Exhibit (h)(3)(b) Amendment to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement Dated June 3, 2009 Between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and Forward Funds
Exhibit (h)(3)(b)
Amendment to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement
Dated June 3, 2009
Between
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
and
THIS AMENDMENT is made as of May 1, 2016, by and between ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) and Forward Funds (the “Fund” or the “Trust”)).
WHEREAS, ALPS and the Trust have entered into an Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated June 3, 2009 and effective June 15, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust approved on September 22, 2015 the merger of the Forward Balanced Allocation Fund into the Salient Adaptive Income Fund (formerly known as the Forward Income Builder Fund) and the merger of the Forward Multi-Strategy Fund and Growth & Income Fund into the Salient Adaptive Balanced Fund (formerly known as the Forward Growth Allocation Fund), effective January 22, 2016the ; and
WHEREAS, the Board approved on January 26, 2016 name changes to all of the Trust (together, the “Funds”), effective May 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, ALPS and the Fund wish to modify Schedule A – List of Portfolios of the Agreement to reflect the new names of the Funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A – List of Portfolios. Schedule A is replaced in its entirety with the attached Schedule A. |
| 2. | Remainder of the Agreement. All services under Article II of the Agreement shall continue until such services are no longer rendered. All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized representative of each of the parties hereto as of the date of the Amendment first set forth above.
| ALPS Fund Services, Inc. | Forward Funds | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. May |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Naka | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. May | Name: | Xxxxxx X. Naka | |||||
| Title: | President | Title: | Vice President | |||||
SCHEDULE A
To the Amended and Restated Transfer Agent Interactive Client Service Agreement
Dated as of May 1, 2016
Salient Adaptive Balanced Fund
Salient Adaptive Income Fund
Salient Adaptive US Equity Fund
Salient Commodity Long/Short Strategy Fund
Salient EM Corporate Debt Fund
Salient EM Dividend Signal Fund
Salient EM Infrastructure Fund
Salient Frontier Strategy Fund
Salient High Yield Fund
Salient International Dividend Signal Fund
Salient International Real Estate Fund
Salient International Small Cap Fund
Salient Investment Grade Fund
Salient Real Estate Fund
Salient Select Income Fund
Salient Select Opportunity Fund
Salient Tactical Growth Fund
Salient Tactical Muni Strategy Fund
Salient Tactical Real Estate Fund
Salient US Dividend Signal Fund
