RESTATED AND AMENDED SPONSOR AGREEMENT
TOUCHSTONE VARIABLE SERIES TRUST
AMENDMENT NO. 1
AMENDMENT dated as of April 28, 2003, between TOUCHSTONE VARIABLE SERIES
TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust") and TOUCHSTONE ADVISORS,
INC., an Ohio corporation ("Touchstone").
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
WHEREAS, the Trust has engaged Touchstone to provide certain management
services with respect to certain series of the Trust (each a "Fund") pursuant to
the Restated and Amended Sponsor Agreement dated as of May 1, 2002, between the
Trust and Touchstone (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust and Touchstone wish to amend the Agreement to reflect
(1) the addition of the Touchstone Baron Small Cap Fund and the Touchstone Money
Market Fund - Class SC shares to Section 4 of the Agreement; (2) the removal of
the Growth/Value Fund and the Standby Income Fund; (3) amended provisions with
respect to the percentage limits to which Touchstone will waive fees or
reimburse a portion of the operating expenses of the Touchstone Large Cap Growth
Fund (formerly the Touchstone Equity Fund), the Touchstone Third Avenue Value
Fund (formerly the Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund) and the Touchstone Money
Market Fund--Class I shares (formerly the Touchstone Money Market Fund) and (4)
amended provisions with respect to termination of Touchstone's obligations in
Section 5 of the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as set forth in the Agreement and herein, acting pursuant to
Section 12 of the Agreement, the Trust and Touchstone hereby amend the Agreement
as follows:
(A) Section 4 of the Agreement shall read as follows:
4. OPERATING EXPENSE WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENT. Touchstone shall waive all
or a portion of its fee pursuant to this Agreement and/or reimburse a portion of
the operating expenses (including amortization of organization expense, but
excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction
expenses, capital expenditures and extraordinary expenses) ("Expenses") of each
Fund such that, after such waiver and/or reimbursement, the aggregate Expenses
of the Fund shall be less than or equal on an annual basis to the following
percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund for the Fund's
then-current fiscal year:
Touchstone Baron Small Cap Fund 1.65%
Touchstone International Equity Fund 1.25%
Touchstone Emerging Growth Fund 1.15%
Touchstone Third Avenue Value Fund 1.05%
Touchstone Large Cap Growth Fund 1.05%
Touchstone Enhanced 30 Fund 0.75%
Touchstone Value Plus Fund 1.15%
Touchstone Growth & Income Fund 0.85%
Touchstone Balanced Fund 0.90%
Touchstone High Yield Fund 0.80%
Touchstone Core Bond Fund (formerly the Bond Fund) 0.75%
Touchstone Money Market Fund -Class SC 0.55%
Touchstone Money Market Fund - Class I 0.28%
5. TERMINATION OF OPERATING EXPENSE WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENTS. Touchstone's
waiver obligations or its reimbursement obligations with respect to a Fund may
be terminated by Touchstone after the applicable date listed below upon at least
30 days prior written notice to the Fund (an "Expense Cap Termination"):
Touchstone Baron Small Cap Fund April 30, 2005
Touchstone International Equity Fund December 31, 2003
Touchstone Emerging Growth Fund December 31, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Value Fund April 30, 2005
Touchstone Large Cap Growth Fund April 30, 2005
Touchstone Enhanced 30 Fund December 31, 2003
Touchstone Value Plus Fund April 30, 2005
Touchstone Growth & Income Fund December 31, 2003
Touchstone Balanced Fund December 31, 2003
Touchstone High Yield Fund April 30, 2004
Touchstone Core Bond Fund December 31, 2003
Touchstone Money Market Fund -Class SC December 31, 2005
Touchstone Money Market Fund - Class I December 31, 2005
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of April 28, 2003. The undersigned has
executed this Agreement not individually, but as an officer under the Trust's
Declaration of Trust, and the obligations of this Amendment are not binding upon
the Trust's Trustees, its officers, or investors in the Funds individually, but
bind only the Trust estate.
TOUCHSTONE ADVISORS, INC. TOUCHSTONE VARIABLE SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President Title: Vice President
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