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Exhibit 99.B5.3
AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Amendment dated January 1, 1999 to the Management Agreement dated
December 30, 1997 (the "Agreement") between Xxxxxxx Mutual Funds Trust (the
"Trust"), on behalf of the Xxxxxxx Realty Fund (the "Fund"), and Xxxxxxx
Investment Counsel, Inc. (the "Adviser").
RECITALS
A. The Agreement authorizes the payment of a monthly management fee
equal to an annual rate of 1.30% of the Fund's average value of its daily net
assets.
B. At various times since the inception of the Fund, the Adviser has
voluntarily waived all or a portion of its fee.
C. The Adviser desires to make a permanent reduction of its fee and to
further reduce its fee on temporary basis, and the Trust has agreed to accept
such reductions.
NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed that:
1. Effective immediately, the first paragraph of Section 3 of the
Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
For all services to be rendered and payments to be made as provided in
the
Agreement, as of the last day of each month, the Fund will pay the
Adviser
a fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of the average value of its daily
net assets.
2. Effective immediately and until April 30, 2000, the Adviser shall
reduce its fee by 0.05%, resulting in a fee at the annual rate of 0.95% of the
Fund's average value of its daily net assets.
3. The Agreement is unchanged in all other respects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be signed
by their officers designated below, all as of the date first written above.
Attest: XXXXXXX MUTUAL FUNDS
TRUST
By: /s/
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By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
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Secretary Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
Accepted by:
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Attest: XXXXXXX INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.
By: /s/ By: /s/
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Secretary Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
