AMENDMENT TO THE ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE
THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of the 10th day of July, 2018, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement dated as of May 16, 2012, as amended (the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (“USBFS”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to add the Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF, Opus International Small/Mid Cap ETF, and Aptus Defined Risk ETF in the manner set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:
Exhibit L is hereby superseded and replaced with Exhibit L attached hereto.
This amendment will become effective upon the commencement of operations of the Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF, Opus International Small/Mid Cap ETF, and Aptus Defined Risk ETF. 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.
U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President and Secretary
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Title: President
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Exhibit L to the ETF Series Solutions Transfer AgentServicing Agreement
Name of Series
Aptus Behavioral Momentum ETF
Aptus Fortified Value ETF
Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF
Opus International Small/Mid Cap ETF
Aptus Defined Risk ETF
The following reflects the greater of the basis point fee or annual minimum for Accounting, Administration, and Transfer Agent services for funds listed on this Exhibit M at July, 2018.
Administration,
Accounting, TA
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Basis Points on AUM
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Annual Minimum per Fund1
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First $250m
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Next $250m
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Next $500m
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Balance
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Fund 1-5
$[ ]
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Fund 6-10
$[ ]
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Funds 11+
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See below and following pages for Services and Associated Fees in addition to Base Fee
See following pages for OPTIONAL Supplemental Services and Associated Fees
Accounting, Administration, Transfer Agent & Account Services in addition to the Base Fee1
Pricing Services
For daily pricing of each securities (estimated 252 pricing days annually)
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$[ ] - Domestic Equities, Options, ADRs, Foreign Equities
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$[ ] - Domestic Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Futures, Options on Futures, Forwards, Currency Rates, Mortgage Backed
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$[ ] - CMOs, Municipal Bonds, Money Market Instruments, Foreign Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Asset Backed, High Yield
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$[ ] - Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Currency Swaps, Total Return Swaps, Total Return Bullet Swaps
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$[ ] - Bank Loans
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$[ ] - Swaptions
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$[ ] - Credit Default Swaps
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$[ ] per Month Manual Security Pricing (>25 per day)
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NOTE: Prices are based on using U.S. Bancorp primary pricing service which may vary by security type and are subject to change. Use of alternative and/or additional sources may result in additional fees. Pricing vendors may designate certain securities as hard to value or as a non-standard security type, such as CLOs and CDOs, which may result in additional fees. All schedules subject to change depending upon the use of unique security type requiring special pricing or accounting arrangements.
Corporate Action Services
Fee for IDC data used to monitor corporate actions
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$[ ] per Foreign Equity Security per Month
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$[ ] per Domestic Equity Security per Month
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1 Subject to annual CPI increase - All Urban Consumers - U.S. City Average.
Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly
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Exhibit L to the ETF Series Solutions Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement (cont’d)
ESS Trust Chief Compliance Officer Annual Fee (subject to board approval)
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$[ ] for the first fund
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$[ ] for each additional fund
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$[ ] per sub-advisor per fund
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Third Party Data Charges (descriptive data for analytics, reporting and compliance)
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$[ ] per security per month
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Factor Services (if needed, security pay down factor data)
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$[ ] per CMOs, Asset Backed, Mortgage Backed Security per Month
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Section 15(c) Reporting
Add the following for fund administration services and data charges necessary to compile SEC required “peer reporting” information.
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$[ ] per fund per report
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Ongoing Annual Legal Administration Services
Add the following for legal administration services in support of external legal counsel, including annual registration statement update and drafting of supplements: (Final Fee(s) subject to USBFS legal team review and approval)
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$[ ] minimum first fund
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$[ ] minimum each additional fund
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Miscellaneous Expenses
Including but not limited to, SWIFT processing, customized reporting, third-party data provider costs (including GICS, MSCI, Lipper, etc.), postage, stationary, programming, special reports, proxies, insurance, XXXXX/XBRL filing, retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses related to and including travel to and from Board of Trustee meetings, third party auditing, tax and legal expenses, wash sales reporting (GainsKeeper), tax e-filing, PFIC monitoring, conversion expenses (if necessary), and CCO team travel related costs to perform due diligence reviews at advisor and sub-advisor facilities
OPTIONAL Supplemental Services
USBFS Outbound Marketing Services
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Cost based on project requirements
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1 Subject to annual CPI increase - All Urban Consumers - U.S. City Average.
Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly
Adviser’s signature not required as fees are not changing; only the Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF, Opus International Small/Mid Cap ETF, and Aptus Defined Risk ETF are being added.
Aptus
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