FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTFund Accounting Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • New York
THIS FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of August 1, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between each investment company listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Company”), on behalf of itself or, where noted on Exhibit A, on behalf of its Series (as defined below), severally and not jointly (each Company and/or Series a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., solely with respect to Section 3(c) (“TRP”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking organization (“BNY Mellon”).
GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENTAgreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • New York
This AGREEMENT is effective January 3, 1994, and is between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. (the “Bank”) and EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO, Individually and Separately (each individually, the “Customer”).
Custodian AgreementCustodian Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Massachusetts
This Agreement is made as of January 28, 1998 by and between each entity set forth on Appendix A hereto (as such Appendix A may be amended from time to time) which executes a copy of this Agreement (each referred to herein as the “Fund”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company with its principal place of business at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the “Custodian”).
ContractBny Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
In connection with the Fund Accounting Agreement (the “BNY Agreement”), effective as of August 1, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between each investment company listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Company”), on behalf of itself or, where noted on Exhibit A, on behalf of its Series (as defined therein), severally and not jointly (each Company and/or Series a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., solely with respect to Section 3(c) thereof (“TRP”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking organization (“BNY Mellon”), TRP and the Funds desire to enter into this letter agreement (this “Agreement”). This Agreement supersedes the letter agreement dated August 1, 2015, as amended November 3, 2015, April 18, 2016, July 19, 2016, August 1, 2016 and October 25, 2016, between TRP and the Funds. Defined terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the BNY Agreement.
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
AGREEMENT between andAgreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT BetweenInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. • Maryland
This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of May 1, 2022 and entered into by and between T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, and T. Rowe Price International Ltd (the “Sub-adviser”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom, with respect to each Fund (as defined below) set forth on Schedule 1 as of the date indicated thereof, as it may be amended from time to time.
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT between and THE T. ROWE PRICE FUNDS for FUND ACCOUNTING and RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESAgreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
This AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of January 1, 2023, by and between T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC., a Maryland corporation having its principal office and place of business at 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (“Price Associates”), and each Fund which is listed on Exhibit A1 and Exhibit A2 (as such Exhibits may be amended from time to time) and which evidences its agreement to
EXPENSE LIMITATION AND MANAGEMENT FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH OF THEExpense Limitation and Management Fee Waiver Agreement • September 28th, 2023 • T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
This EXPENSE LIMITATION AND MANAGEMENT FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective with respect to each Fund and as of the date indicated in the Schedules of this Agreement, is entered into between T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the “Manager”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and each Corporation, each of which is organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, on behalf of itself or on behalf of its series and/or its separate share classes, as applicable (each, a “Fund” or a “Class”).
