Exhibit (h)(5)
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
between
ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
This Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Transfer Agency and Service
Agreement between Artisan Funds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Fund"), and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the "Bank"),
is made as of April 27, 2000, and amends the Transfer Agency and Service
Agreement between the parties dated as of March 7, 1995, as amended by an
Amendment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated January 9, 1997
(the "Agreement").
1. Background. The Fund now issues shares in four series - Artisan Small
Cap Fund, Artisan International Fund, Artisan Mid Cap Fund and Artisan Small Cap
Value Fund. Artisan International Fund consists of two classes -Investor Shares
and Institutional Shares. Effective on or about July 1, 2000, the Fund expects
to begin issuing shares of its series designated Artisan Mid Cap Fund in two
classes -Investor Shares and Institutional Shares. The Bank serves as transfer
agent for all four series of shares.
2. Treatment of Classes of Shares of Artisan Mid Cap Fund. Effective
with the first date on which Institutional Shares are issued, the Bank shall
calculate its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 2 of the Agreement as if the
Investor Shares class of shares and the Institutional Shares class of shares
were separate Portfolios of the Fund.
3. Fee Schedule. The fees payable to the Bank under the Agreement shall
be at the rates shown on the fee schedule attached to this Amendment effective
as of July 1, 2000. Except as modified by the fee schedule attached to this
Amendment, the initial fee schedule attached to the Agreement shall remain in
effect. The fee schedule may be changed from time to time subject to the mutual
written agreement between the Fund and the Bank.
ARTISAN FUNDS, INC. STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By By
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Name:
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary ------------------------------
Title:
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