EX-99.(E)(7) 9 d89025dex99e7.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT First Amendment to the Distribution Agreement

Exhibit 99.(e)(7)

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

This first amendment (“Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of March 31, 2020 by and among Harding Loevner Funds, Inc. (“Fund Company”), Harding Loevner LP (“Adviser”) and Quasar Distributors, LLC (“Distributor”) is entered into as of December 16, 2020 (the “Effective Date”). Adviser is a party to the Agreement solely for purposes of Section 5 of the Agreement.

WHEREAS, Fund Company and Distributor (“Parties”) desire to amend the Agreement to reflect the addition of one Fund to Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, Section 11(B) of the Agreement requires that all amendments and modifications to the Agreement be in writing and executed by the Parties;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

  1.

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Agreement.

 

  2.

Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by Exhibit A attached hereto which reflects the addition of the Chinese Equity Portfolio.

 

  3.

Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the provisions of the Agreement shall remain unamended and in full force and effect to the same extent as if fully set forth herein.

 

  4.

This Amendment shall be governed by, and the provisions of this Amendment shall be construed and interpreted under and in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the Effective Date.

 

HARDING LOEVNER FUNDS, INC.   QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Richard T. Reiter

  By:  

/s/ Mark Fairbanks

  Richard T. Reiter, President     Mark Fairbanks, Vice President
HARDING LOEVNER LP (solely with respect to Section 5)
By:  

/s/ David R. Loevner

   
 

David R. Loevner, President

and Chief Executive Officer

   


EXHIBIT A

Fund Names

Separate Series of Harding Loevner Funds, Inc.

 

Name of Series

   Date Added

Global Equity Portfolio

   January 1, 2008

International Equity Portfolio

   January 1, 2008

International Small Companies Portfolio

   January 1, 2008

Institutional Emerging Markets Portfolio

   January 1, 2008

Emerging Markets Portfolio

   January 1, 2008

Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio

   May 23, 2008

International Equity Research Portfolio

   December 17, 2015

Global Equity Research Portfolio

   December 19, 2016

Emerging Markets Research Portfolio

   December 19, 2016

Chinese Equity Portfolio

   December 16, 2020