Exhibit (h)(5)
CLASS T SHARES SERVICING AGREEMENT
Gentlemen:
We wish to enter into this Servicing Agreement with you concerning the
provision of administrative support services to your customers ("Customers") who
may from time to time beneficially own shares of Class T shares of the
individual portfolios listed on the attached Schedule I (collectively, the
"Funds"), are hereinafter referred to as "Galaxy Shares").
The terms and conditions of this Servicing Agreement are as follows:
SECTION 1. You agree to offer to provide one or more of the following
administrative support services to Customers who may from time to time
beneficially own Galaxy Shares: (i) processing dividend payments from us on
behalf of Customers; (ii) arranging for bank wires; (iii) providing
subaccounting with respect to Galaxy Shares beneficially owned by Customers or
the information to us necessary for subaccounting; (iv) if required by law,
forwarding shareholder communications from us (such as proxies, shareholder
reports, annual and semi-annual financial statements and dividend, distribution
and tax notices) to Customers; (v) aggregating and processing purchase, exchange
and redemption requests from Customers and placing net purchase, exchange and
redemption orders with our distributor or transfer agent; and (vi) providing
such other similar services as we may reasonably request to the extent you are
permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules and regulations. It is
understood that not all Customers may require or wish to avail themselves of any
or all such services.
SECTION 2. You agree to offer to provide one or more of the following
services to Customers who may from time to time beneficially own Galaxy Shares:
(i) providing information periodically to Customers showing their positions in
Galaxy Shares; (ii) responding to Customer inquiries relating to the services
performed by you; (iii) providing Customers with a service that invests the
assets of their accounts in Galaxy Shares; and (iv) providing such other similar
services as we may reasonably request to the extent you are permitted to do so
under applicable statutes, rules and regulations. It is understood that not all
Customers may require or wish to avail themselves of any or all such services.
SECTION 3. We recognize that you may be subject to the provisions of
certain laws governing, among other things, the conduct of activities by
federally-chartered and supervised banks and other banking organizations. As
such, you may be restricted in the activities you may undertake and for which
you may be paid and, therefore, you will perform only those activities which are
consistent with your statutory and regulatory obligations. You will act solely
as an agent for, upon the order of, and for the account of, your Customers.
SECTION 4. You will provide such office space and equipment, telephone
facilities and personnel (which may be any part of the space, equipment and
facilities currently used in your business, or any personnel employed by you) as
may be reasonably necessary or beneficial in order to provide the aforementioned
services to Customers.
SECTION 5. Neither you nor any of your officers, employees or agents are
authorized to make any representations concerning Shares offered by the Trust
except those contained in the Trust's then current prospectuses and statements
of additional information pertaining to Galaxy Shares, copies of which will be
supplied to you, or in such supplemental literature or advertising as may be
authorized by the Trust in writing.
SECTION 6. For all purposes of this Agreement you will be deemed to be an
independent contractor, and will have no authority to act as agent for the Trust
in any matter or in any respect. By your written acceptance of this Agreement,
you agree to and do release, indemnify and hold the Trust harmless from and
against any and all direct or indirect liabilities or losses resulting from
requests, directions, actions or inactions of or by you or your officers,
employees or agents regarding your responsibilities hereunder for the purchase,
redemption, transfer or registration of Galaxy Shares by or on behalf of
Customers. You and your employees will, upon request, be available during normal
business hours to consult with the Trust or its designees concerning the
performance of your responsibilities under this Agreement.
SECTION 7. In consideration of the services and facilities provided by
you pursuant to Section 1 hereof, the Trust will pay to you, and you will accept
as full payment therefor, a fee at the annual rate of (a) .25% of the average
daily net asset value of the Galaxy Shares of each equity fund identified as
such on Schedule I (collectively, "Equity Funds") beneficially owned as of the
end of each fiscal quarter by your Customers for whom you are the dealer of
record or holder of record or with whom you have a servicing relationship, which
fee will be computed at that time; and (b) .15% of the average daily net asset
value of the Galaxy Shares of each bond fund identified as such on Schedule I
(collectively, "Bond Funds") beneficially owned as of the end of each month by
your Customers for whom you are the dealer of record or holder of record or with
whom you have a servicing relationship, which fee will be computed at that time.
In consideration of the additional services provided by you pursuant to Section
2 hereof, the Trust will pay to you, and you will accept as full payment
therefor, a fee at the annual rate of (a) .25% of the average daily net asset
value of the Galaxy Shares of the Equity Funds; and (b) .15% of the average
daily net asset value of the Galaxy Shares of the Bond Funds. Fees for the
Equity Funds will be payable quarterly and for the Bond Funds, monthly. For
purposes of determining the fees payable under this Section 7, the average daily
net asset value of your Customers' Galaxy Shares will be computed in the manner
specified in the Trust's Registration Statement (as the same is in effect from
time to time) in connection with the computation of the net asset value of
Galaxy Shares for purposes of purchases and redemptions. The fee rates stated
above may be prospectively increased or decreased by the Trust, in its sole
discretion, at any time upon notice to you. Further, the Trust may, in its
discretion and without notice, suspend or withdraw the sale of Galaxy Shares
including the sale of such Galaxy Shares to you for the account of any Customer
or Customers. All fees payable by the Trust under this Agreement with respect to
the Galaxy Shares of a particular Fund shall be payable entirely out of the net
investment income allocable to such Galaxy Shares, and no shares of the Fund
involved, other than the Galaxy Shares, and no other class of shares of the
Trust (or a separate series of shares of any such class) shall be responsible
for such fees. In addition, by your written acceptance of this Agreement, you
agree to and do waive such portion of the fee payable under this Section 7 as is
necessary to assure that the amount of such fee which is required to be accrued
on any day with respect to your Customers' Galaxy Shares does not exceed the
income to be accrued to your Customers' Galaxy Shares on that day.
SECTION 8. Any person authorized to direct the disposition of the
monies paid or payable by the Trust pursuant to this Agreement will provide to
the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and the Board will review, at least
quarterly, a written report of the amounts so expended and the purposes for
which such expenditures were made. In addition, you will furnish the Trust or
its designees with such information as may be reasonably requested (including,
without limitation, periodic certifications confirming the provision to
Customers of the services described herein), and will otherwise cooperate with
the Trust and its designees (including, without limitation, any auditors
designated by the Trust), in connection with the preparation of reports to the
Board of Trustees concerning this Agreement and the monies paid or payable by
the Trust pursuant hereto, as well as any other reports or filings that may be
required by law.
SECTION 9. The Trust may enter into other similar Servicing Agreements
with any other person or persons without your consent.
SECTION 10. By your written acceptance of this Agreement, you
represent, warrant and agree that: (i) in no event will any of the services
provided by you hereunder be primarily intended to result in the sale of any
Galaxy Shares; (ii) the compensation payable to you hereunder, together with any
other compensation payable to you by Customers in connection with the investment
of their assets in Galaxy Shares of the Funds, will be disclosed by you to your
Customers, will be authorized by your Customers and will not result in an
excessive or unreasonable fee to you; (iii) you will not advertise or otherwise
promote your Customer accounts primarily as a means of investing in Galaxy
Shares or establish or maintain Customer accounts for the primary purpose of
investing in Galaxy Shares; (iv) in the event an issue pertaining to this
Agreement or our Shareholder Services Plan related hereto is submitted for
shareholder approval, you will vote any Galaxy Shares held for your own account
in the same proportion as the vote of the Galaxy Shares held for your Customers'
accounts; and (v) you will not engage in activities pursuant to this Agreement
which constitute acting as a broker or dealer under state law unless you have
obtained the licenses required by such law.
SECTION 11. This Agreement will become effective on the date a fully
executed copy of this Agreement is received by the Trust or its designee. This
Agreement is terminable with respect to Galaxy Shares of any of the Funds,
without penalty, at any time by the Trust (which termination may be by a vote of
a majority of the Disinterested Trustees as defined in Section 14 hereof) or by
you upon notice to the Trust.
SECTION 12. All notices and other communications between the parties to
this Agreement will be duly given if mailed, telegraphed, telexed or transmitted
by similar telecommunications device to the appropriate address stated herein,
or to such other address as either party shall so provide the other.
SECTION 13. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is nonassignable by the parties
hereto.
SECTION 14. This Agreement has been approved by vote of a majority of
(i) the Board of Trustees of the Trust and (ii) those trustees who are not
"interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the
Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of
the Shareholder Services Plan adopted by the Trust regarding the provision of
support services to the beneficial owners of Galaxy Shares or in any agreement
related thereto (the "Disinterested Trustees"), cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
SECTION 15. Each Trust refers respectively to the Trust created and the
Trustees, as trustees but not individually or personally acting from time to
time under a Declaration of Trust which is hereby referred to and a copies of
which are on file at the office of the State Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and at the principal office of the Trust. The obligations of the
Trust entered into in the name or on behalf thereof by any of the Trustees,
representatives or agents are made not individually, but in such capacities, and
are not binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, or representatives of
the Trust personally but bind only the Trust property, and all persons dealing
with any class of shares of the Trust must look solely to the Trust property
belonging to such class for the enforcement of any claims against the Trust.
If you agree to be legally bound by the provisions of this Agreement,
please sign a copy of this letter where indicated below and promptly return it
to the Trust, c/o
Very truly yours,
Each Trust listed on Schedule I attached
By:________________________________
Date: ________________ (Authorized Officer)
Accepted and Agreed to:
[Name of Service Organization]
By:________________________________
Date: _________________ (Authorized Officer)
