EX-99.B(H)(7)(B) 6 a17-22921_1ex99dbh7b.htm EX-99.B(H)(7)(B)

Exhibit 99.B(h)(7)(b)

 

FIRST AMENDMENT to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of April 18, 2017 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) by and between Victory Capital Management Inc., a New York corporation (“Licensor”) and Victory Portfolios II (formerly Compass EMP Funds Trust), a Delaware statutory trust (“Licensee”), on behalf of its individual series funds listed on Exhibit B of the Agreement (as defined below), their wholly-owned subsidiaries, and all future individual series funds and their wholly-owned subsidiaries, and amends that certain License Agreement by and between Licensor and Licensee, dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Agreement”).

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Licensor and Licensee agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

 

1.  Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby amended to delete the phrase “Current as of December 31, 2015” and to add the following entries, including the footnote below, to the end of the “Indices” table:

 

Ticker

 

Type

 

Name

NQVMVG

 

Price Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor Global Minimum Volatility Index

NQVMVGT

 

Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor Global Minimum Volatility Total Return Index

NQVMVGN

 

Net Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor Global Minimum Volatility Net Total Return Index

NQVMVUS

 

Price Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor US Minimum Volatility Index

NQVMVUST

 

Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor US Minimum Volatility Total Return Index

NQVMVUSN

 

Net Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor US Minimum Volatility Net Total Return Index

NQVMVI

 

Price Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor International Minimum Volatility Index

NQVMVIT

 

Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor International Minimum Volatility Total Return Index

NQVMVIN

 

Net Total Return

 

Nasdaq Victory Multi-factor International Minimum Volatility Net Total Return Index

 

* With respect to the Indices marked with an asterisk, Licensee will comply with any applicable terms imposed upon Licensor by Nasdaq, Inc., subject to receiving written notice of such terms and a thirty (30) day cure period.

 

2.  Exhibit B to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensor and Licensee have each caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the Amendment Effective Date by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.

 

VICTORY PORTFOLIOS II

 

On Behalf of Its Individual Series Funds Listed On Exhibit B Of The Agreement, Their Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and All Future Individual Series Funds and Their Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael D. Policarpo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Michael D. Policarpo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

By:

/s/ Christopher K. Dyer

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 30, 2017

 

Name:

Christopher K. Dyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 26, 2017

 

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Exhibit B

 

Funds

 

Victory CEMP Commodity Volatility Wtd Index Strategy Fund and its wholly owned subsidiary, CEMPCSVWF Fund Limited

Victory CEMP Global High Dividend Defensive Fund

Victory CEMP Long/Short Strategy Fund

Victory CEMP Market Neutral Income Fund

Victory CEMP US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Emerging Market Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Global Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares International Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Quality Growth ETF

VictoryShares Quality Value ETF

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 

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