EX-99.(G)(1)(C) 2 d33498dex99g1c.htm AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY & FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT Amendment to the Amended and Restated Global Custody & Fund Accounting Agreement

AMENDMENT

This Amendment (“Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Global Custody and Fund Accounting Agreement between J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, severally and on behalf of its series listed on Schedule A thereto (each, a “Customer” or a “Fund”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Bank”) dated as of October 1, 2017, as amended (the “Principal Agreement”), is entered into as of December 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS the parties hereto (the “Parties”) entered into the Principal Agreement pursuant to which Bank was appointed to provide certain custody and fund accounting services; and the Parties now wish to amend the Principal Agreement, as of the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Definitions. Terms defined in the Principal Agreement shall, save to the extent that the context otherwise requires, bear the same respective meanings in this Amendment.

 

2.

Amendments. The Principal Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(A) Schedule B of the Principal Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule B to this Amendment (as attached).

(B) As modified and amended hereby, the Parties hereby ratify, approve and confirm the Principal Agreement in all respects, and save as varied by this Amendment, the Principal Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

3.

Representations. Each Party represents to the other Parties that all representations contained in the Principal Agreement are true and accurate as of the date of this Amendment, and that such representations are deemed to be given or repeated by each Party, as the case may be, on the date of this Amendment.

 

4.

Entire Agreement. This Amendment and the Principal Agreement and any documents referred to in each of them, constitute the whole agreement between the Parties relating to their subject matter and supersede and extinguish any other drafts, agreements, undertakings, representations, warranties and arrangements of any nature, whether in writing or oral, relating to such subject matter. If any of the provisions of this Amendment are inconsistent with or in conflict with any of the provisions of the Principal Agreement then, to the extent of any such inconsistency or conflict, the provisions of this Amendment shall prevail as between the Parties.

 

5.

Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts which together shall constitute one agreement. Each Party may enter into this Amendment by executing a counterpart and this Amendment shall not take effect until it has been executed by each Party.

 

6.

Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

7.

Law and Jurisdiction. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded

Fund Trust

By:  

/s/ Lauren Paino

Name:   Lauren Paino
Title:   Treasurer
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Carl J. Mehldau III

Name:   Carl J. Mehldau III
Title:   Vice President
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

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SCHEDULE F

Amended Global Custody Fee Schedule

Custody Fees

Safekeeping and Straight-Through Processing (STP) Transactions

Safekeeping: Basis point fees apply to assets that the Customer has instructed Bank to hold or reflect on its custody systems.

STP Transactions: STP fees are applied to all securities transactions (including receives and delivers, both vs payment and free of payment, trade cancellations, and trade amendments), effected during the billing period via electronic trade instructions received by Bank, which enable straight-through processing.

 

Location of Settlement

   Safekeeping      STP Transactions  
   Basis Point Fee      STP Fee  

Argentina

     15.00        40.00  

Australia

     1.00        20.00  

Austria

     1.50        20.00  

Bahrain

     30.00        80.00  

Bangladesh

     30.00        80.00  

Belgium

     1.00        15.00  

Bermuda

     15.00        45.00  

Botswana

     30.00        80.00  

Brazil

     7.00        30.00  

Bulgaria

     30.00        75.00  

Canada

     0.90        15.00  

Chile

     16.00        45.00  

China

     10.00        45.00  

China Connect¹

     1.50        25.00  

Clearstream

     1.00        8.00  

Colombia

     30.00        65.00  

Croatia

     20.00        45.00  

Cyprus

     20.00        75.00  

Czech Republic

     12.00        35.00  

Denmark

     1.25        22.25  

Egypt

     15.00        45.00  

Estonia

     25.00        65.00  

Euroclear 2

     0.85        8.00  

Finland

     1.25        22.25  

France

     1.00        20.00  

Germany

     1.00        20.00  

Ghana

     25.00        80.00  

Greece

     5.00        35.00  

 

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Location of Settlement

   Safekeeping      STP Transactions  
   Basis Point Fee      STP Fee  

Hong Kong¹

     1.50        25.00  

Hungary

     12.00        45.00  

Iceland

     20.00        60.00  

India

     7.00        30.00  

Indonesia

     7.00        40.00  

Ireland

     1.50        25.00  

Israel

     16.00        45.00  

Italy

     1.25        22.25  

Japan

     1.00        8.00  

Jordan

     40.00        80.00  

Kazakhstan

     40.00        80.00  

Kenya

     30.00        80.00  

Kuwait

     35.00        80.00  

Latvia

     20.00        65.00  

Lithuania

     25.00        65.00  

Luxembourg

     2.50        25.00  

Malaysia

     5.00        25.00  

Mauritius

     30.00        80.00  

Mexico

     5.00        35.00  

Morocco

     30.00        75.00  

Namibia

     30.00        80.00  

Netherlands

     1.00        15.00  

New Zealand

     1.50        25.00  

Nigeria

     30.00        55.00  

Norway

     1.25        20.00  

Oman

     30.00        80.00  

Pakistan

     30.00        75.00  

Peru

     25.00        60.00  

Philippines

     7.00        35.00  

Poland

     16.00        55.00  

Portugal

     3.00        30.00  

Qatar

     35.00        80.00  

Romania

     30.00        75.00  

Russia

     13.00        45.00  

Saudi Arabia

     30.00        80.00  

Serbia

     25.00        85.00  

Singapore

     2.50        30.00  

Slovakia

     20.00        50.00  

 

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Location of Settlement

   Safekeeping      STP Transactions  
   Basis Point Fee      STP Fee  

Slovenia

     25.00        50.00  

South Africa

     4.00        25.00  

South Korea

     6.00        30.00  

Spain

     1.00        20.00  

Sri Lanka

     20.00        65.00  

Sweden

     1.25        22.25  

Switzerland

     1.00        20.00  

Taiwan

     7.00        40.00  

Tanzania

     30.00        80.00  

Thailand

     7.00        35.00  

Tunisia

     35.00        65.00  

Turkey

     8.00        35.00  

Ukraine

     30.00        80.00  

United Arab Emirates

     17.50        80.00  

United Kingdom

     0.15        8.00  

United States

     0.05        2.25  

Uruguay

     30.00        65.00  

Vietnam

     25.00        65.00  

West African Economic & Monetary Union (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo)

     50.00        100.00  

Zambia

     30.00        80.00  

Zimbabwe

     30.00        80.00  

Safekeeping and Straight-Through Processing (STP) Transactions – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Safekeeping: Fees are assessed on the basis of 30 calendar days per month over 360 days per calendar year (i.e. “30/360”). Basis point fees will be calculated by Bank at the end of the relevant billing period using asset values on the last day of such billing period derived from data provided by Bank’s selected pricing sources in accordance with Bank’s pricing practices applied at its discretion. If the asset value on the last day of a billing period is less than 85% of the asset value on the last day of the immediately preceding billing period, Bank reserves the right to calculate basis point fees for the billing period based on the average asset value during the billing period rather than the asset value on the last day of the billing period taking into account factors such as whether the decrease in asset value was related to the sale of securities or changes in the market prices of securities.

 

 

STP Transactions: STP fees will be assessed where Bank receives authorized instructions in accordance with the terms of the Definitive Agreement(s) in an electronic format that enables STP, when applicable. Trade instructions that require manual input or repair will incur surcharges as set forth herein.

 

 

1 Safekeeping and STP fees in Hong Kong and China Connect will be consolidated under Hong Kong for purposes of billing invoices.

 

 

2 Bank may, at its discretion, bill local non-International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) issued assets that are settled and held through an ICSD on the basis of underlying local market safekeeping fees set forth herein. To the extent the underlying local market safekeeping fees are not stated herein, Bank will assess a standard rate for the relevant market and/or service to be determined by Bank, unless an alternative pricing arrangement is agreed in writing between Customer and Bank.

Other Transaction Fees

The fees set forth in this section apply to Non-STP Transactions and other security transactions, such as record-keeping, inter-account transfers, exchange traded option transactions and repo transactions.

 

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Other Transaction Fees

        Fees  

Non-STP Surcharge – Repairs

   Per Transaction      25.00  

Manual Instruction Surcharge

   Per Transaction      50.00  

Physical Securities Transaction

   Per Transaction      20.00  

Record Keeping-Only Transaction Post

   Per Transaction      5.00  

Inter-account Transfer – Book-Entry Security

   Per Transaction Per Side      2.50  

Collateral Pledge

   Per Transaction      2.25  

Note: ‘Non-STP Surcharge – Repairs Fee’ and the ‘Manual Instruction Surcharge Fee’ are charged in addition to the STP Fee.

Other Transaction Fees – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Non-STP Surcharge – Repairs: includes corporate action instructions repaired by Bank

 

 

Manual Instruction Surcharge: includes manual corporate action instruction submission

 

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Proxy Services

The fees set forth in this section apply where Customer has opted in to the service, and vary by type of market and level of service provided.

Proxy Services – Fees

 

Proxy Services

        Fees  

Standard Market

   Per Vote      15.00  

Complex Market

   Per Vote      45.00  

Proxy Services – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Standard and Complex markets of settlement are defined as per the grid below and are subject to change at Bank’s discretion.

 

 

Additional out of pocket expenses may apply in any market in relation to services such as travel and accommodation expenses, legal expenses and personal attendance requests.

 

Proxy Voting Market Types

Standard

   

Complex

Australia   Hong Kong   Malawi   Philippines   Tunisia     Argentina   Croatia   France   Norway   Sweden
Bahrain   India   Malaysia   Russia   U.A.E.     Austria   Cyprus   Germany   Peru   Switzerland
Bangladesh   Indonesia   Mauritius   S. Africa   Uganda     Belgium   Czech Rep.   Greece   Poland   Tanzania
Bermuda   Ireland   Mexico   S. Korea   Ukraine     Brazil   Denmark   Hungary   Portugal   Turkey
Botswana   Israel   Morocco   Singapore   United Kingdom     Bulgaria   Egypt   Iceland   Romania  
Canada   Japan   Namibia   Slovak Rep.   United States*     China   Euro CD   Italy   Saudi Arabia  
Chile   Jordan   New Zealand   Spain   Vietnam     Clearstream   Euroclear   Latvia   Serbia  
Colombia   Kenya   Nigeria   Sri Lanka   Zambia     Costa Rica   Finland   Netherlands   Slovenia  
Estonia   Kuwait   Oman   Taiwan   Zimbabwe            
Ghana   Lithuania   Pakistan   Thailand              

 

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No charge if a Fund’s advisor or subadvisor instructs directly.

Custody Collateral Control Services

Set-up and maintenance of collateral control accounts.

Custody Collateral Control Services – Fees

 

Collateral Services

       Fees  

Account Maintenance: Custody Collateral Control Account

   Per Open Account Per Annum     2,000.00  

Custody Collateral Control Services – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Includes tri-party, re-insurance, and statutory deposit accounts.

 

 

Per annum fees are assessed pro-rata on the basis of 30/360 for the relevant billing period.

 

 

Per account fees are assessed for each account open on Bank’s custody systems irrespective of whether the account has any holdings or activity.

 

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Income and Redemption Processing

The fees set forth in this section are for processing of income and redemption events.

Income and Redemption Processing – Fees

 

Income and Redemption Processing

        Fees  

Income Processing: Book Entry

   Per Posting      2.25  

Income Processing: Physical

   Per Posting      15.00  

Redemptions: Book Entry

   Per Posting      2.25  

Redemptions: Physical

   Per Posting      15.00  

Income and Redemption Processing – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Income processing includes principal paydowns, interest on fixed income securities and dividends on equities (cash and/or stock).

 

 

Redemptions include maturities and full or partial calls on fixed income securities.

 

 

Fees are assessed for income and redemption events for United States securities. Bank may, at its discretion, also assess fees for income and redemption events for non-United States securities.

Core Cash Services

The fees set forth in this section are for cash payment and receipt services.

Core Cash Services – Fees

 

Core Cash Services

        Fees  

Free Cash Wire Payment

   Per Transaction      3.50  

Free Cash Wire Receipt

   Per Transaction      3.50  

Inter-account Transfer – Cash

   Per Transaction      2.50  

Third-Party FX via CLS

   Per Transaction Per Leg      7.00  

Manual Cash Instruction Surcharge

   Per Transaction      50.00  

Cash Instruction Repair Surcharge

   Per Transaction      25.00  

Checks

   Per Check      25.00  

Core Cash Services – Notes and Methodologies

 

 

Manual Cash Instruction Surcharge: Cash instructions that require manual input will incur surcharge as set forth above. This fee will be assessed in addition to standard transaction charges for all faxed or free format SWIFT instructions sent to Bank.

 

 

Cash Instruction Repair Surcharge: STP cash instructions that require amendment or repair by Bank to enable the instructions to be processed will incur surcharge as set forth above. This fee will be assessed in addition to standard transaction charges.

 

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Custody Additional Notes and Methodologies

 

   

Repurchase agreement (Repo) transactions will be assessed as follows: (1) Bilateral Repo: (a) STP Fees apply for each on-leg and off-leg, ‘Delivery vs Payment’ or ‘Receipt vs Payment’ trade settlements; and (b) Repo Transaction Post fee applies for the maintenance of the repo position on Bank’s system. (2) Triparty Repo: (a) a Repo Transaction Post fee applies for each on-leg and off-leg transaction; and (b) a Free Cash Wire Receipt or Payment fee applies for the on-leg and off-leg transactions.

 

   

Exchange-traded options will be assessed as follows: (1) a Record Keeping-Only Transaction Post fee applies for the option transaction. (2) a Collateral Pledge fee applies for the pledge/un-pledge of the underlying equity.

 

   

Time Deposits will be assessed as follows: (1) a Record Keeping-Only Transaction Post fee applies for each on-leg and off-leg transactions. (2) a Free Cash Wire Receipt or Payment fee applies for the on-leg and off-leg transactions.

 

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Fund Accounting Services Fees

Fund Accounting Fee (Month end Net Assets):

The basis point tiering structure is applied to aggregated total net assets of the Funds. The resulting total basis point fee is then prorated to each Fund based on its net assets as a proportion of the aggregated total net assets subject to a Fund level minimum fee (based upon month end net assets).

All Funds:

 

Asset Tier

  

Annual Fee (in bps)

Up to 50,000,000,000

   0.30

50,000,000,000 – 125,000,000,000

   0.25

Above 125,000,000,000

   0.15

Note: Fee excludes customized NAV service requirements e.g. Non-standard NAV cut-off and deliveries, which may be charged an additional amount as agreed upon by the parties.

Fund Accounting Minimums:

 

Minimum Fee (applied monthly)

  

Annual Fee

 

All Funds

   Per Fund      22,500.00  

Exchange Traded Funds

ETF Basket Servicing: Full Service (Net Assets) - Fees

 

Asset Tier per Complex

   Annual Basis Point Fee

>0

   Included in Fund Accounting Asset Tier Fee

ETF Basket Servicing: – Notes and Methodologies

 

   

Service includes Basket Creation and Valuation

Complex Asset Servicing

 

Service

  

Description

  

Fee per annum unless

otherwise stated

Manual Trade Processing    Trade instructions requiring manual intervention such as fax or email transmitted instructions    50.00– per manual trade
OTC Valuation & Processing    Source and validate valuations from approved vendors or received from fund manager/Fund/counterparty. Calculation of cash flows or receipt of cash events from fund manager/Fund where relevant. Automated processing of valuation and cash data into accounting system. Reconciliation of positions to fund manager/Fund and counterparty/clearing broker.   

Pricing Direct: 2.50 per position per day

 

Other Vendor: 4.50 per position per day

 

Non-Independent: 1.00 per position per day

 

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Service

  

Description

  

Fee per annum unless

otherwise stated

CFD Processing1    Process CFD components: Income, corporate actions and financing. Capture of settlement activity & realisation of cash within the Fund. Reconciliation to prime broker.    0.50 per position per day

OTC Valuation

Comparison

  

Comparison between Bank’s Independent

 

OTC valuation and an agreed-upon secondary OTC valuation.

 

Reporting of reconciliation results to be made available to

the Customer.

  

Pricing Direct: 1.00 per position per day

 

Other Vendor: 3.00 per position per day

 

Non-Independent: 0.50 per position per day

Bank Loan Position Fee    Trade capture & maintenance on Loan recordkeeping system. Process lifecycle events & cash flows from loan agent, and collect and store agent bank notices. Reconcile daily to separate fund cash account and monthly position to agent bank. Calculate and post accruals to Fund & price assets.    500.00 per position per annum

 

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Per position fees are also applicable to Equity Swaps and Basket Swaps (except listed or custom index-based basket swaps).

 

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Miscellaneous

 

A.

Fees and Expenses.

 

   

Fees. Bank will present invoices monthly in arrears. Fees included in this Fee Proposal are based upon information provided by the Customers, and where necessary, assumptions that Bank believes to be reasonable are applied. All amounts set forth in this Fee Proposal are quoted in U.S. Dollars.

 

   

Expenses. Bank may charge you for additional out-of-pocket expenses it incurs in the course of providing the Services. Such out-of-pocket expenses may include, but are not limited to, late instruction/settlement fees, local market account opening fees, taxes, issuer fees, legal fees, translation fees, tax reclaim filing fees and/or travel expenses.

 

B.

AutoFX. For pricing in respect of foreign exchange activity via Bank’s custody FX platform, AutoFX, please refer to the separate pricing letter which will be provided to you in the event that Bank provides this service to you.

 

C.

FX Conversion. Where costs are incurred in a currency other than your invoice base currency, or costs are based on a valuation of any of your securities in a currency other than your invoice base currency, Bank will perform a foreign exchange calculation to determine such costs payable by you. Such calculation will typically use the WM/Reuters spot rate (“Benchmark Rate”) for the relevant currency pair published at 4:00pm London time on the last business day of each calendar month for which you will be invoiced. However, the Benchmark Rate used in such calculation may change from time to time and Bank will notify you of such rate change.

 

D.

New Markets or Services. To the extent a Fund engages in a market or utilizes a service where fees are not stated in this Fee Proposal, Bank will assess a standard rate for the relevant market or service to be determined by Bank, unless an alternative pricing arrangement is agreed in writing between the Trust and Bank. The relevant rate will be assessed commencing at the time the market or service is first engaged or utilized. Resultant charges will be detailed within the Trust’s invoice and the Fee Proposal will be deemed to include the rate for such market and/or service.

 

E.

Overdrafts. In the event that Bank, in its sole discretion, provides an overdraft to a Fund, Bank will charge interest at a rate to be determined by Bank. For foreign overdrafts, including USD held offshore, overdraft rates vary by currency and by day, depending largely on market liquidity and prevailing overnight rates. For domestic overdrafts, the overdraft rate is Effective Fed Funds + 150bps.

 

F.

Earnings Credit Rate. In the event that Bank, in its sole discretion, provides an Earnings Credit Rate program to the Funds, and the application of the Earnings Credit Rate program results in a positive number or Earnings Credit, the Earnings Credit may be used to offset fees accrued in a Fund’s account during the billing period, up to the amount of the Earnings Credit. Unused Earnings Credits are carried over from month to month during a calendar year and expire at the end of each calendar year. Unused Earnings Credits may not be applied to prior billing periods and cannot be converted into interest. The Trust should continuously monitor and adjust balances to ensure optimal use of available Earnings Credits by year-end.

 

G.

Customized Products. Any customized technology projects required to meet the Trust’s specific requirements, such as non-standard reporting requirements, system interfaces or enhancements, will be billed to the Trust based on the time and materials required to design, develop, test and deliver the project, unless an alternative arrangement is agreed in writing between the Trust and Bank.

 

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