Certain information has been excluded from this exhibit because (i) it is not material and (ii) it would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

ETF MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

This ETF Master Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated December 8, 2025, is between Sterling Capital Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust, and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Ohio.

Background

The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and it desires that Ultimus perform certain services for each of its series listed on Schedule A (as amended from time to time) (individually referred to herein as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds”). Ultimus is willing to perform such services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Terms and Conditions

The Trust retains Ultimus to act as the service provider on behalf of each Fund for the services set forth in each Addendum selected below (collectively, the “Services”), which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Ultimus accepts such employment to perform the selected Services.

In addition to paying Ultimus the fees described in each Fee Letter, the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, agrees to reimburse Ultimus for its reasonable and documented reimbursable expenses in providing services hereunder as follows:

Ultimus may, at its expense, subcontract with any entity or person concerning the provision of the Services; provided, however, that Ultimus shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement by the appointment of such subcontractor, and that Ultimus shall be responsible, to the extent provided in Section 10, for all acts of a subcontractor; and provided further, that in no event shall Ultimus subcontract with any entity or person if such subcontracting arrangement would result in the Services being performed, in any material part, outside the United States of America, without first obtaining prior written approval of the Trust. Ultimus shall provide written notice to the Trust before engaging any sub-contractor that will provide more than a limited amount of the Services to be provided by Ultimus.

In the event that the Trust establishes one or more series of shares after the Agreement Effective Date, each such series shall become, at the discretion of the Trust and Ultimus, a Fund under this Agreement and shall be added to Schedule A and the applicable Fee Letter(s) as appropriate.

Neither party will be liable for Losses, loss of data, delay of Services, or any other issues caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of civil or military authority, national emergencies, labor difficulties, fire, flood, catastrophe, acts of God, insurrection, war, riots or pandemics.

The Trust assumes full responsibility for the preparation, contents, and distribution of each prospectus of a Fund and further agrees to comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Securities Laws and any other laws, rules and regulations of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Trust or a Fund, including, but not limited to, the Internal Revenue Code, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each as amended. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision does not relieve Ultimus of any obligation or duties under this Agreement to provide certain services (listed in the Services Addendums), such as to assist the Trust in its preparation of the prospectus and/or facilitate the Trust’s compliance with applicable law.

Confidential Information is deemed confidential and proprietary to the Disclosing Party regardless of whether such information was disclosed intentionally or unintentionally, or marked appropriately. Confidential Information shall not include any information that is publicly available when provided or thereafter becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement, or that is required to be disclosed by any regulatory authority, any authority or legal counsel of the parties hereto, by judicial or administrative process or otherwise by applicable law or regulation.

Within the first 60 days following the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust agrees to review in good faith a press release (in any format or medium) announcing the Agreement with Ultimus; provided that Ultimus must obtain the Trust’s written consent prior to publication of such release.

The services of Ultimus rendered to the Trust are not deemed to be exclusive. Except to the extent necessary to perform Ultimus’ obligations under this Agreement, nothing herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict Ultimus’ right, or the right of any of Ultimus’ managers, officers or employees who also may be a trustee, officer or employee of the Trust, or persons who are otherwise affiliated persons of the Trust to engage in any other business or to devote time and attention to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, or to render services of any kind to any other person.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

This arbitration provision shall be enforced and interpreted exclusively in accordance with applicable federal law, including the Federal Arbitration Act. Any costs, fees, or taxes involved in enforcing the award shall be fully assessed against and paid by the party resisting enforcement of said award. The prevailing party shall also be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.

Any notice provided under this Agreement shall be sufficiently given when either delivered personally by hand or received by electronic mail overnight delivery, or certified mail at the following address.

Sterling Capital Funds

Attn: James Gillespie

434 Fayetteville Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Email: jgillespie@sterlingcapital.com

With a copy to:

Ropes & Gray LLP

Attn: Thomas R. Hiller

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

Email: Thomas.hiller@ropesgray.com

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC

Attn: General Counsel

4221 North 203^rd Street, Suite 100

Elkhorn, NE 68022

Email: legal@ultimusfundsolutions.com

Signatures are located on the next page.

The parties duly executed this Agreement as of December 8, 2025.

Certain information has been excluded from this exhibit because (i) it is not material and (ii) it would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

SCHEDULE A

to the

ETF Master Services Agreement

between

Sterling Capital Funds

and

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC

dated December 8, 2025

Fund Portfolio(s)

Sterling Capital Ultra Short Bond ETF*

Sterling Capital Short Duration Bond ETF*

Sterling Capital Multi-Strategy Income ETF

Sterling Capital National Municipal Bond ETF

Sterling Capital Hedged Equity Premium Income ETF

Sterling Capital Enhanced Core Bond ETF**

Fund Accounting Addendum

for

Sterling Capital Funds

This Fund Accounting Addendum, dated [Date], is between Sterling Capital Funds (the “Trust”), on its own behalf and on behalf of the Funds listed on Schedule A to that certain ETF Master Services Agreement, dated [Date], and Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the ETF Master Services Agreement.

Fund Accounting Services

Ultimus shall perform the following accounting services daily for each Fund, each in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information:

If, in addition to those services described under Section 1 [Performance of Daily Accounting Services] of this Fund Accounting Addendum, the Trust or a Fund’s investment adviser informs Ultimus that one or more Fund(s) holds or will hold any security in a quantity constituting an odd lot (as opposed to a round lot), Ultimus will undertake to perform such additional procedures as are determined necessary by the Board or the Fund’s “valuation designee” (as defined in Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act) to price such security, including, if applicable, the application of a discount to the pricing obtained from any independent pricing service(s); provided, however, that any such additional procedures to be performed in connection with securities held in quantities constituting an odd lot, are clearly delineated in a written odd lot pricing methodology and procedure approved by the Board or the Fund’s valuation designee; it being further understood and agreed by the parties hereto that Ultimus shall be compensated in the form of an odd lot pricing fee for performing such additional procedures, and, notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, including, without limitation, any duty of care or indemnification obligation that Ultimus might otherwise owe to the Trust or any Fund, Ultimus will not be liable for any NAV error that may arise out of any incorrect, incomplete, or missing data provided to Ultimus by the Fund’s investment adviser or any sub-adviser to the Fund as part of any odd lot pricing procedures approved by the Board, and the Trust hereby agrees to indemnify Ultimus for and hold Ultimus harmless from any such liability.

Ultimus may, at the election of the Trust, provide certain of the Funds with the Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services described below, in accordance with Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act (“Rule 18f-4”):

In providing the Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services, in each instance where Ultimus has committed to provide Adviser with access to VaR reports or other derivatives related information, Adviser may, with Ultimus’ consent, elect to have Ultimus deliver the same reports and information to an Ultimus approved third party 18f-4 service provider/designee; with the understanding that delivery of such information to such third party 18f-4 service provider/designee may incur additional fees.

Alternatively, the Trust may elect to forego receipt of the Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services and instead deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Ultimus derivatives data required to be reported monthly on Form N-PORT, in which case Ultimus’ services (the “18f-4/N-PORT Support Services”) will be limited to taking receipt of that derivatives data, manually loading that data into its reporting system, and reporting the required derivatives information on Form N-PORT monthly.

The Adviser has and retains sole responsibility for identifying derivative securities. Ultimus’ provision of Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services or 18f-4/N-PORT Support Services hereunder shall not relieve the Adviser of such responsibilities, and under no circumstances will Ultimus share in those responsibilities except as expressly agreed upon in this Fund Accounting Addendum.

Signatures are located on the next page.

The parties duly executed this Fund Accounting Addendum as of December 8, 2025.

Certain information has been excluded from this exhibit because (i) it is not material and (ii) it would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

Fund Accounting Fee Letter

for

the Funds listed on Schedule A

each a series of

Sterling Capital Funds

This Fund Accounting Fee Letter (this “Fee Letter”) applies to the Services provided by Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”) to Sterling Capital Funds (the “Trust”) for the Funds listed on Schedule A (individually referred to herein as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds”) pursuant to that certain ETF Master Services Agreement dated [Date], and the Fund Accounting Addendum dated [Date] (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

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In addition to the above fees, the Fund or the Adviser will reimburse Ultimus or pay directly certain expenses incurred on the Fund’s behalf, including, but not limited to, the actual cost of the daily portfolio-price-quotation services utilized by the Fund, including the cost of obtaining any primary and secondary security market quotes and other securities data used for fair valuing securities, performance reporting (including after-tax performance reporting), and third party expenses incurred by Ultimus in providing the Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services or the 18f-4/N-PORT Support Services (as applicable), including, without limitation, the Fund’s proportionate share of any fees paid by Ultimus to any Derivatives Expert as part of Ultimus’ providing the Derivatives Risk Management Program Support Services. The Fund will be responsible for the Fund’s normal operating expenses, including, but not limited to, federal and state filing fees, EDGARizing fees, insurance premiums, typesetting and printing of the Fund’s public documents, and fees and expenses of the Fund’s other vendors and providers that provide services to the Fund.

6.       Fee Increases

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The parties may only amend this Fee Letter by written amendment signed by all the parties.

Signatures are located on the next page.

The parties duly executed this Fund Accounting Fee Letter dated December 8, 2025.

The undersigned investment adviser (the “Adviser”) hereby acknowledges and agrees to the terms of the Agreement.