NAME OF FUND] AMENDMENT OF [AMENDED] SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT
[NAME
OF
FUND]
AMENDMENT
OF [AMENDED] SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT
This
Amendment to
the [Amended] Shareholder Services Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between
American Funds Service Company (hereinafter, "AFS") and [Name of Fund]
(hereinafter, the "Fund") is dated as of the 1st day of November, 2006.
WHEREAS,
AFS and the Fund
entered into the Agreement with regard to certain shareholder services to be
performed by AFS; and
WHEREAS,
AFS and the Fund
desire to amend said Agreement in the manner hereinafter set forth;
NOW
THEREFORE,
pursuant to
Section 9 of the Agreement, AFS and the Fund hereby amend Section 6 of the
Agreement to read as follows:
AFS
will provide to
the participating investment companies the shareholder services referred to
herein in return for the following fees:
Annual
account
maintenance fee (paid monthly):
$0.91
per month for
each open account on AFS’ books or in Level 0, 2 or 4
Networking
($10.92
per year).
$0.06
per month for
each open account maintained in Street Name or
Level
1 or 3
Networking ($0.72 per year).
No
annual fee will
be charged for a participant account underlying a 401(k)
or
other defined
contribution plan where the plan maintains a single
account
on AFS’
books and responds to all participant inquiries.
Transaction
fees:
$1.55
per
non-automated transaction
$0.20
per automated
transaction
For
this purpose,
“transactions” shall include all types of transactions included in an “activity
index” as reported to the Review and Advisory Committee at least annually. AFS
will xxxx the Fund monthly, on or shortly after the first of each calendar
month, and the Fund will pay AFS within five business days of such
billing.
Any
revision of the
schedule of charges set forth herein shall require the affirmative vote of
a
majority of the members of the [board of directors/trustees] of the
Fund.
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of page
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IN
WITNESS
THEREOF,
AFS and the Fund
have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers
effective as of the date first written above.
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