EX-99.(9)(B) 3 d594745dex999b.htm FORM OF CUSTODIAN FEE SCHEDULE Form of Custodian Fee Schedule

STATE STREET BANK and TRUST COMPANY.

CUSTODIAN FEE SCHEDULE

THE GABELLI GLOBAL SMALL AND MID CAP VALUE TRUST

 

 

Custody Service - Maintain custody of fund assets. Settle portfolio purchases and sales. Report buy and sell fails. Determine and collect portfolio income. Make cash disbursements and report cash transactions. Monitor corporate actions.

The fees shown below are annual charges, billed and payable monthly, based on aggregate monthly net assets.

 

I.

  Domestic Custody    Annual Fee
  First $500 Million    .50   Basis Points
  Remainder    .3875   Basis Points

 

II.

  Global Custody
 

Maintain custody of fund assets. Settle portfolio purchases and sales. Report buy and sell fails. Determine and collect portfolio income. Make cash disbursements and report cash transactions in local and base currency. Withhold foreign taxes. File foreign tax reclaims. Monitor corporate actions. Report portfolio positions.

 

  A. Country Grouping

 

Group A

  

Group B

  

Group C

  

Group D

  

Group E

Canada

   Australia    Austria    Botswana    Argentina

Euroclear

   Belgium    Finland    Brazil    Bangladesh

Germany

   Denmark    Hong Kong    China    Bolivia

United Kingdom

  

France

  

Indonesia

  

Czech Republic

  

Chile

   Italy    Ireland    Ecuador    Colombia
  

Japan

  

Malaysia

  

Egypt

  

Cyprus

   Netherlands    Mexico    Ghana    Greece
   New Zealand    Norway    Israel    Hungary
   Spain    Phillipines    Kenya    India
   Switzerland    Portugal    Luxembourg    Jamaica
      Singapore    Morocco    Jordon
      Sweden    South Africa    Mauritus
      Thailand    Sri Lanka    Nambia
         Taiwan    Pakistan
        

Trinidad and Tobago

  

Peru

         Turkey    Poland
         Zambia    Slovakia
         Zimbabwe   

South Korea

            Tunisia
           

Uruguay

           

Venezuela

 

  B. Transaction Charges

 

Group A

    Group B     Group C     Group D     Group E  
  $8.00      $ 15.00      $ 30.00      $ 70.00      $ 100.00   

 

  C. Holding Charges in Basis Points (Annual Fee)

 

Group A

    Group B     Group C     Group D     Group E  
  3.0        7.5        10.0        20.0        25.0   


III. Portfolio Trades - For each line item processed - Group A

 

State Street Repurchase Agreements

     FREE   

DTC or Fed Book Entry

   $ 7.00   

New York Physical Settlements

   $ 25.00   

Maturity Collections

   $ 8.00   

All Other Trades

   $ 16.00   

 

IV. Special Services

Fees for activities of a non-recurring nature such as fund consolidations or reorganizations, extraordinary security shipments and the preparation of special reports will be subject to negotiation.

 

V. Third Party Foreign Exchange

 

Per Transaction

   $ 50.00   

 

VI. Out-of-Pocket Expenses

A billing for the recovery of the following out-of-pocket expenses will be made as of the end of each month.

Telephone

Wire Charges ($5.25 per wire in and $5.00 out)

Postage and Insurance

Courier Service

Duplicating

Legal Fees

Supplies Related to Fund Records

Rush Transfer — $8.00 Each

Transfer Fees

Sub-custodian Charges

Federal Reserve Fee for Return Check items over $2,500 - $4.25

GNMA Transfer - $15 each

PTC Deposit/Withdrawal for same day turnarounds - $50.00

SWIFT charges

 

VII. Payment

Upon proper notification of the above fees will be charged against the fund’s custodian checking account within five (5) business days.

 

VIII.  Balance Credits

Balance credits will be calculated based upon 90% of the monthly average balance of custody accounts at State Street using 91 day Treasury Bill Rate in effect at the month end. Balance Credits will be applied against Custody Fees.Overdrafts will be calculated based on 100% of the balance plus 200 basis points using the month-end Fed Funds rate.

 

The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust      State Street Bank and Trust Co.
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