AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 TO CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit g.(ii)
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2
TO
This Amendment Number 2 (the “Amendment”) to the Custodian Agreement by and between each Fund listed on Appendix A hereto (the “Funds”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Custodian”) is made as of this 27th day of September 2017.
WHEREAS, certain Funds and the Custodian have entered into a Custodian Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, certain Funds and certain Series were made subject to the Agreement in accordance with Section 9.06 thereof; and
WHEREAS, each Fund and the Custodian desire to amend the Agreement, as to all Funds, as more particularly set forth herein; and
Whereas, each Fund set forth on Appendix A-1 hereto (each, an “ETF Fund” and collectively, the “ETF Funds”) is an exchange-traded fund and will issue and redeem shares of each Series only in aggregations of Shares (as defined in Section 1.30 of the Agreement) known as “Creation Units,” generally in exchange for a basket of certain equity or fixed income securities and a specified cash payment, as more fully described in the currently effective prospectus and statement of additional information of the Fund related to the Series (collectively, the “Prospectus”); and
WHEREAS, each ETF Fund desires to become a party to the Agreement and that this Agreement be applicable to each of its Series set forth on Appendix A-1, and the Custodian desires to provide the services set forth in the Agreement, as amended hereby, to each ETF Fund and each of its Series; and
WHEREAS, due to the nature of the ETF Funds and the service requirements therefor, each ETF Fund and the Custodian desire to amend the Agreement with respect to the ETF Funds, as more particularly set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Fund and the Custodian agree as follows:
1. | Amendments. |
(a) | Effective as of September 27, 2017, the Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, is added as a party to the Agreement. In connection therewith, the Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust hereby confirms to the Custodian, as of the date hereof, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9.04(a) of the Agreement. |
(b) | Effective as of September 27, 2017, the Lattice Strategies Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, is added as a party to the Agreement. In connection therewith, the Lattice Strategies Trust hereby confirms to the Custodian, as of the date |
hereof, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9.04(a) of the Agreement.
(c) | Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix A hereto. |
(d) | A new Appendix A-1 is hereby added to the Agreement as set forth on Appendix A-1 hereto. |
(e) | A new Section 9.20 is hereby added to the Agreement as follows: |
“Section 9.20. Global Account Documentation Services. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall provide the following Global Documentation Services to facilitate the opening and maintenance of custody accounts in markets for which the Custodian offers custody services through its network of Foreign Subcustodians identified on Schedule A hereto (as updated from time to time) and for which the opening and maintenance of such accounts is required based on local market practices and laws prevailing in the particular market in which the Fund elects to invest.
(a) | The Custodian will prepare account opening, maintenance and proxy documentation as required in the applicable local market, including powers of attorney with respect to account openings and proxies. Such powers of attorney will not include any proxy voting authority of the Custodian. The Custodian will prepare the aforementioned documentation based on information available to the Custodian, industry experience, communications with local market sub-custodians, depositories, exchanges and other relevant entities, and information provided by the Fund, as necessary. |
(b) | The Custodian will obtain consularization, legalization, and/or state and country apostillation of documents, as needed. To the extent a money order is required for consularization, the Custodian will obtain the money order on the Fund’s behalf and the Custodian shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Fund. |
(c) | The Custodian will obtain and deliver to the Fund for the Fund’s completion, any tax documents necessary for tax reclaims and tax relief in the applicable local market. Prior to delivery to the Fund for completion, the Custodian will prepare sections of the aforementioned documentation to the extent information is available to the Custodian based upon information available to the Custodian, industry experience, communications with local market sub-custodians, depositories, exchanges and other relevant entities, and information provided by the Fund, as necessary. |
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In each case, the Custodian will provide the applicable document(s) to the Fund for final review and approval and execution by the Fund. The Fund is ultimately responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the content of the relevant document(s) prepared by the Custodian.”
2. | Amendments to Agreement Applicable Only to ETF Funds. |
The parties hereby agree that the Agreement is amended only with respect to the ETF Funds as follows. For the avoidance of doubt, the following amendments apply only with respect to the ETF Funds:
(a) | Section 3.18 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following with respect to the ETF Funds only: |
“Section 3.18. Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions. (a) Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall promptly release funds or securities to the Shareholder Servicing Agent or otherwise apply funds or securities, insofar as available, for the payment of dividends or other distributions to Fund shareholders. (b) Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall release funds or securities, insofar as available, to the Shareholder Servicing Agent, or as such Shareholder Servicing Agent shall otherwise instruct, for payment or delivery to Authorized Participants (as defined in the Prospectus) who have delivered to such Shareholder Servicing Agent a request for repurchase or redemption of their Shares of capital stock of such Fund or Series, in Creation Unit aggregations, which shall have been accepted by the Shareholder Servicing Agent, the applicable [Fund Securities] (as defined in the Prospectus) (or such securities in lieu thereof as may be designated by the investment adviser or investment manager of the Fund in accordance with the Prospectus) for such Fund or Series and the [Cash Redemption Amount] (as defined in the Prospectus), if applicable, less any applicable [Redemption Transaction Fee] (as defined in the Prospectus). The Custodian will transfer the applicable Fund Securities to or on the order of the Authorized Participant. Any cash redemption payment (less any applicable Redemption Transaction Fee) due to the Authorized Participant on redemption shall be effected through the DTC system or through wire transfer in the case of redemptions effected outside of the DTC system.”
(b) | Section 3.19 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following with respect to the ETF Funds only: |
“Section 3.19. Proceeds from Shares Sold. Pursuant to Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall receive funds representing cash payments received for Shares, in Creation Unit aggregations, issued or sold from time to time by a Fund or Series and shall promptly credit such funds to the Account(s) of the applicable Fund or Series. The Custodian shall promptly notify each applicable Fund or Series by electronic transmission, facsimile transmission, or such other manner as the Fund or Series and Custodian may reasonably agree in writing, of Custodian's receipt of cash or securities in payment for Shares, in Creation Unit aggregations, issued by such Fund or Series. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall: (i) deliver all federal funds received by the Custodian in payment for Shares, in Creation Unit aggregations, in payment for such investments as may be set forth in such Proper Instructions; and (ii) make federal funds received by the
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Custodian available to the applicable Fund or Series in the amount received in payment for Shares, in Creation Unit aggregations, which are deposited to the Accounts of each applicable Fund or Series.”
(c) | A new Section 3.37 is added to the Agreement immediately following Section 3.36 as follows with respect to the ETF Funds only: |
“Section 3.37. Allocation of Deposit Security Shortfalls. Each Fund acknowledges that the Custodian maintains only one account on the books of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”) for the benefit of all exchange traded funds for which the Custodian serves as custodian, including the ETF Funds (collectively, the “ETF Custody Clients”). In the event that (a) two or more ETF Custody Clients require delivery of the same Deposit Security in order to purchase a Creation Unit, and (b) the NSCC, pursuant to its Continuous Net Settlement system, delivers to the Custodian’s NSCC account less than the full amount of such Deposit Security necessary to satisfy in full each affected ETF Custody Client’s required amount (a “Common Deposit Security Shortfall”), then, until all Common Deposit Security Shortfalls for a given Deposit Security are satisfied in full, the Custodian will allocate to each affected ETF Custody Client, on a pro rata basis, securities and/or cash received in the Custodian’s NSCC account relating to such shortfall, first to satisfy any prior unsatisfied Common Deposit Security Shortfall, and then to satisfy the current Common Deposit Security Shortfall.”
3. | Miscellaneous. |
(a) Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
(b) This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received in electronically transmitted form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS II, INC.
HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC.
HARTFORD HLS SERIES FUND II, INC.
HARTFORD FUNDS MASTER FUND
HARTFORD FUNDS EXCHANGE-TRADED TRUST
LATTICE STRATEGIES TRUST
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President |
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Executive Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
List of Investment Companies
(as of September 27, 2017)
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
The Hartford Balanced Fund
The Hartford Balanced Income Fund
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund
The Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
The Hartford Conservative Allocation Fund
Hartford Core Equity Fund (formerly known as The Hartford Disciplined Equity Fund)
The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund
Hartford Duration-Hedged Strategic Income Fund
Hartford Emerging Markets Equity Fund (formerly known as The Hartford Emerging Markets Research Fund)
The Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund
Hartford Environmental Opportunities Fund
The Hartford Equity Income Fund
The Hartford Floating Rate Fund
The Hartford Floating Rate High Income Fund
The Hartford Global All-Asset Fund
The Global Alpha Fund
Hartford Global Capital Appreciation Fund (formerly known as The Hartford Capital Appreciation II Fund)
Hartford Global Equity Income Fund (formerly known as The Hartford Global Research Fund)
Hartford Global Impact Fund
The Hartford Global Real Asset Fund
The Hartford Growth Allocation Fund
The Hartford Healthcare Fund
The Hartford High Yield Fund
The Hartford Inflation Plus Fund
Hartford International Equity Fund (formerly known as The Hartford International Capital Appreciation Fund)
The Hartford International Growth Fund
The Hartford International Opportunities Fund
The Hartford International Small Company Fund
The Hartford International Value Fund
Hartford Long/Short Global Equity Fund
The Hartford MidCap Fund
The Hartford MidCap Value Fund
Hartford Moderate Allocation Fund (formerly known as The Hartford Balanced Allocation Fund)
Hartford Multi-Asset Income Fund
Hartford Municipal Income Fund
The Hartford Municipal Opportunities Fund
Hartford Municipal Short Duration Fund
The Hartford Quality Bond Fund
Hartford Real Total Return Fund
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The Hartford Short Duration Fund
The Hartford Small Cap Core Fund
The Hartford Small Company Fund
The Hartford Strategic Income Fund
The Hartford Total Return Bond Fund
The Hartford Unconstrained Bond Fund
The Hartford World Bond Fund
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS II, INC.
Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Debt and Currency Fund
Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund
Hartford Schroders Global Strategic Bond Fund
Hartford Schroders Income Builder Fund
Hartford Schroders International Multi-Cap Value Fund
Hartford Schroders International Stock Fund
Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond Fund
Hartford Schroders US Small Cap Opportunities Fund
Hartford Schroders US Small/Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
The Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund
The Hartford Municipal Real Return Fund
The Hartford Small Cap Growth Fund
The Hartford Value Opportunities Fund
HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC.
Hartford Balanced HLS Fund
Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund
Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund
Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund
Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund
Hartford Healthcare HLS Fund
Hartford High Yield HLS Fund
Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund
Hartford MidCap HLS Fund
Hartford MidCap Value HLS Fund
Hartford Small Company HLS Fund
Hartford Stock HLS Fund
Hartford Total Return Bond HLS Fund
Hartford Ultrashort Bond HLS Fund (formerly known as Hartford Money Market HLS Fund)
Hartford Value HLS Fund
HARTFORD HLS SERIES FUND II, INC.
Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund
Hartford Small Cap Growth HLS Fund
Hartford Small/Mid Cap Equity HLS Fund
Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund
HARTFORD FUNDS MASTER FUND
Global Impact Master Portfolio
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HARTFORD FUNDS EXCHANGE TRADED TRUST
Hartford Corporate Bond ETF
Hartford Quality Bond ETF
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF
LATTICE STRATEGIES TRUST
Hartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETF
Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Hartford Multifactor Global Small Cap ETF
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International Equity ETF
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility U.S. Equity ETF
Hartford Multifactor REIT ETF
Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF
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APPENDIX A-1
List of ETF Funds
(as of September 27, 2017)
HARTFORD FUNDS EXCHANGE TRADED TRUST
Hartford Corporate Bond ETF
Hartford Quality Bond ETF
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF
LATTICE STRATEGIES TRUST
Hartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETF
Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Hartford Multifactor Global Small Cap ETF
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International Equity ETF
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility U.S. Equity ETF
Hartford Multifactor REIT ETF
Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF
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