Terms of Appointment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Price Services to act, and Price Services agrees to act, as the Fund’s transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and agent in connection with the Fund’s authorized and issued shares of its common stock or shares of beneficial interest (all such stock and shares to be referred to as “Shares”) and provide services to shareholders of the Fund, account owners of 529 Plans and Retirement Plans and Plan Participants and Intermediaries maintaining Direct Accounts (collectively “Shareholders”). The parties to the Agreement hereby acknowledge that from time to time, Price Services and its affiliates may enter into contracts with Retirement Plans and/or their sponsors and the sponsors of 529 Plans for the provision of certain services to account owners of 529 Plans and accounts of the Retirement Plan and its Plan Participants. In addition, Price Services may subcontract or jointly contract with other parties, including banks and service providers to perform certain of the functions described herein.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.), Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc.), Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (T. Rowe Price Spectrum Fund, Inc.)