WANGER ADVISORS TRUST - Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Agreement between Wanger Advisors Trust and Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, relating to Wanger International, dated May 1, 2024.

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EX-99.(H)(4) 2 d677240dex99h4.htm FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WANGER ADVISORS TRUST - Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement Agreement between Wanger Advisors Trust and Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, relating to Wanger International, dated May 1, 2024.

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Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC

71 South Wacker, Suite 2500

Chicago, IL 60606, USA

columbiathreadneedle.com

May 1, 2024

Wanger Advisors Trust

71 S. Wacker Drive

Suite 2500

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (“CWAM”) hereby contractually undertakes as of the date hereof with respect to Wanger International (the “Fund”), a series of Wanger Advisors Trust, to waive fees and reimburse certain expenses of the Fund, through April 30, 2025, such that total Fund ordinary operating expenses (excluding transaction costs and certain other investment-related expenses, interest and fees on borrowings and expenses associated with the Fund’s investment in other investment companies, if any), inclusive of net advisory fees, do not exceed the annual rate of 1.14%.

This agreement may not be modified or terminated without the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and CWAM.

This undertaking shall be binding upon any successors and assignees of CWAM.


Very truly yours,

COLUMBIA WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:		/s/ Michael G. Clarke
		Michael G. Clarke
		Chief Financial Officer

Agreed and accepted by

WANGER ADVISORS TRUST, on behalf of its series Wanger International


By:		/s/ Daniel J. Beckman
		Daniel J. Beckman
		President

Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle) is the global brand name of the Columbia and Threadneedle group of companies.

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