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EX-99.H1 10 exh1-touchstoneadvisorsbny.htm EX-99.H1 Document

(FORM-OF) FUND SUB-ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of July [15], 2022 by and between Touchstone Advisors, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Administrator”) with respect to each investment company referenced on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds” as applicable) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business (“BNY Mellon”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, each Fund is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and

WHEREAS, each Fund has retained the Administrator to perform, or retain the services of a sub-administrator to perform, certain administration and accounting services; and

WHEREAS, the Administrator desires to retain BNY Mellon to provide for the portfolios identified on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Series”) the services described herein, and BNY Mellon is willing to provide such services, all as more fully set forth below; and

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

1.Definitions.

Whenever used in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below:

“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“Authorized Person” shall mean each person, whether or not an officer or an employee of the Administrator or a Fund, duly authorized by the Board to execute this Agreement and to give

Instructions on behalf of such Fund as set forth in Exhibit B hereto and each Authorized Person’s scope of authority may be limited by setting forth such limitation in a written document signed by both parties hereto. From time to time the Administrator may deliver a new Exhibit B to add or delete any person and BNY Mellon shall be entitled to rely on the last Exhibit B received by BNY Mellon.

“BNY Mellon Affiliate” shall mean any office, branch, or subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.

“Board” shall mean a Fund’s board of directors, board of trustees, general partner or manager, as applicable.

“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 21 of this Agreement.

“Documents” shall mean such other documents, including but not limited to, Board resolutions, including resolutions of the Fund’s Board authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Fund, and opinions of outside counsel, as BNY Mellon may reasonably request from time to time, in connection with its provision of services under this Agreement.

"Instructions" shall mean Oral Instructions or written communications received by BNY Mellon by S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, tested telex, letter, facsimile transmission, or other method or system, each as and to the extent specified by BNY Mellon as available for use in connection with the services hereunder, from an Authorized Person or person believed in good faith to be an Authorized Person.

“Investment Advisor” shall mean the entity identified by the Administrator or the Funds to BNY Mellon as the entity having investment responsibility with respect to the Funds.

“Net Asset Value” shall mean the per share value of a Fund, calculated in the manner described in the Funds’ Offering Materials.

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“Offering Materials” shall mean the Funds’ currently effective prospectus and most recently filed registration statement with the SEC relating to shares of the Fund.

“Organizational Documents” shall mean certified copies of a Fund’s articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or organization, certificate of limited partnership, by-laws, limited partnership agreement, memorandum of association, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, confidential offering memorandum, material contracts, Offering Materials, all SEC exemptive orders issued to a Fund or its affiliates, required filings or similar documents of formation or organization, as applicable, delivered to and received by BNY Mellon.

“Oral Instructions” shall mean oral instructions received by BNY Mellon under permissible circumstances specified by BNY Mellon, in its sole discretion, as being from an Authorized Person or person believed in good faith by BNY Mellon to be an Authorized Person.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Laws” means the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the 1940 Act.

“Shares” means the shares of beneficial interest of any Series or class of the Fund.

2.Appointment.

The Administrator hereby appoints BNY Mellon as its agent for the term of this Agreement to perform the services described herein. BNY Mellon hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties hereinafter set forth.

3.Representations and Warranties of the Administrator.

The Administrator hereby represents and warrants to BNY Mellon, which representations and warranties shall be deemed to be continuing, that:

(a)It is duly organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power to carry on its business as now conducted, to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

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(b)This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered in accordance with all requisite action and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Administrator, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(c)The Fund’s Investment Advisor is in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualification.

(d)It is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, both state and federal, has made and will continue to make all necessary filings including tax filings and has obtained all regulatory licenses, approvals and consents necessary to carry on its business as now conducted; there is no statute, regulation, rule, order or judgment binding on it and no provision of its Organizational Documents, nor of any mortgage, indenture, credit agreement or other contract binding on it or affecting its property which would prohibit its execution or performance of this Agreement;

(e)The method of valuation of securities and the method of computing the Net Asset Value shall be as set forth in the Offering Materials of the Funds. To the extent the performance of any services described in Schedule I attached hereto by BNY Mellon in accordance with the then effective Offering Materials for the Fund would violate any applicable laws or regulations, based on the actual knowledge of the Fund, the Fund shall promptly so notify BNY Mellon in writing and thereafter shall either furnish BNY Mellon with the appropriate values of securities, net asset value or other computation, as the case may be, or, instruct BNY Mellon in writing to value securities and/or compute Net Asset Value or other computations in a manner the Administrator specifies in writing, and either the furnishing of such values or the giving of such instructions shall constitute a representation by the Fund that the same is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and with its Offering Materials, all subject to confirmation by BNY Mellon as to its capacity to act in accordance with the foregoing;

(f)The terms of this Agreement, the fees and expenses associated with this Agreement and any benefits accruing to BNY Mellon or to the Investment Advisor to or sponsor of a Fund in connection with this Agreement, including but not limited to any fee waivers,

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conversion cost reimbursements, upfront payments, signing payments or periodic payments made or to be made by BNY Mellon to such Investment Advisor or sponsor or any affiliate of a Fund relating to this Agreement have been fully disclosed to the Board of each Fund and that, if required by applicable law, such Board has approved or will approve the terms of this Agreement, any such fees and expenses and any such benefits;

(g)Each person named on Exhibit B hereto is duly authorized by such Fund to be an Authorized Person hereunder;

(h)It has implemented, and is acting in accordance with, procedures reasonably designed to disseminate to all market participants, other than Authorized Participants (as defined in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information), each calculation of net asset value provided by BNY hereunder to Authorized Participants at the time BNY Mellon provides such calculation to Authorized Participants.

(i)Without limiting the provisions of Section 21 herein, the Administrator shall treat as confidential the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall not disclose nor authorize disclosure thereof to any other person, except (i) to its employees, regulators, examiners, internal and external accountants, auditors, and counsel, (ii) for a summary description of this Agreement in the Offering Materials with the prior written approval of BNY Mellon, (iii) to any other person when required by a court order or legal process, or (iv) whenever advised by its counsel that it is required by applicable law, regulation or court order to make such disclosure. BNY Mellon acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement will be filed with the SEC. The Administrator shall instruct its employees, regulators, examiners, internal and external accountants, auditors, and counsel who may be afforded access to such information of the Administrator’s obligations of confidentiality hereunder; and

(j)The Administrator shall promptly notify BNY Mellon in writing of any and all legal proceedings or securities investigations filed or commenced against the Administrator, any Fund, the Investment Advisor or the Board.

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4.Representations and Warranties of BNY Mellon.

BNY Mellon hereby represents and warrants to the Administrator, which representations and warranties shall be deemed to be continuing, that:

(b)It is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, both state and federal, and has obtained all regulatory licenses, approvals and consents necessary to provide the services hereunder.

(c)This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by BNY Mellon in accordance with all requisite action and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of BNY Mellon, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, creditors’ rights or equitable principles.

5.Delivery of Documents.

Each Fund shall promptly provide, deliver, or cause to be delivered from time to time, to BNY Mellon the Fund’s Organizational Documents, a copy of any and all SEC exemptive orders issued to the Fund or relied upon by the Fund, and Documents and other materials used in the distribution of Shares and all amendments thereto as may be necessary for BNY Mellon to perform its duties hereunder. BNY Mellon shall not be deemed to have notice of any information (other than information supplied by BNY Mellon) contained in such Organizational Documents, Documents or other materials until they are provided to BNY Mellon in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

6.Duties and Obligations of BNY Mellon.

(a)Subject to the direction and control of the Administrator and the provisions of this Agreement, BNY Mellon shall provide with respect to each Fund the administrative services and the valuation and computation services listed on Schedule I attached hereto.

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(b)In performing hereunder, BNY Mellon shall provide, at its expense, office space, facilities, equipment and personnel.

(c)BNY Mellon shall not provide any services relating to the management, investment advisory or sub-advisory functions of any Fund, distribution of shares of any Fund, maintenance of any Fund’s financial records (except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto) or other services normally performed by the Funds’ respective counsel or independent auditors and the services provided by BNY Mellon do not constitute, nor shall they be construed as constituting, legal advice or the provision of legal services for or on behalf of the Administrator or any other person, and the Administrator acknowledges that BNY Mellon does not provide public accounting or auditing services or advice and will not be making any tax filings, or doing any tax reporting on its behalf, other than those specifically agreed to hereunder. The scope of services provided by BNY Mellon under this Agreement shall not be increased as a result of new or revised regulatory or other requirements that may become applicable with respect to the Fund, unless the parties hereto expressly agree in writing to any such increase in the scope of services.

(d)The Administrator shall cause each Fund’s officers, advisors, sponsor, distributor, legal counsel, independent accountants, current administrator (if any), transfer agent, and any other service provider to cooperate with BNY Mellon and to provide BNY Mellon, upon request, with such information, documents and advice relating to such Fund as is within the possession or knowledge of such persons, and which in the opinion of BNY Mellon, is necessary in order to enable BNY Mellon to perform its duties hereunder. In connection with its duties hereunder, BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for, under any duty to inquire into, or be deemed to make any assurances with respect to the accuracy, validity or propriety of any information, documents or advice provided to BNY Mellon by any of the aforementioned persons. BNY Mellon shall not be liable for any loss, damage or expense resulting from or arising out of the failure of the Administrator or of the Fund to cause any information, documents or advice to be provided to BNY Mellon as provided herein and shall be held harmless by the Administrator when acting in reliance upon such information, documents or advice relating to such Fund. BNY Mellon shall not bear, or otherwise be responsible for, any fees, costs or expenses charged by any third-party service providers engaged by the Administrator, a Fund, or

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by any affiliate of such Fund or by any other third party service provider to such Fund. In the event that any services performed by BNY Mellon hereunder rely, in whole or in part, upon information obtained from a third-party service utilized or subscribed to by BNY Mellon which BNY Mellon in its reasonable judgment deems reliable, BNY Mellon shall not have any responsibility or liability for, under any duty to inquire into, or deemed to make any assurances with respect to, the accuracy or completeness of such information.

(e)Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict BNY Mellon, any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any officer or employee thereof from acting for or with any third parties, and providing services similar or identical to same or all of the services provided hereunder.

(f)The Administrator shall furnish BNY Mellon with any and all instructions, explanations, information, specifications and documentation deemed necessary by BNY Mellon in the performance of its duties hereunder, including, without limitation, the amounts or written formula for calculating the amounts and times of accrual of Fund liabilities and expenses, and the value of any securities lending related collateral investment account(s). BNY Mellon shall not be required to include as Fund liabilities and expenses, nor as a reduction of net asset value, any accrual for any federal, state, or foreign income taxes unless the Fund shall have specified to BNY Mellon in Instructions the precise amount of the same to be included in liabilities and expenses or used to reduce net asset value. The Administrator shall also furnish BNY Mellon with bid, offer, or market values of securities if BNY Mellon notifies such Fund that same are not available to BNY Mellon from a security pricing or similar service utilized, or subscribed to, by BNY Mellon which the Fund directs BNY Mellon to utilize, and which BNY Mellon in its judgment deems reliable at the time such information is required for calculations hereunder. At any time and from time to time, the Administrator also may furnish BNY Mellon with bid, offer, or market values of securities and instruct BNY Mellon in Instructions to use such information in its calculations hereunder. BNY Mellon shall at no time be required or obligated to commence or maintain any utilization of, or subscriptions to, any securities pricing or similar service not otherwise maintained or offered as part of the security pricing services utilized or subscribed to by BNY Mellon. In no event shall BNY Mellon be required to determine, or have any obligations with respect to, whether a market price represents any fair or true value, nor to adjust any price to reflect any events or announcements, including, without limitation, those with

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respect to the issuer thereof, it being agreed that all such determinations and considerations shall be solely for the Fund.

(g)BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder, and BNY Mellon shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith without bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in accordance with such Instructions. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. BNY Mellon shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

(h)BNY Mellon may consult with counsel to the Administrator, the appropriate Fund or its own counsel.

(i)Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement or Schedule I attached hereto, BNY Mellon shall have no duty or obligation with respect to, including, without limitation, any duty or obligation to determine, or advise or notify the Administrator of: (i) the taxable nature of any distribution or amount received or deemed received by, or payable to, a Fund, (ii) the taxable nature or effect on a Fund or its shareholders of any corporate actions, class actions, tax reclaims, tax refunds or similar events, (iii) the taxable nature or taxable amount of any distribution or dividend paid, payable or deemed paid, by a Fund to its shareholders; or (iv) the effect under any federal, state, or foreign income tax laws of a Fund making or not making any distribution or dividend payment, or any election with respect thereto. Further, BNY Mellon is not responsible for the identification of securities requiring U.S. tax treatment that differs from treatment under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. BNY Mellon is solely responsible for processing such securities, as identified by the Fund or its Authorized Persons, in accordance with U.S. tax laws and regulations.

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(j)BNY Mellon shall have no duties or responsibilities whatsoever except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and Schedule I attached hereto.

(k)BNY Mellon, in performing the services required of it under the terms of this Agreement, shall be entitled to rely fully on the accuracy and validity of any and all Instructions, explanations, information, specifications, Documents and documentation furnished to it by a Fund and shall have no duty or obligation to review the accuracy, validity or propriety of such Instructions, explanations, information, specifications, Documents or documentation, including, without limitation, evaluations of securities; the amounts or formula for calculating the amounts and times of accrual of Funds’ or Series’ liabilities and expenses; the amounts receivable and the amounts payable on the sale or purchase of securities; and amounts receivable or amounts payable for the sale or redemption of Fund Shares effected by or on behalf of a Fund. In the event BNY Mellon’s computations hereunder rely, in whole or in part, upon information, including, without limitation, bid, offer or market values of securities or other assets, or accruals of interest or earnings thereon, from a pricing or similar service utilized, or subscribed to, by BNY Mellon which the Administrator directs BNY Mellon to utilize, and which BNY Mellon in its judgment deems reliable, BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for, under any duty to inquire into, or deemed to make any assurances with respect to, the accuracy or completeness of such information. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, BNY Mellon shall not be required to inquire into any valuation of securities or other assets by a Fund or any third party described in this sub-section (k) even though BNY Mellon in performing services similar to the services provided pursuant to this Agreement for others may receive different valuations of the same or different securities of the same issuers.

(l)BNY Mellon, in performing the services required of it under the terms of this Agreement, shall not be responsible for determining whether any interest accruable to a Fund is or will be actually paid, but will accrue such interest until otherwise instructed by such Fund.

(m) BNY Mellon shall have, and will maintain, commercially reasonable business continuity and disaster recovery policies, procedures and facilities consistent with industry standards, including such backup, contingency and disaster recovery procedures as are required by its regulators (the “Disaster Recovery Plan”). Such Disaster Recovery Plan will

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cover the facilities, systems, applications and employees that are critical to the provision of the services under this Agreement, and will be tested at least annually to validate that the recovery strategies, requirements and protocols are viable and sustainable. BNY Mellon will, upon request from the Administrator, provide to the Administrator such publicly available information regarding the aforementioned Disaster Recovery Plan as BNY Mellon generally provides to other clients.

(n)BNY Mellon shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including without limitation damages caused by acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; pandemic or epidemics; riots; interruption or loss of data, labor difficulties within or without BNY Mellon, mechanical breakdowns, failures of transportation, interruptions, loss, or malfunctions of utilities, transportation, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority; or governmental actions; provided that BNY Mellon has established and is maintaining the Disaster Recovery Plan. Upon the occurrence of any failure, BNY Mellon shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon to supply any instructions, explanations, information, specifications or documentation deemed necessary by BNY Mellon in the performance of its duties under this Agreement.

7.Allocation of Expenses.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses arising or incurred in connection with the performance of this Agreement shall be paid by the Administrator, including but not limited to, organizational costs and costs of maintaining corporate existence, taxes, interest, brokerage fees and commissions, insurance premiums, compensation and expenses of such Fund’s trustees, directors, officers or employees, legal, accounting and audit expenses, management, advisory, sub-advisory, administration and shareholder servicing fees, charges of

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custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents, expenses incident to the issuance, redemption or repurchase of Fund shares or membership interests, as applicable, fees and expenses incident to the registration or qualification under the Securities Laws, state or other applicable securities laws of the Fund or its shares or membership interests, as applicable, costs (including printing and mailing costs) of preparing and distributing Offering Materials, reports, notices and proxy material to such Fund’s shareholders or members, as applicable, all expenses incidental to holding meetings of such Fund’s trustees, directors and shareholders, and extraordinary expenses as may arise, including litigation affecting such Fund and legal obligations relating thereto for which the Fund may have to indemnify its trustees, directors, officers, managers, and/or members, as may be applicable.

8.Portfolio Compliance Services.

(a)If Schedule I contains a requirement for BNY Mellon to provide to the Administrator portfolio compliance services, such services shall be provided pursuant to the terms of this Section 8 (the “Portfolio Compliance Services”). The precise compliance review and testing services to be provided shall be as directed by each Fund and as mutually agreed between BNY Mellon and such Fund, and the results of BNY Mellon’s Portfolio Compliance Services shall be detailed in a portfolio compliance summary report (the “Compliance Summary Report”) prepared on a periodic basis as mutually agreed. Each Compliance Summary Report shall be subject to review and approval by the Administrator. BNY Mellon shall have no responsibility or obligation to provide Portfolio Compliance Services other that those services specifically listed in Schedule I.

(b)The Administrator will examine each Compliance Summary Report delivered to it by BNY Mellon and notify BNY Mellon of any error, omission or discrepancy within ten (10) days of its receipt. The Administrator agrees to notify BNY Mellon promptly in writing if it fails to receive any such Compliance Summary Report. The Administrator further acknowledges that unless it notifies BNY Mellon of any error, omission or discrepancy within 10 days of receipt of the Compliance Summary Report, such Compliance Summary Report shall be deemed final and shall not be reissued. In addition, if the Administrator learns of any out-of-compliance condition before receiving a Compliance Summary Report reflecting such condition, the Administrator will notify BNY Mellon of such condition promptly after discovery thereof.

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(c)While BNY Mellon will endeavor to identify out-of-compliance conditions, BNY Mellon does not and could not for the fees charged, make any guarantees, representations or warranties with respect to its ability to identify all such conditions. In the event of any errors or omissions in the performance of Portfolio Compliance Services, the Administrator’s sole and exclusive remedy and BNY Mellon’s sole liability shall be limited to re-performance by BNY Mellon of the Portfolio Compliance Services affected and in connection therewith the correction of any error or omission, if practicable and the preparation of a corrected report, at no cost to the Administrator.

9.Rule 38a-1 and Regulatory Administration Services.

(o)If Schedule I contains a requirement for BNY Mellon to provide the Administrator with compliance support services related to Rule 38a-1 promulgated under the 1940 Act and/or Regulatory Administration services, such services shall be provided pursuant to the terms of this Section 9 (such services, collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Regulatory Support Services”).

(p)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Regulatory Support Services provided by BNY Mellon under this Agreement are administrative in nature and do not constitute, nor shall they be construed as constituting, legal advice or the provision of legal services for or on behalf of the Fund or any other person.

(q)All work product produced by BNY Mellon in connection with its provision of Regulatory Support Services under this Agreement is subject to review and approval by the Administrator and by the applicable Fund’s legal counsel. The Regulatory Support Services performed by BNY Mellon under this Agreement will be at the request and direction of the Administrator and/or a Fund’s chief compliance officer (the “Fund’s CCO”), as applicable. BNY Mellon disclaims liability to the Fund, and the Fund is solely responsible, for the selection, qualifications and performance of the Fund’s CCO and the adequacy and effectiveness of the Fund’s compliance program.

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10.Standard of Care; Indemnification.

(a)Except as otherwise provided herein, BNY Mellon and any BNY Mellon Affiliate shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, damages, liabilities or claims (including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees) incurred by or asserted against a Fund, except those costs, expenses, damages, liabilities or claims arising out of BNY Mellon’s own bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder. In no event shall BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate be liable to the Administrator, any Fund or any third party for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or lost profits or loss of business, arising under or in connection with this Agreement, even if previously informed of the possibility of such damages and regardless of the form of action. BNY Mellon and any BNY Mellon Affiliate shall not be liable for any loss, damage or expense, including counsel fees and other costs and expenses of a defense against any claim or liability, resulting from, arising out of, or in connection with its performance hereunder, including its actions or omissions, the incompleteness or inaccuracy of any specifications or other information furnished by the Administrator or the Fund, or for delays caused by circumstances beyond BNY Mellon’s control, unless such loss, damage or expense arises out of the bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder by BNY Mellon.

(b)The Administrator shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon and any BNY Mellon Affiliate from and against any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including claims asserted by the Administrator or a Fund), and reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees relating thereto, which are sustained or incurred or which may be asserted against BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate, by reason of or as a result of any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate without bad faith, gross negligence, or willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder, or in reliance upon (i) any law, act, regulation or interpretation of the same even though the same may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed, (ii) such Fund’s Offering Materials or Documents (excluding information provided by BNY Mellon), (iii) any Instructions, or (iv) any opinion of legal counsel for such Fund, or arising out of transactions or other activities of such Fund which occurred prior to the commencement of this Agreement; provided, that no Fund shall indemnify BNY Mellon nor any BNY Mellon Affiliate for costs, expenses, damages,

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liabilities or claims for which BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate is liable under the preceding sub-section 10(a). This indemnity shall be a continuing obligation of each Fund, its successors and assigns, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall indemnify BNY Mellon and any BNY Mellon Affiliate against and save BNY Mellon and any BNY Mellon Affiliate harmless from any loss, damage or expense, including counsel fees and other costs and expenses of a defense against any claim or liability, arising from any one or more of the following:

I.Errors in records or instructions, explanations, information, specifications or documentation of any kind, as the case may be, supplied to BNY Mellon by any third party or by or on behalf of the Administrator or a Fund;

II.Action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate pursuant to Instructions of the Administrator or otherwise without bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder;

III.Any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for a Fund;

IV.Any improper use by the Administrator or a Fund or its agents, distributor or investment advisor of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement;

V.The method of valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities and the method of computing each Series’ net asset value as provided to BNY Mellon by the Administrator; or

VI.Any valuations of securities, other assets, or the net asset value provided by the Administrator or a Fund.

(r)Actions taken or omitted in reliance on Instructions or upon any information, order, indenture, stock certificate, membership certificate, power of attorney, assignment, affidavit or other instrument believed by BNY Mellon in good faith to be from an Authorized Person, or upon the opinion of legal counsel for a Fund or its own counsel, shall be conclusively presumed to have been taken or omitted in good faith.

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(s)The terms of this Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

11.Compensation.

For the services provided hereunder, the Administrator agrees to pay BNY Mellon such compensation as is mutually agreed to in writing by the Administrator and BNY Mellon from time to time and such out-of-pocket expenses (e.g., telecommunication charges, postage and delivery charges, record retention costs, reproduction charges and transportation and lodging costs) as are incurred by BNY Mellon in performing its duties hereunder. Except as hereinafter set forth, compensation shall be calculated and accrued daily and paid monthly. BNY Mellon shall deliver to each Fund invoices for services rendered hereunder, and each Fund shall have a reasonable time period to review and pay such invoices. Upon termination of this Agreement before the end of any month, the compensation for such part of a month shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full monthly period and shall be payable upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement. For the purpose of determining compensation payable to BNY Mellon, each Fund’s net asset value shall be computed at the times and in the manner specified in the Fund’s Offering Materials.

12.Records; Visits.

(a) The books and records pertaining to each Fund and such Fund’s Series which are in the possession or under the control of BNY Mellon shall be the property of the Administrator. The Administrator, the Fund and Authorized Persons shall have access to such books and records at all times during BNY Mellon’s normal business hours. Upon the reasonable request of the Fund, copies of any such books and records shall be provided by BNY Mellon to the Fund or to an Authorized Person, at the Administrator’s expense.

(b) BNY Mellon shall keep all books and records with respect to each Series’ books of account, records of each Series’ securities transactions and all other books and records as BNY Mellon is required to maintain pursuant to Rule 31a-1 of the 1940 Act in connection with the services provided hereunder.

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13.Term of Agreement.

(a) This Agreement shall be effective on the date first written above and, unless terminated pursuant to its terms, shall continue until 11:59 PM on December 31, 2024 (the “Initial Term”), at which time this Agreement shall terminate, unless renewed in accordance with the terms hereof.

(b) This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive terms of one (1) year each (each, a “Renewal Term”), unless (i) the Administrator gives BNY Mellon written notice of its intent not to renew and such notice is received by BNY Mellon not less than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or the then-current Renewal Term (a “Non-Renewal Notice”), or (ii) BNY Mellon gives the Administrator written notice of its intent not to renew and such notice is received by the Administrator not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or the then-current Renewal Term (a “Non-Renewal Notice”). In the event a party provides a Non-Renewal Notice, this Agreement shall terminate at 11:59 PM on the last day of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable. In the event of termination of this Agreement, all commercially reasonable and customary expenses associated with movement of records and materials and conversion to a successor service provider which are invoiced to the Administrator prior to the conversion will be paid by the Administrator to BNY Mellon prior to such conversion, and after the conversion BNY Mellon will (if applicable) perform a “true up” and the Administrator shall promptly pay to BNY Mellon any commercially reasonable and customary expenses associated with movement of records and materials and conversion to a successor service provider not previously invoiced to the Administrator and BNY Mellon shall promptly re-pay to the Administrator any amounts of commercially reasonable and customary expenses associated with movement of records and materials and conversion to a successor service provider which were invoiced to the Administrator prior to the conversion (and actually paid by the Administrator) and which were in excess of the commercially reasonable and customary expenses associated with movement of records and materials and conversion to a successor service provider actually incurred by BNY Mellon with respect to the items so invoiced (the obligations of the Administrator and BNY Mellon set forth in this sentence shall survive termination of this Agreement).

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(c) If a party materially breaches this Agreement (a “Defaulting Party”) the other party (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) may give written notice thereof to the Defaulting Party ("Breach Notice"), and if such material breach shall not have been remedied within thirty (30) days after the Breach Notice is given, then the Non Defaulting Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice of termination to the Defaulting Party ("Breach Termination Notice"), in which case this Agreement shall terminate as of 11:59 PM on the 30th day following the date the Breach Termination Notice is given, or such later date as may be specified in the Breach Termination Notice (but not later than the last day of the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term, as appropriate). In all cases, termination by the Non-Defaulting Party shall not constitute a waiver by the Non-Defaulting Party of any other rights it might have under this Agreement or otherwise against the Defaulting Party.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, either party hereto may terminate this Agreement immediately by sending notice thereof to other party upon the happening of any of the following: (i) a party commences as debtor any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or there is commenced against a party any such case or proceeding; (ii) a party commences as debtor any case or proceeding seeking the appointment of a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian or similar official for a party or any substantial part of its property or there is commenced against a party any such case or proceeding; (iii) a party makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iv) a party admits in any recorded medium, written, electronic or otherwise, its inability to pay its debts as they come due. Either party may exercise its termination right under this Section 13(d) at any time after the occurrence of any of the foregoing events notwithstanding that such event may cease to be continuing prior to such exercise, and any delay in exercising this right shall not be construed as a waiver or other extinguishment of that right. Any exercise by a party hereto of its termination right under this Section 13(d) shall be without any prejudice to any other remedies or rights available to BNY Mellon and shall not be subject to any fee or penalty, whether monetary or equitable. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 19, notice of termination under this Section 13(d) shall be considered given and effective when given, not when received.

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14.Amendment.

This Agreement may not be amended, changed or modified in any manner except by a written agreement executed by BNY Mellon and the Administrator, and authorized or approved by such Fund’s Board.

15.Assignment; Subcontracting.

(a) This Agreement shall extend to and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not be assignable or delegable by the Administrator without the written consent of BNY Mellon, or by BNY Mellon without the written consent of the Administrator.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) BNY Mellon may assign or transfer this Agreement to any BNY Mellon Affiliate or transfer this Agreement in connection with a sale of a majority or more of its assets, equity interests or voting control, provided (I) that BNY Mellon gives the Administrator sixty (60) days' prior written notice of such assignment or transfer, (II) such assignment or transfer does not impair the provision of services under this Agreement in any material respect (BNY Mellon agrees, subject to its information security policies and procedures and confidentiality obligations to third parties, to cooperate in a reasonable fashion with the due diligence conducted by the Administrator to determine whether the Administrator’s receipt of services under this Agreement would be impaired in any material respect by such assignment or transfer) and (III) the assignee or transferee agrees to be bound by all terms of this Agreement in place of BNY Mellon and such assignment or transfer does not impair the provision of services under this Agreement in any material respect; (ii) BNY Mellon may subcontract with, hire, engage or otherwise outsource to any BNY Mellon Affiliate with respect to the performance of any one or more of the functions, services, duties or obligations of BNY Mellon under this Agreement but any such subcontracting, hiring, engaging or outsourcing shall not relieve BNY Mellon of any of its liabilities hereunder; (iii) BNY Mellon may subcontract with, hire, engage or otherwise outsource to an unaffiliated third party with respect to the performance of any one or more of the functions, services, duties or obligations of BNY Mellon under this Agreement but any such subcontracting, hiring, engaging or outsourcing shall not relieve BNY Mellon of its obligations hereunder and such functions, services, duties and

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obligations are required to be performed by the third party at a substantially similar service level as that performed by BNY Mellon; and (iv) BNY Mellon, in the course of providing certain additional services requested by a Fund, including but not limited to, Typesetting, Money Market Fund, or eBoard Book services (“Vendor Eligible Services”) as further described in Schedule I, may in its sole discretion, enter into an agreement or agreements with a financial printer, or electronic services provider (“Vendor”) to provide BNY Mellon with the ability to generate certain reports or provide certain functionality. BNY Mellon shall not be obligated to perform any of the Vendor Eligible Services unless an agreement between BNY Mellon and the Vendor for the provision of such services is then-currently in effect, and shall only be liable for the failure to reasonably select the Vendor. Upon request, BNY Mellon will disclose the identity of the Vendor to the Administrator and the status of the contractual relationship, and the Administrator is free to attempt to contract directly with the Vendor for the provision of the Vendor Eligible Services.

(c) As compensation for the Vendor Eligible Services rendered by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement, the Administrator will pay to BNY Mellon such fees as may be agreed to in writing by the Fund and BNY Mellon. In turn, BNY Mellon will be responsible for paying the Vendor’s fees. For the avoidance of doubt, BNY Mellon anticipates that the fees it charges hereunder will be more than the fees charged to it by the Vendor, and BNY Mellon will retain the difference between the amount paid to BNY Mellon hereunder and the fees BNY Mellon pays to the Vendor as compensation for the additional services provided by BNY Mellon in the course of making the Vendor Eligible Services available to the Administrator.

(d) BNY Mellon shall make available information to the Administrator following the execution of any agreement that would result in a change of control of BNY Mellon; provided that such information is publicly available information and that BNY Mellon makes such information available to its clients generally.

16.Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof. Administrator hereby consents to the jurisdiction of a state or federal court situated in New York City, New York in connection

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with any dispute arising hereunder, and waives to the fullest extent permitted by law its right to a trial by jury.

17.Severability.

In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstances, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.

18.No Waiver.

Each and every right granted to BNY Mellon hereunder or under any other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, or allowed it by law or equity, shall be cumulative and may be exercised from time to time. No failure on the part of BNY Mellon to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise by BNY Mellon of any right preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

19.Notices.

All notices, requests, consents and other communications pursuant to this Agreement in writing shall be sent as follows:

if to Administrator, at

Touchstone Advisors, Inc.

303 Broadway, Suite 1400

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attn: Fund Administration

With a copy to:

Western & Southern Financial Group

400 Broadway

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attn: Touchstone General Counsel

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if to BNY Mellon, at

    BNY Mellon
    240 Greenwich Street
    New York, New York 10286
    Attention: ETF Operations

with a copy to:

    The Bank of New York Mellon
    240 Greenwich Street
    New York, New York 10286
    Attention: Legal Dept. – Asset Servicing

or at such other place as may from time to time be designated in writing. Notices hereunder shall be effective upon receipt.

20.Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts together shall constitute only one instrument.

21.Confidentiality/Information Security.

(a) Each party shall keep confidential any information relating to the other party’s business (“Confidential Information”). Confidential Information shall include (a) any data or information that is competitively sensitive material, and not generally known to the public, including, but not limited to, information about product plans, marketing strategies, finances, operations, customer relationships, customer profiles, customer lists, sales estimates, business plans, and internal performance results relating to the past, present or future business activities of the Administrator, a Fund or BNY Mellon and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies; (b) any scientific or technical information, design, process, procedure, formula, or improvement that is commercially valuable and secret in the sense that its confidentiality affords a Fund or BNY Mellon a competitive advantage over its competitors; (c) all confidential or proprietary concepts, documentation, reports, data, specifications, computer software, source code, object code, flow charts, databases, inventions, know-how, and trade secrets, whether or not patentable or copyrightable; and (d) anything designated as confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information shall not be Confidential Information and shall not be subject to such

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confidentiality obligations if it: (a) is already known to the receiving party at the time it is obtained; (b) is or becomes publicly known or available through no wrongful act of the receiving party; (c) is rightfully received from a third party who, to the best of the receiving party’s knowledge, is not under a duty of confidentiality; (d) is released by the protected party to a third party without restriction; (e) is requested or required to be disclosed by the receiving party pursuant to a court order, subpoena, governmental or regulatory agency request or law; (f) is relevant to the defense of any claim or cause of action asserted against the receiving party; (g) is Fund information provided by BNY Mellon in connection with an independent third party compliance or other review; (h) is released for Fund business purposes in connection with the provision of services to or for the Fund under this Agreement; or (i) has been or is independently developed or obtained by the receiving party. The provisions of this Section 21 shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of one (1) year after such termination.

(b) The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial organization that provides services to clients through its affiliates and subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions (the “BNY Mellon Group”). The BNY Mellon Group may centralize functions including audit, accounting, risk, legal, compliance, sales, administration, product communication, relationship management, storage, compilation and analysis of customer-related data, and other functions (the “Centralized Functions”) in one or more affiliates, subsidiaries and third-party service providers. Solely in connection with the Centralized Functions, (i) the Fund consents to the disclosure of and authorizes BNY Mellon to disclose information regarding the Fund (“Customer-Related Data”) to the BNY Mellon Group and to its third-party service providers who are subject to substantially similar confidentiality obligations provided in this Section 21 with respect to such information and (ii) BNY Mellon may store the names and business contact information of the Fund’s employees and representatives on the systems or in the records of the BNY Mellon Group or its service providers. The BNY Mellon Group may aggregate Customer-Related Data with other data collected and/or calculated by the BNY Mellon Group, and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary the BNY Mellon Group will own all such aggregated data, provided that the BNY Mellon Group shall not distribute the aggregated data in a format that identifies Customer-Related Data with a particular customer. The Fund confirms that it is authorized to consent to the foregoing.

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(c) BNY Mellon has established and maintains policies and measures reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of Confidential Information, and will subject information hereunder to such policies and measures.

(d) The terms set forth in Schedule II (Information Security) hereto shall apply with respect to the services provided by BNY Mellon or any affiliate or subsidiary within the BNY Mellon Group pursuant to this Agreement.

22. Non-Solicitation.

During the term of this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, the Administrator shall not (with the exceptions noted in the immediately succeeding sentence) knowingly solicit or recruit for employment any of BNY Mellon’s employees, and the Administrator shall cause a Fund’s sponsor and any affiliates of a Fund to not (with the exceptions noted in the immediately succeeding sentence) knowingly solicit or recruit for employment any of BNY Mellon’s employees. To “knowingly” solicit or recruit within the meaning of this provision does not include, and therefore does not prohibit, solicitation, recruitment or hiring of a BNY Mellon employee by the Administrator, a Fund, a Fund’s sponsor or an affiliate of a Fund if the BNY Mellon employee was identified by such entity solely as a result of the BNY Mellon employee’s response to a general advertisement by such entity in a publication of trade or industry interest or other similar general solicitation by such entity.

23. Acknowledgment of Non-Liability.

BNY Mellon hereby acknowledges that (i) the Agreement is executed on behalf of Administrator by officers of the Administrator in their capacity as officers and not individually and (ii) any obligation of Administrator shall not be binding upon any trustees, officer, employee or agent of the Fund.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the foregoing instrument to be executed by their duly authorized officers and their seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the latest date set forth below.

TOUCHSTONE ADVISORS, INC.

By: __________________________

Name: ________________________

Title: _________________________

By: __________________________

Name: ________________________

Title: _________________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

By: __________________________

Name: _______________________

Title: ________________________

Date:

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EXHIBIT A

Trust/Fund:

TOUCHSTONE ETF TRUST

Series:


Touchstone Dividend Select ETF
Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities ETF
Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF
Touchstone US Large Cap Focused ETF

EXHIBIT B

I, E. Blake Moore, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Touchstone Advisors, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Administrator”), and President of Touchstone ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), do hereby certify that:

The following individuals serve in the following positions with the Administrator and/or Fund, and with respect to the Fund, each has been duly elected or appointed by the Board of the Fund to each such position and qualified therefor in conformity with the Fund’s Organizational Documents, and the signatures set forth opposite their respective names are their true and correct signatures. Each such person is designated as an Authorized Person under the Fund Sub-Administration and Accounting Agreement dated as of July [15], 2022, between the Administrator and The Bank of New York Mellon.

Name Position Signature

SCHEDULE I

Schedule of Services

All services provided in this Schedule of Services are subject to the review and approval of the Administrator, appropriate Fund officers, Fund counsel and accountants of each Fund, as may be applicable. The services included on this Schedule of Services may be provided by BNY Mellon or a BNY Mellon Affiliate, collectively referred to herein as “BNY Mellon”.

VALUATION AND COMPUTATION ACCOUNTING SERVICES

BNY Mellon shall provide the following valuation and computation accounting services with respect to each Fund and its Series:

Journalize investment, capital share and income and expense activities;

Verify investment buy/sell trade tickets when received from the investment adviser for a Fund (the “Adviser”)

Maintain individual ledgers for investment securities;

Maintain historical tax lots for each security;

Reconcile cash and investment balances of each Fund with the Fund’s custodian and provide a Fund’s investment adviser, as applicable, with the beginning cash balance available for investment purposes daily;

Provide cash availability for the Fund;

Calculate various contractual expenses;

Calculate capital gains and losses;

Calculate income and capital gains available for periodic distribution and upon approval by the Fund, process the distributions;

Calculate daily distribution rate per share;

Determine net income;

Obtain security market quotes and currency exchange rates from pricing services approved by a Fund’s investment adviser, or if such quotes are unavailable, then obtain such prices from the Fund’s investment adviser, and in either case, calculate the market value of each Fund’s investments in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies or guidelines; provided, however, that BNY Mellon shall not under any circumstances be under a duty to independently price or value any of the Fund's investments itself or to confirm or validate any information or valuation provided by the investment adviser or any other pricing source, nor shall BNY Mellon have any liability relating to inaccuracies or otherwise with respect to such information or valuations;

Compute net asset value in the manner specified in the Fund’s Offering Materials;

Such net asset value reports and statements shall be provided to the Fund and to Authorized Participants on days when the exchange listing the Fund is operating, in each case by such means as BNY Mellon and the Fund may agree upon from time to time.

Transmit or make available a copy of the daily portfolio valuation to a Fund’s investment adviser;

Publish basket to NSCC on each day on which trading occurs on the NYSE;

Compute yields and portfolio average dollar-weighted maturity as applicable; and

Compute portfolio turnover rate for inclusion in the annual and semi-annual shareholder reports;

Provide summary cash availability balances to facilitate cash sweep processing;

Provide FAS157 security level reporting;

Monitor the expense accruals and notify an officer of the relevant Fund of any proposed adjustments;

Control all disbursements and authorize such disbursements upon Written Instructions; and

Prepare, review and maintain Fund budgets.

FINANCIAL REPORTING

BNY Mellon shall provide the following financial reporting services for each Fund and its Series:

Financial Statement Preparation & Review

Prepare and coordinate the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports1 for shareholder delivery and for inclusion in Form N-CSR;

Prepare, circulate and maintain the Fund’s financial reporting production calendar; and

Prepare and file (or coordinate the filing of) a Fund’s Form 24f-2.

Modernization Reporting Services

BNY Mellon shall provide the Modernization Reporting Services set forth in this section to the Funds following a full service operating model. This operating model requires BNY Mellon to include the actual filing of the reports as part of the services noted in this section. Modernization Reporting Services are “Vendor Eligible Services” as contemplated in Section 14(b)(iv) of the Agreement.

FORM N-PORT. BNY Mellon, subject to the limitations described in this section and its timely receipt of all necessary information related thereto, will, or will cause the Vendor to: (i) collect, aggregate and normalize the data required for the submission of Form N-PORT; (ii) prepare, on a monthly basis, Form N-PORT; and (iii) file Form N-PORT with the SEC.

The timely receipt of necessary information referred to above will be determined by mutual agreement of BNY Mellon and the Fund in advance of the preparation of the initial Form N-PORT to be filed under the Agreement.

Unless mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and the Fund, BNY Mellon will use the same layout and format for every successive reporting period for Form N-PORT.

FORM N-CEN. BNY Mellon, subject to the limitations described in this section and its timely receipt of all necessary information related thereto, will, or will cause the Vendor to: (i) collect, aggregate and normalize the data required for the submission of Form N-CEN; (ii) prepare, on an annual basis, Form N-CEN; and (iii) file Form N-CEN with the SEC.

1 Requires “Typesetting Services” as described herein.

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Unless mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and the Fund, BNY Mellon will use the same source for obtaining the information and method for performing the required calculations for every successive Form N-CEN.

Fixed Income Risk Analytics. BNY Mellon shall calculate the portfolio and security-level risk metrics required within Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN (referenced above).

Monthly delivery of a raw data files for SEC reporting purposes (Form N-PORT and N-CEN data requirements).

Liquidity Rule Analysis. BNY Mellon shall perform a daily analysis for liquidity classifications and monitor liquidity thresholds per the requirements for Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN (referenced above) and Rule 22e-4.

The analysis provided by BNY Mellon is subject to and dependent upon the Fund providing all necessary security classifications and percentage thresholds necessary to perform such analysis. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Fund is solely responsible for the adoption, adequacy and effectiveness of the Fund’s liquidity risk management program.

BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for: (a) delays in the transmission to it by the Fund, the Fund’s adviser and entities unaffiliated with BNY Mellon (collectively, for this Modernization Reporting Services section, the “Third Parties”) of data required for the preparation of reports described herein, (b) inaccuracies of, errors in or omissions of, such data provided to it by any Third Party, and (c) validation of such data provided to it by any Third Party.

The Fund, in a timely manner, shall review and comment on, and, as the Fund deems necessary, cause its counsel and accountants to review and comment on, each report described in this section. The Fund shall provide to BNY Mellon timely sign-off of, and authorization and direction to file, each such report. Absent such timely sign-off, authorization and direction by the Fund, BNY Mellon shall be excused from its obligations to prepare and file the affected report. BNY Mellon is providing the services related to the filing of such reports based on the acknowledgement of the Fund that such services, together with the activities of the Fund in accordance with its internal policies, procedures and controls, shall together satisfy the requirements of the applicable rules and regulations for each such report.

For such time as this Modernization Reporting Services section remains in effect, BNY Mellon shall be responsible for the retention of the filed reports described in this section in accordance with any applicable rule or regulation.

Typesetting Services 2

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Create financial compositions for the applicable financial report and related EDGAR files;

Maintain country codes, industry class codes, security class codes and state codes;

Map individual general ledger accounts into master accounts to be displayed in the applicable financial reports;

Create components that will specify the proper grouping and sorting for display of portfolio information;

Create components that will specify the proper calculation and display of financial data required for each applicable financial report (except for identified manual entries, which BNY Mellon will enter);

Process, convert and load security and general ledger data;

Include data in financial reports provided from external parties to BNY Mellon which, includes, but is not limited to: shareholder letters, “Management Discussion and Analysis” commentary, notes on performance, notes to financials, report of independent auditors, Fund management listing, service providers listing and Fund spectrums;

Document publishing, including the output of print-ready PDF files and EDGAR html files (such EDGAR html files will be limited to one per the applicable financial report and unless mutually agreed to in writing between BNY Mellon and a Fund, BNY Mellon will use the same layout for production data for every successive reporting period);

Generate financial reports using the Vendor’s capabilities which include the following:

ofront/back cover;

otable of contents;

oshareholder letter;

oManagement Discussion and Analysis commentary;

osector weighting graphs/tables;

odisclosure of Fund expenses;

oschedules of investments;

ostatement of net assets;

ostatements of assets and liabilities;

ostatements of operation;

ostatements of changes in net assets and capital stock activity;

ostatements of cash flows;

ofinancial highlights;

onotes to financial statements;

oreport of independent registered public accounting firm;

osupplemental tax information, proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting records, quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure, schedule of shareholder expenses and advisory and sub-advisory agreement approval disclosure;

oManagement of the Fund

oPrivacy protection policy

otax information; and

oadditional Fund information as mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and a Fund.

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Unless mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and a Fund, BNY Mellon will use the same layout and format for every successive reporting period for the typeset reports. At the request of a Fund and upon the mutual written agreement of BNY Mellon and the Fund as to the scope of any changes and additional compensation of BNY Mellon, BNY Mellon will, or will cause the Vendor to change format or layout of reports from time to time.

TAX SERVICES

BNY Mellon shall provide the following tax services for each Fund and its Series:

Tax Provision Preparation

Prepare fiscal year-end tax provision analysis;

Process tax adjustments on securities identified by a Fund that require such treatment;

Prepare ROCSOP adjusting entries; and

Prepare financial statement footnote disclosures.

BNY Mellon is not responsible for the identification of securities requiring U.S. tax treatment that differs from treatment under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; this responsibility resides with the Fund or Fund’s management. BNY Mellon is responsible for processing such identified securities, in accordance with U.S. tax laws and regulations.

Excise Tax Distributions Calculations

Prepare calendar year tax distribution analysis;

Process tax adjustments on securities identified by a Fund that require such treatment; and

Prepare annual tax-based distribution estimate for each Fund.

Other Tax Services

Prepare for execution, sign and file the federal and state income and excise tax returns;

Prepare year-end Investment Company Institute broker/dealer reporting and prepare fund distribution calculations disseminated to broker/dealers; and

Coordinate U.S.C. Title 26 Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) §855 and excise tax distribution requirements.

Monitor and communicate to the Administrator each Fund’s status as a regulated investment company under Sub-chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to qualification under the asset diversification and gross income tests.

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Uncertain Tax Provisions

Documentation of all material tax positions taken by a Fund with respect to specified fiscal years and identified to BNY Mellon (“Tax Positions”);

Review of a Fund’s: (i) tax provision work papers, (ii) excise tax distribution work papers, (iii) income and excise tax returns, (iv) tax policies and procedures, and (v) Subchapter M compliance work papers;

Determine as to whether or not Tax Positions have been consistently applied, and documentation of any inconsistencies;

Review relevant statutory authorities;

Review tax opinions and legal memoranda prepared by tax counsel or tax auditors to a Fund;

Review standard mutual fund industry practices, to the extent such practices are known to, or may reasonably be determined by, BNY Mellon; and

Delivery of a written report to the applicable Fund detailing such items.

The following are expressly excluded from the Uncertain Tax Positions services: (i) assessment of risk of any challenge by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority against any Tax Position (including, without limitation, whether it is “more likely than not” such Tax Position would be sustained); (ii) calculation of any tax benefit measurement, in whole or in part, that may be required if any “more likely than not” threshold has not been met; and (iii) any tax opinion or tax advice. Additionally, none of the Uncertain Tax Positions services shall be deemed to be or constitute a tax opinion or tax advice.

(a) The Fund shall provide such information and documentation as BNY Mellon may reasonably request in connection with the Uncertain Tax Positions services. The Fund's independent public accountants shall cooperate with BNY Mellon and make such information available to BNY Mellon as BNY Mellon may reasonably request.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and without limiting any rights, protections or limitations of liability otherwise provided to BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement, (i) BNY Mellon is authorized and permitted to release such information as is necessary or desirable to be released in connection with the provision of any of the Uncertain Tax Positions services, (ii) management of the Fund is responsible for complying with all uncertain tax positions reporting obligations relating to the Fund and BNY Mellon shall have no liability to the Fund or any other entity or governmental authority with respect to any tax positions taken by the Fund, (iii) BNY Mellon shall have no liability either for any error or omission of any other service provider (including any accounting firm or tax adviser) to the Fund or for any failure to discover any such error or omission, (iv) the Fund shall be responsible for all filings, tax returns and reports on all Tax Positions and for the payment of all taxes and similar items (including without limitation penalties and interest related thereto) and (v) in the event of any error or omission in the performance of a Uncertain Tax Positions service the Fund’s sole and exclusive remedy and BNY Mellon’s sole liability shall be limited to re-performance of the applicable Uncertain Tax Positions service and the preparation and delivery to the Fund of a corrected report (if necessary), such re-performance, preparation and delivery to be provided at no additional service charge to the Fund.

IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE:

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To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, BNY Mellon informs a Fund that any U.S. tax advice contained in any communication from BNY Mellon to the Fund (including any future communications) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein or therein.

FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES

BNY Mellon shall provide the following fund administration services with respect to each Fund and its Series:

In accordance with Instructions received from a Fund, and subject to portfolio limitations as provided by such Fund to BNY Mellon in writing from time to time, monitor such Fund’s compliance, on a daily post-trade basis, with such portfolio limitations, provided that BNY Mellon maintains in the normal course of its business all data necessary to measure the Fund’s compliance;

Monitor the Fund’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the IRC and Subchapter L of the IRC (if required).

Establish appropriate expense accruals and compute expense ratios, maintain expense files and coordinate the payment of Fund approved invoices;

Calculate and disseminate Fund approved income and cap gains distributions including per share amounts required for periodic distributions to be made by the applicable Fund;

Calculate standard SEC yield and total return information;

Coordinate a Fund’s annual audit;

Supply various normal and customary portfolio and Fund statistical data as requested on an ongoing basis; and

If the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of a Fund is required to provide a certification as part of a Fund’s Form N-PORT or Form N-CSR filing pursuant to regulations promulgated by the SEC under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, provide a sub-certification in support of certain matters set forth in the aforementioned certification. Such sub-certification is to be in such form and relating to such matters as agreed to by BNY Mellon in advance. BNY Mellon shall be required to provide the sub-certification only during the term of the Agreement and only if it receives such cooperation as it may request to perform its investigations with respect to the sub-certification. For clarity, the sub-certification is not itself a certification under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or under any other law, rule or regulation.

Provide standard monthly valuation reporting for quarterly valuation committee meetings

Attend Touchstone Audit Committee meetings;

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Prepare, review and maintain monthly fund budgets. Prepare the year-end expense true-ups. Monitor the expense accruals and notify the Administrator or an officer of the Fund of any proposed adjustments.

Control all disbursements and authorize such disbursements upon written instructions;

Prepare the monthly revenue file;

Prepare the revenue and waiver projections;

Prepare quarterly broker security transactions summaries;

Prepare monthly security transactions listing

REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES

BNY Mellon shall provide the following regulatory administration services with respect to each Fund and its Series:

Maintain a regulatory calendar for each Fund listing various SEC filing and Board approval deadlines;

Assemble and distribute board materials for quarterly meetings of the Board, including the drafting of agendas and resolutions for such quarterly meetings of the Board (with final selection of agenda items and resolutions made by Fund counsel);

Attend (in-person or telephonically) quarterly Board meetings (and other off-cycle meetings, not to exceed three (3) Board meeting per quarter) and draft minutes thereof with a goal (but not the obligation) of distributing draft minutes to the Fund within thirty-five (35) days following a Board meeting;

Attend (in-person or telephonically) Pricing Committee meetings and draft minutes thereof;

Prepare and coordinate the filing of (1) annual post-effective amendments to the Funds’ registration statement (not including the initial registration statement or related to the addition of one or more classes of shares or series or the combining of multiple prospectuses into one prospectus or the splitting of one prospectus into multiple prospectuses or post effective amendments under Rule 485(a)) (including a secondary review of the iXBRL tagging, after completion of the tagging by the Workiva team (or a successor provider to that team) and review by the Administrator, and prior to the applicable filing), (2) annual summary prospectus filings, and (3) prospectus and Statement of Additional Information supplement filings as directed by Fund counsel;

Prepare and coordinate annual and quarterly trustee questionnaires

Provide reasonable assistance to the Funds and Fund counsel with respect to Trustee written consents.

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Prepare and coordinate the filing of certain SEC filings pursuant to Rule 497(c) and (j); and coordinate the filing of supplements pursuant to Rule 497(e);

Coordinate EDGARization with Funds’ EDGAR team and Funds’ legal counsel as well as assist with filing coordination (including obtaining signatures and signoffs);

Prepare and coordinate the filing of Forms N-CSR, and N-PX, as applicable (with the Fund supplying the voting records in the format required by BNY Mellon);

Assist the Fund in the handling of SEC examinations by providing requested documents in the possession of BNY Mellon that are on the SEC examination request list;

Assist with and/or coordinate such other filings, notices and regulatory matters on such terms and conditions as BNY Mellon and the Administrator may mutually agree upon in writing from time to time;

Prepare and coordinate the Funds’ Fidelity Bond filings with the SEC; and

Assist in the preparation of notices of annual or special meetings of shareholders and proxy materials relating to such meetings 2.

eBoard Book Services:

Permit persons or entities entering a valid password to have electronic access, via an Internet-based secure website, to current quarterly board meeting materials and such other board meeting materials as may be agreed between BNY Mellon and a Fund 2.

38a-1 Compliance Support Services

Provide compliance policies and procedures related to services provided by BNY Mellon and, if mutually agreed, certain of the BNY Mellon Affiliates; summary procedures thereof; and periodic certification letters.

2 Separate fees will apply for the noted services.

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SCHEDULE II

Information Security

I.Information Security Program Overview.

A.During the term of the Agreement, BNY Mellon will implement and maintain an information security program ("ISP") with written policies and procedures reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the Fund’s Confidential Information provided to BNY Mellon in accordance with the Agreement and when in BNY Mellon’s possession or under BNY Mellon’s control (“Customer Data”). The ISP will include administrative, technical and physical safeguards, appropriate to the type of Customer Data concerned, reasonably designed to: (i) maintain the integrity, confidentiality and availability of Customer Data; (ii) protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Customer Data; (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Customer Data that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to the Fund, and (iv) provide for secure disposal of Customer Data.

B.BNY Mellon’s program is dynamic and may be modified to address technological changes or changes in the threat landscape, BNY Mellon’s business activities or other factors. BNY Mellon reserves the right to modify the ISP at any time, provided that BNY Mellon shall not diminish the overall level of protection this Schedule II is intended to provide.

II.Security Incident Response and Notice.

C.BNY Mellon will maintain a documented incident management process designed to ensure timely detection of security events and response thereto.

D.In the event of a declared Security Incident, BNY Mellon will (i) promptly notify the Fund, (ii) provide updates to the Fund regarding BNY Mellon’s response and (iii) use reasonable efforts to implement measures designed to prevent a reoccurrence of Security Incidents of a similar nature.

E.“Security Incident” means any known loss or unauthorized access, disclosure, use, alteration or destruction of Customer Data.

III.Governance. BNY Mellon shall, no more than once in a 12 month period, (i) and upon request, provide a copy of its most recent SSAE-18 or equivalent external audit report to the Administrator, which the Administrator may disclose solely to its internal or external auditors that are subject to written confidentiality obligations to use reasonable care to safeguard the report and not to disclose the report to any third party or use the report for any purpose other than evaluating BNY Mellon’s security controls; (ii) engage a third party provider to perform penetration testing of BNY Mellon systems used to provide the services under the Agreement and provide the Administrator confirmation of such testing, upon request and (iii) participate in the Administrator’s reasonable information security due diligence questionnaire process, upon request.

IV.Network and Communications Security.

A.Asset Management. BNY Mellon will maintain an inventory of its system components, hardware and software used to provide the services under the Agreement, and will review and update such inventory in accordance with the ISP.

B.Change Management. BNY Mellon shall require that changes to its network or software used to provide the services under the Agreement are tested and applied pursuant to a documented change management process.

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C.Security Monitoring. BNY Mellon will monitor cyber threat intelligence feeds daily. BNY Mellon will deploy Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS solutions.

D.Network Segmentation. BNY Mellon’s infrastructure utilizes a multi-tier architecture, including a DMZ, to isolate the internal infrastructure from external networks. Traffic from external sources will traverse firewalls and pass through multiple layers of malware protection prior to processing. BNY Mellon’s production environment used to provide the services under the Agreement will be segregated from pre-production regions and BNY Mellon’s internal segment.

E.Vulnerability Management. BNY Mellon will maintain a documented process to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities affecting its systems used to provide the services under the Agreement. BNY Mellon will classify security vulnerabilities using industry recognized standards and conduct continuous monitoring and testing of its networks, hardware and software including regular penetration testing and ethical hack assessments. BNY Mellon will remediate identified security vulnerabilities in accordance with its process.

F.Malicious Code. BNY Mellon will deploy industry standard malicious code protection and identification tools across its systems and software used to provide the services under the Agreement.

G.Communications. BNY Mellon will protect electronic communications used in the provision of services under the Agreement, including instant messaging and email services, using industry standard processes and technical controls and in accordance with the ISP.

V.Application Security. The ISP will require that in-house application development be governed by a documented secure software development life cycle methodology, which will include deployment rules for new applications and changes to existing applications in live production environments.

VI.Logging. The ISP will require the maintenance of network and application logs as part of BNY Mellon’s security information and event management processes. Logs are retained in accordance with law applicable to BNY Mellon’s provision of the services under the Agreement as well as BNY Mellon’s applicable policies. BNY Mellon uses various tools in conjunction with such logs, which may include behavioral analytics, security monitoring case management, network traffic monitoring and analysis, IP address management and full packet capture.

VII.Data Security.

F.Identity Access Management. BNY Mellon will implement reasonable and industry recognized user access rules for users accessing Customer Data based on the need to know and the principle of least privilege, and including user ID and password requirements, session timeout and re-authentication requirements, unsuccessful login attempt limits, privileged access limits and multifactor authentication or equivalent safeguard where risk factors indicate that single factor authentication is inadequate.

G.Data Segregation. The ISP will require that (i) Customer Data is stored in either physically or logically segregated databases from other BNY Mellon data and (ii) different databases are maintained for development, testing, staging and production environments used in the provision of services under the Agreement.

H.Encryption. BNY Mellon will (i) encrypt Customer Data in transit to an external network using transport layer security or other encryption method and (ii) protect Customer Data at rest, in each case as BNY Mellon determines to be appropriate in accordance with the ISP and law applicable to BNY Mellon’s provision of the services under the Agreement.

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I.Remote Access. The ISP will restrict remote access to BNY Mellon systems to authorized users using multifactor authentication or equivalent safeguard, and will require such access to be logged.

J.Devices. BNY Mellon will restrict the transfer of Customer Data from its network to mass storage devices. BNY Mellon will use a mobile device management system or equivalent tool when mobile computing is used to provide the services under the Agreement. Applications on such authenticated devices will be housed within an encrypted container and BNY Mellon will maintain the ability to remote wipe the contents of the container.

K.Data Leakage Prevention (DLP). BNY Mellon will deploy DLP tools reasonably designed to help detect and prevent unauthorized transfers of Customer Data outside BNY Mellon’s network.

L.Disposal. BNY Mellon will maintain chain of custody procedures and require that any Customer Data requiring disposal be rendered inaccessible, cleaned or scrubbed from such hardware and/or media using industry recognized methods.

VIII.Personnel. BNY Mellon will undertake background checks during the recruitment process of personnel involved in the provision of the services under the Agreement, subject to applicable laws, and require its personnel involved in the provision of services under the Agreement to undertake annual training on the aspects of the ISP applicable to the personnel’s job function.

IX.Physical Security. BNY Mellon will deploy perimeter security such as barrier access controls around its facilities processing or storing Customer Data. The ISP will include (i) procedures for validating visitor identity and authorization to enter the premises, which may include identification checks, issuance of identification badges and recording of entry purpose of visit and (ii) physical security policies for personnel, such as a “clean desk” policy. In accordance with its ISP and applicable law, BNY Mellon will install closed circuit television (“CCTV”) systems and CCTV recording systems to monitor and record access to controlled areas, such as data centers and server rooms.

X.Subcontracting. BNY Mellon will implement a third party governance program designed to provide oversight over unaffiliated third parties utilized in providing the services under the Agreement. BNY Mellon will, upon request from the Administrator, provide to the Administrator such publicly available information regarding the aforementioned third party governance program as BNY Mellon generally provides to other clients.

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