AMENDMENT TO THE ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE
THIS AMENDMENT effective as of the 18th day of July, 2017, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2012, as amended (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust") and U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company ("USBFS").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the series of the Trust to add funds and fees; and
WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement and to add the Nationwide funds currently authorized by the Trust or may be authorized by the Trust subsequent to the date of this Amendment (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds").
Exhibit P, the fees of the Nationwide Funds, is hereby added and attached hereto.
This amendment will become effective upon the commencement of operations of each of the Nationwide Funds. Except to the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.
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U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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| Title: VSecretary | Title: Senior Vice President |
Exhibit P to the ETF Series Solutions Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement -
Nationwide Funds
Base Fee for Accounting, Administration, and Transfer Agent Services at July 18, 2017
The following-reflects the greater of the basis point fee or annual minimum for Funds in the ETF Series Solutions (ESS) Trust where Nationwide acts as Adviser to the Fund 1
Annual Minimum per Fund
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Funds 1-5
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$[ ]
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Funds 6-10
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$[ ]
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Funds 11-15
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$[ ]
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Funds 16+
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$[ ]
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Basis Points on Trust AUM
First $500m [ ] bp
Next $500m [ ] bp
+$1b to $3b [ ] bp
+$3b to $20b [ ] bp
+20b [ ] bp
See the following pages for services and associated fees in addition to the Base Fee See the following pages for OPTIONAL Supplemental Services and Associated Fees
1 Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly
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Exhibit P (continued) to the ETF Series Solutions Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement
Accounting, Administration, TA Services in addition to the Base Fee 1 at July 18, 2017
Pricing Services
For daily pricing of each securities (estimated 252 pricing days annually)
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$ [ ] - Domestic Equities, Options, ADRs, Foreign Equities, Futures, Forwards
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$ [ ] - Domestic Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Currency Rates, Mortgage Backed
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$ [ ] - CMOs, Municipal Bonds, Money Market Instruments, Foreign Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Asset Backed, High Yield
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$ [ ] - Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Currency Swaps, Total Return Swaps, Total Return Bullet Swaps
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$ [ ] - Bank Loans
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$ [ ] - Swap
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$ [ ] - Credit Default Swaps
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$ [ ] per Month Manual Security Pricing (>25 per day)
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NOTE: Prices are based on using U.S. Bancorp primary pricing service which may vary by security type and are subject to change. Use of alternative and/or additional sources may result in additional fees. Pricing vendors may designate certain securities as hard to value or as a non-standard security type, such as CLOs and CDOs, which may result in additional fees. All schedules subject to change depending upon the use of unique security type requiring special pricing or accounting arrangements.
Corporate Action Services
Fee for IDC data used to monitor corporate actions
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$ [ ] per Foreign Equity Security per Month
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$ [ ] per Domestic Equity Security per Month
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$ [ ] per CMOs, Asset Backed, Mortgage Backed Security per Month
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ESS Trust Chief Compliance Officer Annual Fee*
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$ [ ] for the first fund
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$ [ ] for funds 2-5
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$ [ ] for funds 6-10
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$ [ ] for funds 11 and above
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*Discounted fees for funds 6+ apply to long-only equity or fixed-income index based ETFs. All other funds will be $ [ ] per additional fund.
Third Party Administrative Data Charges (descriptive data for analytics, reporting and compliance)
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$ [ ] per security per month
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Section 15(c) Reporting
Add the following for fund administration services and data charges necessary to compile SEC required "peer reporting" information.
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$ [ ] per fund per report
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Ongoing Annual Legal Administration Services
Add the following for legal administration services in support of external legal counsel, including annual registration statement update and drafting of supplements: (Final Fee(s) subject to USBFS legal team review and approval)
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$ [ ] first fund
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$ [ ] each additional fund up to 5 funds
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Fees negotiated for funds 6+
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Miscellaneous Expenses
Including but not limited to, SWIFT processing, customized reporting, third-party data provider costs (including GICS, MSCI, Lipper, etc.), postage, stationary, programming, special reports, proxies, insurance, XXXXX/XBRL filing, retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses related to and including travel to and from Board of Trustee meetings, third party auditing and legal expenses, wash sales reporting (GainsKeeper), tax e-filing, PFIC monitoring, conversion expenses (if necessary), and CCO team travel related costs to perform, due diligence reviews at advisor and sub-advisor facilities.
1 Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly
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Exhibit P (continued) to the ETF Series Solutions Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE at July 18, 2017
(a separate addendum will be added for sales reporting should we choose to utilize sales reporting)
Advisor's Signature below acknowledges approval of the pages of fee schedules on this Exhibit P.
By: Nationwide Fund Advisors
By:_/s/ Xxxxxx X. Pesta______________________________
Printed Name: _Pamela M. Pesta______________________
Title: __VP, Supply Management Services________________
Date: 7/28/17
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