FUND AGREEMENT
Exhibit
(h)(57) under Form N-1A
Exhibit
10 under Item 601/Reg. S-K
This
Agreement dated as of April 21, 2009 is made by and between Nationwide
Financial Services, Inc., on behalf of its subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A
(collectively, “Nationwide”), and Unified Financial Securities,
Inc. (the “Company") which serves as distributor to the mutual funds
(the “Funds”) listed on Exhibit B.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Nationwide provides
administrative and/or record keeping services (listed on Exhibit C) to various
retirement plans which meet the definition of retirement plans under Sections
401, 403 and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) as well as other
employer-sponsored retirement or investment plans (collectively, “Plans”) and
Nationwide further provides operational support in connection with the offering
and maintenance of the Plans; and
WHEREAS, Nationwide and the
Company may mutually desire the inclusion of the Funds as investment options in
group annuity contracts issued through separate accounts (collectively,
“Separate Accounts”), including the current and any future Separate Accounts
offered by Nationwide as funding vehicles to Plans; and/or
WHEREAS, Nationwide and the
Company may mutually desire the inclusion of the Funds as investment options in
Trust/Custodial Accounts offered by Nationwide as funding vehicles to the Plans;
and
WHEREAS, the Plans allow for the allocation
of net amounts received by Nationwide to the Funds for investment in shares of
the Funds, as well as withdrawal from the Funds; and
WHEREAS, the selection of
investment options with respect to any Fund is made by the Plan, the Plan’s
selected fiduciary or the plan participants and such Plan,
WHEREAS, Plan’s selected
fiduciary or plan participants may reallocate their investments among the
investment options in accordance with the terms of the Plan; and
NOW THEREFORE, Nationwide and
the Company, in consideration of the undertaking described herein, agree that
the Funds will be available as investment options in the Plans, subject to the
following:
REPRESENTATIONS
REPRESENTATIONS
BY NATIONWIDE
Nationwide
Financial Services, Inc. represents that it is a holding company duly organized
and in good standing under applicable state and federal
law. Nationwide represents that its subsidiaries have been duly
organized and are in good standing under applicable state and federal law and
with applicable regulatory bodies.
Nationwide
represents that its life insurance company subsidiaries have validly established
all separate accounts under applicable state law. Nationwide represents that the
Separate Accounts are either properly registered under federal law or are
otherwise exempt from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “1940 Act”) pursuant to Section 3(c)(11) and the group annuity
contracts are exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”). Nationwide represents that it will seek
to have the group annuity contracts approved by state insurance authorities in
jurisdictions where those contracts will be offered.
Nationwide
represents that the group annuity contracts are designed to be treated as
annuity contracts under the appropriate provisions of the
Code. Nationwide shall make every effort to maintain such treatment,
and will promptly notify the Company upon having a reasonable basis for
believing that such group annuity contracts have ceased to be so treated or that
they might not be so treated in the future.
Nationwide
represents that it has policies and procedures in effect with respect to the
processing and transmission of orders to purchase and redeem Fund Shares
reasonably designed to monitor and prevent orders received after the close of
trading, generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the New York Stock Exchange
(“Close of Trading”), on any Business Day from being aggregated and communicated
to the Funds with orders received before Close of Trading (consistent with
Section 22(c) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder).
Nationwide
has policies and procedures in effect to detect and deter short-term or
disruptive trading practices. Nationwide’s policies and procedures
include, but are not limited to: monitoring participant trading activity,
imposing trade restrictions and enforcing redemption fees imposed by the Funds
(if applicable). Company acknowledges that Nationwide shall apply its
own trade monitoring and restriction policies and procedures to trading of Fund
shares hereunder which may differ from the criteria set forth in the Fund’s
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (SAI). Nothing
herein shall be deemed a waiver of the rights of the Funds under that certain
22c-2 Shareholder Information Agreement between Company, on behalf of the Funds
and Nationwide. In the event of a conflict of the substantive matters
governed by the 22c-2 Agreement and this agreement, the 22c-2 agreement shall
govern.
Nationwide
represents that it will conduct its activities hereunder in conformity with all
applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
REPRESENTATIONS
BY THE COMPANY
If the
Funds are not a party to this Agreement, then the Company makes the following
representations on behalf of the Funds.
Each Fund
represents that it is duly organized and validly existing under applicable state
law. Each Fund represents that its shares are duly authorized for
issuance in accordance with applicable law, that the Fund is registered as an
open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act, and the Fund will
maintain its registration as an investment company under the 1940
Act.
Each Fund
shall take all such actions as are necessary to permit the sale of its shares to
the Plans, including registering its shares sold under the terms of this
Agreement, as required, under the 1933 Act. Each Fund will amend the
registration statement for its shares under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from
time to time as required in order to effect the continuous offering of its
shares. Each Fund will register and qualify its shares for sale in
all states and Company will promptly notify Nationwide if any shares are not
qualified in a particular state.
Each Fund
represents that it is currently qualified as a regulated investment company
under Subchapter M of the Code, and that it shall make every effort to maintain
such qualification. Each Fund shall promptly notify Nationwide upon
having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased to so qualify, or
that it may not qualify as such in the future.
The Funds
have policies and procedures in effect designed to deter frequent purchases and
redemptions. These polices are disclosed in the Funds’ prospectuses and such
policies, as disclosed, will be uniformly and consistently applied to all
shareholders, unless otherwise disclosed in each Fund’s prospectus.
The
Company, as the distributor of the Funds represents that it (i) is registered as
a broker-dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“1934 Act”) and will remain duly registered under all applicable federal and
state securities laws, (ii) is a member in good standing of the Financial
Industry Regulation Authority (“FINRA”), (iii) serves as principal
underwriter/distributor of the Funds, and (iv) will perform its
obligations for each Fund in accordance with any applicable state and federal
securities laws.
TRADING
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Nationwide shall be appointed to,
and agrees to act, as a limited agent of the Company for the sole purpose of
receiving instructions from duly authorized parties for the purchase and
redemption of Fund shares prior to the close of regular trading each Business
Day. A "Business Day” shall mean any day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading and on which the Fund calculates its net asset
value as set forth in the Fund’s most recent prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information. Except as particularly stated in this
paragraph, Nationwide shall have no authority to act on behalf of the Company or
to incur any cost or liability on its behalf. Both parties agree to
follow any written guidelines or standards relating to the sale or distribution
of the shares as may be provided in the provisions outlined in Exhibit D, as
well as to follow any applicable federal and/or state securities laws, rules or
regulations, so long as such written guidelines are consistent with each Fund’s
prospectus, except as it applies to trade monitoring and restriction
policies.
VOTING
For so
long as and to the extent that pass-through voting privileges exist for the
Separate Accounts, Nationwide shall distribute all proxy material furnished by
the Company (provided that such material is received by Nationwide or its
designated agent at least 10 Business Days prior to the date scheduled for
mailing to the Plan or its selected fiduciary or authorized representative) and
shall vote Fund shares in accordance with instructions received from the Plan,
the Plan’s selected fiduciary or its authorized representative on behalf of
participants who have interests in such Fund shares. Nationwide shall vote the
Fund shares for which no instructions have been received in the same proportion
as Fund shares for which said instructions have been received from the Plan, the
Plan’s selected fiduciary or authorized representative, provided that such
proportional voting is not prohibited by a Plan’s trust or qualified retirement
plan document, if applicable. Nationwide and its agents will in no
way recommend an action in connection with or oppose or interfere with the
solicitation of proxies in the Fund shares.
To the
extent that pass-through voting is not required, Nationwide shall distribute all
proxy material furnished by the Company for shares of Funds held in
Trust/Custodial Accounts to the Plan, the Plan’s selected fiduciary or its
authorized representative for voting instructions (provided that such material
is received by Nationwide or its designated agent at least 10 Business Days
prior to the date scheduled for mailing to the Plan, the Plan’s selected
fiduciary or its authorized representative).
DOCUMENTS
AND OTHER MATERIALS
DOCUMENTS
PROVIDED BY NATIONWIDE
If
Nationwide collects and retains information on the participant level, then
Nationwide agrees to provide the Company, upon written request, any reports
indicating the number of plan participants having interests in Fund shares
offered in the Plans and such other information (including books and records)
that the Company may reasonably request or as may be necessary or advisable to
enable it to comply with any law, regulation or order.
DOCUMENTS
PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY
Within
five (5) Business Days after the end of each calendar month, the Company shall
provide Nationwide, or its designee, a monthly statement of shareholder account
information, which shall confirm all transactions made during that particular
month and the outstanding share balance.
The
Company shall provide Nationwide with a reasonable quantity (in light of the
number of existing Plans or plan participants) of the Funds’ prospectuses,
Statements of Additional Information and any supplements thereto, and other Fund
issued documents as applicable.
EXPENSES
All
expenses incident to the performance by Nationwide under this Agreement shall be
paid by Nationwide. Likewise, all expenses incident to the performance by the
Funds under this Agreement shall be paid by the Company and/or the Funds, as
appropriate.
Nationwide
is responsible for the expenses and the costs of having the group annuity
contracts approved by state insurance authorities in the applicable
jurisdictions.
The
Company and/or the Funds are responsible for the expenses of the cost of
registration of the Funds’ shares, the preparation of the Funds’ prospectuses,
statements of additional information, proxy materials, reports and the
preparation of other related statements and notices required by law (“Fund
Materials”) for distribution in reasonable quantities except as otherwise
mutually agreed upon by the parties to the Agreement. Nationwide is
responsible for distributing Fund prospectuses and other Fund issued documents
as applicable to its existing Plans or such Plans’ authorized
representatives. The Company will pay the lesser of:
(a)
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The
cost to print individual Fund prospectuses and other Fund issued documents
as applicable; or
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(b)
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The
Company's portion of the total printing costs if Nationwide does not use
individual prospectuses and other Fund issued documents as applicable, but
reprints such documents in another format;
or
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(c)
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The
Company’s portion of the total reproduction costs if Nationwide does not
use individual printed prospectuses and other Fund issued documents as
applicable, but reproduces such documents in another allowable and
appropriate medium (i.e., CD ROM or computer diskette) which is mutually
agreed upon by both Nationwide and the Company and subject to reasonable
costs.
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PRIVACY
AND CONFIDENTIALITY INFORMATION
Confidentiality Obligation.
Each party shall hold the Confidential Information of the other party in
strict confidence. Each of the parties warrants to the other that it
shall not disclose to any person any Confidential Information which it may
acquire in the performance of this Agreement; nor shall it use such Confidential
Information for any purposes other than to fulfill its contractual obligations
under this Agreement and it will maintain the other party’s Customer and
Confidential Information with reasonable care, which shall not be less than the
degree of care it would use for its own such information.
Confidential
Information. For purposes of this Section and the next, “Confidential
Information” means any data or information regarding proprietary information,
information identified as Confidential, or information that a reasonable
business person would understand to be confidential. This includes,
but is not limited to, the customer information of each party.
Customer
Information. For purposes of this Section, “Customer Information”
means non-public personally identifiable information as defined in the
Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
each party agrees not to use, disclose or distribute to others any such
information except as necessary to perform the terms of this Agreement and each
party agrees to comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act. In the event Confidential Information includes Customer
Information, the Customer Information clause controls.
Confidential
Information does not include information that: (a) was in the public
domain prior to the date of this Agreement or subsequently came into the public
domain through no fault of the receiving party (“Receiving Party”) or by no
violation of this Agreement; (b) was lawfully received by the Receiving Party
from a third party free of any obligation of confidence of such third party; (c)
was already in the possession of the Receiving Party prior to receipt thereof
directly or indirectly from the disclosing party (“Disclosing Party”); (d) is
subsequently and independently developed by employees, consultants or agents of
the Receiving Party without reference to or use of the Confidential Information
disclosed under this Agreement; (e) is required to be disclosed pursuant to
applicable laws, regulatory or legal process, subpoena or court order; provided
that the receiving party shall notify the disclosing party of such receipt and
tender to it the defense of such demand; after such notice is provided,
receiving party shall be entitled to comply with such subpoena or other process
to the extent required by law; or, (f) the annual fees payable to Nationwide
under this Agreement as set forth in Exhibit C.
Unauthorized
Disclosure. Receiving Party shall promptly notify the
Disclosing Party, and provide the details, of any unauthorized possession or use
of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. The parties understand and
agree, Receiving Party shall be liable, and there shall be no cap on liability,
for damages arising out of breaches of confidentiality involving breaches of
data that lead to the release or misuse of data pertaining to Disclosing Party
(“Identified Breaches”).
Data
Disposition. Upon Disclosing Party’s written request,
Receiving Party shall promptly return all documents and other media containing
Confidential Information. Any information that cannot feasibly be
returned shall be purged, deleted or destroyed. The Receiving Party
shall have an obligation to safeguard all other information.
SECURITY
Each
party will maintain and enforce safety and physical security procedures with
respect to its access and maintenance of Confidential Information that (a) are
at least equal to industry standards for such types of locations, (b) are in
accordance with reasonable policies in these regards, and (c) provide reasonably
appropriate technical and organizational safeguards against accidental or
unlawful destruction, loss, alteration or unauthorized disclosure or access of
Confidential Information under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, each party will take all reasonable measures to secure and
defend its location and equipment against “hackers” and others, both internal
and external, who may seek, without authorization, to modify or access its
Systems or the information found therein. Each party will periodically test its
Systems for potential areas where security could be breached, and will report to
the other party immediately any breaches of security or unauthorized access to
its Systems that it detects or becomes aware of. Each party will use
diligent efforts to remedy such breach of security or unauthorized access in a
timely manner. Each party maintains the reasonable right to audit its
data in the other party’s systems environment.
All
Confidential Information must be stored in a physically and logically secure
environment that protects it from unauthorized access, modification, theft,
misuse and destruction. In addition to the general standards set
forth above, each party will maintain an adequate level of physical security
controls over its facility including, but not limited to, appropriate alarm
systems, fire suppression, and access controls (including off-hour controls)
which may include visitor access procedures, security guard force, video
surveillance, and staff egress searches. Further, each party will
maintain an adequate level of data security controls, including, but not limited
to, logical access controls including user sign-on identification and
authentication, data access controls (e.g., password protection of applications,
data files and libraries), accountability tracking, anti-virus software, secured
printers, restrict download to disk capability and provision for System
backup.
ANTI-MONEY
LAUNDERING
Nationwide
agrees that companies listed in Exhibit A will comply with the USA PATRIOT Act
as applicable and effective. Further, the Company agrees that it will
comply with the USA PATRIOT Act as applicable and effective.
DISCLOSURE
Each
party may disclose that it has entered into this arrangement. Further, each
party may disclose the annual fees payable to Nationwide under this Agreement as
set forth in Exhibit C.
INDEMNIFICATION
Nationwide
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and Funds, and its officers,
directors, employees, agents, affiliated persons, subsidiaries and each person,
if any, who controls the Company and/or Funds within the meaning of the 1940
Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this
Section) against any losses, claims, expenses, damages, liabilities (including
amounts paid in settlement thereof) and/or litigation expenses (including
reasonable legal and other expenses) (collectively the “Losses”), to
which the Indemnified Parties may become subject to when such Losses result from
a breach by Nationwide of a material provision of this
Agreement. Nationwide will reimburse any reasonable legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with
investigating or defending any such Losses. Nationwide shall not be liable for
indemnification hereunder if such Losses are attributable to the bad faith,
negligence, willful misfeasance or misconduct of the Company or Fund in
performing its obligations under this Agreement.
The
Company and Funds agree to indemnify and hold harmless Nationwide and its
officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliated persons, subsidiaries and
each person, if any, who controls Nationwide within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for
purposes of this Section) against any Losses, to which the Indemnified Parties
may become subject to when such Losses result from a breach by the Company
and/or Funds of a material provision of this Agreement. The Company
and/or Funds will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Indemnified Parties in connection with investigating or defending any such
Losses. The Company and Funds shall not be liable for indemnification
hereunder if such Losses are attributable to the bad faith, negligence, willful
misfeasance or misconduct of Nationwide in performing its obligations under this
Agreement.
Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of
action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party, in
writing, of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying
party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In the event
that such an action is brought against any indemnified party, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
wish to, assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation.
If the
indemnifying party assumes the defense of any such action, the indemnifying
party shall not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties in
such action, settle or compromise the liability of the indemnified parties in
such action, or permit a default or consent to the entry of any judgment in
respect thereof, unless in connection with such settlement, compromise or
consent, each indemnified party receives from such claimant an unconditional
release from all liability in respect of such claim.
APPLICABLE
LAW
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware.
This
Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the 1933, 1934 and 1940 Acts and
the rules and regulations thereunder, including such exemptions from those
statutes, rules and regulations as the SEC may grant.
TERMINATION
This
Agreement shall terminate with regard to the availability of shares of a Fund
(if specified) or all of the Funds as underlying investment
options:
(a)
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automatically
in the event of assignment (as such term is defined in the 0000 Xxx) of
the Agreement, but only with respect to the 12b-1 fees paid under this
Agreement, (ii) Company’s suspension or expulsion from FINRA or (iii) the
non-approval of the group annuity contracts by its appropriated regulatory
body.
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(b)
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at
the option of Nationwide or the Company upon at least 60 days advance
written notice to the other;
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(c)
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at
any time upon the Company's election, if the Company determines that
liquidation of the Funds is in the best interest of the Funds or their
beneficial owners. Reasonable advance notice of election to
liquidate shall be provided to Nationwide in order to permit the
substitution of Fund shares, if necessary, with shares of another
investment company pursuant to applicable securities
regulations;
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(d)
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at
any time upon Nationwide’s election, in accordance with applicable
securities regulations, to substitute such Fund shares with the shares of
another investment company for the group annuity contracts and/or
Trust/Custodial Accounts for which the Fund shares have been selected to
serve as the underlying investment options. Nationwide shall
give reasonable notice to the Company of any proposal to substitute Fund
shares;
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(e)
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at
the option of Nationwide or the Company with 30 days advance written
notice to the other, upon the institution of relevant formal proceedings
against Nationwide or the Company or the Funds by FINRA, the IRS, the
Department of Labor, the SEC, state insurance departments or any other
regulatory body;
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(f)
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at
the option of either party for cause immediately upon written notice to
the other party upon a material breach of this Agreement if the breaching
party does not cure the material breach within 30 days after receiving
written notice of the material breach from the non-breaching
party.
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Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing provisions of this section ("Termination"), this Agreement
and all related agreements shall remain in force and in effect for so long as
allocations to any or all of the Separate Accounts and/or Trust/Custodial
Accounts remain invested in Fund shares.
NOTICE
Each
notice or other communication required
or permitted to be made or given by a party pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in
writing and delivered by U.S. first class mail or overnight courier, in each
case prepaid and addressed, to:
Nationwide
Financial Services, Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0-00-00
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attention:
AVP – NF Investment Offerings
Unified
Financial Securities, Inc.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Broker
Dealer Services
Any party
may change its address by notifying the other party(ies) in
writing. Notices will be deemed given upon dispatch.
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
This
Agreement, together with all contemporaneous exhibits, sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement and supercedes any and all prior discussions, representations, and
understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties related to the
subject of this Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT
Except as
otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither
this Agreement nor any rights, privileges, duties or obligations of the parties
may be assigned by any party without the written consent of the other
parties.
WAIVER
OF AGREEMENT
No term
or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless done so in
writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is
sought to be enforced. Either party’s failure to insist at any time
on strict compliance with this Agreement or with any of the terms under this
Agreement or any continued course of such conduct on its part will in no event
constitute or be considered a waiver by such party of any of its rights or
privileges.
ENFORCEABILITY
If any
portion of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision,
statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of the Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
REMEDIES
NOT EXCLUSIVE
The
rights, remedies and obligations contained in this Agreement are cumulative and
are in addition to any and all rights, remedies and obligations, at law or in
equity, which the parties to this Agreement are entitled to under state and
federal laws.
TRADEMARKS
Except to
the extent required by applicable law, no party shall use any other party's
names, logos, trademarks or service marks, whether registered or unregistered,
without the prior consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Nationwide may identify the Funds in a listing of funds available as
underlying investment options.
SURVIVABILITY
Sections
“Representations,”
“Privacy and
Confidentiality Information,” “Security,” “Indemnification,” and
“Trademarks”
hereof shall survive termination of this Agreement. In addition, all
provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement in the
event that any Separate Accounts and/or Trust/Custodial Accounts are invested in
a Fund at the time the termination becomes effective and shall survive for so
long as such Separate Accounts and/or Trust/Custodial Accounts remain so
invested.
NON-EXCLUSIVITY
Each of
the parties acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement and the arrangements
described in this Agreement are intended to be non-exclusive and that each of
the parties is free to enter into similar agreements and arrangements with other
entities.
PARTNERSHIPS/JOINT
VENTURES
Nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a partnership or joint venture by
and among the parties hereto.
FORCE
MAJEURE
No party
to this Agreement will be responsible for delays resulting from acts beyond the
reasonable control of such party, provided that the nonperforming party uses
commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of nonperformance
and continues performance hereunder as soon as practicable as soon as such
causes are avoided, rectified or removed.
AMENDMENTS
TO THIS AGREEMENT
This
Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written amendment, which
includes any amendments to the Exhibits, executed by all parties to the
Agreement.
NO
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
Except as
expressly set forth herein, no provisions of this Agreement are intended or
shall be construed to provide or create any rights or benefits in any third
party.
EXECUTION
Each
party hereby represents and warrants to the other that the persons executing
this Agreement on its behalf are duly authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver the Agreement and that the Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation, and is enforceable in accordance with its
terms. Except as particularly set forth herein, neither party assumes
any responsibility hereunder and will not be liable to the other for any
damages, loss of data, delay or any other loss whatsoever caused by events
beyond its control.
This
Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature and it 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.
NATIONWIDE
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
By: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Title: AVP
- NF Investment Offerings
UNIFIED
FINANCIAL SECURITIES, INC.
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
By: Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant
Vice President
EXHIBIT
A
Subsidiary Life Insurance
Companies
Nationwide
Life Insurance Company
Nationwide
Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Other
Subsidiaries
Nationwide
Trust Company, FSB, a division of Nationwide Bank
Nationwide
Investment Services Corporation
Nationwide
Retirement Solutions, Inc., and subsidiaries and affiliates
Nationwide
Life Insurance Company of America
Nationwide
Life and Annuity Company of America
Nationwide
Investment Advisors, LLC
Any other
existing or future direct or indirect subsidiaries of Nationwide
Financial Services, Inc. issuing Separate Accounts, offering
Trust/Custodial Accounts, or performing duties or obligations hereunder on
behalf of Nationwide provided that such subsidiary is duly formed, validly
existing and has all necessary licenses.
EXHIBIT
B
Funds
All
current and future funds available for sale through the distribution channel,
including but not limited to any funds listed below.
FUNDS
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SYMBOL
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CUSIP
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Huntington
Dividend Capture Fund
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A
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HDCAX
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443627660
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Huntington
Dividend Capture Fund
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B
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HDCBX
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446327652
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Huntington
Growth Fund
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A
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HGWIX
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446327884
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Huntington
Growth Fund
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B
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HUGBX
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446327678
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Huntington
Income Equity Fund
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A
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HUINX
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446327868
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Huntington
Income Equity Fund
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B
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HUIEX
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446327710
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Huntington
International Equity Fund
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A
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HIEAX
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446327637
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Huntington
International Equity Fund
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B
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HUIBX
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446327629
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Huntington
Macro 100 Fund
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A
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HMALX
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446327330
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Huntington
Macro 100 Fund
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B
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HMBNX
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446327322
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Huntington
Mid Corp America Fund
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A
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HUMIX
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446327561
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Huntington
Mid Corp America Fund
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B
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HMABX
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446327553
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Huntington
New Economy Fund
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A
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HNEAX
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446327595
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Huntington
New Economy Fund
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B
|
HNEBX
|
446327587
|
Huntington
Real Strategies Fund
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A
|
HRSAX
|
446327298
|
Huntington
Real Strategies Fund
|
B
|
HRBSX
|
446327280
|
Huntington
Rotating Markets Fund
|
A
|
HRIAX
|
446327520
|
Huntington
Rotating Markets Fund
|
B
|
HRIBX
|
446327264
|
Huntington
Situs Fund
|
A
|
HSUAX
|
446327488
|
Huntington
Situs Fund
|
B
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HSUBX
|
446327470
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FUNDS
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SYMBOL
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CUSIP
|
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Huntington
Technical Opportunities Fund
|
A
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HTOAX
|
446327199
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Huntington
Technical Opportunities Fund
|
B
|
HTOBX
|
446327181
|
Huntington
Fixed Income Securities Fund
|
A
|
HFIIX
|
446327777
|
Huntington
Fixed Income Securities Fund
|
B
|
HFIBX
|
446327694
|
Huntington
Intermediate Government Income Fund
|
A
|
HMGCX
|
446327454
|
Huntington
Intermediate Government Income Fund
|
B
|
HGVBX
|
446327454
|
Huntington
Mortgage Securities Fund
|
A
|
HUMSX
|
446327843
|
Huntington
Mortgage Securities Fund
|
B
|
HMBGX
|
446327439
|
Huntington
Ohio Tax-Free Fund
|
A
|
HOHFX
|
446327827
|
Huntington
Ohio Tax-Free Fund
|
B
|
HOHBX
|
446327421
|
Huntington
Short/Intermediate Fixed Income Secs Fund
|
A
|
HSIAX
|
446327413
|
EXHIBIT
C
Services and
Fees
Services Provided by
Nationwide
Pursuant
to the Agreement, Nationwide may perform administrative and shareholder services
(“Services”) with respect to the Plans, including but not limited to, the
following:
1.
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Under
some circumstances, maintaining separate records for each participant,
which shall reflect the Fund shares purchased and redeemed and Fund share
balances of such participants and the Plan. Nationwide will
maintain a single master account with each Fund on behalf of each Plan and
such account shall be in the name of Nationwide (or its designee) as
record owner of shares owned by plan
participants.
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2.
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Disbursing
or crediting to Plans and plan participants all proceeds of redemptions of
shares of the Funds and all dividends and other distributions not
reinvested in shares of the Funds.
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3.
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Preparing
and transmitting to each Plan, through its authorized representative, as
required by law, periodic statements showing the total number of shares
owned by participants as of the statement closing date, purchases and
redemptions of Fund shares by the participants during the period covered
by the statement and the dividends and other distributions paid during the
statement period (whether paid in cash or reinvested in Fund shares), and
such other information as may be required, from time to time, by a
Plan.
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4.
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Supporting
and responding to service inquiries from a
Plan.
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5.
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Maintaining
and preserving all records required by law to be maintained and preserved
in connection with providing the Services for each
Plan.
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6.
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Generating
written confirmations and quarterly statements to each Plan, through its
authorized representative.
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7.
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Distributing
to each Plan, through its authorized representative, to the extent
required by applicable law, Funds’ prospectuses, proxy materials, periodic
fund reports to shareholders and other materials that the Funds are
required by law or otherwise to provide to their shareholders or
prospective shareholders.
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8.
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Transmitting
purchase and redemption orders to the Funds on behalf of the
Plan.
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Administrative Services and
Fees
1.
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In
consideration for the Services (as described above) to be provided by
Nationwide to the Plans pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will
calculate and pay Nationwide a fee (“Service Fee”) at an annualized rate
equal to the rates shown below of the average daily net assets of each
Fund held by the Separate Accounts and/or the Trust/Custodial Accounts
during the period in which they were earned (such fee is described
below).
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2.
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The
Service Fees will be paid to Nationwide as soon as practicable, but no
later than 30 days after the end of the period in which they were
earned. The Service Fees will be paid on a quarterly or monthly
basis.
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3.
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If
participant-level information is gathered and retained by Nationwide and
there is an arrangement to pay per-participant fees, then no later than 10
days after the end of the period in which Service Fees are earned,
Nationwide will send a statement to the Company indicating the number of
plan participants in the Plans, and the average account size of such
accounts. The average account size shall be calculated by
dividing the average daily net assets, calculated as provided herein, by
the number of plan participants in the
Plans.
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4.
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Nationwide
and the Company agree that the Service Fee described in this Agreement is
for administrative services only and does not constitute payment in any
manner for investment advisory
services.
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5.
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The
parties agree that a Service Fee will be paid to Nationwide according to
this Agreement with respect to each Fund as long as shares of such Fund
are held by the Separate Accounts and/or the Trust/Custodial
Accounts. This provision will survive termination of this
Agreement.
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6.
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The
Company recognizes that Nationwide incurs certain expenses relating to
offering Funds through Nationwide Trust Company, FSB, (a division of
Nationwide Bank). If the Company has Funds participating through
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB, the Company agrees to pay a $1,500 set up
fee, per fund. This fee does not apply to Funds participating
in the Separate Accounts or the Custodial Accounts not offered through
Nationwide Trust Company, FSB. Nationwide will invoice the
Company for this fee.
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FUNDS SERVICE FEES
50 bps
(25 bps
admin fee, 25 bps 12b-1) for A and B Shares
FUND/SERV
PROCESSING PROCEDURES
AND
MANUAL
PROCESSING PROCEDURES
The
purchase, redemption and settlement of shares of a Fund (“Shares”) will normally
follow the Fund/SERV-Defined Contribution Clearance and Settlement Service
(“DCCS”) Processing Procedures below and the rules and procedures of the SCC
Division of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) shall govern
the purchase, redemption and settlement of Shares of the Funds through NSCC by
Nationwide. In the event of equipment failure or technical
malfunctions or the parties’ inability to otherwise perform transactions
pursuant to the FUND/SERV Processing Procedures, or the parties’ mutual consent
to use manual processing, the Manual Processing Procedures below will
apply.
It is
understood and agreed that, in the context of Section 22 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and Rule 22c-1 thereunder receipt by
Nationwide of any Instructions from the Plan participant prior to the Close of
Trade on any Business Day shall be deemed to be receipt by the Funds of such
Instructions solely for pricing purposes and shall cause purchases and sales to
be deemed to occur at the Share Price for such Business Day, except as provided
in 4(c) of the Manual Processing Procedures. Each Instruction shall
be deemed to be accompanied by a representation by Nationwide that it has
received proper authorization from each plan participant whose purchase,
redemption, account transfer or exchange transaction is effected as a result of
such Instruction.
Fund/SERV-DCCS
Processing Procedures
1.
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On
each business day that the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is
open for business on which the Funds determine their net asset values
("Business Day"), the Company shall accept, and effect changes in its
records upon receipt of purchase, redemption, exchanges, account transfers
and registration instructions from Nationwide electronically through
Fund/SERV ("Instructions”) without supporting documentation from the plan
participant. On each Business Day, the Company shall accept for
processing any Instructions from Nationwide and shall process such
Instructions in a timely manner.
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2.
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Company
shall perform any and all duties, functions, procedures and
responsibilities assigned to it under this Agreement and as otherwise
established by the NSCC. Company shall conduct each of the
foregoing activities in a competent manner and in compliance with (a) all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, including NSCC Fund/SERV-DCCS
rules and procedures relating to Fund/SERV; (b) the then-current
Prospectus of a Fund; and (c) any provision relating to Fund/SERV in any
other agreement of the Company that would affect its duties and
obligations pursuant to this
Agreement.
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3.
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Confirmed
trades and any other information provided by the Company to Nationwide
through Fund/SERV and pursuant to this Agreement shall be accurate,
complete, and in the format prescribed by the
NSCC.
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4.
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Trade
information provided by Nationwide to the Company through Fund/SERV and
pursuant to this Agreement shall be accurate, complete and, in the format
prescribed by the NSCC. All Instructions by Nationwide
regarding each Fund/SERV Account shall be true and correct and will have
been duly authorized by the registered
holder.
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5.
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For
each Fund/SERV transaction, Nationwide shall provide the Funds and the
Company with all information necessary or appropriate to establish and
maintain each Fund/SERV transaction (and any subsequent changes to such
information), which Nationwide hereby certifies is and shall remain true
and correct. Nationwide shall maintain documents required by
the Funds to effect Fund/SERV transactions. Nationwide
certifies that all Instructions delivered to Company on any Business Day
shall have been received by Nationwide from the plan participant by the
close of trading (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”)) on the Exchange
(the "Close of Trading") on such Business Day and that any Instructions
received by it after the Close of Trading on any given Business Day will
be transmitted to Company on the next Business
Day.
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Manual
Processing Procedures
1.
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On
each Business Day, Nationwide may receive Instructions from the plan
participant for the purchase or redemption of shares of the Funds based
solely upon receipt of such Instructions prior to the Close of Trading on
that Business Day. Instructions in good order received by
Nationwide prior to the close of trading on any given Business Day
(generally, 4:00 p.m. ET (the “Trade Date”) and transmitted to the Company
by no later than 9:30 a.m. ET the Business Day following the Trade Date
(“Trade Date plus One” or “T+1”), will be executed at the NAV (“Share
Price”) of each applicable Fund, determined as of the Close of Trading on
the Trade Date.
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2.
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By
no later than 6:00 p.m. ET on each Trade Date (“Price Communication
Time”), the Company will use its best efforts to communicate to Nationwide
via electronic transmission acceptable to both parties, the Share Price of
each applicable Fund, as well as dividend and capital gain information
and, in the case of funds that credit a daily dividend, the daily accrual
or interest rate factor, determined at the Close of Trading on that Trade
Date.
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3.
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As
noted in Paragraph 1 above, by 9:30 a.m. ET on T+1 (“Instruction Cutoff
Time”) and after Nationwide has processed all approved transactions,
Nationwide will transmit to the Company via facsimile, telefax or
electronic transmission or system-to-system, or by a method acceptable to
Nationwide and the Company, a report (the “Instruction Report”) detailing
the Instructions that were received by Nationwide prior to the Funds’
daily determination of Share Price for each Fund (i.e., the Close of
Trading) on Trade Date.
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(a)
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It
is understood by the parties that all Instructions from the plan
participant shall be received and processed by Nationwide in accordance
with its standard transaction processing procedures. Nationwide
or its designees shall maintain records sufficient to identify the date
and time of receipt of all plan participant transactions involving the
Funds and shall make or cause to be made such records available upon
reasonable request for examination by the Funds or its designated
representative or, by appropriate governmental
authorities. Under no circumstances shall Nationwide change,
alter or modify any Instructions received by it in good
order.
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(b)
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Following
the completion of the transmission of any Instructions by Nationwide to
the Company by the Instruction Cutoff Time, Nationwide will verify that
the Instruction was received by the
Company.
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(c)
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In
the event that an Instruction transmitted by Nationwide on any Business
Day is not received by the Company by the Instruction Cutoff Time, due to
mechanical difficulties or for any other reason beyond Nationwide’s
reasonable control, such Instruction shall nonetheless be treated by the
Company as if it had been received by the Instruction Cutoff Time,
provided that Nationwide retransmits such Instruction by facsimile
transmission to the Company and such Instruction is received by the
Company’s financial control representative no later than 9:30 a.m. ET on
T+1. In addition, Nationwide will use its best efforts to place
a phone call to a financial control representative of the Company prior to
12:00 p.m. noon ET on T+1 to advise the Company that a facsimile
transmission concerning the Instruction is being
sent.
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(d)
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With
respect to all Instructions, the Company’s financial control
representative will manually adjust a Fund’s records for the Trade Date to
reflect any Instructions sent by
Nationwide.
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(e)
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By
no later than 4:00 p.m. on T+1, and based on the information transmitted
to the Company pursuant to Paragraph 3(c) above, Nationwide will use its
best efforts to verify that all Instructions provided to the Company on
T+1 were accurately received and that the trades for each Account were
accurately completed and Nationwide will use its best efforts to notify
Company of any discrepancies.
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4.
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As
set forth below, upon the timely receipt from Nationwide of the
Instructions, the Fund will execute the purchase or redemption
transactions (as the case may be) at the Share Price for each Fund
computed as of the Close of Trading on the Trade
Date.
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(a)
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Except
as otherwise provided herein, all purchase and redemption transactions
will settle on T+1. Settlements will be through net Federal
Wire transfers to an account designated by a Fund. In the case
of Instructions which constitute a net purchase order, settlement shall
occur by Nationwide initiating a wire transfer by 1:00 p.m. ET on T+1 to
the custodian for the Fund for receipt by the Funds’ custodian by no later
than the Close of Business at the New York Federal Reserve Bank on T+1,
causing the remittance of the requisite funds to the Company to cover such
net purchase order.
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In the
case of Instructions which constitute a net redemption order, settlement shall
occur by the Company causing the remittance of the requisite funds to cover such
net redemption order by Federal Funds Wire by 1:00 p.m. ET on T+1, provided that
the Fund reserves the right to (i) delay settlement of redemptions for up to
seven (7) Business Days after receiving a net redemption order in accordance
with Section 22 of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder, or (ii) suspend
redemptions pursuant to the 1940 Act or as otherwise required by
law. Settlements shall be in U.S. dollars.
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(b)
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Nationwide
(and its Separate Accounts and/or Trust/Custodial Accounts) shall be
designated as record owner of each account (“Record Owner”) and Company
shall provide Nationwide with all written confirmations required under
federal and state securities laws.
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(c)
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On
any Business Day when the Federal Reserve Wire Transfer System is closed,
all communication and processing rules will be suspended for the
settlement of Instructions. Instructions will be settled on the
next Business Day on which the Federal Reserve Wire Transfer System is
open. The original T+1 Settlement Date will not
apply. Rather, for purposes of this Paragraph 4(c) only, the
Settlement Date will be the date on which the Instruction
settles.
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(d)
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Nationwide
shall, upon receipt of any confirmation or statement concerning the
accounts, verify the accuracy of the information contained therein against
the information contained in Nationwide’s internal record-keeping system
and shall promptly, advise the Company in writing of any discrepancies
between such information. The Company and Nationwide shall
cooperate to resolve any such discrepancies as soon as reasonably
practicable.
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Adjustments
In the
event of any error or delay with respect to both the Fund/SERV Processing
Procedures and the Manual Processing Procedures outlined in Exhibit D
herein: (i) which is caused by the Funds or the Company, the Company
shall make any adjustments on the Funds’ accounting system necessary to correct
such error or delay and the responsible party or parties shall reimburse the
plan participant and Nationwide, as appropriate, for any losses or reasonable
costs incurred directly as a result of the error or delay but specifically
excluding any and all consequential punitive or other indirect damages or (ii)
which is caused by Nationwide, the Company shall make any adjustment on the
Funds’ accounting system necessary to correct such error or delay and the
affected party or parties shall be reimbursed by Nationwide for any losses or
reasonable costs incurred directly as a result of the error or delay, but
specifically excluding any and all consequential punitive or other indirect
damages. In the event of any such adjustments on the Funds’
accounting system, Nationwide shall make the corresponding adjustments on its
internal record-keeping system. In the event that errors or delays
with respect to the Procedures are contributed to by more than one party hereto,
each party shall be responsible for that portion of the loss or reasonable cost
which results from its error or delay. All parties agree to provide
the other parties prompt notice of any errors or delays of the type referred to
herein and to use reasonable efforts to take such action as may be appropriate
to avoid or mitigate any such costs or losses.