AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.(h)(xvi)
AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Administration Agreement is made as of August 26, 2024 (the “Amendment”) by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Administrator”) and each registered management investment company identified on Schedule A hereto (each, a “Trust”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Administrator and each Trust entered into an Administration Agreement dated as of October 26, 2018 and effective as of November 1, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, each Trust is incorporated and registered as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and certain Trusts have established series of shares identified under their names on Schedule A hereto (each, a “Fund”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, as follows:
| 1. | The Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
| A. | In accordance with Section 1, the Appointment and Duties of Administrator provision of the Agreement, each Trust, on behalf of itself and its respective Fund(s), hereby requests that the Administrator act as Administrator for its Fund(s) under the terms of the Agreement, and that Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on the Schedule A attached hereto. In connection with such request, each Trust hereby confirms, as of the date hereof, its representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Agreement. |
| B. | Annex I of Schedule B2 to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Annex I attached hereto. |
| 2. | Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is incorporated in its entirety into the Agreement, and this Amendment and said Agreement shall be read and interpreted together as the Agreement. |
| 3. | This Amendment shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. |
| 4. | This Amendment may be executed in separate 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 be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first written above.
| EACH TRUST IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF OR ITS FUND(S) | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Treasurer | |
| STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Administrator | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Schedule A
List of Funds
| Open-End Funds |
| Calamos Advisors Trust |
| Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio |
| Calamos ETF Trust |
| Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF |
| Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF |
| Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF |
| Calamos Alternative Nasdaq & Bond ETF |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – May |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – August |
| Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF – June |
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 2000 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July |
| Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF – September |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – September |
| Calamos Laddered S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF |
| Calamos Investment Trust |
| Calamos Convertible Fund |
| Calamos Dividend Growth Fund |
| Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund |
| Calamos Global Convertible Fund |
| Calamos Global Equity Fund |
| Calamos Global Opportunities Fund |
| Calamos Growth Fund |
| Calamos Growth and Income Fund |
| Calamos Hedged Equity Fund |
| Calamos High Income Opportunities Fund |
| Calamos International Growth Fund |
| Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund |
| Calamos Select Fund |
| Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund |
| Calamos Total Return Bond Fund |
| Calamos Short-Term Bond Fund |
| Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund |
| Calamos Timpani XXXX Growth Fund |
| Calamos International Small Cap Growth Fund |
| Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund |
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Calamos Antetokounmpo Sustainable Equities Trust
Calamos Antetokounmpo Sustainable Equities Fund
| Closed-End Funds |
| Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund |
| Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund |
| Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund |
| Calamos Global Total Return Fund |
| Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund |
| Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund |
| Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust |
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ANNEX I
Further to the Amendment to the Administration Agreement dated as of August 26, 2024 between each registered management investment company identified on Schedule A thereto (each, a “Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Administrator”), each Trust and the Administrator mutually agree to update this Annex I by adding Funds as applicable:
| Form N-PORT
Services and Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Services (FILING ONLY) |
Service Type |
| Calamos ETF Trust | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Income & Arbitrage ETF | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Alternative Nasdaq & Bond ETF | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – May | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – August | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF – June | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 2000 Structured Alt Protection ETF – July | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF – September | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF – September | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Calamos Laddered S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF | Standard N-PORT Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
| Form N-CEN Services | Service Type |
| Calamos ETF Trust | Standard
N-CEN Reporting Solution (Data and Filing) |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by their authorized representatives, have executed this Xxxxx X as of the last signature date set forth below.
| CALAMOS ETF TRUST | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | By: | /s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Treasurer | Title: Managing Director | |||
| Address: 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | Address:0 Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Naperville, IL 60563 | Boston, MA 02210 | |||
| Date: August 26, 2024 | Date: August 26, 2024 | |||
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