Common use of Scope of Appointment Clause in Contracts

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) 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 the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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. 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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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. G. The Fund shall 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. 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.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Funds hereby appoints appoint DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing AgentAgent for the Funds. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Funds’ Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's Funds’ periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder the securityholder account recordsrecords of the Funds. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the FundFunds, and as agent of the Fund Funds for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: manner and in accordance with laws, rules and regulations applicable to either DST or the services provided by DST hereunder (including the Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (Regulation S-P) under the 1934 Act): (i) issuing (including countersigning, if applicable), transferring and canceling share certificatesredeeming book entry equity interests in the Funds; (ii) maintaining securityholder accounts on the records of the Funds on the TA2000 System shareholder accountsSystem; (iii) when and if a Fund participates in the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”), accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through NSCC Networking and the purchase, redemption, and transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV systems or applications offered to its participants by NSCC (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"“Programs”) on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) when and if a Fund participates in the NSCC issuing instructions to the Funds' ’ banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) when and if a Fund participates in the NSCC providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's ’s records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV the applicable Program’s rules for and those broker-dealers; (vi) when and if a Fund participates in the NSCC, maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networkingthe Programs; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder securityholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder securityholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder securityholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing making available data files to the accounting firm selected by the Company for the calculation and preparation of U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 10421012, 1042S and 1042S K-1 and receiving file forms from such accounting firm and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholderssecurityholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders securityholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the FundFunds; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders securityholders and dealersintermediaries for securityholders, as instructed, for all purchases and and, liquidations of shares equity interests of the Fund Funds and other confirmable transactions in shareholderssecurityholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management companyCompany; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund Funds to account for all transactions on TA2000 in the Fund sharesFunds; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares Funds, as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter Funds' managing dealer or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwritermanaging dealer") or an any other Authorized Person from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter managing dealer and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwritermanaging dealer; (xvi) receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder securityholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder securityholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder securityholder statements to shareholders securityholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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, prospectus and rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of ownership interests in the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) once approval of the Company therefore has been received by DST, processing timely redemptions (as provided in the Funds’ dividend reinvestment plan) received in proper order as approved by the Company in accordance with the instructions of the Funds, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined); (xx) providing to the Fund Company escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000.; and (xxi) providing a Cash Utilization Arrangement consistent with the provisions set forth in Exhibit A. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 securityholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the 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. DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide, provide reasonably promptly under the circumstances, 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 Fund's instructions, Company’s instructions or the Funds’ prospectus or application application, as amended from time to time, for the Fund Funds provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund Company of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund Company requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 System or to operations as presently conducted by DST, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide such improvement of or change in the features and functions, but DST shall not be liable therefore until such modification or enhancement is installed on the TA2000 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 Company of the amount of such increase and if the Fund Company elects by written notice to DST 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 the date scheduled to be implemented pursuant to a written work order, statement of work or other document evidencing agreement to implement such function, feature, improvement or change in writingmethod of operation, executed by the parties. G. The Fund shall Company may, at its option and in its sole discretion, add new series Funds to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' ’ prior written notice to DST (and the execution by the Company and DST of an addendum confirming that the Company agrees to be bound by the provisions hereof with respect to such Fund) provided that the requirements of the new series Funds are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional series Funds shall be as set forth in Exhibit AB, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term term, except as such series Funds require the use of functions, features or characteristics for that are not consistent with the then-current requirements of the existing Funds, in which DST has imposed case, the parties shall mutually agree whether and to what amount to impose 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. H. The provisions of this Section 4.H that follow this sentence shall take precedence over and shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between such provisions and any other provisions of this Agency Agreement or any provisions of any exhibit or other attachment to this Agency Agreement (or any provisions of any attachment to any such exhibit or attachment). The parties agree that – to the extent that the Company requests that DST provide any services under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Company and/or the Funds with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x) – it is the parties’ mutual intent that DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical services to the Company and the Funds and that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind, and particularly that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in: (1) determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or determining generally when such compliance has been achieved; (2) determining the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on securityholder accounts (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Company); (3) determining the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Company which among other things identify the specific boxes and lines into which amounts calculated by DST are to be placed); (4) classifying the status of securityholders and securityholder accounts under applicable tax law (except to the extent of following express instructions regarding such classification provided by the Company); and (5) paying withholding and other taxes, except pursuant to the express instructions of the Company.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder securityholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System")) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder securityholder accounts; (iii) 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("“NSCC"”) on behalf of NSCC's ’s participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' ’ banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's ’s records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's ’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-broker- dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) 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 the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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. 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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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. G. The Fund shall 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. 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.;

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder securityholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System")) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder securityholder accounts; (iii) 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("“NSCC"”) on behalf of NSCC's ’s participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' ’ banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's ’s records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's ’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder securityholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder securityholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder securityholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholderssecurityholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders securityholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders securityholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholderssecurityholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) 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 the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder securityholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder securityholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder securityholder statements to shareholders securityholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 securityholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the 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. 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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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. G. The Fund shall add all 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. 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. H. The provisions of this Section 4.H that follow this sentence shall take precedence over and shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between such provisions and any other provisions of this Agency Agreement or any provisions of any exhibit or other attachment to this Agency Agreement (or any provisions of any attachment to any such exhibit or attachment). The parties agree that – to the extent that DST provides any services under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x) – it is the parties’ mutual intent that DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical assistance to the Fund and that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind, and particularly that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in: (1) determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or determining generally when such compliance has been achieved; (2) determining the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on securityholder accounts (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Fund); (3) determining the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Fund which among other things identify the specific boxes and lines into which amounts calculated by DST are to be placed); (4) classifying the status of securityholders and securityholder accounts under applicable tax law (except to the extent of following express instructions regarding such classification provided by the Fund); and (5) paying withholding and other taxes, except pursuant to the express instructions of the Fund. The Fund agrees that it will provide express and comprehensive instructions to DST in connection with all of the services that are to be provided by DST under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law (including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x)), including promptly providing responses to requests for direction that may be made from time to time by DST of the Fund in this regard.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder the Fund's securityholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000/TM/, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System")) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund and of the Fund for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificatesredeeming book entry shares; (ii) maintaining securityholder accounts on the records of the Fund on the TA2000 System shareholder accountsSystem; (iii) when and if the Fund participates in the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"), accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, and transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV systems or applications offered to its participants by NSCC (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCCPrograms") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC issuing instructions to the Funds' Fund's banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds Fund and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC providing account and transaction information from each affected the Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCCthe applicable Program's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for and those broker-dealers; (vi) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC, maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networkingthe Programs; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder securityholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder securityholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder securityholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, 1042S, and 1042S K-1 and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholderssecurityholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders securityholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders securityholders and dealersintermediaries for securityholders, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholderssecurityholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund to account for all transactions on TA2000 in the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter managing dealer or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwritermanaging dealer") or an any other Authorized Person from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter managing dealer and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwritermanaging dealer; (xvi) receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder securityholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder securityholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder securityholder statements to shareholders securityholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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, prospectus and rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) once approval of the Fund therefore has been received by DST, processing timely redemptions (as provided in the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan) received in proper order as approved by the Fund in accordance with the instructions of the Fund, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined); (xx) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000; and (xxi) providing a Cash Utilization Arrangement consistent with the provisions set forth in Exhibit B. For clarification, with respect to Blue Sky obligations, the Fund is responsible any registration or filing with a federal or state government body or obtaining approval from such body required for the sale of shares of the Fund in each jurisdiction in which it is sold. DST's sole obligation is to provide the Fund access to the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Fund on TA2000. It is the Fund's responsibility to validate that the blue sky module settings are accurate and complete and to validate the output produced thereby and other applicable reports provided by DST, to ensure accuracy. DST is not responsible in any way for claims that the sale of shares of the Fund violated any such requirement (unless such violation results from a failure of the DST Blue Sky module to notify the Fund that such sales do not comply with the parameters set by the Fund for sales to residents of a given state). E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 securityholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the 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. 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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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. G. The Fund shall add all new series investment programs to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series programs are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional series programs shall be as set forth in Exhibit AB, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series programs 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. H. The provisions of this Section 4.H that follow this sentence shall take precedence over and shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between such provisions and any other provisions of this Agreement or any provisions of any exhibit or other attachment to this Agreement (or any provisions of any attachment to any such exhibit or attachment). The parties agree that - to the extent that DST provides any services under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x) - it is the parties' mutual intent that DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical assistance to the Fund and that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind, and particularly that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in: (1) determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or determining generally when such compliance has been achieved;

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) 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 the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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. 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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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. G. The Fund shall 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. 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.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Corporation hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing AgentAgent for each Fund. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the each Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the each Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund the Corporation agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the each Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning)issuing, transferring and canceling share certificatesexchanging shares in book entry form; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) with respect to brokers with whom the Fund has agreed to participate in Networking and Fund/SERV, as hereinafter defined, 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually periodically preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting shareholder meetings and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management companyAuthorized Person, as hereinafter defined; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund 34 Act and the 40 Act or required by the Corporation to account for all transactions in the Fund Funds' shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 prospectusprospectus and the Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the Procedures, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviiixix) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xixxx) providing to the Fund Corporation escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts not be responsible to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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 transactionstransactions (including, without limitation, price changes and corrective processing (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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund Corporation requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 Corporation of the amount of such increase and if the Fund Corporation 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. G. The Fund the Corporation shall add new series or portfolios 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. Rates or charges for additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, B 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 scheduleas mutually agreed to.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Corporation hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing AgentAgent for each Fund. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the each Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the each Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund the Corporation agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the each Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning)issuing, transferring and canceling share certificatesexchanging shares in book entry form; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) with respect to brokers with whom the Fund has agreed to participate in Networking and Fund/SERV, as hereinafter defined, 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually periodically preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting shareholder meetings and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management companyAuthorized Person, as hereinafter defined; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund 34 Act and the 40 Act or required by the Corporation to account for all transactions in the Fund Funds' shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 prospectusprospectus and the Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the Procedures, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviiixix) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xixxx) providing to the Fund Corporation escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts not be responsible to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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 transactionstransactions (including, without limitation, price changes and corrective processing (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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund Corporation requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 Corporation of the amount of such increase and if the Fund Corporation 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. G. The Fund the Corporation shall add new series or portfolios 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. Rates or charges for additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, B 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 scheduleas mutually agreed to.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Trust hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the FundTrust's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the each Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund Trust agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000 , DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the FundTrust, and as agent of the Fund Trust for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares Shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting special meetings and certifying a copy of such list, the first such list to be at no additional charge, anyone thereafter to be charged for; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares Shares of the a Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares Shares of the a Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accountsaccounts and recording reinvestment of dividend and distributions in Shares of the Funds; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the a Fund or its management company; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the a Fund to account for all transactions in the Fund shareseach Fund's Shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of Fund Shares as set forth in each Fund's prospectus as of January 1, 2005 and as amended thereafter provided (A) the Fund shares TA2000 System as instructed by an Authorized Person, then constituted supports such amended charges and (B) only after thirty (30) days prior written notice of and instruction as hereinafter definedto such change to the charges is given to DST and (C) subject to additional fees therefore in the change to the charges increases DST's cost to perform the obligations set forth in this subsection (xv), determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the FundTrust's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares Shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares Shares of the Funds Trust on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund Funds escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. In addition, DST shall be responsible for assessing and collecting redemption fees as required pursuant to each applicable Fund's prospectus and for complying with relevant policies and procedures in connection with each applicable Fund's market timing policy. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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. 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 each Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the each Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the a Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 Trust of the amount of such increase and if the Fund 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. G. . The Fund Trust shall be entitled to add new series Funds or Portfolios or classes thereof 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. 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.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Corporation hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing AgentAgent for each Fund. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the each Fund's Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the each Fund's periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholders, if any. C. The Fund the Corporation agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000(TM), DST's computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "TA2000 System"), will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the each Fund, and as agent of the Fund for shareholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning)issuing, transferring and canceling share certificatesexchanging shares in book entry form; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder accounts; (iii) with respect to brokers with whom the Fund has agreed to participate in Networking and Fund/SERV, as hereinafter defined, 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 National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually periodically preparing shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting shareholder meetings and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management companyAuthorized Person, as hereinafter defined; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund 34 Act and the 40 Act or required by the Corporation to account for all transactions in the Fund Funds' shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter") or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) 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 instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 prospectusprospectus and the Procedures, as hereinafter defined, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures Procedures, as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the Procedures, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviiixix) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xixxx) providing to the Fund Corporation escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000. E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts not be responsible to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 the 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-pre- nightly transactionstransactions (including, without limitation, price changes and corrective processing (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 Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund Corporation requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 Corporation of the amount of such increase and if the Fund Corporation 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. G. The Fund the Corporation shall add new series or portfolios 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. Rates or charges for additional series shall be as set forth in Exhibit A, as hereinafter defined, B 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 scheduleas mutually agreed to.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's ’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's ’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder the Fund’s securityholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TMTA2000/TM/, DST's ’s computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "“TA2000 System")”) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund, and as agent of the Fund and of the Fund for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificatesredeeming book entry shares; (ii) maintaining securityholder accounts on the records of the Fund on the TA2000 System shareholder accountsSystem; (iii) when and if the Fund participates in the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”), accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, and transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV systems or applications offered to its participants by NSCC (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"“Programs”) on behalf of NSCC's participants, including the Funds), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC issuing instructions to the Funds' Fund’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds Fund and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC providing account and transaction information from each affected the Fund's ’s records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV the applicable Program’s rules for and those broker-dealers; (vi) when and if the Fund participates in the NSCC, maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networkingthe Programs; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder securityholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder securityholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder securityholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, 1042S, and 1042S K-1 and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholderssecurityholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders securityholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders securityholders and dealersintermediaries for securityholders, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' securityholders’ accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or its management company; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's ’s duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund to account for all transactions on TA2000 in the Fund shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's principal underwriter ’s managing dealer or distributor (hereinafter "principal underwriter"“managing dealer”) or an any other Authorized Person from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such principal underwriter managing dealer and disbursing such commissions to the principal underwritermanaging dealer; (xvi) receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder securityholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder securityholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder securityholder statements to shareholders securityholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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, prospectus and rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds on TA2000; and (xix) once approval of the Fund therefore has been received by DST, processing timely redemptions (as provided in the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan) received in proper order as approved by the Fund in accordance with the instructions of the Fund, rejecting promptly any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined); (xx) providing to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000; and (xxi) providing a Cash Utilization Arrangement consistent with the provisions set forth in Exhibit B. For clarification, with respect to Blue Sky obligations, the Fund is responsible any registration or filing with a federal or state government body or obtaining approval from such body required for the sale of shares of the Fund in each jurisdiction in which it is sold. DST’s sole obligation is to provide the Fund access to the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Fund on TA2000. It is the Fund’s responsibility to validate that the blue sky module settings are accurate and complete and to validate the output produced thereby and other applicable reports provided by DST, to ensure accuracy. DST is not responsible in any way for claims that the sale of shares of the Fund violated any such requirement (unless such violation results from a failure of the DST Blue Sky module to notify the Fund that such sales do not comply with the parameters set by the Fund for sales to residents of a given state). E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 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 securityholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the 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. 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 Fund's ’s instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 ’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. G. The Fund shall add all new series investment programs to the TA2000 System upon at least thirty (30) days' ’ prior written notice to DST provided that the requirements of the new series programs are generally consistent with services then being provided by DST under this Agreement. Rates or charges for additional series programs shall be as set forth in Exhibit AB, as hereinafter defined, for the remainder of the contract term except as such series programs 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 ’s then-standard pricing schedule. H. The provisions of this Section 4.H that follow this sentence shall take precedence over and shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between such provisions and any other provisions of this Agreement or any provisions of any exhibit or other attachment to this Agreement (or any provisions of any attachment to any such exhibit or attachment). The parties agree that - to the extent that DST provides any services under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x) - it is the parties’ mutual intent that DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical assistance to the Fund and that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind, and particularly that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in: (1) determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or determining generally when such compliance has been achieved; (2) determining the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on securityholder accounts (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Fund); (3) determining the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Fund which among other things identify the specific boxes and lines into which amounts calculated by DST are to be placed); (4) classifying the status of securityholders and securityholder accounts under applicable tax law (except to the extent of following express instructions regarding such classification provided by the Fund); and (5) paying withholding and other taxes, except pursuant to the express instructions of the Fund. The Fund agrees that it will provide express and comprehensive instructions to DST in connection with all of the services that are to be provided by DST under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law (including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x)), including promptly providing responses to requests for direction that may be made from time to time by DST of the Fund in this regard. I. The Fund will not accept individual retirement accounts (IRAs) as investors or shareholders.

Scope of Appointment. A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund Financial Product hereby appoints DST as Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. B. DST hereby accepts such appointment and agrees that it will act as the Fund's Financial Product’s Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent. DST agrees that it will also act as agent in connection with the Fund's Financial Product’s periodic withdrawal payment accounts and other open accounts or similar plans for shareholderssecurityholders, if any. C. The Fund Financial Product agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder securityholder account records. D. DST, utilizing TA2000TM, DST's ’s computerized data processing system for securityholder accounting (the "“TA2000 System")”) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will perform the following services as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the FundFinancial Product, and as agent of the Fund Financial Product for shareholder securityholder accounts thereof, in a timely manner: (i) issuing (including countersigning), transferring and canceling share certificates; (ii) maintaining on the TA2000 System shareholder securityholder accounts; (iii) accepting and effectuating the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through FundFinancial Product/SERV (Networking and FundFinancial Product/SERV being programs operated by the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("“NSCC"”) on behalf of NSCC's ’s participants, including the FundsFinancial Products), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by DST by transmission from NSCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, on the Dealer File maintained by DST; (iv) issuing instructions to the Funds' Financial Products’ banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds Financial Products and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (v) providing account and transaction information from each affected Fund's Financial Product’s records on TA2000 in accordance with NSCC's ’s Networking and FundFinancial Product/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; (vi) maintaining shareholder securityholder accounts on TA2000 through Networking; (vii) providing transaction journals; (viii) once annually preparing shareholder securityholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting and certifying a copy of such list; (ix) mailing shareholder securityholder reports and prospectuses; (x) withholding, as required by federal law, taxes on shareholder securityholder accounts, preparing, filing and mailing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099, 1042, and 1042S and performing and paying backup withholding as required for all shareholderssecurityholders; (xi) disbursing income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders securityholders and recording reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the FundFinancial Product; (xii) preparing and mailing confirmation forms to shareholders securityholders and dealers, as instructed, for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund Financial Product and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' securityholders’ accounts; (xiii) providing or making available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund Financial Product or its management company; (xiv) maintaining those records necessary to carry out DST's ’s duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund Financial Product to account for all transactions in the Fund Financial Product shares; (xv) calculating the appropriate sales charge with respect to each purchase of the Fund Financial Product shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, as hereinafter defined, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to DST by the Fund's Financial Product’s principal underwriter or distributor (hereinafter "“principal underwriter"”) or an Authorized Person 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; (xvi) receiving correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder securityholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding promptly to shareholder securityholder correspondence; mailing to dealers confirmations of wire order trades; mailing copies of shareholder securityholder statements to shareholders securityholders and registered representatives of dealers in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person; (xvii) 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 an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined), and causing exchanges of shares to be executed in accordance with the instructions of Authorized Persons, the applicable prospectus and the general exchange privilege applicable; (xviii) providing to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Funds Financial Products on TA2000; and (xix) providing to the Fund Financial Product escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000 and (xxi) providing a Cash Utilization Arrangement consistent with the provisions set forth in Exhibit A. For clarification, with respect to Blue Sky obligations, the Financial Product is responsible any registration or filing with a federal or state government body or obtaining approval from such body required for the sale of shares of the Financial Product in each jurisdiction in which it is sold. DST’s sole obligation is to provide the Financial Product access to the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Financial Product on TA2000. It is the Financial Product’s responsibility to validate that the blue sky module settings are accurate and complete and to validate the output produced thereby and other applicable reports provided by DST, to ensure accuracy. DST is not responsible in any way for claims that the sale of shares of the Financial Product violated any such requirement (unless such violation results from a failure of the DST Blue Sky module to notify the Financial Product that such sales do not comply with the parameters set by the Financial Product for sales to residents of a given state). E. At the request of an Authorized Person, DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in Section 4.D. 4.D 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 securityholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the 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 normal transactions, (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 Fund's Financial Product’s instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund Financial Product provided (i) DST is advised in advance by the Fund Financial Product of any changes therein and (ii) the TA2000 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 System or the operations as requested by the Fund Financial Product requires an enhancement or modification to the TA2000 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 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 ’s cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, DST shall advise the Fund Financial Product of the amount of such increase and if the Fund Financial Product 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. G. The Fund Financial Product shall add all 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. 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 ’s then-standard pricing schedule. H. The provisions of this Section 4.H that follow this sentence shall take precedence over and shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between such provisions and any other provisions of this Agency Agreement or any provisions of any exhibit or other attachment to this Agency Agreement (or any provisions of any attachment to any such exhibit or attachment). The parties agree that – to the extent that DST provides any services under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Financial Product with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x) – it is the parties’ mutual intent that DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical assistance to the Financial Product and that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind, and particularly that DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion in: (1) determining generally the actions that are required in connection with such compliance or determining generally when such compliance has been achieved; (2) determining the amounts of taxes that should be withheld on securityholder accounts (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Financial Product); (3) determining the amounts that should be reported in or on any specific box or line of any tax form (except to the extent of making mathematical calculations of such amounts based on express instructions provided by the Financial Product which among other things identify the specific boxes and lines into which amounts calculated by DST are to be placed); (4) classifying the status of securityholders and securityholder accounts under applicable tax law (except to the extent of following express instructions regarding such classification provided by the Financial Product); and (5) paying withholding and other taxes, except pursuant to the express instructions of the Financial Product. The Financial Product agrees that it will provide express and comprehensive instructions to DST in connection with all of the services that are to be provided by DST under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Financial Product with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law (including without limitation the services described in Section 4.D(x)), including promptly providing responses to requests for direction that may be made from time to time by DST of the Financial Product in this regard. I. The parties acknowledge and agree that additional investment products associated with or sponsored by the Financial Product may elect to become parties to this Agreement and receive Services from DST as provided therein by execution of the Adoption Agreement attached hereto as Attachment II (the “Adoption Agreement”). Thereafter, any such additional investment product shall, collectively with the Issuers be thereafter parties to this Agreement and be collectively referred to as a “Financial Product” as of the date of the execution of such Adoption Agreement. J. DST will provide print vendor services for a period of up to twelve (12) months following the Effective Date of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms and fees as set forth within Exhibit A. Following the expiration of the twelve (12) months and upon receipt of a Financial Product’s written request, DST shall provide transmissions of shareholder activity to the print vendor selected by the Financial Product. K. Additionally, at the option of the Financial Product, DST will provide e-Presentment services, in accordance with the terms and fees as set forth within Exhibit A. Within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Financial Product must submit written notice to DST of its desire to use the e-Presentment services set forth on Exhibit A.6 attached hereto in order to receive the e-Presentment services at the rates set forth therein. In the event the Financial Product provides written notice of its desire to use the e-Presentment services after such date, DST may, at its option, provide the e-Presentment services subject to DST resource availability and at DST then-current rates.