EX-99.(H)(33) 13 d411413dex99h33.htm AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT W/BNY MELLON INV. SERVICING Amendment to Transfer Agency Services Agreement w/BNY Mellon Inv. Servicing

EXECUTION VERSION

Exhibit 99(h)(33)

Amendment No. 5

To

Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement

This Amendment No. 5 To Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 5”), is being entered into by and between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNYM”) and GuideStone Funds (the “Trust”).

Background

BNYM and the Trust previously entered into the Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, made as of December 14, 2012, Amendment No. 1 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2014, Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2015, Amendment No. 3 To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2016 and Termination Amendment To Transfer Agency And Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2016 (collectively, the “Current Agreement”). The parties wish to amend the Current Agreement as set forth in this Amendment No. 5.

Terms

IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree to all statements made above and as follows:

1.          Modifications to Current Agreement.  The Current Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Schedule B in its entirety and replacing it with the Schedule B, dated May 1, 2017, attached to Amendment No. 5 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017, between BNYM and the Trust.

2.          Adoption of Amended Agreement by New Funds.  Each Fund that has been added to Schedule B by virtue of this Amendment No. 5 acknowledges and agrees that (i) by virtue of its execution of this Amendment No. 5, it becomes and is a party to the Current Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 5 (“Amended Agreement”) as of the date first written above, or if BNYM commenced providing services to the Fund prior to the date first written above, as of the date BNYM first provided services to the Fund, and (ii) it is bound by all terms and conditions of the Amended Agreement as of such date. The term “Fund” has the same meaning in this Amendment No. 5 as it has in the Current Agreement

3.          Remainder of Current Agreement.  Except as specifically modified by this Amendment No. 5, all terms and conditions of the Current Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

4.          Governing Law.  The governing law of the Current Agreement shall be the governing law of this Amendment No. 5.

5.          Entire Agreement.  This Amendment No. 5 constitutes the final, complete, exclusive and fully integrated record of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and the amendment of the Current Agreement.

6.          Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts.    This Amendment No. 5 may be executed in one more counterparts; such execution of counterparts may occur by manual signature, facsimile signature, manual signature transmitted by means of facsimile transmission or manual signature contained in an imaged document attached to an email transmission; and each such counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same

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instrument. The exchange of executed copies of this Amendment No. 5 or of executed signature pages to this Amendment No. 5 by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery hereof and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed copy of this Amendment No. 5.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 5 to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.

 

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

GuideStone Funds
On its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, each in its individual and separate capacity
By:  

 

Name: Melanie Childers
Title: Vice President – Fund Operations

 

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SCHEDULE B

(Dated: May 1, 2017)

THIS SCHEDULE B is Schedule B to that certain Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement dated as of December 14, 2012 between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and GuideStone Funds.

 

FUND

   CLASS
     

TARGET DATE FUNDS

    

MyDestination 2005 Fund1

   Investor

MyDestination 2015 Fund2

   Institutional

MyDestination 2015 Fund

   Investor

MyDestination 2025 Fund2

   Institutional

MyDestination 2025 Fund

   Investor

MyDestination 2035 Fund2

   Institutional

MyDestination 2035 Fund

   Investor

MyDestination 2045 Fund2

   Institutional

MyDestination 2045 Fund

   Investor

MyDestination 2055 Fund2

   Institutional

MyDestination 2055 Fund

   Investor
     

ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS

    

Aggressive Allocation Fund

   Institutional

Aggressive Allocation Fund

   Investor

Balanced Allocation Fund

   Institutional

Balanced Allocation Fund

   Investor

Conservative Allocation Fund

   Institutional

Conservative Allocation Fund

   Investor

Growth Allocation Fund

   Institutional

Growth Allocation Fund

   Investor
     

SELECT FUNDS

    

Defensive Market Strategies Fund

   Institutional

Defensive Market Strategies Fund

   Investor

Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   Institutional

Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   Investor

Equity Index Fund

   Institutional

Equity Index Fund

   Investor

Extended-Duration Bond Fund

   Institutional

Extended-Duration Bond Fund

   Investor

Flexible Income Fund3

   Investor

Strategic Alternatives FundFund4

   Institutional

Strategic Alternatives FundFund4

   Investor

Global Bond Fund

   Institutional

Global Bond Fund

   Investor

Growth Equity Fund

   Institutional

Growth Equity Fund

   Investor

Global Natural Resources Equity Fund

   Investor

Inflation Protected Bond Fund

   Institutional

Inflation Protected Bond Fund

   Investor

International Equity Fund

   Institutional

 

1 Liquidated February 11, 2017. Will not appear on future Schedule B.

2 Expected launch date for commencement of services on May 1, 2017.

3 Liquidating May 1, 2017. Will not appear on future Schedule B.

4 Expected launch date for commencement of services on or about July 1, 2017.

 

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International Equity Fund

   Investor

International Equity Index Fund

   Institutional

Low-Duration Bond Fund

   Institutional

Low-Duration Bond Fund

   Investor

Medium-Duration Bond Fund

   Institutional

Medium-Duration Bond Fund

   Investor

Money Market Fund

   Institutional

Money Market Fund

   Investor

Global Real Estate Securities Fund

(formerly, Real Estate Securities Fund)

   Institutional

Global Real Estate Securities Fund

(formerly, Real Estate Securities Fund)

   Investor

Small Cap Equity Fund

   Institutional

Small Cap Equity Fund

   Investor

Value Equity Fund

   Institutional

Value Equity Fund

   Investor

 

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