Exhibit g 1 a

AMENDMENT

TO

MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Master Custodian Agreement is made on the 29^th day of April, 2011, by and between The MainStay Funds and Eclipse Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust, Eclipse Funds Inc., a Maryland corporation, and MainStay Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (collectively, the “Funds”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company (”State Street”).

WHEREAS the Funds and Investors Bank & Trust Company (“IBT”) entered into a Custodian Agreement dated June 30, 2005, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time (the “Custodian Agreement”);

WHEREAS, IBT merged with and into State Street, effective July 2, 2007, with the result that State Street now serves as Custodian under the Custodian Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Fund has requested that State Street amend the Custodian Agreement and State Street has agreed to do so as an accommodation to the Funds notwithstanding that as amended, the Custodian Agreement is not identical to the form of custodian agreement customarily entered into by State Street as custodian, in order that the services to be provided to the Funds on behalf of its Portfolios by State Street, as successor by merger to IBT, may be made consistently and predictably to the Funds; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend Appendix A of the Agreement in order to revise the list of funds, series and portfolios covered by the Agreement to reflect the addition of a series of MainStay Funds Trust.,

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendment of Appendix A. Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Appendix A attached hereto, effective at the close of business on April 29, 2011 with respect to the addition of MainStay High Yield Municipal Bond Fund, a new series of MainStay Funds Trust.

2. Except as modified hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

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ECLIPSE FUNDS

By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher

Name: Stephen P. Fisher

Title:   President

ECLIPSE FUNDS INC.

By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher

Name: Stephen P. Fisher

Title:   President

THE MAINSTAY FUNDS

By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher

Name: Stephen P. Fisher

Title:   President

MAINSTAY VP FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher

Name: Stephen P. Fisher

Title:   President

MAINSTAY FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher

Name: Stephen P. Fisher

Title:   President

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By: /s/ Michael F. Rogers_____

Name: Michael F. Rogers

Title:   Executive Vice President

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Appendix A

to the

Master Custodian Agreement

(as of the close of business on April 29, 2011)

FUND	SERIES / PORTFOLIO
The MainStay Funds	Common Stock Fund
	Convertible Fund
	Equity Index Fund
	Flexible Bond Opportunities Fund
	Global High Income Fund
	Government Fund
	High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
	Income Builder Fund
	International Equity Fund
	Large Cap Growth Fund
	MAP Fund
	Money Market Fund
	Principal Preservation Fund
	Tax Free Bond Fund
Eclipse Funds Inc.	High Yield Opportunities Fund
Eclipse Funds	Balanced Fund
	U.S. Small Cap Fund
MainStay VP Funds Trust	VP Balanced Portfolio
	VP Bond Portfolio
	VP Cash Management Portfolio
	VP Common Stock Portfolio
	VP Conservative Allocation Portfolio
	VP Convertible Portfolio VP Flexible Bond Opportunities Portfolio
	VP Floating Rate Portfolio
	VP Government Portfolio
	VP Growth Allocation Portfolio
	VP Growth Equity Portfolio
	VP High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio
	VP ICAP Select Equity Portfolio
	VP Income Builder Portfolio
	VP International Equity Portfolio
	VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio
	VP Mid Cap Core Portfolio
	VP Moderate Allocation Portfolio
	VP Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio
	VP S&P 500 Index Portfolio
	VP U.S. Small Cap Portfolio
MainStay Funds Trust	130/30 Core Fund
	130/30 Growth Fund

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FUND	SERIES / PORTFOLIO
	130/30 International Fund
	Cash Reserves Fund
	Conservative Allocation Fund
	Epoch Global Choice Fund
	Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund
	Epoch International Small Cap Fund
	Epoch U.S. All Cap Fund
	Epoch U.S. Equity Fund
	Floating Rate Fund
	Growth Allocation Fund
	Growth Equity Fund
	High Yield Municipal Bond Fund
	ICAP Equity Fund
	ICAP Global Fund
	ICAP International Fund
	ICAP Select Equity Fund
	Indexed Bond Fund
	Intermediate Term Bond Fund
	Moderate Allocation Fund
	Moderate Growth Allocation Fund
	Retirement 2010 Fund
	Retirement 2020 Fund
	Retirement 2030 Fund
	Retirement 2040 Fund
	Retirement 2050 Fund
	S&P 500 Index Fund
	Short Term Bond Fund

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