Fee Waiver by Dimensional.

Dimensional agrees to waive all or a portion of each Portfolio’s management fee to the extent necessary to limit the total management fees paid to Dimensional by the Institutional Class shares of a Portfolio, including the proportionate share of the management fees a Portfolio pays indirectly through its investment in other funds managed by Dimensional, except for the fees paid indirectly through its investment of securities lending cash collateral in The DFA Short Term Investment Fund, to the following rates listed below for each Portfolio’s Institutional Class shares:

Fee Waiver and Expense Assumption for Small Company Portfolios and Emerging Markets Portfolio.  In addition to the fee waiver in Section 1 of this Agreement, with respect to the Japanese Small Company Portfolio, United Kingdom Small Company Portfolio, Continental Small Company Portfolio, Asia Pacific Small Company Portfolio (each a “Small Company Portfolio”) and Emerging Markets Portfolio, Dimensional agrees to further waive all or a portion of its management fee and to assume the other direct expenses of the Institutional Class shares of each Portfolio (excluding expenses incurred through its investment in other investment companies managed by Dimensional) (“Portfolio Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the Portfolio Expenses of the Institutional Class shares of a Small Company Portfolio to 0.42%, and the Institutional Class shares of the Emerging Markets Portfolio to 0.49%, of the average net assets of such class on an annualized basis (“Expense Limitation Amount”).

Fee Waiver and Expense Assumption for the Emerging Markets Value Portfolio.  In addition to the fee waiver in Section 1 of this Agreement, with respect to the Emerging Markets Value Portfolio, Dimensional agrees to further waive all or a portion of its management fee and to assume the other expenses of the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio (including expenses incurred through its investment in other investment companies managed by Dimensional, except for the expenses that the Portfolio incurs indirectly through investments of securities lending cash collateral in The DFA Short Term Investment Fund and unaffiliated money market funds) (“Portfolio Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the Portfolio Expenses of the Institutional Class shares of the Emerging

Fee Waiver and Expense Assumption for International Small Company Portfolio.  Dimensional agrees to waive all or a portion of its management fee and to assume the other direct expenses of the Institutional Class shares of the International Small Company Portfolio (excluding expenses incurred through its investment in other investment companies) (“Portfolio Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the Portfolio Expenses of the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio to 0.45% of the average net assets of such class on an annualized basis (“Expense Limitation Amount”).

Duty to Reimburse Dimensional.  With respect to each Small Company Portfolio and the International Small Company Portfolio, if, at any time, the Portfolio Expenses are less than the applicable Expense Limitation Amount of the Institutional Class shares of shares of a Portfolio, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolio, shall reimburse Dimensional for any fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed to the extent that such reimbursement will not cause the annualized Portfolio Expenses for such class of shares of the Portfolio to exceed the applicable Expense Limitation Amount identified above.  Except, there shall be no obligation for the Fund, on behalf of a Small Company Portfolio to reimburse Dimensional for fees waived in connection with the fee waiver described in Section 1 of this Agreement.  Also, there shall be no obligation of the Fund, on behalf of a Small Company Portfolio or the International Small Company Portfolio, to reimburse Dimensional for fees waived or expenses previously assumed by Dimensional more than thirty-six (36) months prior to the date of any reimbursement.

Assignment.  No assignment of this Agreement shall be made by Dimensional without the prior consent of the Fund.

Duration and Termination.  This Agreement shall begin on February 28, 2026, and shall continue in effect until February 28, 2027 for each Portfolio, and shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter, unless and until the Fund or Dimensional notifies the other party to the Agreement, at least thirty days (30) prior to the end of the one-year period for a Portfolio, of its intention to terminate the Agreement.  Notwithstanding this Section 7, the fee waiver described in Section 1 of this Agreement for each Portfolio, shall remain in effect permanently, unless terminated by the Fund. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the termination of the Investment Management Agreement, between Dimensional and the Fund, on behalf of such Portfolio.