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CONFIDENTIAL

Services Agreement

This Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of December 3 , 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and among: 

1. ALPS Fund Services, Inc., a corporation incorporated in the State of Colorado (“SS&C ALPS”);

2. DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“SS&C DST,” and collectively with SS&C ALPS, “SS&C”); and

3. MVP Private Markets Fund, a Delaware statutory trust, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a closed-end management investment company (“Fund”).

Fund, SS&C ALPS and SS&C DST each may be referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as “Parties.”

1. Definitions; Interpretation

1.1. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)         “Action” means any civil, criminal, regulatory or administrative lawsuit, allegation, demand, claim, counterclaim, action, dispute, sanction, suit, request, inquiry, investigation, arbitration or proceeding, in each case, made, asserted, commenced or threatened by any Person (including any Government Authority).

(b)         “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with such Person and “control” of a Person means: (i) ownership of, or possession of the right to vote, more than 50% of the outstanding voting equity of that Person or (ii) the right to control the appointment of the board of directors or analogous governing body, management or executive officers of that Person.

(c)         “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

(d)         “Claim” means any Action arising out of the subject matter of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, its formation or the Services.

(e)         “Client Data” means all data of Fund (or Management, if Management receives Services), including data related to securities trades and other transaction data, investment returns, issue descriptions, and Market Data provided by Fund or Management and all output and derivatives thereof, necessary to enable SS&C to perform the Services, but excluding SS&C Property.

(f)         “Confidential Information” means any information about Fund, Management or SS&C, including this Agreement, except for information that (i) is or becomes part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement by the receiving Party, (ii) was rightfully acquired from a third party, or is developed independently, by the receiving Party, or (iii) is generally known by Persons in the technology, securities, or financial services industries.

(g)         “Controller” has the meaning given in Article 4 (Definitions) of GDPR and Section 2 of DPL, as applicable.

(h) “Data Supplier” means a supplier of Market Data.

(i) “DPL” means the Cayman Islands Data Protection Law, 2017.

(j)          “GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, the effective date of which is 25 May 2018, including any applicable data protection legislation or regulations supplementing it in those jurisdictions in which relevant Services are provided to Fund or Management by SS&C from time to time.

(k)         “Governing Documents” means the applicable constitutional documents of an entity and, with respect to Fund, all minutes of meetings of the board of directors or analogous governing body and of shareholders meetings, and any offering memorandum, subscription materials and other disclosure documents utilized by Fund in connection with the offering of any of its securities or interests to investors, all as amended from time to time.

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(l)          “Government Authority” means any relevant administrative, judicial, executive, legislative or other governmental or intergovernmental entity, department, agency, commission, board, bureau or court, and any other regulatory or self-regulatory organizations, in any country or jurisdiction.

(m) “Law” means statutes, rules, regulations, interpretations and orders of any Government Authority.

(n)         “Losses” means any and all compensatory, direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary, enhanced or other damages, settlement payments, attorneys’ fees, costs, damages, charges, expenses, interest, applicable taxes or other losses of any kind.

(o)         “Management” means the Fund’s officers, directors, employees, and the investment adviser (currently Portfolio Advisors, LLC) and sub-advisor(s) (if any), as well as any officers, directors, employees, agents of the then current investment adviser and sub-advisor(s) (if applicable) who are responsible for the day to day operations and management of the Fund.

(p)         “Market Data” means third party market and reference data, including pricing, valuation, security master, corporate action and related data.

(q)         “Person” means any natural person or corporate or unincorporated entity or organization and that person’s personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

(r)         “Personal Data” has the meaning given in Article 4 (Definitions) of GDPR and Section 2 of DPL, as applicable.

(s)         “Processor” has the meaning given in Article 4 (Definitions) of GDPR and Section 2 of DPL, as applicable.

(t) “Services” means the services listed in Schedule A.

(u)         “SS&C Associates” means SS&C and each of its Affiliates, members, shareholders, directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, successors or assigns.

(v)         “SS&C Property” means all hardware, software, source code, data, report designs, spreadsheet formulas, information gathering or reporting techniques, know-how, technology and all other property commonly referred to as intellectual property used by SS&C in connection with its performance of the Services.

(w)        “Third Party Claim” means a Claim (i) brought by any Person other than the indemnifying Party or (ii) brought by a Party on behalf of or that could otherwise be asserted by a third party.

1.2.       Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined in this Section 1 shall have the meanings ascribed thereto.

1.3.       Section and Schedule headings shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement includes the schedules and appendices hereto. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such schedules or appendices, the former shall control.

1.4.       Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular. The words “including,” “includes,” “included” and “include”, when used, are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of analogous import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

1.5.       The Parties’ duties and obligations are governed by and limited to the express terms and conditions of this Agreement, and shall not be modified, supplemented, amended or interpreted in accordance with, any industry custom or practice, or any internal policies or procedures of any Party. The Parties have mutually negotiated the terms hereof and there shall be no presumption of law relating to the interpretation of contracts against the drafter.

2. Services and Fees

2.1.       Subject to the terms of this Agreement, SS&C will perform the Services set forth in Schedule A for Fund and, if and to the extent specifically set forth therein, Management. SS&C shall be under no duty or obligation to perform any service except as specifically listed in Schedule A or take any other action except as specifically listed in Schedule A or this Agreement, and no other duties or obligations, including, valuation related, fiduciary or analogous duties or obligations, shall be implied. Fund or Management requests to change the Services, including those necessitated by a change to the Governing Documents of Fund or Management or a change in applicable Law, will only be binding on SS&C when they are reflected in an amendment to Schedule A.

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2.2.       Fund agrees to pay the fees, charges and expenses set forth in the fee letter(s) (a “Fee Letter”), which may be amended from time to time. Each Fee Letter is incorporated by reference into this Agreement and subject to the terms of this Agreement.

2.3.       In carrying out its duties and obligations pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, some or all Services may be delegated by SS&C to one or more of its Affiliates or other Persons (and any required Fund consent to such delegation shall not be unreasonably revoked or withheld in respect of any such delegations), provided that such Persons are selected in good faith and with reasonable care and are monitored by SS&C. If SS&C delegates any Services, (i) such delegation shall not relieve SS&C of its duties and obligations hereunder, (ii) in respect of Personal Data, such delegation shall be subject to a written agreement obliging the delegate to comply with the relevant delegated duties and obligations of SS&C, and (iii) if required by applicable Law, SS&C will identify such agents and the Services delegated and will update Fund when making any material changes in sufficient detail to provide transparency and to enable Fund to object to a particular arrangement. SS&C shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of any delegate.

3. Fund and Management Responsibilities

3.1.        The management and control of Fund are vested exclusively in Fund’s governing body (e.g., the board of directors for a company) and Management, subject to the terms and provisions of Fund’s Governing Documents. Fund’s governing body and Management will make all decisions, perform all management functions relating to the operation of Fund, and Management shall authorize all transactions. Without limiting the foregoing, Management shall:

(a)         Designate qualified individuals to oversee the Services and establish and maintain internal controls, including monitoring the ongoing activities of Fund.

(b)         Review all reports, analyses and records resulting from the Services and promptly inform SS&C of any errors it becomes aware of.

(c)         Provide, or cause to be provided, valuations of Fund’s assets and liabilities in accordance with Fund’s written valuation policies.

(d)         Provide SS&C with timely and accurate information including trading and Fund investor records, valuations and any other items required by SS&C in order to perform the Services and its duties and obligations hereunder.

3.2.       The Services, including any services that involve price comparison to vendors and other sources, model or analytical pricing or any other pricing functions, are provided by SS&C as a support function to Fund and do not limit or modify Fund’s responsibility for determining the value of Fund’s assets and liabilities.

3.3.       Each of Fund and Management is solely and exclusively responsible for ensuring that it complies with Law and its respective Governing Documents. It is Fund’s responsibility to provide all final Fund Governing Documents as of the Effective Date. Fund will notify SS&C in writing of any changes to the Fund Governing Documents that may materially impact the Services and/or that affect Fund’s investment strategy, liquidity or risk profile in any material respect prior to such changes taking effect. SS&C is not responsible for monitoring compliance by Fund or Management with (i) Law, (ii) its respective Governing Documents or (iii) any investment restrictions.

3.4.       In the event that Market Data is supplied to or through SS&C Associates in connection with the Services, the Market Data is proprietary to Data Suppliers and is provided on a limited internal-use license basis. Market Data may: 

(i) only be used by Fund and Management in connection with the Services and (ii) not be disseminated by Fund or Management or used to populate internal systems in lieu of obtaining a data license. Access to and delivery of Market Data is dependent on the Data Suppliers and may be interrupted or discontinued with or without notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither SS&C nor any Data Supplier shall be liable to Fund, Management or any other Person for any Losses with respect to Market Data, reliance by SS&C Associates or Fund on Market Data or the provision of Market Data in connection with this Agreement.

3.5.       Fund shall deliver, and procure that its agents, prime brokers, counterparties, brokers, counsel, advisors, auditors, clearing agents, and any other Persons promptly deliver, to SS&C, all Client Data and the then most current version of all Fund Governing Documents and any agreement between Management and Fund. Fund shall arrange with each such Person to deliver such information and materials on a timely basis, and SS&C will not be required to enter any agreements with that Person in order for SS&C to provide the Services.

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3.6.       Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, so long as they act in good faith SS&C Associates shall be entitled to rely on the authenticity, completeness and accuracy of any and all information and communications of whatever nature received by SS&C Associates in connection with the performance of the Services and SS&C’s duties and obligations hereunder, without further enquiry or liability.

4. Term

4.1.        Subject to the right to terminate in accordance with Section 5.1 below, the initial term of this Agreement will be from the Effective Date through the date ending 2 years following the Effective Date. Thereafter, this Agreement will automatically renew for successive terms of 1 year each unless either SS&C or Fund provides the other Party with a written notice of termination at least 90 calendar days prior to the commencement of any successive term.

5. Termination

5.1.        In addition to termination under Section 4.1, SS&C or Fund also may, by written notice to the other, terminate this Agreement if any of the following events occur:

(a)         The other Party breaches any material term, condition or provision of this Agreement, which breach, if capable of being cured, is not cured within 30 calendar days after the non-breaching Party gives the other Party written notice of such breach.

(b)         The other Party (i) terminates or suspends its business, (ii) becomes insolvent, admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to direct control of a trustee, receiver or analogous authority, (iii) becomes subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous proceeding, (iv) where the other Party becomes subject to a material Action involving fraud or criminal activity that could cause the terminating Party reputational harm, provided that where the other Party is SS&C such material action is specifically with respect to SS&C’s actions or inactions in its capacity as a fund administrator, or (v) where the other Party is Fund, material changes in Fund’s Governing Documents or the assumptions set forth in Section 1 of Fee Letter are determined by SS&C, in its reasonable discretion, to materially affect the Services or to be materially adverse to SS&C.

If any such event occurs, the termination will become effective immediately or on the date stated in the written notice of termination, which date shall not be greater than 90 calendar days after the event.

5.2. Reserved

5.3.        Upon delivery of a termination notice, subject to the receipt by SS&C of all then-due fees, charges and expenses incurred up to the effective date of termination or otherwise owed per the Agreement, SS&C shall continue to provide the Services up to the effective date of the termination notice; thereafter, SS&C shall have no obligation to perform any services of any type unless and to the extent set forth in an amendment to Schedule A executed by SS&C. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, SS&C shall provide exit assistance by promptly supplying requested Client Data to the applicable Fund or Management entity to which the Client Data relate, or any other Person(s) designated by such entities, in formats already prepared in the course of providing the Services; provided that all fees, charges and expenses have been paid, including any minimum fees set forth in the Fee Letter for the balance of the unexpired portion of the Term unless the Agreement is terminated by Fund or Management accordance with 5.1(a) or 13.2. In the event that Fund or Management wishes to retain SS&C to perform additional transition or related post- termination services, including providing data and reports in new formats, the Fund and SS&C shall agree in writing to the additional services and related fees and expenses in an amendment to Schedule A and/or Fee Letter, as appropriate.

5.4.       Termination of this Agreement shall not affect: (i) any liabilities or obligations of any Party arising before such termination (including payment of fees and expenses) or (ii) any damages or other remedies to which a Party may be entitled for breach of this Agreement or otherwise. Sections 2.2., 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement. To the extent any services that are Services are performed by SS&C for Fund or Management after the termination of this Agreement all of the provisions of this Agreement except Schedule A shall survive the termination of this Agreement for so long as those services are performed.

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6. Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

6.1.        Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary SS&C Associates shall not be liable to Fund or Management for any action or inaction of any SS&C Associate except to the extent of direct Losses finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of SS&C in the performance of SS&C’s duties or obligations under this Agreement. Except with respect to all amounts payable by Fund as part of its indemnification obligations under this Section 6, in no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for Losses that are indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary or enhanced or that represent lost profits, opportunity costs or diminution of value. The Fund shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless SS&C Associates from and against Losses (including legal fees and costs to enforce this provision) that SS&C Associates suffer, incur, or pay as a result of any Third Party Claim, except to the extent it is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Losses resulted solely from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of SS&C Associates in the performance of SS&C’s duties or obligations under this Agreement. Any expenses (including legal fees and costs) incurred by SS&C Associates in defending or responding to any Claims (or in enforcing this provision) shall be paid by Fund on a quarterly basis prior to the final disposition of such matter upon receipt by Fund of an undertaking by SS&C to repay such amount if it shall be determined that an SS&C Associate is not entitled to be indemnified. The maximum amount of cumulative liability of SS&C Associates to Fund for Losses arising out of the subject matter of, or in any way related to, this Agreement, except to the extent of Losses resulting solely from the willful misconduct or fraud of SS&C in the performance of SS&C’s duties or obligations under this Agreement, shall not exceed the fees paid by Fund to SS&C under this Agreement for the most recent 24 months immediately preceding the date of the event giving rise to the Claim, or if this Agreement had been effective for less than 24 months, the average monthly fees payable since the Effective Date times 24.

6.2.       Further, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to "as of" adjustments, SS&C will not assume one hundred percent (100%) responsibility for losses resulting from "as ofs" due to clerical errors or misinterpretations of securityholder instructions. SS&C will discuss with the Fund SS&C's accepting liability for an "as of" on a case-by-case basis and will accept financial responsibility for a particular situation resulting in a financial loss to the Fund where such loss is “material”, as hereinafter defined, and, upon review of the totality of the circumstances, and subject to the applicable standard of care and liability limits in the Agreement. A loss is “material” for purposes of this Section when it results in a pricing error on a given day which is (i) greater than a negligible amount per securityholder, (ii) equals or exceeds one ($.01) full cent per share times the number of shares outstanding or (iii) equals or exceeds the product of one-half of one percent (1%) times Fund’s Net Asset Value per share times the number of shares outstanding (or, in case of (ii) or (iii), such other amounts as may be adopted by applicable accounting or regulatory authorities from time to time). Any agreed upon reimbursement by SS&C for its ratable proportion of responsibility will commence with that portion of the loss over one ($0.01) full cent per share calculated on the basis of the total value of all shares owned by the affected portfolio (i.e., on the basis of the value of the shares of the total portfolio, including all classes of that portfolio, not just those of the affected class).

7. Representations and Warranties

7.1. Each Party represents and warrants to each other Party that:

(a)         It is a legal entity duly created, validly existing and in good standing under the Law of the jurisdiction in which it is created, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the failure to be in good standing would have a material adverse effect on its business or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b)         Save for access to and delivery of Market Data that is dependent on Data Suppliers and may be interrupted or discontinued with or without notice, it has all necessary legal power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as it will be conducted pursuant to this Agreement and will comply in all material respects with all Law to which it may be subject, and to the best of its knowledge and belief, it is not subject to any Action that would prevent it from performing its duties and obligations under this Agreement.

(c)         It has all necessary legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the execution of which has been duly authorized and will not violate the terms of any other agreement.

(d)         The Person signing on its behalf has the authority to contractually bind it to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

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7.2.       Management represents and warrants to SS&C that (i) it has actual authority to provide instructions and directions on behalf of Management and Fund and that all such instructions and directions are consistent with the Governing Documents of Fund and Management and other corporate actions thereof; (ii) it is a statutory trust duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as a closed-end management investment company; (iii) it is empowered under applicable laws and by its Declaration of Trust and By-laws (together, the “Organizational Documents”) to enter into and perform this Agreement; (iv) the Board of Trustees of Fund has duly authorized it to enter into and perform this Agreement; and (iv) it will promptly notify SS&C of (1) any Action against it and (2) changes (or pending changes) in applicable Law with respect to Management that are relevant to the Services.

8. Client Data

8.1.        Fund and Management (i) will provide or ensure that other Persons provide all Client Data to SS&C in an electronic format that is acceptable to SS&C (or as otherwise agreed in writing) and (ii) confirm that each has the right to so share such Client Data. As between SS&C and Fund or Management, all Client Data shall remain the property of the applicable Fund or Management entity to which such Client Data relate. Client Data shall not be used or disclosed by SS&C other than in connection with providing the Services and as permitted under Section 11.2. SS&C shall be permitted to act upon instructions from Management with respect to the disclosure or disposition of Client Data related to Fund, but may refuse to act upon such instructions where it doubts, in good faith, the authenticity or authority of such instructions.

8.2.        SS&C shall maintain and store material Client Data used in the official books and records of Fund for a rolling period of 7 years starting from the Effective Date, or such longer period as required by applicable Law or its internal policies.

9. Data Protection

9.1.        From time to time and in connection with the Services, SS&C may obtain access to certain personal data from Fund, Management or from Fund investors and prospective investors and, if applicable, as Processor of the Fund. Personal data relating to Fund, Management and their respective Affiliates, members, shareholders, directors, officers, partners, employees and agents and of Fund investors or prospective investors will be processed by and on behalf of SS&C. The Fund and Management consents to the transmission and processing of such data outside the jurisdiction governing this Agreement in accordance with applicable Law. SS&C only transfers Personal Data to Affiliates that have executed a data transfer agreement containing the European Union model clauses in accordance with GDPR (deemed equivalent in the Cayman Islands for the purpose of DPL).

(a)        If Fund or Management is deemed to be a Controller, as notified by it to SS&C, then: (i) SS&C will comply with its applicable obligations as a Processor under DPL and GDPR, including those requirements set out in Articles 28 (Processor), 29 (Processing under the authority of the controller or processor), 31 (Cooperation with the supervisory authority) and 32 (Security of processing) of GDPR, (ii) SS&C will notify Fund or Management without undue delay after becoming aware of a relevant Personal Data breach and provide reasonable assistance to Fund or Management (as applicable) in its notification of that Personal Data breach to the relevant supervisory authority and those data subjects affected as set out in Articles 33 (Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority) and 34 (Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject) of GDPR and the equivalent provisions of DPL, and (iii) SS&C will not disclose or use Personal Data obtained from or on behalf of Fund or Management except in accordance with the lawful instructions Fund or Management (as applicable), to carry out SS&C’s obligations under, or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of, its agreements with Fund or Management (as applicable) and to comply with applicable Law, including GDPR and DPL.

(b)        If Fund or Management is deemed to be a Controller, as notified by it to SS&C, then it will ensure that all relevant Personal Data subjects for whom SS&C will process Personal Data on their behalf as contemplated by its agreement(s) with them are fully informed concerning such processing, including, where relevant, the processing of such data outside the European Union and the Cayman Islands and if applicable provide GDPR and/or DPL compliant consent.

9.2. Without prejudice to SS&C’s obligations under Section 9.1, SS&C will

(a)        implement and maintain policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to protect against unauthorized access to or use of Fund and Management personal information and Confidential Information maintained by SS&C that could result in material harm or inconvenience to Fund and Management, or Fund investors;

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(b)        SS&C will have its policies and procedures that materially relate to the measures describe in this paragraph tested or evaluated by a third party at least annually.

9.3.       The Fund acknowledges that SS&C intends to develop and offer analytics-based products and services for its customers. In providing such products and services, SS&C will be using consolidated data across all clients, including data of the Fund, and make such consolidated data available to clients of the analytics products and services. The Fund hereby consents to the use by SS&C of Fund Confidential Information (including aggregated and anonymized shareholder information) in the offering of such products and services, and to disclose the results of such analytics services to its customers and other third parties, provided the information will be aggregated, anonymized and may be enriched with external data sources. SS&C will not disclose shareholder names or other personal identifying information, or information specific to or identifying the Fund or any information in a form or manner which could reasonably be utilized to readily determine the identity of the Fund or its shareholders.

10. SS&C Property

10.1.      SS&C Property is and shall remain the property of SS&C or, when applicable, its Affiliates or suppliers. Neither Fund nor Management nor any other Person shall acquire any license or right to use, sell, disclose, or otherwise exploit or benefit in any manner from, any SS&C Property, except as specifically set forth herein. Fund and Management shall not (unless required by Law, regulation, pursuant to legal process or requested by any Government Authority, per Section 11.2) either before or after the termination of this Agreement, disclose to any Person not authorized by SS&C to receive the same, any information concerning the SS&C Property and shall use reasonable efforts to prevent any such disclosure.

11. Confidentiality

11.1.      Each Party shall not at any time disclose to any Person any Confidential Information concerning the business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other Party or its Affiliates, except as permitted by this Section 11.

11.2. Each Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information:

(a) In the case of Fund or Management, to each of its Affiliates, members, shareholders, directors, officers, partners, employees and agents (“Fund Representative”) who need to know such information for the purpose of carrying out its duties under, or receiving the benefits of or enforcing, this Agreement. Fund and Management shall ensure compliance by Fund Representatives with Section 11.1.

(b) In the case of SS&C, to Fund and Management and each SS&C Associate, Fund Representative, investor, Fund or Management bank or broker, Fund or Management counterparty or agent thereof, or payment infrastructure provider who needs to know such information for the purpose of carrying out SS&C’s duties under or enforcing this Agreement. SS&C shall ensure compliance by SS&C Associates with Section 11.1 but shall not be responsible for such compliance by any other Person.

(c) As may be required by Law or pursuant to legal process; provided that the disclosing Party (i) where reasonably practicable and to the extent legally permissible, provides the other Party with prompt written notice of the required disclosure so that the other Party may seek a protective order or take other analogous action, (ii) discloses no more of the other Party’s Confidential Information than reasonably necessary and (iii) reasonably cooperates with actions of the other Party in seeking to protect its Confidential Information at that Party’s expense.

11.3.      Neither Party shall use the other Party’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each Party may retain a record of the other Party’s Confidential Information for the longer of (i) 7 years or (ii) as required by Law or its internal policies.

11.4.      SS&C’s ultimate parent company is subject to U.S. federal and state securities Law and may make disclosures as it deems necessary to comply with such Law. SS&C shall have no obligation to use Confidential Information of, or data obtained with respect to, any other client of SS&C in connection with the Services.

11.5.      Upon the prior written consent of Management, SS&C shall have the right to identify Fund or Management in connection with its marketing-related activities and in its marketing materials as a client of SS&C. Upon the prior written consent of SS&C, Fund or Management shall have the right to identify SS&C and to describe the Services and the material terms of this Agreement in the offering documents of Fund. This Agreement shall not prohibit SS&C from using any Fund or Management data (including Client Data) in tracking and reporting on SS&C’s clients generally or making public statements about such subjects as its business or industry; provided that neither Fund nor Management is named in such public statements without its prior written consent and that any such Fund or Management data or Client Data presented in such public statements is presented on an aggregated and anonymized basis unless otherwise agreed to in advance in writing by Management. If the Services include the distribution by SS&C of notices or statements to investors, SS&C may, upon advance notice to Fund, include reasonable notices describing those terms of this Agreement relating to SS&C and its liability and the limitations thereon; if investor notices are not sent by SS&C but rather by Fund or some other Person, Fund will reasonably cooperate with any request by SS&C to include such notices. Neither Fund nor Management shall, in any communications with any Person, whether oral or written, make any representations stating or implying that SS&C is (i) providing valuations with respect to the securities, products or services of Fund or Management, or verifying any valuations, (ii) verifying the existence of any assets in connection with the investments, products or services of Fund or Management, or (iii) acting as a fiduciary, investment advisor, tax preparer or advisor, custodian or bailee with respect to Fund, Management or any of their respective assets, investors or customers.

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12. Notices

12.1.      Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required or permitted under this Agreement or required by Law shall be effective only if in writing and delivered: (i) personally, (ii) by registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (iii) by receipted prepaid courier, or (iv) by any electronic mail, to the relevant address or number listed below (or to such other address or number as a Party shall hereafter provide by notice to the other Parties). Notices shall be deemed effective when received by the Party to whom notice is required to be given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice sent to either Party shall be deemed effective unless such notice or a copy thereof is sent by e-mail to the email addresses listed below:

If to SS&C:

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000 

Denver, CO 80203

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail: notices@sscinc.com

If to Fund or Management:

MVP Private Markets Fund

c/o Portfolio Advisors, LLC

9 Old Kings Highway South

Darien, Connecticut 06820 

Attention: Daniel Iamiceli, Chief Financial Officer - Funds

Tel: +1 (203) 662-3456 

E-mail: mvpprivatemarkets@portad.com; PAFinance@portad.com; blindberg@portad.com; and legal@portad.com, or to such other address as Fund or Management may designate to SS&C in writing.

13. Miscellaneous

13.1.      Amendment; Modification. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except in writing or via DocuSign and signed by an authorized representative of each Party. No SS&C Associate has authority to bind SS&C in any way to any oral covenant, promise, representation or warranty concerning this Agreement, the Services or otherwise.

13.2.      Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights under this Agreement may be assigned or otherwise transferred by Fund or Management, in whole or in part, whether directly or by operation of Law, without the prior written consent of SS&C, which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, delayed or conditioned. SS&C may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement: (i) to a successor in the event of a change in control of SS&C, (ii) to an Affiliate or (iii) in connection with an assignment or other transfer of a material part of SS&C’s business. Any attempted delegation, transfer or assignment prohibited by this Agreement shall be null and void. If SS&C assigns or otherwise transfers this Agreement to a third-party other than an Affiliate without Fund or Management consent, Fund or Management may terminate this Agreement by written notice to SS&C within 90 days of receiving notice of such assignment or transfer, subject to SS&C’s right within 30 calendar days of such notice to rescind such assignment or transfer.

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13.3.      Choice of Law; Choice of Forum. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by the Law of the State of New York. The courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Claim. Each Party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives to the fullest extent permitted by Law all rights to a trial by jury.

13.4.      Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original. Such counterparts together will constitute one agreement. Signatures may be exchanged via electronic mail and shall be binding to the same extent as if original signatures were exchanged.

13.5.      Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any schedules, attachments, amendments and addenda hereto) contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous communications, representations, understandings and agreements, either oral or written, between the Parties with respect thereto. This Agreement sets out the entire liability of SS&C Associates related to the Services and the subject matter of this Agreement.

13.6.      Force Majeure. No Party will be responsible for any Losses of property in its possession or for any failure to fulfill its duties or obligations hereunder if such Loss or failure is caused, directly or indirectly, by war, terrorist or analogous action, the act of any Government Authority or other authority, riot, civil commotion, rebellion, storm, accident, fire, lockout, strike, power failure, computer error or failure, delay or breakdown in communications or electronic transmission systems, or other analogous events. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the effects on the Services of any such event, including maintaining procedures for safekeeping and security of information relating to the other Party.

13.7.      Non-Exclusivity. The duties and obligations of SS&C hereunder shall not preclude SS&C from providing services of a comparable or different nature to any other Person. Fund and Management understand that SS&C may have relationships with Data Suppliers and providers of technology, data or other services to Fund or Management and SS&C may receive economic or other benefits in connection with the Services provided hereunder.

13.8.      No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or shall be deemed to, constitute a partnership or joint venture of any kind between or among any of the Parties.

13.9.      No Solicitation. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of 3 months thereafter, each Party will directly or indirectly solicit the services of, or otherwise attempt to employ or engage any employee of the other Party or its Affiliates who has been materially involved in the provisions, or receipt and consumption, of the Services without the consent of the other Party; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent a Party from soliciting employees through general advertising not targeted specifically at any or all SS&C Associates or Fund’s or Management’s employees.

13.10.    No Warranties. Except as expressly listed herein, SS&C and each Data Supplier make no warranties, whether express, implied, contractual or statutory with respect to the Services or Market Data. SS&C disclaims all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the Services. All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by Law are, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, excluded from this Agreement.

13.11.    Severance. If any provision (or part thereof) of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the provision shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not practical, the relevant provision shall be deemed deleted. Any such modification or deletion of a provision shall not affect the validity, legality and enforceability of the rest of this Agreement. If a Party gives notice to another Party of the possibility that any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate to amend such provision so that, as amended, it is valid, legal and enforceable and achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.

13.12.    Testimony. If SS&C is required by a third party subpoena or otherwise, to produce documents, testify or provide other evidence regarding the Services, this Agreement or the operations of Fund in any Action to which Fund or Management is a party or otherwise related to Fund or Management, Fund and Management shall reimburse SS&C for all costs and expenses, including the time of its professional staff at SS&C’s standard rates and the cost of legal representation, that SS&C reasonably incurs in connection therewith, except to the extent that such Action, costs or expenses relate to a SS&C Associate’s or a SS&C employee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud or material breach of this Agreement.

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13.13.    Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is entered into for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Parties and will not be interpreted in such a manner as to give rise to or create any rights or benefits of or for any other Person except as set forth with respect to SS&C Associates and Data Suppliers.

13.14.    Waiver. No failure or delay by a Party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by Law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No exercise (or partial exercise) of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

13.15.    Certain Third Party Vendors. Nothing herein shall impose any duty upon SS&C in connection with or make SS&C liable for the actions or omissions to act of the following types of unaffiliated third parties: (a) courier and mail services including but not limited to Airborne Services, Federal Express, UPS and the U.S. Mails, (b) telecommunications companies including but not limited to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and other delivery, telecommunications and other such companies not under the Party’s reasonable control, and (c) third parties not under the Party’s reasonable control or subcontract relationship providing services to the financial industry generally, such as, by way of example and not limitation, the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (processing and settlement services), Broadridge Financial Services (investor communications), Fund custodian banks (custody and fund accounting services) and administrators (blue sky and Fund administration services), Data Suppliers, and national database providers such as Choice Point, Acxiom, TransUnion or Lexis/Nexis and any replacements thereof or similar entities, provided, if SS&C selected such company, SS&C shall have exercised due care in selecting the same. Such third party vendors shall not be deemed, and are not, subcontractors for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no waiver is hereby given under this Section with respect to SS&C’s obligations for data and systems security as provided for under Sections 9.1 and 9.2.

This Agreement has been entered into by the Parties as of the Effective Date. 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.		MVP Private Markets Fund
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
By:	/s/ Ken Fullerton	By:	/s/ Dan Iamiceli
Name:	Ken Fullerton	Name:	Dan Iamiceli
Title:	Authorized Representative	Title:	Treasurer

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Schedule A

Services

A.         General

1. Any references to Law shall be construed to the Law as amended to the date of the effectiveness of the applicable provision referencing the Law.

2. As used in this Schedule A, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them below:

(i) “ACH” shall mean the Automated Clearing House;

(ii) “AML” means anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.

(iii) “Bank” shall mean a nationally or regionally known banking institution;

(iv) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(v) “DTCC” shall mean the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation;

(vi) “investor” or “securityholder” means an equity owner in Fund, whether a shareholder in a company, a partner in a partnership, a unitholder in a trust or otherwise. A “prospective investor” means an applicant to become an investor.

(vii) “IRA” shall mean Individual Retirement Account;

(viii) “NAV” means net asset value.

(ix) “Procedures” shall collectively mean SS&C DST’s transfer agency procedures manual, third party check procedures, checkwriting draft procedures, Compliance + and identity theft programs and signature guarantee procedures;

(x) “Program” shall mean Networking, Fund Serv or other DTCC program;

(xi) “Sales Feed” shall mean a data file in industry standard format sent by a third party; and

(xii) "TA2000 System" shall mean SS&C DST’s TA2000TM computerized data processing system for shareholder accounting.

3. Any references to Law shall be construed to the Law as amended to the date of the effectiveness of the applicable provision referencing the Law.

4. Fund acknowledges that SS&C’s ability to perform the Services is subject to the following dependencies (in addition to any others described in the Agreement):

(i) Fund, Management and other Persons that are not employees or agents of SS&C whose cooperation is reasonably required for the SS&C to provide the Services providing cooperation, information and, as applicable, instructions to SS&C promptly, in agreed formats, by agreed media and within agreed timeframes as required to provide the Services.

(ii) The communications systems operated by Fund and other Persons that are not employees or agents of SS&C remaining fully operational.

(iii) The accuracy and completeness of any Client Data or other information provided to SS&C Associates in connection with the Services by any Person.

(iv) Fund and Management informing SS&C on a timely basis of any modification to, or replacement of, any agreement to which it is a party that is relevant to the provision of the Services.

(v) Any warranty, representation, covenant or undertaking expressly made by Fund or Management under or in connection with this Agreement being and remaining true, correct and discharged at all relevant times.

(vi) SS&C’s timely receipt of the then most current version of Fund Governing Documents and required implementation documentation, including authority certificate, profile questionnaire and accounting preferences, and SS&C Web Portal and other application User information.

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5. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, SS&C ALPS is responsible for providing the services listed under Section B “SS&C ALPS Fund Administration and Accounting Services and Terms” and under Section C “SS&C ALPS CCO and Terms,” while SS&C DST is responsible for providing the services listed under Section D “DST Shareholder Recordkeeping, Transfer Agency and Investor Relations Services and Terms” and Section E “Blue Sky Services.”

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B.          SS&C ALPS Fund Administration and Accounting Services and Terms

The following Services will be performed by SS&C ALPS under this Agreement and, as applicable, are contingent on the performance by Fund of its duties and obligations otherwise contained in this Agreement.

1. Fund Administration

(i) Prepare annual and semi-annual financial statements, utilizing templates for standard layout and printing

(ii) Prepare Forms N-CEN and N-CSR

(iii) File Form N-CEN

(iv) Host annual audits

(v) Prepare required reports for quarterly Board meetings

(vi) Monitor expense ratios

(vii) Maintain budget vs. actual expenses

(viii) Manage fund invoice approval and bill payment process

(ix) Assist with placement of Fidelity Bond and E&O insurance

2. Fund Accounting

(i) Calculate NAVs as required by the Trust and in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), SEC Regulation S-X (or any successor regulation) and the Internal Revenue Code

(ii) Transmit net asset values to the advisor, NASDAQ, Transfer Agent & other third parties

(iii) Reconcile cash & investment balances with the custodian

(iv) Provide data and reports to support preparation of financial statements and filings

(v) Prepare required Fund Accounting records in accordance with the 1940 Act

(vi) Obtain and apply security valuations as directed and determined by the Fund consistent with the Fund’s pricing and valuation policies

(vii) Participate, when requested, in Fair Value Committee meetings as a non-voting member

(viii) Calculate and report monthly SEC standardized total return performance figures

(ix) Coordinate reporting to outside agencies including Morningstar, etc

(x) Prepare Form N-PORT and file with the SEC

3. Legal Administration

(i) Coordinate the preparation and filing of quarterly tender offers, including:

(a) Prepare preliminary draft of Schedule TO tender offer notices and forms

(b) Circulate drafts of documents to Fund, Management and counsel for revisions, comments and final sign off

(c) Upon completion of each tender offer, prepare the initial amendment to Schedule TO; circulate drafts of documents to Fund, Management and counsel for revisions, comments and final sign off

(d) Coordinate the filing process for each item referenced above, as required

(ii) Coordinate annual updates to prospectus and statement of additional information (“SAI”)

(iii) Coordinate standard layout and printing of the prospectus

(iv) File Forms N-CSR and N-PX

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(v) Coordinate EDGARization and filing of SEC documents

(vi) Assist in preparation, compile and distribute quarterly board meeting materials (electronically)

(vii) Attend quarterly board meetings telephonically and prepare first drafts of quarterly meeting minutes

4. Tax Administration

(i) Perform pre-trade analysis on illiquid investments to maintain regulated investment company status of fund

(ii) Calculate dividend and capital gain distribution rates

(iii) Prepare Return of Capital Statement of Position and required tax designations for annual report

(iv) Prepare and coordinate filing of income and excise tax returns

(a) Audit firm to sign all returns as paid preparer

(v) Calculate/monitor book-to-tax differences

(vi) Provide monthly Subchapter M compliance monitoring and reporting including diversification testing analysis and reporting; provide reporting which includes look through to underlying fund investments and portfolio companies (most recent quarterly compliance testing shall be used for the monthly analytical report)¹

(vii) Annual gross income testing, including reporting which includes look through to underlying fund investments and portfolio companies¹

(viii) Provide tax re-allocation data for shareholder 1099 reporting

5. Compliance Administration

(i) Perform monthly prospectus & SAI, SEC investment restriction monitoring

(ii) Provide warning/alert notification with supporting documentation

(iii) Provide quarterly compliance testing certification to Board of Trustees

Subsidiary Services – controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) 

Fund Accounting and Administration

(i) Calculate NAVs daily for the CFC

(ii) Apply daily NAVs and distributions to the CFC from Fund

(iii) Apply daily capital stock transactions and/or cash flows as directed by the adviser

(iv) Account for investments in Fund as directed by the adviser

(v) Accrue CFC expenses as directed by the adviser

¹ Management is responsible for providing the look through of private investments in order for SS&C ALPS to perform testing.

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(vi) Account for estimated or actual tax liability (if applicable) as directed by the adviser and/or tax agent (Fund’s tax agent responsible for preparation any CFC tax returns)

(vii) Reconcile cash, investment balances and shares outstanding with the custodian

(viii) Transmit NAVs to the adviser

(ix) Provide data, reports and trial balance to support preparation of financial statements

(x) Auditor coordination

C.          SS&C ALPS CCO Services and Terms

1. Within this Section C, the following definitions will apply:

(i) “Federal Securities Laws” shall mean the definition as put forth in Rule 38a-1, specifically the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Title V of the Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act, any SEC rules adopted under any of the foregoing laws, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to registered investment companies, and any rules adopted thereunder by the SEC or the Department of Treasury.

(ii) “Material Compliance Matter” shall mean “any compliance matter about which the Fund’s board would reasonably need to know to oversee fund compliance,” which involves any of the following (without limitation): (i) a violation of Federal Securities Laws by the Fund or its service providers (or officers, directors, employees or agents thereof) (ii) a violation of the Compliance Program of the Fund, or the written compliance policies and procedures of its service providers; or (iii) a weakness in the design or implementation of the Compliance Program policies and procedures of the Fund, or the written compliance policies and procedures of the service providers to the Fund.

(iii) “Rule 38a-1” shall mean Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act

2. All Services described in this Section C (the “CCO Services”) are optional and only apply upon the request of Fund that SS&C ALPS provide such CCO Services and the written acceptance of such request by SS&C ALPS. SS&C ALPS requires 120 days’ notice prior to commencement of provision of such CCO Services, which time period may be reduced upon mutual agreement. The Board of Trustees of the Fund may terminate the provision of CCO Services on 120 days written notice to SS&C ALPS. All CCO Services fees described in Fee Letter will continue until the later of 120 days from the receipt of such termination notice or the date that the SS&C ALPS employee no longer serves as the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. SS&C ALPS shall designate, subject to the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, one of its own employees to serve as Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund within the meaning of Rule 38a-1 (such individual, the “CCO”). The CCO shall render to the Fund such advice and services as are required to be performed by a CCO under Rule 38a-1 and as are set forth as follows:

(i) Review of Compliance Program. The CCO shall, with the assistance of the Fund, review and revise, where necessary, the written compliance policies and procedures (the “Compliance Program”) of the Fund, which shall address compliance with, and be reasonably designed to prevent violation of, “Federal Securities Laws.” In addition to provisions of Federal Securities Laws that apply to the Fund, the Compliance Program will be revised, where necessary, to address compliance with, and ensure that it is reasonably designed to prevent violation of, the Fund’s charter and by-laws and all exemptive orders, no-action letters and other regulatory relief received by the Fund from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and Financial Industry Regulatory Association, Inc. (the “FINRA”) (all such items collectively, “Regulatory Relief”); provided, however, that the Compliance Program shall address only that Regulatory Relief afforded the Service Providers or the Fund or relevant to compliance by the Service Providers or the Fund, and shall not address the terms by which other parties may receive the benefits of any Regulatory Relief.

(i) Administration of Compliance Program. The CCO shall administer and enforce the Fund’s Compliance Program. The CCO shall consult with the Board of Trustees and the Fund’s officers as necessary to amend, update and revise the Compliance Program as necessary, but no less frequently than annually (if required).

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(ii) Oversight of Service Providers. The CCO is responsible for overseeing, on behalf of the Fund, adherence to the written compliance policies and procedures of the Fund’s service providers, including the Fund, its investment adviser (and sub-adviser, if applicable), the distributor, the administrator, and the transfer agent (the “Service Providers”). In furtherance of this duty:

(a) The CCO shall obtain and review the written compliance policies and procedures of the Service Providers or summaries of such policies that have been drafted by someone familiar with them.

(b) The CCO shall monitor the Service Providers’ compliance with their own written compliance policies and procedures, Federal Securities Laws and the Fund’s Indenture and Regulatory Relief. In so doing, the CCO shall interact with representatives of the Service Providers as appropriate.

(c) The CCO shall attempt to obtain the following representations from each Service Provider and, if it fails to obtain such representations, shall report this fact to the Fund:

a. In connection with the documentation of its written policies and procedures governing the provision of its services to the relevant Fund, the Service Provider has prepared and delivered to the Fund a summary of core services that it provides to the Fund or, if no such summary is available, that it has delivered to the Fund copies of the relevant policies and procedures.

b. The Service Provider will provide to the Fund and the CCO any revisions to its written compliance policies and procedures on at least an annual basis, or more frequently in the event of a material revision.

c. The Service Provider’s written compliance policies and procedures have been reasonably designed to prevent, detect and correct violations of the applicable Federal Securities Laws and critical functions related to the services performed by Service Provider pursuant to the applicable agreement between the Service Provider and the Fund.

d. The Service Provider has established monitoring procedures, and shall review, no less frequently than annually, the adequacy and effectiveness of its written compliance policies and procedures to check that they are reasonably designed to prevent, detect and correct violations of those applicable Federal Securities Laws and critical functions related to the services performed by the Service Provider pursuant to the applicable agreement between the Service Provider and the Fund.

(iii) Annual Review. Rule 38a-1 requires that, at least annually, the Fund review its Compliance Program and that of its Service Providers and the effectiveness of their respective implementations (the “Annual Review”). The CCO shall perform the Annual Review for the Fund. The first Annual Review shall be completed no later than the regularly scheduled Board meeting following one year after the commencement of the CCO Services.

(iv) Attendance of Board Meetings; Reports to the Fund’s Board; Escalation

(a) The CCO shall attend up to four board meetings per year, including one in person or as agreed upon by the Board of Trustees and CCO.

(b) The CCO shall make regular reports to the Board of Trustees of the Fund regarding its administration and enforcement of the Compliance Program. These regular reports shall address compliance by the Fund and the Service Providers and such other matters as the Board of Trustees of the Fund may reasonably request.

(c) In addition, at least annually, the CCO shall submit a written report to the Board of Trustees of the Fund addressing the following issues:

a. the operation of the Compliance Program, and the written compliance policies and procedures of the Service Providers;

b. any material changes made to the Compliance Program since the date of the last report;

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c. any material changes to the Compliance Program recommended as a result of the Annual Review; and

d. each “Material Compliance Matter” that occurred since the date of the last report.

(d) This written report shall be based on the Annual Review. The first written report shall be presented to the Board of Trustees of the Fund no later than 90 days after the date of the first Annual Review.

(e) The CCO shall report any Material Compliance Matters to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly.

(v) Recordkeeping. The CCO expects to rely on the Fund or its Service Providers, as applicable, to maintain and preserve records. The CCO will determine that the Service Provider has policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that the Fund records will be maintained in accordance with the Fund’s recordkeeping policy and applicable law, including provisions requiring that any material violation of the Fund’s recordkeeping policy and/or applicable law by the service provider be promptly reported to the CCO.

(vi) Meeting with Regulators. The CCO shall meet with, and reply to inquiries from, the SEC, the Fund and other legal and regulatory authorities with responsibility for administering Federal Securities Laws as necessary or as reasonably requested by Fund or the Board.

4. The parties agree that only employees of SS&C ALPS and its Affiliates shall act as CCO or otherwise perform services to the Fund under this Agreement unless otherwise agreed to by the Fund. Notwithstanding his/her other duties for SS&C ALPS or any other investment company, the CCO shall perform the Services in a professional manner and shall devote appropriate time, energies and skill to the Services. Fund acknowledges that other employees of SS&C ALPS and its Affiliates will assist the CCO in the performance of his/her duties hereunder.

5. For clarity, the Fund shall reimburse, or shall cause the Fund to reimburse, SS&C ALPS for all reasonable expenses (including travel expenses for attendance at in-person board meetings) and other out-of-pocket disbursements incurred by SS&C ALPS in connection with the performance of SS&C ALPS’ or the CCO’s duties hereunder.

6. Fund shall cooperate in good faith with SS&C ALPS and the CCO in order to assist in the performance of the Services. In furtherance of this agreement to cooperate, Fund shall make those of its and its Affiliates’ and Service Providers’, officers, employees, outside counsel and others as may be reasonable related to the Services available for consultation with SS&C ALPS and the CCO, in each case as SS&C ALPS or the CCO may reasonably request. Fund shall provide SS&C ALPS and the CCO with the names of appropriate contact people at the Service Providers and shall otherwise assist SS&C ALPS and the CCO in obtaining the cooperation of the Service Providers. Fund shall provide SS&C ALPS and the CCO with such books and records regarding the Fund as SS&C ALPS and the CCO may reasonably request.

Notes and Terms to SS&C ALPS Services

1. SS&C ALPS agrees to maintain at all times a program reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws (as defined in Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act) with respect to the services provided hereunder, and shall provide to the Fund a certification to such effect no less frequently than annually or as otherwise reasonably requested by the Fund. SS&C ALPS shall make available its compliance personnel and shall provide at its own expense summaries and other relevant materials relating to such program as reasonably requested by the Fund.

2. Portfolio compliance with: (i) the investment objective and certain policies and restrictions as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus and SAI, as applicable; and (ii) certain SEC rules and regulations (collectively, “Portfolio Compliance”) is required daily and is the responsibility of the Fund or its Management, as applicable. SS&C ALPS will perform Portfolio Compliance testing (post-trade, daily on a T+2 basis) to test the Fund’s Portfolio Compliance (the “Portfolio Compliance Testing”). The frequency and nature of the Portfolio Compliance Testing and the methodology and process in accordance with which the Portfolio Compliance Testing are conducted, are mutually agreed to between SS&C ALPS and Management. SS&C ALPS will report violations, if any, to Management and as promptly as practicable following discovery.

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3. SS&C ALPS independently tests Portfolio Compliance based upon information contained in the source reports received by SS&C ALPS’ fund accounting department and supplemental data from certain third-party sources. As such, Portfolio Compliance Testing performed by SS&C ALPS is limited by the information contained in the fund accounting source reports and supplemental data from third-party sources. Management agrees and acknowledges that SS&C ALPS’ performance of the Portfolio Compliance Testing shall not relieve the Fund or its Management of their primary day- to-day responsibility for assuring such Portfolio Compliance, including on a pre-trade basis, and SS&C ALPS shall not be held liable for any act or omission of the Fund or its Management (or any other Party) as applicable, with respect to Portfolio Compliance.

4. The Fund acknowledges that SS&C ALPS may rely on and shall have no responsibility to validate the existence of assets reported by the Fund, its Management, the Fund’s custodian or other Fund service provider, other than SS&C ALPS’ completion of a reconciliation of the assets reported by the Partiers or as otherwise provided for under this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided for herein, the Fund acknowledges that it is the sole responsibility of the Fund to validate the existence of assets reported to SS&C ALPS. SS&C ALPS may rely, and has no duty to investigate the representations of the Fund, its Management, the Fund’s custodian or other Fund service provider.

5. SS&C ALPS shall utilize one or more pricing services, as directed by the Fund. The Fund shall identify in writing to SS&C ALPS the pricing service(s) to be utilized on behalf of the Fund. For those securities where prices are not provided by the pricing service(s), the Fund shall approve the method for determining the fair value of such securities and shall determine or obtain the valuation of the securities in accordance with such method and shall deliver to SS&C ALPS the resulting price(s). In the event the Fund desires to provide a price that varies from the price provided by the pricing service(s), the Fund shall promptly notify and supply SS&C ALPS with the valuation of any such security on each valuation date. All pricing changes made by the Fund will be provided to SS&C ALPS in writing or e-mail and must specifically identify the securities to be changed by security identifier, name of security, new price or rate to be applied, and, if applicable, the time period for which the new price(s) is/are effective.

D. SS&C DST Shareholder Recordkeeping, Transfer Agency and Investor Relations Services and Terms

1. SS&C DST utilizing the TA2000 System will perform the following services:

(i) issue, transfer and redeem book entry shares or cancelling share certificates as applicable;

(ii) maintain shareholder accounts on the records of the Fund on the TA2000 System in accordance with the instructions and information received by SS&C DST from the Fund, the Fund's distributor, manager or managing dealer, the Fund's investment adviser, the Fund’s sponsor, the Fund’s custodian, or the Fund’s administrator and any other person whom the Fund names on Schedule B (each an “Authorized Person”), broker-dealers or shareholders;

(iii) when and if the Fund participates in the DTCC, and to the extent SS&C DST supports the functionality of the applicable DTCC program:

(a) accept and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through the Program and the purchase, redemption, exchange and transfer of shares in such accounts through systems or applications offered via the Program in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by SS&C DST by transmission from DTCC on behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or in accordance with the instructions of, an Authorized Person, on the Dealer File maintained by SS&C DST,

(b) issue instructions to the Funds’ banks for the settlement of transactions between the Funds and DTCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants),

(c) provide account and transaction information from the Fund’s records on TA2000 in accordance with the applicable Program’s rules, and

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(d) maintain shareholder accounts on TA2000 through the Programs;

(iv) provide transaction journals;

(v) once annually prepare shareholder meeting lists for use in connection with the annual meeting;

(vi) Withhold, as required by federal law, taxes on securityholder accounts, perform and pay backup withholding as required for all securityholders, and prepare, file and provide, in electronic format, the applicable U.S. Treasury Department information returns or K-1 data file, as applicable, to Fund’s vendor of choice.

(vii) disburse income dividends and capital gains distributions to shareholders and record reinvestment of dividends and distributions in shares of the Fund;

(viii) prepare and provide, in electronic format, to Fund’s print vendor of choice:

(a) confirmation forms for shareholders for all purchases and liquidations of shares of the Fund and other confirmable transactions in shareholders' accounts,

(b) copies of shareholder statements, and

(c) shareholder reports and prospectuses provided by the Fund;

(ix) provide or make available on-line daily and monthly reports as provided by the TA2000 System and as requested by the Fund or Management;

(x) maintain those records necessary to carry out SS&C DST's duties hereunder, including all information reasonably required by the Fund to account for all transactions on TA2000 in the Fund shares;

(xi) calculate the appropriate sales charge, if applicable and supported by TA2000, with respect to each purchase of the Fund shares as instructed by an Authorized Person, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to the dealer participating in a sale in accordance with schedules and instructions delivered to SS&C DST by the Fund's managing dealer or distributor or any other Authorized Person from time to time, disbursing dealer commissions collected to such dealers, determining the portion of each sales charge payable to such managing dealer and disbursing such commissions to the managing dealer;

(xii) receive correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new shareholder account, processing such correspondence for proper recordkeeping, and responding to shareholder correspondence;

(xiii) arrange the mailing to dealers of confirmations of wire order trades;

(xiv) process, generally on the date of receipt, purchases, redemptions, , or instructions, as applicable, to settle any mail or wire order purchases, redemptions received in proper order as set forth in the prospectus, and reject any requests not received in proper order (as defined by an Authorized Person or the Procedures as hereinafter defined);

(xv) if the Fund is a registered product, provide to the person designated by an Authorized Person the daily Blue Sky reports generated by the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Fund on TA2000. For clarification, with respect to obligations, the Fund is responsible for any registration or filing with a federal or state government body or obtaining approval from such body required for the sale of shares of the Fund in each jurisdiction in which it is sold. SS&C DST’s sole obligation is to provide the Fund access to the Blue Sky module of TA2000 with respect to purchases of shares of the Fund on TA2000. It is the Fund’s responsibility to validate that the Blue Sky module settings are accurate and complete and to validate the output produced thereby and other applicable reports provided by SS&C DST, to ensure accuracy. SS&C DST is not responsible in any way for claims that the sale of shares of the Fund violated any such requirement (unless such violation results from a failure of the SS&C DST Blue Sky module to notify the Fund that such sales do not comply with the parameters set by the Fund for sales to residents of a given state);

(xvi) provide to the Fund escheatment reports as requested by an Authorized Person with respect to the status of accounts and outstanding checks on TA2000;

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(xvii) as mutually agreed upon by the parties as to the service scope and fees, answer telephone inquiries during mutually agreed upon times, each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. SS&C DST shall answer and respond to inquiries from existing shareholders, prospective shareholders of the Fund and broker-dealers on behalf of such shareholders in accordance with the telephone scripts provided by the Fund to SS&C DST, such inquiries may include requests for information on account set-up and maintenance, general questions regarding the operation of the Fund, general account information including dates of purchases, redemptions, exchanges and account balances, requests for account access instructions and literature requests;

(xviii) support Fund repurchase offers, including but not limited to: assistance with shareholder communication plan; coordination of repurchase offer materials; establishment of informational website; receipt, review and reconciliation of letters of transmittal; daily tracking, reconciliation and reporting of shares tendered; and issuing tax forms.

(xix) in order to assist the Fund with the Fund’s anti-money laundering responsibilities under applicable anti-money laundering laws, SS&C DST offers certain risk-based shareholder activity monitoring tools and procedures that are reasonably designed to: (i) promote the detection and reporting of potential money laundering activities; and (ii) assist in the verification of persons opening accounts with the Fund. If the Fund elects to have SS&C DST implement the anti-money laundering procedures and delegate the day-to-day operation of such anti-money laundering procedures to SS&C DST, the parties will agree to upon the applicable fees and the service scope and execute the attached appendix (“Appendix I” entitled “AML Delegation”) which may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the parties;

(xx) as mutually agreed upon by the Parties as to the service scope and fees, provide any additional related services (i.e., pertaining to escheatments, abandoned property, garnishment orders, bankruptcy and divorce proceedings, Internal Revenue Service or state tax authority tax levies and summonses and all matters relating to the foregoing); and

(xxi) upon request of the Fund and mutual agreement between the Parties as to the scope and any applicable fees, SS&C DST may provide additional services to the Fund under the terms of this Schedule and the Agreement. Such services and fees shall be set forth in writing and may be added by an amendment to, or as a statement of work under, this Schedule or the Agreement.

2. At the request of an Authorized Person, SS&C DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the services set forth in this Schedule A in connection with transactions (i) the processing of which transactions require SS&C DST to use methods and procedures other than those usually employed by SS&C DST to perform shareholder servicing agent services, (ii) involving the provision of information to SS&C DST after the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000 System or (iii) which require more manual intervention by SS&C DST, either in the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports generated by the TA2000 System than is usually required by normal transactions.

3. SS&C DST shall use reasonable efforts to provide the same services with respect to any new, additional functions or features or any changes or improvements to existing functions or features as provided for in the Fund's instructions, prospectus or application as amended from time to time, for the Fund, provided SS&C DST is advised in advance by the Fund of any changes therein and the TA2000 System and the mode of operations utilized by SS&C DST as then constituted supports such additional functions and features. If any new, additional function or feature or change or improvement to existing functions or features or new service or mode of operation measurably increases SS&C DST's cost of performing the services required hereunder at the current level of service, SS&C DST shall advise the Fund of the amount of such increase and if the Fund elects to utilize such function, feature or service, SS&C DST shall be entitled to increase its fees by the amount of the increase in costs.

4. The Fund acknowledges that SS&C DST is currently using, and will continue to use, SS&C Affiliates to assist with software development and support projects for SS&C DST and/or for the Fund. As part of such support, the Fund acknowledges that such SS&C Affiliates may access the Fund Confidential Information including, but not limited to, personally identifiable shareholder information (shareholder name, address, social security number, account number, etc.).

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5. The Fund shall add all new funds to the TA2000 System upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to SS&C DST provided that the requirements of the new funds are generally consistent with services then being provided by SS&C DST under the Agreement. If less than 60 days’ prior notice is provided by the Fund, additional ‘rush’ fees may be applied by SS&C DST. Rates or charges for additional funds shall be as set forth in Fee Letter for the remainder of the contract term except as such funds use functions, features or characteristics for which SS&C DST has imposed an additional charge as part of its standard pricing schedule. In the latter event, rates and charges shall be in accordance with SS&C DST's then-standard pricing schedule.

6. The parties agree that to the extent that SS&C DST provides any services under the Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Code (or any other applicable tax law), it is the parties’ mutual intent that SS&C DST will provide only printing, reproducing, and other mechanical assistance to the Fund and that SS&C DST will not make any judgments or exercise any discretion of any kind. The Fund agrees that it will provide express and comprehensive instructions to SS&C DST in connection with all of the services that are to be provided by SS&C DST under the Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Code (or any other applicable tax law), including providing responses to requests for direction that may be made from time to time by SS&C DST of the Fund in this regard.

7. The Fund instructs and authorizes SS&C DST to provide the services as set forth in the Agreement in connection with transactions on behalf of certain IRAs featuring the funds made available by the Fund. The Fund acknowledges and agrees that as part of such services, SS&C DST will act as service provider to the custodian for such IRAs.

8. Upon receipt of the Fund’s written request, SS&C DST shall provide transmissions of shareholder activity to the print vendor selected by the Fund.

9. Shares of stock will be transferred in accordance with the instructions of the shareholders and, upon receipt of the Fund’s instructions that shares of stock be redeemed and funds remitted therefor, such redemptions will be accomplished and payments dispatched provided the shareholder instructions are deemed by SS&C DST to be duly authorized. SS&C DST reserves the right to refuse to transfer, exchange, sell or redeem shares as applicable, until it is satisfied that the request is authorized, or instructed by the Fund.

10. Changes and Modifications.

(i) SS&C DST shall have the right, at any time, to modify any systems, programs, procedures or facilities used in performing its obligations hereunder; provided that the Fund will be notified as promptly as possible prior to implementation of such modifications and that no such modification or deletion shall materially adversely change or affect the operations and procedures of the Fund in using the TA2000 System hereunder, the Services or the quality thereof, or the reports to be generated by such system and facilities hereunder, unless the Fund is given thirty (30) days’ prior notice to allow the Fund to change its procedures and SS&C DST provides the Fund with revised operating procedures and controls.

(ii) All enhancements, improvements, changes, modifications or new features added to the TA2000 System however developed or paid for, including, without limitation, Client Requested Software (collectively, “Deliverables”), shall be, and shall remain, the confidential and exclusive property of, and proprietary to, SS&C DST. The parties recognize that during the Term of this Agreement the Fund will disclose to SS&C DST Confidential Information and SS&C DST may partly rely on such Confidential Information to design, structure or develop one or more Deliverables. Provided that, as developed, such Deliverable(s) contain no Confidential Information that identifies the Fund or any of its investors or which could reasonably be expected to be used to readily determine such identity, (i) the Fund hereby consents to SS&C DST’s use of such Confidential Information to design, to structure or to determine the scope of such Deliverable(s) or to incorporate into such Deliverable(s) and that any such Deliverable(s), regardless of who paid for it, shall be, and shall remain, the sole and exclusive property of SS&C DST and (ii) the Fund hereby grants SS&C DST a perpetual, nonexclusive license to incorporate and retain in such Deliverable(s) Confidential Information of the Fund. All Confidential Information of the Fund shall be and shall remain the property of the Fund.

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11. Fund Obligations.

(i) The Fund agrees to use its reasonable efforts to deliver to SS&C DST in Kansas City, Missouri, as soon as they are available, all of its shareholder account records.

(ii) The Fund will provide SS&C DST written notice of any change in Authorized Personnel as set forth on Schedule B.

(iii) The Fund will notify SS&C DST of material changes to its Articles of Incorporation, Declaration of Trust, Bylaws or similar governing document (e.g. in the case of recapitalization) that impacts the services provided by SS&C DST under the Agreement.

(iv) If at any time the Fund receives notice or becomes aware of any stop order or other proceeding in any such state affecting such registration or the sale of the Fund's shares, or of any stop order or other proceeding under the federal securities laws affecting the sale of the Fund's shares, the Fund or Sponsor will give prompt notice thereof to SS&C DST.

(v) The Fund shall not enter into one or more omnibus, third-party sub-agency or sub accounting agreements with (i) unaffiliated third-party broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries who have a distribution agreement with the Fund or (ii) third party administrators of group retirement or annuity plans, unless the Fund either (1) provides SS&C DST with a minimum of 12 months’ notice before the accounts are deconverted from SS&C DST, or (2), if 12 months’ notice is not possible, Fund shall compensate SS&C DST by paying a one-time termination fee equal to $0.10 per deconverted account per month for every month short of the 12 months’ notice in connection with each such deconversion.

12. Compliance.

(i) SS&C DST shall perform the services under this Schedule A in conformance with SS&C DST's present procedures as set forth in its Procedures with such changes or deviations therefrom as may be from time to time required or approved by the Fund, its investment adviser or managing dealer, or its or SS&C DST's counsel and the rejection of orders or instructions not in good order in accordance with the applicable prospectus or the Procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SS&C DST’s obligations shall be solely as are set forth in this Schedule and any of other obligations of the Fund under applicable law that SS&C DST has not agreed to perform on the Fund’s behalf under this Schedule or the Agreement shall remain the Fund’s sole obligation..

13. Bank Accounts.

(i) SS&C DST, acting as agent for the Fund, is authorized (1) to establish in the name of, and to maintain on behalf of, the Fund, on the usual terms and conditions prevalent in the industry, including limits or caps (based on fees paid over some period of time or a flat amount, as required by the affected Bank on the maximum liability of such Banks into which SS&C DST shall deposit the funds SS&C DST receives for payment of dividends, distributions, purchases of Fund shares, redemptions of Fund shares, commissions, corporate re-organizations (including recapitalizations or liquidations) or any other disbursements made by SS&C DST on behalf of the Fund provided for in this Schedule A, (2) to draw checks upon such accounts, to issue orders or instructions to the Bank for the payment out of such accounts as necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which such funds were provided to SS&C DST, and (3) to establish, to implement and to transact Fund business through ACH, draft processing, wire transfer and any other banking relationships, arrangements and agreements with such Bank as are necessary or appropriate to fulfill SS&C DST’s obligations under the Agreement. SS&C DST, acting as agent for the Fund, is also hereby authorized to execute on behalf and in the name of the Fund, on the usual terms and conditions prevalent in the industry, including limits or caps (based on fees paid over some period of time or a flat amount, as required by the affected Bank) on the maximum liability of such Banks, agreements with banks for ACH, wire transfer, draft processing services, as well as any other services which are necessary or appropriate for SS&C DST to utilize to accomplish the purposes of this Schedule. In each of the foregoing situations the Fund shall be liable on such agreements with the Bank as if it itself had executed the agreement.

(ii) SS&C DST is authorized and directed to stop payment of checks theretofore issued hereunder, but not presented for payment, when the payees thereof allege either that they have not received the checks or that such checks have been mislaid, lost, stolen, destroyed or through no fault of theirs, are otherwise beyond their control, and cannot be produced by them for presentation and collection, and, to issue and deliver duplicate checks in replacement thereof.

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14. Records. SS&C DST will maintain customary transfer agent records in connection with its agency in accordance with the transfer agent recordkeeping requirements under the 1934 Act, and particularly will maintain those records required to be maintained pursuant to subparagraph (2) (iv) of paragraph (b) of Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, if any. Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, the records to be maintained and preserved by SS&C DST on the TA2000 System under the Agreement shall be maintained and preserved in accordance with the following:

(i) Annual purges by August 31: SS&C DST and the Fund shall mutually agree upon a date for the annual purge of the appropriate history transactions from the Transaction History (A88) file for accounts (both regular and tax advantaged accounts) that were open as of January 1 of the current year, such purge to be complete no later than August 31. Purges completed after this date will subject the Fund to the Aged History Retention fees set forth in the Fee Schedule attached hereto as Fee Letter.

(ii) Purge criteria: In order to avoid the Aged History Retention fees, history data for regular or ordinary accounts (that is, non-tax advantaged accounts) must be purged if the confirmation date of the history transaction is prior to January 1 of the current year and history data for tax advantaged accounts (retirement and educational savings accounts) must be purged if the confirmation date of the history transaction is prior to January 1 of the prior year. All purged history information shall be retained on magnetic tape for seven (7) years.

(iii) Purged history retention options (entail an additional fee): For the additional fees set forth on the Fee Schedule attached hereto as Fee Letter, or as otherwise mutually agreed, then Fund may choose (i) to place purged history information on the Purged Transaction History (A19) table or (ii) to retain history information on the Transaction History (A88) file beyond the timeframes defined above. Retaining information on the A19 table allows for viewing of this data through online facilities and E-Commerce applications. This database does not support those histories being printed on statements and reports and is not available for on request job executions.

15. Disposition of Books, Records and Canceled Certificates. SS&C DST may send periodically to the Fund, or to where designated by the Fund, all books, documents, and all records no longer deemed needed for current purposes, upon the understanding that such books, documents, and records will be maintained by the Fund under and in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal securities laws. Such materials will not be destroyed by the Fund without the consent of SS&C DST (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), but will be safely stored for possible future reference.

E.         Blue Sky Services

1. Management Responsibilities. In connection with the provision of the Services by SS&C DST, Management shall:

(i) Identify the states and territories where the Fund’s shares will be offered for sale;

(ii) Determine the availability of any exemptions under a jurisdiction’s Blue Sky laws with the assistance of SS&C DST;

(iii) Work with SS&C DST to identify what systematic exemptions will be taken by the Fund and coded on the Fund’s Transfer Agent’s system;

(iv) Provide written instructions in SS&C DST’ standard format to implement systematic exemptions and exclusions from reporting where practicable on the Fund’s Transfer Agent system or the SS&C DST Blue Sky software system;

(v) Provide written instructions to SS&C DST to remove current permit period sales from SS&C DST’ Blue Sky software database upon determination that such sales qualify for exemptions or exclusion from reporting to the applicable states where registration fees are based on sales;

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(vi) Facilitate the issuance of a limited power of attorney in favor of SS&C DST in the form set forth in Appendix I to Schedule A to this Agreement in order that SS&C DST may submit Notice Filings and other filings required by the states and territories and payments with respect thereto on behalf of the Fund;

(vii) To the extent Management is notified by an intermediary of new sales data feeds, notify SS&C DST in writing of any changes to or additions of Blue Sky sales data feeds and work with SS&C DST to facilitate the necessary updates;

(viii) Serve as liaison with the Fund to facilitate the transmission of wire transfers for payment by the Fund for invoiced state fees as needed; and

(ix) Provide written instruction detailing action to be taken upon receipt of written notification from SS&C DST that a direct broker Blue Sky sales feed is available for activation.

2. SS&C DST Responsibilities. Upon request and with at least 60 days’ prior written notice by Management, with respect to a particular Fund, SS&C DST will provide Management with Blue Sky services, which will include the following:

(i) File Initial Notice Filings, as applicable, in all states and territories in which the Fund’s shares will be offered, in the form of and as required by the applicable laws of the states and territories;

(ii) File the Fund’s renewals and amendments to reflect name changes, terminations, domicile changes, issuer address changes, fiscal year end changes, distributor changes, as applicable, in all states and territories in which the Fund’s shares will be offered, in the form of and as required by the applicable laws of the states and territories;

(iii) File the Fund’s sales reports to the extent required by applicable law, in the form of and as required by the applicable laws of the states and territories;

(iv) Invoice the Fund for fees owed to each state in accordance with procedures agreed upon in writing by Fund and SS&C DST;

(v) At the direction of Management, make payments, at the expense of the Fund, of Notice Filing fees;

(vi) File the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and any amendments and supplements thereto to the extent required by the applicable laws of the states and territories;

(vii) File annual reports to the extent required by the applicable laws of the states and territories;

(viii) File all necessary notices to permit the Fund (or class of the Fund, as applicable) that is eligible for reduced fees applicable to money market funds or otherwise to qualify for reduced fees in a state or territory;

(ix) File all correspondence and related documentation so as to provide notice of the Fund’s intent to take exemptions if such notice is required by the state or territory in order to permit the Fund to utilize such exemptions;

(x) Advise Management prior to communicating with the states and territories regarding any sales in excess of the registered amount for a permit so the Fund can advise in writing the action to be taken;

(xi) Provide Management information regarding the Sales to Existing Shareholders Exemptions and the Institutional Investor Exemptions available in the states and territories;

(xii) Include in sales report filings, all sales reported to SS&C DST via (i) transfer agency Blue Sky sales feed and; (ii) broker Blue Sky sales feeds, including, without limitation, feeds that (a) were transferred as part of the conversion from the Fund’s prior Blue Sky vendor, or (b) confirmed in writing by Management to be activated, less any exempt sales that the Fund has directed SS&C DST in writing to remove prior to such filing.

(xiii) At the direction of the Fund, serve as liaison between the Fund and the applicable Blue Sky jurisdiction:

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(xiv) Provide information concerning Blue Sky reporting requirements and mutual fund industry Blue Sky reporting practices including utilization of exemptions and intermediary data feeds;

(xv) Conduct annual due diligence reviews;

(xvi) In the event that SS&C DST becomes aware of the sale of the Fund’s shares in a jurisdiction in which no Notice Filing has been made, SS&C DST shall report such information to Management and Management shall instruct SS&C DST with respect to the corrective action to be taken;

(xvii) File all additional amendments to increase registered amounts in accordance with agreed upon procedures in all states and territories in which the Fund’s shares will be offered, in the form of and as required by the applicable laws of the states and territories; and

(xviii) Perform such additional services as SS&C DST and Management may agree upon in writing and added to this Agreement by amendment.

F. Report Modernization Terms and Conditions

In addition to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the below terms and conditions apply to the provision of the following Services (the listed Services known as “Modern Data Services”):

● Preparation and Filing of Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN

1. In connection with completion of the Modern Data Services, Market Data may be supplied to the Fund through an SS&C ALPS Associate(s) or directly by a Data Supplier (for the purposes of this appendix, Data Supplier shall include the Data Supplier’s third party suppliers). Any Market Data being provided to the Fund by SS&C ALPS or a Data Supplier is being supplied for the sole purpose of assisting the completion of the Modern Data Services. Accordingly, the Fund acknowledges that Market Data is proprietary to SS&C ALPS Associates and/or the Data Suppliers and is provided on a limited internal-use license basis. Market Data may not be disseminated by the Fund to any other affiliated or non-affiliated entity, used to populate internal systems or to create a historical database, or for any other purpose in lieu of Fund obtaining a data license from SS&C ALPS Associates or Data Supplier, as applicable. The Fund accepts responsibility for, and acknowledges it exercises its own independent judgment in, the selection of the Data Supplier(s) to provide the Market Data, its selection of the use or intended use of such, and any results obtained. Access to and delivery of Market Data is dependent on the Data Suppliers and may be interrupted or discontinued with or without notice to Fund.

2. The Fund acknowledges that (i) the Market Data is intended for use as an aid to institutional investors, registered brokers or professionals of similar sophistication in making informed judgments concerning characteristics of certain securities; and (ii) the Data Supplier and/or SS&C ALPS Associate(s), as applicable, holds all title, license, copyright or similar intellectual property rights in the Market Data.

3. No SS&C ALPS Associate or Data Supplier will have any liability for errors, omissions or malfunctions in the Market Data, except that ALPS will endeavor, upon receipt of notice from the Fund, to correct a malfunction, error, or omission in the Market Data utilized in the Modern Data Services that is identified by Fund.

4. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no SS&C ALPS Associate nor Data Supplier shall be liable to Fund or any other Person for any Losses related, directly or indirectly, to the Market Data, the provision of (or failure to provide) the Market Data, and/or the reliance by an SS&C ALPS Associate, Fund or any other Person on such Market Data. Further, the Fund shall indemnify all SS&C ALPS Associates and applicable Data Suppliers against, and hold such SS&C ALPS Associates and Data Suppliers harmless from, any and all Losses (including legal fees and costs to enforce this provision), that any SS&C ALPS Associate(s) or Data Provider suffer, incur, or pay as a result of any Third Party Claim or Claim among the Parties arising out of or related to the Market Data or any data, information, service, report, analysis or publication derived therefrom.

5. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, as it relates to the provision of the Modern Data Services, no SS&C ALPS Associate nor Data Supplier shall be liable for (i) any special, indirect or consequential damages (even if advised of the possibility of such), (ii) any delay by reason of circumstances beyond its control, including acts of civil or military authority, national emergencies, labor difficulties, fire, mechanical breakdown, flood or catastrophe, acts of God, insurrection, war, riots, or failure beyond its control of transportation or power supply, or (iii) any claim that arose more than one year prior to the institution of suit therefor.

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6. THE FUND ACCEPTS THE MARKET DATA AS IS AND NO SS&C ALPS ASSOCIATE OR ANY DATA SUPPLIER MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO THE MARKET DATA.

G. Miscellaneous

1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, SS&C:

(i) Does not maintain custody of any cash or securities.

(ii) Does not have the ability to authorize transactions.

(iii) Does not have the authority to enter into contracts on behalf of Fund.

(iv) Is not responsible for determining the valuation of Fund’s assets and liabilities.

(v) Does not perform any management functions or make any management decisions with regard to the operation of Fund.

(vi) Is not Fund’s tax advisor and does not provide any tax advice.

(vii) Is not obligated to perform any additional or materially different services due to changes in law or audit guidance.

2. If SS&C allows Fund, Management, investors or their respective agents and representatives (“Users”) to (i) receive information and reports from SS&C and/or (ii) issue instructions to SS&C via web portals or other similar electronic mechanisms hosted or maintained by SS&C or its agents (“Web Portals”):

(i) Access to and use of Web Portals by Users shall be subject to the proper use by Users of usernames, passwords and other credentials issued by SS&C (“User Credentials”) and to the additional terms of use that are noticed to Users on such Web Portals. Fund shall be solely responsible for the results of any unauthorized use, misuse or loss of User Credentials by their authorized Users and for compliance by such Users with the terms of use noticed to Users with respect to Web Portals, and shall notify SS&C promptly upon discovering any such unauthorized use, misuse or loss of User Credentials or breach by Fund or their authorized Users of such terms of use. Any change in the status or authority of an authorized User communicated by Fund shall not be effective until SS&C has confirmed receipt and execution of such change.

(ii) SS&C grants to the Fund a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable right during the term of this Agreement to access Web Portals solely for the purpose of accessing Client Data and, if applicable, issue instructions. Fund will ensure that any use of access to any Web Portal is in accordance with SS&C’s terms of use, as noticed to the Users from time to time. This license does not include: (i) any right to access any data other than Client Data; or (ii) any license to any software.

(iii) Fund will not (A) permit any third party to access or use the Web Portals through any time-sharing service, service bureau, network, consortium, or other means; (B) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign, or otherwise transfer its rights under the limited license granted above to any third party, whether by operation of law or otherwise; (C) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or attempt to reconstruct or discover any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms associated with the Web Portals by any means; (D) attempt to modify or alter the Web Portal in any manner; or (E) create derivative works based on the web portal. Neither Fund nor Management will remove (or allow to be removed) any proprietary rights notices or disclaimers from the Web Portal or any reports derived therefrom.

(iv) SS&C reserves all rights in SS&C systems and in the software that are not expressly granted to Fund hereunder.

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(v) SS&C may discontinue or suspend the availability of any Web Portals at any time without prior notice; SS&C will endeavor to notify Fund as soon as reasonably practicable of such action.

3. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Fund has ultimate authority over and responsibility for its tax matters and financial statement tax disclosures. All memoranda, schedules, tax forms and other work product produced by SS&C are the responsibility of Fund and are subject to review and approval by Fund and Fund’s auditors, or tax preparers, as applicable and SS&C bears no responsibility for reliance on tax calculations and memoranda prepared by SS&C.

4. SS&C shall provide reasonable assistance to responding to due diligence and analogous requests for information from investors and prospective investors (or others representing them); provided, that SS&C may elect to provide these services only upon Fund agreement in writing to separate fees in the event responding to such requests becomes, in SS&C’s sole discretion, excessive.

5. Reports and information shall be deemed provided to Fund if they are made available to Fund online through SS&C’s portal.

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SCHEDULE B

AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL

Pursuant to the terms of the Schedule A and the Agreement between the Fund and SS&C DST, the Fund authorizes the following Fund personnel to provide instructions to SS&C DST, and receive inquiries from SS&C DST in connection with Schedule A and the Agreement:

Name Title

This Schedule may be revised by the Fund by providing SS&C DST with a substitute Schedule B. Any such substitute Schedule B shall become effective twenty-four (24) hours after SS&C DST's receipt of the document and shall be incorporated into the Agreement.

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APPENDIX I

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DELEGATION

1. Delegation.

1.1 In order to assist the Fund with the Fund’s AML responsibilities under applicable AML laws, SS&C DST offers certain risk-based AML Procedures that are reasonably designed to: (i) promote the detection and reporting of potential money laundering activities; and (ii) assist in the verification of persons opening accounts with the Fund. The Fund has had an opportunity to review the AML Procedures with SS&C DST and its desire to implement the AML Procedures as part of the Fund’s overall AML program.

1.2 Accordingly, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby instructs and directs SS&C DST to implement the AML Procedures as set forth in Section 4 below on the Fund’s behalf and delegates to SS&C DST the day-to-day operation of the AML Procedures. The AML Procedures set forth in Section 4 may be amended, from time to time, by mutual agreement of the Fund and SS&C DST upon the execution by such parties of a revised Appendix I bearing a later date than the date hereof.

1.3 SS&C DST agrees to perform such AML Procedures, with respect to the ownership of interests in the Fund for which SS&C DST maintains the applicable member information, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2. Consent to Examination. In connection with the performance by SS&C DST of the AML Procedures, SS&C DST understands and acknowledges that the Fund remains responsible for assuring compliance with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT Act”) and that the records SS&C DST maintains for the Fund relating to the AML Program may be subject, from time to time, to examination and/or inspection by federal regulators in order that the regulators may evaluate such compliance. SS&C DST hereby consents to such examination and/or inspection and agrees to cooperate with such federal examiners in connection with their review. For purposes of such examination and/or inspection, SS&C DST will use its best efforts to make available, during normal business hours and on reasonable notice all required records and information for review by such examiners.

3. Limitation on Delegation. The Fund acknowledges and agrees that in accepting the delegation hereunder, SS&C DST is agreeing to perform only the AML Procedures, as may be amended from time to time, and is not undertaking and shall not be responsible for any other aspect of the AML Program or for the overall compliance by the Fund with the USA PATRIOT Act or for any other matters that have not been delegated hereunder. Additionally, the parties acknowledge and agree that SS&C DST shall only be responsible for performing the AML Procedures with respect to the ownership of, and transactions in, Units in the Fund for which SS&C DST maintains the applicable member information.

4. AML Procedures²

4.1 Consistent with the services provided by SS&C DST and with respect to the ownership of units in the Fund for which SS&C DST maintains the applicable member information, SS&C DST shall:

(a) On a daily basis, submit all new customer account registrations and registration changes against the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) database, the Politically Exposed Persons (“PEP”) database, and such other lists or databases as may be required from time to time by applicable regulatory authorities;

² The accounts, transactions, items and activity reviewed in each case are subject to certain standard exclusions as set forth in written procedures of SS&C DST, which have been made available to the Fund and which may be modified from time to time.

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(b)  Submit all account registrations through OFAC database, the PEP database, and such other lists or databases as may be required from time to time by applicable regulatory authorities;

(c)  On a daily basis, submit special payee information from checks, outgoing wires and systematic withdrawal files through the OFAC database;

(d)  Review certain types of redemption transactions that occur within thirty-four (34) days of an account establishment, registration change, or banking information change (e.g. redemption by wire within 34 days of banking information change; rapid depletion of account balance after establishment; and redemption by check within 34 days of address change);

(e)  Review wires sent pursuant to banking instructions other than those on file with SS&C DST;

(f)   Review accounts with small balances followed by large purchases;

(g)  Review accounts with frequent activity within a specified date range followed by a large redemption;

(h)  Review purchase and redemption activity by check that meets or exceeds $100,000 threshold on any given day;

(i)   Determine when a suspicious activity report (“SAR”) should be filed as required by regulations applicable to mutual funds; prepare and file the SAR; provide the Fund with a copy of the SAR within a reasonable time after filing; and notify the Fund if any further communication is received from the U.S. Department of the Treasury or other law enforcement agencies regarding such filing;

(j)   Compare account information to any FinCEN request received by the Fund and provided to SS&C DST pursuant to USA PATRIOT Act Sec. 314(a). Provide the Fund with the necessary information for it to respond to such request within required time frame;

(k)  (i) Take reasonable steps to verify the identity of any person seeking to become a new customer of the Fund and notify the Fund in the event such person cannot be verified, (ii) Maintain records of the information used to verify the person’s identity, as required, and (iii) Determine whether the person appears on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to the Fund by any government agency;

(l)   Except with respect to any entities excluded under applicable regulation: (i) take reasonable steps to verify the identity of legal entities seeking to become new customers of the Fund, including verifying the identity of the natural person(s) retaining ownership or controlling interest in such legal entity (the “ Beneficial Owner(s)”), as such ownership and controlling interests are defined in 31 C.F.R. 1010.230, (ii) notify the Fund in the event that the identity of such Beneficial Owner(s) is not provided upon request to such entity or cannot be verified, (iii) maintain records of the information used to verify such Beneficial Owners, as required, and (iv) determine whether such persons appear on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to the Fund by any government agency;

(m) Conduct due diligence and if required, enhanced due diligence in accordance with 31 C.F.R. 103.176(b) for new and existing correspondent accounts for foreign financial institutions (as defined in 31 C.F.R. 103.175). SS&C DST will perform an assessment of the money laundering risk presented by the account based on a consideration of relevant factors in accordance with applicable law and information provided by the foreign financial institution in a financial institution questionnaire. If an account is determined to have a medium or above risk-ranking, SS&C DST will monitor the account on a monthly basis for unusual activity. In the situation where due diligence cannot be completed with respect to an account, SS&C DST will contact the Fund’s AML Officer for further instruction.

(n)  Upon the request by the Fund, conduct due diligence to determine if the Fund is involved with any foreign jurisdiction, institution, class of transactions and a type of account designated, from time to time, by the U.S. Department of Justice in order to identify and take certain “special measures” against such entities as required under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (31 C.F.R. 103.193).

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(o)  Create and retain records required under 31 CFR 103.33 in connection with the transmittals of funds in amounts equal to or in excess of $3,000, and transmit such information on the transactions to the receiving financial institutions.

4.1 In the event that SS&C DST detects activity as a result of the foregoing procedures, which necessitates the filing by SS&C DST of a SAR or other similar report or notice to OFAC, then SS&C DST shall also immediately notify the Fund, unless prohibited by applicable law.

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