AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

Exhibit (h)(1)(a)(xvii)

AMENDMENT

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (“Amendment”) is effective as of the 2^nd day of July, 2018, by and among The MainStay Funds, a Massachusetts business trust, and MainStay VP Funds Trust and MainStay Funds Trust, each a Delaware statutory trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and NYLIM Service Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having its principal office and place of business at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 (“NSC”).

WHEREAS, the Funds and NSC are parties to an Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated October 1, 2008, as amended (“Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 2.01 and Article 11 of the Agreement, the parties hereby wish to amend the Agreement to reflect the addition of the MainStay U.S. Government Liquidity Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in the Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule A attached hereto.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers.

THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:	Treasurer and Principal Financial and
	Accounting Officer
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:	Treasurer and Principal Financial and
	Accounting Officer
MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:	Treasurer and Principal Financial and
	Accounting Officer
NYLIM SERVICE COMPANY LLC
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:	President

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SCHEDULE A

Effective Date: July 2, 2018
(unless otherwise indicated)

The MainStay Funds MainStay Income Builder Fund MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund MainStay MacKay Common Stock Fund MainStay MacKay Convertible Fund MainStay MacKay Emerging Markets Debt Fund MainStay MacKay Government Fund MainStay MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund MainStay MacKay International Equity Fund
MainStay MacKay Tax Free Bond Fund MainStay MacKay Unconstrained Bond Fund MainStay MAP Equity Fund MainStay Money Market Fund   MainStay VP Funds Trust MainStay XX XxxXxx Convertible Portfolio – Service Class MainStay XX XxxXxx Convertible Portfolio – Service 2 Class     MainStay Funds Trust MainStay Absolute Return Multi-Strategy Fund MainStay Balanced Fund MainStay Candriam Emerging Markets Equity Fund MainStay Conservative Allocation Fund MainStay Xxxxxxx MLP Premier Fund MainStay Xxxxxxx Renaissance Advantage Fund MainStay Xxxxxxx Energy Income Fund MainStay Epoch Capital Growth Fund MainStay Epoch Global Choice Fund MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund MainStay Epoch International Choice Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. All Cap Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. Equity Yield Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. Small Cap Fund MainStay Floating Rate Fund MainStay Growth Allocation Fund
MainStay Indexed Bond Fund MainStay MacKay California Tax Free Opportunities Fund
MainStay MacKay Emerging Markets Equity Fund MainStay MacKay Growth Fund MainStay MacKay High Yield Municipal Bond Fund MainStay MacKay International Opportunities Fund
MainStay MacKay New York Tax Free Opportunities Fund MainStay MacKay S&P 500 Index Fund MainStay MacKay Short Duration High Yield Fund MainStay MacKay Short Term Municipal Fund MainStay MacKay Total Return Bond Fund MainStay MacKay U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund MainStay Moderate Allocation Fund MainStay Moderate Growth Allocation Fund MainStay Retirement 2010 Fund MainStay Retirement 2020 Fund MainStay Retirement 2030 Fund MainStay Retirement 2040 Fund MainStay Retirement 2050 Fund MainStay Retirement 2060 Fund MainStay U.S. Government Liquidity Fund

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