Exhibit No. 99(b)(8)(ii)(f)
CUSTODIAN SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 8th day of February, 1996 by and
between DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC., a Maryland corporation (the
"Fund"), and PNC BANK, N.A., formerly "Provident National Bank" ("PNC").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end, management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
and
WHEREAS, the Fund has retained PNC to provide certain custodian
services pursuant to a Custodian Services Agreement dated as of June 19, 1989
and amended on February 26, 1990, September 24, 1990, March 6, 1992, September
18, 1992 and September 21, 1995 (the "Agreement") which as of the date hereof,
is in full force and effect; and
WHEREAS, PNC presently provides such services to three of the four
Portfolios of the Fund that were in existence on June 19, 1989, and the
Portfolios added on February 26, 1990, September 24, 1990, March 6, 1992,
September 18, 1992, and September 21, 1995, which are defined in Section 1 of
the Agreement as the "Covered Portfolios"; and
WHEREAS, the Fund has since organized three new Portfolios, designated
"Enhanced U.S. Large Company Portfolio," "DFA Two-Year Corporate Fixed Income
Portfolio" and "DFA Two-Year Government Portfolio" (collectively, the "New
Portfolios"), and the parties hereto desire that PNC shall provide the New
Portfolios with the same services that PNC provides to the Covered Portfolios of
the Fund pursuant to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 1 of the Agreement provides that PNC shall provide
such services to any Portfolio organized by the Fund after the date of the
Agreement as agreed to in writing by PNC and the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. The Fund has delivered to PNC copies of:
(a) Post-Effective Amendment Number 37 to the registration
statement of the Fund, as effective with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 8, 1996, wherein the New Portfolios are described;
(b) The exhibits to such post-effective amendment including the
forms of specimen stock certificates, all of which pertain to the New
Portfolios; and
(c) Amendment Number Eleven dated February 8, 1996 of each of
the following agreements:
(i) the Transfer Agency Agreement between the Fund and PFPC
Inc., formerly "Provident Financial Processing Corporation" ("PFPC"), dated as
of June 19, 1989; and
(ii) the Administration and Accounting Services Agreement
between the Fund and PFPC dated as of June 19, 1989.
2. The Agreement hereby is amended effective February 8, 1996 by:
(a) adding the following words "and effective February 8, 1996,
the Enhanced U.S. Large Company Portfolio, DFA Two-Year Corporate Fixed Income
Portfolio and DFA Two-Year Government Portfolio" immediately after the words,
"VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio," in the first sentence of Section 1;
(b) adding the following words, "and as amended February 8,
1996" after the words, "as amended September 21, 1995" in Section 2(j);
(c) deleting the following words, "June 30, 1995 and September
21, 1995," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "February 8, 1996" in
Section 5(a)(v); and
(d) adding a new sentence immediately following the seventh
sentence of Section 25 as follows: "The foregoing provisions of this Section 25
notwithstanding, this Agreement with respect to the Enhanced U.S. Large Company
Portfolio, DFA Two-Year Corporate Fixed Income Portfolio and DFA Two-Year
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Government Portfolio may be terminated by either party upon not less than 180
days prior written notice to the other party."
3. The Fee Schedules of PNC applicable to the New Portfolios shall
be as agreed in writing from time to time.
4. In all other respects to Agreement shall remain unchanged and in
full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
Number Six to the Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers
designated below on the day and year first above written.
DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC.
By:
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PNC BANK, N.A.
By:
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