THIRD AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit (g)(6)
Execution Copy
THIRD AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, effective as of February 2, 2011, by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST, a business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Fund”) and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Bank”).
WHEREAS, the Fund and Investors Bank & Trust Company (“IBT”) entered into a Custodian Agreement dated as of April 1, 2002 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Custodian Agreement”) and an Administration Agreement dated as of April 1, 2002 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Administration Agreement”);
WHEREAS, IBT merged with and into Bank, effective July 2, 2007, with the result that State Street now serves as Custodian under the Custodian Agreement and Administrator under the Administration Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Fund has requested that State Street amend the Custodian Agreement and the Administration Agreement and State Street has agreed to do so as an accommodation to the Fund notwithstanding that as amended, neither the Custodian Agreement nor the Administration Agreement is identical to the form of custodian agreement and administration agreement customarily entered into by State Street as custodian and as administrator, in order that the services to be provided to the Fund on behalf of its Portfolios by State Street, as successor by merger to IBT, may be made consistently and predictably to the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment of the Custodian Agreement.
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“The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date first noted above and continue in full force and effect through and including June 30, 2014 (the “Initial Term”), unless earlier terminated as provided herein.”
(b) Section 18, Notices. Section 18 is hereby amended by replacing subsections (a) and (b) in their entirely with the following:
(a) In the case of notices sent to the Fund to:
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Treasurer
With a copy to:
K&L Gates
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(b) In the case of notices sent to the Bank to:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
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or at such other place as such party may from time to time designate in writing.
2. Amendment of the Administration Agreement.
(a) Section 7 (a) of the Administration Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the first sentence of such Section 7(a) in its entirety with the following:
“The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date first noted above and continue in full force and effect through and including June 30, 2014 (the “Initial Term”), unless earlier terminated as provided herein.”
(b) Section 8(a) of the Administration Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the addresses for notice to the Fund and the Bank in their entirety with the following:
To the Fund:
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Treasurer
With a copy to:
K&L Gates
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To the Bank:
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3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Except as amended hereby, the Custodian and Administration Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) The Fund hereby confirms that Appendix A to each Agreement, as amended effective October 1, 2006, is true, correct and complete in all respects as of the date hereof.
(c) 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Third Amendment Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, as the case may be, as of the date and year first above written.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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