AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO SCHEDULE A
Terms used in the Schedule and not defined herein shall have the
meaning specified in the AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND
TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT dated July 1, 1991, and as amended from time to time
(the "Agreement"). Payments under the Agreement to CSC shall be made in the
first two weeks of the month following the month in which a service is rendered
or an expense incurred. This Amendment No. 17 to Schedule A shall be effective
as of March 1, 2000, and supersedes the original Schedule A and Amendment Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 to Schedule A.
0. Each Fund that is a series of the Trust shall pay CSC for the
services to be provided by CSC under the Agreement an amount
equal to the sum of the following:
0. The Fund's Share of CSC Compensation
PLUS
0. The Fund's Allocated Share of CSC Reimbursable Out-of-Pocket Expenses.
In addition, CSC shall be entitled to retain as additional compensation for its
services all CSC revenues for Distributor Fees, fees for wire, telephone,
redemption and exchange orders, XXX trustee agent fees and account transcripts
due CSC from shareholders of any Fund and interest (net of bank charges) earned
with respect to balances in the accounts referred to in paragraph 2 of the
Agreement.
0. All determinations hereunder shall be in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and subject to audit
by the Fund's independent accountants.
0. Definitions
"Allocated Share" for any month means that percentage of CSC
Reimbursable Out-of-Pocket Expenses which would be allocated
to the Fund for such month in accordance with the methodology
described in Exhibit 1 hereto.
"CSC Reimbursable Out-of-Pocket Expenses" means (i)
out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Fund by CSC
for stationery, forms, postage and similar items, (ii)
networking account fees paid to dealer firms by CSC on
shareholder accounts established or maintained pursuant to the
National Securities Clearing Corporation's networking system,
which fees are approved by the Trustees from time to time and
(iii) fees paid by CSC or its affiliates to third-party dealer
firms or transfer agents that maintain omnibus accounts with a
Fund in respect of expenses similar to those referred to in
clause (i) above, to the extent the Trustees have approved the
reimbursement by the Fund of such fees.
"Distributor Fees" means the amount due CSC pursuant to any
agreement with the Fund's principal underwriter for
processing, accounting and reporting services in connection
with the sale of shares of the Fund.
"Fund" means each of the open-end investment companies advised
or administered by CMA that are series of the Trusts which are
parties to the Agreement.
"Fund's Share of CSC Compensation" for any month means 1/12 of
the following applicable percentage of the average daily
closing value of the total net assets of such Fund for such
month:
Fund Percent
Equity Funds: 0.2361
The Colonial Fund
Colonial Select Value Fund
Colonial U.S. Growth & Income Fund
Colonial Global Equity Fund
Colonial International Horizons Fund
Colonial Small Cap Value Fund
Colonial Value Fund
Xxxxx Xxx Advisor Tax-Managed Growth Fund
Crabbe Huson Small Cap Fund
Crabbe Huson Equity Fund
Crabbe Huson Real Estate Investment Fund
Crabbe Huson Managed Income & Equity Fund
Crabbe Huson Contrarian Fund
Newport Tiger Fund
Newport Tiger Cub Fund
Newport Japan Opportunities Fund
Newport Greater China Fund
Newport Asia Pacific Fund
Colonial Strategic Balanced Fund
Colonial Global Utilities Fund
Xxxxx Xxx Advisor Tax-Managed Value Fund
Newport Europe Fund
Xxxxx Xxx Advisor Tax-Managed Growth Fund II
Taxable Bond Funds: 0.172
Colonial Intermediate U.S. Government Fund
Colonial Short Duration U.S. Government Fund
Colonial Federal Securities Fund
Colonial Income Fund
Crabbe Huson Contrarian Income Fund
Liberty-Xxxxx Xxx Advisor Floating Rate Advantage Fund
Colonial Investment Grade Bond Fund
Tax-Exempt Funds 0.13
Colonial Tax-Exempt Insured Fund
Colonial Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial High Yield Municipal Fund
Colonial California Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Connecticut Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Florida Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Michigan Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial New York Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial North Carolina Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Ohio Tax-Exempt Fund
Crabbe Huson Oregon Tax-Free Fund
--------
(1) 0.0025% with respect to the Class I shares of Crabbe Huson Small Cap Fund,
Crabbe Huson Equity Fund, and Crabbe Huson Managed Income & Equity Fund.
(2) 0.0025% with respect to the Class I shares of Crabbe Huson Contrarian
Income Fund.
Fund Percent
Money Market Funds: 0.20
Colonial Money Market Fund
Colonial Municipal Money Market Fund
Others:
Colonial High Yield Securities Fund 0.25
Colonial Strategic Income Fund 0.20
Colonial Utilities Fund 0.20
Colonial Counselor Select Income Portfolio 0.0025
Colonial Counselor Select Balanced Portfolio 0.0025
Colonial Counselor Select Growth Portfolio 0.0025
Agreed:
EACH TRUST ON BEHALF OF EACH FUND DESIGNATED
IN APPENDIX I FROM TIME TO TIME
By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Secretary
LIBERTY FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx, President
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Senior Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
METHODOLOGY OF ALLOCATING CSC
REIMBURSABLE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES
1. CSC Reimbursable Out-of-Pocket Expenses are allocated to the Funds as
follows:
A. Identifiable Based on actual services performed and invoiced
to a Fund.
B. Unidentifiable Allocation will be based on three evenly
weighted factors.
- number of shareholder
accounts
- number of transactions
- average assets
