AMENDMENT To Transfer Agency and Service Agreements Between The Commerce Funds and State Street Bank and Trust Company
Exhibit (h)(11)
AMENDMENT
To Transfer Agency and Service Agreements
Between
The Commerce Funds
and
State Street Bank and Trust Company
This Amendment (“Amendment”) is made as of this 1st day of March 2012, between The Commerce Funds (the “Fund”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”). The Bank and the Fund are parties to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated December 1, 1994, as previously amended (the “Agreement”). In accordance with Section 12.01 (Amendment) of the Agreement, the parties desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. | Section 9. The Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 9.01 and replacing it with the following: |
“The term of this Agreement shall be three (3) years commencing March 1, 2012 through February 28, 2015. Thereafter the Agreement may be terminated by either party upon one hundred and twenty (120) days written notice to the other party. The Agreement may be terminated immediately by the Fund should the Bank cease to be qualified to act as the Fund’s transfer agent pursuant to applicable law.”
2. | Schedule 3.1. Schedule 3.1 to the Agreement is replaced and superseded with the attached Schedule 3.1 effective March 1, 2012 through February 28, 2015. |
3. | All defined terms and definitions in the Agreement shall be the same in this Amendment except as specifically revised by this Amendment; and |
4. | Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.
THE COMMERCE FUNDS | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | |||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | President |
Title: | Executive Vice President |
SCHEDULE 3.1
FEES
Effective: March 1, 2012 through February 28, 2015
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.
Account Service Fees
Open Account Fee | $10.00/account/per year | |
Closed Account Fee | $1.20/account/per year |
CUSIP Fees
Complex Base Fee (covers up to 13 CUSIPS) | $180,000/year | |
Additional Complex Fee (for each additional CUSIP) | $12,500/CUSIP/year |
Regulatory and Compliance Fees
Regulatory | $200/CUSIP/year | |
Compliance Plus Fee | $0.75/account/year |
Fiduciary Administration Fees (paid by shareholder)
Account Maintenance Fee | $15.00/account/year |
Omnibus Transparency Full Service Fees
Annual Technology Fee
Accountlets1* |
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0-500,000 | $0.45/accountlet | |
500,001-2,000,000 | $0.45/accountlet (waived) | |
2,000,001 and greater | $0.10/accountlet |
Investigation Fee
Accountlets |
Base Fee2/month | |
0-50,000 | $3,000 (includes 25 investigations) | |
50,001-100,000 | $4,000 (includes 50 investigations) | |
100,001 and greater | $5,000 (includes 100 investigations) |
Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Out-of-pocket expenses are billed as incurred and include, but are not limited to: costs associated with mailing expenses (i.e., statements, stationery, checks, certificates, sales literature, printing, postage, etc.), automated telephone servicing charges, telecommunication expenses, equipment and software expenses (client-site only), programming expenses (i.e., charges necessary to establish consolidated statement), microfiche, freight, ACH bank charges, and all other expenses incurred on the Fund’s behalf. The Bank reserves the right to introduce specific cost recovery increases as needed, should future regulatory changes require, similar to those implemented for Anti-Money Laundering delegated duties, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx of 2002 and the USA PATRIOT Act. The Bank commits that should such increases be required, mutual agreement will be reached 90 days prior to the implementation.
1 | An accountlet is the underlying sub-position on a Financial Intermediary’s system for an omnibus account. |
2 | There is a $12.00 fee for each investigation that exceeds the allowance limit specified. |
THE COMMERCE FUNDS | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | |||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | President |
Title: | Executive Vice President |