AMENDMENT TO THE ADVISORS SERIES TRUST TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
TO THE
TRANSFER
AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT dated as of the
12th
day of December, 2007, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement, dated as of
June 8, 2006, as amended (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between Advisors Series Trust, 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 a Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to
amend the series of the Trust to add funds; 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 exhibits and add the following:
Exhibit Q, the funds and fees of
ActivePassive Large Cap Growth Fund, ActivePassive Large Cap Value Fund,
ActivePassive Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, ActivePassive Small/Mid Cap Value Fund,
ActivePassive International Equity Fund, ActivePassive Emerging Markets Equity
Fund, ActivePassive Global Bond Fund, ActivePassive Intermediate Taxable Bond
Fund, ActivePassive High Yield Bond Fund, and ActivePassive Intermediate
Municipal Bond Fund, is hereby added to the Agreement and attached
hereto.
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.
U.S.
BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
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By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxx
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
XxXxx
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Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
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Title: President
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Title:
Executive Vice President
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Exhibit
Q
to
the
Separate
Series of the Advisors Series Trust Transfer Agent Servicing
Agreement
For the
services rendered by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC under this Agreement, the
Fund(s) listed herein shall pay U.S. Bank compensation as set forth in the Fee
Schedule below:
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Funds - TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
ACCOUNT
SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE at December, 2007
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Annual
Service Charges to the Fund*
· Base
Fee Per
Cusip $[______]/year
· NSCC
Level 3
Accounts $[______]/open
account
· No-Load
Fund
Accounts $[______]/open
account
· Load
Fund
Accounts $[______]/open
account
· Daily
Accrual Fund
Accounts $[______]/open
account
· Closed
Accounts
$[______]/closed account
Activity
Charges
· Manual
Shareholder
Transaction $[______]/transaction
· Omnibus
Account
Transaction $[______]/transaction
· Correspondence $[______]/item
· Telephone
Calls
$[______]/minute
· Voice
Response
Calls $[______]/call
· Qualified
Plan
Accounts $[______]/account
(Cap at $[___]/SSN)
Implementation Charges
· First
Cusip
$[______] Per Cusip
Plus Out-Of-Pocket
Expenses – Including but not limited to telephone toll-free lines,
call transfers, mailing, sorting and postage, stationery, envelopes,
programming, service/data conversion, special reports, insurance, record
retention, literature fulfillment kits, microfilm, microfiche, proxies,
proxy services, lost shareholder search, disaster recovery charges, ACH
fees, Fed wire charges, NSCC charges, and all other out-of-pocket
expenses.
Additional Services –
Above pricing is for standard services. Available but not
included above are the following services - FAN Web shareholder
e-commerce, Vision intermediary e-commerce, FAN Mail electronic data
delivery, B.O.S.S. sales reporting data warehouse, investor e-mail
services, literature fulfillment, lead conversion reporting, 12b-1 aging,
Short-Term Trader reporting
Fees
are billed monthly.
*
Subject to annual CPI increase, Milwaukee
MSA.
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[______]% reduction in the base fee of
$[______] for the first
[______] months and
[______]% in the second
[______] months of
operation.
Advisor’s
Signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedule above.
FundQuest
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: CIO Date:
December 27, 2007
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Exhibit
Q (continued) to the
Separate
Series of the Advisors Series Trust Transfer Agent Servicing
Agreement
TRANSFER
AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL
SERVICES - E-COMMERCE SERVICES
FEE
SCHEDULE at December, 2007
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FAN WEB – Shareholder
internet access to account information and transaction capabilities
through a transparent link at the fund group web
site. Shareholders access account information, portfolio
listing fund family, transaction history, purchase additional shares
through ACH, etc.
1. FAN Web Premium (Fund Groups over [_____]
open accounts)
· Implementation
- $[______] per fund
group – includes up to [______] hours of
technical/BSA support
· Annual
Base Fee - $[______]
per year
2. FAN Web Select (Fund Groups under [______] open accounts) – Standard Web
services
· Implementation
- $[______] per fund
group – includes up to 10 hours of technical/BSA support
· Annual
Base Fee - $[______]
per year
3. Customization
- $[______] per
hour
4. Activity
(Session) Fees:
· Inquiry
- $[______] per
event
· Account
Maintenance - $[______] per
event
· Transaction
– financial transactions, reorder statements, etc. - $[______] per
event
· New
Account Set-up - $[______] per event (Not
available with FAN Web Select)
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VISION MUTUAL FUND
GATEWAY – Permits broker/dealers, financial planners, and RIAs to
us a web-based system to perform order and account inquiry, execute
trades, print applications, review prospectuses, and establish new
accounts.
· Inquiry
Only
· Inquiry
- $[______] per
event
· Per
broker ID - $[______] per month per
ID
· Transaction
Processing
· Implementation
- $[______] per
management company
· Transaction
– purchase, redeem, exchange, literature order - $[______] per
event
· New
Account Set-up – may contain multiple fund/accounts - $[______] per
event
· Monthly
Minimum Charge - $[______] per
month
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FAN MAIL – Financial
planner mailbox provides transaction, account and price information to
financial planners and small broker/dealers for import into a variety of
financial planning software packages.
· Base
Fee Per Management Company – file generation and delivery - $[______] per
year
· Per
Record Charge
· Rep/Branch/ID
- $[______]
· Dealer
- $[______]
· Price
Files - $[______] or
$[______]/user/month,
whichever is less
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CLIENT DATA ACCESS –
USBFS client on-line access to fund and investor data through USBFS
technology applications and data delivery and security
software.
· MFS
Systems (includes COLD and On Line Report view applications)
· Setup
- $[______]
(includes 2 workstations)
· Service
- $[______]/month
· Report
Source
· No
Setup Charge
· $[______]/month per
reporting category
· T/A
Imaging
· Setup
- $[______]
(includes 2 workstations)
· $[______]/month
· Fund
Source
· No
Setup Charge
· $[______]/month
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Advisor’s
Signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedule above.
FundQuest
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: CIO Date:
December 27, 2007
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Exhibit
Q (continued)
to
the
Separate
Series of the Advisors Series Trust Transfer Agent Servicing
Agreement
TRANSFER
AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL
SERVICES
FEE
SCHEDULE at December, 2007
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B.O.S.S – Business On-line Sales Reporting
Solution
Monthly
Software Subscription Services:
· Access
Per B.O.S.S. User: $[___]/month/user
Implementation
and Support Services:
· Implementation
- $[___] first user ID; each additional user ID is $[___] – Includes
project management and data/internet portal integration applicable to
Transfer Agent data flow (up to [___] years of historical data
included). Additional setup requirements will be charged at
Development hourly rate.
· Training
- $[___] (includes 1-day session at USBFS site for up to 10 participants
on core product)
· Development
- $[___]/hour - customization of B.O.S.S. product, requests for customized
reports, etc.
· Additional
Options - Report Writing, Sub-Account Data Integration – Quoted separately
based upon requirements
Data
Management Services:
· Data
Storage Charge – Over [___] years of data (No charge for less than [___]
years of data)
· Fund
Group Account Base (Open/Closed) – Under [___] - $[___] per
month
· Fund
Group Account Base (Open/Closed) – Over [___] - $[___] per
month
· Monthly
service fees (extracting/ storing daily transaction data). Fee
based upon records processed:
· [___]-[___]
records/month – $[___]/month
· [___]-[___]
records/month – $[___]/month (over [___] records/month quoted
separately)
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Short-Term Trader –
Software application used to track and/or assess transaction fees that are
determined to be short-term trades. Service can be applied to
some or all funds within a fund family.
· [___]
days or less – $[___]/open account
· [___]-[___]
days – $[___]/open account
· [___]-[___]
days – $[___]/open account
· [___]
days – [___] year - $[___]/open account
· [___]
year – [___] years - $[___]/open account
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Excessive Trader –
Software application that monitors the number of trades (exchanges,
redemptions) that meet fund family criteria for excessive trading and
automatically prevents trades in excess of the fund family
parameters.
· $[___]
setup/fund group of [___]-[___] funds, $[___] setup/fund group of over
[___] funds
· $[___]/account/year
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12b-1 Distribution Fee
Aging – Aging shareholder account share lots in order to
monitor and begin assessing 12b-1 fees after a certain share lot age will
be charged at $[___] per open account per year.
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Physical Certificate
Processing – Services to support the setup and processing of
physical certificated shares for a fund family:
· $[___]
setup/fund group
· $[___]
per certificate transaction
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E-Mail
Services – Services to capture, queue, monitor, service
and archive shareholder e-mail correspondence:
· $[___]
setup/fund group
· $[___]/month
administration
· $[___]/received
e-mail correspondence
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Dealer Reclaim
Services – Services reclaim fund losses due to the
pricing differences for dealer trade adjustments such as between dealer
placed trades and cancellations. There will be no
correspondence charges related to this service.
· [___]
per month
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Advisor’s
Signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedule above.
FundQuest
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: CIO Date:
December 27, 2007
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Exhibit
Q (continued)
to
the
Separate
Series of the Advisors Series Trust Transfer Agent Servicing
Agreement
TRANSFER
AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL
SERVICES
FEE
SCHEDULE at December, 2007
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Charges Paid by
Investors – Shareholder accounts will be charged based upon the
type of activity and type of account, including the
following:
Qualified Plan Fees
· $[___]/qualified
plan acct (Cap at $[___]/SSN)
· $[___]
/Xxxxxxxxx ESA acct (Cap at $[___]/SSN)
· $[___]
/transfer to successor trustee
· $[___]
/participant distribution (Excluding SWPs)
· $[___]
/refund of excess contribution
· $[___]
/reconversion/recharacterization
Additional Shareholder Paid Fees
· $[___]
/outgoing wire transfer
· $[___]
/overnight delivery
· $[___]
/telephone exchange
· $[___]
/return check or ACH
· $[___]
/stop payment
· $[___]
/research request per account (Cap at $[___]/request) (For requested items
of the second calendar year [or previous] to the
request)
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Programming Charges –
Charges incurred for customized services based upon fund family
requirements including but not limited to:
· Fund
setup programming (transfer agent system, statements, options, etc.) –
estimate [___] hours per Cusip
· Select
reports – shareholder system queries for customized reporting, mailings,
etc.
· File
transmissions of client requested shareholder data file
extracts
· Conversion
programming
· Customized
service development
· Voice
response system setup (menu selections, shareholder system integration,
testing, etc.) – estimated at [___] hours per fund family
· All
other client specific customization and/or development
services
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Literature Fulfillment
Services
· Account Management –
$[___]/month (account management, lead reporting and database
administration).
· Order Processing -
$[___]/per order (Assessed for each order shipped by US Bancorp Fund
Services.)
· Telephone Service Charge
- $[___]/per call
Inbound Teleservicing Only
· Account
Management - $[___]/month
· Call
Servicing - $[___]/per
minute
Lead Conversion Reporting
· Account
Management -
$[___]/month
· Database
Installation, Setup
- $[___]
/fund group
· Specialized
Programming - (Separate Quote)*
Web On-line Fund Fulfillment
· Account
Management -
$[___] /month
· Installation,
Setup - $[___]/fund group
· Per
Literature
Order
- $[___] /request
Follow-up Services
· Correspondence
- $[___]/item
§ Fees
exclude postage and printing charges.
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Advisor’s
Signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedule above.
FundQuest
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: CIO Date:
December 27, 2007
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Exhibit
Q (continued)
to
the
Separate
Series of the Advisors Series Trust Transfer Agent Servicing
Agreement
Multiple
Series Trust
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Funds - CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER SERVICES
FEE
SCHEDULE at December, 2007
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Chief Compliance Officer
Services
U.S.
Bancorp provides the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for each fund serviced
within the Multiple Series Trust. Compliance functions
performed by USBFS provided CCO include, but are not limited
to:
• Designation
as the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer
• Periodic
and Annual Reporting to MST Fund Board
• Board
Meeting Presentation and Board Support
• MST
Fund Board Liaison For All Compliance Matters
• Daily
Resource to Advisor CCO and Fund Board
• Review
of Advisor Compliance Policies, Procedures and Controls
• Review
of USBFS/USB Critical Procedures & Compliance Controls
• Due
Diligence Review of Advisor and USBFS Service Facilities
• Testing,
Documentation and Reporting of Advisor and USBFS/USB Compliance Policies,
Procedures and Controls
Compliance
functions performed by USBFS Risk Management Team include, but are not
limited to:
• Quarterly
USBFS Certification to Trust CCO
• Business
Line Functions Supported
• Fund
Administration and Compliance
• Transfer
Agent and Shareholder Services
• Fund
Accounting
• Custody
Services
• Distribution
Services
• CCO
Portal – Web On-line Access to Fund CCO Documents
• Periodic
CCO Conference Calls
• Dissemination
of Industry/Regulatory Information
• Client
& Business Line Compliance Education & Training
Chief Compliance Officer
(CCO)*
· $[___] per fund per
year
Plus Out-Of-Pocket
Expenses – including but not limited to CCO team travel related
costs to perform due diligence reviews at Advisor facilities
Fees
are billed monthly.
*Subject
to annual CPI increase, Milwaukee
MSA.
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Advisor’s
Signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedule above.
FundQuest
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Printed
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title: CIO Date:
December 27, 2007
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