EX-99.(H)(2)(D) 8 amnd5-ta_agmt.htm FIFTH AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REGISTRANT AND TRANSFER AGENT





FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE ABSOLUTE SHARES TRUST
TRANSFER AGENT SERVICING AGREEMENT

THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT, effective as of March 5, 2019, to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014, as amended April 7, 2015, October 7, 2015, October 1, 2016 and November 11, 2016, (the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between ABSOLUTE SHARES TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC, d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services a Wisconsin limited liability company (“Fund Services”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC changed its name to U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to add the following funds to the Agreement:

WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF;
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF;
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF;
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF;
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF;
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF and

WHEREAS, Section 12 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1.
Amended Exhibit A is hereby superseded and replaced with Amended Exhibit A attached hereto.

2.
All references in the agreement to USBFS are hereby changed to Fund Services.

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

ABSOLUTE SHARES TRUST
U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Don Schreiber, Jr.
By: /s/ Anita M. Zagrodnik
 
 
Name:  Don Schreiber, Jr.
Name: Anita M. Zagrodnik
 
 
Title:  President and Principal Executive Officer  
Title: Senior Vice President



Amended Exhibit A to the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement – Absolute Shares Trust

Fund Names

Name of Series


WBI Bull|Bear Rising Income 2000 ETF
WBIA
WBI Bull|Bear Value 2000 ETF
WBIB
WBI Bull|Bear Yield 2000 ETF
WBIC
WBI Bull|Bear Quality 2000 ETF
WBID
WBI Bull|Bear Rising Income 1000 ETF
WBIE
WBI Bull|Bear Value 1000 ETF
WBIF
WBI Bull|Bear Yield 1000 ETF
WBIG
WBI Bull|Bear Quality 1000 ETF
WBIL
WBI Bull|Bear Global Income ETF
WBII
WBI Bull|Bear Global High Income ETF
WBIH
WBI Bull|Bear Global Rotation ETF
WBIR
WBI Power Factor™ High Dividend ETF
WBIY
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
 
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
 
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
 
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
 
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
 
WBI Bull|Bear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
 


Amended: March 5, 2019