the purpose of voting on such approval. The Agreement may be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty by the Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Funds on not more than 60 days, written notice to the Adviser. In the event of its assignment, the Agreement will terminate automatically.
Effective May 1, 2022, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least through April 30, 2023, to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and reimbursements (exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads, interest, borrowing expenses, distribution fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1 Plans, shareholder service fees pursuant to a Shareholder Service Plan, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees and commissions, dividend expenses on short sales, litigation expenses, expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business) will not exceed 1.89% and 2.14% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Class I and A shares, respectively. Effective May 1, 2023, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least through April 30, 2024, to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and reimbursements (exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads, interest, borrowing expenses, distribution fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1 Plans, shareholder service fees pursuant to a Shareholder Service Plan, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees and commissions, dividend expenses on short sales, litigation expenses, expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business) will not exceed 1.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to recoupment from the Funds within three years of the date on which the waiver or reimbursement occurs, provided that the recoupment payments do not cause Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed (i) the expense limitation then in effect, if any, and (ii) the expense limitation in effect at the time the expenses to be repaid were incurred. This agreement may be terminated only by the Board, on 60 days’ written notice to the Funds’ Adviser.
For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser earned $309,480 in advisory fees from the Income Fund. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser waived fees of $14,833 and recouped $0. As of June 30, 2023, the Income Fund owed the Adviser $45,000.
For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser earned $199,868 in advisory fees from the Growth Fund. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser waived fees of $58,932 and recouped $0. As of June 30, 2023, the Growth Fund owed the Adviser $25,102.
For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser earned $191,229 in advisory fees from the Quantitative Fund. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser waived fees of $47,406 and recouped $0. As of June 30, 2023, the Quantitative Fund owed the Adviser $26,076.