GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT

GUINNESS XXXXXXXX FUNDS

AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED

TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT dated the 28^th day of March, 2006, to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement dated April 28, 2003, as amended August 29, 2005, (the "Agreement"), is entered by and between Guinness Xxxxxxxx Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company ("USBFS").

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into an Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust intends to create additional funds; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and USBFS desire to amend said Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Section 7 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

Exhibit A and Exhibit B of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto.

Except to the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

GUINNESS XXXXXXXX FUNDS		U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
By: ______________________________		By: ________________________________
Name:____________________________		Name:______________________________
Title:		Title:

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Exhibit A to the Guinness Xxxxxxxx

Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement

Fund Names

Separate Series of Guinness Xxxxxxxx Funds

Name of Series		Date Added
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asia Focus Fund		4-28-03
Guinness Xxxxxxxx China & Hong Kong Fund		4-28-03
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Innovators Fund		4-28-03
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Energy Fund		6-30-04
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Alternative Energy Fund		3-31-06
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asia-Pacific Dividend Fund		3-31-06

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