AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 28(h)(xiii)
AMENDMENT TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT made as of the 1st day of December, 2003, between PERFORMANCE FUNDS TRUST, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and CITI FUND SERVICES OHIO, INC., an Ohio corporation,
formerly known as BISYS Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”), to the Transfer Agency Agreement dated
December 1, 2003, between the Trust and Citi (as previously amended and in effect on the date
hereof, the “Agreement”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, Citi provides transfer agency services for the Trust and
each investment portfolio of the Trust (individually referred to herein as the “Fund” and
collectively as the “Funds”);
WHEREAS, the Trust desires that Citi provide certain recordkeeping and administrative services
for the “Retirement Accounts” (as defined below) of the Funds; and
WHEREAS, Citi is willing to perform the services enumerated in this Amendment on the term and
conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained
and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the Trust and Citi hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendments.
(a) The following is hereby added to Schedule B to the Agreement:
“SERVICES RELATED TO RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Citi will perform the additional recordkeeping and administrative functions listed below with
respect to any Traditional Individual Retirement Account (“XXX”), Xxxx XXX, Xxxxxxxxx Education
Savings Account, SIMPLE XXX, and Internal Revenue Code §403(b)(7) account offered by the Funds
(collectively, “Retirement Accounts”) for which Citi acts as transfer agent (in addition to any
applicable services already set forth in the Agreement).
1. Perform good order review of documents required to open new Retirement Accounts for fund
shareholders. This includes obtaining an executed retirement application by both the shareholder
and the custodian.
2. Perform good order review and process transfers specific to retirement accounts. These
include transfers from prior custodians or to successor custodians, direct rollovers from qualified
plans, and Xxxx conversions. This includes obtaining acceptance by an authorized delegate of the
successor custodian.
3. Perform annual population extraction, notification, good order review, and
processing of required mandatory distributions for shareholders aged 701/2 or older.
4. Record the names of beneficiaries identified by the holder of the Retirement Account (the
“Account Holder”).
5. Calculate distributions, withdrawals, required withholding and other payments to Account
Holders.
6. Process contributions and distributions for Account Holders.
7. Collect close-out and/or custodial fees when assets are fully liquidated from Retirement
Accounts and disburse revenue in accordance with prospectus, Retirement Account disclosure, and/or
Retirement Account custodial agreement language.
8. Collect custodial fees from Account Holders who elect prepayment and disburse revenue in
accordance with prospectus, Retirement Account disclosure, and/or Retirement Account custodial
agreement language.
9. Coordinate and execute the annual Retirement Account custodial fee event to collect fees
from active retirement plan Account Holders via asset liquidation. Disburse revenue in accordance
with prospectus, Retirement Account disclosure, and/or Retirement Account custodial agreement
language.
10. Retain all required Account Holder documents in original form. These documents will
include IRS Forms 5305-A, -RA, — EA, -SA, and Internal Revenue Code §403(b)(7) plan agreements.
11. Tracking, production, and filing to Account Holders and government entities of federal and
state tax forms specific to Retirement Accounts (e.g., Forms 1099-R and 5498).
12. Complete annual W-4P federal withholding solicitation.
13. Maintain Form W-4P elections for federal withholding on Retirement Account distributions
for each Account Holder and perform withholding accordingly.
14. Respond to Account Holders written and verbal operational inquiries related to their
Retirement Accounts.”
(b) The following is hereby added to Schedule C to the Agreement:
“Retirement Accounts:
Citi shall collect (in December of each year or earlier, if collected due to the closing of a
Retirement Account or by reason of a holder of a Retirement Account making an earlier payment) from
the Retirement Account, all of the custodial fees payable pursuant to the Retirement Account
agreements and documentation, and shall be entitled to retain $10.00 per tax
identification number for each Retirement Account type (whether open or closed) per year, and
remand the remainder of the custodial fees to the named custodian.”
2. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Trust represents (i) that it has full power and authority to enter into and perform
this Amendment, (ii) that this Amendment, and all information relating thereto has been presented
to and reviewed by the Board, and (iii) that the Board has approved this Amendment.
(b) Citi represents that it has full power and authority to enter into and perform this
Amendment.
3. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this
Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject
matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of
the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.
(b) Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this Amendment)
and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall
hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as
provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. No
amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by
both parties hereto.
(c) Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be
used to construe or interpret this Amendment.
(d) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all
of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
[Signature page follows.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
PERFORMANCE FUNDS TRUST | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | President | |||||
CITI FUND SERVICES OHIO. INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | President |