ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAVOS INVESTMENTS TRUST AND ASSETMARK, INC.
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ASSETMARK, INC.
AGREEMENT made as of the 10th day of July, 2015, between Savos Investments Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the Savos Dynamic Hedging Fund (the “Fund”), as amended from time to time, and AssetMark, Inc. (“AssetMark”).
In consideration of the mutual promises herein made, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. AssetMark shall, during the term of this Agreement, be responsible for providing certain administrative services (together, the “Administrative Services”) to the shareholders of the Fund, including the following:
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development and maintenance of a web-based software platform for use by investment advisers and their clients;
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creation of a customized full-color client investment policy statement for each individual client;
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facilitating the initiation and setup of new account and related asset transfers to facilitate the maintenance of multiple Fund holdings in a single client account;
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creation of quarterly performance reports for use by advisers and their clients reflecting a consolidated view of all Fund holdings beneficially owned by the client among various account registration types (i.e., various retirement and non-retirement accounts);
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attending to correspondence, requests and inquiries from shareholders and/or their adviser representatives with regard to processing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares, and implementation of single requests for account changes and transactions across multiple related account registrations and affecting multiple Fund holdings;
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monitoring and overseeing non-advisory relationships with entities providing services to the Fund, including the transfer agent and custodian; and
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facilitating the calculation and automated payment of fees by multiple client account registrations in a consolidated fashion to the client’s adviser
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2. As compensation for the Administrative Services provided by AssetMark, the Fund shall pay to AssetMark a monthly fee equal to, on an annual basis, 0.25% of the daily net assets of the Fund.
3. The administrative services provided by AssetMark to the Fund under this Agreement are separate from, and unrelated to, the administrative services provided by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) to the Fund pursuant to the Fund Administration Servicing Agreement between the Trust and USBFS.
4. This Agreement shall continue until validly terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
5. This Agreement may be terminated by the Trust, at any time, on sixty (60) days’ written notice without payment of penalty, provided that such termination by the Trust shall be directed or approved by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust in office at the time or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust (as defined by the 1940 Act). This Agreement may be not be assigned with the prior written consent of the parties. A change of control of either party hereto shall not constitute an assignment.
6. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of AssetMark, or of reckless disregard of its duties and obligations hereunder, AssetMark shall not be subject to liability for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.
By: __________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Trustee, Chairman, and President
ASSETMARK, INC.
By: ____________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
