Exhibit (h)(3)(b) Amendment to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement Dated June 3, 2009 Between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and Forward Funds
Exhibit (h)(3)(b)
Amendment to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service
Agreement
Dated June 3, 2009
Between
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
and
THIS AMENDMENT is made as of January 26, 2015, by and between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) and Forward Funds (the “Fund”).
WHEREAS, ALPS and the Fund have entered into an Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated June 3, 2009 and effective June 15, 2009;
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved (i) on September 16, 2014, the name change of the Forward Endurance Long/Short Fund to the Forward Equity Long/Short Fund, effective August 1, 2014, and (ii) on December 10, 2014 the liquidation of the Forward Managed Futures Strategy Fund;
WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, ALPS and the Fund wish to modify the provisions of the Agreement to reflect revised Schedule A – List of Portfolios.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A – List of Portfolios. Schedule A is replaced in its entirety with the attached Schedule A. |
| 2. | Remainder of the Agreement. All services under Article II of the Agreement shall continue until such services are no longer rendered. All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized representative of each of the parties hereto as of the date of the Amendment first set forth above.
| ALPS Fund Services, Inc. | Forward Funds | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. May |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Naka | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. May | Name: | Xxxxxx X. Naka | |||||
| Title: | President | Title: | Secretary and Vice President, Funds | |||||
SCHEDULE A
To the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement
Dated as of January 26, 2015
Forward Balanced Allocation Fund
Forward Commodity Long/Short Strategy Fund
Forward Core Strategy Long/Short Fund1
Forward Credit Analysis Long/Short Fund
Forward Dynamic Income Fund
Forward EM Corporate Debt Fund
Forward Emerging Markets Fund
Forward Equity Long/Short Fund
Forward Floating NAV Short Duration Fund1
Forward Frontier Strategy Fund
Forward Global Dividend Fund
Forward Global Infrastructure Fund
Forward Growth & Income Allocation Fund
Forward Growth Allocation Fund
Forward High Yield Bond Fund
Forward Income & Growth Allocation Fund
Forward Income Builder Fund
Forward International Dividend Fund
Forward International Real Estate Fund
Forward International Small Companies Fund
| 1 | Fund has yet to commence operations. |
Forward Investment Grade Fixed-Income Fund
Forward Multi-Strategy Fund
Forward Real Estate Fund
Forward Real Estate Long/Short Fund
Forward Select EM Dividend Fund
Forward Select Income Fund
Forward Select Opportunity Fund
Forward Small Cap Equity Fund
Forward Tactical Enhanced Fund
Forward Tactical Growth Fund
Forward Total MarketPlus Fund
Forward U.S. Government Money Fund
