EX-99.(G)(III) 2 tm2327749d1_ex99-giii.htm EXHIBIT 99.(G)(III)

 

Exhibit 99.(g)(iii) 

 

 

 

September 26, 2023

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company 

1 Iron Street 

Boston, MA 02210 

Attention: Scott Shirrell, Vice President

 

Re:   Calamos Investment Trust and Calamos ETF Trust (each, a “Fund”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Please be advised that each undersigned Fund has been incorporated and registered as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and each Fund has established those new series of shares identified under its name on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Portfolio”).

 

In accordance with Section 19.6, the Additional Portfolios provision, of the Master Custodian Agreement dated as of September 11, 2009, as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time (the “Agreement”), by and among each registered investment company party thereto, and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), each undersigned Fund, on behalf of its respective Portfolio, hereby requests that State Street act as Custodian for its Portfolio under the terms of the Agreement, and that Appendix A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto. In connection with such request, each undersigned Fund hereby confirms, as of the date hereof, its representations and warranties set forth in Section 19.7 of the Agreement.

 

Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing this letter agreement and returning a copy to the Funds.

 

  Sincerely,
   
  Calamos investment trust 
  on behalf of: 
   Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund
   
  By: /s/ Stephen Atkins 
  Name: Stephen Atkins 
  Title: Treasurer, Duly Authorized

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

 

 

 

 

  Calamos ETF trust 
  on behalf of: 
   Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF
   
  By:  /s/ Stephen Atkins 
  Name: Stephen Atkins 
  Title: Treasurer, Duly Authorized
   
  Calamos ETF trust
  on behalf of:
   Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF
   
  By:  /s/ Stephen Atkins 
  Name: Stephen Atkins 
  Title: Treasurer, Duly Authorized

 

Agreed and Accepted:

 

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

 

By: /s/ Scott Shirrell  

Name: Scott Shirrell 

Title: Managing Director, Duly Authorized 

Effective Date: 10/3/2023

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Calamos Investment Trust 

Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund

 

Calamos ETF Trust 

Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF 

Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Appendix A

to 

Master Custodian Agreement

 

Management Investment Companies Registered with the SEC and Portfolios thereof, if any

 

Calamos Advisors Trust  
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio 36-7271106
   
Calamos ETF Trust  
Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Sustainable Equities ETF 88-4166679 
Calamos Convertible Equity Alternative ETF 93-1403228
Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF 93-3384806
   
Calamos Investment Trust  
Calamos Convertible Fund 36-3316238 
Calamos Dividend Growth Fund 46-2951829 
Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund 26-2192228 
Calamos Global Convertible Fund 47-2271491 
Calamos Global Equity Fund 20-8166626 
Calamos Global Opportunities Fund 36-4088206 
Calamos Growth Fund 36-3723359 
Calamos Growth and Income Fund 36-3575418 
Calamos Hedged Equity Fund 47-2255361 
Calamos High Income Opportunities Fund 36-4307069 
Calamos International Growth Fund 20-2395043 
Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund 36-3723358 
Calamos Select Fund 22-3848966 
Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund 47-5668954 
Calamos Total Return Bond Fund 20-8872705
Calamos Short-Term Bond Fund 83-0775729 
Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund 83-3325222 
Calamos Timpani SMID Growth Fund 83-4647954 
Calamos International Small Cap Growth Fund 87-4563290 
Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund 93-1422103
   
Calamos Antetokounmpo Sustainable Equities Trust   
Calamos Antetokounmpo Sustainable Equities Fund 88-3877464
   
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund 03-0426532 
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund 02-0683363 
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund 04-3785941 
Calamos Global Total Return Fund 20-3377281 
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund 20-8819776 
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund 47-1549409 
Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust 82-2860404

 

Information Classification: Limited Access