EX-99.(H)20 2 a16-1201_1ex99dh20.htm EX-99.(H)20

EXHIBIT NO. 99.(h) 20

 

AMENDMENT No. 8 DATED January 1, 2016

TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED SPECIAL SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 1, 2010

 

Amendment to the Amended and Restated Special Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), as amended, by and among (i) MFS Series Trust X, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix A to the Agreement; (ii) MFS Series Trust XII, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix A to the Agreement (all series listed in Appendix A are referred to collectively as the “Top-Tier Funds”); (iii) MFS Series Trust III, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement; (iv) MFS Series Trust IV, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement; (v) MFS Series Trust IX, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement; (vi) MFS Series Trust X, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement; (vii) MFS Series Trust XI, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of each of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement; and (viii) MFS Series Trust XIII, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of its series listed in Appendix B to the Agreement (all series listed in Appendix B are referred to as the “Underlying Funds”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement by adding each of MFS Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust X, and MFS Global Real Estate Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust XIII, as an additional party to the Agreement as an “Underlying Fund”.

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement by removing the MFS Mid Cap Value Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust XI, as a party to the Agreement as an “Underlying Fund”.

 

WHEREAS, (i) effective as of June 20, 2014, the MFS Lifetime 2010 Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust XII, was reorganized into the MFS Lifetime Retirement Income Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust XII and (ii) effective as of

 


 

August 28, 2014, the MFS Lifetime Retirement Income Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust XII, was redesignated as the MFS Lifetime Income Fund.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, each of the parties amends the Agreement as follows:

 

1. Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix A attached hereto.

 

2. Appendix B of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix B attached hereto.

 

In all other respects, the terms of the Agreement remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

MFS SERIES TRUST III

on behalf of its series:

MFS HIGH INCOME FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST IV

on behalf of its series:

MFS MID CAP GROWTH FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST IX

on behalf of its series:

MFS INFLATION-ADJUSTED BOND FUND

MFS LIMITED MATURITY FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST X

on behalf of its series:

MFS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

MFS AGGRESSIVE GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND

MFS CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND

MFS EMERGING MARKETS DEBT LOCAL CURRENCY FUND

MFS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND

MFS GLOBAL BOND FUND

 


 

MFS GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND

MFS INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION FUND

MFS MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST XI

on behalf of its series:

MFS MID CAP VALUE FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST XII

on behalf of its series:

MFS LIFETIME INCOME FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2015 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2020 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2025 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2030 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2035 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2040 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2045 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2050 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2055 FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST XIII

on behalf of its series:

MFS GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND

MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND

MFS NEW DISCOVERY VALUE FUND

 

By:

ROBIN A. STELMACH

 

Name:

Robin A. Stelmach

 

Title:

President

 

 

Massachusetts Financial Services Company acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for all of its acts and omissions in performing its obligations under the Agreement.

 


 

MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES

COMPANY

 

By:

ROBERT J. MANNING

 

Name:

Robert J. Manning

 

Title:

Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 


 

As of January 1, 2016

 

APPENDIX A

 

The following Funds are parties to this Agreement, and have so indicated their intention to be bound by such Agreement as “Top-Tier Funds” by execution of the Agreement:

 

MFS SERIES TRUST X

MFS AGGRESSIVE GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND

MFS CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND

MFS GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND

MFS INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION FUND

MFS MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST XII

MFS LIFETIME INCOME FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2015 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2020 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2025 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2030 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2035 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2040 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2045 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2050 FUND

MFS LIFETIME 2055 FUND

 


 

As of January 1, 2016

 

APPENDIX B

 

The following Funds are parties to this Agreement, and have so indicated their intention to be bound by such Agreement as “Underlying Funds” by execution of the Agreement:

 

MFS SERIES TRUST III

MFS HIGH INCOME FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST IV

MFS MID CAP GROWTH FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST IX

MFS INFLATION-ADJUSTED BOND FUND

MFS LIMITED MATURITY FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST X

MFS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

MFS EMERGING MARKETS DEBT LOCAL CURRENCY FUND

MFS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND

MFS GLOBAL BOND FUND

 

MFS SERIES TRUST XIII

MFS GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND

MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND

MFS NEW DISCOVERY VALUE FUND