Common use of Other Account Fees Clause in Contracts

Other Account Fees. Closed Account Fee (per closed account within a fund) $2.40 per year* 12b-1/Trail Commission Processing Fee (per open account within a 12b-1 fund) $1.20 per year* CDSC Processing Fee (per open account within a CDSC fund) $2.40 per year* Investor Processing™ Fee (per open account within a fund) $0.36 per year* Fiduciary Account Fee (per open & closed fiduciary account within a fund) $0.30 per year* NSCC Processing Fee (per fund) $1,500 per year* New Fund Implementation Fee (per Cusip) $1,650 per cusip New Fund Implementation Fee for "Rush Charge" (additional charge if notice of new fund is less than 30 days) $1,100 per cusip Activity Fees New Account Set-Up (excludes CACCT transactions) $4.00 each Manual Transactions (excludes UPRICE and CANCEL transactions) $0.925 each (includes CACCT and non-lockbox items) Lockbox Items (Clean Money Items) No Charge ListBill Items $7.50 per plan Shareholder/Dealer Correspondence™ $0.925 each Checkwriting Drafts Submitted for Payment $0.175 each Research Requests $1.50 each Audio Response Charges A monthly minimum audio response charge is applicable based on the schedule shown below. Any fund added to the service is subject to the same minimums being charged to the other funds in the complex at the time the funds are added. Year 3 Monthly Charge per Fund $100.00 Monthly Charge per Account $0.004 National Financial Data Services, Inc. Fee Information for Services As Plan, Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent for State Street Bank & Trust Co. The Xxxxxxx Group Effective October 1, 2004 Account Service Concession Annual Maintenance Fees (i.e. open account charges) will be reassessed on a yearly basis, contingent on annual revenue growth. Revenue growth is defined as the percentage increase in open accounts with assets from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year. The growth rate that is realized each year will be the basis for reduced open account fees in the next year, discounting the number of accounts serviced in excess of the original base line. The discounted rate will improve as greater growth is achieved. The following table illustrates the impact of future growth on Xxxxxxx'x Maintenance Fees: Baseline-January 1, 2001: 200,754 accounts serviced* GROWTH ACHIEVED FROM JAN. 1, 2001-DEC. 31, 2002 IMPACT ON OPEN ACCOUNT FEES IN 2002 Incremental Account Growth* % Increase Flat Growth or Decline In Growth 0-5% Fee increased by 2.5% or CPI, whichever is less 10,037 -- 14,052 5.1-7% No Fee increase assessed 14,053 -- 20,075 7.1-10% Fee discount of 2.5% on accounts in excess of 214,806 20,075 or greater 10% or greater Fee discount of 2.5% on accounts in excess of 214,806 -- 220,828 Fee discount of 5% on accounts in excess of 220,829 Out-of-Pocket Expenses Out-of-Pocket expenses include but are not limited to: mailing/printing expenses (statements, envelopes, checks, certificates, sales literature, printing, postage, etc.), custom programming, bank charges, telecommunications expenses, equipment/software expenses, microfiche, freight and all other expenses incurred on the Fund's behalf. Due to the pass-through nature of out-of-pocket expenses, all other charges are subject to change. **Fees are billed monthly at 1/12 of the annual rate. The Xxxxxxx Group National Financial Data Services /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Vice President and CFO Senior Vice President 12/31/2004 01/05/2005

Other Account Fees. Closed Account Fee (per closed account within a fund) $2.40 per year* 12b-1/Trail Commission Processing Fee (per open account within a 12b-1 fund) $1.20 per year* CDSC Processing Fee (per open account within a CDSC fund) $2.40 per year* Investor Processing™ Fee (per open account within a fund) $0.36 per year* Fiduciary Account Fee (per open & closed fiduciary account within a fund) $0.30 per year* NSCC Processing Fee (per fund) $1,500 per year* New Fund Implementation Fee (per Cusip) $1,650 per cusip New Fund Implementation Fee for "Rush Charge" (additional charge if notice of new fund is less than 30 days) $1,100 per cusip Activity Fees New Account Set-Up (excludes CACCT transactions) $4.00 each Manual Transactions (excludes UPRICE and CANCEL transactions) $0.925 each (includes CACCT and non-lockbox items) Lockbox Items (Clean Money Items) No Charge ListBill Items $7.50 per plan Shareholder/Dealer Correspondence™ $0.925 each Checkwriting Drafts Submitted for Payment $0.175 each Research Requests $1.50 each Audio Response Charges A monthly minimum audio response charge is applicable based on the schedule shown below. Any fund added to the service is subject to the same minimums being charged to the other funds in the complex at the time the funds are added. Year 3 Monthly Charge per Fund $100.00 Monthly Charge per Account $0.004 National Financial Data Services, Inc. Fee Information for Services As Plan, Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent for State Street Bank & Trust Co. The Xxxxxxx Cxxxxxx Group Effective October 1, 2004 Account Service Concession Annual Maintenance Fees (i.e. open account charges) will be reassessed on a yearly basis, contingent on annual revenue growth. Revenue growth is defined as the percentage increase in open accounts with assets from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year. The growth rate that is realized each year will be the basis for reduced open account fees in the next year, discounting the number of accounts serviced in excess of the original base line. The discounted rate will improve as greater growth is achieved. The following table illustrates the impact of future growth on Xxxxxxx'x Cxxxxxx'x Maintenance Fees: Baseline-January 1, 2001: 200,754 accounts serviced* GROWTH ACHIEVED FROM JAN. 1, 2001-DEC. 31, 2002 IMPACT ON OPEN ACCOUNT FEES IN 2002 Incremental Account Growth* % Increase Flat Growth or Decline In Growth 0-5% Fee increased by 2.5% or CPI, whichever is less 10,037 -- 14,052 5.1-7% No Fee increase assessed 14,053 -- 20,075 7.1-10% Fee discount of 2.5% on accounts in excess of 214,806 20,075 or greater 10% or greater Fee discount of 2.5% on accounts in excess of 214,806 -- 220,828 Fee discount of 5% on accounts in excess of 220,829 Out-of-Pocket Expenses Out-of-Pocket expenses include but are not limited to: mailing/printing expenses (statements, envelopes, checks, certificates, sales literature, printing, postage, etc.), custom programming, bank charges, telecommunications expenses, equipment/software expenses, microfiche, freight and all other expenses incurred on the Fund's behalf. Due to the pass-through nature of out-of-pocket expenses, all other charges are subject to change. **Fees are billed monthly at 1/12 of the annual rate. The Xxxxxxx Cxxxxxx Group National Financial Data Services /s/ Xxxxxx Rxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx /s/ Xxxx Mxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Vice President and CFO Senior Vice President 12/31/2004 01/05/2005