FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTFund Accounting Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • New York
THIS FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of August 1, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between each investment company listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Company”), on behalf of itself or, where noted on Exhibit A, on behalf of its Series (as defined below), severally and not jointly (each Company and/or Series a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., solely with respect to Section 3(c) (“TRP”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking organization (“BNY Mellon”).
GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENTGlobal Custody Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • New York
This AGREEMENT is effective January 3, 1994, and is between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. (the “Bank”) and EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO, Individually and Separately (each individually, the “Customer”).
Custodian AgreementCustodian Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Massachusetts
This Agreement is made as of January 28, 1998 by and between each entity set forth on Appendix A hereto (as such Appendix A may be amended from time to time) which executes a copy of this Agreement (each referred to herein as the “Fund”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company with its principal place of business at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the “Custodian”).
Article A Terms of Appointment/Duties of Price Associates 2 Article B Fees and Expenses 2 Article C Representations and Warranties of Price Associates 2 Article D Representations and Warranties of the Fund 3 Article E Ownership of Software and Related...Fund Accounting and Related Administrative Services Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Maryland
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement dated as of January 1, 2015, between Price Associates and each of the Funds (the “Current Price Accounting Agreement”), Price Associates has been providing certain accounting, administrative and tax services (the “Current Price Services”) to the Funds;
ContractFund Accounting Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • New York
In connection with the Fund Accounting Agreement (the “BNY Agreement”), effective as of August 1, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between each investment company listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Company”), on behalf of itself or, where noted on Exhibit A, on behalf of its Series (as defined therein), severally and not jointly (each Company and/or Series a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., solely with respect to Section 3(c) thereof (“TRP”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking organization (“BNY Mellon”), TRP and the Funds desire to enter into this letter agreement (this “Agreement”). This Agreement supersedes the letter agreement dated August 1, 2015, as amended November 3, 2015, April 18, 2016, July 19, 2016, August 1, 2016 and October 25, 2016, between TRP and the Funds. Defined terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the BNY Agreement.
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT betweenTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Maryland
AGREEMENT betweenService Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Maryland
EXPENSE LIMITATION AND MANAGEMENT FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH OF THEExpense Limitation and Management Fee Waiver Agreement • December 11th, 2020 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
This EXPENSE LIMITATION AND MANAGEMENT FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective with respect to each Fund and as of the date indicated in the Schedules of this Agreement, is entered into between T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the “Manager”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and each Corporation, each of which is organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, on behalf of itself or on behalf of its series and/or its separate share classes, as applicable (each, a “Fund” or a “Class”).
