Exhibit (9)(g)
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SERVICES AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 1, 1998 to the Services Agreement
(the "Agreement") dated as of October 1, 1997 by and between Columbia Trust
Company (the "Recordkeeper") and Galaxy Fund II (the "Company").
WHEREAS, the Recordkeeper currently provides the administrative
services and functions described in Schedule B of the Agreement (the "Services")
with respect to the shares of the Company's investment portfolios listed on
Schedule A of the Agreement (the "Funds") owned by certain defined contribution
and other employee benefit plans (the "Plans") and included in one or more
omnibus accounts in each Fund (the "Accounts") maintained of record by the
Recordkeeper as nominee of each Plan;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 15 of the Agreement, no fee is
currently paid by the Company to the Recordkeeper in consideration for the
Services provided by the Recordkeeper pursuant to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement (a) to provide
for the payment of a fee by the Company to the Recordkeeper in consideration for
the Services provided by the Recordkeeper and (b) to join First Data Investor
Services Group, Inc., the Company's transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent"), as a
party to the Agreement solely with respect to the payment of such fees to the
Recordkeeper;
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1. The Transfer Agent is hereby joined as a party to the Agreement
only with respect to Section 15 of the Agreement.
2. Section 15 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
"15. FEES.
In consideration for the Services to be provided by the Recordkeeper
to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Transfer Agent shall
pay to the Recordkeeper the fees set forth in Schedule A to this
Agreement. The parties agree that the fees are solely for shareholder
servicing and other administrative services provided by the
Recordkeeper and do not constitute payment in any manner for
investment
advisory, distribution, trustee or other custodial services."
3. Section 24 of the Agreement is amended by adding the following at
the end of the Section:
"...if to the Transfer Agent:
First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000"
4. Schedule A of the Agreement is amended and restated in its
entirety to read as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto.
5. Except to the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain
unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects as amended hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment No. 1
as of the day and year first above written.
RECORDKEEPER
Columbia Trust Company
By:
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Name:
Title:
GALAXY FUND II
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Title: President
FIRST DATA INVESTOR
SERVICES GROUP, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Schedule A
FUNDS AND FEES
(a) The Transfer Agent shall pay to the Recordkeeper with respect to
each Account a monthly fee of 1/12 of $21.00 for each Participant
sub-account of such Account in existence during all or part of such monthly
period. Such fee shall be billed by the Recordkeeper monthly in arrears.
(b) The Funds subject to this Agreement are as follows:
Large Company Index Fund
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