AMENDMENT TO SUB-TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
TO
This Amendment to the Sub-Transfer
Agency and Service Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made as of the 1st day of
October, 2008 by and between NYLIM Service Company LLC (“Transfer Agent”) and
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“Sub-Transfer Agent”).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have
entered into a Sub-Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated as of October 1,
2005, which was amended on June 18, 2007 (collectively, the
“Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.1 of
the Agreement, the parties wish to amend the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the above-cited Agreement, and for good
and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Transfer Agent and Sub-Transfer Agent agree that the Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
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1.
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Section
1.1 (Terms of
Appointment; Duties – Sub-Transfer Agency
Services). Section 1.1 is hereby amended to add the
following provisions;
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(p) pursuant
to instructions provided by Shareholders, reinvest income dividends and capital
gains distributions in additional Shares of the Funds.
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2.
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Section
1.2 (Additional
Services). Section 1.2 is hereby amended to add the
following provision:
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(g) Off-NAV
Processing. Utilize a system to identify all share
transactions which involve purchase, redemption and repurchase orders that are
processed at a time other than the time of the computation of NAV per share next
computed after receipt of such orders, and shall compute the net effect upon the
Funds of such transactions so identified on a daily and cumulative
basis.
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3.
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Section
3.1 (Fee
Schedule). Section 3.1 to the Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following Section
3.1:
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3.1
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Fee
Schedule. For the performance the Sub-Transfer Agent
pursuant to this Agreement, the Transfer Agent agrees to pay the
Sub-Transfer Agent an annual maintenance fee for each Shareholder account
as set forth in the attached fee schedule (“Schedule
3.1”). Such fees and out-of-pocket expenses may be changed from
time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the Transfer
Agent and the Sub-Transfer Agent.
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4.
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Section
3.4 (Cost of Living
Adjustment). Section 3.4 of the Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
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5.
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Section
8.3 (As-of
Adjustments). The following Section 8.3 is hereby added
to the Agreement.
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8.3 As-of
Adjustments.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, with respect to “as of” adjustments, the
Sub-Transfer Agent will not assume one hundred percent (100%) responsibility for
losses resulting from “as ofs” due to clerical errors or misinterpretations of
shareholder instructions, but the Sub-Transfer Agent will discuss with the
Transfer Agent the Sub-Transfer Agent’s accepting liability for an “as of” on a
case-by-case basis and, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 9, will
accept financial responsibility for a particular situation resulting in a
financial loss to the Fund where such loss is “material,” as hereinafter
defined, and, under the particular facts at issue, the Sub-Transfer Agent’s
conduct was culpable and the Sub-Transfer Agent’s conduct is the sole cause of
the loss. A loss is “material” for purposes of this Section 8.3 when it
results in a pricing error on a particular transaction which equals or exceeds
one full cent ($.01) per Share times the number of Shares outstanding or such
other amounts as may be adopted by applicable accounting or regulatory
authorities from time to time.
(b) If
the net effect of the “as of” transactions that are determined to be caused
solely by the Sub-Transfer Agent is negative and exceeds the above limit, then
the Sub-Transfer Agent shall promptly contact the Transfer Agent. The
Sub-Transfer Agent will work with the Transfer Agent to determine what, if any,
impact the threshold break has on the Fund’s Net Asset Value and what, if any,
further action is required. These further actions may include but are
not limited to, the Fund re-pricing the affected day(s), the Sub-Transfer Agent
re-processing, at its expense, all affected transactions in the Fund that took
place during the period or a payment to the Transfer Agent. The
Transfer Agent agrees to work in good faith with the Sub-Transfer Agent and
wherever possible, absent a regulatory prohibition or other mutually agreed upon
reason, the Fund agrees to re-price the affected day(s) and to allow the
Sub-Transfer Agent to re-process the affected transactions. When such
re-pricing and re-processing is not possible, and when the Sub-Transfer Agent
must contribute to the settlement of a loss, the Sub-Transfer Agent’s
responsibility will commence with that portion of the loss over $0.01 per share
calculated on the basis of the total value of all Shares owned by the affected
Portfolio (i.e., on the basis of the value of the Shares of the total Portfolio,
including all classes of that Portfolio, not just those of the affected class)
and the Sub-Transfer Agent will make such account adjustments and take such
other action as is necessary to compensate Shareholders for Shareholder losses
and reimburse the Fund for the amount of Fund losses in accordance with the
foregoing standards. If the Transfer Agent contributes to the
settlement of a loss, the amount paid by the Transfer Agent shall be deducted
from the amount of any accumulated losses calculated in the fiscal year
monitoring process described below.
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(c) The
Sub-Transfer Agent will monitor all Portfolios across Share classes to
determine the accumulated gain or loss effect of “as-of trades” caused
solely by the Sub-Transfer Agent. At the fiscal year end of
each Portfolio, if the Portfolio has an accumulated loss across Share
classes that is attributed to the Sub-Transfer Agent, then the
Sub-Transfer Agent shall pay to the Fund the amount of such loss in excess
of $.01 per Share calculated on the basis of the total value of all Shares
owned by the affected Portfolio (i.e., on the basis of the value of the
Shares of the total Portfolio, including all classes of that Portfolio,
not just those of the affected class). If at the end of the
fiscal year, a Portfolio has accumulated a gain across Share classes, that
gain will remain with the Fund
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6.
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Section
12.1 (Term).
Section 12.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced it with
the following:
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12.1
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Term. The
term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall be three (3) years effective
October 1, 2008 through September 20, 2011, unless terminated pursuant to
the provisions of this Section
12. Unless a terminating party gives written notice to
the other party one hundred and twenty (120) days before the expiration of
the Term or any Renewal Term, this Agreement will renew automatically from
year to year (each such year-to-year renewal term a “Renewal
Term”). One hundred and twenty (120) days before the expiration
of the Term or Renewal Term, the parties to this Agreement will agree upon
a Fee Schedule for the upcoming Term or Renewal
Term. Notwithstanding the termination or non-renewal of this
Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue to
apply until the completion of deconversion. All references in
this Agreement to “Initial Term” shall be replaced with
“Term.”
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7.
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Schedule
3.1 (Fees). Schedule
3.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule 3.1
attached hereto.
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8.
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Schedule
A (Funds). Schedule
A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
Schedule A attached hereto.
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9.
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All
defined terms and definitions in the Agreement shall be the same in this
amendment (the “Amendment”) except as specifically revised by this
Amendment.
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10.
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Except
as specifically set forth in this Amendment, all other terms and
conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
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* * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transfer Agent
and Sub-Transfer Agent have executed this Amendment as of the date first written
above and thereby have made it an integral part of the Agreement.
BOSTON
FINANCIAL
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NYLIM
SERVICE COMPANY LLC
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DATA
SERVICES, INC.
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By:
__________________________
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By:
__________________________
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Name:
________________________
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Name:
________________________
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Title:
_________________________
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Title:
_________________________
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SCHEDULE
A
FUNDS
MainStay 130/30 Core
Fund
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MainStay Intermediate Term Bond
Fund
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MainStay 130/30 Growth
Fund
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MainStay International Equity
Fund
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MainStay 130/30 High Yield
Fund
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MainStay Large Cap Growth
Fund
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MainStay 130/30 International
Fund
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MainStay Large Cap Opportunity
Fund
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MainStay All Cap Growth
Fund
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MainStay MAP
Fund
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MainStay Balanced
Fund
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MainStay Mid Cap Growth
Fund
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MainStay Capital Appreciation
Fund
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MainStay Mid Cap Opportunity
Fund
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MainStay Cash Reserves
Fund
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MainStay Mid Cap Value
Fund
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MainStay Common Stock
Fund
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MainStay Moderate Allocation
Fund
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MainStay Conservative Allocation
Fund
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MainStay Moderate Growth Allocation
Fund
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MainStay Convertible
Fund
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MainStay Money Market
Fund
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MainStay Diversified Income
Fund
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MainStay Principal Preservation
Fund
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MainStay Equity Index
Fund
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MainStay Retirement 2010
Fund
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MainStay Floating Rate
Fund
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MainStay Retirement 2020
Fund
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MainStay Global High Income
Fund
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MainStay Retirement 2030
Fund
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MainStay Government
Fund
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MainStay Retirement 2040
Fund
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MainStay Growth Allocation
Fund
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MainStay Retirement 2050
Fund
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MainStay Growth Equity
Fund
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MainStay S&P 500 Index
Fund
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MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond
Fund
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MainStay Short-Term Bond
Fund
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MainStay ICAP Equity
Fund
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MainStay Small Cap Growth
Fund
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MainStay ICAP Global
Fund
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MainStay Small Cap Opportunity
Fund
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MainStay ICAP International
Fund
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MainStay Small Cap Value
Fund
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MainStay ICAP Select Equity
Fund
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MainStay Tax Free Bond
Fund
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MainStay Income Manager
Fund
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MainStay Total Return
Fund
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MainStay Indexed Bond
Fund
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MainStay Value
Fund
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MainStay Institutional Bond
Fund
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SCHEDULE A
BOSTON
FINANCIAL
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NYLIM
SERVICE COMPANY LLC
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DATA
SERVICES, INC.
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By:
__________________________
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By:
__________________________
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Name:
________________________
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Name:
________________________
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Title:
_________________________
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Title:
_________________________
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SCHEDULE
3.1
FEES
AND EXPENSES
Effective
date: October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011
General: Fees
are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual
fee. A charge is made for an account in the month that an account
opens or closes.
Annual
Account Service Fees:
For
the first 1,000,000 accounts*:
Matrix
Level 3 Accounts
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$7.49/account
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Non-Matrix
Level 3 Accounts
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$9.63/account
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*All
Accounts Serviced in excess of 1,000,000 will be discounted by $0.50 per
Account.
Transaction
Fees:
ACH
Transaction
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$0.64/transaction
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Check-writing
item
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$1.23/check
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Other
Fees:
Complex
Base Fee
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$1,100,000/year
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Complex Base
Fee:
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The
following out-of-pocket and service fees have been reduced and bundled
into the Complex Base Fee noted
above:
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(i)
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Fund
Minimums (see note below).
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(ii)
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TA2000
Voice Fees. (Any related out of pocket charges as such as
AT&T long distance, advanced features, etc. would continue to be
invoiced).
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(iii)
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Remote
access to COOL Technology.
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(iv)
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COMMFEE
charges.
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(v)
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Average
Cost charges.
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(vi)
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Fan
Web charges. (Any Fan Web Development charges would continue to be billed
as an Out-of-Pocket charge.)
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(vii)
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Patriot
Act / AML charges.
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(viii)
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Regulatory
Compliance charges billed per
CUSIP.
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(ix)
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Compliance
Plus charge.
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SCHEDULE
3.1
SCHEDULE
3.1
FEES
AND EXPENSES
(continued)
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The
Complex Base Fee covers the first 300 CUSIPS, therefore eliminating the
Sub-Transfer Agent’s Fund Minimum charge. However, should the
Transfer Agent exceed 300 CUSIPS, the Sub-Transfer Agent will increase the
Complex Base Fee in increments of $50,000/year to cover additional blocks
of 50 CUSIPS. (New fund implementation charges would still
apply.)
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Dedicated
Programmers. The Sub-Transfer Agent will provide the
Transfer Agent with the equivalent of (2) Dedicated Programmers at no
charge. Excess programming hours (if applicable) would continue to be
billed at the then current rates.
Sales
Connect. If the Transfer Agent elects to utilize Sales
Connect, the Sub-Transfer Agent will waive the $50,000 implementation fee and
$180,000/year in on-going charges. In order for the foregoing to
apply, the Transfer Agent must provide the Sub-Transfer Agent’s affiliate, DST
Systems, Inc., with a complete and accurate listing of all proprietary dealer
office locations and sales agents, including trading IDs, in a mutually
agreeable format and frequency.
DDA
Balance Earnings Credits: The parties acknowledge that the Transfer
Agent and the Funds have received certain fee concession from the Sub-Transfer
Agent in the terms of this Schedule 3.1. Accordingly, as part of the
overall fee arrangement and in lieu of additional fees, the Sub-Transfer Agent
shall retain up to the first $1 million in DDA balance earnings credits
received, per year, on the DDAs maintained by the Sub-Transfer Agent in
connection with performing the services for the Transfer Agent and the Funds
under this Agreement. The DDA balance earnings credits per year
calculation shall be based on the contract term cycle of October 1st through
September 30th rather than on a calendar year. Any balance earnings
credits in excess of $1 million received on such DDAs shall be divided equally
between the Sub-Transfer Agent and the Funds.
Out-of-Pocket
Expenses: Billed as incurred in accordance with Section 3.2 of
the Agreement. Out-of-pocket expenses, including but are not limited
to confirmation production, postage, forms, telephone, microfilm, mailing and
tabulating proxies, records storage and advances incurred by the Sub-Transfer
Agent. The Transfer Agent will pay a flat fee of $20,000/month for
reports stored on COOL in lieu of paying Microfiche charges.
BOSTON
FINANCIAL
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NYLIM
SERVICE COMPANY LLC
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DATA
SERVICES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President
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Title:
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President
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