MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

between

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II:

STRATEGIC ADVISERS ALTERNATIVES FUND

and

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

AGREEMENT made this 2^nd day of June, 2022, by and between Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust which may issue one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called the “Fund”), on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund (hereinafter called the “Portfolio”), and Strategic Advisers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter called the “Adviser”) as set forth in its entirety below.

1.

(a)

 Investment Advisory Services. The Adviser undertakes to act as investment adviser of the Portfolio and shall, subject to the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, direct the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations as provided in the Portfolio’s Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “1940 Act”), and such other limitations as the Portfolio may impose by notice in writing to the Adviser. The Adviser shall also furnish for the use of the Portfolio office space and all necessary office facilities, equipment and personnel for servicing the investments of the Portfolio; and shall pay the salaries and fees of all officers of the Fund, of all Trustees of the Fund who are “interested persons” of the Fund or of the Adviser and of all personnel of the Fund or the Adviser performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities. The Adviser is authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with the Portfolio, to buy, sell, lend and otherwise trade in any stocks, bonds and other securities and investment instruments on behalf of the Portfolio. The investment policies and all other actions of the Portfolio are and shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

(b)

Management Services. The Adviser shall perform (or arrange for the performance by its affiliates of) the management and administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, perform various services for the Portfolio, including but not limited to: (i) providing the Portfolio with office space, equipment and facilities (which may be its own) for maintaining its organization; (ii) on behalf of the Portfolio, supervising relations with, and monitoring the performance of, any sub-advisers, custodians, depositories, transfer and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable; (iii) preparing all general shareholder communications, including shareholder reports; (iv) conducting shareholder relations; (v) maintaining the Fund’s existence and its records; (vi) during such times as shares are publicly offered, maintaining the registration and qualification of the Portfolio’s shares under federal and state law; and (vii) investigating the development of and developing and implementing, if appropriate, management and shareholder services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Portfolio as an investment vehicle.

The Adviser shall also furnish such reports, evaluations, information or analyses to the Fund as the Fund’s Board of Trustees may request from time to time or as the Adviser may deem to be desirable. The Adviser shall make recommendations to the Fund’s Board of Trustees with respect to Fund policies, and shall carry out such policies as are adopted by the Trustees. The Adviser shall, subject to review by the Board of Trustees, furnish such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Contract.

 (c)

The Adviser shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Portfolio’s account with brokers or dealers selected by the Adviser, which may include brokers or dealers affiliated with the Adviser. The Adviser shall use its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or the other accounts over which the Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Trustees of the Fund shall periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.

The Adviser shall, in acting hereunder, be an independent contractor. The Adviser shall not be an agent of the Portfolio.

2.

It is understood that the Trustees, officers and shareholders of the Fund are or may be or become interested in the Adviser as directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and stockholders of the Adviser are or may be or become similarly interested in the Fund, and that the Adviser may be or become interested in the Fund as a shareholder or otherwise.

3.

(a)

For the services and facilities to be furnished hereunder, the Adviser shall receive a monthly management fee equal to the sum of (i) the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio (computed in the manner set forth in the Trust Instrument) throughout the month, which is retained by the Adviser and (ii) the total fees payable monthly to the sub-advisers retained by the Fund and the Adviser pursuant to the applicable investment sub-advisory agreements; provided however, that the maximum aggregate annual management fee rate payable by the Portfolio shall not exceed 2.00% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio.

(b)

The Adviser shall pay the sub-advisers the fees described in clause (a)(ii) above pursuant to, and in accordance with, the investment sub-advisory agreements.

(c)

In the case of initiation or termination of this Contract during any month, the fee for that month shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the number of business days during which it is in effect, and the fee computed upon the average net assets for the business days it is so in effect for that month.

4.

It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all its expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the Adviser hereunder, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses of the Fund’s Trustees other than those who are “interested persons” of the Fund or the Adviser; (iv) legal and audit expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and qualification of the Fund and the Portfolio’s shares for distribution under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding meetings of the Portfolio’s shareholders, including proxy solicitations therefor; (ix) its proportionate share of insurance premiums; (x) its proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such non–recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to indemnify the Fund’s Trustees and officers with respect thereto.

5.

The services of the Adviser to the Portfolio are not to be deemed exclusive, the Adviser being free to render services to others and engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other services and activities do not, during the term of this Contract, interfere, in a material manner, with the Adviser’s ability to meet all of its obligations with respect to rendering services to the Portfolio hereunder. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to liability to the Portfolio or to any shareholder of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security or other investment instrument.

6.

Subject to the prior written approval of the Trustees of the Fund, satisfaction of all applicable requirements under the 1940 Act, and such other terms and conditions as the Trustees may impose, the Adviser may appoint (and may from time to time remove) one or more unaffiliated persons as agent to perform any or all of the services specified hereunder and to carry out such provisions of this Agreement as the Adviser may from time to time direct and may delegate to such unaffiliated persons the authority vested in the Adviser pursuant to this Agreement to the extent necessary to enable such persons to perform the services requested of such person by the Adviser, provided, however, that the appointment of any such agent shall not relieve the Adviser of any of its liabilities hereunder.

7.

(a)

Subject to prior termination as provided in sub-paragraph (d) of this paragraph 7, this Contract shall continue in force until September 30, 2023 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such date shall be specifically approved at least annually by vote of the Trustees of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.

(b)

This Contract may be modified by mutual consent subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or any rules or regulations adopted by, or interpretative releases or no-action letters of, the Commission or its staff.

(c)

In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 7, the terms of any continuance or modification of this Contract must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to the Contract or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval (to the extent required by the 1940 Act).

(d)

Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the other, terminate this Contract, without payment of any penalty, by action of its Trustees or Board of Directors, as the case may be, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This Contract shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.

8.

The Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Fund’s Trust Instrument and agrees that the obligations assumed by the Fund pursuant to this Contract shall be limited in all cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Portfolio or any other portfolios of the Fund. In addition, the Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligations from the Trustees or any individual Trustee. The Adviser understands that the rights and obligations of any portfolio under the Trust Instrument are separate and distinct from those of any and all other portfolios.

9.

The Adviser shall not be liable for damages resulting from delayed or defective performance when such delays arise out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Adviser and could not have been reasonably prevented by the Adviser through back–up systems and other business continuation and disaster recovery procedures commonly employed by other SEC–registered investment advisers that meet reasonable commercial standards in the investment company industry. Such causes may include, but are not restricted to, Acts of God or of the public enemy, terrorism, acts of the State in its sovereign capacity, fires, floods, earthquakes, power failure, disabling strikes, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, and freight embargoes.

10.

This Contract shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof. To the extent that the applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.

11.     The Adviser represents, warrants and agrees that the Adviser is duly registered as an “investment adviser” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, and as a “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended from time to time.

The terms “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,” “assignment,” and “interested persons,” when used herein, shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act, as now in effect or as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders or no-action letters as may be granted by the Commission or its staff.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be signed on their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the date written above.

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

on behalf of STRATEGIC ADVISERS ALTERNATIVES FUND

By:

/s/Stacie M. Smith

Stacie M. Smith

President and Treasurer

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

By:

/s/Christopher J. Rimmer

Christopher J. Rimmer

Treasurer

FORM OF

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC,

FIDELITY DIVERSIFYING SOLUTIONS LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this [_______], among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are each registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”);

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained the Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated [____] as may be amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement authorizes the Adviser to delegate to one or more other investment advisers any or all of the Adviser’s duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser wish to retain the Sub-Adviser to render certain investment advisory services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, as determined from time to time by the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser is willing to render such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

With respect to the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated, from time to time, by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser, the Trust and the Adviser hereby appoint the Sub-Adviser to act as investment sub-adviser to the Fund for the periods and on the terms set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 8 of this Agreement.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Adviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Adviser will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”) and as provided by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser;

(b)

invest and reinvest the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use;

(c)

oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund ;

(e)

subject to the understanding set forth in Section 11(a)(1) of this Agreement, vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser may be invested in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures as approved by the Board and in a manner that complies with applicable law; maintain records of all proxies voted on behalf of the Fund; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations;  

(g)

if applicable, and subject to applicable law, to retain affiliated sub-subadvisers to furnish investment management and advisory services to the Sub-Adviser, in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s portfolio management activities on behalf of the Fund, and to compensate any such sub-subadviser out of the fees received by the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement; and

(h)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, including furnishing the Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the securities that the Fund may hold, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

The Sub-Adviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(i)

comply in all material respects with (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder and any other applicable federal and state laws and regulations, (2) the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National Futures Association, (3) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (4) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (5) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and By-Laws or other organizational documents of the Trust and (6) any written instructions of the Adviser or the Board, provided the Sub-Adviser has had sufficient opportunity to implement such instructions;

The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser with advance notice of any change in the Fund’s investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions as stated in the Registration Statement or in any procedures and policies adopted by the Board and/or the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement and with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, manage the Fund’s portfolio investments in compliance with such changes, provided the Sub-Adviser has received prompt notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Trust or the Adviser and has had sufficient opportunity to implement such changes.  In addition to such notice, the Adviser shall provide to the Sub-Adviser a copy of the modified Registration Statement reflecting such changes provided that such Registration Statement was so modified.

(j)

manage the Fund so that it will qualify, and continue to qualify, as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M and, if applicable, section 817(h) of the Code and regulations issued thereunder;

(k)

keep the Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the Fund’s portfolio;

(l)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board or the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Adviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Fund, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Fund such as, among others, securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A and 4(2) commercial paper, compliance with the Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(m)

make available to the Board and the Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, by telephone, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(n)

review draft reports to shareholders and other documents provided to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the information therein that pertains to the Sub-Adviser or the services provided by the Sub-Adviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub-certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents;

(o)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Adviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(p)

promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Adviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Adviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Adviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Adviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates; or is involved in any pending litigation or administrative proceeding involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates brought against the Sub-Adviser or any of its management persons (as defined in Rule 206(4)-4 under the Advisers Act).  The Sub-Adviser further agrees to notify the Trust and the Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Adviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Adviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual change in control or management of the Sub-Adviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(q)

not disclose information regarding Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third -party, except in compliance with the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings or as requested by the Adviser; however, Sub-Adviser may include the Fund’s performance information in the calculation of composite performance information, provided that the Fund’s performance information is included in the composite in such as way as to prevent anyone from identifying the information contributed by the Fund.  In addition, the Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser manages other accounts following the same investment strategy as the Fund and that these accounts may have different portfolio holdings disclosure policies;

(r)

provide the Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-Ports;

(s)

provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Trust’s valuation procedures and/or the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the Fund for which the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Adviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser.  This assistance may include (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) providing reasonable assistance to the Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser or the custodian, provide assistance in fair valuation of the Trust; and (iv) maintaining records as required by applicable law with respect to any securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records;

(t)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub-adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub-advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as may from time to time be allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser; and

(u)

provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC and, promptly after filing any material amendment to its Form ADV with the SEC, furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust and the Adviser; and provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part II as updated from time to time.  The Adviser hereby acknowledges having received a current copy of the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV Part II, current as of the date hereof.

In performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser may rely upon information concerning the Fund’s books and records provided to it by the Adviser, the custodian(s) or other agent(s) designated by the Adviser, and will not independently verify the accuracy or completeness of such information.  The Sub-Adviser (and its officers, directors/trustees, agents, employees, controlling persons, shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated with the Sub-Adviser) shall not be liable for any loss, claim or damages related to such reliance.

3.

Obligations of the Adviser and the Fund

The Adviser will provide, or has provided, to the Sub-Adviser, with a copy of the Registration Statement as filed with the SEC, and of the policies and procedures adopted by the Board and/or the Adviser which the Sub-Adviser is required to implement in managing the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser or such other information or documents necessary for the management of the Sub-Adviser’s allocated portion of Fund assets as the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably request or as required by applicable law or regulation.  Throughout the term of this Agreement, the Adviser shall continue to provide such information and documents to the Sub-Adviser, including any amendments, updates or supplements to such information or documents before or at the time the amendments, updates or supplements become effective.

4.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Adviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Adviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Adviser, as its agent, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Adviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Adviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities, provided that the Sub-Adviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Adviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Adviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Adviser deems desirable or appropriate.

In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub-Adviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In selecting broker-dealers to execute a particular transaction, and in evaluating the best overall terms available, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is desirable for the Trust that the Sub-Adviser have access to supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by broker-dealers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer that furnishes brokerage and research services a higher commission than that which might be charged by another broker-dealer for effecting the same transaction, provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund in compliance with Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Sub-Adviser in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s services to other clients. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations, the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are authorized to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund and to retain brokerage commissions on such transactions. The Sub-Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Adviser in a manner that complies with the Sub-Adviser’s trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser and is consistent with the Sub-Adviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) and Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1(e)(6) and acting in its capacity as such, and, in each case, has agreed to provide appropriate documentation certifying its tax status under clause (a) or (b).

5.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Adviser shall make all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser also shall make all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the portion of the assets of the Fund  allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Adviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Adviser’s failure to meet its standard of care and thereby causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the diversification or source of income requirements of Subchapter M and, if applicable, section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, shareholder reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Trust or the Fund or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Adviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Adviser for use therein, or (iv) the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement, or otherwise for breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Adviser.  In addition, the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and the Fund from any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which either the Trust or the Fund may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by the Sub-Adviser under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act with respect to the receipt of compensation for its services under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6, the term “Sub-Adviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Adviser performing services with respect to the Fund.

(d)

The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser from and against, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Adviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.  

7.

Risk Acknowledgement

The Sub-Adviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund, whether on a relative or absolute basis.  The Adviser understands that investment decisions made for the Fund by the Sub-Adviser are subject to various market, currency, economic, political, business and structure risks and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable.

8.

Compensation

The Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.  

9.

Expenses

The Sub-Adviser will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under this Agreement, excluding those costs of the Fund associated with brokerage activities. The Sub-Adviser shall bear all expenses and costs of the Trust (including reasonable attorney’s fees), if any, arising out of a termination or possible termination of this Agreement as a result of an assignment caused by a change of control or management of the Sub-Adviser, including the preparation and mailing of an information statement to shareholders pursuant to a “manager-of-managers” exemptive order from the SEC, or the preparation, mailing, solicitation and other costs associated with the use of a proxy statement relating to a shareholder vote in respect of a new sub-advisory agreement. The foregoing obligations of the Sub-Adviser shall apply in any circumstance in which the Adviser, in consultation with internal or outside counsel to the Trust, deems that an actual or possible assignment of this Agreement has or may occur, and determines that an information statement should be used, or a vote of shareholders should be obtained, as the case may be.

10.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement.  If the Sub-Adviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

11.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Adviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Adviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Trust’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers

adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser. In this regard, the Sub-Adviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser’s applicable compliance policies and procedures;

(2)

submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Trust’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide periodic reports and certifications concerning the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program and special reports in the event of material compliance matters;

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access, including on-site visits with the Sub-Adviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time, to information regarding the aspects of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program that may expose the Adviser and the Trust to compliance risks or lead to a violation by the Trust, the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser of the federal securities laws;

(5)

permit the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Adviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser and the Trust’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Adviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Trust’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested; and

(7)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 16 Report prepared by the Sub-Adviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Adviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

(c)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Adviser acknowledges that Sub-Adviser is not the compliance agent for the Trust or for the Adviser, and does not have access to all of the Trust’s books and records necessary to perform certain compliance testing.  Any of the Sub-Adviser’s agreement to perform the services in this Section 11 or elsewhere in this Agreement is subject to the understanding that the Sub-Adviser shall perform such services based upon its books and records with respect to the Fund, which comprise a portion of the Trust’s book and records.

(d)

The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser records to facilitate the Sub-Adviser’s ability to meet the Sub-Adviser’s obligations under Rule 206(4)-5 of the Advisers Act. The Sub-Adviser shall treat

such records as subject to the applicable confidentiality provision(s) under this Agreement, provided that at no time, unless so required by the applicable laws or relevant regulatory authorities, shall the records be disclosed to or otherwise made available to and shared with any third party or the general public.

(e)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and agrees that the Sub-Adviser is duly registered as an “investment adviser” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, and as a “commodity pool operator” and a “commodity trading advisor” under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended from time to time.

12.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, by the Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Adviser and the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund.  This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub-adviser and with the Adviser in transitioning the management of the Fund to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may request, with a list of holdings for the portion of Fund assets under the Sub-Adviser’s management and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees and the Sub-Adviser under Section 6 of this Agreement.

13.

Use of Name

(a)

The Sub-Adviser hereby consents to the use of its name and the names of its affiliates in the Fund’s disclosure documents, shareholder communications, advertising, sales literature and similar communications. The Sub-Adviser shall not use the name or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof of the Adviser, the Trust, the Fund or any of their affiliates in its marketing materials unless it first receives prior written approval of the Trust and the Adviser.

(b)

It is understood that the name of each party to this Agreement, and any derivatives thereof or logos associated with that name, is the valuable property of the party in question and its affiliates, and that each other party has the right to use such names pursuant to the relationship created by, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement only so long as this Agreement shall continue in effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall forthwith cease to use the names of the other parties (or any derivative or logo) as appropriate and to the extent that continued use is not required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

14.

Confidential Information

(a)

Each party agrees that it will treat confidentially all information provided by any other party (the “Discloser”) regarding the Discloser’s businesses and operations, including without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the Fund (“Confidential Information”).  All Confidential Information provided by the Discloser shall be used only by the other party hereto (the “Recipient”) solely for the purposes of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be disclosed to any third party without the prior consent of the Discloser, except for any party that is under common control with the Recipient and except for a limited number of employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisers of the Recipient on a need-to-know basis and solely for the purposes of rendering services under this Agreement.

(b)

Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is public when provided or thereafter becomes public through no wrongful act of the Recipient; (ii) is demonstrably known to the Recipient prior to execution of this Agreement; (iii) is independently developed by the Recipient through no wrongful act of the Recipient in the ordinary course of business outside of this Agreement; (iv) is generally employed by the trade at the time that the Recipient learns of such information or knowledge; or (v) has been rightfully and lawfully obtained by the Recipient from any third party.

(c)

In the event that the Recipient is requested or required (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoenas, civil investigative demand or similar process), in connection with any proceeding, to disclose any of the Discloser’s Confidential Information, the Recipient will give the Discloser prompt written notice of such request or requirement to allow the Discloser an opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such Confidential Information.  In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, disclosure shall be made of only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed.  All Confidential Information disclosed as required by law shall nonetheless continue to be deemed Confidential Information.

15.

Amendment

This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement in a manner that is in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as modified or interpreted by any applicable order, exemptive relief or interpretative release issued by the SEC.

16.

Notices

All notices hereunder shall be provided in writing, by facsimile or by email. Notices shall be deemed given if delivered in person or by messenger, certified mail with return receipt, or by a reputable overnight delivery service that provides evidence of receipt to the parties; upon receipt if sent by fax; or upon read receipt or reply if delivered by email, at the following addresses:

If to the Trust:

Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Legal Officer

If to the Adviser:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Operating Officer

With Copy to:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Vice President, Advisor Oversight

If to the Sub-Adviser:

Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Casey Condron

casey.condron@fmr.com

17.

Miscellaneous

(a)

This Agreement constitutes the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

(b)

Titles or captions of sections in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provisions thereof.

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall for all purposes constitute one Agreement, binding on all the parties.

(d)

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions of that or any other jurisdiction. To the extent that the applicable laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. The parties irrevocably consent to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(e)

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

(f)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sub-Adviser shall be an independent contractor.  Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Adviser as an agent of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund, except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement.

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Schedule A

Pursuant to Section 8 of the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund  (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”) and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), the Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services it performs on behalf of the Fund as follows:

1.

For purposes of calculating the fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement:

“Portfolio Assets” shall mean the portion of the net assets of the Fund managed by the Sub-Adviser pursuant to the following investment strategies as agreed to by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser in separately negotiated investment mandates: FIAM Convertible Arbitrage (each, a “Strategy”).

“Aggregated Assets” for a particular Strategy shall mean the assets of all registered investment companies managed by the Adviser that are managed by the Sub-Adviser pursuant to that Strategy, including Portfolio Assets.

2.

The Adviser will pay the Sub-Adviser a fee, payable monthly, based on average daily Portfolio Assets (computed in the manner set forth in the Trust’s Trust Instrument) determined as of the close of business on each business day throughout the calendar month. The Sub-Adviser’s fee shall be calculated using the effective rate applicable to Aggregated Assets managed pursuant to a specific Strategy based on the following rate schedules.  

Rate – FIAM Convertible Arbitrage

[___]% ([___] basis points) of all assets

The Sub-Adviser’s fee shall be computed monthly and, within twelve business days of the end of each calendar month, the Adviser shall transmit to the Sub-Adviser the fee for the previous month. Payment shall be made in federal funds wired to a bank account designated by the Sub-Adviser.  If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated on the basis of the number of business days it is so in effect for that month.

The Sub-Adviser agrees to look exclusively to the Adviser, and not to any assets of the Trust or the Fund, for the payment of the Sub-Adviser’s fees arising under this Paragraph 2.

FORM OF
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC,

FIDELITY DIVERSIFYING SOLUTIONS LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this [_______], among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are each registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”);

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained the Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated [______]as may be amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement authorizes the Adviser to delegate to one or more other investment advisers any or all of the Adviser’s duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser wish to retain the Sub-Adviser to render certain investment advisory services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, as determined from time to time by the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser is willing to render such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

With respect to the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated, from time to time, by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser, the Trust and the Adviser hereby appoint the Sub-Adviser to act as investment sub-adviser to the Fund for the periods and on the terms set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 8 of this Agreement.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Adviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Adviser will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”) and as provided by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser;

(b)

invest and reinvest the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use;

(c)

oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund ;

(e)

subject to the understanding set forth in Section 11(a)(1) of this Agreement, vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser may be invested in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures as approved by the Board and in a manner that complies with applicable law; maintain records of all proxies voted on behalf of the Fund; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations;  

(g)

if applicable, and subject to applicable law, to retain affiliated sub-subadvisers to furnish investment management and advisory services to the Sub-Adviser, in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s portfolio management activities on behalf of the Fund, and to compensate any such sub-subadviser out of the fees received by the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement; and

(h)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, including furnishing the Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the securities that the Fund may hold, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

The Sub-Adviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(i)

comply in all material respects with (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder and any other applicable federal and state laws and regulations, (2) the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National Futures Association, (3) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (4) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (5) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and By-Laws or other organizational documents of the Trust and (6) any written instructions of the Adviser or the Board, provided the Sub-Adviser has had sufficient opportunity to implement such instructions;

The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser with advance notice of any change in the Fund’s investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions as stated in the Registration Statement or in any procedures and policies adopted by the Board and/or the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement and with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, manage the Fund’s portfolio investments in compliance with such changes, provided the Sub-Adviser has received prompt notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Trust or the Adviser and has had sufficient opportunity to implement such changes.  In addition to such notice, the Adviser shall provide to the Sub-Adviser a copy of the modified Registration Statement reflecting such changes provided that such Registration Statement was so modified.

(j)

manage the Fund so that it will qualify, and continue to qualify, as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M and, if applicable, section 817(h) of the Code and regulations issued thereunder;

(k)

keep the Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the Fund’s portfolio;

(l)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board or the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Adviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Fund, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Fund such as, among others, securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A and 4(2) commercial paper, compliance with the Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(m)

make available to the Board and the Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, by telephone, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(n)

review draft reports to shareholders and other documents provided to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the information therein that pertains to the Sub-Adviser or the services provided by the Sub-Adviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub-certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents;

(o)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Adviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(p)

promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Adviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Adviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Adviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Adviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates; or is involved in any pending litigation or administrative proceeding involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates brought against the Sub-Adviser or any of its management persons (as defined in Rule 206(4)-4 under the Advisers Act).  The Sub-Adviser further agrees to notify the Trust and the Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Adviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Adviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual change in control or management of the Sub-Adviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(q)

not disclose information regarding Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third -party, except in compliance with the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings or as requested by the Adviser; however, Sub-Adviser may include the Fund’s performance information in the calculation of composite performance information, provided that the Fund’s performance information is included in the composite in such as way as to prevent anyone from identifying the information contributed by the Fund.  In addition, the Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser manages other accounts following the same investment strategy as the Fund and that these accounts may have different portfolio holdings disclosure policies;

(r)

provide the Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-Ports;

(s)

provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Trust’s valuation procedures and/or the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the Fund for which the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Adviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser.  This assistance may include (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) providing reasonable assistance to the Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser or the custodian, provide assistance in fair valuation of the Trust; and (iv) maintaining records as required by applicable law with respect to any securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records;

(t)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub-adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub-advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as may from time to time be allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser; and

(u)

provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC and, promptly after filing any material amendment to its Form ADV with the SEC, furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust and the Adviser; and provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part II as updated from time to time.  The Adviser hereby acknowledges having received a current copy of the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV Part II, current as of the date hereof.

In performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser may rely upon information concerning the Fund’s books and records provided to it by the Adviser, the custodian(s) or other agent(s) designated by the Adviser, and will not independently verify the accuracy or completeness of such information.  The Sub-Adviser (and its officers, directors/trustees, agents, employees, controlling persons, shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated with the Sub-Adviser) shall not be liable for any loss, claim or damages related to such reliance.

3.

Obligations of the Adviser and the Fund

The Adviser will provide, or has provided, to the Sub-Adviser, with a copy of the Registration Statement as filed with the SEC, and of the policies and procedures adopted by the Board and/or the Adviser which the Sub-Adviser is required to implement in managing the portion of the assets of the Fund allocated to the Sub-Adviser or such other information or documents necessary for the management of the Sub-Adviser’s allocated portion of Fund assets as the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably request or as required by applicable law or regulation.  Throughout the term of this Agreement, the Adviser shall continue to provide such information and documents to the Sub-Adviser, including any amendments, updates or supplements to such information or documents before or at the time the amendments, updates or supplements become effective.

4.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Adviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Adviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Adviser, as its agent, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Adviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Adviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities, provided that the Sub-Adviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Adviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Adviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Adviser deems desirable or appropriate.

In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub-Adviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In selecting broker-dealers to execute a particular transaction, and in evaluating the best overall terms available, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is desirable for the Trust that the Sub-Adviser have access to supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by broker-dealers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer that furnishes brokerage and research services a higher commission than that which might be charged by another broker-dealer for effecting the same transaction, provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund in compliance with Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Sub-Adviser in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s services to other clients. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations, the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are authorized to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund and to retain brokerage commissions on such transactions. The Sub-Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Adviser in a manner that complies with the Sub-Adviser’s trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser and is consistent with the Sub-Adviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) and Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1(e)(6) and acting in its capacity as such, and, in each case, has agreed to provide appropriate documentation certifying its tax status under clause (a) or (b).

5.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Adviser shall make all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser also shall make all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the portion of the assets of the Fund  allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Adviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Adviser’s failure to meet its standard of care and thereby causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the diversification or source of income requirements of Subchapter M and, if applicable, section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, shareholder reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Trust or the Fund or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Adviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Adviser for use therein, or (iv) the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement, or otherwise for breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Adviser.  In addition, the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and the Fund from any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which either the Trust or the Fund may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by the Sub-Adviser under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act with respect to the receipt of compensation for its services under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6, the term “Sub-Adviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Adviser performing services with respect to the Fund.

(d)

The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser from and against, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Adviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.  

7.

Risk Acknowledgement

The Sub-Adviser makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any level of performance or investment results will be achieved by the Fund, whether on a relative or absolute basis.  The Adviser understands that investment decisions made for the Fund by the Sub-Adviser are subject to various market, currency, economic, political, business and structure risks and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable.

8.

Compensation

The Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.  

9.

Expenses

The Sub-Adviser will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under this Agreement, excluding those costs of the Fund associated with brokerage activities. The Sub-Adviser shall bear all expenses and costs of the Trust (including reasonable attorney’s fees), if any, arising out of a termination or possible termination of this Agreement as a result of an assignment caused by a change of control or management of the Sub-Adviser, including the preparation and mailing of an information statement to shareholders pursuant to a “manager-of-managers” exemptive order from the SEC, or the preparation, mailing, solicitation and other costs associated with the use of a proxy statement relating to a shareholder vote in respect of a new sub-advisory agreement. The foregoing obligations of the Sub-Adviser shall apply in any circumstance in which the Adviser, in consultation with internal or outside counsel to the Trust, deems that an actual or possible assignment of this Agreement has or may occur, and determines that an information statement should be used, or a vote of shareholders should be obtained, as the case may be.

10.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement.  If the Sub-Adviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

11.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Adviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Adviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Trust’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser. In this regard, the Sub-Adviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser’s applicable compliance policies and procedures;

(2)

submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Trust’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide periodic reports and certifications concerning the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program and special reports in the event of material compliance matters;

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access, including on-site visits with the Sub-Adviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time, to information regarding the aspects of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program that may expose the Adviser and the Trust to compliance risks or lead to a violation by the Trust, the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser of the federal securities laws;

(5)

permit the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Adviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser and the Trust’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Adviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Trust’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested; and

(7)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 16 Report prepared by the Sub-Adviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Adviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

(c)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Adviser acknowledges that Sub-Adviser is not the compliance agent for the Trust or for the Adviser, and does not have access to all of the Trust’s books and records necessary to perform certain compliance testing.  Any of the Sub-Adviser’s agreement to perform the services in this Section 11 or elsewhere in this Agreement is subject to the understanding that the Sub-Adviser shall perform such services based upon its books and records with respect to the Fund, which comprise a portion of the Trust’s book and records.

(d)

The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser records to facilitate the Sub-Adviser’s ability to meet the Sub-Adviser’s obligations under Rule 206(4)-5 of the Advisers Act. The Sub-Adviser shall treat such records as subject to the applicable confidentiality provision(s) under this Agreement, provided that at no time, unless so required by the applicable laws or relevant regulatory authorities, shall the records be disclosed to or otherwise made available to and shared with any third party or the general public.

(e)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and agrees that the Sub-Adviser is duly registered as an “investment adviser” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, and as a “commodity pool operator” and a “commodity trading advisor” under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended from time to time.

12.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, by the Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Adviser and the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund.  This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub-adviser and with the Adviser in transitioning the management of the Fund to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may request, with a list of holdings for the portion of Fund assets under the Sub-Adviser’s management and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees and the Sub-Adviser under Section 6 of this Agreement.

13.

Use of Name

(a)

The Sub-Adviser hereby consents to the use of its name and the names of its affiliates in the Fund’s disclosure documents, shareholder communications, advertising, sales literature and similar communications. The Sub-Adviser shall not use the name or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof of the Adviser, the Trust, the Fund or any of their affiliates in its marketing materials unless it first receives prior written approval of the Trust and the Adviser.

(b)

It is understood that the name of each party to this Agreement, and any derivatives thereof or logos associated with that name, is the valuable property of the party in question and its affiliates, and that each other party has the right to use such names pursuant to the relationship created by, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement only so long as this Agreement shall continue in effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall forthwith cease to use the names of the other parties (or any derivative or logo) as appropriate and to the extent that continued use is not required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

14.

Confidential Information

(a)

Each party agrees that it will treat confidentially all information provided by any other party (the “Discloser”) regarding the Discloser’s businesses and operations, including without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the Fund (“Confidential Information”).  All Confidential Information provided by the Discloser shall be used only by the other party hereto (the “Recipient”) solely for the purposes of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be disclosed to any third party without the prior consent of the Discloser, except for any party that is under common control with the Recipient and except for a limited number of employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisers of the Recipient on a need-to-know basis and solely for the purposes of rendering services under this Agreement.

(b)

Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is public when provided or thereafter becomes public through no wrongful act of the Recipient; (ii) is demonstrably known to the Recipient prior to execution of this Agreement; (iii) is independently developed by the Recipient through no wrongful act of the Recipient in the ordinary course of business outside of this Agreement; (iv) is generally employed by the trade at the time that the Recipient learns of such information or knowledge; or (v) has been rightfully and lawfully obtained by the Recipient from any third party.

(c)

In the event that the Recipient is requested or required (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoenas, civil investigative demand or similar process), in connection with any proceeding, to disclose any of the Discloser’s Confidential Information, the Recipient will give the Discloser prompt written notice of such request or requirement to allow the Discloser an opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such Confidential Information.  In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, disclosure shall be made of only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed.  All Confidential Information disclosed as required by law shall nonetheless continue to be deemed Confidential Information.

15.

Amendment

This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement in a manner that is in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as modified or interpreted by any applicable order, exemptive relief or interpretative release issued by the SEC.

16.

Notices

All notices hereunder shall be provided in writing, by facsimile or by email. Notices shall be deemed given if delivered in person or by messenger, certified mail with return receipt, or by a reputable overnight delivery service that provides evidence of receipt to the parties; upon receipt if sent by fax; or upon read receipt or reply if delivered by email, at the following addresses:

If to the Trust:

Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Legal Officer

If to the Adviser:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Operating Officer

With Copy to:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Vice President, Advisor Oversight

If to the Sub-Adviser:

Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Casey Condron

casey.condron@fmr.com

17.

Miscellaneous

(a)

This Agreement constitutes the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

(b)

Titles or captions of sections in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provisions thereof.

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall for all purposes constitute one Agreement, binding on all the parties.

(d)

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions of that or any other jurisdiction. To the extent that the applicable laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. The parties irrevocably consent to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(e)

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

(f)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sub-Adviser shall be an independent contractor.  Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Adviser as an agent of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund, except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement.

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Schedule A

Pursuant to Section 8 of the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”) and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), the Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services it performs on behalf of the Fund as follows:

1.

For purposes of calculating the fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement:

“Designated Amount” shall mean the portion of the net assets of the Fund for which the Adviser has requested that the Sub-Adviser apply  the following investment strategy as agreed to by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser in a separately negotiated investment mandate: FIAM Equity Market Protective Put (the “Strategy”).

“Aggregated Designated Amount” for the Strategy shall mean the aggregate portions of the registered investment companies managed by the Adviser for which the Adviser has requested that the Sub-Adviser apply the Strategy, including the Fund.

2.

The Adviser will pay the Sub-Adviser a fee, payable monthly, based on the average daily Designated Amount determined as of the close of business on each business day throughout the calendar month. The Sub-Adviser’s fee shall be calculated using the effective rate applicable to the Aggregated Designated Amount  based on the following rate schedule.  

Rate – FIAM Equity Market Protective Put

[___]% ([___] basis points) of the first $[___] of Designated Amount

[___]% ([___] basis points) of the next $[___] of Designated Amount

[___]% ([___] basis points) of the next $[___] of Designated Amount

[___]% ([___] basis points) of the next $[___] of Designated Amount

[___]% ([___] basis points) on any amount in excess of $[___] of Designated Amount

The Sub-Adviser’s fee shall be computed monthly and, within twelve business days of the end of each calendar month, the Adviser shall transmit to the Sub-Adviser the fee for the previous month. Payment shall be made in federal funds wired to a bank account designated by the Sub-Adviser.  If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated on the basis of the number of business days it is so in effect for that month.

The Sub-Adviser agrees to look exclusively to the Adviser, and not to any assets of the Trust or the Fund, for the payment of the Sub-Adviser’s fees arising under this Paragraph 2.

FORM OF
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC,

PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this [_______], among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, (“Sub-Adviser” or “PIMCO” ), a Delaware limited liability company (this “Agreement”) .

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC”) as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are each registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”);

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained the Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated [____], as may be amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement authorizes the Adviser to delegate to one or more other investment advisers any or all of the Adviser’s duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser wish to retain the Sub-Adviser to render certain investment advisory services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, as determined from time to time by the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser is willing to render such services on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement .

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

The Trust and the Adviser hereby appoint the Sub-Adviser to act as investment sub-adviser to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated, from time to time, by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser (the “Portfolio”), for the periods and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 7 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Sub-Adviser shall have no responsibility under this Agreement with respect to the management of assets of the Fund or the Trust other than the Portfolio.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Sub-Adviser shall have no obligation to perform the following services: (a) shareholder services or support functions, such as responding to shareholders’ questions about the Fund or its investments or strategies, or preparing and filing materials for distribution to the Fund’s shareholders, including statistical information about the Fund and materials regarding the Fund’s performance or investments; (b) provision of legal, accounting or tax advice with respect to the Fund or its investments by the Sub-Adviser’s in-house legal, accounting or tax

departments; (c) providing employees of the Sub-Adviser to serve as officers of the Trust; or (d) providing personnel to serve as the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and associated staff or overseeing the Fund’s compliance program adopted pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act, except to the extent that such oversight responsibilities are required to be performed by the Sub-Adviser under its compliance program adopted pursuant to Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Adviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Adviser is authorized to and will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and such other limitations as the Trust, the Fund, the Board or the Adviser may impose with respect to the Portfolio by written notice to the Sub-Adviser ( collectively, the “Investment Guidelines” );

(b)

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

(c)

execute and oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(e)

have the power to exercise rights, options, warrants, conversion privileges, and redemption privileges and tender securities pursuant to a tender offer with respect to the Portfolio and, subject to the understanding set forth in Section 10(a)(1) of this Agreement, shall have the power to vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures and in a manner that complies with applicable law; maintain records of all proxies voted on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in respect of the Portfolio, in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

(g)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by , in respect of the Portfolio, (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

In providing those services, the Sub-Adviser will provide the Adviser and the Fund with an ongoing and continuous investment program in respect of the Portfolio. In addition, the Sub-Adviser will furnish the Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the securities or other investments in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested.

The Sub-Adviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(h)

comply in all material respects with the applicable sections of (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, (2) any other applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to applicable securities and anti-corruption laws and regulations , that apply to its management of the assets contained in the Portfolio , (3) the Sub-Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures (provided, however, that the Sub-Adviser shall comply with the policies and procedures provided by the Trust with respect to Rules 17e-1, 10f-3, and 17a-7 under the 1940 Act), (4) the rules and regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, (5) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (6) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (7) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and ByLaws and (8) any written instructions of the Adviser or the Board;

(i)

manage the assets of the Portfolio to comply with the following requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder: section 851(b)(2 ) (provided that the Sub-Adviser shall not be deemed to have caused the Fund or the Portfolio to have failed to comply with section 851(b)(2) as a result of any income received by the Fund from securities or other instruments not included in the Portfolio ) and section 851(b)(3) (and, if applicable, section 817(h)); provided, however, that with respect to the 10% voting securities test contained in section 851(b)(3)(A)(ii), the Sub-Adviser will comply with such requirements as the Trust, the Fund or its Adviser shall furnish to the Sub-Adviser from time to time;

(j)

keep the Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the   Portfolio, as determined by the Sub-Adviser in good faith ;

(k)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their reasonable request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board or the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Adviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Portfolio, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), quarterly reports identifying material compliance matters and any material changes to the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program  (including revisions to compliance policies and procedures), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Portfolio, compliance with the Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(l)

make available to the Board and the Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, by telephone or other electronic media, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(m)

review draft reports to shareholders, registration statements or portions thereof that relate to the Portfolio or the Sub-Adviser and other documents provided to the Sub-Adviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub-certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents as they relate to the Portfolio or the Sub-Adviser ;

(n)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Adviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(o)

promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Adviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Adviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Adviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Adviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority, or is involved in any pending litigation; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates; or any litigation or administrative proceeding against any current member of the Sub-Adviser’s Executive Committee or the Sub-Adviser’s Chief Legal Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Chief Compliance Officer. The Sub-Adviser agrees that upon request of the Adviser, it shall disclose to the Adviser any litigation or administrative proceeding brought against any of the Sub-Adviser’s management persons (as defined in the instructions to Form ADV). The Sub-Adviser further agrees to notify the Trust and the Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Adviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Adviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual or imminent change in control or management of the Sub-Adviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(p)

not disclose information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third party, except in compliance with Section 13(a) of this Agreement (including the consent provision therein) and the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings;

(q)

provide the Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-PORTs as they pertain to the Portfolio ;

(r)

provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets held in the Portfolio for which the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Adviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser.  This assistance includes (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Adviser who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) assisting the Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser or the custodian, seek to confirm pricing otherwise obtained by the Fund or its service providers and providing recommendations for fair valuations; and (iv) maintaining adequate records and written backup information with respect to the securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adviser acknowledges and agrees that Sub-Adviser is not a pricing vendor for the Portfolio, the Sub-Adviser agrees to provide pricing information solely as an accommodation for the Portfolio, to the extent legally and contractually permissible, and the Sub-Adviser does not have any responsibility for determining the price of any security in the Portfolio or calculating the Portfolio’s net asset value. The Sub Adviser shall not be liable for any damages or losses resulting from prices for which the Sub-Adviser provides assistance in obtaining a valuation, or for which it makes a recommendation, except to the extent that the Sub-Adviser knew or had reason to know that the information provided by the Sub-Adviser was incorrect or unreliable ;

(s)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub-adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub-advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to the Portfolio allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser;

(t)

provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC, notify the Adviser on a quarterly basis of any amendments to the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV and furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust and the Adviser; and provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part 2A as updated from time to time; and

(u)

effect cross transactions between the Portfolio and other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates consistent with the Trust’s 17a-7 policies and procedures.

The Sub-Adviser further agrees with the consent of the Adviser , that it may perform any or all the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as it believes reasonably necessary to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.  However, the Sub-Adviser may not retain the services of any entity that would be an “investment adviser”, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, to the Fund unless any agreement with such entity has been approved by (i) a majority of the Trust’s Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, and (ii) to the extent necessary, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.   Additionally, the Adviser hereby agrees that Sub-Adviser may delegate back office services to State Street Investment Manager Solutions, LLC and its affiliates.  In all cases, the Sub-Adviser shall remain liable as if such services were provided directly.  No additional fees shall be imposed for such services except as otherwise agreed.

The parties acknowledge and agree that the Sub-Adviser may, at its expense and in its discretion, utilize personnel employed by affiliates of the Sub-Adviser to perform services pursuant to this Agreement by way of a “participating affiliate” agreement in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, including the published interpretations thereof by the SEC or its staff.  Such participating affiliate agreement shall subject the personnel providing such services to the Sub-Adviser’s compliance and other programs with respect to their activities on behalf of the Fund or Portfolio.  All fees and/or other compensation payable to a participating affiliate shall be the sole responsibility of the Sub-Adviser and neither the Fund nor the Adviser shall have any obligation to pay any fee or compensation to such participating affiliate.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Sub-Adviser assumes full responsibility for all actions, and any failure to act, by each officer, director, employee, independent contractor, affiliates of the Sub-Adviser or any other person utilized by the Sub-Adviser to perform services under this Agreement.

3.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Adviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Adviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Adviser, as its agent, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Adviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Adviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities (in accordance with market practice), provided that the Sub-Adviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts and in relation to transactions undertaken (or reasonably expected to be undertaken) with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Adviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Adviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts and in relation to transactions undertaken (or reasonably expected to be undertaken) with the Trading Entity for the Portfolio; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Adviser deems desirable or appropriate.

The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any loss, damage or expense incurred by the Fund resulting from any act or omission of any Trading Entity chosen by the Sub-Adviser with reasonable care and in a manner otherwise consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund under applicable law unless such loss, damage or expense is caused by, or results from, the willful misfeasance, bad faith, reckless disregard or gross negligence of the Sub-Adviser.   In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub-Adviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In selecting broker-dealers to execute a particular transaction, and in evaluating the best overall terms available, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is desirable for the Trust that the Sub-Adviser have access to supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by broker-dealers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer that furnishes brokerage and research services a higher commission than that which might be charged by another broker-dealer for effecting the same transaction, provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund in compliance with Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Sub-Adviser in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s services to other clients. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations, the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are authorized to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund and to retain brokerage commissions on such transactions. The Sub-Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients in order to obtain best execution, and to elect, where appropriate, any regulatory treatment that is beneficial to the Fund, including real time reporting delays where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Adviser in a manner that complies with the Sub-Adviser’s trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser and is consistent with the Sub-Adviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1(e)(6). The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall provide tax documentation, including Form W-9 or Form W-8, as applicable, to the Adviser upon the Adviser’s reasonable written request, as needed to comply with any tax reporting or withholding obligations.

4.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request; provided, however, that the Sub-Adviser may retain copies of such records for the applicable periods they are required to be retained either by applicable law or internal compliance purposes, whichever is longer, and thereafter shall destroy such records.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Adviser shall make all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser also shall make all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) in respect of the Portfolio as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the Portfolio of the Fund.

5.

Class Action Filings

The Sub-Adviser is not responsible for making any class action filings on behalf of the Trust.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Adviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 2(i) hereof, (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Sub-Adviser or the Portfolio managed by the Sub-Adviser or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Adviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Adviser specifically for use therein and such statement is neither additive to nor inconsistent with the information furnished by the Sub-Adviser , or (iv) a breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Adviser.  

(b)

The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6(a) and (b), the term “Sub-Adviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Adviser , in each case, to the extent such persons are performing services with respect to the Fund under this Agreement.

(d)

The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Adviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.  

(e)

For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the Sub-Adviser’s liability and indemnity obligations in connection with the services under this Agreement shall be governed by this Section 6, notwithstanding any additional and/or conflicting terms contained in any policies, guidelines or similar materials of the Sub-Adviser.  

7.

Compensation

The Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.  

8.

Expenses

The Sub-Adviser shall bear the expenses of its investment professionals and staff providing investment advisory and management services hereunder and any internal expenses of the Sub-Adviser associated with providing services under the Agreement.  

9.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement.  If the Sub-Adviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

10.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Adviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Adviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser. In this regard, the Sub-Adviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program or summaries thereof , it being understood that the Sub-Adviser’s obligation under Section 2(e) of this Agreement to vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested shall be subject to the fulfillment of the condition that the Board approve the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures;

(2)

submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Fund’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide periodic reports, certifications and information concerning the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program including, but not limited to, the following;

(i)

Quarterly Compliance Certifications, including any required attachments, no later than the tenth (10th) business day after each calendar quarter; and

(ii)

Annual Report on Code of Ethics Matters, including any required attachments, no later than the fifteenth (15th) business day of October each year. 

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access to information regarding the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, which access shall include on-site visits with the Sub-Adviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time;

(5)

permit the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Adviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser and the Fund’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Adviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested;

(7)

provide a list of any participating affiliate that provides, or assists in providing, services under the Agreement, which includes the identity of the participating affiliate and such other information reasonably requested by the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO; and

(8)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 16 Report prepared by the Sub-Adviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Adviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

11.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act or unless otherwise exempt therefrom ) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund and the Adviser , without penalty, by the Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Adviser and the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund.  This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub-adviser and with the Adviser in transitioning the management of the Portfolio to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may reasonably request, with a list of holdings for the Portfolio and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter.  To the extent not already provided, the Sub-Adviser shall deliver to Adviser all periodic compliance reports, certifications and information applicable to the period of Sub-Adviser’s services provided under this Agreement, including annual compliance reports and certifications.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees and the Sub-Adviser under Section 6 or Section 13 of this Agreement.

12.

Use of Name ; Track Record

(a)

The Sub-Adviser hereby consents to the use of its name and the names of its affiliates (i) in the Fund’s disclosure documents, (ii) for the purpose of discussing and/or identifying the Sub-Adviser as an investment sub-adviser to the Fund, in shareholder communications, advertising, sales literature and similar communications, and/or (iii) as otherwise required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.  For the avoidance of any doubt, this provision is not intended to, and does not create a trademark license.  

(b)

The Sub-Adviser shall not use the name or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof of the Adviser, the Trust, the Fund or any of their affiliates in its marketing materials unless it first receives prior written approval of the Trust and the Adviser.

(c)

It is understood that the names, trademarks, trade devices, service marks, logos, or symbols of each party to this Agreement, and any derivatives thereof, is the valuable property of the party in question and its affiliates, and that the Adviser, the Trust, and the Fund have the right to use such names pursuant to the relationship created by, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement only so long as this Agreement shall continue in effect. The parties acknowledge and agree that, as between the parties, each party retains all ownership rights, titles, and interest to their respective corporate and business names, trademarks, trade devices, service marks, logos, and symbols. Upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall forthwith cease to use the names of the other parties (or any derivative or logo) as appropriate and to the extent that continued use is not required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(d)

The Sub-Adviser may use performance data it generates in connection with the Fund for its track record without the prior approval of the Adviser, provided that the Fund is not specifically identified by name or otherwise readily identifiable (e.g., by being the only mutual fund client in the strategy, or if the strategy has a limited number of mutual fund clients).

13.

Confidential Information

(a)

Each party agrees that it will treat confidentially all information provided by any other party (the “Discloser”) regarding the Discloser’s businesses and operations, including without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the Portfolio or the Fund (“Confidential Information”).  All Confidential Information provided by the Discloser shall be used only by the other party hereto (the “Recipient”) solely for the purposes of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of the Discloser, except for the Fund’s custodian and a limited number of employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisers or agents of the Recipient and its affiliates on a need-to-know basis and solely for the purposes of rendering services under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that the Adviser may provide information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to Adviser’s analysts and portfolio managers assigned to the asset class(es) in which the Portfolio or Fund invests in connection with the management of portfolios in the discretionary investment programs through which the Fund is offered, and to any third party in compliance with the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Adviser confirms that real-time trade data relating to the investment activities or holdings of the Portfolio shall not be shared with affiliates of the Adviser (including portfolio managers or analysts of such affiliates) except in connection with the management and/or operation of the Fund.

(b)

Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is public when provided or thereafter becomes public through no wrongful act of the Recipient; (ii) is demonstrably known to the Recipient prior to execution of this Agreement; (iii) is independently developed by the Recipient through no wrongful act of the Recipient in the ordinary course of business outside of this Agreement; (iv) is generally employed by the trade at the time that the Recipient learns of such information or knowledge; or (v) has been rightfully and lawfully obtained by the Recipient from any third party.

(c)

In the event that the Recipient is requested or required (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoenas, civil investigative demand or similar process), in connection with any proceeding, to disclose any of the Discloser’s Confidential Information, the Recipient will give the Discloser prompt written notice of such request or requirement to allow the Discloser an opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such Confidential Information.  In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, disclosure shall be made of only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed.  All Confidential Information disclosed as required by law shall nonetheless continue to be deemed Confidential Information.

(d)

Subject to Investment Guidelines, the Sub-Adviser and Trading Entities are authorized to disclose transaction and other information to data repositories and regulators solely for the purpose of and to the extent necessary for meeting applicable regulatory reporting requirements.  

(e)

To the extent that the Trust requests the Sub-Adviser’s assistance with compliance with the Trust’s obligations under SEC Rule 22e-4, the Trust hereby consents to the Sub-Adviser’s sharing of Portfolio holdings data and other information with State Street Bank and Trust Company or, upon the consent of the Adviser, any other third party vendor that the Sub-Adviser may engage for this purpose, in all cases on a need-to-know basis and solely to the extent necessary for such purpose.  

(f)

Notwithstanding any terms to the contrary herein, the Sub-Adviser’s use and disclosure of Confidential Information, including disclosure to its affiliates, agents or other third-parties, shall be subject to the terms of the confidentiality provisions herein. Sub-Adviser shall advise all such foregoing persons of such confidentiality obligations hereunder and shall be responsible for ensuring compliance by such persons with such obligations.

14.

Amendment

This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement in a manner that is in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as modified or interpreted by any applicable order, exemptive relief or interpretative release issued by the SEC.

15.

Notices

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All notices hereunder shall be provided in writing, by facsimile or by email. Notices shall be deemed given if delivered in person or by messenger, certified mail with return receipt, or by a reputable overnight delivery service that provides evidence of receipt to the parties; upon receipt if sent by fax; or upon read receipt or reply if delivered by email, at the following addresses:

If to the Trust or Board:

Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Legal Officer

If to the Adviser:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.:  Chief Operating Officer

With Copy to:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Vice President, Advisor Oversight

If to the Sub-Adviser:

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

650 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Fax:  949-720-6403

Attention:  General Counsel

E-mail:  IMAnotices@pimco.com

cc:  Kwame Anochie, Account Manager

E-mail: kwame.anochie@pimco.com

Except as otherwise agreed, the Adviser consents to the delivery of Portfolio statements, reports and other communications (collectively, “Portfolio Communications”) via electronic mail and/or other electronic means acceptable to the Adviser, in lieu of sending such Portfolio Communications as hard copies via fax, mail or other means.  The Adviser confirms that it has provided the Sub-Adviser with at least one valid electronic mail address where Portfolio Communications can be sent.  The Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser reserves the right to distribute certain Portfolio Communications via fax, mail or other means to the extent required by applicable law or otherwise deemed advisable.  The Adviser may withdraw consent to electronic delivery at any time by giving the Sub-Adviser notice pursuant to this Section 15.

16.

Miscellaneous

(a)

This Agreement constitutes the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

(b)

Titles or captions of sections in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provisions thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Schedules appended hereto form a part of this Agreement.  All defined terms used in this Agreement have the same meanings when used in the Schedules hereto.

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall for all purposes constitute one Agreement, binding on all the parties.

(d)

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions of that or any other jurisdiction. To the extent that the applicable laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. The parties irrevocably consent to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(e)

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

(f)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sub-Adviser shall be an independent contractor.  Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Adviser as an agent of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund, except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement.

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INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC,

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this 10th day of March, 2022 among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Core Income Fund (the “Fund”), Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are each registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”);

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained the Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated March 5, 2010, as amended and restated October 1, 2018, as may be further amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement authorizes the Adviser to delegate to one or more other investment advisers any or all of the Adviser’s duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser wish to retain the Sub-Adviser to render certain investment advisory services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Sub-Adviser, as determined from time to time by the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser is willing to render such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

The Trust and the Adviser hereby appoint the Sub-Adviser to act as investment sub-adviser to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated, from time to time, by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser (the “Portfolio”), for the periods and on the terms set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Adviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Adviser will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and such other limitations as the Trust, the Fund, the Board or the Adviser may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Adviser;

(b)

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

(c)

oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(e)

subject to the understanding set forth in Section 10(a)(1) of this Agreement, vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures and in a manner that complies with applicable law; maintain records of all proxies voted on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in respect of the Portfolio, in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

(g)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

In providing those services, the Sub-Adviser will provide the Adviser and the Fund with an ongoing and continuous investment program in respect of the Portfolio. In addition, the Sub-Adviser will furnish the Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the securities or other investments in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested.

The Sub-Adviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(h)

comply in all material respects with the applicable sections of (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, (2) any other applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to applicable securities and anti-corruption laws and regulations, (3) the Sub-Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures (provided, however, that the Sub-Adviser shall comply with the policies and procedures provided by the Trust with respect to Rules 17e-1, 10f-3, and 17a-7 under the 1940 Act), (4) the rules and regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, (5) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (6) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (7) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and By-Laws and (8) any written instructions of the Adviser or the Board.;

(i)

manage the assets of the Portfolio to comply with the following requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder: section 851(b)(2) and section 851(b)(3) (and, if applicable, section 817(h)); provided, however, that with respect to the 10% voting securities test contained in section 851(b)(3)(A)(ii), the Sub-Adviser will comply with such requirements as the Trust, the Fund or its Adviser shall furnish to the Sub-Adviser from time to time;

(j)

keep the Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the Fund’s portfolio;

(k)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board or the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Adviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Portfolio, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), quarterly reports identifying material compliance matters and any material changes to the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program  (including revisions to compliance policies and procedures), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Portfolio such as, among others, securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A and 4(2) commercial paper, compliance with the Sub-Adviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(l)

make available to the Board and the Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, by telephone or other electronic media, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(m)

review draft reports to shareholders, registration statements or portions thereof that relate to the Portfolio or the Sub-Adviser and other documents provided to the Sub-Adviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub-certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents;

(n)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Adviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(o)

promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Adviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Adviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Adviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Adviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust or the Adviser or their affiliates; or is involved in any pending litigation or administrative proceeding brought against the Sub-Adviser or any of its management persons.  The Sub-Adviser further agrees to notify the Trust and the Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Adviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Adviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual or imminent change in control or management of the Sub-Adviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(p)

not disclose information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third party, except in compliance with Section 13(a) of this Agreement (including the consent provision therein) and the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings;

(q)

provide the Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-PORTs;

(r)

provide assistance to the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the Fund for which the Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Adviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser.  This assistance includes (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Adviser who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) assisting the Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser or the custodian, confirming pricing and providing recommendations for fair valuations; and (iv) maintaining adequate records and written backup information with respect to the securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records;

(s)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub-adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub-advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to the Portfolio allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser; and

(t)

provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC, notify the Adviser on a quarterly basis of any amendments to the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV and furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust and the Adviser; and provide the Trust and the Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part 2A as updated from time to time.  

The Sub-Adviser further agrees with the consent of the Adviser, that it may perform any or all the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as it believes reasonably necessary to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.  However, the Sub-Adviser may not retain the services of any entity that would be an “investment adviser”, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, to the Fund unless any agreement with such entity has been approved by (i) a majority of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, and (ii) to the extent necessary, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. For the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Sub-Adviser assumes full responsibility for all actions, and any failure to act, by each such entity utilized or retained by the Sub-Adviser as if performed directly by the Sub-Adviser.     

3.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Adviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Adviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Adviser, as its agent, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Adviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Adviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities, provided that the Sub-Adviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Adviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Adviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Adviser deems desirable or appropriate.

In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub-Adviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In selecting broker-dealers to execute a particular transaction, and in evaluating the best overall terms available, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is desirable for the Trust that the Sub-Adviser have access to supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by broker-dealers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer that furnishes brokerage and research services a higher commission than that which might be charged by another broker-dealer for effecting the same transaction, provided that the Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund in compliance with Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Sub-Adviser in connection with the Sub-Adviser’s services to other clients. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations, the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are authorized to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund and to retain brokerage commissions on such transactions. The Sub-Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Adviser in a manner that complies with the trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser and is consistent with the Sub-Adviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with appropriate derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) and Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1(e)(6) and acting in its capacity as such, and, in each case, has agreed to provide appropriate documentation certifying its tax status under clause (a) or (b).

4.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request; provided, however, that the Sub-Adviser may retain copies of such records for the applicable periods they are required by law to be retained, and thereafter shall destroy such records.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Adviser shall make all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Adviser also shall make all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) in respect of the Portfolio as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the Portfolio of the Fund.

5.

Class Action Filings

The Sub-Adviser is not responsible for making any class action filings on behalf of the Trust.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Adviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 2(i) hereof, (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Sub-Adviser or the Portfolio managed by the Sub-Adviser or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Adviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Adviser for use therein, or (iv) a breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Adviser.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6(a) and (b), the term “Sub-Adviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Adviser performing services with respect to the Fund.

(d)

The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Adviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.  

(e)

For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the Sub-Adviser’s liability and indemnity obligations in connection with the services under this Agreement shall be governed by this Section 6, notwithstanding any additional and/or conflicting terms contained in any policies, guidelines or similar materials of the Sub-Adviser.  

7.

Compensation

The Sub-Adviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.  

8.

Expenses

The Sub-Adviser will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under this Agreement, excluding those costs of the Fund associated with brokerage activities. The Sub-Adviser shall bear all expenses and costs of the Trust (including reasonable attorney’s fees), if any, arising out of a termination or possible termination of this Agreement as a result of an assignment caused by a change of control or management of the Sub-Adviser, including the preparation and mailing of an information statement to shareholders pursuant to a “manager-of-managers” exemptive order from the SEC, or the preparation, mailing, solicitation and other costs associated with the use of a proxy statement relating to a shareholder vote in respect of a new sub-advisory agreement. The foregoing obligations of the Sub-Adviser shall apply in any circumstance in which the Adviser, in consultation with internal or outside counsel to the Trust, deems that an actual or possible assignment of this Agreement has or may occur, and determines that an information statement should be used, or a vote of shareholders should be obtained, as the case may be.

9.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement.  If the Sub-Adviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

10.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Adviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Adviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser. In this regard, the Sub-Adviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, it being understood that the Sub-Adviser’s obligation under Section 2(e) of this Agreement to vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested shall be subject to the fulfillment of the condition that the Board approve the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures;

(2)

submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Fund’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide periodic reports, certifications and information concerning the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program including, but not limited to, the following;

(i)

Quarterly Compliance Certifications, including any required attachments, no later than the tenth (10th) business day after each calendar quarter; and

 (ii)

Annual Report on Code of Ethics Matters, including any required attachments, no later than the fifteenth (15^th) business day of October each year.

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access to information regarding the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program, which access shall include on-site visits with the Sub-Adviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time;

(5)

permit the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Adviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser and the Fund’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Adviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested; and

(7)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 16 Report prepared by the Sub-Adviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Adviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Adviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

11.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, by the Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Adviser and the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund.  This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub-adviser and with the Adviser in transitioning the management of the Portfolio to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may request, with a list of holdings for the Portfolio and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter. The Sub-Adviser shall deliver to Adviser all periodic compliance reports, certifications and information applicable to the period of Sub-Adviser’s services provided under this Agreement, including annual compliance reports and certifications.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees and the Sub-Adviser under Section 6 of this Agreement.

12.

Use of Name

(a)

The Sub-Adviser hereby consents to the use of its name and the names of its affiliates in the Fund’s disclosure documents, shareholder communications, advertising, sales literature and similar communications.. The Sub-Adviser shall not use the name or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof of the Adviser, the Trust, the Fund or any of their affiliates in its marketing materials unless it first receives prior written approval of the Trust and the Adviser.

(b)

It is understood that the name of each party to this Agreement, and any derivatives thereof or logos associated with that name, is the valuable property of the party in question and its affiliates, and that each other party has the right to use such names pursuant to the relationship created by, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement only so long as this Agreement shall continue in effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall forthwith cease to use the names of the other parties (or any derivative or logo) as appropriate and to the extent that continued use is not required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

13.

Confidential Information

(a)

Each party agrees that it will treat confidentially all information provided by any other party (the “Discloser”) regarding the Discloser’s businesses and operations, including without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the Portfolio or the Fund (“Confidential Information”).  All Confidential Information provided by the Discloser shall be used only by the other party hereto (the “Recipient”) solely for the purposes of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of the Discloser, except for a limited number of employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisers of the Recipient and its affiliates on a need-to-know basis and solely for the purposes of rendering services under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that the Adviser may provide information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to Adviser’s analysts and portfolio managers assigned to the asset class(es) in which the Portfolio or Fund invests in connection with the management of portfolios in the discretionary investment programs through which the Fund is offered, and to any third party in compliance with the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings.

(b)

Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is public when provided or thereafter becomes public through no wrongful act of the Recipient; (ii) is demonstrably known to the Recipient prior to execution of this Agreement; (iii) is independently developed by the Recipient through no wrongful act of the Recipient in the ordinary course of business outside of this Agreement; (iv) is generally employed by the trade at the time that the Recipient learns of such information or knowledge; or (v) has been rightfully and lawfully obtained by the Recipient from any third party.

(c)

In the event that the Recipient is requested or required (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoenas, civil investigative demand or similar process), in connection with any proceeding, to disclose any of the Discloser’s Confidential Information, the Recipient will give the Discloser prompt written notice of such request or requirement to allow the Discloser an opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such Confidential Information.  In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, disclosure shall be made of only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed.  All Confidential Information disclosed as required by law shall nonetheless continue to be deemed Confidential Information.

14.

Amendment

This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement in a manner that is in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as modified or interpreted by any applicable order, exemptive relief or interpretative release issued by the SEC.

15.

Notices

All notices hereunder shall be provided in writing, by facsimile or by email. Notices shall be deemed given if delivered in person or by messenger, certified mail with return receipt, or by a reputable overnight delivery service that provides evidence of receipt to the parties; upon receipt if sent by fax; or upon read receipt or reply if delivered by email, at the following addresses:

If to the Trust:

Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Legal Officer

If to the Adviser:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Operating Officer

With Copy to:

Strategic Advisers LLC

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Vice President, Advisor Oversight

If to the Sub-Adviser:

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

1 University Square Drive

Princeton, NJ 08540

Attn: James Morris

With a copy to:

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

1 University Square Drive

Princeton, NJ 08540

Attn: Bill Monahan

16.

Miscellaneous

(a)

This Agreement constitutes the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

(b)

Titles or captions of sections in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provisions thereof.

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall for all purposes constitute one Agreement, binding on all the parties.

(d)

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions of that or any other jurisdiction. To the extent that the applicable laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. The parties irrevocably consent to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(e)

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

(f)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sub-Adviser shall be an independent contractor.  Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Adviser as an agent of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund, except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first set forth above.

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:

/s/ Scott Reeder

Name: Scott Reeder

Title: Managing Director

STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

By:

/s/ Stephanie Caron

Name:  Stephanie Caron

Title:  Chief Operating Officer

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

By:

/s/ Stacie Smith

Name:  Stacie Smith

Title:  Treasurer

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options, and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

The Adviser will provide the Sub-Adviser records to facilitate the Sub-Adviser’s ability to meet the Sub-Adviser’s obligations under Rule 206(4)-5 of the Advisers Act. The Sub-Adviser shall treat such records as subject to the applicable confidentiality provision(s) under this Agreement, provided that at no time, unless so required by the applicable laws or relevant regulatory authorities, shall the records be disclosed to or otherwise made available to and shared with any third party or the general public.

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options, and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

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Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of [____]between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

FORM OF
SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

between

FIDELITY DIVERSIFYING SOLUTIONS LLC

and

FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (JAPAN) LIMITED

AGREEMENT as of this [______], by and between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor has entered into various investment sub-advisory agreements (each a “Sub-Advisory Agreement ”) with those Delaware statutory trusts, each a registered investment company issuing one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (each a “Trust”) on behalf of each of their respective portfolios listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time (each a “Portfolio”) and the adviser to those trusts, Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor acts as investment sub-advisor to each of the Portfolios; and

WHEREAS the Sub-Subadvisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling information and recommendations with respect to the economies of various countries, and securities of issuers located in such countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection therewith;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Subadvisor agree as follows:

 1. Duties: The Sub-Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the Sub-Subadvisor to perform one or more of the following services with respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be advised or managed by the Sub-Subadvisor shall be as agreed upon from time to time by the Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Subadvisor. The Sub-Subadvisor shall pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Subadvisor performing services for the Portfolio relating to research, statistical and investment activities.

(a)

Investment Advice: If and to the extent requested by the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall provide investment advice to the Portfolio and the Sub-Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall furnish the Portfolio and the Sub-Advisor such factual information, research reports and investment recommendations as the Sub-Advisor may reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral reports and analyses.

(b)

Investment Management: If and to the extent requested by the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall, subject to the supervision of the Sub-Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations provided in the Portfolio’s Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and such other limitations as the Trust or Sub-Advisor may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Subadvisor. With respect to the portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the Sub-Subadvisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Subadvisor may select. The Sub-Subadvisor may also be authorized, but only to the extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Sub-Advisor, to provide additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the Sub-Subadvisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the Sub-Advisor and the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

(c)

Subsidiaries and Affiliates: The Sub-Subadvisor may perform any or all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the Sub-Subadvisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.

 2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Sub-Advisor: The Sub-Subadvisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or analyses to the Trust and the Sub-Advisor as the Trust’s Board of Trustees or the Sub-Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the Sub-Subadvisor may deem to be desirable.

 3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Subadvisor shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Portfolio’s account with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Subadvisor, which may include brokers or dealers affiliated with the Sub-Advisor or Sub-Subadvisor. The Sub-Subadvisor shall use its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other accounts over which the Sub-Subadvisor or Sub-Advisor exercise investment discretion. The Sub-Subadvisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Subadvisor determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Sub-Subadvisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.

 4. Compensation: The Sub-Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Subadvisor on the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.

(a)

Investment Advisory Fee: For services provided under subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor agrees to pay the Sub-Subadvisor a monthly Sub-Subadvisory Fee. The Sub-Subadvisory Fee shall be equal to [___]%of the Sub-Subadvisor’s costs incurred in connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Subadvisory Fee shall not be reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the Sub-Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.

(b)

Investment Management Fee: For services provided under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor agrees to pay the Sub-Subadvisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) [___]%of the monthly management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Sub-Advisor under its Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Sub-Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Subadvisor shall have provided investment management services divided by the net assets of the Portfolio for that month; provided, however, that the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor for any period hereunder shall in all circumstances be an amount not less than [___]% of the Sub-Subadvisor’s costs incurred in connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement (but in no event will the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor exceed the management fee paid to the Sub-Advisor pursuant to its management contract with respect to the Portfolio) (the minimum fee described in this proviso being referred to herein as the “Minimum Investment Management Fee”). If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and the Sub-Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor will be reduced by [___]% of the amount of such waivers or reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii), subject to the Minimum Investment Management Fee. If the Sub-Subadvisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements and the Sub-Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Subadvisor shall be entitled to receive from the Sub-Advisor a proportionate share of the amount recovered.

(c)

Provision of Multiple Services: If the Sub-Subadvisor shall have provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of this paragraph 4.

 5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the Sub-Subadvisor hereunder or by the Sub-Advisor under the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Portfolio.

 6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers, and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor as directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and stockholders of the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust, and that the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor may be or become interested in the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.

 7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the Sub-Subadvisor to the Sub-Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Sub-Subadvisor being free to render services to others and engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other services and activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a material manner, with the Sub-Subadvisor’s ability to meet all of its obligations hereunder. The Sub-Subadvisor shall for all purposes be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Sub-Advisor or the Trust.

 8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Sub-Subadvisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall not be subject to liability to the Sub-Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.

 9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:

(a)

Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until [____], and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least annually by vote of the Trust’s Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.

(b)

This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or any rules or regulations adopted by, or interpretative releases or no-action letters of, the Commission or its staff.

(c)

In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval (unless the Commission has granted relief from this provision of Section 15 of the 1940 Act due to exigent circumstances, in which case the conditions of such relief may be followed).

(d)

Either the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor or the Portfolio may, at any time on sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the other parties, terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.

 10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Subadvisor is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Subadvisor shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Subadvisor seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any individual Trustee.

 11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.

The terms “registered investment company,” “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,” “assignment,” and “interested persons,” when used herein, shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders or no-action letters as may be granted by the Commission or its staff.

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SCHEDULE A

Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of [____]between

Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

and

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited

FORM OF

SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

between

FIDELITY DIVERSIFYING SOLUTIONS LLC

and

FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

AGREEMENT as of this [______], by and between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices at 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA (hereinafter called the “Sub-Advisor”), and FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (hereinafter called the “Sub-Subadvisor”).

WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor has entered into various investment sub-advisory agreements (each a “Sub-Advisory Agreement ”) with those Delaware statutory trusts, each a registered investment company issuing one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (each a “Trust”) on behalf of each of their respective portfolios listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time (each a “Portfolio”) and the adviser to those trusts, Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor acts as investment sub-advisor to each of the Portfolios; and

WHEREAS the Sub-Subadvisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling information and recommendations with respect to the economies of various countries, and securities of issuers located in such countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection therewith;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Subadvisor agree as follows:

 1. Duties: The Sub-Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the Sub-Subadvisor to perform one or more of the following services with respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be advised or managed by the Sub-Subadvisor shall be as agreed upon from time to time by the Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Subadvisor. The Sub-Subadvisor shall pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Subadvisor performing services for the Portfolio relating to research, statistical and investment activities.

(a)

Investment Advice: If and to the extent requested by the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall provide investment advice to the Portfolio and the Sub-Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall furnish the Portfolio and the Sub-Advisor such factual information, research reports and investment recommendations as the Sub-Advisor may reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral reports and analyses.

(b)

Investment Management: If and to the extent requested by the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall, subject to the supervision of the Sub-Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations provided in the Portfolio’s Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and such other limitations as the Trust or Sub-Advisor may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Subadvisor. With respect to the portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the Sub-Subadvisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Subadvisor may select. The Sub-Subadvisor may also be authorized, but only to the extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Sub-Advisor, to provide additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the Sub-Subadvisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the Sub-Advisor and the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

(c)

Subsidiaries and Affiliates: The Sub-Subadvisor may perform any or all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the Sub-Subadvisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.

 2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Sub-Advisor: The Sub-Subadvisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or analyses to the Trust and the Sub-Advisor as the Trust’s Board of Trustees or the Sub-Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the Sub-Subadvisor may deem to be desirable.

 3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Subadvisor shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Portfolio’s account with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Subadvisor, which may include brokers or dealers affiliated with the Sub-Advisor or Sub-Subadvisor. The Sub-Subadvisor shall use its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other accounts over which the Sub-Subadvisor or Sub-Advisor exercise investment discretion. The Sub-Subadvisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Subadvisor determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Sub-Subadvisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.

 4. Compensation: The Sub-Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Subadvisor on the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.

(a)

Investment Advisory Fee: For services provided under subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor agrees to pay the Sub-Subadvisor a monthly Sub-Subadvisory Fee. The Sub-Subadvisory Fee shall be equal to [___]% of the Sub-Subadvisor’s costs incurred in connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Subadvisory Fee shall not be reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the Sub-Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.

(b)

Investment Management Fee: For services provided under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor agrees to pay the Sub-Subadvisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) [___]%of the monthly management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Sub-Advisor under its Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Sub-Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Subadvisor shall have provided investment management services divided by the net assets of the Portfolio for that month; provided, however, that the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor for any period hereunder shall in all circumstances be an amount not less than [___]%of the Sub-Subadvisor’s costs incurred in connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement (but in no event will the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor exceed the management fee paid to the Sub-Advisor pursuant to its management contract with respect to the Portfolio) (the minimum fee described in this proviso being referred to herein as the “Minimum Investment Management Fee”). If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and the Sub-Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Subadvisor will be reduced by [___]%of the amount of such waivers or reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii), subject to the Minimum Investment Management Fee. If the Sub-Subadvisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements and the Sub-Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Subadvisor shall be entitled to receive from the Sub-Advisor a proportionate share of the amount recovered.

(c)

Provision of Multiple Services: If the Sub-Subadvisor shall have provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of this paragraph 4.

 5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the Sub-Subadvisor hereunder or by the Sub-Advisor under the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Portfolio.

 6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers, and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor as directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and stockholders of the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust, and that the Sub-Advisor or the Sub-Subadvisor may be or become interested in the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.

7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the Sub-Subadvisor to the Sub-Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Sub-Subadvisor being free to render services to others and engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other services and activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a material manner, with the Sub-Subadvisor’s ability to meet all of its obligations hereunder. The Sub-Subadvisor shall for all purposes be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Sub-Advisor or the Trust.

 8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Sub-Subadvisor, the Sub-Subadvisor shall not be subject to liability to the Sub-Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.

 9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:

(a)

Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until [____], and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least annually by vote of the Trust’s Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.

(b)

This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or any rules or regulations adopted by, or interpretative releases or no-action letters of, the Commission or its staff.

(c)

In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval(unless the Commission has granted relief from this provision of Section 15 of the 1940 Act due to exigent circumstances, in which case the conditions of such relief may be followed)  .

(d)

Either the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Subadvisor or the Portfolio may, at any time on sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the other parties, terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.

 10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Subadvisor is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Subadvisor shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Subadvisor seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any individual Trustee.

 11.  Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.

The terms “registered investment company,” “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,” “assignment,” and “interested persons,” when used herein, shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders or no-action letters as may be granted by the Commission or its staff.

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SCHEDULE A

Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of [___] between Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

and

FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited

SCHEDULE A

Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2018 between FIAM LLC

and

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

Agreed and Accepted as of June 3, 2021

     FIAM LLC

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

By: /s/Casey Condron

By: /s/Sharon Yau Lecornu

Name: Casey Condron

Name: Sharon Yau Lecornu

Title: SVP, Head of Institutional Sales & RM

SCHEDULE A

Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2018 between FIAM LLC

and

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited

Agreed and Accepted as of June 3, 2021

FIAM LLC

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited

By: /s/Casey Condron

By:  /s/Kirk Neureiter

Name:  Casey Condron

Name: Kirk Neureiter

Title: SVP, Head of Institutional Sales & RM

SCHEDULE A

Portfolios Covered by the Sub-Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2018 between FIAM LLC

and

FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited

 Agreed and Accepted as of June 3, 2021

FIAM LLC                                                                                       FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited

By: /s/Casey Condron

By:  /s/Mark Flaherty

Name: Casey Condron

Name: Mark Flaherty

Title: SVP, Head of Institutional Sales & RM

Title: CIO, UK Fixed Income

INVESTMENT SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this 10th day of March, 2022 among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Core Income Fund (the “Fund”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and BlackRock International Limited (“Sub-Subadviser”), a corporation organized under the laws of Scotland.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Sub-adviser are each registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”), and the Sub-Subadviser is authorized and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”);

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”) to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated March 5, 2010, as amended and restated October 1, 2018, as may be further amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Advisor have retained the Sub-Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement dated March 10, 2022, as may be amended from time to time (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser wishes to retain the Sub-Subadviser to render certain investment advisory services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets in the Total Return strategy (“Strategy”) allocated to the Sub-Subadviser, as determined from time to time by the Sub-Adviser, and the Sub-Subadviser is willing to render such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

The Sub-Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Subadviser to act as investment sub-subadviser to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets in the Strategy allocated, from time to time, by the Sub-Adviser to the Sub-Subadviser (the “Portfolio”), for the periods and on the terms set forth herein. The Sub-Subadviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

For the purposes of the rules, guidance and principles of the FCA of the United Kingdom as amended or consolidated from time to time (the “FCA Rules”) and based on information obtained in respect of the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will be treated by the Sub-Subadviser as a professional client.  The Sub-Advisor acknowledges and accepts this categorization. The Sub-Adviser has the right to request a different categorization at any time from the Sub-Subadviser, however, the Sub-Subadviser only provides the services to professional clients and will no longer be able to provide services to the Sub-Adviser in the event of a request for a change in categorization.

The Sub-Adviser acknowledges that it has been separately provided with a copy of the supplemental disclosures document provided to clients and potential clients of the Sub-Subadviser that contains the Sub-Subadviser’s disclosures as made available to the Sub-Adviser from time to time (the “Supplemental Disclosures”), which sets out: (i) information on the services that the Sub-Subadviser is required to provide to the Sub-Adviser by applicable regulation and (ii) other information relating to the Sub-Subadviser.  The Supplemental Disclosures include, among other things: risk disclosures (which provide a description of the nature of risks of financial instruments), a summary of the Sub-Subadviser’s conflicts of interest policy and disclosures, a summary of the Sub-Subadviser’s order execution policy, details of the reports the Sub-Subadviser will provide in relation to the services provided hereunder, details on how the Sub-Subadviser will provide the Sub-Adviser with information on costs and charges, and the Sub-Subadviser data protection notice.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Subadviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Subadviser will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and such other limitations as the Trust, the Fund, the Board or the Sub-Adviser may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Subadviser;

(b)

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

(c)

oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(e)

provide information, as necessary, to the Sub-Adviser, in connection with proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested so that the Sub-Adviser shall vote all such proxies in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures and in a manner that complies with applicable law; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in respect of the Portfolio, in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

(g)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Sub-Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

In providing those services, the Sub-Subadviser will provide the Sub-Adviser and the Fund with an ongoing and continuous investment program in respect of the Portfolio. In addition, the Sub-Subadviser will furnish the Sub-Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the Portfolio.

The Sub-Subadviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(h)

comply in all material respects with the applicable sections of (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, (2) any other applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to applicable securities and anti-corruption laws and regulations, (3) the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance policies and procedures (provided, however, that the Sub-Subadviser shall comply with the policies and procedures provided by the Trust with respect to Rules 17e-1, 10f-3, and 17a-7 under the 1940 Act), (4) the rules and regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, (5) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (6) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (7) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and By-Laws and (8) any written instructions of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the Board.;

(i)

assist the Sub-Adviser to manage the assets of the Portfolio to comply with the following requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder: section 851(b)(2) and section 851(b)(3) (and, if applicable, section 817(h)); provided, however, that with respect to the 10% voting securities test contained in section 851(b)(3)(A)(ii), the Sub-Subadviser will comply with such requirements as the Trust, the Fund or its Adviser shall furnish to the Sub-Adviser from time to time;

(j)

keep the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the Portfolio;

(k)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board, the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser will provide reasonable information to the Sub-Adviser so that the Sub-Adviser can complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Subadviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Portfolio, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), quarterly reports identifying material compliance matters and any material changes to the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program (including revisions to compliance policies and procedures), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Portfolio such as, among others, securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A and 4(2) commercial paper, compliance with the Sub-Subadviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser or Sub-Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(l)

make available to the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub- Subadviser, by telephone or other electronic media, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(m)

review draft reports to shareholders, registration statements or portions thereof that relate to the Portfolio or the Sub-Subadviser and other documents provided to the Sub- Subadviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub- certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents;

(n)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Subadviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(o)

promptly notify the Trust, Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Subadviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Subadviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Subadviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Subadviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or their affiliates; or is involved in any pending litigation or administrative proceeding brought against the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser or any of its management persons  The Sub-Subadviser further agrees to notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Subadviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Subadviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Subadviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual or imminent change in control or management of the Sub-Subadviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(p)

not disclose information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third party, except in compliance with Section 13(a) of this Agreement (including the consent provision therein) and the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings;

(q)

provide the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-PORTs;

(r)

provide assistance to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the Fund for which the Adviser, Sub- Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Subadviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Subadviser. This assistance includes (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Subadviser who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) assisting the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the custodian, confirming pricing and providing recommendations for fair valuations; and (iv) maintaining adequate records and written backup information with respect to the securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records;

(s)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub- adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser or Sub- Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub- advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to the Portfolio allocated to the Sub-Subadviser by the Sub-Adviser; and

(t)

provide the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC, notify the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser on a quarterly basis of any amendments to the Sub-Subadviser’s Form ADV and furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser; and provide the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part 2A as updated from time to time.  

The Sub-Subadviser further agrees with the consent of the Adviser, that it may perform any or all the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as it believes reasonably necessary to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.  However, the Sub-Subadviser may not retain the services of any entity that would be an “investment adviser”, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, to the Fund unless any agreement with such entity has been approved by (i) a majority of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, and (ii) to the extent necessary, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.      

3.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Subadviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Subadviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Sub-Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Subadviser, as its delegate, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Subadviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Subadviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities, provided that the Sub-Subadviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Subadviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Subadviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Subadviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Subadviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Subadviser deems desirable or appropriate.

In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub- Subadviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. When providing the services hereunder (“Services”) to the Fund the Sub-Subadviser will: (a) not accept and retain fees, commissions or any monetary or non-monetary benefits paid or provided by any third party or a person acting on behalf of a third party in relation to the provision of the Services (other than minor non-monetary benefits that are capable of enhancing the quality of service and are judged not to impair compliance with the firm’s duty to act in the best interest of the client and which have been clearly disclosed by the Sub-Subadviser to the Fund); and (b) ensure that any research material or services provided to the Sub-Subadviser by or on behalf of a third party in relation to the provision of the Services will be received by the Sub-Subadviser in return for direct payments by the investment firm out of its own resources. The Sub-Subadviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, and (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Subadviser in a manner that complies with the trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Subadviser and is consistent with the Sub-Subadviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Subadviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with appropriate derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) and Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1-(e)(6) and acting in its capacity as such, and, in each case, has agreed to provide appropriate documentation certifying its tax status under clause (a) or (b).

4.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Subadviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub- Subadviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request; provided, however, that the Sub-Subadviser may retain copies of such records for the applicable periods they are required by law to be retained, and thereafter shall destroy such records.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Subadviser shall assist the Sub-Adviser with all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Subadviser also shall assist the Sub-Adviser with all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) in respect of the Portfolio as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Subadviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the Portfolio of the Fund.

5.

Class Action Filings

The Sub-Subadviser is not responsible for making any class action filings on behalf of the Trust.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Subadviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Subadviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Subadviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub- Subadviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Subadviser causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Subadviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 2(i) hereof , (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Sub-Subadviser or the Portfolio managed by the Sub- Subadviser or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Subadviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Subadviser for use therein, or (iv) a breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Subadviser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Subadviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Subadviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6(a) and (b), the term “Sub-Subadviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Subadviser performing services with respect to the Fund.

(d)

For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the Sub-Subadviser’s liability and indemnity obligations in connection with the services under this Agreement shall be governed by this Section 6, notwithstanding any additional and/or conflicting terms contained in any policies, guidelines or similar materials of the Sub-Subadviser.  

(e)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Subadviser from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Subadviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under Sub-Advisory Agreement.

7.

Compensation

The Sub-Subadviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. The Sub-Subadviser agrees to look exclusively to the Sub-Adviser, and not to any assets of the Trust or the Fund, for the payment of the Sub- Subadviser’s fees arising under this Agreement.  

8.

Expenses

The Sub-Subadviser will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under this Agreement, excluding those costs of the Fund associated with brokerage activities. The Sub- Subadviser shall bear all expenses and costs of the Trust (including reasonable attorney’s fees), if any, arising out of a termination or possible termination of this Agreement as a result of an assignment caused by a change of control or management of the Sub-Subadviser, including the preparation and mailing of an information statement to shareholders pursuant to a “manager-of-managers” exemptive order from the SEC, or the preparation, mailing, solicitation and other costs associated with the use of a proxy statement relating to a shareholder vote in respect of a new sub-advisory agreement. The foregoing obligations of the Sub-Subadviser shall apply in any circumstance in which the Adviser, in consultation with internal or outside counsel to the Trust, deems that an actual or possible assignment of this Agreement has or may occur, and determines that an information statement should be used, or a vote of shareholders should be obtained, as the case may be.

9.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Subadviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Subadviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Subadviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement. If the Sub-Subadviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

10.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Subadviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Subadviser. In this regard, the Sub-Subadviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program;

(2)

provide the Sub- Adviser with reasonable information so that the Sub-Adviser can submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Fund’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide reasonable information to the Sub-Adviser so that the Sub-Adviser can submit periodic reports, certifications and information concerning the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program including, but not limited to, the following;

(i)

Quarterly Compliance Certifications, including any required attachments, no later than the tenth (10th) business day after each calendar quarter; and

 (ii)

Annual Report on Code of Ethics Matters, including any required attachments, no later than the fifteenth (15^th) business day of October each year  each year.

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access to information regarding the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program, which access shall include on-site visits with the Sub-Subadviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time;

(5)

permit the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Fund’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Subadviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested; and

(7)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 18 Report (or its equivalent) prepared by the Sub- Subadviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Subadviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

11.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Subadviser and Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, by the Sub-Subadviser and Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement or Sub-Advisory Agreement, or the termination or removal of the Strategy from the Sub-Advisory Agreement, with respect to the Fund. This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub- adviser and with the Adviser and Sub-Adviser in transitioning the management of the Portfolio to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may request, with a list of holdings for the Portfolio and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter. The Sub-Subadviser shall deliver, or shall cooperate with the Sub-Adviser to deliver, to Adviser all periodic compliance reports, certifications and information applicable to the period of Sub-Subadviser’s services provided under this Agreement, including annual compliance reports and certifications.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Subadviser under Section 6 of this Agreement.

12.

Use of Name

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser hereby consents to the use of its name and the names of its affiliates in the Fund’s disclosure documents, shareholder communications, advertising, sales literature and similar communications. The Sub-Subadviser shall not use the name or any tradename, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof of the Adviser, the Trust, the Fund or any of their affiliates in its marketing materials unless it first receives prior written approval of the Trust and the Adviser.

(b)

It is understood that the name of each party to this Agreement, and any derivatives thereof or logos associated with that name, is the valuable property of the party in question and its affiliates, and that each other party has the right to use such names pursuant to the relationship created by, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement only so long as this Agreement shall continue in effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the parties shall forthwith cease to use the names of the other parties (or any derivative or logo) as appropriate and to the extent that continued use is not required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

13.

Confidential Information

(a)

Each party agrees that it will treat confidentially all information provided by any other party (the “Discloser”) regarding the Discloser’s businesses and operations, including without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the Portfolio or the Fund (“Confidential Information”).  All Confidential Information provided by the Discloser shall be used only by the other party hereto (the “Recipient”) solely for the purposes of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of the Discloser, except for a limited number of employees, attorneys, accountants and other advisers of the Recipient and its affiliates on a need-to-know basis and solely for the purposes of rendering services under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sub-Subadviser hereby agrees that the Adviser may provide information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to Adviser’s analysts and portfolio managers assigned to the asset class(es) in which the Portfolio or Fund invests in connection with the management of portfolios in the discretionary investment programs through which the Fund is offered, and to any third party in compliance with the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings.

(b)

Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (i) is public when provided or thereafter becomes public through no wrongful act of the Recipient; (ii) is demonstrably known to the Recipient prior to execution of this Agreement; (iii) is independently developed by the Recipient through no wrongful act of the Recipient in the ordinary course of business outside of this Agreement; (iv) is generally employed by the trade at the time that the Recipient learns of such information or knowledge; or (v) has been rightfully and lawfully obtained by the Recipient from any third party.

(c)

In the event that the Recipient is requested or required (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoenas, civil investigative demand or similar process), in connection with any proceeding, to disclose any of the Discloser’s Confidential Information, the Recipient will give the Discloser prompt written notice of such request or requirement to allow the Discloser an opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such Confidential Information.  In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, disclosure shall be made of only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed.  All Confidential Information disclosed as required by law shall nonetheless continue to be deemed Confidential Information.

14.

Amendment

This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement in a manner that is in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as modified or interpreted by any applicable order, exemptive relief or interpretative release issued by the SEC.

15.

Notices

All notices hereunder shall be provided in writing, by facsimile or by email. Notices shall be deemed given if delivered in person or by messenger, certified mail with return receipt, or by a reputable overnight delivery service that provides evidence of receipt to the parties; upon receipt if sent by fax; or upon read receipt or reply if delivered by email, at the following addresses:

If to the Trust:

Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II

                                                                                245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attn.: Chief Legal Officer

If to the Sub-Adviser:

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

1 University Square Drive

Princeton, NJ 08540

Attn: James Morris

With a copy to:

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

1 University Square Drive

Princeton, NJ 08540

Attn: Bill Monahan

If to the Sub-Subadviser:

BlackRock International Limited

1 University Square Drive

Princeton, NJ 0854

Attn: James Morris

16.

Miscellaneous

(a)

This Agreement constitutes the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

(b)

Titles or captions of sections in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provisions thereof.

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall for all purposes constitute one Agreement, binding on all the parties.

(d)

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions of that or any other jurisdiction. To the extent that the applicable laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. The parties irrevocably consent to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(e)

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

(f)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sub-Subadviser shall be an independent contractor. Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Subadviser as an agent of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund, except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first set forth above.

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:

/s/ Scott Reeder

Name: Scott Reeder

Title: Managing Director

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

By:

/s/ Jeanette Teo

Name: Jeanette Teo  

Title: Managing Director

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

By:

/s/ Stacie Smith

Name:  Stacie Smith

Title:  Treasurer

INVESTMENT SUB-SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMONG

BLACKROCK (SINGAPORE) LIMITED,

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

AND

FIDELITY RUTLAND SQUARE TRUST II

AGREEMENT, made this 10th day of March, 2022 among Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II (“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of Strategic Advisers Core Income Fund (the “Fund”), BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited (“Sub-Subadviser”), a company organized under the laws of Singapore.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”);

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Sub-adviser are each registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”), and the Sub-Subadviser is authorized and licensed in Singapore by the Monetary Authority of Singapore;

WHEREAS, the Trust has retained Strategic Advisers LLC (“Adviser”) to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to a Management Contract dated March 5, 2010, as amended and restated October 1, 2018, as may be further amended from time to time (“Advisory Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Advisor have retained the Sub-Adviser to render investment advisory services to the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement dated March 10, 2022, as may be amended from time to time (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser wishes to retain the Sub-Subadviser to render certain investment advisory, research and trading services to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets in the Total Return strategy (“Strategy”) allocated to the Sub-Subadviser, as determined from time to time by the Sub-Adviser, and the Sub-Subadviser is willing to render such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed among the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser and the Trust as follows:

1.

Appointment

The Sub-Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Subadviser to act as investment sub-subadviser to the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund’s assets in the Strategy allocated, from time to time, by the Sub-Adviser to the Sub-Subadviser (the “Portfolio”), for the periods and on the terms set forth herein. The Sub-Subadviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services set forth herein for the compensation provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

2.

Services and Duties of Investment Sub-Subadviser

Subject to the general supervision and oversight of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Sub-Subadviser will:

(a)

provide a program of continuous investment management for the Portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-1A, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and such other limitations as the Trust, the Fund, the Board or the Sub-Adviser may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Subadviser;

(b)

invest and reinvest the assets of the Portfolio by selecting the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, financial futures contracts, options and other investments and techniques that the Fund may purchase, sell, enter into or use in respect of the Portfolio;

(c)

oversee the placement of purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(d)

employ portfolio managers to make investment decisions and securities analysts to provide research services to the Fund in respect of the Portfolio;

(e)

provide information, as necessary, to the Sub-Adviser, in connection with proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers securities in which the assets of the Portfolio may be invested so that the Sub-Adviser shall vote all such proxies in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures and in a manner that complies with applicable law; and provide information to the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or their designated agent in a manner that is sufficiently complete and timely to ensure the Trust’s compliance with its filing obligations under Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act;

(f)

maintain books and records with respect to the Fund’s securities transactions in respect of the Portfolio, in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

(g)

to the extent reasonably requested by the Sub-Adviser or officers of the Fund, cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust’s other service providers by (1) keeping them fully informed as to such matters that they may reasonably deem necessary with respect to the performance of their obligations to the Fund, (2) providing prompt responses to reasonable requests for information or assistance, and (3) establishing appropriate processes to promote the efficient exchange of information.

In providing those services, the Sub-Subadviser will provide the Sub-Adviser and the Fund with an ongoing and continuous investment program in respect of the Portfolio. In addition, the Sub-Subadviser will furnish the Sub-Adviser and/or the Fund with statistical information as the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and/or the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the Portfolio.

The Sub-Subadviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it will:

(h)

comply in all material respects with the applicable sections of (1) the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, (2) any other applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to applicable securities and anti-corruption laws and regulations, (3) the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance policies and procedures (provided, however, that the Sub-Subadviser shall comply with the policies and procedures provided by the Trust with respect to Rules 17e-1, 10f-3, and 17a-7 under the 1940 Act), (4) the rules and regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, (5) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), (6) the investment objectives, strategies, policies, limitations and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, (7) the Trust’s Trust Instrument and By-Laws and (8) any written instructions of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the Board.;

(i)

assist the Sub-Adviser to manage the assets of the Portfolio to comply with the following requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder: section 851(b)(2) and section 851(b)(3) (and, if applicable, section 817(h)); provided, however, that with respect to the 10% voting securities test contained in section 851(b)(3)(A)(ii), the Sub-Subadviser will comply with such requirements as the Trust, the Fund or its Adviser shall furnish to the Sub-Adviser from time to time;

(j)

keep the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and/or the Board informed of developments materially affecting the Portfolio;

(k)

make available to the Board, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the Trust’s administrator, promptly upon their request, such copies of its records with respect to the Fund as may be required to assist in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As reasonably requested by the Board, the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser will provide reasonable information to the Sub-Adviser so that the Sub-Adviser can complete periodic or special questionnaires and furnish to the Board and/or the Adviser such periodic and special reports regarding the Fund and the Sub-Subadviser including, but not limited to, reports concerning transactions and performance of the Portfolio, quarterly and annual compliance reports and certifications, reports regarding compliance with the Trust’s procedures pursuant to Rules 17e-1, 17a-7, 10f-3 and 12d3-1 under the 1940 Act (as applicable), quarterly reports identifying material compliance matters and any material changes to the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program (including revisions to compliance policies and procedures), fundamental investment restrictions, procedures for opening brokerage accounts and commodity trading accounts, liquidity determinations for securities or other instruments held by the Portfolio such as, among others, securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A and 4(2) commercial paper, compliance with the Sub-Subadviser’s Code of Ethics, and such other procedures or requirements that the Adviser or Sub-Adviser may reasonably request from time to time;

(l)

make available to the Board, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel as mutually agreed by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the Board, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub- Subadviser, by telephone or other electronic media, in order to review the investment policies, performance and other matters relating to the management of the Fund;

(m)

review draft reports to shareholders, registration statements or portions thereof that relate to the Portfolio or the Sub-Subadviser and other documents provided to the Sub-Subadviser, provide comments on such drafts on a timely basis, and provide certifications or sub- certifications on a timely basis as to the accuracy of the information contained in such reports or other documents;

(n)

use no material, non-public information concerning portfolio companies that may be in its possession or the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the Sub-Subadviser seek to obtain any such information, in providing investment advice or investment management services to the Fund;

(o)

promptly notify the Trust, Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board in the event that the Sub-Subadviser or any of its affiliates becomes aware that the Sub-Subadviser: (i) is subject to a statutory disqualification that prevents the Sub-Subadviser from serving as investment adviser pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Sub-Subadviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) is the subject of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory authority; or (iv) is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, or governmental authority, involving the affairs of the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or their affiliates; or is involved in any pending litigation or administrative proceeding brought against the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Subadviser or any of its management persons  The Sub-Subadviser further agrees to notify the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser promptly of any material fact known to the Sub-Subadviser respecting or relating to the Sub-Subadviser that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented from time to time, regarding the Fund, or any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed therein, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any material respect. The Sub-Subadviser will promptly notify the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Board if its chief executive officer or any member of the portfolio management team named in the Registration Statement for the Fund changes, or if there is an actual or imminent change in control or management of the Sub-Subadviser within the meaning of Rules 2a-6 and 202(a)(1)-1 under the 1940 Act and Advisers Act, respectively;

(p)

not disclose information regarding Portfolio or Fund characteristics, trading history, portfolio holdings, performance information or any other related information to any third party, except in compliance with Section 13(a) of this Agreement (including the consent provision therein) and the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings;

(q)

provide the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Trust or the Board with such information and assurances (including certifications and sub-certifications) as the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Trust or the Board may reasonably request from time to time in order to assist the Adviser, the Trust or the Board in complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including requirements in connection with the preparation and/or filing of the Fund’s Form N-CSRs and Form N-PORTs;

(r)

provide assistance to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent for the Trust in determining or confirming, consistent with the procedures and policies stated in the Registration Statement, the value of any portfolio securities or other assets of the Fund for which the Adviser, Sub- Adviser, custodian or recordkeeping agent seeks assistance from the Sub-Subadviser or identifies for review by the Sub-Subadviser. This assistance includes (but is not limited to): (i) designating and providing access to one or more employees of the Sub-Subadviser who are knowledgeable about the security/issuer, its financial condition, trading and/or other relevant factors for valuation, which employees shall be available for consultation when the Board’s Valuation Committee convenes; (ii) assisting the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the custodian in obtaining bids and offers or quotes from broker/dealers or market-makers with respect to securities held by the Fund, upon the reasonable request of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or custodian; (iii) upon the request of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the custodian, confirming pricing and providing recommendations for fair valuations; and (iv) maintaining adequate records and written backup information with respect to the securities valuation assistance provided hereunder, and providing such information to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the Trust upon request, with such records being deemed Fund records;

(s)

not consult with any other investment sub-adviser of the Trust (if any), or with the sub- adviser to any other investment company (or separate series thereof) managed by the Adviser or Sub- Adviser concerning the Fund’s transactions in securities or other assets, except for purposes of complying with the conditions of Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b) under the 1940 Act, and, to the extent that multiple sub- advisers may be engaged to provide services to the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall be responsible for providing investment advisory services only with respect to the Portfolio allocated to the Sub-Subadviser by the Sub-Adviser; and

(t)

provide the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV as most recently filed with the SEC, notify the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser on a quarterly basis of any amendments to the Sub-Subadviser’s Form ADV and furnish a copy of such amendments to the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser; and provide the Trust, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser with a copy of its Form ADV Part 2A as updated from time to time.  

The Sub-Subadviser further agrees with the consent of the Adviser, that it may perform any or all the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as it believes reasonably necessary to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.  However, the Sub-Subadviser may not retain the services of any entity that would be an “investment adviser”, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, to the Fund unless any agreement with such entity has been approved by (i) a majority of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, and (ii) to the extent necessary, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.      

3.

Brokerage; Trading Agreements

The Sub-Subadviser may place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund directly with the issuers of the securities, or with derivative and other counterparties, brokers or dealers (including but not limited to prime brokers and/or futures commission merchants) (“Trading Entities”) selected by the Sub-Subadviser. In connection with the transactions permitted hereunder, the Sub-Adviser hereby grants to the Sub-Subadviser, as its delegate, the authority in respect of the Portfolio to open and maintain brokerage accounts of all types on behalf of and in the name of the Fund, and to negotiate and execute trading agreements, account opening and other agreements, ancillary documents, and any other reasonable and customary documents and representation letters as the Sub-Subadviser deems appropriate in respect of the Portfolio with appropriate Trading Entities that conform to the Trading Entity suitability standards established by the Sub-Subadviser (“Documentation”) and to perform on the Fund’s behalf any and all of the obligations contemplated under such Documentation. This authority includes, among other things, the authority to: (i) open trading accounts with Trading Entities; (ii) provide relevant Fund-related information to Trading Entities, provided that the Sub-Subadviser shall only send information pursuant to this clause (a) which is reasonably required to open and maintain trading accounts with such Trading Entities; (b) to such Trading Entities whom the Sub-Subadviser selected with due care in accordance with the Sub-Subadviser’s policies and procedures; and (c) if the Sub-Subadviser reasonably believes that such information shall only be used by the applicable Trading Entity for the purpose of opening and maintaining trading accounts; and (iii) receive, review, and accept on the Fund’s behalf, any industry standard disclosures and other information Trading Entities may provide; and (iv) instruct the Fund’s custodian to deliver margin to and deposit collateral and margin with or for the benefit of the Trading Entity, in each case in a manner that is consistent with applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Subadviser may also enter into standard customer agreements with Trading Entities and direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage and other accounts as the Sub-Subadviser deems desirable or appropriate.

In selecting Trading Entities to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser will use its best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for the Fund transaction, the Sub- Subadviser will consider all factors it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In selecting broker-dealers to execute a particular transaction, and in evaluating the best overall terms available, the Sub-Subadviser is authorized to consider the brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) provided to the Fund and/or other accounts over which the Sub-Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is desirable for the Trust that the Sub-Subadviser have access to supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by broker-dealers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, the Sub-Subadviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer that furnishes brokerage and research services a higher commission than that which might be charged by another broker-dealer for effecting the same transaction, provided that the Sub-Subadviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Subadviser to the Fund in compliance with Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Sub-Subadviser in connection with the Sub-Subadviser’s services to other clients. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations, the Sub-Subadviser and its affiliates are authorized to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund and to retain brokerage commissions on such transactions. The Sub-Subadviser may, but shall not be obligated to, aggregate or bunch orders for the purchase or sale of securities for the Fund with orders for its other clients where: (i) such aggregation or bunching of orders is not inconsistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and procedures, and (ii) the allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the allocation of expenses incurred in any such transaction, shall be made by the Sub-Subadviser in a manner that complies with the trade allocation policies and procedures approved by the Board and is fair and equitable in the judgment of the Sub-Subadviser and is consistent with the Sub-Subadviser’s fiduciary obligations to the Fund and each of its other clients.

Except where it has received the Adviser’s written consent in advance, the Sub-Subadviser agrees that it shall not enter into agreements with appropriate derivative counterparties and/or futures commission merchants with respect to the Fund unless the counterparty to such agreements is either (a) a “U.S. person” as that term is used in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) and Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) a “qualified derivatives dealer” as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.1441-1-(e)(6) and acting in its capacity as such, and, in each case, has agreed to provide appropriate documentation certifying its tax status under clause (a) or (b).

4.

Books, Records and Regulatory Filings

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser agrees to maintain and to preserve for the applicable periods any such records as are required to be maintained by the Sub-Subadviser with respect to the Fund by the 1940 Act and rules adopted thereunder, and by any other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Sub- Subadviser further agrees that all records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund and it will promptly surrender any of such records upon request; provided, however, that the Sub-Subadviser may retain copies of such records for the applicable periods they are required by law to be retained, and thereafter shall destroy such records.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser agrees that it shall furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports in connection with its services hereunder that may be requested in order to determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(c)

The Sub-Subadviser shall assist the Sub-Adviser with all filings with the SEC required of it pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to its duties as are set forth herein. The Sub-Subadviser also shall assist the Sub-Adviser with all required filings on Schedule 13D or 13G and Form 13F (as well as other filings triggered by ownership in securities under other applicable laws, rules and regulations) in respect of the Portfolio as may be required of the Fund due to the activities of the Sub-Subadviser. The Sub-Adviser shall be the sole filer of Form 13F with respect to the Portfolio of the Fund.

5.

Class Action Filings

The Sub-Subadviser is not responsible for making any class action filings on behalf of the Trust.  

6.

Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Subadviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the “Adviser Indemnitees”) in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Subadviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Subadviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub- Subadviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Subadviser causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund’s current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Subadviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 2(i) hereof , (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Sub-Subadviser or the Portfolio managed by the Sub- Subadviser or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Subadviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Subadviser for use therein, or (iv) a breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Subadviser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Subadviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Subadviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a “Trustee” and, together, the “Trustees”) or any individual Trustee or any officers.

(c)

As used in this Section 6(a) and (b), the term “Sub-Subadviser” shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Subadviser performing services with respect to the Fund.

(d)

For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the Sub-Subadviser’s liability and indemnity obligations in connection with the services under this Agreement shall be governed by this Section 6, notwithstanding any additional and/or conflicting terms contained in any policies, guidelines or similar materials of the Sub-Subadviser.  

(e)

The Sub-Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Subadviser from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to which the Sub-Subadviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under Sub-Advisory Agreement.

7.

Compensation

The Sub-Subadviser shall be compensated for the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. The Sub-Subadviser agrees to look exclusively to the Sub-Adviser, and not to any assets of the Trust or the Fund, for the payment of the Sub- Subadviser’s fees arising under this Agreement.  

8.

Expenses

The Sub-Subadviser will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of its services under this Agreement, excluding those costs of the Fund associated with brokerage activities. The Sub- Subadviser shall bear all expenses and costs of the Trust (including reasonable attorney’s fees), if any, arising out of a termination or possible termination of this Agreement as a result of an assignment caused by a change of control or management of the Sub-Subadviser, including the preparation and mailing of an information statement to shareholders pursuant to a “manager-of-managers” exemptive order from the SEC, or the preparation, mailing, solicitation and other costs associated with the use of a proxy statement relating to a shareholder vote in respect of a new sub-advisory agreement. The foregoing obligations of the Sub-Subadviser shall apply in any circumstance in which the Adviser, in consultation with internal or outside counsel to the Trust, deems that an actual or possible assignment of this Agreement has or may occur, and determines that an information statement should be used, or a vote of shareholders should be obtained, as the case may be.

9.

Services to Other Companies or Accounts

The investment advisory services of the Sub-Subadviser to the Fund under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Subadviser shall be free to render similar services to other investment companies and clients (whether or not their investment objective and policies are similar those of the Fund) and to engage in other activities, provided that such other services and activities do not interfere with or impair the Sub-Subadviser’s ability to fulfill its duties and obligations under this Agreement. If the Sub-Subadviser provides any advice to its clients concerning investment in the shares of the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall act solely for such clients in that regard and not in any way on behalf of the Adviser, the Trust or the Fund.

10.

Compliance Matters

(a)

The Sub-Subadviser understands and agrees that it is a “service provider” to the Trust as contemplated by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. As such, the Sub-Subadviser agrees to cooperate fully with the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with respect to (i) any and all compliance-related matters, and (ii) the Trust’s efforts to assure that each of its service providers adopts and maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violation of the “federal securities laws” (as that term is defined by Rule 38a-1) by the Trust, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Subadviser. In this regard, the Sub-Subadviser shall:

(1)

submit to the Board for its consideration and approval, prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program;

(2)

provide the Sub- Adviser with reasonable information so that the Sub-Adviser can submit annually (and at such other times as the Trust may reasonably request) to the Fund’s CCO and the Adviser for consideration by the Board, a report discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program, and fully describing any material amendments to such compliance program since the most recent such report;

(3)

provide reasonable information to the Sub-Adviser so that the Sub-Adviser can submit periodic reports, certifications and information concerning the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program including, but not limited to, the following;

(i)

Quarterly Compliance Certifications, including any required attachments, no later than the tenth (10th) business day after each calendar quarter; and

 (ii)

Annual Report on Code of Ethics Matters, including any required attachments, no later than the fifteenth (15^th) business day of October each year  each year.

(4)

provide the Adviser and the Trust and its Trustees and officers with reasonable access to information regarding the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance program, which access shall include on-site visits with the Sub-Subadviser as may be reasonably requested from time to time;

(5)

permit the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust and its Trustees and officers to maintain an active working relationship with the Sub-Subadviser’s compliance personnel by, among other things, providing the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Fund’s CCO and other officers with a specified individual within the Sub-Subadviser’s organization to discuss and address compliance-related matters;  

(6)

provide the Adviser and its chief compliance officer and the Trust and its Trustees and officers, including the Fund’s CCO, with such certifications as may be reasonably requested; and

(7)

reasonably cooperate with any independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Trust, ensure that all reasonably necessary information and the appropriate personnel are made available to such independent registered public accounting firm, to support the expression of the independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion, and each year provide the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and such independent registered public accounting firm with a copy of the most recent SSAE 18 Report (or its equivalent) prepared by the Sub- Subadviser’s independent auditors regarding the Sub-Subadviser’s internal controls.

(b)

The Sub-Subadviser represents, warrants and covenants that it has implemented and shall maintain a compliance program in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act.

11.

Duration and Termination

(a)

This Agreement shall be effective immediately as of the date set forth above and shall continue in effect for two years from its effective date with respect to the Fund, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, and shall continue year to year thereafter, provided each continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are neither (A) parties to this Agreement nor (B) “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

(b)

This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Sub-Subadviser and Sub-Adviser: (i) by the Trust, pursuant to (A) action by the Board or (B) the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the shares of the Fund or (ii) by the Adviser. This Agreement is terminable with respect to the Fund, without penalty, by the Sub-Subadviser and Sub-Adviser upon ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Trust. In addition, this Agreement will terminate with respect to the Fund in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement or Sub-Advisory Agreement, or the termination or removal of the Strategy from the Sub-Advisory Agreement, with respect to the Fund. This Agreement will be terminated automatically in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).

(c)

In the event of a termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Subadviser shall reasonably cooperate with any transition manager or successor investment sub- adviser and with the Adviser and Sub-Adviser in transitioning the management of the Portfolio to one or more new sub-advisers or to the Adviser, including, without limitation, providing the transition manager, at such intervals as the transition manager may request, with a list of holdings for the Portfolio and such other information as required by the transition management agreement, into which the Adviser and the transition manager will, at that time, enter. The Sub-Subadviser shall deliver, or shall cooperate with the Sub-Adviser to deliver, to Adviser all periodic compliance reports, certifications and information applicable to the period of Sub-Subadviser’s services provided under this Agreement, including annual compliance reports and certifications.

(d)

Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Adviser, the Adviser Indemnitees, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Subadviser under Section 6 of this Agreement.

12.

Use of Name