EX-99.H.2.II 9 rhf130783_agent-agreement.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT rhf130783_agent-agreement.htm

 
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT
 
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of January 24, 2013, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009, (the “ Agreement”), is entered into by and between TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS, a Delaware business trust, (the “Trust”) on behalf of the Convergence Core Plus Fund f/k/a the Mariner 130/30 Fund (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 name of the Fund in the Agreement and to amend the fees 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:
 
Effective February 1, 2011, the Mariner 130/30 Fund is known as the Convergence Core Plus Fund.
 
Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit A attached hereto.
 
Exhibit C of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit C attached hereto.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 First Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.
         
TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS
  U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
     
By:    /s/ Joseph Neuberger    By:    /s/ Michael R. McVoy
     
Printed Name: Joseph Neuberger    Printed Name: Michael R. McVoy
     
Title: Chairman    Title: Executive Vice President
 
 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit A
to the
Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Trust for Professional Managers
 
Fund Names
 
Name of Series
Convergence Core Plus Fund

 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit C to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement Trust for Professional
Managers – Convergence
Multiple Series Trust
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
ACCOUNT SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE at February 1, 2013
Annual Service Charges to the Fund*
   
Base Fee Per CUSIP*
 
$______/year (assumes a minimum of 2 cusips)
NSCC Level 3 Accounts
 
$______/open account
No-Load Fund Accounts
 
$______/open account
Load Fund Accounts
 
$______/open account
Daily Accrual Fund Accounts
 
$______/open account
Closed Accounts
 
$______/closed account
Convergence Investor Class (MARVX) only:
 
2013 – Waive second cusip base fee of $______.
 
2014 – Waive 50% of additional base fee of $______.
 
2015 – No waivers.
     
       
Activity Charges
     
Manual Shareholder Transaction
 
$______/transaction
Omnibus Account Transaction
 
$______/transaction
Correspondence
 
$______/item
Telephone Calls
 
$______/minute
Voice Response Calls
 
$______/call
Implementation Charges
     
First 2 CUSIPs
 
$______/fund group setup (assumes 1Fund, 2 CUSIPs)
Subsequent CUSIPs
 
$______/each additional CUSIP (above the first 2)
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, processing of literature fulfillment kits, microfilm, microfiche, proxies, proxy services, lost shareholder search, disaster recovery charges, ACH fees, Fed wire charges, NSCC charges, data communication and implementation charges, travel, and training.
Additional Services
     
Available but not included above are the following services - Expedited CUSIP setup, FAN Web shareholder e-commerce, Vision intermediary e-commerce, FAN Mail electronic data delivery, sales reporting data warehouse, investor e-mail services, literature fulfillment, lead conversion reporting, 12b-1 aging, Same Day Cash Flow System, and Short-Term Trader reporting.
       
Fees are billed monthly.
     
*Subject to annual CPI increase, Milwaukee MSA.
   
       
Advisor’s signature below acknowledges approval of the 5 fee schedules on this Amended Exhibit C.
       
By: Convergence Investment Partners
   
       
Name:
       
         
Title:
   
Date:
   
 
 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit C (continued) to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement Trust for
Professional Managers – Convergence
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - E-COMMERCE SERVICES
FEE SCHEDULE at February 1, 2013
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.
   
 
 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit C (continued) to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement Trust for
Professional Managers – Convergence
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - E-COMMERCE SERVICES
FEE SCHEDULE at February 1, 2013
   
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 out-of-pocket expenses
 
TRANSFER AGENT TRAINING SERVICES
 
On-site at USBFS - $___ /day
 
At client location - $___ /day plus travel and out-of-pocket expenses
 
 
 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit C (continued) to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement Trust for
Professional Managers – Convergence
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - FEE SCHEDULE at February 1, 2013
       
Short-Term 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.
___ days or less – $___/open account
___days – $___/open account
days – $___/open account
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
Out-of-pocket 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
   

 
 

 
 
Amended Exhibit C (continued) to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement Trust for Professional
Managers – Convergence
TRANSFER AGENT & SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES - FEE SCHEDULE at February 1, 2013
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)
$___/Coverdell 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)
Out-of-Pocket 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.