[ ] Partially Discretionary

[X] Non-Discretionary

[X] Full

[ ] Advisory

[ ] None

Carbon Collective Short Duration Green Bond ETF