EXHIBIT 17(h)
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
Amendment No. Four to
Transfer Agency Agreement
This Amendment is made and entered into this __ day of May___,
2003 by and between Liberty Variable Investment Trust (formerly Keyport Variable
Investment Trust), a business trust incorporated under the laws of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Trust"), and Liberty Funds Services, Inc.
(formerly Colonial Investors Service Center, Inc.), a Massachusetts
corporation ("LFSI").
WHEREAS, the Trust and LFSI previously entered into a Transfer
Agency Agreement dated June 7, 1993, as amended (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend Schedule B regarding the
transfer agency fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements of the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and
agree as follows:
Schedule B of the Agreement is amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
"The Transfer Agency fee referred to in paragraph 7 of this
Agreement for each Fund (except Liberty Equity Fund, VS, Columbia Real Estate
Equity Fund, VS and Columbia High Yield Fund, VS) shall be in the amount of
$7,500 per year, payable in monthly installments of $625. The foregoing fee
shall be pro-rated for any month during which this Agreement is in effect for
only a portion of the month.
Each of Liberty Equity Fund, VS, Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund,
VS and Columbia High Yield Fund, VS shall pay according to the following fee
schedule:
$14.00 annual per open account fee
$14.00 annual per closed account fee
$ 5.00 new account set-up fee
(The annual minimum charge for each of Liberty Equity Fund, VS,
Columbia Real Estate Equity Fund, VS and Columbia High Yield Fund, VS shall be
$5,000)"
IN WITENESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound hereby, have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
BY: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
LIBERTY FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
BY: ____________________________
Name:
Title: