AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER AGREEMENT
Exhibit 9(bb)
AMENDMENT
TO
FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER AGREEMENT
This Amendment (“Amendment”) dated July 26, 2021 (“Effective Date”) is by and between each of Duff & Xxxxxx Select MLP and Midstream Energy Fund Inc., Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust, VATS Offshore Fund, Ltd., Virtus Asset Trust, Virtus Equity Trust, Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund, Virtus Opportunities Trust, Virtus Retirement Trust, Virtus Total Return Fund Inc., Virtus Variable Insurance Trust, Virtus Investment Trust, Virtus Strategy Trust, Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund, Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund, Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund, Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II, Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund, Virtus AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund and Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (each, the “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”).
BACKGROUND:
| A. | BNY Mellon and the Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust entered into a Foreign Custody Manager Agreement dated as of March 21, 2014, as amended (the “FCM Agreement”) relating to BNY Mellon’s provision of foreign custody services. |
| B. | A Joinder Agreement and Amendments to Foreign Custody Manager Agreement were entered into among the parties on December 1, 2018 and effective as of September 11, 2017, March 8, 2019, May 22, 2019, September 1, 2019, November 15, 2019, August 27, 2020, November 13, 2020 and May 19, 2021 for the purpose of amending the Agreement and/or adding or removing certain Funds. |
| C. | This Background section is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Amendment. |
TERMS:
The parties hereby agree that:
| 1. | Annex I to the FCM Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Annex I attached hereto. |
| 2. | Miscellaneous. |
| (a) | Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the same meanings as set forth in the FCM Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the terms hereof and the FCM Agreement this Agreement shall control. |
| (b) | As hereby amended and supplemented, the FCM Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
| (c) | The FCM Agreement, as supplemented hereby, constitutes the complete understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersedes all prior communications with respect thereto. |
| (d) | This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. |
| (e) | 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 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. |
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be executed as of the Effective Date by its duly authorized representative indicated below. 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 Amendment and an agreement with its terms.
DUFF & XXXXXX SELECT MLP AND MIDSTREAM ENERGY FUND INC. VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST VATS OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. VIRTUS ASSET TRUST VIRTUS EQUITY TRUST VIRTUS GLOBAL MULTI-SECTOR INCOME FUND VIRTUS INVESTMENT TRUST VIRTUS RETIREMENT TRUST VIRTUS STRATEGY TRUST VIRTUS TOTAL RETURN FUND INC. VIRTUS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
VIRTUS ALLIANZGI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME 2024 TARGET TERM FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND II |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
VIRTUS ALLIANZGI DIVERSIFIED INCOME & CONVERTIBLE FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| VIRTUS ALLIANZGI EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| VIRTUS DIVIDEND, INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
| Title: | Vice President |
ANNEX I
THIS XXXXX X, dated as of July 26, 2021, is the Annex I to that certain Foreign Custody Manager Agreement dated as of March 21, 2014, as amended, between each Fund on Annex I and The Bank of New York Mellon.
List of Funds and Series
| Fund: | DUFF & XXXXXX SELECT MLP AND MIDSTREAM ENERGY FUND INC. (formerly, Duff & Xxxxxx Select Energy MLP Fund Inc.) |
| Fund: | VATS OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME 2024 TARGET TERM FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND1 |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND II |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI DIVERSIFIED INCOME & CONVERTIBLE FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALLIANZGI EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST |
Series:
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Select MLP and Energy Fund
Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS ASSET TRUST |
Series:
Virtus Ceredex Large-Cap Value Equity Fund
Virtus Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity Fund
Virtus Ceredex Small-Cap Value Equity Fund
Virtus Seix Core Bond Fund
Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund
Virtus Seix Floating Rate High Income Fund
Virtus Seix High Grade Municipal Bond Fund
Virtus Seix High Income Fund
Virtus Seix High Yield Fund
Virtus Seix Investment Grade Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Virtus Seix Short-Term Bond Fund
Virtus Seix Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund
Virtus Seix Total Return Bond Fund
Virtus Seix U.S. Government Securities Ultra-Short Bond Fund
Virtus Seix U.S. Mortgage Fund
Virtus Seix Ultra-Short Bond Fund
Virtus SGA International Growth Fund
Virtus Silvant Large-Cap Growth Stock Fund
Virtus Silvant Small-Cap Growth Stock Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Innovative Growth Stock Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS DIVIDEND, INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS EQUITY TRUST |
Series:
Virtus KAR Capital Growth Fund
Virtus KAR Equity Income Fund
Virtus KAR Global Quality Dividend Fund
Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Core Fund
Virtus KAR Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core Fund
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund
Virtus KAR Small-Mid Cap Core Fund
Virtus KAR Small Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Virtus KAR Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Virtus SGA Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Virtus SGA Global Growth Fund
Virtus SGA New Leaders Growth Fund
Virtus Tactical Allocation Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS GLOBAL MULTI-SECTOR INCOME FUND |
| Fund: | VIRTUS INVESTMENT TRUST |
Series:
Virtus AllianzGI Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Focused Growth Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Global Small-Cap Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Health Sciences Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Income & Growth Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Mid-Cap Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Small-Cap Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Technology Fund
Virtus NFJ Dividend Value Fund
Virtus NFJ International Value Fund
Virtus NFJ Large-Cap Value Fund
Virtus NFJ Mid-Cap Value Fund
Virtus NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS OPPORTUNITIES TRUST |
Series:
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Global Infrastructure Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Global Real Estate Securities Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx International Real Estate Securities Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Real Asset Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Real Estate Securities Fund
Virtus FORT Trend Fund
Virtus KAR Emerging Markets Small-Cap Fund
Virtus KAR International Small-Cap Fund1
Virtus KAR International Small-Mid Cap Fund1
Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund
Virtus Newfleet High Yield Fund
Virtus Newfleet Low Duration Core Plus Bond Fund
Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund
Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund
Virtus Newfleet Senior Floating Rate Fund
Virtus Newfleet Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Foreign Opportunities Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Global Opportunities Fund
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Greater European Opportunities Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS RETIREMENT TRUST |
Series:
None
| Fund: | VIRTUS STRATEGY TRUST |
Series:
Virtus AllianzGI Convertible Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Core Plus Bond Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Emerging Markets Consumer Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Global Allocation Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Global Dynamic Allocation Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Global Sustainability Fund
Virtus AllianzGI High Yield Bond Fund
Virtus AllianzGI International Small-Cap Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Preferred Securities and Income Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Short Duration High Income Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Water Fund
| 1 | Virtus KAR International Small-Mid Cap Fund is expected to merge with and into Virtus KAR International SmallCap Fund on or about September 24, 2021, at which time Virtus KAR International Small-Cap Fund will be renamed Virtus KAR International Small-Mid Cap Fund. |
Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund
| Fund: | VIRTUS TOTAL RETURN FUND INC. |
| Fund: | VIRTUS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST |
Series:
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx Real Estate Securities Series
Virtus KAR Capital Growth Series
Virtus KAR Equity Income Series
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Series
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Series
Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Series
Virtus SGA International Growth Series
Virtus Strategic Allocation Series
