AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) to the Transfer Agency and Services Agreement (the
“Agreement”) dated November 1, 2004 by and between PFPC INC., a Massachusetts
corporation (“PFPC”), and the undersigned investment company (the “Fund,” on
behalf of each of its series) is made as of August 28, 2007. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the
Agreement.
1. Services.
In
addition to the services set forth in the Agreement,
PFPC
shall provide to the Fund the services set forth in Exhibit A hereto relating
to
the obligations of the Fund under SEC Rule 22c-2 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (“Rule 22c-2”), and the Fund will pay to PFPC the fees
and charges in respect of such services set forth in Exhibit B hereto. The
Fund
will enter (or has entered) into agreements with financial intermediaries
(collectively, “Financial Intermediaries”) under the terms of which such
Financial Intermediaries will be instructed to provide data to PFPC pursuant
to
Rule 22c-2 relating to transactions in the Fund’s shares. A form of such notice
to be provided by the Fund to each Financial Intermediary is attached as Exhibit
C hereto. PFPC shall not be liable to the Fund, its investors or any agents
of
the Fund, including its investment advisor(s), for any errors or omissions
in
any data provided to PFPC by any Financial Intermediaries or for compliance
by
the Fund with SEC Rule 22c-2 provided; however, that PFPC shall be liable for
the Fund’s inability to comply with SEC Rule 22c-2 caused by PFPC’s negligence
or misconduct. PFPC’s sole obligation under this Section 1 shall be to provide
the Fund with access to information relating to transactions in the Fund’s
shares based solely on information provided to PFPC by Financial
Intermediaries.
2. Systems.
In
providing the services described in Exhibit A hereto, PFPC may, pursuant to
licenses or other agreements (collectively, “Third Party Agreements”) with one
or more unrelated parties (collectively, “Third Party Providers”), utilize
information, data, technology and systems (collectively, “Third Party Systems”)
licensed or otherwise provided to PFPC by such Third Party Providers. The Fund
will not use or disclose any information relating to Third Party
Systems.
3. Indemnification.
The
Fund agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless PFPC and its affiliates,
including their respective officers, directors, agents and employees, from
all
taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and liabilities (including,
without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and liabilities arising
under the securities laws, rules and regulations of the United States (including
SEC Rule 22c-2) or of any state and any foreign country) arising directly or
indirectly from any actions of PFPC required to be taken pursuant to this
Amendment. Neither PFPC, nor any of its affiliates, shall be indemnified against
any liability (or any expenses incident to such liability) caused by PFPC’s or
its affiliates’ own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard in the performance of PFPC’s activities under this Amendment. The
provisions of this Section 3 shall survive termination of this
Amendment.
4. Responsibility
of PFPC.
(a) PFPC
shall be under no duty to take any action hereunder on behalf of the Fund except
as specifically set forth herein or as may be specifically agreed to by PFPC
and
the Fund in a written amendment hereto. PFPC shall be obligated to exercise
care
and diligence in the performance of its duties hereunder and to act in good
faith in performing services provided for under this Amendment. PFPC shall
be
liable only for any damages arising out of PFPC’s failure to perform its duties
under this Amendment to the extent such damages arise out of PFPC’s willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of such
duties.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything in this Amendment to the contrary, (i) neither party shall be liable
for losses, delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data occurring
directly or indirectly by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control,
including without limitation acts of God; action or inaction of civil or
military authority; public enemy; war; terrorism; riot; fire; flood; sabotage;
epidemics; labor disputes; civil commotion; interruption, loss or malfunction
of
utilities, transportation, computer or communications capabilities;
insurrection; elements of nature; or non-performance by a third party; and
(ii)
PFPC shall not be under any duty or obligation to inquire into and shall not
be
liable for the validity or invalidity, authority or lack thereof, or
truthfulness or accuracy or lack thereof, of any instruction, direction, notice,
instrument or other information from an officer of the Fund which PFPC
reasonably believes to be genuine.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Amendment to the contrary, (i) neither party nor their
affiliates shall be liable for any consequential, special or indirect losses
or
damages, whether or not the likelihood of such losses or damages was known
by
the party or their affiliates and (ii) PFPC’s cumulative liability to the Fund
for all losses, claims, suits, controversies, breaches or damages for any cause
whatsoever (including but not limited to those arising out of or related to
this
Amendment) and regardless of the form of action or legal theory shall not exceed
the greater of $100,000 or the fees received by PFPC for services provided
hereunder during the six (6) months immediately prior to the date of such loss
or damage, which figure shall not exceed the actual losses experienced by the
Fund.
(d) No
party
may assert a cause of action against PFPC or any of its affiliates that
allegedly occurred more than twelve (12) months immediately prior to the filing
of the suit (or, if applicable, commencement of arbitration proceedings)
alleging such cause of action.
(e) Each
party shall have a duty to mitigate damages for which the other party may become
responsible.
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(f)
The
provisions of this Section 4 shall survive termination of the Agreement and
this
Amendment.
5. Effective
Date.
This
Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in
this
Amendment, the Agreement shall continue in full and effect in accordance with
its terms.
6. Confidentiality.
In
accordance with the provisions of applicable federal, including but not limited,
Reg. S-P, and state privacy laws, rules and regulations, nonpublic personal
information relating to the Fund and its shareholders provided by, or at the
direction of the Fund to PFPC, or collected or retained by PFPC in the course
of
providing services to the Fund shall be considered confidential information.
PFPC agrees that it shall not use such confidential information for any purpose
other than to carry out its obligations under this Amendment, and further agrees
that it shall not give, sell or in any way transfer or disclose such
confidential information to any person or entity, other than (i) to the extent
necessary to carry out the obligations under this Amendment, (ii) at the
direction of the Fund or (iii) as required by law. PFPC represents that it
has
in place and shall maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity
of,
and to prevent unauthorized access to or use of records and information related
to the Funds or its shareholders. PFPC warrants that it shall not disclose
such
confidential information to any person or entity as permitted in the previous
sentence unless such person or entity has agreed to keep such information
confidential.
7. Term
and Termination.
The
term and termination of this Amendment shall coincide with the term and
termination of the Agreement. Within thirty (30) days after termination of
this
Amendment, the Fund shall give notice to PFPC containing reasonable instructions
regarding the disposition of tapes, data, files and other property belonging
to
the Fund and then in PFPC’s possession. PFPC shall comply with that notice,
except that PFPC may retain all such property until PFPC receives all payments
due to PFPC under this Amendment. Upon request contained in such notice, PFPC
shall convert the Fund’s data to machine readable form to the extent practicable
and at the Fund’s expense. If the Fund fails to give such notice within thirty
(30) days after termination of this Amendment, then PFPC may dispose of such
property as it
sees
fit.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as
of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT
A
Services
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The
PFPC 22 c-2 system (the “System”) is intended to enable the Fund to manage
data requests to, and to access and analyze data provided by, Financial
Intermediaries as required by SEC Rule
22c-2.
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Pursuant
to agreements between the Fund and Financial Intermediaries, Financial
Intermediaries will deliver to PFPC, in electronic format, information
on
transactions effected in Fund
shares.
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The
Fund may use the System to access data that is provided to PFPC by
Financial Intermediaries or that is otherwise available to PFPC through
NSCC for Financial Intermediaries that are NSCC members. The Fund
may also
use the System to request data from non-NSCC
members.
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The
System is intended to be generally available to the Fund from 8:00
am to
6:00 pm Eastern Time during regular trading days, subject to periodic
unavailability due to maintenance, upgrades, testing and potential
System
failures.
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PFPC
will work with the Fund to develop an implementation program with
the
objective of launching the System not later than the effective date
of SEC
Rule 22c-2. The implementation program will seek to identify and
access
sources of relevant data, including identification of omnibus accounts,
Financial Intermediaries, NSCC membership status, CUSIPs, Fund shareholder
accounts and Fund trading and redemption policies as set forth in
the
Fund’s SEC registration statement and prospectuses. Designated
representatives of the Fund will have access to the System. The System
will be tested and de-bugged as
necessary.
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The
System implementation schedule will vary depending on the profile
and
requirements of the Fund, but is estimated to take at least 3-6 weeks.
PFPC will provide project oversight and coordination, planning and
review.
PFPC will also assist the Fund in testing the System and training
designated Fund representatives in use of the
System.
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PFPC
will consider enhancements and improvements on request, with fees
at rates
to be negotiated.
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EXHIBIT
B
Fees
and Charges
This
Fee
Schedule Summary represents the pricing as set forth at date of contract
execution.
Implementation
Fee:
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$200
per hour not to exceed $25,000. (See Exhibit A for implementation
services)
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Monthly
Base Fee:
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$3,000
(to begin first day of initial download and this fee shall not be
prorated
for any partial months)
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Transaction
Storage Fee:
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$275
per month per million transactions (or fraction thereof) stored (will
be
invoiced monthly)
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Customized
system development
(if applicable):
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$200
per hour (will be invoiced as incurred)
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Training:
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Training
will be completed via various webcast sessions.
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Non
Standard Data Processing
Charge:
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Will
be quoted upon request
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Out
of Pocket expenses:
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Will
include NSCC data charges per transaction. Out of pocket expenses
not
detailed above will be invoiced as incurred. Services requested over
and
above those contained within this agreement would be evaluated at
the time
of request.
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Contract will run concurrent with TA agreement
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EXHIBIT
C
Notification
to Financial Intermediary
A
copy of
the following letter (or a letter in substantially the same form) shall be
used
by Customer to notify each relevant Financial Intermediary that it is to send
Shareholder Data to PFPC.
To:
Financial Intermediary
RE:
Compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 22c-2 under the
Investment Act of 1940, as Amended (the “Rule”)
This
letter is being sent to you (sometimes referred to as “Financial Intermediary”)
pursuant to and subject to that certain Shareholder Information Agreement (“the
SIA”) that has been executed by and between us. This letter relates to and
applies to the ____________ (the “Funds”), for which you are a Financial
Intermediary. Please accept this letter as our authorization for the
following:
1. Providing
of Shareholder Data.
Financial Intermediary shall provide PFPC Inc., agent of the Funds, such
information and take such action, as may be required pursuant to the Rule (the
“Shareholder Data”), so as to allow the Funds to comply with the Rule, for the
continuing period starting from the date of this notice letter.
2. Form
and Timing of Response.
Financial Intermediary agrees to transmit electronically (without any cost
or
charge to PFPC Inc. and pursuant only to those charges agreed upon by the Funds
in the SIA) the requested Shareholder Data to PFPC Inc. (or an entity further
designated by PFPC Inc.).
3. Definitions.
For
purposes of this Letter Agreement:
A.
The
term “Funds”
includes
the fund’s principal underwriter and transfer agent. The term not does include
any “excepted funds” as defined in SEC Rule 22c-2(b) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
B.
The
term “Shares”
means
the
interests of Shareholders corresponding to the redeemable securities of record
issued by the Funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that are held
by
the Financial Intermediary.
C.
The
term “Shareholder”
means
the
beneficial owner of Shares, whether the Shares are held directly or by the
Financial Intermediary in nominee name. [Editor’s
Note: This definition can be tailored to address the type of shares at issue,
e.g., retirement plan products, insurance products, etc.]
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Should
you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at
______________.
Sincerely,
Chief
Compliance Officer
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Funds
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