EMPIRIC FUNDS, INC. AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
TO THE
THIS AMENDMENT dated as of the
1st day
of September, 2009, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement dated October 14,
2005, as amended (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between Empiric Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation, (the
"Corporation") and U.S. Bancorp
Fund Services, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company
("USBFS").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties have
entered into the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation and
USBFS desire to amend the fee schedule of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 12 of the
Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both
parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
agree as follows:
Exhibit
C, the fee schedule of the Agreement, effective September 1, 2009, is hereby
superseded and replaced with Exhibit C attached hereto.
Except to
the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or
more counterparts as of the day and year first written
above.
U.S.
BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
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By:
/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
XxXxx
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Name: Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
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Title:
President
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Title: Executive
Vice President
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Exhibit
C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Empiric Funds, Inc.
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER
SERVICES
ACCOUNT SERVICES FEE
SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,
2009
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Annual Service Charges to the
Fund*
§ Annual
Minimum Base Fee Per CUSIP
$[__]
/year Class A
$[__]./year Class
C
§ XXXX
Xxxxx 0 Accounts $[__]/open account
§ Load
Fund Accounts $[__]/open
account
§ Closed
Accounts
$[__]/closed
account
Activity Charges
§ Telephone
Calls $[__]/per call
§ AML
Base Service (exclude level 3 accounts)
0-999
accounts - $[__]./year
1,000-4,999
accounts - $[__]/year
5,000-9,999
accounts - $[__]/year
10,000
= accounts - $[__]/year
§ AML
New Account Service - $[__]/new domestic
accounts
and $[__]/new Foreign accounts
§ ACH/EFT
Shareholder Services
$[__]/month/fund
group
$[__]/
ACH Item, setup, change
$[__]/correction,
reversal
§ 401(k)
Daily Valuation Trades - $[__]/trade
§ Omnibus
Account Transactions
$[__]each
– first 100 transactions
$[__]each
– next 400 transactions
$[__]each
– next 1,500 transactions
$[__]each
– next 3,000 transactions
$[__]each
– balance of transactions
Technology
Charges
1. Implementation
Services
Fund
Setup - $[__]/additional CUSIP
2. Average
Cost - $[__]/account/year
3. Selects
- $[__]per select
4. Report
Source - $[__]/month – Web reporting
CCO Support Services*
$[__]/year
Literature Fulfillment
Services
No Fulfillment Services
Provided - Inquiries and requests for literature will be forwarded to
Fund.
Out-Of-Pocket Expenses
Including
but not limited to: telephone toll-free lines, call transfers, mailing,
sorting and postage, stationery, envelopes, programming, service/data
conversion, AML verification services, special reports, insurance, record
retention, microfilm, microfiche, proxies, proxy services, lost
shareholder search, disaster recovery charges, ACH fees, Fed wire charges,
NSCC charges, data communication and implementation charges, travel,
training, and all other out-of-pocket expenses.
*Subject
to CPI Increase, Milwaukee MSA.
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EMPIRIC
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER
SERVICES
ACCOUNT SERVICES FEE
SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,
2009
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Charges Paid by Investors
Shareholder
accounts will be charged based upon the type of activity and type of
account, including the following:
Qualified Plan Fees
§ $[__]/qualified plan acct
(Cap at $[__]/SSN)
§ $[__]/Xxxxxxxxx ESA acct
(Cap at $[__]/SSN)
§ $[__]/transfer to successor
trustee
§ $[__]/participant
distribution (Excluding SWPs)
§ $[__]/refund of excess
contribution
§ $[__]/reconversion/recharacterization
Additional Shareholder Paid
Fees
§ $[__]/outgoing wire
transfer
§ $[__]/overnight
delivery
§ $[__]/telephone
exchange
§ $[__]/return check or
ACH
§ $[__]/stop
payment
§ $[__]/research request per
account (Cap at $[__]/request) (For
requested items of the second calendar year [or previous] to the
request)
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