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Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement

This Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of October 21, 2013, by and among each registered investment company identified on the signature page hereto (each such registered investment company shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), and, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Delegate”).

Witnesseth:

Whereas, the Funds and the Delegate are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Master DelegationAgreement dated as of January 1, 2011, and amended from time to time (the “Agreement”); and

Whereas; the parties hereto also wish to amend Appendix A of the Agreement in order to add MainStay Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund, a new series of MainStay Funds Trust, as a portfolio covered under the Agreement.

Now Therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Funds and the Delegate hereby agree as follows:

1. Each Fund and the Delegate hereby confirms its representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Agreement.

2. Appendix A to the Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety by the Appendix A dated October 21, 2013 attached hereto.

3. This Amendment is intended to modify and amend the Agreement and the terms of this Amendment and the Agreement are to be construed to be cumulative and not exclusive of each other. Except as provided herein, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and remains in full force and effect.

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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers to be effective as of the date first above written.

THE MAINSTAY FUNDS	MainStay Defined Term Municipal OPPORTUNITIES Fund
By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher	By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher
Name:  Stephen P. Fisher	Name:  Stephen P. Fisher
Title:    President	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

Appendix A

to the

Amended and Restated Master Delegation Agreement

(as of October 21, 2013)

Fund	Portfolio
The MainStay Funds	MainStay Common Stock Fund MainStay Convertible Fund MainStay Global High Income Fund MainStay Government Fund MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund MainStay Income Builder Fund MainStay International Equity Fund MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund MainStay MAP Fund MainStay Money Market Fund MainStay Tax Free Bond Fund MainStay Unconstrained Bond Fund
MainStay VP Funds Trust	MainStay VP Balanced Portfolio MainStay VP Bond Portfolio MainStay VP Cash Management Portfolio MainStay VP Common Stock Portfolio MainStay VP Conservative Allocation Portfolio MainStay VP Convertible Portfolio MainStay VP Cornerstone Growth Portfolio MainStay VP DFA / DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio MainStay VP Eagle Small Cap Growth Portfolio MainStay VP Floating Rate Portfolio MainStay VP Government Portfolio MainStay VP Growth Allocation Portfolio MainStay VP High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio MainStay VP ICAP Select Equity Portfolio MainStay VP Income Builder Portfolio MainStay VP International Equity Portfolio MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio MainStay VP Mid Cap Core Portfolio MainStay VP Moderate Allocation Portfolio MainStay VP Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio MainStay VP S&P 500 Index Portfolio MainStay VP Unconstrained Bond Portfolio MainStay VP Janus Balanced Portfolio MainStay VP MFS Utilities Portfolio MainStay VP PIMCO Real Return Portfolio MainStay VP T. Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio MainStay VP U.S. Small Cap Portfolio MainStay VP Van Eck Global Hard Assets Portfolio

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MainStay Funds Trust

MainStay California Tax Free Opportunities Fund MainStay Conservative Allocation Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. All Cap Fund MainStay Cornerstone Growth Fund MainStay Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund MainStay Epoch Global Choice Fund MainStay Epoch Global Equity Yield Fund MainStay Epoch International Small Cap Fund MainStay Epoch U.S. Equity Fund MainStay Floating Rate Fund MainStay Growth Allocation Fund MainStay High Yield Municipal Bond Fund MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund MainStay ICAP Equity Fund MainStay ICAP Global Fund MainStay ICAP International Fund MainStay ICAP Select Equity Fund MainStay Indexed Bond Fund MainStay Intermediate Term Bond Fund MainStay International Opportunities Fund MainStay Marketfield Fund MainStay Moderate Allocation Fund MainStay Moderate Growth Allocation Fund MainStay New York Tax Free Opportunities Fund MainStay Retirement 2010 Fund MainStay Retirement 2020 Fund MainStay Retirement 2030 Fund MainStay Retirement 2040 Fund MainStay Retirement 2050 Fund MainStay S&P 500 Index Fund MainStay Short Duration High Yield Fund MainStay Short Term Bond Fund MainStay Balanced Fund MainStay U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund MainStay U.S. Small Cap Fund

MainStay DefinedTerm Municipal Opportunities Fund

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