Common use of Scope of Appointment Clause in Contracts

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's ’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”), as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's ’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Funds hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Funds' Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's the Funds' periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees The Funds' agree to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund the Trusts' and Funds' shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund the Trusts' and Funds' shares, recording redemptions of Fund Trusts' and Funds' shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Funds and Companies. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Setion 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions and termination of provisions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Trust hereby employs and appoints Service Company BOSTON FINANCIAL as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective for the date hereofShares and for the Shares of future portfolios of the Trust (Appendix A shall be automatically deemed to be revised to include such future portfolio(s)). B. Service Company BOSTON FINANCIAL hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's the Trust’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company BOSTON FINANCIAL agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's the Trust’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund The Trust agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company BOSTON FINANCIAL in Kansas CityQuincy, MissouriMassachusetts, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account recordsrecords for any new Fund of the Trust. E. Subject D. Except as to duties performed and assumed by the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereofTrust under Section 21, Service Company agrees that it BOSTON FINANCIAL, utilizing TA2000TM, a computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the “TA2000TM System”) licensed from BOSTON FINANCIAL’s affiliate, DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”), will perform all the usual following services as transfer and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent dividend disbursing agent for the Trust, and as agent of the Trust for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, in a timely manner: (i) maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; (ii) providing transaction journals; (iii) preparing shareholder meeting lists, lists for use in connection with the annual or special meetings of shareholders; (iv) arranging for the mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing of shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses as instructed by the Trust; (v) withholding, withholding as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, 1042S and any other additional tax forms agreed upon by the parties, and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders, ; (vi) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares of the Trust and other transactions in shareholder shareholders’ accounts for which confirmations are required, requiring confirmation under applicable law; (vii) recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in Shares; (viii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as both are regularly provided by the TA2000TM System and as requested by the Trust or its management company; (ix) maintaining those records necessary to carry out BOSTON FINANCIAL’s duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Trust to account for all transactions in the Shares; (x) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Trust, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to BOSTON FINANCIAL by the Trust’s principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter “principal underwriter”) from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; (xi) receiving and scanning correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account and providing such correspondence to the Trust for handling and response; (xii) mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and dealers in accordance with the Trust’s instructions; (xiii) processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Trust, the Trust’s agents or prospectus, or the Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the Trust’s instructions and prospectus, the Procedures and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xiv) monitoring “as of’s” and advising broker-dealers of the necessity to reimburse the Trust when the as of loss from a transaction exceeds the thresholds established by the Trust; (xv) accepting any information, records, documents, data, certificates, transaction requests by machine readable input, facsimile and electronic instructions, including e-mail communications, which have been prepared, maintained or provided by the Trust or any other person or firm on behalf of the Trust or from broker-dealers of record or third-party administrators on behalf of individual shareholders. With respect to transaction requests received in the foregoing manner, BOSTON FINANCIAL shall not be responsible for determining that the original source documentation is in good order, which includes not being responsible for compliance with Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, and it will be the responsibility of the Trust to require its broker-dealers or third party administrators to retain such documentation. E-mail exchanges on routine matters may be made directly with the Trust’s contact at BOSTON FINANCIAL. BOSTON FINANCIAL will not act on any e-mail communications coming to it directly from shareholders requesting transactions, including, but not limited to, monetary transactions, change of ownership, or beneficiary changes; and (xvi) accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC’s participants, including the Trust), in accordance with, instructions transmitted to and received by BOSTON FINANCIAL by transmission from NSCC on behalf of authorized broker-dealers on the Trust dealer file maintained by BOSTON FINANCIAL; issuing instructions to the Trust’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Trust and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); provide account and transaction information from the Trust’s records on TA2000 System in accordance with NSCC’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; and maintain shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking. E. When requested by the Trust and when BOSTON FINANCIAL deems it reasonably feasible, BOSTON FINANCIAL shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. through means other than BOSTON FINANCIAL’s usual methods and procedures, including but not limited to, performing services requiring more manual intervention by BOSTON FINANCIAL, the manual entry of data, the modification or amendment of reports, or where information is provided to BOSTON FINANCIAL after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 System. Such provision of services shall be deemed “Exception Services,” as outlined in Schedule 6.E.(4) to this Agreement. F. BOSTON FINANCIAL shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for in the Trust’s instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Trust; provided (i) BOSTON FINANCIAL is advised in advance by the Trust of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000TM System and the mode of operations utilized by BOSTON FINANCIAL, as then constituted, supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000TM System or the operations as requested by the Trust requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000TM System or to operations as presently conducted by BOSTON FINANCIAL, BOSTON FINANCIAL shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000TM System or new mode of operation is instituted. BOSTON FINANCIAL shall endeavor to add such modifications or enhancements as soon as is reasonably possible. If any new change or improvement to existing services or modes of operation requested by the Trust (and which is not a change, enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System covered by Section 24 of this Agreement) measurably increases BOSTON FINANCIAL’s cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, BOSTON FINANCIAL shall advise the Trust of the amount of such increase and if the Trust elects to utilize such change or improvement, BOSTON FINANCIAL shall be entitled to increase its fees by an amount to be mutually agreed upon by the Trust and BOSTON FINANCIAL. In no event shall BOSTON FINANCIAL be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation requested by the Trust until BOSTON FINANCIAL has consented thereto in writing, and such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. G. The Trust shall have the right to add all new Funds of the Trust to the TA2000TM System, provided that the Trust provides BOSTON FINANCIAL with at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice and provided, further, that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by BOSTON FINANCIAL under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional Funds shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such Fund sharesuses functions, recording redemptions features or characteristics for which BOSTON FINANCIAL has imposed an additional charge as part of Fund shares its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and preparing charges shall be mutually agreed upon by the Trust and BOSTON FINANCIAL. H. BOSTON FINANCIAL shall maintain a quality control process designed to provide a consistent level of quality and timeliness for its transaction processing. BOSTON FINANCIAL’s performance of the services under this Agreement will be measured against service level standards (“SLAs”), which have been established in good faith by mutual written agreement of the parties and which are made a part of this Agreement as Schedule 4.H. BOSTON FINANCIAL shall provide to the Trust, a monthly report with respect to BOSTON FINANCIAL’s processing against the SLAs. In order that BOSTON FINANCIAL may reasonably estimate the staffing needed to maintain the SLAs, the Trust agrees to use its best efforts to communicate to BOSTON FINANCIAL all sales and volume projections prior to the beginning of each quarter and to provide the BOSTON FINANCIAL with advance notice of any product development, sales or marketing campaigns that the Trust determines may materially impact the volume of transactions in the Funds. The parties agree to work together to resolve any performance issues in good faith. The parties annually shall review and discuss the SLAs and shall make such changes therein as to which they mutually agree. The parties agree that the SLAs shall not apply to, and shall not be calculated for, any particular day when: (i) the TA2000™ System or any computer hardware or software, which is substantially required for the performance of the services, is unavailable for more than sixty (60) minutes, provided that such unavailability is beyond BOSTON FINANCIAL’s reasonable control and BOSTON FINANCIAL notifies the Trust promptly of such unavailability; (ii) there is a failure or unavailability of communication lines outside of BOSTON FINANCIAL’s facilities; (iii) there is a disaster that requires BOSTON FINANCIAL to process at its disaster recovery site, provided such disaster was not caused by BOSTON FINANCIAL’s negligence or willful misconduct, or when BOSTON FINANCIAL’s transaction processing is impeded by an event described in Section 15 hereof; or (iv) the failure to perform is caused by third parties (including the Trust) whose actions are beyond BOSTON FINANCIAL’s reasonable control. I. The parties agree that to the extent that BOSTON FINANCIAL provides any services under this Agreement that relate to compliance by the Trust with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) or any other tax law, including without limitation, withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing checks U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S, and performing and paying backup withholding as required for payments shareholders, BOSTON FINANCIAL will not exercise any discretion and will provide only ministerial, mechanical, printing, reproducing, and other similar assistance to the Trust. In particular, BOSTON FINANCIAL will not exercise any discretion in determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or when such compliance has been achieved. Except to the extent of making mathematical calculations or completing forms, in each case based on the Trust’s instructions, BOSTON FINANCIAL will not exercise any discretion in (1) determining generally: (a) the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on shareholder accounts; and (b) the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form; (2) classifying the status of shareholders and shareholder accounts under applicable tax law; and (3) paying withholding and other taxes. J. The Trust, the Trust’s administrator (the “Administrator”) or the blue sky vendor designated by the Trust or its Administrator in writing (the “Blue Sky Vendor”) shall identify to BOSTON FINANCIAL in writing the states and countries where the Shares of the Trust are registered, and the number of Shares registered for sale with respect to each state or country, as applicable and whether any Funds or classes of Shares should be designated as exempt from blue sky reporting (the “blue sky parameters”). BOSTON FINANCIAL shall establish the blue sky parameters on the transfer agent system. The Trust or its Administrator or Blue Sky Vendor shall verify that the blue sky parameters have been correctly established for each state or country on the transfer agent system prior to activation and thereafter shall be responsible for monitoring the daily activity for each state or country. The responsibility of BOSTON FINANCIAL for the Trust’s blue sky registration status is solely limited to the initial establishment of the blue sky parameters provided by the Trust, the Administrator or the Blue Sky Vendor and the daily transmission of a file to the Blue Sky Vendor in order that the Blue Sky Vendor may provide blue sky services to the Trust. In the event that the Trust elects to engage BOSTON FINANCIAL as its designated Blue Sky Vendor, this provision shall not apply and the parties’ obligations as to such blue sky services shall be exclusively governed by the terms of a blue sky agreement entered into between the Administrator and BOSTON FINANCIAL. K. If requested by the Trust (and as mutually agreed upon redemption by the parties as to any reasonable reimbursable expenses), provide any additional related services (i.e., pertaining to escheatments, abandoned property, garnishment orders, bankruptcy and divorce proceedings, Internal Revenue Service or state tax authority tax levies and summonses and all matters relating to the foregoing). L. With respect to the Savings Incentive Match Plan for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersEmployee Individual Retirement Accounts (“SIMPLE IRAs”) offered by the Trust in connection with the Shares, BOSTON FINANCIAL, utilizing the DST TRAC System (“TRAC”) will perform services in connection with SIMPLE IRAs as set forth in Schedule 4.L., attached hereto. In addition, the fees and expenses for such SIMPLE XXX services are set forth in Exhibit A-1, SIMPLE XXX Fees and Expenses.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholdersstockholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder stockholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder stockholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder stockholder accounts, preparing shareholder stockholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder stockholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholdersstockholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders stockholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder stockholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments nnreinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersstockholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R) System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042,1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company, maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; arid, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions and termination of provisions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Trust hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective for the date hereofShares and for the Shares of future portfolios of the Trust (Annex A shall be revised to include such future portfolio(s)). B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fundthe Trust's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fundthe Trust's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund The Trust agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account recordsrecords for any new Fund of the Trust. E. Subject to D. DST, utilizing TA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof"TA2000(TM) System"), Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent dividend disbursing agent for the Trust, and as agent of the Trust for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes of the Trust; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding, withholding as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares of the Trust and other transactions in shareholder shareholders' accounts for which confirmations are required, requiring confirmation under applicable law; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in Shares; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as both are regularly provided by the TA2000(TM) System and as requested by the Trust or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Trust to account for all transactions in the Shares, calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Trust, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by the Trust's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and dealers in accordance with the Trust's instructions; processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Trust, the Trust's agents or prospectus, or the Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the Trust's instructions and prospectus, the Procedures and the general exchange privilege applicable; operating the order desk on behalf of the Trust for the purpose of taking trade orders from broker-dealers and institutions, confirming orders on "T+1" (Trade Date Plus One), monitoring the settlement of such orders and advising the Trust once such orders become delinquent based upon the Trust's guidelines; monitoring "as of's" and advising broker-dealers of the necessity to reimburse the Trust when the as of loss from a transaction exceeds the thresholds established by the Trust; and monitoring, administering and updating (but not verifying the accuracy of) the MENTAP/Market Advisor database. E. At the request of Trust, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. other than through DST's usual methods and procedures to utilize the TA2000 System, that is by performing services requiring more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System, or where information is provided to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 System, thereby decreasing the effective time for performance by DST (the "Exception Services"). F. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for in the Trust's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Trust; provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Trust of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000(TM) System and the mode of operations utilized by DST, as then constituted, supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000(TM) System or the operations as requested by the Trust requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000(TM) System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefore until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000(TM) System or new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise the Trust of the amount of such increase and if the Trust elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation requested by the Trust until it has consented thereto in writing. G. The Trust shall have the right to add all new Funds of the Trust to the TA2000(TM) System, provided that the Trust provides DST with at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice and provided, further, that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional Funds shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such Fund sharesuses functions, recording redemptions features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of Fund its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein is intended to, nor does it, prohibit the Trust from offering Funds under a "private label" arrangement whereby such Funds consist of omnibus accounts whose shareowner detail, reflecting ownership of the shares of the omnibus account, are maintained on another shareholder accounting and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersrecordkeeping system other than on the TA2000 System.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions and termination of provisions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Trust hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective for the date hereofShares and for the Shares of future portfolios of the Trust (Appendix I shall be automatically deemed to be revised to include such future portfolio(s)). B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fundthe Trust's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fundthe Trust's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund The Trust agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account recordsrecords for any new Fund of the Trust. E. Subject to D. DST, utilizing TA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof"TA2000(TM) System"), Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent dividend disbursing agent for the Trust, and as agent of the Trust for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes of the Trust; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding, withholding as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares of the Trust and other transactions in shareholder shareholders' accounts for which confirmations are required, requiring confirmation under applicable law; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in Shares; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as both are regularly provided by the TA2000(TM) System and as requested by the Trust or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Trust to account for all transactions in the Shares, calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Trust, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by the Trust's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and dealers in accordance with the Trust's instructions; processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Trust, the Trust's agents or prospectus, or the Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the Trust's instructions and prospectus, the Procedures and the general exchange privilege applicable; operating the order desk on behalf of the Trust for the purpose of taking trade orders from broker-dealers and institutions, confirming orders on "T+1" (Trade Date Plus One), monitoring the settlement of such orders and advising the Trust once such orders become delinquent based upon the Trust's guidelines; monitoring "as of's" and advising broker-dealers of the necessity to reimburse the Trust when the as of loss from a transaction exceeds the thresholds established by the Trust; and monitoring, administering and updating (but not verifying the accuracy of) the MENTAP/Market Advisor database. E. At the request of Trust, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. other than through DST's usual methods and procedures to utilize the TA2000 System, that is by performing services requiring more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System, or where information is provided to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 System, thereby decreasing the effective time for performance by DST (the "Exception Services"). F. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for in the Trust's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Trust; provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Trust of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000(TM) System and the mode of operations utilized by DST, as then constituted, supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000(TM) System or the operations as requested by the Trust requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000(TM) System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefore until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000(TM) System or new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise the Trust of the amount of such increase and if the Trust elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation requested by the Trust until it has consented thereto in writing. G. The Trust shall have the right to add all new Funds of the Trust to the TA2000(TM) System, provided that the Trust provides DST with at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice and provided, further, that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional Funds shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such Fund sharesuses functions, recording redemptions features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of Fund its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein is intended to, nor does it, prohibit the Trust from offering Funds under a "private label" arrangement whereby such Funds consist of omnibus accounts whose shareowner detail, reflecting ownership of the shares of the omnibus account, are maintained on another shareholder accounting and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersrecordkeeping system other than on the TA2000 System.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agent, on behalf of the Class A, Class B and Class C shares of the Fund, effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R) System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, 1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; and, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein for payments reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon redemption at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for disbursements additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersprovide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Company hereby employs appoints Xxxxx Xxxxxxx to perform certain transfer agent and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent dividend disbursing agent services, and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofXxxxx Xxxxxxx accepts such appointment. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection (b) Such services shall be provided with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment respect to all individual shareholder accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if anyencompassed within the omnibus accounts referenced above. C. Service Company (c) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund (d) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent transfer agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as dividend disbursing agent for not performed by IFTC with respect to the various shareholder accountsaccounts outlined in Section 1(b), including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, ; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, ; tracking shareholder accounts for blue sky and Rule 12b-1 purposes; withholding federal income taxes, taxes on non-resident alien and foreign corporation accounts; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividends, distributions; preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases purchases, exchanges and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, ; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, ; recording redemptions of Fund shares shares; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. (e) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx shall perform all services relating to shareholder transactions, share redemptions and maintaining shareholder accounts on the same business day as the request for the transaction is received. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx shall perform all services relating to payouts of monies no later than three business days following the date of receipt of the request for the transaction. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx shall perform all services relating to the provision of confirmations no later than three business days following the transaction. Any activities not enumerated will be fulfilled no later than the time required by applicable law. In each case the time standards will be adjusted to meet any applicable requirements of law. The time frames above include not only the performance of the activity, but the appropriate quality control and mailing of the related checks, confirms, letters or other documents. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx will maintain records of its performance, available to the Company for inspection upon reasonable notice.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's ’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions transac­tions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R) System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042,1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; and, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act (the "BSA"), as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Company, on behalf of the Fund, hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent of the Fund effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholdersstockholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund The Company, on behalf of the Fund, agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder Fund stockholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder stockholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder stockholder accounts, preparing shareholder stockholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder stockholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholdersstockholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders stockholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of the Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder stockholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in the Fund shares, recording redemptions of the Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersstockholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Funds hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Funds' Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's the Funds' periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees The Funds' agree to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund the Trusts' and Funds' shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and 3 distributions in Fund the Trusts' and Funds' shares, recording redemptions of Fund Trusts' and Funds' shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Funds and Companies. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Setion 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof.day of , 19 . ----- ------------ --- B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, if any, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of redemptions, income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations redemptions of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions and cooperating with broker-dealers and financial intermediaries who represent shareholders of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersthe Fund.

Scope of Appointment. A. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Company hereby employs appoints the Servicing Agent to perform certain transfer agent and appoints Service Company as Transfer dividend disbursing agent services, and the Servicing Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofaccepts such appointment. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection (b) Such services shall be provided with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment respect to all individual shareholder accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if anyencompassed within the omnibus accounts referenced above. C. Service Company (c) The Servicing Agent agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund (d) The Servicing Agent agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent transfer agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as dividend disbursing agent for not performed by DST with respect to the various shareholder accountsaccounts outlined in Section 1(b), including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, ; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, ; tracking shareholder accounts for blue sky and Rule 12b-1 purposes; withholding federal income taxes, taxes on non-resident alien and foreign corporation accounts; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividends, distributions; preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases purchases, exchanges and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, ; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, ; recording redemptions of Fund shares shares; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. (e) The Servicing Agent shall perform all services relating to shareholder transactions, share redemptions and maintaining shareholder accounts on the same business day as the request for the transaction is received. The Servicing Agent shall perform all services relating to payouts of monies no later than three business days following the date of receipt of the request for the transaction. The Servicing Agent shall perform all services relating to the provision of confirmations no later than three business days following the transaction. Any activities not enumerated will be fulfilled no later than the time required by applicable law. In each case the time standards will be adjusted to meet any applicable requirements of law. The time frames above include not only the performance of the activity, but the appropriate quality control and mailing of the related checks, confirms, letters or other documents. The Servicing Agent will maintain records of its performance, available to the Company for inspection upon reasonable notice.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's ’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions transac­tions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”), as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-open- account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Company hereby employs appoints Xxxxx Xxxxxxx to perform certain transfer agent and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent dividend disbursing agent services, and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofXxxxx Xxxxxxx accepts such appointment. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection (b) Such services shall be provided with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment respect to all individual shareholder accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if anyencompassed within the omnibus accounts referenced above. C. Service Company (c) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund (d) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent transfer agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as dividend disbursing agent for not performed by IFTC with respect to the various shareholder accountsaccounts outlined in Section 1(b), including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, ; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, ; tracking shareholder accounts for blue sky and Rule 12b-1 purposes; withholding federal income taxes, taxes on non-resident alien and foreign corporation accounts; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividends, distributions; preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases purchases, exchanges and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, ; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, ; recording redemptions of Fund shares shares; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 18 and 21 19 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective on or about May 6, 1988 or in accordance with the date hereofFund's Registration Statement. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, maintaining all shareholder accountsaccounts (including, determining that (i) Fund shares purchased from Fund have been added to the proper shareholder account or accounts and (ii) Fund shares repurchased or redeemed by Fund have been removed from the 4 proper shareholder account or accounts and (iii) the proper number of shares have been added, removed or cancelled from the Fund's shareholder records), preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. F. Whenever any Fund shares are repurchased or redeemed by Fund, IFTC shall advise the Fund's custodian of the stock so repurchased or redeemed, the aggregate dollar amount to be paid for such shares, and shall confirm such advice in writing. G. Whenever Fund shares are purchased from Fund, IFTC will deposit with the Fund's custodian the amount received for such shares into the account of the Fund. H. IFTC agrees to generate reports which provide certain information for blue sky reporting by the Fund at least on a monthly basis within five business days after the end of the month.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofPaying Agent. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Paying Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts deliver or to deliver cause to Service Company be delivered to IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to D. IFTC, utilizing TA2000/TM/, a computerized data processing recordkeeping system for securityholder accounting, shall perform the provisions of Sections 20 following services as transfer, paying and 21 hereofshareholders' servicing agent for the Fund, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent of the Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; answering and responding to telephone inquiries from shareholders and broker- dealers; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, and certifying the shareholder votes in the Fund; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding, withholding federal as required by Federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042S and backup withholding as instructed by the Fund and as required for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the mutual fund processing system utilized by IFTC (the "TA2000/TM/ System") and as requested by the Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out IFTC's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund to account for all transactions in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Fund, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to IFTC by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the shareholders' or the Fund's instructions; processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Fund or its agents); causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with shareholders' and the Fund's instructions, the prospectus and the exchange privilege as set forth in the applicable application; transferring monies to and receiving monies from the Fund's Custodian, as appropriate; and interfacing with and receiving, providing and processing information as appropriate in connection with programs offered by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") to the extent the Fund has elected and executed the appropriate agreements with NSCC. E. IFTC shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, services with respect to any new, additional Fund functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing Fund functions or features provided for payments upon redemption in Fund's instructions or prospectus, as amended from time to time, provided (i) IFTC is advised, a reasonable time in advance, by the Fund of any changes therein and for disbursements (ii) the TA2000/TM/ System and mode of operations utilized by IFTC as then constituted supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the Fund features and functions currently provided or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersthe TA2000/TM/ System or to operations as then conducted by IFTC, IFTC shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000/TM/ System or new mode of operation is instituted. If any new or additional Fund function or feature, change or improvement to existing Fund functions or features, or new service or change in mode of operation required by the Fund increases IFTC's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the then current level of service, IFTC shall advise the Fund of the amount of such increase and if the Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or changed method of service, IFTC shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. F. To the extent that the Fund requests IFTC to perform any of the foregoing services in a manner not consistent with utilization of TA2000/TM/ or IFTC's usual processing procedures or to the extent the Fund requests performance of additional services not enumerated above, IFTC and the Fund shall mutually agree as to the services to be accomplished, the manner of accomplishment and the compensation to which IFTC shall be entitled with respect thereto.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective on or about May 6, 1988 or in accordance with the date hereofFund's Registration Statement. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, maintaining all shareholder accountsaccounts (including, determining that (i) Fund shares purchased from Fund have been added to the proper shareholder account or accounts and (ii) Fund shares repurchased or redeemed by Fund have been removed from the proper shareholder account or accounts and (iii) the proper number of shares have been added, removed or cancelled from the Fund's shareholder records), preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. F. Whenever any Fund shares are repurchased or redeemed by Fund, IFTC shall advise the Fund's custodian of the stock so repurchased or redeemed, the aggregate dollar amount to be paid for such shares, and shall confirm such advice in writing. G. Whenever Fund shares are purchased from Fund, IFTC will deposit with the Fund's custodian the amount received for such shares into the account of the Fund. H. IFTC agrees to generate reports which provide certain information for blue sky reporting by the Fund at least on a monthly basis within five business days after the end of the month.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R) System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, 1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company, maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; and, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund Tr-ust hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. ____ day of January, 1991. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as FundTrust's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing AgentAgent for the current series of shares and each subsequently created series of shares of Trust. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with FundTrust's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. . C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund Trust agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. . E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share certificatescertificates of shares of beneficial interest, if any, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on non-resident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders shareholders, principal distributor, and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations redemptions of Fund Trust shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund Trust shares, recording redemptions and cooperating with broker-dealers and financial intermediaries who represent shareholders of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersTrust.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective the 1st day of May, 1993, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective as to all current and future issued and outstanding shares of the date hereofFund. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic investment and withdrawal payment accounts and accounts, other open-account or and similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. The Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. . E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, proxies (outside agency bills treated as out-of-pocket expenses); mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income accounts for which IFTC is the named trustee or custodian, on accounts which IFTC has been advised are subject to backup withholding federal income taxes, or other instances agreed upon by the parties; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, shareholders as directed by the Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations liquidation of the Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, required or as directed by the Fund; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares ; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R)System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042,1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; and, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective on or about May 6, 1988 or in accordance with the date hereofFund's Registration Statement. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees 4 that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, maintaining all shareholder accountsaccounts (including, determining that (i) Fund shares purchased from Fund have been added to the proper shareholder account or accounts and (ii) Fund shares repurchased or redeemed by Fund have been removed from the proper shareholder account or accounts and (iii) the proper number of shares have been added, removed or cancelled from the Fund's shareholder records), preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. F. Whenever any Fund shares are repurchased or redeemed by Fund, IFTC shall advise the Fund's custodian of the stock so repurchased or redeemed, the aggregate dollar amount to be paid for such shares, and shall confirm such advice in writing. G. Whenever Fund shares are purchased from Fund, IFTC will deposit with the Fund's custodian the amount received for such shares into the account of the Fund. H. IFTC agrees to generate reports which provide certain information for blue sky reporting by the Fund at least on a monthly basis within five business days after the end of the month.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fundeach Portfolio's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share beneficial interest certificates, if any, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of redemptions, income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations redemptions of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions and cooperating with broker-dealers and financial intermediaries who represent shareholders of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersthe Fund.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective the ___th day of _________, 1996, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective as to all current and future issued and outstanding shares of the date hereofFund. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic investment and withdrawal payment accounts and accounts, other open-account or and similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company DST agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. The Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company DST agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, proxies (outside agency bills treated as out-of-pocket expenses); mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income accounts for which DST is the named trustee or custodian, on accounts which DST has been advised are subject to backup withholding federal income taxes, or other instances agreed upon by the parties; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, shareholders as directed by the Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations liquidation of the Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, required or as directed by the Fund; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares ; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective on or about March 30, 1988 or in accordance with the date hereofFund's Registration Statement. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, maintaining all shareholder accountsaccounts (including, determining that (i) Fund shares purchased from Fund have been added to the proper shareholder account or accounts and (ii) Fund shares repurchased or redeemed by Fund have been removed from the 4 proper shareholder account or accounts and (iii) the proper number of shares have been added, removed or cancelled from the Fund's shareholder records), preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxestaxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding or other instances agreed upon by the parties, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders. F. Whenever any Fund shares are repurchased or redeemed by Fund, IFTC shall advise the Fund's custodian of the series of stock so repurchased or redeemed, the aggregate dollar amount to be paid for such shares, and shall confirm such advice in writing. G. Whenever Fund shares are purchased from Fund, IFTC will deposit with the Fund's custodian the amount received for such shares into the account of the designated Portfolio for which the shares pertain. H. IFTC agrees to generate reports which provide certain information for blue sky reporting by the Fund at least on a monthly basis within five business days after the end of the month.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Trust hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fundthe Trust's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fundthe Trust's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company The Trust agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. DST shall have no responsibility or liability for the contents of shareholder account records not received by DST, nor for Adverse Consequences, as hereinafter defined, directly or indirectly arising out of or resulting from or contributed to by the absence of such records. E. Subject to D. DST, utilizing TA2000 (TRADEMARK), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof"TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System"), Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent dividend disbursing agent for the Trust, and as agent of the Trust for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes of the Trust; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding, withholding as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042 and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares of the Trust and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in Fund shares of the Trust; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System and as requested by the Trust or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Trust to account for all transactions in the Trust shares, recording calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Trust shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Trust, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by the Trust's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the Trust's instructions; and processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Trust or its agents), and causing exchanges of Fund shares to be executed in accordance with the Trust's instructions and preparing prospectus and mailing checks the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of Trust, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. other than through DST's usual methods of and procedures to utilize the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System, that is by using methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform services requiring more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System, or which provides information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System, thereby decreasing the effective time for payments performance by DST (the "Exception Services"). F. The Trust shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System upon redemption at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in the Trust's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for the Trust provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Trust of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System or the operations as requested by the Trust requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefore until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000 (TRADEMARK) System or new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise the Trust of the amount of such increase and if the Trust elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. The Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of the Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions repurchases of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption repurchase and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders, if applicable.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to D. DST, utilizing TA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof"TA2000(TM) System"), Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in the Fund; mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding, withholding federal as required by Federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099, 1042, and 10428 and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders, ; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000(TM) System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund to account for all transactions in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for the Fund, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the Fund's instructions; and processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchases or redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by the Fund or its agents), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the Fund's instructions and prospectus and the general exchange privilege application. F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000(TM) System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000(TM) System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted supports such additional functions and features. If any addition to; improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000(TM) System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000(TM) System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefore until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000(TM) System or new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise the Fund of the amount of such increase and if the Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company IFTC as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company IFTC hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company IFTC agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company IFTC agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company IFTC in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company IFTC agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereofAgent. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable its best efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject D. DST, utilizing DST's computerized data processing systems for securityholder accounting for open-end funds (the "TA2000(R) System"), and subject to the provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21 hereofof this Agreement, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual following services as transfer, dividend disbursing and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent shareholders' servicing agent for Fund, and as agent of Fund for the various shareholder accountsaccounts thereof, including, without limitation, the followingin a timely manner: issuingissuing (including countersigning), transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; providing transaction journals; preparing shareholder meeting listslists (one annually at no charge, lists for additional meetings will be charged for), mailing proxiesproxies and proxy materials, receiving and tabulating proxies, certifying the shareholder votes in Fund (all proxy activities are subject to proxy fees and reimbursable fees); mailing shareholder reports and prospectusesprospectuses supplied to DST by Fund or its agents; withholding, as required by Federal law and as directed by Fund, taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income, backup withholding federal or other instances agreed upon by Fund and DST; disbursing income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions to shareholders, preparing preparing, filing and filing all required mailing U.S. Treasury Department information returns Forms 1099,1042,1042S and backup withholding as required for all shareholders, shareholders and as directed by Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations (not applicable to closed-end funds except for transfers into or out of a shareholders' account) of shares of Fund shares and other confirmable transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, shareholders' accounts; recording reinvestments reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of Fund; providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by Fund or its management company; maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by Fund to account for all transactions (non-valued in closed-end funds) in Fund shares, recording redemptions calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund shares as set forth in the prospectus for Fund (not applicable to closed-end funds); solely for open-end funds: determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules delivered to DST by Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter and preparing disbursing such commissions to the principal underwriter; receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder correspondence; mailing checks to dealers confirmations of wire order trades (not applicable to closed-end funds); mailing copies of shareholder statements to shareholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with Fund's instructions; and, solely in the case of open-end funds, processing, generally on the date of receipt, purchases or redemptions or instructions to settle any mail or wire order purchase or redemption (or in the case of closed-end funds, effecting transfer of certificates) received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus and DST's Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by Fund or its agents or DST's Procedures), and, solely in the case of open-end funds, causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with Fund's instructions, the applicable prospectus, DST's Procedures and the general exchange privilege application. E. At the request of an Authorized Person (a person identified as such on Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference), DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Agreement in connection with transactions (i) on behalf of retirement plans and participants in retirement plans and transactions ordered by brokers as part of a "no transaction fee" program ("NTF"), the processing of which transactions require DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by non-retirement plan, non-NTF and pre-nightly transactions (the "Exception Services"). F. Fund shall have the right to add new series to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement and any new series shall be provided services in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement. Rates or charges for payments upon redemption additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit B, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series use functions, features or characteristics for which DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with DST's then-standard pricing schedule. G. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, reasonably promptly under the circumstances, the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for disbursements in Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to systematic withdrawal plan shareholderstime, for Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by Fund of any changes therein, (ii) the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by DST as then constituted support such additional functions and features, and (iii) any new or increased services to be provided by DST or commenced to be used by Fund in addition to those currently used at execution hereof or any new products or functionality added to the TA2000 System shall be provided in accordance with the Fee Schedules then attached to the existing Agency Agreements between DST and the various Funds of Pilgrim Capital Corporation, which agreements pre-date this Agency Agreement, or, if not referenced in such fee schedules, at mutually agreed to fees and charges. If any addition to, improvement of or change in the features and functions currently provided by the TA2000 System or the operations as requested by Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall not be liable therefor until such modification or enhancement is, if DST agrees to develop or institute it, developed (at Fund's expense) and installed on the TA2000 System or a new mode of operation is instituted. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise Fund of the amount of such increase and if Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs. In no event shall DST be responsible for or liable to provide any additional function, feature, improvement or change in method of operation until it has consented thereto in writing.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund the Funds hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's Funds’ Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's the Funds’ periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees The Funds’ agree to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund the Trusts’ and Funds’ shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund the Trusts’ and Funds’ shares, recording redemptions of Fund Trusts’ and Funds’ shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Funds and Companies. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Setion 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective the date hereof. B. Service Company hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open-account or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 hereof, Service Company agrees that it will perform all the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling canceling share certificates, maintaining all shareholder accounts, preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses, withholding federal income taxes, preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income and capital gains dividends, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns for all shareholders, preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations of Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholders. F. Service Company agrees to comply with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSAct, as they relate to the Fund. Service Company further agrees to establish and implement an Anti-Money Laundering Program, as defined in Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In addition to the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent set forth in this Agreement, Service Company shall perform the services necessary to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA, including but not limited to implementing policies and procedures, maintaining books and records and responding to requests for information pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the BSA.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective the 1st day of January, 1998, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Service Company DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent effective as to all current and future issued and outstanding shares of the date hereofFund. B. Service Company DST hereby accepts such employment and appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. Service Company DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic investment and withdrawal payment accounts and accounts, other open-account or and similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. Service Company DST agrees to provide the necessary facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with industry practice. D. The Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to deliver to Service Company DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. E. Subject to the provisions of Sections 20 19. and 21 20. hereof, Service Company DST agrees that it will perform all of the usual and ordinary services of Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent and as agent Agent for the various shareholder accounts, including, without limitation, the following: issuing, transferring and cancelling share stock certificates, ; maintaining all shareholder accounts, ; preparing shareholder meeting lists, mailing proxies, receiving and tabulating proxies, proxies (outside agency bills treated as out-of-pocket expenses); mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; withholding taxes on nonresident alien and foreign corporation accounts, for pension and deferred income accounts for which DST is the named trustee or custodian, on accounts which DST has been advised are subject to backup withholding federal income taxes, or other instances agreed upon by the parties; preparing and mailing checks for disbursement of income dividends and capital gains dividendsdistributions, preparing and filing all required U.S. Treasury Department information returns Form 1099 for all shareholders, shareholders as directed by the Fund; preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers with respect to all purchases and liquidations liquidation of the Fund shares and other transactions in shareholder accounts for which confirmations are required, required or as directed by the Fund; recording reinvestments of dividends and distributions in Fund shares, recording redemptions of Fund shares ; and preparing and mailing checks for payments upon redemption and for disbursements to systematic withdrawal plan shareholdersholders.