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EXHIBIT (h)(2)(d)
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AMENDED EXHIBIT A
TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT AGREEMENT
(EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2001)
NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST
(to be renamed Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust)
FEES
The Trust shall pay fees to the Agent and Villanova SA Capital Trust (to be
renamed Gartmore SA Capital Trust) (the "Administrator"), as set forth in the
schedule directly below, for the provision of transfer and dividend disbursement
agency services covered by this Agreement and for fund administration and fund
accounting services. (Fund administration and fund accounting services are
provided to the Trust by the Administrator and are described in the Fund
Administration Agreement between the Trust and the Administrator. Reference is
also made to Exhibit A of the Fund Administration Agreement, effective December
1, 2001.) Fees will be computed daily and payable monthly at an annual rate
based on the aggregate amount of the Trust's average daily net assets. The Trust
will also be responsible for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the
Agent and the Administrator in providing services to the Trust. All fees and
expenses shall be paid by the Trust to the Administrator on behalf of the
Administrator and the Agent.
AGGREGATE* FEE AS A
TRUST ASSET LEVEL# PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
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Up to $1 billion 0.13%
$1 billion up to $3 billion 0.08%
$3 billion up to $8 billion 0.05%
$8 billion up to $10 billion 0.04%
$10 billion up to $12 billion 0.02%
$12 billion or more 0.01%
* Includes fund administration and transfer agency services.
# The assets of each of the NSAT Investor Destinations Funds listed below as
excluded from this asset based fee for the Trust and each of these Funds
are not required to pay a part of this fee.
FUNDS OF THE TRUST
Total Return Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund)**
Capital Appreciation Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Growth Fund)**
Government Bond Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Government Bond Fund)**
Money Market Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund)**
Money Market Fund II
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund II)**
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ NSAT Balanced Fund
(formerly Nationwide Balanced Fund) (to be renamed ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GVIT
Balanced Fund)**
Federated NSAT Equity Income Fund
(formerly Nationwide Equity Income Fund) (to be renamed Federated GVIT
Equity Income Fund)**
Nationwide Global 50 Fund
(formerly Nationwide Global Equity Fund) (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT
Worldwide Leaders Fund)**
Federated NSAT High Income Bond Fund
(formerly Nationwide High Income Bond Fund) (to be renamed Federated GVIT
High Income Bond Fund)**
MAS NSAT Multi Sector Bond Fund
(formerly Nationwide Multi Sector Bond Fund) (to be renamed MAS GVIT
Multi Sector Bond Fund)**
Nationwide Small Cap Value Fund
(to be renamed GVIT Small Cap Value Fund)**
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Dreyfus NSAT Mid Cap Index Fund
(formerly Nationwide Mid Cap Index Fund) (to be renamed Dreyfus GVIT
Mid Cap Index Fund)**
Nationwide Small Cap Growth Fund
(formerly Nationwide Select Advisers Small Cap Growth Fund) (to be renamed
GVIT Small Cap Growth Fund)**
Nationwide Strategic Value Fund (to be renamed Nationwide GVIT Strategic Value
Fund)**
Nationwide Income Fund
Strong NSAT Mid Cap Growth Fund
(formerly Nationwide Strategic Growth Fund) (to be renamed Strong GVIT
Mid Cap Growth Fund)**
Nationwide Small Company Fund
(to be renamed GVIT Small Company Fund)** #
▇▇▇▇▇▇ NSAT Growth Focus Fund
(formerly Nationwide Growth Focus Fund II) (to be renamed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GVIT
Growth Focus Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT Millennium Growth Fund
(formerly Nationwide New Economy Fund II) (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT
Millennium Growth Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT Global Technology and Communications Fund
(formerly Nationwide Global Technology and Communications Fund II) (to be
renamed Gartmore GVIT Global Technology and Communications Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT Global Health Sciences Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global
Health Sciences Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT Emerging Markets Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Emerging
Markets Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT International Growth Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT
International Growth Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT Global Leaders Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global Leaders
Fund)**
Gartmore GVIT European Leaders Fund
(formerly Gartmore NSAT European Growth Fund)
Gartmore NSAT Global Small Companies Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global
Small Companies Fund)**
Gartmore NSAT OTC Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT OTC Fund)**
Gartmore GVIT Asia Pacific Leaders Fund
Gartmore GVIT U.S. Leaders Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT U.S. Growth Leaders
Fund)**
Gartmore GVIT Global Financial Services Fund
Gartmore GVIT Global Utilities Fund
NSAT Investor Destinations Aggressive Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor Destinations Aggressive Fund)**
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderately Aggressive Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor Destinations Moderately
Aggressive Fund)**
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderate Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor Destinations Moderate Fund)**
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderately Conservative Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor Destinations Moderately Conservative
Fund)**
NSAT Investor Destinations Conservative Fund
(to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor Destinations Conservative Fund)**
Gartmore GVIT U.S. Leaders Fund
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** Name changes to be effective upon the name change of the Trust.
# This Fund's maximum aggregate fee is as follows:
FUND ASSET LEVEL FEE AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
Up to $250 million 0.08%
$250 mil up to $1 billion 0.06%
$1 billlion or more 0.05%
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:
NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST
(to be renamed Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Secretary
NATIONWIDE INVESTORS SERVICES, INC.
(to be renamed Gartmore Investors Services, Inc.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P. - Associate General Counsel
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