EX-99.A9(4) 4 d116465dex99a94.htm AMENDMENT 3 TO CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER SERVICES AGREEMENT Amendment 3 to Chief Compliance Officer Services Agreement

CONFIDENTIAL

AMENDMENT 3

This amendment (the “Amendment”) between the parties signing below (“Parties”) amends the Existing Agreement as of January 1, 2021:

 

Term

  

Means

“Existing Agreement”    The Chief Compliance Officer Services Agreement between ALPS and PDR dated October 5, 2004, as amended
“ALPS”    ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
“PDR”    PDR Services LLC

Except as amended hereby, all terms of the Existing Agreement remain in full force and effect. This Amendment includes the amendments in Schedule A and general terms in Schedule B.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.   PDR Services LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael Sleightholme

  By:  

/s/ Douglas Yones

Name:  

Michael Sleightholme

  Name:  

Douglas Yones

Title:  

Authorized Representative

  Title:  

Senior Director


Schedule A to this Amendment

Amendments

The Existing Agreement is amended as follows:

 

1.

The first sentence of Section 3(a) is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

“(a) As compensation for the performance of the Services on behalf of the Trust, PDR shall pay to ALPS, or shall cause the Trust to pay to ALPS, during the Term a fee of $             per fiscal quarter of the Trust (or a pro rata portion thereof for a partial quarter)(the “Fee”).”

 

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Schedule B to this Amendment

General Terms

 

1.

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Agreement.

 

2.

The Parties’ duties and obligations are governed by and limited to the express terms and conditions of this Amendment, and shall not be modified, supplemented, amended or interpreted in accordance with, any industry custom or practice, or any internal policies or procedures of any Party. This Amendment (including any attachments, schedules and addenda hereto), along with the Existing Agreement, as amended, contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous communications, representations, understandings and agreements, either oral or written, between the Parties with respect thereto.

 

3.

This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original. Such counterparts together will constitute one agreement. Signatures may be exchanged via facsimile or electronic mail and signatures so exchanged shall be binding to the same extent as if original signatures were exchanged.

 

4.

This Amendment and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, its subject matter or its formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the same jurisdiction as the Existing Agreement.

 

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