AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
TO TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDMENT, dated as of July 24, 2002, modifies the Transfer Agent Agreement by
and between U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (the “Transfer Agent”) and The Wall
Street Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), such Agreement being hereinafter referred to as
the “Agreement.”
WHEREAS,
Section 352 of the USA Patriot Act (the “Act”) and the Interim Final Rule
(Section 103.130) adopted by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network (the “Rule”) require the Fund to develop and implement an
anti-money laundering program and monitor the operation of the program and
assess the effectiveness; and
WHEREAS,
Section 326 of the Act, as proposed, requires the Fund to develop and implement
a Customer Identification Program (“CIP”) as part of the Fund’s overall
anti-money laundering program to ensure, among other things, that the Fund
obtain certain information from each of its customers and to be reasonably sure
it knows each of its customers; and
WHEREAS,
in order to assist its transfer agent clients with their anti-money laundering
compliance responsibilities under the Act and the Rule, the Transfer Agent has
provided to the Fund for their consideration and approval written procedures
describing various tools designed to promote the detection and reporting of
potential money laundering activity by monitoring certain aspects of shareholder
activity (the “Monitoring Procedures”) as well as written procedures for
verifying a customer’s identity (the “Customer Identification Procedures”),
together referred to as the “Procedures”; and
WHEREAS,
the Fund desire to implement the Procedures as part of their overall anti-money
laundering program and, subject to the terms of the Act and the Rule, delegate
to the Transfer Agent the day-today operation of the Procedures on behalf of the
Fund.
NOW
THEREFORE, the parties agree, and the Agreement is hereby modified, as
follows:
1.
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The
Fund acknowledge that they have had an opportunity to review, consider and
comment upon the Procedures provided by the Transfer Agent and the Fund
have determined that the Procedures, as part of the Fund’s overall
anti-money laundering program, are reasonably designed to prevent the Fund
from being used for money laundering or the financing of terrorist
activities and to achieve compliance with the applicable provision of the
Bank Secrecy Act and the implementing regulations
thereunder.
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2.
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Based
on this determination, the Fund hereby instruct and direct the Transfer
Agent to implement the Procedures on the Fund’s behalf, as such may be
amended or revised from time to
time.
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3.
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It
is contemplated that these Procedures will be amended from time to time by
the parties as additional regulations are adopted and/or regulatory
guidance is provided relating to the Fund’s anti-money laundering
responsibilities.
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4.
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The
Transfer Agent agrees to provide to the Fund (a) prompt written
notification of any transaction or combination of transactions that the
Transfer Agent believes, based on the Procedures, evidence money
laundering activity in connection with the Fund or any shareholder of the
Fund, (b) prompt written notification of any customer(s) that the Transfer
Agent reasonably believes, based upon the Procedures, to be engaged in
money laundering activity, provided that the Fund agree not to communicate
this information to the customer, (c) any reports received by the Transfer
Agent from any government agency or applicable industry self-regulatory
organization pertaining to the Transfer Agent’s anti-money laundering
monitoring on behalf of the Fund as provided in this Amendment, (d) prompt
written notification of any action taken in response to anti-money
laundering violations as described in (a), (b) or (c), and (e) and annual
report of its monitoring and customer identification activities on behalf
of the Fund. The Transfer Agent shall provide such other
reports on the monitoring and customer identification activities conducted
at the direction of the Fund as may be agreed to from time to time by the
Transfer Agent and the Fund.
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5.
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The
Fund hereby direct, and the Transfer Agent acknowledges, that the Transfer
Agent shall (a) permit federal regulators access to such information and
records maintained by the Transfer Agent and relating to the Transfer
Agent’s implementation of the Procedures on behalf of the Fund, as they
may request, and (b) permit such federal regulators to inspect the
Transfer Agent’s implementation of the Procedures on behalf of the
Fund.
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6.
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Fees
and expenses (other than those already set forth in the Agreement) for
services to be provided by the Transfer Agent hereunder shall be set forth
in a fee schedule agreed upon by the Fund and the Transfer Agent from time
to time. A copy of the initial fee schedule is attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
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7.
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This
Amendment constitutes the written instructions of the Fund pursuant to the
terms of the Agreement. Except to the extent supplemented
hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
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IN
WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date and
year first above written.
The
Wall Street Fund, Inc.
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U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
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(the
“Fund”)
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(the
“Transfer Agent”)
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Lindburn | By: signature unidentifiable |
Authorized
Officer
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Authorized
Officer
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Anti-Money
Laundering Fee Schedule
The fees
associated with USBFS’s assigned duties and responsibilities are
threefold: a base annual fee based on the number of shareholder
accounts, a new account fee, and out-of-pocket fees for required database
searches on both new and existing accounts. These fees are set forth
below:
AML
Base Service (excluding network level three accounts)
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0-999
accounts -
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$____
per year
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1,000-4,999
accounts -
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$____
per year
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5,000-9,9999
accounts -
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$____
per year
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10,000+
accounts -
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$____
per year
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AML
New Account Service -
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$____
per new domestic account
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$____
per new foreign account
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Out-of-pocket
expenses -
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at
cost of database search engine used
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-
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all
other out-of-pocket expenses
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Exhibit
A