AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND
TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 3 to the Shareholders' Servicing and Transfer Agent
Agreement (the "Amendment") is hereby made by and between Columbia Acorn Trust
(the "Trust") (formerly Liberty Acorn Trust), a Massachusetts business trust and
Columbia Funds Services, Inc. ("CFS") (formerly Liberty Funds Services, Inc.), a
Massachusetts corporation. This Amendment is dated as of November 16, 2004.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
the Shareholders' Servicing and Transfer Agent Agreement dated as of September
29, 2000 (the "Agreement").
WHEREAS, under the Agreement the Trust has appointed CFS as Transfer
Agent, Registrar and Dividend Disbursing Agent for each series of the Trust
listed in Schedule A attached thereto, each a registered investment company;
WHEREAS, under the Agreement the Trust will pay CFS for the services
provided thereunder in accordance with and in the manner set forth in Schedule B
attached thereto, effective September 30, 2004;
WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend Schedule B
attached thereto to reflect a revised fee schedule for all classes of each Fund
of the Trust.
WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement also desire to amend the
Agreement to incorporate by reference the terms of another agreement between the
Trust and Columbia Management Group, Inc. ("CMG") dated February 28, 2005,
effective as of October 1, 2004, to the extent applicable to CFS.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Schedule B. Pursuant to Section 28 of the Agreement, the parties
hereto mutually agree that Schedule B attached to the Agreement be deleted and
replaced in its entirety by the Schedule B attached to this Amendment, effective
September 30, 2004.
2. The agreement between CMG and the Trust dated October 1, 2004 is
incorporated herein by reference to the extent applicable to CFS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and sealed as of the date first above written.
COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title: President
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SCHEDULE B
Terms used in the Schedule and not defined herein shall have the meaning
specified in the SHAREHOLDERS' SERVICING AND TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT, as
amended from time to time (the "Agreement"). Payments under the Agreement to CFS
shall be made in the first two weeks of the month following the month in which a
service is rendered or an expense incurred. This Schedule B shall be effective
as of the date of the Amendment.
Each Fund that is a series of the Trust shall pay CFS for the services to
be provided by CFS under the Agreement an amount equal to the sum of the
following:
1. An account fee for Open Accounts of $21.00 per annum.
2. In addition, CFS shall be entitled to retain as additional
compensation for its services all CFS revenues related to fees for
wire, ▇▇▇ trustee agent fees and account transcripts due CFS from
shareholders of any Fund and interest (net of bank charges) earned
with respect to balances in the accounts referred to in paragraph 2 of
the Agreement. CFS is not entitled to collect any account fees with
respect to any Closed Account.
OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES. Each Fund shall reimburse CFS for any and all
out-of-pocket expenses and charges in performing services under this Agreement
(other than charges for normal data processing services and related software,
equipment and facilities) including, but not limited to, mailing service,
postage, printing of shareholder statements, the cost of any and all forms of
the Funds and other materials used by CFS in communicating with shareholders of
the Funds, the cost of any equipment or service used for communicating with the
Funds' custodian bank or other agent of the Funds, and all costs of telephone
communication with or on behalf of shareholders allocated in a manner mutually
acceptable to the Funds and CFS.
All determinations hereunder shall be in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and subject to audit by the Funds' independent
accountants.
Definitions
"Closed Account" is any account on the books of CFS representing
record ownership of shares of a Fund which as of the first day of any
calendar month has a share balance of zero and does not meet account
purge criteria.
"Distributor Fees" means the amount due CFS pursuant to any agreement
with the Funds' principal underwriter for processing, accounting and
reporting services in connection with the sale of shares of the Fund.
"Fund" means each of the open-end investment companies advised or
administered by Columbia ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Asset Management, L.P. (formerly
Liberty WAM) that are series of the Trusts which are parties to the
Agreement.
"Open Account" is any account on the books of CFS representing record
ownership of shares of a Fund which as of the first day of any
calendar month has a share balance greater than zero. For
clarification, the term Open Account does not include sub-accounts of
an omnibus account. The Open Account fee shall be payable on a monthly
basis, in an amount equal to 1/12 the per annum change.
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Agreed:
THE TRUST ON BEHALF OF EACH FUND DESIGNATED
IN SCHEDULE A FROM TIME TO TIME
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
By:
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President
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