EX-99.G(2) 6 file002.htm AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

                                                                    Exhibit g(2)

                               AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

         AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, effective as of September 1, 2003, by and among
DOMINI INSTITUTIONAL TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund") and
INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company ("Investors
Bank").

         WHEREAS the Fund and Investors Bank entered into a Custody Agreement
dated April 8, 1996, as amended from time to time (the "Custodian Agreement");
and

         WHEREAS, the Fund and Investors Bank desire to amend the Custodian
Agreement as set forth below.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Amendments.
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         (a) Section 14(a) of the Custodian Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting such Section 14(a) in its entirety and by inserting in lieu thereof,
the following:

         "This Agreement shall remain in effect until July 31, 2008 (the
         "Initial Term"), unless earlier terminated as provided herein. After
         the expiration of the Initial Term, the term of this Agreement shall
         automatically renew for successive three-year terms (each a "Renewal
         Term") unless notice of non-renewal is delivered by the non-renewing
         party to the other party no later than one-hundred-twenty (120) days
         prior to the expiration of the Initial Term of 5 years or any Renewal
         Term, as the case may be.

         Either party hereto may terminate this Agreement prior to the
         expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term in the event the
         other party violates any material provision of this Agreement, provided
         that the non-violating party gives written notice of such violation to
         the violating party and the violating party does not cure such
         violation within 90 days of receipt of such notice."

         b) The Agreement is amended by adding thereto, immediately following
Section 6.2 thereof, the following new Section 6.2A:

         "6.2A Corporate Action. If at any time the Bank is notified that an
         issuer of any Portfolio Security has taken or intends to take a
         corporate action (a "Corporate Action") that affects the rights,
         privileges, powers, preferences, qualifications or ownership of a
         Portfolio Security, including without limitation, liquidation,
         consolidation, merger, recapitalization, reorganization,
         reclassification, subdivision, combination, stock split or stock
         dividend, which Corporate Action requires an affirmative response or
         action on the part of the holder of such Portfolio Security (a
         "Response"), the Bank shall notify the Fund promptly of the Corporate
         Action, the Response required in connection with the Corporate Action
         and the Bank's deadline for receipt from the Fund of Proper
         Instructions regarding the Response (the "Response Deadline"). The Bank
         shall forward to the Fund via telecopier and/or overnight courier all
         notices, information statements or other materials relating to the
         Corporate Action promptly after receipt of such materials by the Bank.




                                    (a) The Bank shall act upon a required
                  Response only after receipt by the Bank of Proper Instructions
                  from the Fund no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified as
                  the Response Deadline and only if the Bank (or its agent or
                  subcustodian hereunder) has actual possession of all necessary
                  Securities, consents and other materials no later than 5:00
                  p.m. on the date specified as the Response Deadline.

                                    (b) The Bank shall have no duty to act upon
                  a required Response if Proper Instructions relating to such
                  Response and all necessary Securities, consents and other
                  materials are not received by and in the possession of the
                  Bank no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified as the
                  Response Deadline. Notwithstanding, the Bank may, in its sole
                  discretion, use its best efforts to act upon a Response for
                  which Proper Instructions and/or necessary Securities,
                  consents or other materials are received by the Bank after
                  5:00 p.m. on the date specified as the Response Deadline, it
                  being acknowledged and agreed by the parties that any
                  undertaking by the Bank to use its best efforts in such
                  circumstances shall in no way create any duty upon the Bank to
                  complete such Response prior to its expiration.

                                    (c) In the event that the Fund notifies the
                  Bank of a Corporate Action requiring a Response and the Bank
                  has received no other notice of such Corporate Action, the
                  Response Deadline shall be 48 hours prior to the Response
                  expiration time set by the depository processing such
                  Corporate Action.

                                    (d) In connection with any action to be
                  taken with respect to the Foreign Portfolio Securities held
                  hereunder, including, without limitation, the exercise of any
                  voting rights, subscription rights, redemption rights,
                  exchange rights, conversion rights or tender rights, or any
                  other action in connection with any other right, interest or
                  privilege with respect to such Securities (collectively, the
                  "Rights"), the Bank shall promptly transmit to the Fund such
                  information in connection therewith as is made available to
                  the Bank by the Eligible Foreign Custodian, and shall promptly
                  forward to the applicable Eligible Foreign Custodian any
                  instructions, forms or certifications with respect to such
                  Rights, and any instructions relating to the actions to be
                  taken in connection therewith, as the Bank shall receive from
                  the Fund pursuant to Proper Instructions. Notwithstanding the
                  foregoing, the Bank shall have no further duty or obligation
                  with respect to such Rights, including, without limitation,
                  the determination of whether the Fund is entitled to
                  participate in such Rights under applicable U.S. and foreign
                  laws, or the determination of whether any action proposed to
                  be taken with respect to such Rights by the Fund or by the
                  applicable Eligible Foreign Custodian will comply with all
                  applicable terms and conditions of any such Rights or any
                  applicable laws or regulations, or market practices within the
                  market in which such action is to be taken or omitted.

2.       Miscellaneous.
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         (a)      Except as amended hereby, the Custodian Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.


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         (b) This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized officer, as the case may be, as of the date and
year first above written.


                                 INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY


                                 By:    /s/ Andrew M. Nesvet
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                                 Name:  Andrew M. Nesvet
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                                 Title: Managing Director
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                                 DOMINI INSTITUTIONAL TRUST


                                 By:    /s/ Carole M. Laible
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                                 Name:  Carole M. Laible
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                                 Title: Treasurer
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