AMENDMENT TO FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT
8-27-07
AMENDMENT TO FUND ACCOUNTING
AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT (“Amendment”) made as of
August 11, 2007, among Firsthand Funds, a Delaware statutory trust having its
principal place of business at 000 X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000 (the “Trust”) and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., an Ohio corporation
formerly known as BISYS Fund Services Ohio, Inc., having its principal place of
business at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, (“Citi”), to
that certain Fund Accounting Agreement dated as of June 2, 2005, among the Trust
and Citi (as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, the
“Agreement”). All capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement,
Citi performs certain fund accounting services for the Trust and each investment
portfolio of the Trust listed on Schedule A or as may be established from time
to time, (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), and
WHEREAS, the Trust and Citi wish to
amend the list of Funds set forth on Schedule A of the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Amendment.
Effective
as of July 21, 2007, Schedule A of the Agreement, shall be replaced with
Schedule A, attached hereto.
2. Representations and
Warranties.
(a) The
Trust represents (i) that it has full power and authority to enter into and
perform this Amendment, (ii) that this Amendment, and all information relating
thereto has been presented to and reviewed by the Board, and
(iii) that the Board has approved this Amendment.
(b) Citi represents that it
has full power and authority to enter into and perform this
Amendment.
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3. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set
forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and
agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any
conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that
directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this
Amendment.
(b) Each
reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this
Amendment) and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the
parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement
as amended by this Amendment. Except as provided in this Amendment,
the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. No
amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in
writing and executed by both parties hereto.
(c) Paragraph
headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be
used to construe or interpret this Amendment.
(d) This
Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original
but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the day and year
first above written.
FIRSTHAND FUNDS | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |
CITI FUND SERVICES OHIO, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | President |
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SCHEDULE
A
BETWEEN
FIRSTHAND
FUNDS AND
CITI
FUND SERVICES OHIO, INC. (formerly known as BISYS Fund Services Ohio,
Inc.)
Funds
Firsthand
Technology Value Fund
Firsthand
Technology Leaders Fund
Firsthand
Technology Innovators Fund
Firsthand
e-Commerce Fund
Firsthand
Global Technology Fund
Firsthand
Alternative Energy Fund (effective as of September 30, 2007)
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