EX-99.(G)(I)(B) 7 custody-am_agmnt.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODY AGREEMENT


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTODY AGREEMENT
 


THIS FIRST AMENDMENT effective as of September 10, 2018, to the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2018 (the "Custody Agreement"), is entered into by and among Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Advisor"), Baird Funds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank, N.A., a national banking association (the "Custodian").

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into a Custody Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Company intends to create additional funds; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to extend said Custody Agreement to apply to the Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund; and

WHEREAS, Article XV, Section 15.02 of the Custody Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by the parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

Exhibit A of the Custody Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety with Exhibit A attached hereto.

Except to the extent amended hereby, the Custody Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

 
BAIRD FUNDS, INC.
U.S. BANK, N.A.
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Mary Ellen Stanek
By: /s/ Anita M. Zagrodnik
Name: Mary Ellen Stanek
Name: Anita M. Zagrodnik
Title: President
Title: Senior VP  9/13/18
 
 

ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Charles M. Weber
Name: Charles M. Weber
Title: Managing Director


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Exhibit A
 
 to the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement
 
Separate Series of Funds
 
Fund Names
 
 
Bond Funds
 
 
Name of Series
 
Date Added
 
Baird Intermediate Bond Fund
 
September 29, 2000
 
Baird Core Plus Bond Fund
 
September 29, 2000
 
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund
 
September 29, 2000
 
Baird Quality Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
 
March 30, 2001
 
Baird Short-Term Bond Fund
 
August 31, 2004
 
Baird Ultra Short Bond Fund
 
December 31, 2013
 
Baird Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund
 
August 31, 2015
 
Baird Core Intermediate Muni Bond Fund
 
August 31, 2015
 
        
Equity Funds
 
 
Name of Series
Date Added
 
Baird MidCap Fund
December 29, 2000
 
Baird SmallCap Value Fund
May 1, 2012
 
Baird Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
November 30, 2015
 
Chautauqua Global Growth Fund
May 1, 2016
 
Chautauqua International Growth Fund
May 1, 2016
 
Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
September 10, 2018


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