Exhibit No. 99(b)(9)(b)(14)
ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOURTEEN
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 30th day of November, 1997 by and
between DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC., a Maryland corporation (the
"Fund"), and PFPC INC., formerly "Provident Financial Processing Corporation"
("PFPC"), a Delaware corporation, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of PNC Financial Corp.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act");
and
WHEREAS, the Fund has retained PFPC to provide certain administration
and accounting services pursuant to an Administration and Accounting Services
Agreement dated as of June 19, 1989 and as amended (the "Agreement") which, as
of the date hereof, is in full force and effect; and
WHEREAS, PFPC presently provides such services to the thirty existing
Portfolios of the Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Fund has since organized two new Portfolios, designated
"U.S. 4-10 Value Portfolio" and "Emerging Markets Value Portfolio" (the "New
Portfolios"), and the parties hereto desire that PFPC shall provide the New
Portfolios with the same services that PFPC provides to the other thirty
Portfolios of the Fund pursuant to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 1 of the Agreement provides that PFPC shall provide
such services to any Portfolio organized by the Fund after the date of the
Agreement as agreed to in writing by PFPC and the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. The Fund has delivered to PFPC copies of:
(a) Post-Effective Amendment Number 46 to the registration
statement of the Fund, as effective with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 30, 1997 wherein the New Portfolios are described;
(b) The exhibits to such post-effective amendment, including the
form of Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Incorporation which pertain to
the New Portfolios; and
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(c) Amendment Number Fourteen dated November 30, 1997 of the
Transfer Agency Agreement between the parties dated as of June 19, 1989.
2. The Agreement hereby is amended effective November 30, 1997 by:
(a) adding the following sentence immediately after the
fifteenth sentence of Section 1 therein, "As of November 30, 1997, the Fund
delivered to PFPC a Prospectus dated November 30, 1997 wherein two new classes
of shares designated "U.S. 4-10 Value Portfolio" and "Emerging Markets Value
Portfolio" are described, and the parties agree that the terms of this Agreement
shall apply to the Portfolios described in such Prospectus.";
(b) adding a new sentence immediately following the fifteenth
sentence of Section 15 as follows: "The foregoing provisions of this Section 15
notwithstanding, this Agreement with respect to U.S. 4-10 Value Portfolio and
Emerging Markets Value Portfolio may be terminated by either party upon not less
than 180 days prior written notice to the other party."
3. The Fee Schedules of PFPC applicable to the New Portfolios shall
be as agreed in writing from time to time.
4. In all other respects the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in
full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
Number Fourteen to the Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
officers designated below on the day and year first above written.
DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC.
By:
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PFPC INC.
By:
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