EX-99.H(II)(D) 5 d619785dex99hiid.htm LETTER TO STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS ADMINISTRATOR Letter to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Administrator

RS INVESTMENT TRUST

One Bush Street

San Francisco, California 94104

January 27, 2014

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Copley Place

100 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Attn: Legal Department / Elizabeth A. Watson

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Administration Agreement between us dated as of May 1, 2007, including Schedule A as amended and restated most recently on May 1, 2011 (the “Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, this letter is to provide written notice of the addition of a new series of RS Investment Trust (the “Trust”), namely RS Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (the “Additional Fund”). The Trust desires to retain you to act as administrator to the Additional Fund, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

In accordance with the provision of the Agreement entitled “Appointment of Administrator”, if you agree to act as Administrator under the Agreement in respect of the Additional Fund, please sign two copies of this letter and return one to the Trust. By signing this letter, we each agree that the Additional Fund shall become a “Fund” for purposes of the Agreement and shall become subject to the provisions of the Agreement to the same extent as an existing “Fund,” effective as of January 31, 2014, and that Schedule A to the Agreement is amended in its entirety and replaced with the Amended and Restated Schedule A attached hereto.

 

Very truly yours,
RS Investment Trust, on behalf of each of its series set forth on Schedule A hereto (separately, and not jointly or jointly and severally)
By:   /s/ Shelly Chu
Name:   Shelly Chu
Title:   Treasurer


Accepted:
RS Variable Products Trust, on behalf of each of its series set forth on Schedule A hereto (separately, and not jointly or jointly and severally)
By:   /s/ Shelly Chu
Name:   Shelly Chu
Title:   Treasurer
Accepted:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By:   /s/ Michael F. Rogers
Name:   Michael F. Rogers
Title:   Executive Vice President

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

SCHEDULE A

to the

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated as of January 31, 2014

The following entities are each referred to herein as a “Fund” and are collectively referred to herein as the “Funds”:

 

Funds

  

Classes

RS Investment Trust

  

RS China Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Emerging Markets Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

   A, C, Y

RS Floating Rate Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Global Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Global Natural Resources Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Growth Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   A, C, Y

RS High Yield Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS International Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Investment Quality Bond Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Investors Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Low Duration Bond Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Partners Fund

   A, K, Y

RS Select Growth Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Strategic Income Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Tax-Exempt Fund

   A, C, Y

RS Technology Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Value Fund

   A, C, K, Y

RS Variable Products Trust

  

RS Emerging Markets VIP Series

   I

RS High Yield VIP Series    

   I


RS International VIP Series

   I

RS Investment Quality Bond VIP Series

   I

RS Large Cap Alpha VIP Series

   I

RS Low Duration Bond VIP Series

   I

RS Money Market VIP Series

   I

RS S&P 500 Index VIP Series

   I

RS Small Cap Growth Equity VIP Series

   I