Amendment to Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement
EXHIBIT 28(h) 15 UNDER FORM N-1A
EXHIBIT 10 UNDER ITEM 601/REG. S-K
Amendment to Financial Administration
and Accounting Services Agreement
This Amendment to Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement (this “Amendment”) is dated as of March 1, 2015, by and among each of the investment companies listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Trusts and State Street are parties to a certain Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2011 (such agreement, together with all exhibits, schedules, and any other documents executed or delivered in connection therewith, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
| 1. | Amendments. The Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
(a) The first sentence of Section XV.A of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“A. Term. This Agreement shall become effective as of March 1, 2015 and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of four (4) years from the effective date (the “Initial Term”) and shall automatically continue in full force and effect after such Initial Term unless either party terminates this Agreement by written notice to the other party at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of the Initial Term.”
(b) The first paragraph of Section XVI. of the Agreement is deleted in its entirely and replaced as follows:
“State Street shall receive from the Trust such compensation for its services provided pursuant to this Agreement as may be agreed to from time to time as set forth in the fee schedule between, and agreed upon by, the parties (the “Fee Schedule”). The parties shall review the existing Fee Schedule and an appropriate adjustment to the fee, if any, shall be negotiated by the parties within ninety (90) days in the event that (i) there is a substantial change in the number or mix of types of funds, other than a change resulting from the merging or closing of funds in the normal course of business; (ii) new types of funds are offered; or (iii) there are material modifications or changes to the service delivery requirements.”
(c) Section X of the Agreement is hereby amended to amend the notice address to State Street, as follows:
“STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President, Mailstop CCB0700
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Legal Division – Global Services Americas
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel
(d) Exhibit A to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Exhibit A.
2. No Other Amendments. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to have been made in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles and rules.
4. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
EACH OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANIES
LISTED ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
EXHIBIT A
TO THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTING AND
SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Updated as of December 1, 2015)
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Money Market Fund
Federated Adjustable Rate Securities Fund
Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc.
Federated Global Allocation Fund
Federated Government Income Securities, Inc.
Federated Government Income Trust
Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
Federated Total Return Government Bond Fund
Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 1-3 Years
Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 2-5 Years
Cash Trust Series, Inc.:
Federated Government Cash Series
Federated Municipal Cash Series
Federated Prime Cash Series
Federated Treasury Cash Series
Federated Core Trust:
Federated Bank Loan Core Fund
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
High Yield Bond Portfolio
Federated Core Trust II, L.P.
Emerging Markets Fixed Income Core Fund
Federated Core Trust III:
Federated Project and Trade Finance Core Fund
Federated Equity Funds:
Federated Clover Small Value Fund
Federated Clover Value Fund
Federated Xxxxxxxx Fund
Federated Xxxxxxxx Large Cap Fund
Federated Xxxxxxxx Small Cap Fund
Federated MDT Mid Cap Growth Strategies Fund
Federated Managed Risk Fund
Federated Managed Volatility Fund
Federated Prudent Bear Fund
Federated Strategic Value Dividend Fund
Federated Fixed Income Securities, Inc.:
Federated Strategic Income Fund
Federated High Yield Trust:
Federated Equity Advantage Fund
Federated High Yield Trust
Federated Income Securities Trust:
Federated Capital Income Fund
Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund
Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities
Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund
Federated Real Return Bond Fund
Federated Short-Term Income Fund
Federated Index Trust:
Federated Max-Cap Index Fund
Federated Mid-Cap Index Fund
Federated Institutional Trust:
Federated Government Ultrashort Duration Fund
Federated Institutional High Yield Bond Fund
Federated Short-Intermediate Total Return Bond Fund
Federated Insurance Series:
Federated Managed Tail Risk Fund II
Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities II
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
Federated Xxxxxxxx Fund II
Federated Managed Volatility Fund II
Federated Prime Money Fund II
Federated Quality Bond Fund II
Federated Investment Series Funds, Inc.:
Federated Bond Fund
Federated Managed Pool Series:
Federated Corporate Bond Strategy Portfolio
Federated High-Yield Strategy Portfolio
Federated Managed Volatility Strategy Portfolio
Federated Mortgage Strategy Portfolio
Federated MDT Series:
Federated MDT All Cap Core Fund
Federated MDT Balanced Fund
Federated MDT Large Cap Growth Fund
Federated MDT Small Cap Growth Fund
Federated MDT Small Cap Core Fund
Federated Total Return Series, Inc.:
Federated Mortgage Fund
Federated Total Return Bond Fund
Federated Ultrashort Bond Fund
Money Market Obligations Trust:
Federated Automated Cash Management Trust
Federated California Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Connecticut Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Florida Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Georgia Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Government Obligations Fund
Federated Liberty U.S. Government Money Market Trust
Federated Massachusetts Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Master Trust
Federated Michigan Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Minnesota Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Money Market Management
Federated Municipal Obligations Fund
Federated New Jersey Municipal Cash Trust
Federated New York Municipal Cash Trust
Federated North Carolina Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Ohio Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Pennsylvania Municipal Cash Trust
Federated Prime Cash Obligations Fund
Federated Prime Obligations Fund
Federated Prime Value Obligations Fund
Federated Tax-Free Obligations Fund
Federated Tax-Free Trust
Federated Treasury Obligations Fund
Federated Trust for U.S. Treasury Obligations
Federated Virginia Municipal Cash Trust
Tax-Free Money Market Fund
