Amendment No. 5 To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement
EXECUTION VERSION
Exhibit 99(h)(33)
Amendment No. 5
To
Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement
This Amendment No. 5 To Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 5”), is being entered into by and between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNYM”) and GuideStone Funds (the “Trust”).
Background
BNYM and the Trust previously entered into the Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, made as of December 14, 2012, Amendment No. 1 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2014, Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2015, Amendment No. 3 To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2016 and Termination Amendment To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2016 (collectively, the “Current Agreement”). The parties wish to amend the Current Agreement as set forth in this Amendment No. 5.
Terms
IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree to all statements made above and as follows:
1. Modifications to Current Agreement. The Current Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Schedule B in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule B, dated May 1, 2017, attached to Amendment No. 5 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017, between BNYM and the Trust.
2. Adoption of Amended Agreement by New Funds. Each Fund that has been added to Schedule B by virtue of this Amendment No. 5 acknowledges and agrees that (i) by virtue of its execution of this Amendment No. 5, it becomes and is a party to the Current Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 5 (“Amended Agreement”) as of the date first written above, or if BNYM commenced providing services to the Fund prior to the date first written above, as of the date BNYM first provided services to the Fund, and (ii) it is bound by all terms and conditions of the Amended Agreement as of such date. The term “Fund” has the same meaning in this Amendment No. 5 as it has in the Current Agreement
3. Remainder of Current Agreement. Except as specifically modified by this Amendment No. 5, all terms and conditions of the Current Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Governing Law. The governing law of the Current Agreement shall be the governing law of this Amendment No. 5.
5. Entire Agreement. This Amendment No. 5 constitutes the final, complete, exclusive and fully integrated record of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and the amendment of the Current Agreement.
6. Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts. This Amendment No. 5 may be executed in one more counterparts; such execution of counterparts may occur by manual signature, facsimile signature, manual signature transmitted by means of facsimile transmission or manual signature contained in an imaged document attached to an email transmission; and each such counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same
EXECUTION VERSION
instrument. The exchange of executed copies of this Amendment No. 5 or of executed signature pages to this Amendment No. 5 by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery hereof and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed copy of this Amendment No. 5.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 5 to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.
| BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. | ||
| By: |
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| Name: |
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| GuideStone Funds | ||
| On its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, each in its individual and separate capacity | ||
| By: |
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| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Title: Vice President – Fund Operations | ||
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EXECUTION VERSION
SCHEDULE B
(Dated: May 1, 2017)
THIS SCHEDULE B is Schedule B to that certain Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement dated as of December 14, 2012 between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and GuideStone Funds.
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TARGET DATE FUNDS |
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MyDestination 2005 Fund1 |
Investor | |
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MyDestination 2015 Fund2 |
Institutional | |
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MyDestination 2015 Fund |
Investor | |
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MyDestination 2025 Fund2 |
Institutional | |
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MyDestination 2025 Fund |
Investor | |
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MyDestination 2035 Fund2 |
Institutional | |
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MyDestination 2035 Fund |
Investor | |
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MyDestination 2045 Fund2 |
Institutional | |
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MyDestination 2045 Fund |
Investor | |
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MyDestination 2055 Fund2 |
Institutional | |
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MyDestination 2055 Fund |
Investor | |
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ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS |
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Aggressive Allocation Fund |
Institutional | |
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Aggressive Allocation Fund |
Investor | |
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Balanced Allocation Fund |
Institutional | |
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Balanced Allocation Fund |
Investor | |
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Conservative Allocation Fund |
Institutional | |
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Conservative Allocation Fund |
Investor | |
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Growth Allocation Fund |
Institutional | |
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Growth Allocation Fund |
Investor | |
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SELECT FUNDS |
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Defensive Market Strategies Fund |
Institutional | |
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Defensive Market Strategies Fund |
Investor | |
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Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
Institutional | |
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Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
Investor | |
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Equity Index Fund |
Institutional | |
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Equity Index Fund |
Investor | |
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Extended-Duration Bond Fund |
Institutional | |
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Extended-Duration Bond Fund |
Investor | |
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Flexible Income Fund3 |
Investor | |
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Strategic Alternatives FundFund4 |
Institutional | |
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Strategic Alternatives FundFund4 |
Investor | |
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Global Bond Fund |
Institutional | |
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Global Bond Fund |
Investor | |
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Growth Equity Fund |
Institutional | |
| Growth Equity Fund |
Investor | |
| Global Natural Resources Equity Fund |
Investor | |
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Inflation Protected Bond Fund |
Institutional | |
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Inflation Protected Bond Fund |
Investor | |
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International Equity Fund |
Institutional |
1 Liquidated February 11, 2017. Will not appear on future Schedule B.
2 Expected launch date for commencement of services on May 1, 2017.
3 Liquidating May 1, 2017. Will not appear on future Schedule B.
4 Expected launch date for commencement of services on or about July 1, 2017.
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| International Equity Fund |
Investor | |
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International Equity Index Fund |
Institutional | |
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Low-Duration Bond Fund |
Institutional | |
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Low-Duration Bond Fund |
Investor | |
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Medium-Duration Bond Fund |
Institutional | |
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Medium-Duration Bond Fund |
Investor | |
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Money Market Fund |
Institutional | |
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Money Market Fund |
Investor | |
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Global Real Estate Securities Fund (formerly, Real Estate Securities Fund) |
Institutional | |
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Global Real Estate Securities Fund (formerly, Real Estate Securities Fund) |
Investor | |
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Small Cap Equity Fund |
Institutional | |
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Small Cap Equity Fund |
Investor | |
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Value Equity Fund |
Institutional | |
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Value Equity Fund |
Investor |
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