Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement
Exhibit g2a
Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement
This Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of October 21, 2013, by and among each registered investment company identified on the signature page hereto (each such registered investment company shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), and, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Delegate”).
Witnesseth:
Whereas, the Funds and the Delegate are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement dated as of January 1, 2011, and amended from time to time (the “Agreement”); and
Whereas; the parties hereto also wish to amend Appendix A of the Agreement in order to add MainStay Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund, a new series of MainStay Funds Trust, as a portfolio covered under the Agreement.
Now Therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Funds and the Delegate hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Each Fund and the Delegate hereby confirms its representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Agreement. |
| 2. | Appendix A to the Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety by the Appendix A dated October 21, 2013 attached hereto. |
| 3. | This Amendment is intended to modify and amend the Agreement and the terms of this Amendment and the Agreement are to be construed to be cumulative and not exclusive of each other. Except as provided herein, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and remains in full force and effect. |
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers to be effective as of the date first above written.
THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
MainStay Defined Term Municipal OPPORTUNITIES Fund
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
Appendix A
to the
Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement
(as of October 21, 2013)
| Fund | Portfolio |
| The MainStay Funds |
MainStay Common Stock Fund MainStay Convertible Fund MainStay Income Builder Fund MainStay International Equity Fund MainStay Tax Free Bond Fund MainStay Unconstrained Bond Fund |
| MainStay VP Funds Trust |
MainStay VP Balanced Portfolio MainStay VP Cornerstone Growth Portfolio MainStay VP DFA / DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio MainStay VP Eagle Small Cap Growth Portfolio MainStay VP Floating Rate Portfolio MainStay VP High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio MainStay VP ICAP Select Equity Portfolio MainStay VP Income Builder Portfolio MainStay ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Balanced Portfolio MainStay VP MFS Utilities Portfolio MainStay VP PIMCO Real Return Portfolio MainStay VP ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio MainStay VP U.S. Small Cap Portfolio MainStay ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Global Hard Assets Portfolio |
| A-1 |
| MainStay Funds Trust |
MainStay California Tax Free Opportunities Fund MainStay Conservative Allocation Fund MainStay Cornerstone Growth Fund MainStay Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund MainStay Epoch Global Choice Fund MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund MainStay Epoch International Small Cap Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. Equity Fund MainStay Floating Rate Fund MainStay High Yield Municipal Bond Fund MainStay ICAP Equity Fund MainStay ICAP Global Fund MainStay ICAP International Fund MainStay ICAP Select Equity Fund MainStay Indexed Bond Fund MainStay Marketfield Fund MainStay Moderate Allocation Fund MainStay Retirement 2010 Fund MainStay S&P 500 Index Fund MainStay Short Duration High Yield Fund MainStay Short Term Bond Fund MainStay U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund MainStay U.S. Small Cap Fund |
| MainStay DefinedTerm Municipal Opportunities Fund | |
| A-2 |