THE COMMERCE FUNDS INTERIM SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND AGREEMENT, dated as of August 8, 2000 between Commerce Bank, N.A. with its principal offices and places of business in St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri (the...Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 2nd, 2001 • Commerce Funds • Missouri
EXHIBIT (6)(A) [FORM] ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT This Addendum No. 1, dated as of the ____ day of __________, 1996, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears...Distribution Agreement • December 13th, 1996 • Commerce Funds
Exhibit 23(h)(3) ADDENDUM NO. 2 TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT This Addendum No. 2, dated as of the 15th day of December, 2000, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears Tower,...Administration Agreement • December 15th, 2000 • Commerce Funds
EXHIBIT 23(d)(6) ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of May 1, 2001 by and among The Commerce Funds (the "Trust"), Commerce Bank, N.A. ("Commerce"), a national bank organized under the laws of the United States, and Commerce...Assignment and Assumption Agreement • February 28th, 2002 • Commerce Funds
PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • December 15th, 2000 • Commerce Funds
EXHIBIT 23(g)(4) AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT This Amendment to the Custodian Contract is made as of June 28, 2001, by and between The Commerce Funds (the "Fund") and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian"). Capitalized terms used in...Custodian Contract • February 28th, 2002 • Commerce Funds
Exhibit 23(d)(4) ADDENDUM NO. 2 TO ADVISORY AGREEMENT This Addendum No. 2, dated as of the 15th day of December, 2000, among COMMERCE BANK, N.A., with its principal offices and places of business in St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri, and...Advisory Agreement • December 15th, 2000 • Commerce Funds
THE COMMERCE FUNDS P.O. Box 16931 St. Louis, MO 63105 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Heritage Drive, P3N North Quincy, MA 02171 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Article 17 of the Custodian Contract by and between The Commerce Funds (the...Commerce Funds • December 15th, 2000
Pursuant to Article 17 of the Custodian Contract by and between The Commerce Funds (the "Trust") and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated December 1, 1994 (the "Agreement"), the Trust hereby requests that you provide services, as set forth in Article 1 of the Agreement, as Custodian to each class of the Trust's newly established Core Equity Fund and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund (the "Funds") as of December ____, 2000.
Exhibit 23(e)(2) ADDENDUM NO. 2 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT This Addendum No. 2, dated as of the 15th day of December 2000, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears Tower,...Distribution Agreement • December 15th, 2000 • Commerce Funds
FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENTForm of Purchase Agreement • October 18th, 2000 • Commerce Funds
THE COMMERCE FUNDS P.O. Box 16931 St. Louis, MO 63105 State Street Bank and Trust Company 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Article 10 of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement by and between The Commerce Funds...Commerce Funds • December 15th, 2000
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement by and between The Commerce Funds (the "Trust") and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated December 1, 1994 (the "Agreement"), the Trust hereby requests that you provide services, as set forth in Article 1 of the Agreement, as transfer agent to each class of the Trust's newly established Core Equity Fund and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund, (the "Fund") as of December ____, 2000.
BACKGROUNDWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • February 21st, 2001 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
Exhibit (6)(a) ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT This Addendum No. 1, dated as of the 18th day of February 1997, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears Tower,...Distribution Agreement • September 16th, 1997 • Commerce Funds
THE COMMERCE FUNDS P.O. Box 16931 St. Louis, MO 63105 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Heritage Drive, P3N North Quincy, MA 02171 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Article 17 of the Custodian Contract by and between The Commerce Funds (the...Commerce Funds • December 15th, 2000
Pursuant to Article 17 of the Custodian Contract by and between The Commerce Funds (the "Trust") and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated December 1, 1994 (the "Agreement"), the Trust hereby requests that you provide services, as set forth in Article 1 of the Agreement, as Custodian to the newly established service class of each of the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund and National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund (the "Funds") as of December ____, 2000.
AMENDED AND RESTATED CO-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTCo-Administration Agreement • February 26th, 2015 • Commerce Funds • New York
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • July 8th, 2002 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the day of , 2002 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of December 31, 1994, as amended.
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • February 26th, 2020 • Commerce Funds • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 10th day of June 2019, and effective as of June 1, 2019, by and between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, having its principal office and place of business at 922 Walnut Street, Fourth Floor, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (the “Fund”) and DST ASSET MANAGER SOLUTIONS, INC., a Massachusetts corporation having its principal office and place of business at 2000 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-0953 (the “Transfer Agent”).
THE COMMERCE FUNDS P.O. Box 16931 St. Louis, MO 63105Commerce Funds • July 8th, 2002
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement by and between The Commerce Funds (the “Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated December 1, 1994 (the “Agreement”), the Trust hereby requests that you provide services, as set forth in Article 1 of the Agreement, as transfer agent to each class of the Trust’s newly established Asset Allocation Fund, (the “Fund”) as of , 2002.
THE COMMERCE FUNDS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENTAdvisory Agreement • October 31st, 2023 • Commerce Funds
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of the 15th day of August, 2023, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 1000 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri (the “Trust”) and COMMERCE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. (the “Advisor”), a corporation incorporated under the laws of Missouri and a wholly-owned subsidiary of COMMERCE BANK, N.A., a national bank organized under the laws of the United States;
ADDENDUM NO. 3 TO ADVISORY AGREEMENTAdvisory Agreement • July 8th, 2002 • Commerce Funds
This Addendum No. 3, dated as of the day of , 2002, among COMMERCE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC., (the “Advisor”) with its principal offices and places of business in St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri, and THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware business trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois (the “Trust”);
AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACTCustodian Contract • February 26th, 2019 • Commerce Funds
This Amendment number two (“Amendment”) is made as of this 8th day of February 2019, between The Commerce Funds (the “Fund”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Custodian”). The Custodian and the Fund are parties to a Custodian Contract dated December 1, 1994, as previously amended on June 28, 2001 (the “Contract”). Capitalized terms in this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Contract. The parties desire to amend the Contract as set forth herein.
THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ENHANCED ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTAccounting and Administrative Services Agreement • October 31st, 2023 • Commerce Funds
This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Enhanced Accounting and Administrative Services Agreement (the “Amendment”) by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Bank”) and The Commerce Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) is dated and effective as of November 1, 2023.
AMENDED AND RETATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • February 25th, 2011 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 22nd day of February, 2011 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of November 18, 2010.
AMENDED AND RESTATED CO-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTCo-Administration Agreement • February 26th, 2020 • Commerce Funds • New York
This AGREEMENT is made as of February 20, 2020 by and among The Commerce Funds (the “Trust”), Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”), a division of Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (“CIA” and, together with GSAM, the “Co-Administrators,” and each a “Co-Administrator”).
Addendum No. 5 to Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • October 31st, 2023 • Commerce Funds
This Addendum No. 5, dated as of the 15th day of August, 2023, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 1000 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (the “Trust”) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., located at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282 (the “Distributor”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • February 23rd, 2024 • Commerce Funds
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 15th day of February, 2024 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of November 18, 2010, on behalf of the Bond, National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Short-Term Government, Growth, and Value Funds (“Commerce Funds”), and Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of August 15, 2023, on behalf of the MidCap Value Fund.
ADDENDUM NO. 3 TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • July 8th, 2002 • Commerce Funds
This Addendum No. 3, dated as of the day of , 2002, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 4900 Sears Tower, Chicago, IL (the “Trust”) and GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, with its principal office and place of business in New York, New York (the “Administrator”);
Amendment No. 1 to Co-Administration AgreementCo-Administration Agreement • February 27th, 2007 • Commerce Funds
THE COMMERCE FUNDS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDSub-Advisory Agreement • December 28th, 2005 • Commerce Funds • Missouri
AGREEMENT, dated as of September 19, 2005, among Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), and Alliance Capital Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership with its principal office and place of business at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (“Sub-Adviser”);
Addendum No. 4Commerce Funds • February 26th, 2016
This Addendum No. 4, dated as of the 25th day of August 2015, between THE COMMERCE FUNDS, a Delaware Business Trust having its principal office and place of business at 922 Walnut Street, Fourth Floor, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (the “Trust”) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., located at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282 (the “Distributor”).
WAIVER AGREEMENTWaiver Agreement • December 28th, 2005 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Waiver Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 19th day of September, 2005 by and between Commerce Investments Advisors, Inc. (“Commerce”), the investment adviser to the International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) of The Commerce Funds, and Alliance Capital Management L.P. (the “Sub-Adviser”), which serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Sub-Adviser and Commerce dated as of September 19, 2005, as amended.
PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • December 20th, 2002 • Commerce Funds
The Commerce Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware business trust, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman”), a New York Limited Partnership, hereby agree with each other as follows:
AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • February 26th, 2016 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 22nd day of January, 2016 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of November 18, 2010.
AMENDED AND RESTATED WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • December 20th, 2002 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 1st day of June, 2002 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of December 31, 1994, as amended.
WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTWaiver and Reimbursement Agreement • December 28th, 2005 • Commerce Funds • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Waiver and Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 19th day of September, 2005 by and between The Commerce Funds (“Commerce”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a Missouri corporation that serves as an investment adviser to each portfolio of Commerce pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Commerce dated as of December 31, 1994, as amended.
