Standard Contracts
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made this 28th day of July 1987 by and between Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA") and College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), both nonprofit coporations...Contribution Agreement • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
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CUSTODIAN SERVICES AGREEMENT Bankers Trust Company Custodian Securities Division 16 Wall Street New York, New York 10015 Gentlemen: Attached is a certified copy of a resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of College Retirement...Custodian Services Agreement • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund
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AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • April 30th, 2004 • College Retirement Equities Fund
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CUSTODIAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of November 1, 1994 between MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ("Bank") and COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND ("CREF") on behalf of the CREF SOCIAL CHOICE ACCOUNT. WHEREAS, the parties desire to...Custodial Services Agreement • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
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SEED MONEY AGREEMENT SEED MONEY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as of this 24th day of February, 1994 by and between Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA") and College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), both nonprofit...Seed Money Agreement • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
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EX-99.5 EX-99.5-Principal Underwriting and Administrative Services Agreement between CREF and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, Inc. (as amended) AMENDMENT TO THE PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT Pursuant to...Principal Underwriting and Administrative Services Agreement • April 30th, 2004 • College Retirement Equities Fund
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SERVICE and SUBCONTRACTING AGREEMENTService and Subcontracting Agreement • April 23rd, 2021 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 23rd, 2021 Company JurisdictionThis Service and Subcontracting Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into by and between Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, a New York life insurance company ("TIAA"), and TIAA Shared Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation ("TSS") and is effective as of April 1, 2021.
Exhibit 3(g)Custodial Services Agreement • February 11th, 1997 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
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EX-99.5-Principal Underwriting and Administrative Service Agreement Between CREF and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, Inc. (as amended) AMENDMENT TO THE PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT Pursuant to Paragraph...Principal Underwriting and Administrative Service Agreement • April 27th, 2001 • College Retirement Equities Fund
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COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 GROUP RETIREMENT UNIT-ANNUITY CONTRACT (for use in Oregon) GROUP RETIREMENT UNIT- ANNUITY CONTRACT NO.: [GRA-0010] CONTRACTHOLDER: [ABC UNIVERSITY] DATE OF ISSUE: [April 1, 1991]...Group Retirement Unit-Annuity Contract • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund • Oregon
Contract Type FiledFebruary 23rd, 1999 Company JurisdictionThis contract ("the Contract") was made and delivered in the State of Oregon. The validity and effect of all rights and duties under this Contract are governed by the laws there in force.
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTInvestment Accounting Agreement • February 29th, 2008 • College Retirement Equities Fund • Massachusetts
Contract Type FiledFebruary 29th, 2008 Company JurisdictionThis Investment Accounting Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made effective as of this 20th day of November, 2007 by and between STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a trust company chartered under the laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts (“State Street”), each open-end registered investment company identified on Schedule A attached hereto, as such schedule may be amended from time to time (each such registered management investment company shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”).
College Retirement Equities Fund Telephone: [800-842-2733]Retirement Choice Plus Annuity Contract • April 27th, 2017 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 27th, 2017 CompanyThis is a contract between the contractholder, [ XYZ Trust Company], as Trustee of the [Retirement Choice Plus Annuity Trust] (“Trust”), and us, College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF). This page refers briefly to some of the features of this contract. The next pages set forth in detail the rights and obligations of CREF, the employer and the contractholder under the contract. PLEASE READ THIS CONTRACT. IT IS IMPORTANT.
AMENDED AND RESTATED PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUNDPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 28th, 2022 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2022 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT, originally made on January 1, 2009, and amended and restated as of April 29, 2022, is hereby entered into by and between the College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”), a special purpose New York not-for-profit membership corporation registered as an open-end management investment company, and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC (“TC Services”), a Delaware limited liability company registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUNDAdministrative Services Agreement • April 28th, 2022 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2022 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT, originally made on January 1, 2009, and amended and restated as of April 29, 2022, is hereby entered into by and between the College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”), a special purpose New York nonprofit membership corporation registered as an open-end management investment company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”), a New York insurance corporation.
AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2006 CompanyPursuant to Paragraph 11 of the Investment Management Services Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC ("Management") and the College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), dated December 17, 1991, as thereafter amended, and pursuant to resolution of a majority of the Trustees of CREF, including a majority of Trustees who are not certain parties to the Agreement or "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of any such party to the Agreement, the parties to the Agreement mutually agree that the Agreement shall be amended as set forth below:
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services AgreementPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 25th, 2019 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 25th, 2019 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Administrative Services Agreement Between College Retirement Equities Fund and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America SCHEDULE CAdministrative Services Agreement • April 28th, 2011 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2011 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services as provided in this Agreement, the amount currently payable from the net assets of each Account each Valuation Day for each Calendar Day of the Valuation Period (May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012) ending on that Valuation Day will be 0.00072% (corresponding to an annual rate of 0.265% of average daily net assets).
Administrative Services Agreement Between College Retirement Equities Fund and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America SCHEDULE CAdministrative Services Agreement • April 25th, 2019 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 25th, 2019 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Administrative Services Agreement Between College Retirement Equities Fund and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America SCHEDULE CAdministrative Services Agreement • April 26th, 2018 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 26th, 2018 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2006 Company JurisdictionThe Agreement made this 17th day of December, 1991, by and between the COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND ("CREF"), a New York nonprofit membership corporation, and TIAA-CREF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. ("Management"), a Delaware nonprofit corporation;
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services AgreementPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 28th, 2022 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2022 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services AgreementPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 25th, 2024 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 25th, 2024 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services AgreementPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 27th, 2016 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 27th, 2016 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
EX-99(5)(c)Principal Underwriting and Administrative Services Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2006 CompanyAmendment to the Principal Underwriting and Administrative Services Agreement Between CREF and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, Inc. (as amended May 1, 2006)
Agreement - Exhibit 11(t) to the CREF 5-1-10 Registration Statement filing An Amendment, dated May 1, 2010, was made to the January 2, 2008 Amended and Restated Investment Management Services Agreement between College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF)...Investment Management Services Agreement • August 25th, 2011 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledAugust 25th, 2011 CompanyAn Amendment, dated May 1, 2010, was made to the January 2, 2008 Amended and Restated Investment Management Services Agreement between College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) and TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (Management). The Amendment is incorporated herein by reference, filed with PEA # 44 to the CREF Registration Statement submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 26, 2010, File No. 811-04415.
Administrative Services AgreementAdministrative Services Agreement • April 23rd, 2021 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 23rd, 2021 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Administrative Services AgreementAdministrative Services Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 30th, 2014 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services as provided in this Agreement, the amount currently payable from the net assets of each Account each Valuation Day for each Calendar Day of the Valuation Period (May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015) ending on that Valuation Day will be 0.00066% (corresponding to an annual rate of 0.240% of average daily net assets).
Amended and Restated Investment Management Services Agreement Between College Retirement Equities Fund and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC SCHEDULE B 2016 Reimbursement Rates Annual Expense Deductions (as a percentage of average net assets) For...Investment Management Services Agreement • August 26th, 2016 • College Retirement Equities Fund
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NOTICE OF CANCELLATIONGroup Supplemental Retirement Unit-Annuity Contract • February 23rd, 1999 • College Retirement Equities Fund • New York
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AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2006 CompanyPursuant to Paragraph 11 of the Investment Management Services Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between TIAA-CREF Investment Management, Inc. ("Management") and the College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), dated December 17, 1991, as thereafter amended, and pursuant to resolution of a majority of the Trustees of CREF, including a majority of Trustees who are not certain parties to the Agreement or "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of any such party to the Agreement, the parties to the Agreement mutually agree that the Agreement shall be amended as set forth below, effective, except as otherwise noted below, concurrent with the effectiveness of the post-effective amendment which is the 1996 annual update to the Registration Statement of CREF's variable annuity certificates.
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services AgreementPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 27th, 2017 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 27th, 2017 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Administrative Services AgreementAdministrative Services Agreement • April 27th, 2017 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 27th, 2017 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Administrative Services, as provided in the Agreement, the annual expense deduction amounts for each Class of each CREF Account (as a percentage of average net assets) will be as follows:
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement Between College Retirement Equities Fund and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC SCHEDULE BPrincipal Underwriting and Distribution Services Agreement • April 28th, 2011 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2011 CompanyFor the services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the Distribution Services as provided in the Agreement, the amount currently payable from the net assets of each Account each Valuation Day for each Calendar Day of the Valuation Period (May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012) ending on that Valuation Day will be 0.00020% (corresponding to an annual rate of 0.075% of average daily net assets).
AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2006 CompanyPursuant to Paragraph 11 of the Investment Management Services Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC ("Management") and the College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF"), dated December 17, 1991, as thereafter amended, and pursuant to resolution of a majority of the Trustees of CREF, including a majority of Trustees who are not certain parties to the Agreement or "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of any such party to the Agreement, the parties to the Agreement mutually agree that the Agreement shall be amended as set forth below:
FORM OF AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTInvestment Management Services Agreement • May 1st, 2007 • College Retirement Equities Fund
Contract Type FiledMay 1st, 2007 CompanyPursuant to Paragraph 11 of the Investment Management Services Agreement dated December 17, 1991, as thereafter amended (the “Agreement”), by and between TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC (“Management”) and the College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”), and pursuant to resolution of a majority of the Board of Trustees of CREF (the “Trustees”), including a majority of Trustees who are not certain parties to the Agreement or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of any such party to the Agreement, the parties to the Agreement approve this amendment to the Agreement (the “Amendment”), effective as noted below.