EX-99.(8)(A)(XV) 2 d930222dex998axv.htm AMENDMENT NO.10 TO THE TRANSFER AGENCY & SVCS AGREEMENT W/ BNY MELLON INVESTMENT Amendment No.10 to the Transfer Agency & Svcs Agreement w/ BNY Mellon Investment

AMENDMENT NUMBER 10

TO

TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Amendment Number 10 To Transfer Agency And Services Agreement, dated April 30, 2020 (“Amendment”), is being entered into by and between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNYM”) and UBS Series Funds (“Fund”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its portfolios listed on the Exhibit 1 attached to this Amendment.

Background

BNYM (under its former names First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.) and the Fund (under its former name Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Series) entered into a Transfer Agency And Services Agreement, dated as of August 3, 1998 (the “Original Agreement”).

BNYM (under its current name or under its former name, PFPC Inc.) and the Fund (under one of its former names, UBS Money Series or Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) entered into eight amendments to the Original Agreement, dated March 5, 2001, March 17, 2004, August 28, 2007, April 13, 2012, January 8, 2016, March 28, 2016, January 4, 2017 and May 25, 2018.

BNYM (under its former name PFPC Inc.) and UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (under its former name UBS Select Money Market Fund), a series of the Fund, entered into amendments to the Original Agreement, dated July 24, 2002 and October 1, 2003.

The Original Agreement and all amendments thereto recited above are collectively referred to herein as the “Current Agreement”.

Terms

In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties intending to be legally bound agree as set forth above and as follows:

1.          Modifications to Current Agreement. The Current Agreement is amended as follows:

(a)        Exhibit 1 - List of Portfolios is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the Exhibit 1 - List of Portfolios attached to this Amendment.

(b)        Schedule B is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the Schedule B attached to this Amendment.

2.          Adoption of Amended Agreement by New Portfolios. Each Portfolio that has been added to Exhibit 1 attached hereto by virtue of this Amendment acknowledges and agrees that (i) by virtue of its execution of this Amendment, it becomes and is a party to the Current Agreement as amended by this Amendment (“Amended Agreement”) as of the date that services were first provided to the Portfolio indicated on Exhibit 1 attached to this Amendment, and (ii) it is bound by all terms and conditions of the Amended Agreement as of such date.

3.          Remainder of Current Agreement. Except as explicitly amended by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Current Agreement are hereby ratified, declared and remain in full force and effect.


4.          Governing Law. The governing law provision of the Current Agreement shall be the governing law provision of this Amendment.

5.          Entire Agreement. This Amendment constitutes the complete, exclusive and fully integrated record of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and the amendment of the Current Agreement with respect to such subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous proposals, agreements, contracts, representations and understandings, whether written, oral or electronic, between the parties with respect to the same subject matter.

6.          Signatures (Including Electronic); Counterparts. The parties expressly agree that this Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and expressly agree that such execution may occur by manual signature on a physically delivered copy of the Amendment, by a manual signature on a copy of the Amendment transmitted by facsimile transmission, by a manual signature on a copy of the Amendment transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by inserting an image of a signature into an electronic copy of the Amendment by electronic, digital or other technological methods (i.e., an “electronic signature”). Each counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed counterparts of this Amendment or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives designated below as of the date first written above. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment by electronic signature (as referenced in Section 6 hereof), affirms authorization to execute this Amendment by electronic signature and that the electronic signature represents an intent to enter into this Amendment and an agreement with its terms.

 

UBS Series Funds,     BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its portfolios listed on Exhibit 1, each in its individual and separate capacity     By:  

/s/ Keith A. Hallman

      Name:  

Keith A. Hallman

By:  

/s/ Keith A. Weller

     
      Title:  

Vice President

Name:  

Keith A. Weller

     
Title:  

Vice President and Secretary

     
By:  

/s/ Eric Sanders

     
Name:  

Eric Sanders

     
Title:  

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

     

 

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Exhibit 1

(Revised as of April 30, 2020)

LIST OF PORTFOLIOS

Limited Purpose Cash Investment Fund

UBS Prime Investor Fund

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Prime Reserves Fund

UBS Select Government Capital Fund (1)

UBS Select Government Institutional Fund

UBS Select Government Investor Fund

UBS Select Government Preferred Fund

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund (1)

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

UBS Select ESG Prime Institutional Fund (2)

UBS Select ESG Prime Investor Fund (2)

UBS Select ESG Prime Preferred Fund (2)

UBS Tax-Free Investor Fund

UBS Tax-Free Preferred Fund

UBS Tax-Free Reserves Fund

UBS Ultra Short Income Fund

(1) Liquidated November 18, 2019. Will not appear on future versions of Exhibit 1.

(2) Services commenced January 9, 2020.

 

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SCHEDULE B

Amendments to the Transfer Agency And Services Agreement

 

Name

 

   Date

Amendment Number 1 To The Transfer Agency And Services Agreement between
Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series (formerly known as Mitchell Hutchins
Institutional Series) and PFPC Inc. (formerly known as First Data Investor Services
Group, Inc.)

 

   3/5/2001

Amendment to Transfer Agency and Related Services Agreement between PFPC Inc.
and the UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (under its former name, UBS Select
Money Market Fund, which was previously known as Brinson Select Money Market
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins LIR Select Money Market Fund)

 

   Dated July 24, 2002, with
signature of PFPC Inc. dated
January 20, 2004

Amendment to Transfer Agency and Related Services Agreement between PFPC Inc.
and the UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (under its former name, UBS Select
Money Market Fund, which was previously known as Brinson Select Money Market
Fund and Mitchell Hutchins LIR Select Money Market Fund)

 

   Dated October 1, 2003, with
signature of PFPC Inc. dated
January 20, 2004

Amendment Number 3 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Fund (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and PFPC
Inc.

 

   3/17/2004

Amendment Number 4 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and PFPC
Inc.

 

   8/28/2007

Amendment Number 5 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and BNY
Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (formerly known as PFPC Inc.)

 

   4/13/2012

Amendment Number 6 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and BNY
Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

   1/8/2016

 

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Amendment Number 7 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and BNY
Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

   3/28/2016

Amendment Number 8 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and BNY
Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

   1/4/2017

Amendment Number 9 To The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds (under its former name, UBS Money Series, which was previously known
as the Brinson Money Series and the Mitchell Hutchins LIR Money Series) and BNY
Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

   5/25/2018

Amendment Number 10 To Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UBS
Series Funds and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

   4/30/2020

 

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