EX-99.(H)(I)(O) 6 fndadmin_agrmt.htm EXHIBIT P TO FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICING AGREEMENT
 

AMENDMENT TO THE
ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS
FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICING AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT dated as of the 27th day of January, 2017, to the Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2012, as amended (the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (“USBFS”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the series of the Trust to add funds and fees; and

WHEREAS, Section 11 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by both parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement and add the following series of ETF Series Solutions:

Exhibit P, the SerenityShares Impact ETF, the SerenityShares Core U.S. ETF and the SerenityShares Core Multi-Asset ETF, is hereby added and attached hereto.

This amendment will become effective upon the commencement of operations of each of the SerenityShares Impact ETF, the SerenityShares Core U.S. ETF and the SerenityShares Core Multi-Asset ETF.  Except to the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.
 


ETF SERIES SOLUTIONS
 U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
 
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Michael D. Barolsky
By:  /s/ Michael L. Ceccato
Name: Michael D. Barolsky
Name: Michael L. Ceccato
Title:  Secretary
Title:  Senior Vice President
 
 
 
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Exhibit P to the ETF Series Solutions Fund Administration Servicing Agreement

Name of Series
SerenityShares Impact ETF
SerenityShares Core U.S. ETF
SerenityShares Core Multi-Asset ETF

Base Fee for Accounting, Administration, and Transfer Agent Services at January, 2017
The following reflects the greater of the basis point fee or annual minimum for funds listed on this Exhibit P.
Administration
Accounting
TA
Basis Points on AUM
Annual Minimum1
First $[ ]
Next $[ ]
Next $[ ]
Balance
$[ ] per Fund
 
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]

See the following pages for Services and Associated Fees in addition to the Base Fee
See the following pages for OPTIONAL Supplemental Services and Associated Fees



1 Subject to annual CPI increase - All Urban Consumers - U.S. City Average.
Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly


 
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Exhibit P - ETF Series Solutions Fund Administration Servicing Agreement

Accounting, Administration, TA Services in addition to the Base Fee1 at January, 2017
Pricing Services
For daily pricing of each securities (estimated 252 pricing days annually)
§
$[ ] - Domestic Equities, Options, ADRs, Foreign Equities, Futures, Forwards
§
$[ ] - Domestic Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Currency Rates, Mortgage Backed
§
$[ ] - CMOs, Municipal Bonds, Money Market Instruments, Foreign Corporates, Convertibles, Governments, Agencies, Asset Backed, High Yield
§
$[ ] - Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Currency Swaps, Total Return Swaps, Total Return Bullet Swaps
§
$[ ] - Bank Loans
§
$[ ] - Swaptions
§
$[ ] - Credit Default Swaps
§
$[ ] per Month Manual Security Pricing (>25 per day)

NOTE: Prices are based on using U.S. Bancorp primary pricing service which may vary by security type and are subject to change. Use of alternative and/or additional sources may result in additional fees. Pricing vendors may designate certain securities as hard to value or as a non-standard security type, such as CLOs and CDOs, which may result in additional fees. All schedules subject to change depending upon the use of unique security type requiring special pricing or accounting arrangements.
Corporate Action Services
Fee for IDC data used to monitor corporate actions
§
$[ ] per Foreign Equity Security per Month
§
$[ ] per Domestic Equity Security per Month
§
$[ ] per CMOs, Asset Backed, Mortgage Backed Security per Month
ESS Trust Chief Compliance Officer Annual Fee (subject to board approval)
§
$[ ] for the first fund
§
$[ ] for each additional fund
§
$[ ] per sub-advisor per fund
Third Party Administrative Data Charges (descriptive data for each security)
§
$[ ] per security per month for fund administrative
Website Data Charges
§
$[ ] per trust per month
Section 15(c) Reporting
Add the following for fund administration services and data charges necessary to compile SEC required “peer reporting” information.
§
$[ ] per fund per report
Ongoing Annual Legal Administration Services
Add the following for legal administration services in support of external legal counsel, including annual registration statement update and drafting of supplements: (Final Fee(s) subject to USBFS legal team review and approval)
§
$[ ] first fund
§
$[ ] each additional fund up to 5 funds
§
Fees negotiated for funds 6+

Miscellaneous Expenses
Including but not limited to, SWIFT processing, customized reporting, third-party data provider costs (including GICS, MSCI, Lipper, etc.), postage, stationary, programming, special reports, proxies, insurance, EDGAR/XBRL filing, retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses related to and including travel to and from Board of Trustee meetings, third party auditing and legal expenses, wash sales reporting (GainsKeeper), tax e-filing, PFIC monitoring, conversion expenses (if necessary), and CCO team travel related costs to perform due diligence reviews at advisor and sub-advisor facilities.

1 Subject to annual CPI increase - All Urban Consumers - U.S. City Average.
Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly
 
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Exhibit P to the ETF Series Solutions Fund Administration Servicing Agreement


OPTIONAL Supplemental Services for Fund Accounting, Fund Administration & Portfolio Compliance at January, 2017
Daily Compliance Services
§
Base fee – $[ ] per fund per year
§
Setup – $[ ] per fund group
Section 18 Daily Compliance Testing (for derivatives and leverage)
§
$[ ] set up fee per fund complex
§
$[ ] per fund per month
Customized Benchmarking
§
Negotiated based upon specific requirements
Outbound Calling & Marketing Campaigns
§
Cost based on project requirements

Subject to annual CPI increase - All Urban Consumers - U.S. City Average.
Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly

 

Advisor’s Signature below acknowledges approval of the three (3) pages of fee schedules on this Exhibit P.


SerenityShares Investments LLC

By: /s/ Scott Sacknoff

Printed Name: Scott Sacknoff

Title: CEO                   Date:  February 13, 2017

 
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