FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT dated as of November 2, 2016, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009, as amended November 8, 2011, February 14, 2012 and February 21, 2013 (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS, a Delaware business trust, (the "Trust") on behalf of the GERSTEIN XXXXXX FUNDS (the "Funds") 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 parties desire to amend the series of the Trust to add the Gerstein Xxxxxx Municipal CRA Qualified Investment Fund; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to reflect a change to the investment advisor of the funds; 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:
Amended Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit A attached hereto.
Amended Exhibit C of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit C attached hereto.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 Fourth Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Printed Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
U.S. BANKCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
Printed Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx
Title: Executive Vice President
Amended Exhibit A
to the
Name of Series
Gerstein Xxxxxx Multi-Factor Growth Equity Fund
Gerstein Xxxxxx Multi-Factor International Growth Equity Fund
Gerstein Xxxxxx Multi-Factor Global Real Estate Securities Fund
Gerstein Xxxxxx Municipal CRA Qualified Investment Fund
Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
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Gerstein Xxxxxx Funds
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES ACCOUNT SERVICES
FEE SCHEDULE at March 1, 2013
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Annual Service Charges to the Fund*
§ Base Fee Per CUSIP $)____/year
($____ if less than 200 direct shareholder accounts)
§ XXXX Xxxxx 0 Accounts $____ /open account
§ No-Load Fund Accounts $____ /open account
§ Load Fund Accounts $____ /open account
§ Closed Accounts $____ /closed account
Services Included in Annual Base Fee Per CUSIP
§ DST NSCC charge
Activity Charges
§ Manual Shareholder Transaction & Correspondence $____ per transaction
§ Omnibus Account Transaction $____ per transaction
§ Telephone Calls $____ per minute
§ Voice Response Calls $____ per call
§ Daily Valuation/Manual 401k Trade $____ per trade
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CUSIP Setup Charge
§ $____ / CUSIP
Miscellaneous Expenses
Including but not limited to telephone toll-free lines, call transfers, mailing, sorting and postage, stationery, envelopes, service/data conversion, AML verification services, special reports, record retention, processing of literature fulfillment kits, lost shareholder search, disaster recovery charges, ACH fees, Fed wire charges, NSCC charges, voice response (VRU) maintenance and development, data communication and implementation charges, and travel.
Additional Services
Available but not included above are the following services - FAN Web shareholder e-commerce, FAN Mail electronic data delivery, Vision intermediary e-commerce, client Web data access (MFx Portal), client dedicated line data access, programming charges, training, Short-Term Trader reporting, cost basis reporting, Excessive Trader, 12b-1 aging, investor e-mail services, dealer reclaim services, shareholder performance statements, Same Day Cash Flow System, money market fund service organizations, charges paid by investors, literature fulfillment, physical certificate processing, Jumbo pricing, expedited CUSIP setup, sales reporting & 22c-2 reporting (MARS), electronic statements (Informa), and additional services mutually agreed upon.
*Subject to annual CPI increase, Milwaukee MSA.
Fees are billed monthly.
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Advisor’s signature below acknowledges approval of the fee schedules on this Amended Exhibit C.
By: People’s Securities, Inc.
Name: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Head of Research and Portfolio Strategy Date: 11/2/2016
Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
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TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - E-COMMERCE SERVICES
FEE SCHEDULE at March 1, 2013
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FAN WEB
Shareholder internet access to account information and transaction capabilities through a transparent link at the fund group web site. Shareholders access account information, portfolio listing fund family, transaction history, purchase additional shares through ACH, etc.
§ FAN Web Premium (Fund Groups over 50,000 open accounts)
− Implementation - $____ /fund group – includes up to 25 hours of technical/BSA support
− Annual Base Fee - $____ /year
§ FAN Web Select (Fund Groups under 50,000 open accounts) – See Functionality Worksheet
− Implementation - $____ /fund group – includes up to 10 hours of technical/BSA support
− Annual Base Fee - $____ /year
§ FAN Web Direct (API) – Quoted Separately
§ Customization - $____ /hour
§ Activity (Session) Fees:
− Inquiry - $____ /event
− Account Maintenance - $____ /event
− Transaction – financial transactions, reorder statements, etc. - $____ /event
− New Account Setup - $____ /event (Not available with FAN Web Select)
VISION MUTUAL FUND GATEWAY
Permits broker/dealers, financial planners, and RIAs to use a web-based system to perform order and account inquiry, execute trades, print applications, review prospectuses, and establish new accounts.
§ Inquiry Only
− Inquiry - $____ /event
− Per broker ID - $____ /month per ID
§ Transaction Processing
− Implementation - $____ /management company
− Transaction – purchase, redeem, exchange, literature order - $____ /event
− New Account Set-up – may contain multiple fund/accounts - $____ /event
− Monthly Minimum Charge - $____ /month
VISION ELECTRONIC STATMENTS
Provides the capability for financial intermediaries to access electronic statements via the Vision application.*
§ Implementation Fees
− Develop eBusiness Solutions Software - $____ /fund group
− Code Print Software - $____
§ Load charges
− $____ /image
§ Archive charge (for any image stored beyond 2 years)
− $____ /document
*Normal Vision ID and activity charges also apply.
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Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
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TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - E-COMMERCE SERVICES
FEE SCHEDULE at March 1, 2013
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FAN MAIL
Financial planner mailbox provides transaction, account and price information to financial planners and small broker/dealers for import into a variety of financial planning software packages.
§ Base Fee Per Management Company – file generation and delivery - $____ /year
§ Per Record Charge
− Rep/Branch/ID - $____
− Dealer - $____
§ Price Files - $____ or $____ /user per month, whichever is less
CLIENT Web DATA ACCESS
USBFS client on-line access to fund and investor data through USBFS technology applications and data delivery and security software.
§ Setup: MFx Portal - $____
§ Service - $____ /user per month
§ Access to the following systems included:
− BDS – Statement Storage and Retrieval
− ReportSource – Mainframe T/A Report Library
− T/A Imaging – Thin Client AWD
− FundSource – Comprehensive Fund Information
− 3270 – T/A Mainframe Access
§ Custom Electronic File Exchange (DDS of delivery of TIP files) - $____ one time setup fee
CLIENT DEDICATED LINE DATA ACCESS
For USBFS clients requiring continuous on-line access to USBFS shareholder accounting systems, such as for client call center support:
§ $____ /year per workstation for TA2000 AWD access
§ Plus data communications setup and monthly charges based upon location and bandwidth
§ Plus training billed at hourly rates plus miscellaneous expenses
TRANSFER AGENT TRAINING SERVICES
§ On-site at USBFS - $____ /day
At client location - $____ /day plus travel and miscellaneous expenses
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Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
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TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - FEE SCHEDULE at Xxxxx 0, 0000
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Xxxxx-Xxxx Trader – Software application used to track and/or assess transaction fees that are determined to be short-term trades. Service can be applied to some or all funds within a fund family.
§ 90 days or less – $____ /open account
§ 91-180 days – $____ /open account
§ 181-270 days – $____ /open account
§ 271 days – 1 year - $____ /open account
§ 1 year – 2 years - $____ /open account
Cost Basis Reporting – Annual reporting of shareholder cost basis for direct accounts based upon an average cost single category basis calculation.
§ $____ /direct open account per year
Excessive Trader – Software application that monitors the number of trades (exchanges, redemptions) that meet fund family criteria for excessive trading and automatically prevents trades in excess of the fund family parameters.
§ $____ setup /fund group of 1-5 funds, $____ setup /fund group of over 5 funds
§ $____ /account per year
12b-1 Distribution Fee Aging – Aging shareholder account share lots in order to monitor and begin assessing 12b-1 fees after a certain share lot age will be charged at $____ per open account per year.
Physical Certificate Processing – Services to support the setup and processing of physical certificated shares for a fund family:
§ $____ setup /fund group
§ $____ /certificate transaction
E-Mail Services – Services to capture, queue, monitor, service and archive shareholder e-mail correspondence:
§ $____ setup /fund group
§ $____ /month administration
§ $____ /received e-mail correspondence
Dealer Reclaim Services – Services reclaim fund losses due to the pricing differences for dealer trade adjustments such as between dealer placed trades and cancellations. There will be no correspondence charges related to this service.
§ $____ /fund group per month
FAF Money Market Fund Service Organizations
§ $____ /money market share class per year
§ Miscellaneous expenses (see Transfer Agent Fee Schedule)
Shareholder Performance Statements – We have a variety of features available for providing account or portfolio level performance information on investor statements. Actual costs will depend upon specific client requirements.
§ Setup - $____ /fund group
§ Annual Fee - $____ /open and closed account
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Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
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TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE at March 1, 2013
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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)
Programming Charges
Charges incurred for customized services based upon fund family requirements including but not limited to:
§ Fund setup programming (transfer agent system, statements, options, etc.) – estimate 10 hours per CUSIP
§ Select reports – shareholder system queries for customized reporting, mailings, etc.
§ File transmissions of client requested shareholder data file extracts
§ Conversion programming
§ Customized service development
§ Voice response system setup (menu selections, shareholder system integration, testing, etc.) – estimated at 3 hours per fund family
§ All other client specific customization and/or development services
Literature Fulfillment Services
§ Account Management
− $____ /month (account management, lead reporting and database administration)
§ Miscellaneous Expenses
− Kit and order processing expenses, postage, and printing
§ Inbound Teleservicing Only
− Account Management - $____ /month
− Call Servicing - $____ /minute
§ Lead Conversion Reporting
− Account Management - $____ /month
− Database Installation, Setup - $____ /fund group
− Specialized Programming - (Separate Quote)*
§ Web On-line Fund Fulfillment
− Account Management - $____ /month
− Installation, Setup - $____ /fund group
− Per Literature Order - $____ /request
§ Follow-up Services - Correspondence - $____ /item
Fees exclude postage and printing charges.
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