EIGHTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT Amending the terms of the Supplement to the Custody Agreement Hong Kong – China – Connect Service
Exhibit 99.(g)(1)(xiv)
Amending the terms of the
Supplement to the Custody Agreement
Hong Kong – China – Connect Service
This Amendment Agreement, made as of February 12, 2025 (“Effective Date”), is made by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (“BG Funds”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”).
WITNESSETH:
BG Funds and BNY entered into a Supplement to the Custody Agreement, Hong Kong – China – Connect Service on April 25, 2019, as amended (the “Supplement”).
The parties now wish to amend Appendix A to the Supplement to remove five series of BG Funds, namely ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ China A Shares Growth Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Stewardship Equities Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Health Innovation Equities Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Multi Asset Fund and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Discovery Fund. By executing this Amendment Agreement, the parties hereby agree to be bound by all terms of the Supplement as herein amended, with effect from the date hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties wish to amend the Supplement as follows:
| 1. | Appendix A |
Appendix A shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Appendix A annexed hereto.
| 2. | Signatures; Counterparts. The parties expressly agree that this Amendment Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and expressly agree that such execution may occur by manual signature on a physically delivered copy of the Amendment Agreement, by a manual signature on a copy of the Amendment Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by a manual signature on a copy of Amendment Agreement transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by "Electronic Signature", which is hereby defined to mean inserting an image, representation or symbol of a signature into an electronic copy of Amendment Agreement by electronic, digital or other technological methods. Each counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed counterparts of this Amendment Agreement or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment Agreement, in either case by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment Agreement. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date by its duly authorized representative indicated below. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment Agreement by Electronic Signature, affirms authorization to execute this Amendment Agreement by Electronic Signature and that the Electronic Signature represents an intent to enter into this Amendment Agreement and an agreement with its terms.
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FUNDS | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Authority: Vice President, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds For and on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds Separately and not jointly on behalf of each series listed on Appendix A hereto | |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Authority: Director |
Appendix A
| Client | Service [Both the China Connect Listed Stock and China Connect Bonds] |
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ China Equities Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Developed EAFE All Cap Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ EAFE Plus All Cap Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Equities Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Ex China Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Alpha Equities Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International All Cap Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Alpha Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Concentrated Growth Equities Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Growth Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Smaller Companies Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Long Term Global Growth Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Equity Growth Fund