EX-99.(G)(III) 4 amnd14_custody-agmt.htm FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODY AGREEMENT


 
 
 
LOCORR INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT to the Custody Agreement dated as of February 14, 2011 as amended (the “Custody Agreement”), is entered into by and between LOCORR INVESTMENT TRUST, an Ohio business Trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Custodian”).
 
RECITALS
 
 
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement and desire to amend the fees and the length of the Agreement; and
 
WHEREAS, Article XV, Section 15.02 of the Custody Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties and authorized or approved by the Board of Trustees.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as following:
 
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Article XIII, Section 13.01, 13.02 and 13.03 shall be superseded and replaced with the following:

13.01
Effective Period. This Agreement shall become effective as of December 1, 2017 and will continue in effect for a period of five years.

13.02
Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon giving 90 days prior written notice to the other party or such sho1ier period as is mutually agreed upon by the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated.by any party upon the breach of the other party of any material term of this Agreement if such breach is not cured within 15 days of notice of such breach to the breaching party. In addition, the Trust may, at any time, immediately terminate this Agreement in the event of the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the Custodian by regulatory authorities or upon the happening of a like event at the direction of an appropriate regulatory agency or court of competent jurisdiction.
 
 
 
 
 
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13.03
Early Termination. In the absence of any material breach of this Agreement or complete liquidation and termination of the Trust, should the Trust elect to terminate this Agreement prior to the end of the five year term, the trust agrees to pay the following fees:
a)
All monthly fees through the life of the contract, including the rebate of any negotiated discounts;
b)
All fees associated with converting services to a successor service provider;
c)
All fees associated with any record retention and/or tax reporting obligations that may not be eliminated due to the conversion to a successor service provider;
d)
All miscellaneous costs associated with a-c above
 
2.
All references in the Agreement to “out of pocket expenses” are replaced with “miscellaneous expenses”.
 
3.
Exhibit D of the Custody Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Exhibit D 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 Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year last written below.
 
 
LOCORR INVESTMENT TRUST
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Jon C. Essen                       
By: /s/ Anita Zagrodnik                      
 
Name: Jon C. Essen                        
 
Name: Anita Zagrodnik                      
Title: Treasurer, Trustee                 
 
Title: VP                                                
 Date: December 1, 2017                 
 
 Date: January 19, 2018                       

 
 
     
 
  
   
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Exhibit D to the Custody Agreement - LoCorr Investment Trust
 

Custody Services Fee Schedule at December  2017
 
Annual Fee Per Fund*
__% (__ basis point) on the average daily market value of all long securities and cash held In the portfolio Minimum annual fee per fund - $___ plus portfolio transaction fees
 
Portfolio Transaction Fees
 
$__ -  Book entry DTC transaction/Federal Reserve transaction/principal paydown
$__ -  Repurchase agreement, reverse repurchase agreement, time deposit/ CD or other non-depository transaction
 
$__ -  Option/swaps/ future contract written, exercised or expired
 
$__ -  Mutual fund trade/ outbound Fed wire/margin variation Fed wire
 
$__ -  Physical transaction
 

A transaction is a purchase/sale of a security, free receipt/free delivery, maturity, tender or exchange.
 
In addition to the fees described above, additional fees may be charged to the extent that changes to applicable laws, rules or regulations require additional work or expenses related to services provided (e.g., compliance with new liquidity risk management and reporting requirements).

Chief Compliance Officer Support Fee*
$__ per year per service line and per fund complex
 
Miscellaneous Expenses
All other miscellaneous fees and expenses, including but not limited to the following, will be separately billed as incurred: expenses incurred in the safekeeping, delivery and receipt of securities, shipping, transfer fees, deposit withdrawals at custodian (DWAC) fees, SWIFT charges, negative interest charges and extraordinary expenses based upon complexity.
 
Additional Services
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See Additional Services fee schedule for global servicing.
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$__ per Segregated Custody Account
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No charge for the initial conversion free receipt.
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Overdrafts - charged to the account at prime interest rate plus 2 unless a line of credit is in place.
 
In addition to the fees described above, additional fees may be charged to the extent that changes to applicable laws, rules or regulations require additional work or expenses related to services provided (e.g., compliance with new liquidity risk management and reporting requirements).
 

*Subject to annual CPI Increase- All Urban Consumers -U.S. City Average Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly.
 
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Amended Exhibit D (continued) to the Custody Agreement- LoCorr Investment Trust

COUNTRY
INSTRUMENT
SAFEKEEPING (BPS)
TRANSACTION FEE
 
COUNTRY
INSTRUMENT
SAFEKEEPWG (BPS)
TRANSACTION FEE
 
COUNTRY
INSTRUMENT
SAFEKEEPING (BPS)
TRANSACTION FEE
Argentina
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Guinea Bissau
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Pakistan
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Australia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Hong Kong
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Peru
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Austria
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Hungary
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Philippines
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Bahrain
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Iceland
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Poland
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Bangladesh
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
India
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Portugal
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Belgium
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Indonesia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Qatar
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Benin
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Ireland
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Romania
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Bermuda
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Israel
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Russia
Equities
[   ]
$[   ]
Botswana
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Italy
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Senegal
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Brazil
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Ivory Coast
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Singapore
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Bulgaria
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Japan
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Slovak Republic
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Burkina Faso
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Jordan
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Slovenia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Canada
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Kazakhstan
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
South Africa
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Cayman Islands*
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Kenya
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
South Korea
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Channel Islands*
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Kuwait
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Spain
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Chile
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Latvia
Equities
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Sri Lanka
All
[   ]
$[   ]
China
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Lebanon
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Swaziland
Ail
[   ]
$[   ]
Colombia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Lithuania
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Sweden
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Costa Rica
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Luxembourg
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Switzerland
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Croatia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Malaysia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Taiwan
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Cyprus
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Mali
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Thailand
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Czech Republic
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Malta
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Togo
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Denmark
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Mauritius
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Tunisia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Ecuador
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Mexico
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Turkey
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Egypt
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Morocco
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
UAE
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Estonia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Namibia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
United Kingdom
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Euromarkets**
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Netherlands
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Ukraine
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Finland
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
New Zealand
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Uruguay
All
[   ]
$[   ]
France
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Niger
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Venezuela
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Germany
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Nigeria
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Vietnam
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Ghana
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Norway
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Zambia
All
[   ]
$[   ]
Greece
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Oman
All
[   ]
$[   ]
 
Zimbabwe
All
[   ]
$[   ]

Safekeeping and transaction fees are assessed on security and currency transactions.
*Additional customer documentation and indemnification will be required prior to establishing accounts in these markets.
** Tiered by market value: <$___:  __ bp , >$___      and <$___  : __ bps; >$___ :  ___ bps.
** Euromarkets - Non-Eurobonds: Surcharges vary by local market.


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Amended Exhibit D (continued) to the Custody Agreement- LoC01T Investment Trust
 

Annual Base Fee: $__ per fund, plus safekeeping and transaction costs as shown above. If no global assets are held within a given month, the monthly base charge will not apply for that month.

Euroclear - Eurobonds only. Eurobonds are held in Euroclear at a standard rate, but other types of securities (including but not limited to equities, domestic market debt and mutual funds) will be subject to a surcharge. In addition, certain transactions that are delivered within Euroclear or from a Euroclear account to a third party depository or settlement system, will be subject to a surcharge.
 
For all other markets specified in above grid, surcharges may apply if a security Is held outside of the local market.
 
Miscellaneous Expenses
Tax reclaims that have been outstanding for more than 6 (six) months with the client will be charged $__ per claim.
Charges incurred by U.S. Bank, N.A. directly or through sub-custodians for account opening fees, local taxes, stamp duties or other local duties and assessments, stock exchange fees1 foreign exchange transactions, postage and insurance for shipping, facsimile reporting, extraordinary telecommunications fees, proxy services and other shareholder communications, recurring administration fees, negative Interest charges1  overdraft charges or other expenses which are unique to a country In which the client or its clients is investing will be passed along as incurred.
A surcharge may be added to certain miscellaneous expenses listed herein to cover handling, servicing and other administrative costs associated with the activities giving rise to such expenses. Also, certain expenses are charged at a predetermined flat rate.
SWIFT reporting and message Fees.
 
 
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