EX-99.D.9.I 2 tm2035943d5_ex99d9i.htm EXHIBIT 99.D.9.I

 

Exhibit 99.d.9.i

 

THE UBS FUNDS, ON BEHALF OF ITS SERIES,
UBS ENGAGE FOR IMPACT FUND
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE

 

THIS AMENDMENT is made as of the 3rd day of December 2020, by and between The UBS Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Advisor”).

 

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Advisor have previously entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated October 23, 2018 (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor agreed to manage the investment and reinvestment of assets of the UBS Engage For Impact Fund series (the “Series”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Advisor and the Trust have decided to amend the Advisory Agreement to reduce compensation of the Advisor as provided in Section 3 of such Advisory Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, it is agreed as follows:

 

1.            Section 3 of the Advisory Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

3.            Compensation of the Advisor. For the services to be rendered by the Advisor as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement, the Series shall pay to the Advisor within five business days after the end of each calendar month, a monthly fee of one twelfth of the Series’ average daily net assets for the month in accordance with the following fee schedule:

 

Assets Under Management  Fee 
$0 – $250 million   0.750%
Above $250 million   0.725%

 

In the event of termination of this Agreement, the fee provided in this Section 3 shall be paid on a pro rata basis, based on the number of days when this Agreement was in effect.

 

2.            The effective date of the Amendment shall be February 15, 2021.

 

 

 

3.            This Amendment may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which taken together will constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.

 

4.            The parties hereby further agree that no other provisions of the Advisory Agreement are in any way modified by this Amendment, and that all other provisions of the Advisory Agreement remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the 3rd day of December 2020.

 

THE UBS FUNDS   THE UBS FUNDS
     
By: /s/ Keith A. Weller   By: /s/ Eric Sanders
Name: Keith A. Weller   Name: Eric Sanders
Title: Vice President and Secretary   Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary
         
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICAS) INC.   UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICAS) INC.
     
By: /s/ Igor Lasun   By: /s/ Joanne Kilkeary
Name: Igor Lasun   Name: Joanne Kilkeary
Title: Executive Director   Title: Executive Director

 

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