EX-99.(H)(15) 4 d384303dex99h15.htm LETTER AMENDMENT DATED MARCH 10, 2022 TO THE TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE Letter Amendment dated March 10, 2022 to the Transfer Agency and Service

Exhibit (h)(15)

AMENDMENT

TO

TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Amendment (“Amendment”) is made as of March 10, 2022 (“Effective Date”), by and between each of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II, separately and not jointly (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (the “Bank”).

BACKGROUND:

 

A.

The Bank and Goldman Sachs ETF Trust are parties to a Transfer Agency and Services Agreement dated as of April 22, 2015, as amended to date (the “Agreement”), relating to the Bank’s provision of services to the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and each of its series listed on Schedule A to the Agreement, as such Schedule A may be amended from time to time (each a “Fund”).

 

B.

The Bank and the Trusts desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein.

TERMS:

The parties hereby agree that:

 

  1.

The Agreement is hereby amended as of the Effective Date by deleting the introductory clause in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 22nd day of April, 2015, by and between each entity listed on Schedule A hereto (each such entity referred to herein as the “Trust”), on behalf of each of its series listed on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business having its principal office and place of business at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286 (the “Bank”). A separate agreement between each Trust and the Bank shall be deemed to have been established as if each such Trust had executed a separate Agreement with the Bank, the terms of which are set forth in this Agreement.”

 

  2.

Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule A attached hereto.

 

  3.

Miscellaneous.

 

  (a)

Capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of a conflict between the terms hereof and the Agreement, this Amendment shall control.

 

  (b)

As hereby amended and supplemented, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

  (c)

The Agreement, as amended hereby, constitutes the complete understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior communications with respect thereto.


  (d)

The parties expressly agree that this Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and expressly agree that such execution may occur by manual signature on a physically delivered copy of this Amendment, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment transmitted by facsimile transmission, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by “Electronic Signature”, which is hereby defined to mean inserting an image, representation or symbol of a signature into an electronic copy of this Amendment by electronic, digital or other technological methods. Each 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 counterparts of this Amendment or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment, in either case by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment.

 

  (e)

This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be executed as of the Effective Date by its duly authorized representative indicated below. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment by Electronic Signature, affirms authorization to execute this Amendment by Electronic Signature and that the Electronic Signature represents an intent to enter into this Amendment and an agreement with its terms.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST
On behalf of each of its Funds identified on Schedule A attached hereto
By:  

/s/ Chris Bradford

Name:   Chris Bradford
Title:   Vice President

GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST II

On behalf of each of its Funds identified on Schedule A attached hereto

By:  

/s/ Chris Bradford

Name:   Chris Bradford
Title:   Vice President       
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/ Steve Duncan

Name:   Steve Duncan
Title:   Relationship Manager


SCHEDULE A

(Amended and Restated as of March 10, 2022)

GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST

Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF*

Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

Goldman Sachs Access China Bond ETF*

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 10+ Year Bond ETF*

Goldman Sachs Access Total Bond Market ETF*

Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Treasury Bond ETF*

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Low Vol Plus Equity ETF*

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Consumer Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Health Care Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Small Cap Equity ETF*

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST II

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF*

 

*

The Fund has not yet commenced operations. GSAM will provide the Bank notice to commence services upon the Fund’s launch.