EXHIBIT (h)(23)
AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 10, dated as of _______, 2001, is entered into
between THE GALAXY FUND (the "Fund"), a Massachusetts business trust, and PFPC
INC. ("PFPC") (formerly known as First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.), a
Massachusetts corporation.
WHEREAS, the Fund and PFPC have entered into a Transfer Agency and
Services Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1997, as subsequently amended (as so
amended, the "Transfer Agency Agreement"), pursuant to which the Fund appointed
PFPC to act as the transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and agent in
connection with certain other activities for the Fund's portfolios; and
WHEREAS, Article 25.1 of the Transfer Agency Agreement provides, in
part, that no change, termination, modification or waiver of any term or
condition of the Transfer Agency Agreement shall be valid unless in writing
signed by each party;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. The following section is hereby added to the Fee Schedule on
Schedule B of the Transfer Agency Agreement:
FEE WAIVERS FOR NEW PORTFOLIOS
PFPC shall waive all fees for a period of three months from the
commencement of operations of any new Portfolio which is established,
provided that no fee shall be waived for any "shell" Portfolio
created pursuant to a merger or acquisition.
2. Except to the extent amended hereby, the Transfer Agency
Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects as amended hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment No.
10 as of the day and year first above written.
THE GALAXY FUND
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Title: President
PFPC INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
