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Exhibit h 1 a iii
 
AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
 
This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (“Amendment”) is made on the 26th day of February, 2010, by and among The MainStay Funds and Eclipse Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust, ICAP Funds, Inc. and Eclipse Funds Inc., each a Maryland corporation, and MainStay Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and NYLIM Service Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having its principal office and place of business at 169 Lackawanna Avenue, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 (“NSC”).

WHEREAS, the Funds and NSC are parties to an Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated October 1, 2008 (“Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereby wish to amend the Transfer Agency Fee Schedule in the Agreement in order to revise the list of Funds, series and portfolios covered by the Agreement to reflect the change of the name of the MainStay 130/30 High Yield Fund, the addition of a series to MainStay Funds Trust, the MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund, the reorganization of each series of Eclipse Funds Inc. (except for the MainStay 130/30 High Yield Fund) and ICAP Funds Inc. (the “Acquired Series”) with and into corresponding shell series of MainStay Funds Trust, and the liquidation and dissolution of each Acquired Series (each a “Reorganization” and, collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree that effective at the close of business on February 26, 2010 with respect to the change of the name of the MainStay 130/30 High Yield Fund and the addition of the MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund, and with respect to each Reorganization upon its completion, the Transfer Agency Fee Schedule is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule attached hereto.
 
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers and attested as of this 26th day of February, 2010.

THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
ECLIPSE FUNDS
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
 
 

 
 
ECLIPSE FUNDS INC.
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
ICAP FUNDS, INC.
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
NYLIM SERVICE COMPANY LLC
 
   
By:
/s/ Penny L. Nelson
 
Name:  Penny L. Nelson
 
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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TRANSFER AGENCY FEE SCHEDULE
As Amended on February 26, 2010
 
1)           Maintenance and Transaction Charges – Billable Monthly**
 
**  The funds listed below will be billed at the greater of A or B.
 
A)           Per Account Annual Fee:
 
The following Funds will be billed at a rate of 1/12 of the annual fee for each Fund account serviced during the month.  “Accounts serviced” is defined as all open accounts at month end and accounts that close during the month, including underlying Shareholder accounts which may be held in an omnibus positions and serviced by other administrators.
 
THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
 
EQUITY FUNDS 
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Common Stock Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Equity Index Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay International Equity Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay MAP Fund
  $ 24.34  
FIXED INCOME & BLENDED FUNDS
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Convertible Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Diversified Income Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Global High Income Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Government Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Income Builder Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Tax Free Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
MONEY MARKET FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Money Market Fund
  $ 31.67  
MainStay Principal Preservation Fund
  $ 28.86  

ECLIPSE FUNDS
 
EQUITY FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay U.S. Small Cap Fund
  $ 24.34  
FIXED INCOME & BLENDED FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Balanced Fund
  $ 28.86  

ECLIPSE FUNDS INC.
 
FIXED INCOME & BLENDED FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund
  $ 28.86  
 
 
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MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
 
EQUITY FUNDS
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay 130/30 Core Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay 130/30 Growth Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay 130/30 International Fund
  $ 24.34  
Conservative Allocation Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Epoch Global Choice Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Epoch International Small Cap Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Epoch U.S. All Cap Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Epoch U.S. Equity Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Growth Allocation Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Growth Equity Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay ICAP Equity Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay ICAP Global Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay ICAP International Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay ICAP Select Equity Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Moderate Allocation Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Moderate Growth Allocation Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Retirement 2010 Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Retirement 2020 Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Retirement 2030 Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Retirement 2040 Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay Retirement 2050 Fund
  $ 24.34  
MainStay S&P 500 Index Fund
  $ 24.34  
FIXED INCOME & BLENDED FUNDS
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Floating Rate Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Indexed Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Intermediate Term Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
MainStay Short Term Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
MONEY MARKET FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay Cash Reserves Fund
  $ 31.67  

B)           Fund Minimum (CUSIP/Class/Fund):

The Funds listed above will be billed at $458.84 per month per CUSIP (i.e., 1/12 of the annual Fund Minimum charge of $5,506.08) for each Fund serviced during the month that is not being charged at the per account rate.  Those Funds that do not have a minimum account volume are charged at the Fund Minimum level until such account volumes are achieved.  Seed accounts are excluded from Fund Minimums.

The fees and charges set forth above shall increase annually over the fees and charges during the prior 12 months in an amount equal to the annual percentage of change in the Northeastern Consumer Price Index as last reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 
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2)           Other Items
 
A) 
529 Products
 
Oppenheimer’s 529 Product currently uses two MainStay Funds [Please confirm that since Mid Cap Growth previously merged into Large Cap Growth, only two funds are being used in the 529 Product] as investment vehicles to support its 529 Portfolios.  Each MainStay Fund will be charged on a pro rated account basis for each account that uses the MainStay Funds to support its 529 Portfolio, as follows:

EQUITY FUNDS 
 
      ACCOUNT RATES      
 
MainStay MAP Fund
  $ 24.34  
FIXED INCOME & BLENDED FUND
 
ACCOUNT RATES
 
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
  $ 28.86  
 
B)           New MainStay Funds
 
New MainStay Funds that contain “seed money” only will not be charged the Fund Minimum.
 
C)           Fund Billing Restrictions/Caps
 
In order to facilitate the introduction of New Fund and Products and keep transfer agency expenses at a minimum, certain billing restrictions and/or Caps apply to New Funds.  New Funds (Class A, I, R1, R2, and R3) are charged a maximum transfer agency expense of 25 basis points for one year.  After one year, the Fund expenses are reviewed and, at Management discretion, will either continue to be charged the 25 basis points maximum or commencement of the per account rate or Fund Minimum charge will begin.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Funds listed below and NYLIM Service Company LLC have agreed upon this Transfer Agency Fee Schedule and have caused this Transfer Agency Fee Schedule to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

THE MAINSTAY FUNDS
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
ECLIPSE FUNDS
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
ECLIPSE FUNDS INC.
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
ICAP FUNDS, INC.
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST
 
   
By:
/s/ Stephen P. Fisher
 
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
 
Title:  President
 
   
NYLIM SERVICE COMPANY LLC
 
   
By:
/s/ Penny L. Nelson
 
Name:  Penny L. Nelson
 
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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