Master Administrative Services Agreement - Exhibit D Administrative Fee
EXHIBIT NO. 99.(h)8
Effective January 1, 2012
Master Administrative Services Agreement - Exhibit D
Administrative Fee
In return for the Administrative Services provided by the Administrator under this Agreement, the Funds, other than the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, shall pay the Administrator each calendar year (the “Contract Period”) a fee in an aggregate amount approved by the MFS Funds Board for such calendar year, as it may be amended by the Board from time to time (the “Approved Annual Fee”). The Approved Annual Fee shall be allocated among the Funds and paid by the Funds in accordance with the methodology described below. For calendar year 2012, the Approved Annual Fee is $12,942,777.
(i) Fixed Fee: Regardless of asset size, each Fund shall pay an annual fee to the Administrator in the amount of $17,500. If during the Contract Period a Fund either joins the Agreement pursuant to Section 9(d) or terminates pursuant to Section 8, a pro rata fixed fee will be charged for the portion of the calendar year that the Fund is a party to this Agreement.
(ii) Asset-Based Fee: In addition to the Fixed Fee, each Fund, other than Funds that invest substantially all of their assets in other Funds (“Asset Allocation Funds”)1, shall pay a fee at an annual rate, stated as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund on all net assets in excess of $50 million up to $4.0 billion, equal to a rate which when applied to the Fund’s net assets in excess of such minimum, other than the Asset Allocation Funds and the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, as of the end of the calendar month prior to such determination, and when added to the Fixed Fees, is reasonably calibrated to pay the Administrator the Approval Annual Fee for the applicable Contract Period. As necessary, the rate shall be adjusted from time to time based on the then current asset levels, in the discretion of the Administrator, if changes in asset levels warrant such adjustment. The Administrator shall report any changes to the asset based fee to the MFS Funds Board for ratification at the next Board meeting following such change and shall report semi-annually to the MFS Funds Board the actual amount of payments received by the Administrator (report to the September Board meeting for payments for the six-month period ending June 30 and to the February meeting for payments for the six and twelve month periods ending December 31). If during a Contract Period Funds either join the Agreement pursuant to Section 9(d) or terminate pursuant to Section 8, the asset-based fee shall be adjusted, if necessary, so that the total of payments expected to be paid by the Funds will continue to be reasonably calibrated to pay the Administrator the Approved Annual Fee for the applicable Contract Period.
1 The Asset Allocation Funds will only be charged the fixed fee of $17,500. The Asset Allocation Funds already incur administrative services fees indirectly through their holdings in the underlying Funds.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Exhibit D to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affiliated, as of the date first written above.
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On behalf of the MFS Family of Funds, MFS Closed-End Funds and MFS Institutional Funds listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement | |
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XXXXX X. XXXXXX |
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Assistant Secretary |
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MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY | |
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By: |
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Chairman and Chief Investment Officer |
