FORM OF AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
Exhibit (H)(6)
Execution Version
FORM
OF AMENDMENT
TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of _______, 2022 by and between AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”).
BACKGROUND:
| A. | WHEREAS, the Trust and BNY Mellon are parties to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated as of July 16, 2009, as amended (the “Agreement”); |
| B. | WHEREAS, this Amendment is an amendment to the Agreement and shall update the list of Series on Schedule I thereto and set forth terms applicable to certain of the Series; |
| C. | WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein; and |
| D. | WHEREAS, the Trust and BNY Mellon desire to amend the Agreement with respect to the foregoing; |
TERMS:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | Schedule I shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with amended Schedule I attached hereto. |
| 2. | Miscellaneous. |
| (a) | As hereby amended and supplemented, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of the Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control with respect to the matters described herein. |
| (b) | The parties expressly agree that this Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and expressly agree that such execution may occur by manual signature on a physically delivered copy of this Amendment, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment transmitted by facsimile transmission, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by “Electronic Signature”, which is hereby defined to mean inserting an image, representation or symbol of a signature into an electronic copy of this Amendment by electronic, digital or other technological methods. Each counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed counterparts of this Amendment or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment, in either case by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment. |
| (c) | If any provision or provisions of this Amendment shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers designated below on the date and year first above written. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment by Electronic Signature, affirms authorization to execute this Amendment by Electronic Signature and that the Electronic Signature represents an intent to enter into this Agreement and an agreement with its terms.
| ADVISORSHARES TRUST | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: | ||
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SCHEDULE I
to
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
Dated July 16, 2009 between
And
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(as of _______, 2022)
SERIES OF ADVISORSHARES TRUST:
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx ADR ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Alpha Equal Weight ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx FSM All Cap World ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx FSM US Core ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Micro-Cap ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Short ETF | |
| AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF | |
| AdvisorShares North Square XxXxx ESG Core Bond ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF | |
| AdvisorShares North Square XxXxx Core Reserves ETF | |
| AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Vice ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Q Dynamic Growth ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Q Portfolio Blended Allocation ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Hotel ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Let Xxx AI Powered Momentum ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Managed Bitcoin Strategy ETF | |
| AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF |
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