FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WINTERGREEN FUND, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WINTERGREEN FUND, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT, effective as of December 5, 2011, to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement originally made and entered into as of November 15, 2007, amended and restated as of March 1, 2010, March 15, 2011 and August 5, 2011 (the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Wintergreen Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund” or “Company”) and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (“USBFS”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and USBFS have entered into the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company and USBFS desire to amend the fees of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 13 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by mutual written consent of the parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
Appendix I to Exhibit B is superseded and replaced with Appendix I to Exhibit B attached hereto.
Exhibit C is superseded and replaced with Exhibit C attached hereto.
Exhibit D is superseded and replaced with Exhibit D attached hereto.
[Signatures on the following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.
WINTERGREEN FUND, INC. | U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC | |||||||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx | |||||||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx | |||||||||
Title: Vice President | Title: Executive Vice President |
Appendix 1 to Exhibit B
Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Wintergreen Fund, Inc.
INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES ANNUAL FEE SCHEDULE at March 15, 2011 | ||
FAN WEB – Shareholder internet access to account information and transaction capabilities through a transparent link at the fund group web site. Shareholders access account information, portfolio listing fund family, transaction history, purchase additional shares through ACH, etc. FAN Web Select (Fund Groups under [ ] open accounts) – Standard Web services 1. Implementation - $[ ] per fund group – includes up to [ ] hours of technical/BSA support • Annual Base Fee - $[ ] per year ($[ ] when open accounts surpass [ ]) 2. Customization - $[ ] per hour 3. Activity (Session) Fees: • Inquiry - $[ ] per event • Account Maintenance - $[ ] per event • Transaction – financial transactions, reorder statements, etc. - $[ ] per event • New Account Set-up - $[ ] per event (Not available with FAN Web Select). Fee shall not apply to accounts that are converted during the implementation process. | ||
VISION MUTUAL FUND GATEWAY – Permits broker/dealers, financial planners, and RIAs to us a web-based system to perform order and account inquiry, execute trades, print applications, review prospectuses, and establish new accounts. • Inquiry Only • Inquiry - $[ ] per event • Per broker ID - $[ ] per month per ID • Transaction Processing • Implementation - $[ ] per management company • Transaction – purchase, redeem, exchange, literature order - $[ ] per event • New Account Set-up – may contain multiple fund/accounts - $[ ] per event • Monthly Minimum Charge - $[ ] per month | ||
FAN MAIL – Financial planner mailbox provides transaction, account and price information to financial planners and small broker/dealers for import into a variety of financial planning software packages. • Base Fee Per Management Company – file generation and delivery - $[ ] per year • Per Record Charge • Rep/Branch/ID - $[ ] • Dealer - $[ ] • Price Files - $[ ] or $[ ] /user/month, whichever is less | ||
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY SERVICES |
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Electronic Statement Delivery Service Document Load – $[ ] /statement E-mail Notification – $[ ] /notification
Compliance Delivery Services Consent Notification – $[ ] /notification Minimum Annual Fee – $[ ] /fund group
FAN Web Transaction Fees relating to Informa View Consent Enrollment - $[ ] /transaction Consent Enrollment - $[ ] /transaction View Statements - $[ ] /view
Custom development (if necessary) – $[ ] /hour |
Standard Service Offering Includes: • Statement presented as HTML document • Statements will be loaded for all accounts, regardless of consent • Text e-mail notification • Statement storage for [ ] years on “hot” storage • Implementation for one unique statement type/product • Print suppression capability provided through consent option • E-mail tracking and reporting • Included [ ] years of storage |
Appendix 1 to Exhibit B (continued)
Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Wintergreen Fund, Inc.
MARS PRICING SCHEDULE at July 1, 2011 | ||||||||||
Assumptions | ||||||||||
• Estimate based on approximate client size and implementation / product needs | ||||||||||
• Start off with up to [ ] years of DST/Intermediary Transaction History then up to a rolling [ ] years storage going forward | ||||||||||
• Includes setup of Clearing and Executing Firm relationships | ||||||||||
• Includes ongoing Standard Product Enhancements | ||||||||||
• Ongoing Product Support From USBFS | ||||||||||
• Product can integrate client-owned Discovery license at additional cost | ||||||||||
• Costs listed based on implementation of all product modules. Al a carte modular pricing is also available.
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Implementation Costs | Implementation Costs | |||||||
Implementation Cost, Sales and CRM |
$[ ] | |||||||
Monthly ASP Product Costs | Monthly Product Costs | |||||||
Sales Reporting | Per User | No. of Users |
Total Cost | |||||
Executive Information Summary Reporting/month | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | $[ ] | ||||
Channel & Territory Manager/month (if CRM, no charge) | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
Customer/Account/ Month (included with compliance) | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
Financial Intermediary Reporting |
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Supermarket Platform Reporting/month (no charge if using Sales Product) | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
Omnibus Reconciliation Manager/month (only if not using enhanced services) | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
MapPoint Integration/Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Handheld/month/ month (Non-IPad only). I Pad prices not available yet. | $[ ] | |||||||
Compliance Reporting |
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22c-2 Compliance Module |
$[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | $[ ] | ||||
CRM Integration |
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Core CRM |
$[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | $[ ] | ||||
Discovery Monthly Refresh/upload charge | $[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
Enhanced Services/ Month |
$[ ] | $[ ] | ||||||
Includes All Basic Support Components: |
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File Import Assistance Data Scrubbing – Cleaning of firm, Branch, and Rep Info. |
Appendix I to Exhibit B (continued) to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement |
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Database Query Requests |
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Compliance Report Monitoring/Review/Analysis |
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Compliance Workflow Assistance |
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Business Requirements Analysis |
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Software or Report Customization (if needed) | $[ ] /hour | |||||||
Site License Fees | ||||||||
Data Quality Tool/ Monthly |
$[ ] | |||||||
RIA Feed Setup/one time setup |
$[ ] | |||||||
RIA Monthly Load/Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Handheld Server/One Time Setup |
$[ ] | |||||||
Document Management/Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Multiple Windows/ Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Profiling/ Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Portal feeds Sales/ Month |
$[ ] | [ ] | $[ ] | |||||
Portal Feeds Compliance/ Month |
$[ ] | |||||||
Base Fee | $ [ ] | $[ ] | ||||||
Implementation and Monthly Costs | ||||||||
Total Implementation Costs (Sales and CRM). Compliance already setup. | $[ ] | |||||||
Total Monthly Costs | $[ ] |
Exhibit C to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement –Wintergreen Fund, Inc.
ANNUAL FEE SCHEDULE at March 15, 2011* *Fees are fixed through March 15, 2012 | ||
Service Charges to the Fund
Shareholder Services Fee per Fund:
$[ ] per direct open account $[ ] per NSCC open account $ [ ] per closed (zero balance) account
Plus a Base Fee of $[ ] per CUSIP
Activity Charges
¿Telephone Calls – $[ ] a minute per call ¿Shareholder Services E-mail Box - $[ ] ¿Dealer Reclaim - $[ ] /reclaim ¿ AML New Account Service - $[ ] /new domestic accounts and $[ ] /new foreign account ¿ CCO Support Services – [ ] ¿ Daily Valuation Trades - $[ ] /Trade ¿ Omnibus Account Transactions $[ ] each transaction Literature Fulfillment Services Account Management -$[ ] /month (account management, lead reporting and database administration) Out-of-Pocket Expenses -Kit and order processing expenses, postage and printing ¿Lost Shareholder Search - $[ ] /search ¿ACH/EFT Shareholder Services: $[ ] /month/fund group $[ ] /ACH item, setup, change $[ ] /correction, reversal Out-of-pocket Costs including but not limited to:
¿ Telephone toll-free lines, call transfers, etc. ¿ Records retention, microfilm/fiche ¿ ACH fees ¿ NSCC charges from DTCC ¿ Mailing, postage printing ¿ Stationery, envelopes ¿ Disaster Recovery $[ ] /account/year ¿ AML verification - $[ ] Plus all other out-of-pocket expenses; Additional proxy services |
Service Charges to Investors
Qualified Plan (XXX) Fees (Billed to Investors) ¿ $[ ] /qualified plan acct (Cap at $[ ] /SSN) ¿ $[ ] /outgoing wires ¿ $[ ] Overnight Delivery ¿ $[ ] /return check or ACH ¿ $[ ] /research request per account (cap at $[ ]) for statements prior to current year
Technology Charges
MFx Report Source - $[ ] Setup (After conversion) on DST - $[ ] Per CUSIP
NSCC Service Interface Setup – $[ ] per Fund Complex Annual – $[ ] per CUSIP Telecommunications and Voice Services Service Setup AT&T - $[ ] VRU Setup – $[ ] Annual VRU Maintenance - $[ ] per CUSIP $[ ] /voice response call
12b-1 Aging - $[ ] /account/year Average Cost - $[ ] /account/year Development/Programming - $[ ] /hour, if required File Transmissions – subject to requirements Select reports (non-standard) - $[ ] per select
Short-Term Trader – Software application used to track and/or assess transaction fees that are determined to be short-term trades. Service can be applied to some or all funds within a fund family. • [ ] days or less – $[ ] /open account • [ ] -[ ] days – $[ ] /open account • [ ] -[ ] days – $[ ] /open account • [ ] days – [ ] year - $[ ] /open account [ ] year – [ ] years - $[ ] /open account
Fees are billed monthly |
Exhibit D to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement
WINTERGREEN FUNDS |
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SERVICE STANDARDS - TRANSFER AGENT SERVICES |
Transfer Agent Services | Service Standard
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Measurement
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Transaction and Account Processing |
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Financial Transactions |
[ ] % processed on day of receipt | Monthly | ||
Non-Financial Transactions |
[ ] % processed within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
Transfers (non-qualified plans) |
[ ] % processed within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
Accuracy Ratio |
[ ] % or greater | Monthly | ||
QC of Financial Transactions |
[ ] % QC’d on day of receipt | Monthly | ||
Adjustment Transactions |
[ ] % processed within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
Correspondence |
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Respond to Written Requests |
[ ] % within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
QC correspondence requests |
[ ] % on the day of receipt | Monthly | ||
Shareholder Cash Reporting |
Complete by [ ] Central Standard Time | Monthly | ||
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Investor Services |
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Service Level Goal |
[ ] % of calls answered within [ ] seconds | Monthly | ||
Average Speed of Answer |
[ ] seconds or less | Monthly | ||
Abandonment Rate |
[ ] % or less | Monthly | ||
Records Research |
Monthly | |||
Retrieval of items generated within the past [ ] yrs |
[ ] business days | Monthly | ||
Retrieval of items [ ] years or older |
[ ] business days | Monthly | ||
Fulfillment |
[ ] % mailed by next business day | Monthly | ||
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Mailing of Shareholder Items |
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Liquidation Checks |
[ ] % within [ ] business day | Monthly | ||
Dividend Checks |
[ ] % within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
12b-1 Commission Checks |
[ ] % within [ ] business days of cycle (authorization and funding must be received | Monthly | ||
Shareholder Statements |
[ ] % within [ ] business days (from date of approval) |
Monthly | ||
Client Reports - Daily |
[ ] % within [ ] business day | Monthly | ||
Client Reports - Month-End |
[ ] % within [ ] business days | Monthly | ||
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