AMENDMENT To Transfer Agency and Service Agreement Between HSBC Funds And Boston Financial Data Services. Inc.
Exhibit h(9)(iv)
AMENDMENT
To
Transfer Agency
and Service Agreement
Between
HSBC
Funds
And Boston
Financial Data Services. Inc.
This Amendment is made as of this 13th day of October. 2016, between the HSBC Funds, each of the entities individually and not jointly, as listed on Schedule A to the Agreement (each, the ·Fund" or a “Fund" and collectively, the “Funds") and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (the "Transfer Agent"). In accordance with Section 15.l (Amendment) and Section I 6 (Additional Portfolios/Funds) of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated July 15, 2016, as amended (the "Agreement"), the parties desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
| 1. |
Schedule A.
The current Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby replaced and superseded
with the Schedule A attached hereto, effective as of October 1 3, 2016;
and |
| 2. |
All defined terms and
definitions in the Agreement shall be the same in this Amendment (the
"October 13, 2016 Amendment") except as specifically revised by this
Amendment; and |
| 3. |
Except as specifically set forth in this October 13, 201 6 Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this October 13, 2016 Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first above written.
| HSBC
FUNDS, Each of the
Entities, Individually and Not Jointly, as Listed on Schedule A |
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC. | |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
Title: President |
Title: Vice President | |
| As an Authorized Officer on behalf of each
of the Funds indicated on Schedule A | ||
Exhibit h(9)(iv)
SCHEDULE A
HSBC
Funds
Dated: October 13, 2016
| Fund | Type of Entity | Jurisdiction |
| HSBC U.S. Government Money Market | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Prime 60 Money Market Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Total Return Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Frontier Markets Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Asia ex-Japan Smaller Companies Equity Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Global High Yield Bond Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Global High Income Bond Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Global Equity Volatility Focused Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Economic Scale Index Emerging Markets Equity Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Euro High Yield Bond Fund (USD Hedged) | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Opportunity Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Opportunity Fund (Class I) | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Opportunity Portfolio | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Aggressive Strategy Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Balanced Strategy Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Moderate Strategy Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Conservative Strategy Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |
| HSBC Income Strategy Fund | Series of a Delaware statutory trust | State of Delaware |