EX-99.H.1.25 2 dex99h125.htm FORM OF CUSTODIAN FEE SCHEDULE Form of Custodian Fee Schedule

Exhibit (h)1.25

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

CUSTODY AND ACCOUNTING FEE SCHEDULE

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY (RIC) FUNDS

(LISTED ON ADDENDUM A)

EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008

None of the following fees shall apply to the Start-Up Period (as defined on Exhibit A) for any fund. Fees for funds during Start-Up Periods are set forth on Exhibit A.

 

A. FUND ACCOUNTING

The following fund accounting fees shall not apply to funds of funds.

Maintain investment ledgers, provide selected portfolio transactions, position and income reports. Maintain general ledger and capital stock accounts. Prepare daily trial balance. Calculate Net Asset Value daily. Provide selected general ledger reports. The fees shown below are billed and payable monthly on a pro rata basis, based on month end net assets.

 

Domestic accounting      1.25 Basis Points annually

Plus a flat fee per money manager account (excluding the liquidity reserve account) equal to $7,500.00 annually

 

International accounting      2.0 Basis Points annually

Plus a flat fee per money manager account (excluding the liquidity reserve account) equal to $7,500.00 annually

Minimum fund accounting fees (section A fees) for funds commencing operations after January 2004 is $30,000.00 annually per fund.

 

B. CUSTODY

The following custody fees shall not apply to funds of funds.

Maintain custody of fund assets. Settle portfolio purchases and sales. Report trade fails. Determine and collect portfolio income. Make cash disbursements and report cash transactions. Monitor Corporate Actions. Report portfolio positions.

Domestic Custody

A fee payable monthly on a pro rata basis, based on the following percentages of month end net assets (excluding assets invested in a FRIC money market fund pursuant to FRIC’s cash sweep program)

 

First $10 Billion

     .50 Basis Points annually

Over $10 Billion

     .40 Basis Points annually

 

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Global Custody

A fee payable monthly on a pro rata basis, based on the following percentages of month end net assets.

 

Group I

  

Group II

  

Group III

  

Group IV

  

Group IV

Australia    Hong Kong    Argentina    Bahrain    Peru
Austria    Indonesia    Bermuda    Bangladesh    Qatar
Belgium    Malaysia    Botswana    Benin    Russia
Canada    Mexico    Brazil    Bolivia    Senegel
Denmark    Singapore    Bulgaria    Burkina Fasco    Slovenia
**Euroclear    South Africa    Chile    Cayman Island    Swaziland
Finland    Thailand    China    Colombia    Togo
France       Czech Republic    Costa Rica    Trinidad and Tobago
Germany       Egypt    Croatia    Tunisia
Ireland       Greece    Cyprus    Uganda
Italy       Hungary    Ecuador    Ukraine
Japan       Iceland    Estonia    United Arab Emirates
Netherlands       India    Ghana    Uruguay
New Zealand       Israel    Guinea-Bissau    Venezuela
Norway       Kenya    Ivory Coast    Vietnam
Spain       Lithuania    Jamaica    Zambia
Sweden       Mauritius    Jordan    Zimbabwe
Switzerland       Pakistan    Kazakhstan   
United Kingdom       Philippines    Latvia   
      Poland    Lebanon   
      Portugal    Mali   
      Puerto Rico    Morocco   
      Romania    Namibia   
      Slovak Republic    Niger   
      South Korea    Nigeria   
      Sri Lanka    Oman   
      Taiwan    Palestine   
      Turkey    Panama   

 

** Fixed Income assets only

ASSET CHARGE* (annual basis point charges)

 

     Group I    Group II         Group III         Group IV

First $1 Billion

   6    10    First $500 Million    21    All assets    35

Over $1 Billion

   3    5    Over $500 Million    15    All assets    35

 

* Excludes: Agent, depository and local auditing fees, stamp duties and registration fees

 

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C. PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

The following transaction fees shall not apply to funds of funds.

 

Group

   Trade charge    In kind trade charge

I

   $ 30.00    $ 20.00

II

   $ 45.00    $ 30.00

III

   $ 90.00    $ 60.00

IV

   $ 110.00    $ 75.00

 

DTC

   $ 7.00

Fed Book Entry

   $ 13.00

NY Physical Settlements

   $ 13.00

PTC purchase, sale, deposit or withdrawal

   $ 13.00

Foreign Exchange Trade

   $ 25.00

U. S. In Kind transfers

   $ 5.00

International Margins

   $ 5.00

Futures

   $ 5.00

Options

   $ 5.00

Paydowns

   $ 5.00

Maturity Collections

     No charge

FRIC money market trades

     No charge

All other trades

   $ 13.00

Manual trade charge: An additional per trade charge will apply to those trades not delivered electronically in good form to facilitate straight through processing.

The following additional charges will be implemented prospectively on any additional money manager portfolio assignments commencing after January 2004:

 

U. S. Domestic trades

   $15.00 additional fee per trade

Non U. S. trades

   $25.00 additional fee per trade

 

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D. PRICING

The following pricing fees shall not apply to funds of funds or money market funds.

Monthly quote charge, based on month end positions:

 

Base pricing charge, per fund, annually

   $ 4,500.00

Plus the following charges which shall be charged per unique security position, by fund

  

U. S. Equities

   $ 8.25

Global Equities

   $ 8.25

Bonds

   $ 8.25

Other

   $ 8.25

Fair value pricing:

 

ITG fee per fund annually, see out of pocket section

  

State Street fee per fund annually

   $ 4,000.00

FAS 157 reporting:

 

Annual fee per fund that subscribe to the service

   $  800.00

 

E. SEC YIELD CALCULATION

 

If applicable, an Annual Fee per fund

   $ 4,200.00

 

F. ON-LINE ACCESS CHARGE

For each Frank Russell Investment Company Fund set forth on Addendum A hereto, $2,500 per fund on an annual basis.

 

G. MULTIPLE CLASSES OF SHARES

An additional fee will be applied for each class of shares excluding the initial class of shares, if more than one class is operational in a fund.

 

First class

   No charge

Each Additional Class

   $5,100.00 annually per class

 

H. FUND OF FUNDS

 

Accounting Fee, Daily Priced

   $3,100.00 annually per fund of fund

Transactions

   $ 5.00 each

 

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Other sections of this fee schedule, with the exception of SEC Yield Calculation, Multiple Class, Special Services and Out of Pocket expenses, are not applicable to funds of funds.

 

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I. EARNINGS CREDIT

A balance credit will be applied against the above fees (excluding Out-of-Pocket expenses). The credit is based on 50% of the average 90 day Treasury Bill rate for the month, times the average collected balance in the custodian demand deposit account for the month billed.

 

J. SPECIAL SERVICES

 

Wash Sales System, annual charge per fund

   $ 3,000.00

iTELS, annual charge per fund

   $ 3,000.00

Qualified dividend income reporting, per fund (for up to three reports per fund in a calendar year)

   $ 500.00

 

K. LOAN SERVICING

These services include:

 

   

Record and track loan positions

 

   

Maintain detailed accrual information per Facility at a contract level

 

   

Receive all loan related cash flows including past due collection efforts

 

   

Value portfolio based on client specific methodologies

 

   

Provide daily cash availability

 

   

Physically house loan related documents if desired

 

   

Provide daily reporting via a variety of delivery methods

Fees are billed monthly, unless otherwise requested, and will be the greater of the Per Loan Calculation or the Asset Based Calculation detailed below. (Note: the number of loan facilities for a given month used in the Per Loan Calculation will equal the number of loan facilities in the portfolio on the second to last business day of the month. This calculation has been incorporated into this fee schedule to address portfolios whose purchasing habits lean towards smaller than average lot sizes).

 

PER LOAN CALCULATION

    

Minimum Monthly Charge for a Fund that Holds up to 5 Loans

   $ 750.00

Minimum Monthly Charge for a Fund that Holds up to 10 Loans

   $ 1,000.00

Minimum Monthly Charge for a Fund that Holds up to 15 Loans

   $ 1,500.00

Minimum Monthly Charge for a Fund that Holds up to 25 Loans

   $ 2,500.00

Minimum Monthly Charge for a Fund that Holds up to 50 Loans

   $ 3,750.00

Monthly additional per loan charge in excess of 50 Loans

   $ 55.00

 

ASSET BASED FEE

    

First $500 Million in Loan assets

     3.00 Basis Points

Next $500 Million in Loan assets

     2.50 Basis Points

Excess thereafter

     2.00 Basis Points

Incoming wire charge

   $ 5.00

Outgoing wire charge

   $ 5.25

 

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L. OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES

A billing for the recovery of applicable out-of-pocket expenses will be made as of the end of each month. Out-of-pocket fees include, but are not limited to the following:

 

   

Annual maintenance fee for each customized program/transmission ($3,000)

 

   

ITG fair value fee per fund annually $10,000.00

 

   

Telephone & other communication/lease line charges

 

   

SWIFT trade charges included as part of global transaction fees, thus no OOP charge

 

   

SAS 70 charges (pro rata portion)

 

   

Wire charges (No charge)

 

   

Postage and Shipping Insurance

 

   

Courier Service

 

   

Duplicating

 

   

Non Recurring Legal Fees

 

   

Supplies related to Fund Records

 

   

Sub-Custodian Out of Pocket Charges (stamp duty, registration, etc.)

 

   

Proxy Fees

 

   

Archive / document storage costs

 

 

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY     STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
BY:  

 

    BY:  

 

TITLE:  

 

    TITLE:   Vice President
DATE:  

 

    DATE:  

 

 

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Exhibit A

The following fee schedule shall apply to all funds during their first 12 months of operations (the “Start-Up Period”).

 

I. Custody and fund accounting

 

Domestic Equity   
US large cap    3 basis points annually per fund
US mid cap    4 basis points annually per fund
US small cap    5 basis points annually per fund
International Equity   
EAFE benchmark    10 basis points annually per fund
Emerging markets    25 basis points annually per fund
Domestic Fixed Income   
US short-term bond    3 basis points annually per fund
US intermediate bond    5 basis points annually per fund
US high yield bond    5 basis points annually per fund
Inflation linked bond    4 basis points annually per fund
International bond    9 basis points annually per fund
Money Market   
US 2 a-7 (prime)    2 basis points annually per fund
US government    1 basis point annually per fund
Other Asset Classes   
Real estate (REITS)    4 basis points annually per fund
Real estate f-o-f    3 basis points annually per fund
Hedge fund f-o-f    3 basis points annually per fund
Other alternative f-o-f    3 basis points annually per fund

Provision for Number of Managers

The custody and fund accounting pricing schedule detailed above is only applicable for funds that do not exceed 4 money managers accounts (excluding the liquidity reserve account). Any fund that has more than 4 money manager accounts during the Start-Up Period will pay the flat fund accounting fee of $7,500 for each money manager account in excess of 4.

 

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II. Portfolio Transactions

No transactions charges except as set forth below.

All US In-Kind security transfers will be charged $5.00 per transaction. Global security In-Kind transfers will be charged fees consistent with the custody fee schedules (Group I $20, Group II $30, Group III $60 and Group IV $75). All transfer, re-registration, and stamp duty charges will be borne by the funds.

 

III. Multiple Class Shares

Additional classes of shares

Most funds will open with more than one share class. For the first 4 classes, State Street will waive its annual ‘per additional class’ charge. For each share class added in addition to the initial 4, the funds will pay $5,000 per year.

 

First 4 classes   No charge – fees waived
Each additional class   $5,000 per year

 

IV. Special Services

Fees for activities of a non-recurring nature such as fund consolidations or reorganizations, extraordinary security shipments and preparation of special reports will be subject to negotiation.

 

V. Out-of-Pocket Expenses

All OOP charges will be borne by the funds. A billing for the recovery of applicable OOP expenses will be made as of the end of each month. OOP fees include the following items:

 

   

Communications costs (telephone, lease lines, etc.)

 

   

Postage and insurance

 

   

Courier service

 

   

Duplicating

 

   

Non recurring legal fees

 

   

Supplies relating to fund records

 

   

Transfer fees

 

   

Sub-custodian OOP charges (stamp duty, registration fees, etc.)

 

   

Third-party internal control review letters

 

   

Wires ($5.00)

 

   

Customized programming ($175/hour)

 

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