GUINNESS ATKINSON AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
GUINNESS
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AMENDMENT
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
THIS AMENDMENT dated this 23rd
day of August, 2005, to the Distribution Agreement, dated as of April
28, 2003, (the “Agreement”), is entered by and between Guinness Xxxxxxxx Funds, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asset Management,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”) and Quasar Distributors, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties have
entered into an Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to
create additional funds; and
WHEREAS, the Trust, the
Advisor and the Distributor desire to extend said Agreement to apply to the
recently added funds; and
WHEREAS, Section 10, paragraph
A of the Agreement allows for its amendment to Exhibit A by a written instrument
executed by all parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
agree as follows:
Exhibit A
of the Agreement is hereby superceded and replaced with Exhibit A attached
hereto. The parties agree that exhibit A is effective as of June 30,
2004.
Except to
the extent supplemented hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized
officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written
above.
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GUINNESS
XXXXXXXX FUNDS
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QUASAR
DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
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By: /s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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By: /s/Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
President
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Title:
President
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GUINNESS
XXXXXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
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By: /s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
CEO
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1
Exhibit
A
to
the Guinness Xxxxxxxx
Fund
Names
Separate
Series of Guinness Xxxxxxxx
Funds
| Name of Series | Date Added | |
| Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asia Focus Fund | 4-28-03 | |
| Guinness Xxxxxxxx China & Hong Kong Fund | 4-28-03 | |
| Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Innovators Fund | 4-28-03 | |
| Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Energy Fund | 6-30-04 |
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