EX-99.D ADVSR CONTR 7 ex99dadvsrcontr-dii.htm EX(D)(I) TCWF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT MARCH 1 , 2022

AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated as of March 1, 2021, is to the Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement made as of the 1st day of July, 2013, and amended July 1, 2019, May 13, 2020 and July 1, 2020 (the “Agreement”) by and between TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD., (hereinafter referred to as the “Manager”), and TEMPLETON CHINA WORLD FUND (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, both the Manager and the Company wish to amend Paragraph 4 of the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Company, including a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Company, approved the following amendment at a meeting called for such purpose on February 23, 2021.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the parties hereto agree that Paragraph (4) of the Agreement is removed and replaced with the following:

(4)  The Company agrees to pay to the Manager a monthly fee in dollars, at the annual rate of the Company’s average weekly net assets, as listed below, payable at the end of each calendar month:

   1.20%, up to and including $1 billion

   1.15%, over $1 billion, up to and including $5 billion

   1.10%, over $5 billion, up to and including $10 billion

   1.05%, over $10 billion, up to and including $15 billion

   1.00%, in excess of $15 billion

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed on behalf of each party as of the date set forth above.

    TEMPLETON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.

    By:/s/Dora Seow   

     Dora Seow

     Co-Chief Executive Officer

    TEMPLETON CHINA WORLD FUND

    By:/s/ Manraj S. Sekhon

     Manraj S. Sekhon

     President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management