EX-99.(H)(24) 4 d868058dex99h24.htm AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement

Exhibit 99(h)(24)

Execution Version

Amendment No. 2

To

Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement

This Amendment No. 2 To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2015 (“Amendment No. 2”), is being entered into by and between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNYM”) and GuideStone Funds (the “Trust”).

Background

BNYM and the Trust previously entered into the Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, made as of December 14, 2012 and Amendment No. 1 to Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2014 (collectively, the “Current Agreement”). The parties wish to amend the Current Agreement as set forth in this Amendment No. 2.

Terms

IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree to all statements made above and as follows:

1. Modifications to Current Agreement. The Current Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Schedule B in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule B, dated April 30, 2015, attached to Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2015, between BNYM and the Trust.

2. Adoption of Amended Agreement by New Funds. Each Fund that has been added to Schedule B by virtue of this Amendment No. 2 acknowledges and agrees that (i) by virtue of its execution of this Amendment No. 2, it becomes and is a party to the Current Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 2 (“Amended Agreement”) as of the date first written above, or if BNYM commenced providing services to the Fund prior to the date first written above, as of the date BNYM first provided services to the Fund, and (ii) it is bound by all terms and conditions of the Amended Agreement as of such date. The term “Fund” has the same meaning in this Amendment No. 2 as it has in the Current Agreement

3. Remainder of Current Agreement. Except as specifically modified by this Amendment No. 2, all terms and conditions of the Current Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

4. Governing Law. The governing law of the Current Agreement shall be the governing law of this Amendment No. 2.

5. Entire Agreement. This Amendment No. 2 constitutes the final, complete, exclusive and fully integrated record of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and the amendment of the Current Agreement.

6. Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts. This Amendment No. 2 may be executed in one more counterparts; such execution of counterparts may occur by manual signature, facsimile signature, manual signature transmitted by means of facsimile transmission or manual signature contained in an imaged document attached to an email transmission; and each such counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed copies of this Amendment No. 2 or of executed signature pages to this Amendment No. 2 by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery hereof and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed copy of this Amendment No. 2.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

GuideStone Funds

On its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund,

each in its individual and separate capacity

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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SCHEDULE B

(Dated: April 30, 2015)

THIS SCHEDULE B is Schedule B to that certain Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement dated as of December 14, 2012 between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and GuideStone Funds.

 

FUND

CLASS*

DATE TARGET FUNDS

MyDestination 2005 Fund Investor
MyDestination 2015 Fund Investor
MyDestination 2025 Fund Investor
MyDestination 2035 Fund Investor
MyDestination 2045 Fund Investor
MyDestination 2055 Fund Investor

ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS

Aggressive Allocation Fund Investor
Aggressive Allocation Fund I Institutional
Balanced Allocation Fund Investor
Balanced Allocation Fund I Institutional
Conservative Allocation Fund Investor
Conservative Allocation Fund I Institutional
Growth Allocation Fund Investor
Growth Allocation Fund I Institutional

SELECT FUNDS

Defensive Market Strategies Fund Institutional
Defensive Market Strategies Fund Investor
Emerging Markets Equity Fund Institutional
Emerging Markets Equity Fund Investor
Equity Index Fund Institutional
Equity Index Fund Investor
Extended-Duration Bond Fund Institutional
Extended-Duration Bond Fund Investor
Flexible Income Fund Investor
Global Bond Fund Institutional
Global Bond Fund Investor
Growth Equity Fund Institutional
Growth Equity Fund Investor
Global Natural Resources Equity Fund Investor
Inflation Protected Bond Fund Institutional
Inflation Protected Bond Fund Investor
International Equity Fund Institutional
International Equity Fund Investor
International Equity Index Fund Institutional (services and public sales expected to commence June 1, 2015)
Low-Duration Bond Fund Institutional
Low-Duration Bond Fund Investor
Medium-Duration Bond Fund Institutional
Medium-Duration Bond Fund Investor
Money Market Fund Institutional
Money Market Fund Investor
Real Assets Fund Investor
Real Estate Securities Fund Institutional
Real Estate Securities Fund Investor

 

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Small Cap Equity Fund Institutional
Small Cap Equity Fund Investor
Value Equity Fund Institutional
Value Equity Fund Investor

 

* Effective May 1, 2014, “GS2” class designation was changed to “Institutional” and “GS4” class designation was changed to “Investor”.

 

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