Exhibit h(1)(f)
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Amendment, dated as of June 11, 2003 is made to the Transfer Agency and
Service Agreement dated June 1, 2000, as amended (the "Agreement") between AIM
Tax-Exempt Funds (the "Fund") and A I M Fund Services, Inc. ("AFS") pursuant to
Article 11 of the Agreement.
1. Paragraph 1 of the Fee Schedule is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
"1. For performance by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this Agreement,
the Fund agrees on behalf of each of the Portfolios to pay the
Transfer Agent an annualized fee for shareholder accounts that are
open during any monthly period as set forth below, and an annualized
fee of $.70 per shareholder account that is closed during any
monthly period. Both fees shall be billed by the Transfer Agent
monthly in arrears on a prorated basis of 1/12 of the annualized fee
for all such accounts.
PER ACCOUNT FEE
FUND TYPE ANNUALIZED
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Class A, A3, B, C, R and Investor
And AIM Summit Fund
Non-Daily Accrual Funds $15.20
Class A, A3, B, C, R and Investor
Monthly Dividend and
Daily Accrual Funds $16.20
AIM Floating Rate Fund $17.60 "
2. Paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the Fee Schedule are hereby deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:
"4. The fees and credits described in Paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall
first be allocated to the Institutional Class, if any, of such
Portfolio based upon the number of shareholder accounts holding
shares of such Class relative to the total number of shareholder
accounts holding all Classes of shares in the Portfolio. The
Portfolio's remaining fiscal year-to-date fees and credits described
in Paragraphs 1 and 2 above for shareholder accounts holding Class
A, A3, B, C, R and Investor Class shares, as applicable, of each
Portfolio shall be allocated among such Classes on the basis of
fiscal year-to-date average net assets.
5. Fees payable by the Transfer Agent for Ancillary Services provided
to the Institutional Class, if any, of each Portfolio pursuant to
Section 2.04 of the Agreement shall be allocated to such
Institutional Class. The Portfolio's fiscal year-to-date fees
payable by the Transfer Agent for Ancillary Services provided to the
Class A, A3, B, C, R and Investor Class shares, as applicable, of
each Portfolio pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Agreement shall be
allocated among such Classes of each Portfolio based upon fiscal
year-to-date average net assets of each such Class.
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6. Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Transfer Agent in acting as
transfer agent for the AIM Funds Accounts shall first be allocated
among such funds and portfolios based upon the number of shareholder
accounts maintained by the Transfer Agent for such funds and
portfolios. Such out-of-pocket expenses that have been allocated to
a Portfolio shall be further allocated to the Institutional Class,
if any, of such Portfolio based upon the number of shareholder
accounts holding shares of such Class relative to the total number
of shareholder accounts holding all Classes of shares in the
Portfolio. The remaining amount of the Portfolio's fiscal
year-to-date out-of-pocket expenses shall be further allocated among
the Class A, A3, B, C, R and Investor Class shares, as applicable,
of each Portfolio based upon fiscal year-to-date average net assets
of each such Class. "
3. All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this Amendment as of
the date first above written.
AIM TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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President
ATTEST:
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary
A I M FUND SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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President
ATTEST:
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary
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