SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT Amending the terms of a Custody Agreement

 

Exhibit 99.(g)(1)(xv)

 

SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

Amending the terms of a Custody Agreement

 

This Amendment Agreement, made as of February 12, 2025 (“Effective Date”), is made by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of each series of the Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

The Trust (acting on behalf of certain series of the Trust) and BNY entered into a custody agreement on September 29, 2000, as amended, pursuant to which the Trust appointed BNY as custodian of certain series of the Trust (the “Custody Agreement”).

 

The parties now wish to amend Schedule II to the Custody Agreement to reflect the removal of five series of the Trust, 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 Custody Agreement as herein amended, with effect from the date hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties wish to amend the Custody Agreement as follows:

 

1.

Schedule II

 

Schedule II shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule 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 Amendment Agreement, by a manual signature on a copy of 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, in its own capacity and on behalf of each of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 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 and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Equity Growth Fund.
	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
	Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Authority: Vice President, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Funds
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Authority: Director

 

 

 

Schedule II

 

(Dated February 12, 2025)

 

Series

 

1 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ China Equities Fund
2 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets ex China Fund
3 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Developed EAFE All Cap Fund
4 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ EAFE Plus All Cap Fund
5 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Equities Fund
6 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Alpha Equities Fund
7 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International All Cap Fund
8 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Alpha Fund
9 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Concentrated Growth Equities Fund
10 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Growth Fund
11 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Smaller Companies Fund
12 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Long Term Global Growth Fund
13 -		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Equity Growth Fund