EX-99.28.H.1.B 4 fp0057817_ex9928h1b.htm

 

FORM OF 6th AMENDMENT TO

 FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT dated ________________, 2020 to the Fund Administration Servicing Agreement dated September 14, 2009 (the “Agreement”) as amended from time to time, is entered by and between Guinness Atkinson Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and Mutual Fund Administration, LLC, a California limited liability company (“MFAC LLC”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trust and MFAC LLC desire to amend the Agreement to add funds; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 10 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement, MFAC LLC and the Trust hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Schedule B, as set forth below, constitute the current schedule B to the Agreement.

 

2.By executing below, the undersigned parties hereby agree that this amendment will remain effective through _____________.

 

  MUTUAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC  
       
  BY:             
  PRINTED NAME: Eric Banhazl  
  TITLE: Chairman  

 

  GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS  
       
  BY:             
  PRINTED NAME: James J. Atkinson, Jr.  
  TITLE: President  

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Schedule B

 

Fee Schedule1

 

Administration Services Fees:

 

See attached Services List
   
  

 

  Basis Points Average Net Assets for the Fund Complex  
  5.0 bp First $250 million  
  3.0 bp Next $250 million  
  1.0 bp Thereafter  
  Annual Minimum*    
  $165,000 Mutual Fund Complex1’ plus $5,000 for each additional Exchange Traded Funds over the Mutual Fund Complex
  $ 5,000 For each additional share class  

 

*The mutual fund complex minimum is calculated at the Trust level (excluding ETFs) and only applies if greater than the basis points fee schedule.

 

Mutual Fund complex comprised of:

 

Alternative Energy Fund1

Asia Focus Fund1

Asia Pacific Dividend Builder Fund1

China & Hong Kong Fund1

Dividend Builder Fund1

Global Energy Fund1

Global Innovators Fund1

Renminbi Yuan & Bond Fund1

 

ETFs:

 

SmartETFs Smart Transportation & Technology ETF2

SmartETFs Advertising & Marketing Technology ETF3

SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF4

SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF4

 

Out-Of-Pocket Expenses

 

Including but not limited to: postage, stationery, proxies, insurance, EDGAR filings, retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses from Board of Trustees meetings, conversion expenses (if necessary), and all other standard and necessary out-of-pocket expenses.

 

 

1Effective 4/1/2012.

2Effective November 15, 2019.

3Effective [__________], 2020.

4Effective [__________], 2020.

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