Exhibit (g)(3)
EXCELSIOR FUNDS TRUST
AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTODY AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Excelsior Funds Trust (formerly, Excelsior Institutional Trust)
(the "Company") and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly, The Chase Manhattan Bank)
desire to amend the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement dated as of June 27,
2001, and most recently amended as of September 30, 2003 (the "Agreement"), by
and between them to include the Equity Core Fund as an investment portfolio of
the Company covered by the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement, as expressly
amended hereby, shall continue in full force and effect.
The parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree that the
Agreement is amended as follows:
Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
EXHIBIT A TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTODY AGREEMENT
Portfolios covered by the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement effective
as of March 15, 2004, between JPMorgan Chase Bank and Excelsior
Funds Trust:
Equity Fund
Mid Cap Value Fund
Optimum Growth Fund
Income Fund
Total Return Bond Fund
High Yield Fund
International Equity Fund
Enhanced Tax Managed International Fund
Equity Income Fund
Equity Core Fund
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their officers designated
below as of March 15, 2004.
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Name:/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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EXCELSIOR FUNDS TRUST
Name: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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