STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS AMENDMENT TO SUB-ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT (h)(3)(vii)
AMENDMENT TO
SUB-ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is effective as of December 12, 2013 by and between Sterling Capital Management LLC (“Administrator”) and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”).
BACKGROUND:
| A. | BNY Mellon and Administrator are parties to a Sub-Administration Services Agreement dated as of December 18, 2006, as amended (the “Agreement”), relating to BNY Mellon’s provision of certain sub-administration services with respect to Sterling Capital Funds (the “Trust”). |
| B. | Administrator and BNY Mellon desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein. |
| C. | This Background section is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Amendment. |
TERMS:
The parties hereby agree that:
1. Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended and Restated Exhibit A attached hereto.
2. Miscellaneous.
(a) As amended and supplemented hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The facsimile signature of any party to this Amendment shall constitute the valid and binding execution hereof by such party.
(c) This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made in Delaware and governed by Delaware law, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
| STERLING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
| BNY MELLON INVESTMENT SERVICING (US) INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXHIBIT A
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EXHIBIT A, effective as of December 12, 2013, is Exhibit A to that certain Sub-Administration Services Agreement dated as of December 18, 2006, as amended, between Sterling Capital Management LLC and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) (the “Agreement”) relating to BNY Mellon’s provision of certain sub-administration services with respect to Sterling Capital Funds. This Exhibit A shall supersede all previous forms of Exhibit A to the Agreement.
FUNDS
Sterling Capital Short Duration Bond Fund (f/k/a Sterling Capital Short-Term Bond Fund)
Sterling Capital Intermediate U.S. Government Fund
Sterling Capital Large Cap Value Diversified Fund (f/k/a Sterling Capital Select Equity Fund)
Sterling Capital North Carolina Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Strategic Allocation Conservative Fund
Sterling Capital Strategic Allocation Balanced Fund
Sterling Capital Strategic Allocation Growth Fund
Sterling Capital South Carolina Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund
Sterling Capital Mid Value Fund
Sterling Capital West Virginia Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Kentucky Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Maryland Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Sterling Capital Special Opportunities Fund
Sterling Capital Equity Income Fund
Sterling Capital Small Cap Value Diversified Fund (f/k/a Sterling Capital Small Value Fund)
Sterling Capital Corporate Fund
Sterling Capital Securitized Opportunities Fund
Sterling Capital Ultra-Short Bond Fund
Sterling Capital Long/Short Equity Fund