Exhibit (h)(4)(i)
January 31, 2021
Natixis Funds Trust I
Loomis Sayles Funds I
Loomis Sayles Funds II
888 Boylston Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02199-8197
Re: | Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (Loomis Sayles) notifies you that it will waive its management fee and, to the extent necessary, reimburse certain expenses of the Funds listed below through January 31, 2022 in order to limit the Funds total annual fund operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, and organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses, to the following annual rates:
Name of Fund |
Expense Cap | |
July 1, 2020 through January 31, 2022: | ||
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund1 | 0.75% for Class A shares | |
1.50% for Class C shares | ||
0.45% for Class N shares | ||
0.75% for Class T shares | ||
0.50% for Class Y shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund2 | 0.75% for Class A shares | |
1.50% for Class C shares | ||
0.45% for Class N shares | ||
0.75% for Class T shares | ||
0.50% for Class Y shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund2 | 1.00% for Class A shares | |
1.75% for Class C shares | ||
0.70% for Class N shares | ||
1.00% for Class T shares | ||
0.75% for Class Y shares | ||
1.25% for Admin Class shares | ||
September 29, 2020 through January 31, 2022: | ||
Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund2 | 0.82% for Class A shares | |
1.57% for Class C shares | ||
0.52% for Class N shares | ||
0.57% for Class Y shares |
Name of Fund |
Expense Cap | |
February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022: | ||
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund | 0.67% for Institutional Class shares | |
0.92% for Retail Class shares | ||
1.17% for Admin Class shares | ||
0.62% for Class N shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund | 0.65% for Institutional Class shares | |
Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund2 | 1.25% for Class A shares | |
2.00% for Class C shares | ||
0.95% for Class N shares | ||
1.25% for Class T shares | ||
1.00% for Class Y shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund | 0.69% for Institutional Class shares | |
0.94% for Retail Class shares | ||
0.64% for Class N shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund2 | 1.25% for Class A shares | |
2.00% for Class C shares | ||
0.95% for Class N shares | ||
1.25% for Class T shares | ||
1.00% for Class Y shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund | 0.40% for Institutional Class shares | |
0.65% for Retail Class shares | ||
0.35% for Class N shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund | 0.75% for Institutional Class shares | |
Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund2 | 0.65% for Class A shares | |
1.40% for Class C shares | ||
0.35% for Class N shares | ||
0.65% for Class T shares | ||
0.40% for Class Y shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund | 0.55% for Institutional Class shares | |
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund | 1.00% for Institutional Class shares | |
1.25% for Retail Class shares | ||
0.95% for Class N shares |
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Name of Fund |
Expense Cap | |
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund | 0.90% for Institutional Class shares | |
1.15% for Retail Class shares | ||
1.40% for Admin Class shares | ||
0.85% for Class N shares | ||
Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund2 | 0.85% for Institutional Class shares | |
0.83% for Class N Shares |
1 | The expense caps above account for advisory administration fees payable to Natixis Advisors, L.P. (Natixis Advisors). Loomis Sayles and Natixis Advisors have agreed to equally bear the waiver/reimbursement. |
2 | Natixis Advisors will bear a portion of the waiver/reimbursement. The Natixis Advisors portion of the waiver/reimbursement will be equal to the ratio of the Natixis Advisors Support Services Fee divided by the management fee earned by Loomis Sayles |
With respect to each Fund, subject to applicable legal requirements, Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover, on a class-by-class basis, management fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed subsequent to the effective date of this undertaking in later periods to the extent that a class total annual fund operating expenses fall below the applicable expense limitation for such class; provided, however, that a Fund is not obligated to repay any such waived/reimbursed fees and expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee/expense was waived/reimbursed.
During the period covered by this undertaking, the expense cap arrangement set forth above for each of the Funds may only be modified by a majority vote of the non-interested Trustees of the Trusts affected.
For purposes of determining any such waiver or expense reimbursement, expenses shall not reflect the application of balance credits made available by the Funds custodian or arrangements under which broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions for the Funds agree to bear some portion of the Funds expenses.
We understand and intend that you will rely on this undertaking in preparing and filing the Registration Statements on Form N-1A for the above referenced Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accruing each Funds expenses for purposes of calculating its net asset value per share and for other purposes permitted under Form N-1A and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and expressly permit you to do so.
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Lauren Pitalis | |
Name: | Lauren Pitalis | |
Title: | Vice President |
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