EX-23.(G) 2 file002.htm CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT


EXHIBIT 23(g)

                      TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

               EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JOINTLY,
                             AS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A

                                       AND

                      BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.



                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.  Terms of Appointment and Duties......................................     1
2.  Third Party Administrators for Defined Contribution Plans ...........     6
3.  Fees and Expenses....................................................     7
4.  Representations and Warranties of the Transfer Agent.................     9
5.  Representations and Warranties of the Funds..........................     9
6.  Wire Transfer Operating Guidelines...................................    10
7.  Data Access and Proprietary Information..............................    11
8.  Indemnification......................................................    13
9.  Standard of Care.....................................................    14
10. Confidentiality .....................................................    15
11. Covenants of the Funds and the Transfer Agent........................    15
12. Termination of Agreement.............................................    16
13. Assignment and Third Party Beneficiaries.............................    18
14. Subcontractors.......................................................    19
15. Miscellaneous........................................................    19
16. Additional Funds/Portfolios..........................................    21
17. Limitations of Liability of the Trustees and Shareholders............    21

Schedule A        Funds and Portfolios
Schedule 1.2(f)   AML Delegation
Schedule 2.1      Third Party Administrator(s) Procedures
Schedule 3.1      Fees and Expenses



                      TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of January, 2006, by and between each of
the entities, individually and not jointly, listed on Schedule A having their
principal office and place of business at 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101,
Tucson, AZ 87506 (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, the "Fund") and
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC., a Massachusetts corporation having its
principal office and place of business at Two Heritage Drive, North Quincy,
Massachusetts 02171 (the "Transfer Agent").

WHEREAS, certain Funds may be authorized to issue shares in a separate series,
such series shall be named under the respective Fund in the attached Schedule A,
which may be amended by the parties from time to time, (each such series,
together with all other series subsequently established by a Fund and made
subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 16, being herein referred
to as a "Portfolio", and collectively as the "Portfolios");

WHEREAS, each Fund is either a statutory or business trust or a corporation
organized under the laws of a state (as set forth on the Schedule A) and
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment company
pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act");

WHEREAS, it is contemplated that additional Funds and Portfolios may become
parties to this Agreement by written consent of the parties hereto and in
accordance with Section 16; and

WHEREAS, each Fund, on behalf of itself and, where applicable, its Portfolios,
desires to appoint the Transfer Agent as its transfer agent, dividend disbursing
agent and agent in connection with certain other activities, and the Transfer
Agent desires to accept such appointment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

1.   Terms of Appointment and Duties

     1.1   Transfer Agency Services. Subject to the terms and conditions set
           forth in this Agreement, each Fund, on behalf of itself and, where
           applicable, its Portfolios, hereby employs and appoints the Transfer
           Agent to act as, and the Transfer Agent agrees to act as, its
           transfer agent for each Fund's authorized and issued shares of common
           stock or beneficial interest, as the case maybe, ("Shares"), dividend
           disbursing agent and agent in connection with any accumulation,
           open-account or similar plan provided to the shareholders of each
           Fund and of any Portfolios of a Fund ("Shareholders") and set out in
           the currently effective prospectus and statement of additional
           information ("prospectus") of such Fund or Portfolio, including
           without limitation any periodic investment plan or periodic
           withdrawal program. In accordance with procedures established from
           time to time by agreement between the Transfer Agent and the Fund and
           their respective Portfolios, (the "Procedures") with such changes or
           deviations there from as have been (or may from time to time be)
           agreed upon in writing by the parties, the Transfer Agent agrees that
           it will perform the following services:



           (a) Establish each Shareholder's account in the Fund on the Transfer
           Agent's recordkeeping system and maintain such account for the
           benefit of such Shareholder in accordance with the Procedures;

           (b) Receive for acceptance and process orders for the purchase of
           Shares, and promptly deliver payment and appropriate documentation
           thereof to the Custodian of the Fund authorized pursuant to the
           organizational documents of the Fund (the "Custodian");

           (c) Pursuant to purchase orders, issue the appropriate number of
           Shares and hold such Shares in the appropriate Shareholder account;

           (d) Receive for acceptance and process redemption requests and
           redemption directions and deliver the appropriate documentation
           thereof to the Custodian;

           (e) In respect to items (a) through (d) above, the Transfer Agent may
           execute transactions directly with broker-dealers authorized by the
           Fund;

           (f) At the appropriate time as and when it receives monies paid to it
           by the Custodian with respect to any redemption, pay over or cause to
           be paid over in the appropriate manner such monies as instructed by
           the redeeming Shareholders;

           (g) Effect transfers of Shares by the registered owners thereof upon
           receipt of appropriate instructions;

           (h) Prepare and transmit payments for dividends and distributions
           declared by the Fund or any Portfolio thereof, as the case may be;

           (i) If applicable, issue replacement certificates for those
           certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon
           receipt by the Transfer Agent of indemnification satisfactory to the
           Transfer Agent and protecting the Transfer Agent and the Fund, and
           the Transfer Agent at its option, may issue replacement certificates
           in place of mutilated stock certificates upon presentation thereof
           and without such indemnity;

           (j) Issue replacement checks and place stop orders on original checks
           based on Shareholder's representation that a check was not received
           or was lost. Such stop orders and replacements will be deemed to have
           been made at the request of the Fund, and, as between the Fund and
           the Transfer Agent, the Fund shall be responsible for all losses or
           claims resulting from such replacement;

           (k) Maintain records of account for and advise the Fund and its
           Shareholders as to the foregoing;

           (l) Record the issuance of Shares of the Fund and maintain pursuant
           to SEC Rule 17Ad-10(e) a record of the total number of Shares of the
           Fund which are authorized, based upon data provided to it by the
           Fund, and issued and outstanding. The Transfer Agent shall also
           provide the Fund on a regular basis with the total number of Shares


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           which are authorized and issued and outstanding and shall have no
           obligation, when recording the issuance of Shares, to monitor the
           issuance of such Shares or to take cognizance of any laws relating to
           the issue or sale of such Shares, which functions shall be the sole
           responsibility of the Fund;

           (m) Accept any information, records, documents, data, certificates,
           transaction requests by machine readable input, facsimile, CRT data
           entry and electronic instructions, including e-mail communications,
           which have been prepared, maintained or provided by the Fund or any
           other person or firm on behalf of the Fund or from broker-dealers of
           record or third-party administrators ("TPAs") on behalf of individual
           Shareholders. With respect to transaction requests received in the
           foregoing manner, the Transfer Agent shall not be responsible for
           determining that the original source documentation is in good order,
           which includes compliance with Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, and it
           will be the responsibility of the Fund to require its broker-dealers
           or TPAs to retain such documentation. E-mail exchanges on routine
           matters may be made directly with the Fund's contact at the Transfer
           Agent. The Transfer Agent will not act on any e-mail communications
           coming to it directly from Shareholders requesting transactions,
           including, but not limited to, monetary transactions, change of
           ownership, or beneficiary changes;

           (n) Maintain such bank accounts as the Transfer Agent shall deem
           necessary for the performance of its duties hereunder, including by
           not limited to, the processing of Share purchases and redemptions and
           the payment of Fund dividends;

           (o) Receive correspondence pertaining to any former, existing or new
           Shareholder account, process such correspondence for proper
           recordkeeping and respond promptly to Shareholder correspondence;

           (p) Process any request from a Shareholder to change account
           registration, beneficiary, beneficiary information, transfer and
           rollovers in accordance with the Procedures; and

           (q) If requested by the Fund (and as mutually agreed upon by the
           parties as to any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses), 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 U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets
           Control and all matters relating to the foregoing).

     1.2   Additional Services. In addition to, and neither in lieu nor in
           contravention of, the services set forth in the above paragraphs ,
           the Transfer Agent shall perform the following services:

           (a) Other Customary Services. Perform the customary services of a
           transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and, as relevant, agent in
           connection with accumulation, open-account or similar plan (including
           without limitation any periodic investment plan or periodic
           withdrawal program), including but not limited to: maintaining all


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           Shareholder accounts, preparing Shareholder meeting lists, mailing
           Shareholder reports and prospectuses to current Shareholders,
           withholding taxes on U.S. resident and non-resident alien accounts,
           preparing and filing U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099 and other
           appropriate forms required with respect to dividends and
           distributions by federal authorities for all Shareholders, preparing
           and mailing confirmation forms and statements of account to
           Shareholders for all purchases and redemptions of Shares and other
           confirmable transactions in Shareholder accounts, preparing and
           mailing activity statements for Shareholders, and providing
           Shareholder account information;

           (b) Control Book (also known as "Super Sheet"). Maintain a daily
           record and produce a daily report for the Fund of all transactions
           and receipts and disbursements of money and securities and deliver a
           copy of such report for the Fund for each business day to the Fund no
           later than 9:00 AM Eastern Time, or such earlier time as the Fund may
           reasonably require, on the next business day;

           (c) "Blue Sky" Reporting. The Fund shall (i) identify to the Transfer
           Agent in writing those transactions and assets to be treated as
           exempt from blue sky reporting for each State and (ii) verify the
           establishment of transactions for each State on the system prior to
           activation and thereafter monitor the daily activity for each State.
           The responsibility of the Transfer Agent for the Fund's blue sky
           State registration status is solely limited to the initial
           establishment of transactions subject to blue sky compliance by the
           Fund and providing a system which will enable the Fund to monitor the
           total number of Shares sold in each State;

           (d) National Securities Clearing Corporation (the "NSCC"). (i) accept
           and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through
           Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of
           shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV
           being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC's participants,
           including the Fund), in accordance with, instructions transmitted to
           and received by the Transfer Agent by transmission from NSCC on
           behalf of broker-dealers and banks which have been established by, or
           in accordance with the instructions of authorized persons, as
           hereinafter defined on the dealer file maintained by the Transfer
           Agent; (ii) issue instructions to Fund's banks for the settlement of
           transactions between the Fund and NSCC (acting on behalf of its
           broker-dealer and bank participants); (iii) provide account and
           transaction information from the affected Fund's records on DST
           Systems, Inc. computer system TA2000 ("TA2000 System") in accordance
           with NSCC's Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers;
           and (iv) maintain Shareholder accounts on TA2000 System through
           Networking;

           (e) New Procedures. New procedures as to who shall provide certain of
           these services in Section 1 may be established in writing from time
           to time by agreement between the Fund and the Transfer Agent. The
           Transfer Agent may at times perform only a portion of these services
           and the Fund or its agent may perform these services on the Fund's
           behalf;

           (f) Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") Delegation. If the Fund elects to
           delegate to the Transfer Agent certain AML duties under this
           Agreement, the parties will agree to such


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           duties and terms as stated in the attached schedule ("Schedule 1.2(f)
           entitled "AML Delegation") which may be changed from time to time
           subject to mutual written agreement between the parties. In
           consideration of the performance of the duties by the Transfer Agent
           pursuant to this Section 1.2(f), the Fund agrees to pay the Transfer
           Agent for the reasonable administrative expense that may be
           associated with such additional duties in the amount as the parties
           may from time to time agree in writing in accordance with Section 3
           (Fees and Expenses) below;

           (g) SAS70. The Transfer Agent will furnish to the Fund, at least
           annually, a report in accordance with Statements on Auditing
           Standards No. 70 (the "SAS70 Report") as well as such other reports
           and information relating to the Transfer Agent's policies and
           procedures and its compliance with such policies and procedures and
           with the laws applicable to its business and its services, as the
           Fund may reasonable request;

           (h) Compliance Program. The Transfer Agent maintains and will
           continue to maintain a comprehensive compliance program reasonably
           designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws
           pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to its compliance
           program, the Transfer Agent will provide periodic measurement reports
           to the Fund. Upon request of the Fund, the Transfer Agent will
           provide to the Fund in connection with any periodic annual or
           semi-annual shareholder report filed by the Fund or, in the absence
           of the filing of such reports, on quarterly basis, a
           sub-certification pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with
           respect to the Transfer Agent's performance of the services set forth
           in this Agreement and its internal controls related thereto. In
           addition, on a quarterly basis, the Transfer Agent will provide to
           the Fund a certification in connection with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940
           Act. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to amend and update its
           compliance program and the measurement tools and certifications
           provided thereunder from time to time in order to address changing
           regulatory and industry developments and the Fund agrees to pay the
           administrative fee associated with all of the foregoing; and

           (i) Performance of Certain Services by the Fund or Affiliates or
           Agents. New procedures as to who shall provide certain of the
           transfer agency and record-keeping related services may be
           established in writing from time to time by agreement between the
           Fund and the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent may at time perform
           only a portion of the services and the Fund, its affiliates or agents
           may perform certain services on the Fund's behalf.

     1.3   Inspection Rights. During the term of this Agreement, authorized
           representatives of the Fund may perform periodic on-site inspections,
           during transfer Agent's regular business hours, of the Transfer
           Agent's facilities, records and procedures solely as they pertain to
           the Transfer Agent's activities under or pursuant to this Agreement.
           Such inspections shall be conducted at the Fund's expense (which
           shall include costs related to providing materials, copying, faxing,
           retrieving stored materials, and similar expenses). The inspections
           shall be conducted in a manner that will not materially interfere
           with the Transfer Agent's normal and customary conduct of its
           business activities. Any such inspections shall be conducted in
           accordance with reasonable procedures and at


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           reasonable frequencies, not to exceed once any quarter. The Fund
           shall provide at least ten (10) business days advance notice to the
           Transfer Agent of such inspections.

     1.4   Facsimile Communications.

           (a) The Fund hereby authorizes and instructs the Transfer Agent, as
           transfer agent for its Portfolios listed on Schedule A: (i) to accept
           facsimile transaction requests on behalf of individual Shareholders
           received from broker/dealers of record, third-party administrators
           ("TPAs") or the Fund; (ii) that the broker/dealers, TPAs and the Fund
           are duly authorized to initiate such transactions on behalf of the
           Shareholders; and (iii) that the original source documentation is in
           good order and the broker/dealers, TPAs or the Fund will retain such
           documentation.

           (b) With regard to facsimile transaction requests for a change in
           wiring instructions or for redemptions, the proceeds of which are to
           be paid to third parties or wired to an account other than the
           account of record, the Transfer Agent will make a call back to a
           party at the Fund, other than the party transmitting the facsimile
           instruction. The Fund acknowledges that such a call back will be
           sufficient to verify the authenticity of such request.

     1.5   Post Cut-Off Processing.

The Fund authorizes and instructs the Transfer Agent, as transfer agent for its
Portfolios listed on Schedule A to accept, from time to time:

           (a) transaction requests by facsimile transmission that are
           transmitted to Boston Financial from the Fund after the daily closing
           time of the Fund and to act upon and process such transaction
           requests as of the date identified by the Fund on the cover page of
           such facsimile transmission. If the processing date is not clearly
           marked by the Fund, Boston Financial shall process such transaction
           on the next business day; and

           (b) transaction requests by Automated Work Distributor (AWD) that are
           returned to Boston Financial from the Fund with resolution of
           shareowner or broker generated issues, after the daily closing time
           of the Fund and to act upon and process such transaction requests as
           of the date identified by the Fund in the comments section of AWD. If
           the processing date is not clearly marked by the Fund, Boston
           Financial shall process such transactions on the next business day.

In submitting the foregoing transaction to Boston Financial, the Fund shall be
deemed to certify that such transactions were received in good order by the Fund
prior to the Fund's closing time and that the processing of such transactions by
Boston Financial will not violate the Fund's obligations under Rule 22c-1 and
the regulations promulgated thereunder. In connection with accepting and
processing the foregoing transactions, Boston Financial shall be entitled to
rely on such certifications.

2.   Third Party Administrators for Defined Contribution Plans

     2.1   The Fund may decide to make available to certain of its customers, a
           qualified plan program (the "Program") pursuant to which the
           customers ("Employers") may adopt certain plans of deferred
           compensation ("Plan or Plans") for the benefit of the individual


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           Plan participant (the "Plan Participant"), such Plan(s) being
           qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
           as amended ("Code") and administered by TPAs which may be plan
           administrators as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security
           Act of 1974, as amended.

     2.2   In accordance with the procedures established in the initial Schedule
           2.1 entitled "Third Party Administrator Procedures", as may be
           amended by the Transfer Agent and the Fund from time to time
           ("Schedule 2.1"), the Transfer Agent shall:

           (a) Treat Shareholder accounts established by the Plans in the name
           of the Trustees, Plans or TPAs as the case may be as omnibus
           accounts;

           (b) Maintain omnibus accounts on its records in the name of the TPA
           or its designee as the Trustee for the benefit of the Plan; and

           (c) Perform all services under Section 1 as transfer agent of the
           Funds and not as a record-keeper for the Plans.

     2.3   Transactions identified under Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement
           shall be deemed exception services ("Exception Services") when such
           transactions:

           (a) Require the Transfer Agent to use methods and procedures other
           than those usually employed by the Transfer Agent to perform transfer
           agency and recordkeeping services;

           (b) Involve the provision of information to the Transfer Agent after
           the commencement of the nightly processing cycle of the TA2000
           System; or

           (c) Require more manual intervention by the Transfer Agent, either in
           the entry of data or in the modification or amendment of reports
           generated by the TA2000 System than is normally required.

3.   Fees and Expenses

     3.1   Fee Schedule. For the performance by the Transfer Agent pursuant to
           this Agreement, the Fund agrees to pay the Transfer Agent the fee and
           expenses as set forth in the attached fee schedule ("Schedule 3.1").
           Such fees and out-of-pocket expenses and advances identified under
           Section 3.2 below may be changed from time to time subject to mutual
           written agreement between the Fund and the Transfer Agent. The
           parties agree that the fees set forth on Schedule 3.1 shall apply
           with respect to the Funds set forth on Schedule A hereto as of the
           date hereof and to any newly created funds added to this Agreement
           under Section 16 that have requirements consistent with services then
           being provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement. The fees
           set forth on Schedule 3.1, however, shall not automatically apply to
           any funds resulting from acquisition or merger subsequent to the
           execution of this Agreement. In the event that a fund is to become a
           party to this Agreement as the result of an acquisition or merger and
           such fund's shareholder records are, at the time of such acquisition
           or merger, maintained by the Transfer Agent or its affiliates
           (including, DST Systems, Inc., State Street Bank and


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           Trust Company or National Financial Data Services, Inc.), then the
           fund that is to become a party to this Agreement shall continue to
           pay the fees for the servicing of such fund as are set forth in the
           agreement(s) between such acquired/merged and the Transfer Agent
           and/or its affiliates, until the end of the then current term(s) of
           such agreements, at which time the parties shall discuss the fund's
           requirements in relation to the services provided under this
           Agreement and determine whether the fees under this Agreement shall
           apply to such fund. In the event a fund is to become a party to this
           Agreement that is the result of an acquisition or merger and such
           fund's shareholder records, at the time of such acquisition or
           merger, are maintained by a third party unaffiliated with the
           Transfer Agent, then the parties shall confer diligently and in good
           faith, and agree upon fees applicable to such fund.

     3.2   Out-of-Pocket Expenses. In addition to the fees paid under Section
           3.1 above, the Funds agree to reimburse the Transfer Agent for
           out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to the items set
           out in Schedule 3.1 attached hereto. In addition, any other expenses
           incurred by the Transfer Agent at the request or with the consent of
           the Fund, will be reimbursed by the Fund.

     3.3   Postage. Postage for mailing of dividends, proxies, Fund reports and
           other mailings to all shareholder accounts shall be advanced to the
           Transfer Agent by the Fund at least seven (7) days prior to the
           mailing date of such materials.

     3.4   Invoices. The Fund agrees to pay all fees and reimbursable expenses
           within thirty (30) days following the receipt of the respective
           billing notice, except for any fees or expenses that are subject to
           good faith dispute. In the event of such a dispute, the Fund may only
           withhold that portion of the fee or expense subject to the good faith
           dispute. The Fund shall notify the Transfer Agent in writing within
           twenty-one (21) calendar days following the receipt of each billing
           notice if the Fund is disputing any amounts in good faith. If the
           Fund does not provide such notice of dispute within the required
           time, the billing notice will be deemed accepted by the Fund. The
           Fund shall settle such disputed amounts within five (5) days of the
           day on which the parties agree on the amount to be paid by payment of
           the agreed amount. If no agreement is reached, then such disputed
           amounts shall be settled as may be required by law or legal process.

     3.5   Late Payments. If any undisputed amount in an invoice of the Transfer
           Agent (for fees or reimbursable expenses) is not paid when due, the
           Fund shall pay the Transfer Agent interest thereon (from the due date
           to the date of payment) at a per annum rate equal to one percent
           (1.0%) plus the Prime Rate (that is, the base rate on corporate loans
           posted by large domestic banks) published by The Wall Street Journal
           (or, in the event such rate is not so published, a reasonably
           equivalent published rate selected by the Transfer Agent) on the
           first day of publication during the month when such amount was due.
           Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such interest rate shall
           be no greater than permitted under applicable provisions of
           Massachusetts law.


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4.   Representations and Warranties of the Transfer Agent

The Transfer Agent represents and warrants to the Fund that:

     4.1   It is a corporation duly organized and existing and in good standing
           under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     4.2   It is a duly registered as a transfer agent under Section 17A(c)(2)
           of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"),
           and it will remain so registered for the duration of this Agreement.
           It will promptly notify the Fund in the event of any material change
           in its status as a registered transfer agent.

     4.3   It is duly qualified to carry on its business in The Commonwealth of
           Massachusetts.

     4.4   It is empowered under applicable laws and by its Articles of
           Organization and By-Laws to enter into and perform the services
           contemplated in this Agreement.

     4.5   All requisite corporate proceedings have been taken to authorize it
           to enter into and perform this Agreement.

     4.6   It has and will continue to have access to the necessary facilities,
           equipment and personnel to perform its duties and obligations under
           this Agreement.

5.   Representations and Warranties of the Fund

The Fund represents and warrants to the Transfer Agent that:

     5.1   It is a trust or corporation duly organized and existing and in good
           standing under the laws of the state of its organization as set forth
           on Schedule A.

     5.2   It is empowered under applicable laws and by its organizational
           documents to enter into and perform this Agreement.

     5.3   All corporate proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter
           into and perform this Agreement.

     5.4   The Fund is an open-end management investment company registered
           under the 1940 Act.

     5.5   A registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
           is currently effective and will remain effective, and appropriate
           state securities law filings have been made and will continue to be
           made, with respect to all Shares being offered for sale by the Fund.


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6.   Wire Transfer Operating Guidelines/Articles 4A of the Uniform Commercial
     Code

     6.1   Obligation of Sender. The Transfer Agent is authorized to promptly
           debit the appropriate Fund account(s) upon the receipt of a payment
           order in compliance with the selected security procedure (the
           "Security Procedure") chosen for funds transfer and in the amount of
           money that the Transfer Agent has been instructed to transfer. The
           Transfer Agent shall execute payment orders in compliance with the
           Security Procedure and with the Fund instructions on the execution
           date provided that such payment order is received by the customary
           deadline for processing such a request, unless the payment order
           specifies a later time. All payment orders and communications
           received after the customary deadline will be deemed to have been
           received the next business day.

     6.2   Security Procedure. The Fund acknowledges that the Security Procedure
           it has designated on the Fund Selection Form was selected by the Fund
           from security procedures offered by the Transfer Agent. The Fund
           shall restrict access to confidential information relating to the
           Security Procedure to authorized persons as communicated to the
           Transfer Agent in writing. The Fund must notify the Transfer Agent
           immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have
           obtained access to such information or of any change in the Fund's
           authorized personnel. The Transfer Agent shall verify the
           authenticity of all Fund instructions according to the Security
           Procedure.

     6.3   Account Numbers. The Transfer Agent shall process all payment orders
           on the basis of the account number contained in the payment order. In
           the event of a discrepancy between any name indicated on the payment
           order and the account number, the account number shall take
           precedence and govern.

     6.4   Rejection. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to decline to
           process or delay the processing of a payment order which (a) is in
           excess of the collected balance in the account to be charged at the
           time of the Transfer Agent's receipt of such payment order; (b) if
           initiating such payment order would cause the Transfer Agent, in the
           Transfer Agent's sole judgment, to exceed any volume, aggregate
           dollar, network, time, credit or similar limits which are applicable
           to the Transfer Agent; or (c) if the Transfer Agent, in good faith,
           is unable to satisfy itself that the transaction has been properly
           authorized.

     6.5   Cancellation Amendment. The Transfer Agent shall use reasonable
           efforts to act on all authorized requests to cancel or amend payment
           orders received in compliance with the Security Procedure provided
           that such requests are received in a timely manner affording the
           Transfer Agent reasonable opportunity to act. However, the Transfer
           Agent assumes no liability if the request for amendment or
           cancellation cannot be satisfied.

     6.6   Errors. The Transfer Agent shall assume no responsibility for failure
           to detect any erroneous payment order provided that the Transfer
           Agent complies with the payment order instructions as received and
           the Transfer Agent complies with the Security Procedure. The Security
           Procedure is established for the purpose of authenticating payment
           orders only and not for the detection of errors in payment orders.


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     6.7   Interest. The Transfer Agent shall assume no responsibility for lost
           interest with respect to the refundable amount of any unauthorized
           payment order, unless the Transfer Agent is notified of the
           unauthorized payment order within thirty (30) days of notification by
           the Transfer Agent of the acceptance of such payment order.

     6.8   ACH Credit Entries/Provisional Payments. When the Fund initiates or
           receives Automated Clearing House credit and debit entries pursuant
           to these guidelines and the rules of the National Automated Clearing
           House Association and the New England Clearing House Association,
           State Street Bank and Trust Company will act as an Originating
           Depository Financial Institution and/or Receiving Depository
           Financial Institution, as the case may be, with respect to such
           entries. Credits given by the Transfer Agent with respect to an ACH
           credit entry are provisional until the Transfer Agent receives final
           settlement for such entry from the Federal Reserve Bank. If the
           Transfer Agent does not receive such final settlement, the Fund
           agrees that the Transfer Agent shall receive a refund of the amount
           credited to the Fund in connection with such entry, and the party
           making payment to the Fund via such entry shall not be deemed to have
           paid the amount of the entry.

     6.9   Confirmation. Confirmation of Transfer Agent's execution of payment
           orders shall ordinarily be provided within twenty four (24) hours
           notice of which may be delivered through the Transfer Agent's
           proprietary information systems, or by facsimile or call-back. Fund
           must report any objections to the execution of an order within thirty
           (30) days.

7.   Data Access and Proprietary Information

     7.1   The Fund acknowledges that the databases, computer programs, screen
           formats, report formats, interactive design techniques, and
           documentation manuals furnished to the Fund by the Transfer Agent as
           part of the Fund 's ability to access certain Fund-related data
           ("Customer Data") maintained by the Transfer Agent on databases under
           the control and ownership of the Transfer Agent or other third party
           ("Data Access Services") constitute copyrighted, trade secret, or
           other proprietary information (collectively, "Proprietary
           Information") of substantial value to the Transfer Agent or other
           third party. In no event shall Proprietary Information be deemed
           Customer Data. The Fund agrees to treat all Proprietary Information
           as proprietary to the Transfer Agent and further agrees that it shall
           not divulge any Proprietary Information to any person or organization
           except as may be provided hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing,
           the Fund agrees for itself and its employees and agents to:

           (a) Use such programs and databases (i) solely on the Fund's
           computers; (ii) solely from equipment at the location agreed to
           between the Fund and the Transfer Agent and (iii) solely in
           accordance with the Transfer Agent's applicable user documentation;

           (b) Refrain from copying or duplicating in any way (other than in the
           normal course of performing processing on the Fund's computer(s)),
           the Proprietary Information;


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           (c) Refrain from obtaining unauthorized access to any portion of the
           Proprietary Information, and if such access is inadvertently
           obtained, to inform the Transfer Agent in a timely manner of such
           fact and dispose of such information in accordance with the Transfer
           Agent's instructions;

           (d) Refrain from causing or allowing information transmitted from the
           Transfer Agent's computer to the Fund's terminal to be retransmitted
           to any other computer terminal or other device except as expressly
           permitted by the Transfer Agent (such permission not to be
           unreasonably withheld);

           (e) Allow the Fund to have access only to those authorized
           transactions as agreed to between the Fund and the Transfer Agent;
           and

           (f) Honor all reasonable written requests made by the Transfer Agent
           to protect at the Transfer Agent's expense the rights of the Transfer
           Agent in Proprietary Information at common law, under federal
           copyright law and under other federal or state law.

     7.2   Proprietary Information shall not include all or any portion of any
           of the foregoing items that: (i) are or become publicly available
           without breach of this Agreement; (ii) are released for general
           disclosure by a written release by the Transfer Agent; or (iii) are
           already in the possession of the receiving party at the time of
           receipt without obligation of confidentiality or breach of this
           Agreement.

     7.3   The Fund acknowledges that its obligation to protect the Transfer
           Agent's Proprietary Information is essential to the business interest
           of the Transfer Agent and that the disclosure of such Proprietary
           Information in breach of this Agreement would cause the Transfer
           Agent immediate, substantial and irreparable harm, the value of which
           would be extremely difficult to determine. Accordingly, the parties
           agree that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available
           in law, equity, or otherwise for the disclosure or use of the
           Proprietary Information in breach of this Agreement, the Transfer
           Agent shall be entitled to seek and obtain a temporary restraining
           order, injunctive relief, or other equitable relief against the
           continuance of such breach.

     7.4   If the Fund notifies the Transfer Agent that any of the Data Access
           Services do not operate in material compliance with the most recently
           issued user documentation for such services, the Transfer Agent shall
           endeavor in a timely manner to correct such failure. Organizations
           from which the Transfer Agent may obtain certain data included in the
           Data Access Services are solely responsible for the contents of such
           data and the Fund agrees to make no claim against the Transfer Agent
           arising out of the contents of such third-party data, including, but
           not limited to, the accuracy thereof. DATA ACCESS SERVICES AND ALL
           COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS USED IN CONNECTION
           THEREWITH ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. EXCEPT FOR
           WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN, THE TRANSFER AGENT EXPRESSLY
           DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
           WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
           THOSE EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN THE TRANSFER AGENT


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           EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
           IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
           PURPOSE.

     7.5   If the transactions available to the Fund include the ability to
           originate electronic instructions to the Transfer Agent in order to
           (i) effect the transfer or movement of cash or Shares or (ii)
           transmit Shareholder information or other information, then in such
           event the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to rely on the validity
           and authenticity of such instruction without undertaking any further
           inquiry as long as such instruction is undertaken in conformity with
           security procedures established by the Transfer Agent from time to
           time.

     7.6   Each party shall take reasonable efforts to advise its employees of
           their obligations pursuant to this Section 7. The obligations of this
           Section shall survive any earlier termination of this Agreement.

8.   Indemnification

     8.1   The Transfer Agent shall not be responsible for, and the Fund shall
           indemnify and hold the Transfer Agent harmless, and with respect to
           Section 8.1(f) herein, also State Street Bank and Trust Company
           ("State Street"), from and against, any and all losses, damages,
           costs, charges, counsel fees (including the defense of any law suit
           in which the Transfer Agent or affiliate is a named party), payments,
           expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to:

           (a) All actions of the Transfer Agent or its agents or subcontractors
           required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such
           actions are taken in good faith and without negligence or willful
           misconduct;

           (b) The Fund 's lack of good faith, negligence or willful misconduct;

           (c) The reliance upon, and any subsequent use of or action taken or
           omitted, by the Transfer Agent, or its agents or subcontractors on:
           (i) any information, records, documents, data, stock certificates or
           services, which are received by the Transfer Agent or its agents or
           subcontractors by machine readable input, facsimile, CRT data entry,
           electronic instructions, or other similar means authorized by the
           Fund, and which have been prepared, maintained or performed by the
           Fund or any other person or firm on behalf of the Fund including but
           not limited to any broker-dealer, TPA or previous transfer agent;
           (ii) any instructions or requests of the Fund or any of its officers;
           (iii) any instructions or opinions of legal counsel with respect to
           any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by
           the Transfer Agent under this Agreement which are provided to the
           Transfer Agent by counsel to the Fund after consultation with such
           legal counsel and upon which instructions or opinion the Transfer
           Agent is expressly permitted to rely or opinions of legal counsel
           that are obtained by the Transfer Agent; or (iv) any paper or
           document, reasonably believed to be genuine, authentic, or signed by
           the proper person or persons;


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           (d) The offer or sale of Shares in violation of federal or state
           securities laws or regulations requiring that such Shares be
           registered, or in violation of any stop order or other determination
           or ruling by any federal or any state agency with respect to the
           offer or sale of such Shares;

           (e) The acceptance of facsimile transaction requests on behalf of
           individual Shareholders received from broker-dealers, TPAs or the
           Fund, and the reliance by the Transfer Agent on the broker-dealer,
           TPA or the Fund ensuring that the original source documentation is in
           good order and properly retained;

           (f) The negotiation and processing of any checks, wires and ACH
           transmissions including without limitation for deposit into, or
           credit to, the Fund's demand deposit account maintained by the
           Transfer Agent; or

           (g) Upon the Fund's request entering into any agreements required by
           the NSCC for the transmission of Fund or Shareholder data through the
           NSCC clearing systems.

     8.2   To the extent that the Transfer Agent is not entitled to
           indemnification pursuant to Section 8.1 above and only to the extent
           of such right, the Fund shall not be responsible for, and the
           Transfer Agent shall indemnify and hold the Fund harmless from and
           against any losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees,
           payments, expenses and liability arising directly out of or
           attributable to any action or failure of the Transfer Agent to act as
           a result of the Transfer's Agent's lack of good faith, negligence or
           willful misconduct in the performance of its services hereunder;
           provided, however, that the Transfer Agent shall not be deemed
           negligent and shall have acted in good faith and without willful
           misconduct if the Transfer Agent has followed the Procedures.

     8.3   In order that the indemnification provisions contained in this
           Section 8 shall apply, upon the assertion of a claim for which one
           party may be required to indemnify the other party, the indemnified
           party shall promptly notify the indemnifying party of such assertion,
           and shall keep the indemnifying party advised with respect to all
           developments concerning such claim. The indemnifying party shall have
           the option to participate with the indemnified party in the defense
           of such claim or to defend against said claim in its own name or in
           the name of the indemnified party. The indemnified party shall in no
           case confess any claim or make any compromise in any case in which
           the indemnifying party may be required to indemnify the indemnified
           party except with the indemnifying party's prior written consent.

9.   Standard of Care

           The Transfer Agent shall at all times act in good faith and agrees to
           use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy
           of all services performed under this Agreement, but assumes no
           responsibility and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to
           errors, including encoding and payment processing errors, unless said
           errors are caused by its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct
           or that of its employees or agents. The parties agree that any
           encoding or payment processing errors shall be governed by this
           standard of care and that Section 4-209 of the Uniform Commercial


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           Code is superseded by Section 9 of this Agreement. This standard of
           care also shall apply to Exception Services, as defined in Section
           2.3 herein, but shall take into consideration and make allowances for
           the manual processing and non-standard work involved in, and time
           sensitive nature of, Exception Services.

10.  Confidentiality

     10.1  The Transfer Agent and the Fund agree that they will not, at any time
           during the term of this Agreement or after its termination, reveal,
           divulge, or make known to any person, firm, corporation or other
           business organization, any customers' lists, trade secrets, cost
           figures and projections, profit figures and projections, or any other
           secret or confidential information whatsoever, whether of the
           Transfer Agent or of the Fund, used or gained by the Transfer Agent
           or the Fund during performance under this Agreement. The Fund and the
           Transfer Agent further covenant and agree to retain all such
           knowledge and information acquired during and after the term of this
           Agreement respecting such lists, trade secrets, or any secret or
           confidential information whatsoever in trust for the sole benefit of
           the Transfer Agent or the Fund and their successors and assigns. In
           the event of breach of the foregoing by either party, the remedies
           provided by Section 7.3 shall be available to the party whose
           confidential information is disclosed. The above prohibition of
           disclosure shall not apply to the extent that the Transfer Agent must
           disclose such data to its sub-contractor or Fund agent for purposes
           of providing services under this Agreement.

     10.2  In the event that any requests or demands are made for the inspection
           of the Shareholder records of the Fund, other than request for
           records of Shareholders pursuant to standard subpoenas from state or
           federal government authorities (i.e., divorce and criminal actions),
           the Transfer Agent will use reasonable efforts to notify the Fund
           (except where prohibited by law) and to secure instructions from an
           authorized officer of the Fund as to such inspection. The Transfer
           Agent expressly reserves the right, however, to exhibit the
           Shareholder records to any person whenever it is advised by counsel
           that it may be held liable for the failure to exhibit the Shareholder
           records to such person or if required by law or court order.

11.  Covenants of the Fund and the Transfer Agent

     11.1  The Fund shall promptly furnish to the Transfer Agent the following:

           (a) A certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Trustees or
           the Board of Directors, as the case may be, of the Fund authorizing
           the appointment of the Transfer Agent; and

           (b) A copy of the organizational documents of the Fund and all
           amendments thereto.

     11.2  The Transfer Agent hereby agrees to establish and maintain facilities
           and procedures reasonably acceptable to the Fund for safekeeping of
           stock certificates, check forms and facsimile signature imprinting
           devices, if any; and for the preparation or use, and for keeping
           account of, such certificates, forms and devices.


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     11.3  The Transfer Agent shall keep records relating to the services to be
           performed hereunder, in the form and manner as it may deem advisable.
           To the extent required by Section 31 of the 1940 Act and the rules
           thereunder, the Transfer Agent agrees that all such records prepared
           or maintained by the Transfer Agent relating to the services to be
           performed by the Transfer Agent hereunder are the property of the
           Fund and will be preserved, maintained and made available in
           accordance with such Section and rules, and will be surrendered
           promptly to the Fund on and in accordance with its request.

12.  Termination of Agreement

     12.1  Term. The initial term of this Agreement (the "Initial Term") shall
           be five (5) years from the date first stated above unless terminated
           pursuant to the provisions of this Section 12. The term may be
           renewed by mutual agreement of the Transfer Agent and the individual
           Fund for successive periods of one year each ("Renewal Term"). Either
           the Transfer Agent or the Fund shall give written notice to the other
           party one hundred twenty (120) days before the expiration of the
           Initial Term or of a Renewal Term if such party desires not to renew
           the term for an additional one year period. In the absence of such
           notice, the Agreement shall renew automatically for such one year
           term. In the event the Fund wishes to terminate this Agreement as to
           it prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or a Renewal Term, the
           Fund shall give one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice to
           the Transfer Agent and shall be subject to the terms of this Section,
           including the payments applicable under Section 12.3. One hundred
           twenty (120) days before the expiration of the Initial Term or a
           Renewal Term, the Transfer Agent and the Fund will agree upon a Fee
           Schedule for the upcoming Renewal Term. Notwithstanding the
           termination or non-renewal of this Agreement, the terms and
           conditions of this Agreement shall continue to apply until the
           completion of Deconversion (defined below).

     12.2  Deconversion. In the event that this Agreement is terminated or not
           renewed for any reason by the Fund, the Transfer Agent agrees that,
           in order to provide for uninterrupted service to the Fund, the
           Transfer Agent, at Fund's request, shall offer reasonable assistance
           to the Fund in converting the Fund's records from the Transfer
           Agent's systems to whatever services or systems are designated by
           Fund (the "Deconversion"). Such Deconversion is subject to the
           recompense of the Transfer Agent for such assistance at its standard
           rates and fees in effect at the time and to a reasonable time frame
           for performance as agreed to by the parties. As used herein
           "reasonable assistance" and "transitional assistance" shall not
           include requiring the Transfer Agent (i) to assist any new service or
           system provider to modify, to alter, to enhance, or to improve such
           provider's system, or to provide any new functionality to such
           provider's system, (ii) to disclose any protected information of the
           Transfer Agent, or (iii) to develop Deconversion software, to modify
           any of the Transfer Agent's software, or to otherwise alter the
           format of the data as maintained on any provider's systems.


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     12.3  Termination or Non Renewal.

           (a) Outstanding Fees and Charges. In the event of termination or
           non-renewal of this Agreement by the Fund, the Fund will promptly pay
           the Transfer Agent all fees and charges for the services provided
           under this Agreement (i) which have been accrued and remain unpaid as
           of the date of such notice of termination or non-renewal and (ii)
           which thereafter accrue for the period through and including the date
           of Fund's Deconversion.

           (b) Deconversion Costs and Post-Deconversion Support Fees. In the
           event of termination or non-renewal of this Agreement by the Fund,
           the Fund shall pay the Transfer Agent for the Deconversion costs as
           noted in Section 12.2 and all reasonable fees and expenses for
           providing any support services that the Fund requests the Transfer
           Agent to provide post Deconversion, including but not limited to tax
           reporting and open issue resolution.

           (c) Early Termination for Convenience. In addition to the foregoing,
           in the event that the Fund terminates this Agreement prior to the end
           of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term other than due to the
           Transfer Agent's bankruptcy under Section 12.6 or for cause under
           Section 12.7, the Fund shall pay the Transfer Agent an amount equal
           to the average monthly fee paid by the Fund to the Transfer Agent
           under the Agreement multiplied by the number of months remaining in
           the Initial or Renewal Term and calculated as set forth on the then
           current Fee Schedule, on the date notice of termination was given to
           the Transfer Agent (the "Early Termination Fee").

     12.4  Confidential Information. Upon termination of this Agreement, each
           party shall return to the other party all copies of confidential or
           proprietary materials or information received from such other party
           hereunder, other than materials or information required to be
           retained by such party under applicable laws or regulations.

     12.5  Unpaid Invoices. The Transfer Agent may terminate this Agreement
           immediately upon an unpaid invoice payable by the Fund to the
           Transfer Agent being outstanding for more than ninety (90) days,
           except with respect to any amount subject to a good faith dispute
           within the meaning of Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

     12.6  Bankruptcy. Either party hereto may terminate this Agreement by
           notice to the other party, effective at any time specified therein,
           in the event that (a) the other party ceases to carry on its business
           or (b) an action is commenced by or against the other party under
           Title 11 of the United States Code or a receiver, conservator or
           similar officer is appointed for the other party and such suit,
           conservatorship or receivership is not discharged within thirty (30)
           days.

     12.7  Cause. If either of the parties hereto becomes in default in the
           performance of its duties or obligations hereunder and such default
           has a material adverse effect on the other party, then the
           non-defaulting party may give notice to the defaulting party
           specifying the nature of the default in sufficient detail to permit
           the defaulting party to identify and cure such default. If the
           defaulting party fails to cure such default within thirty (30) days
           of receipt of such notice, or within such other period of time as the
           parties may agree is necessary for such cure, then the non-defaulting
           party may terminate this


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           Agreement upon notice of not less than five (5) days to the
           defaulting party.

     12.8  The parties agree that the effective date of any Deconversion as a
           result of termination hereof shall not occur during the period from
           December 15th through March 1st of any year to avoid adversely
           impacting a year-end.

     12.9  Within thirty (30) days after completion of a Deconversion, the Fund
           will give notice to the Transfer Agent containing reasonable
           instructions regarding the disposition of tapes, data files, records,
           original source documentation or other property belonging to the Fund
           and then in the Transfer Agent's possession and shall make payment
           for the Transfer Agent's reasonable costs to comply with such notice.
           If the Fund fails to give that notice within thirty (30) days after
           termination of this Agreement, then the Transfer Agent may dispose of
           such property as it sees fit. The reasonable costs of any such
           disposition or of the continued storage of such tapes, data files,
           records, original source documentation or other properties shall be
           billed to, and within thirty (30) days of receipt of such invoice
           paid by, the Fund. Failure to pay such sums when due shall incur a
           late charge in accordance with Section 3.5 of this Agreement

13.  Assignment and Third Party Beneficiaries

     13.1  Except as provided in Section 14.1 below neither this Agreement nor
           any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by either party
           without the written consent of the other party. Any attempt to do so
           in violation of this Section shall be void. Unless specifically
           stated to the contrary in any written consent to an assignment, no
           assignment will release or discharge the assignor from any duty or
           responsibility under this Agreement.

     13.2  Except as explicitly stated elsewhere in this Agreement, nothing
           under this Agreement shall be construed to give any rights or
           benefits in this Agreement to anyone other than the Transfer Agent
           and the Fund, and the duties and responsibilities undertaken pursuant
           to this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
           Transfer Agent and the Fund. This Agreement shall inure to the
           benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective
           permitted successors and assigns.

     13.3  This Agreement does not constitute an agreement for a partnership or
           joint venture between the Transfer Agent and the Fund. Other than as
           provided in Section 14.1 and Schedule 1.2(f), neither party shall
           make any commitments with third parties that are binding on the other
           party without the other party's prior written consent.


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14.  Subcontractors

     14.1  The Transfer Agent may, without further consent on the part of the
           Fund, subcontract for the performance hereof with an affiliate of the
           Transfer Agent which is duly registered as a transfer agent pursuant
           to Section 17A(c)(2) of the 1934 Act or, with regard to print/mail
           services, to DST Output, Inc., an affiliate of the Transfer Agent;
           provided, however, that the Transfer Agent shall be fully responsible
           to the Fund for the acts and omissions of its affiliate as it is for
           its own acts and omissions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
           Fund contracts for the performance of any services directly with an
           affiliate of the Transfer Agent, then the Transfer Agent shall not be
           responsible to the Fund for the acts and omissions of such affiliate
           with respect to such services.

     14.2  For purposes of this Agreement, unaffiliated third parties such as by
           way of example and not limitation, Airborne Services, Federal
           Express, United Parcel Service, the U.S. Mails, the NSCC and
           telecommunication companies, shall not be deemed to be subcontractors
           of the Transfer Agent.

15.  Miscellaneous

     15.1  Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written
           agreement executed by both parties.

     15.2  Massachusetts Law to Apply. This Agreement shall be construed and the
           provisions thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws
           of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     15.3  Force Majeure. In the event either party is unable to perform its
           obligations under the terms of this Agreement because of acts of God,
           acts of war or terrorism, strikes, equipment or transmission failure
           or damage reasonably beyond its control, or other causes reasonably
           beyond its control, such party shall not be liable for damages to the
           other for any damages resulting from such failure to perform or
           otherwise from such causes.

     15.4  Consequential Damages. Neither party to this Agreement shall be
           liable to the other party for special, indirect or consequential
           damages under any provision of this Agreement or for any special,
           indirect or consequential damages arising out of any act or failure
           to act hereunder.

     15.5  Survival. All provisions regarding indemnification, warranty,
           liability, and limits thereon, and confidentiality and/or protections
           of proprietary rights and trade secrets shall survive the termination
           of this Agreement.

     15.6  Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall
           be held invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the validity, legality,
           and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
           be affected or impaired.


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     15.7  Priorities Clause. In the event of any conflict, discrepancy or
           ambiguity between the terms and conditions contained in this
           Agreement and any Schedules or attachments hereto, the terms and
           conditions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.

     15.8  Waiver. No waiver by either party or any breach or default of any of
           the covenants or conditions herein contained and performed by the
           other party shall be construed as a waiver of any succeeding breach
           of the same or of any other covenant or condition.

     15.9  Merger of Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
           between the parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreement with
           respect to the subject matter hereof whether oral or written.

     15.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto on
           any number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken
           together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

     15.11 Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all schedules,
           exhibits, attachments and amendments hereto may be reproduced by any
           photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature
           photographic or other similar process. The parties hereto each agree
           that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the
           original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether
           or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
           reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business,
           and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction shall
           likewise be admissible in evidence.

     15.12 Notices. All notices and other communications as required or
           permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sent by first class mail,
           postage prepaid, addressed as follows or to such other address or
           addresses of which the respective party shall have notified the
           other.

               (a)  If to the Transfer Agent, to:

                    Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
                    2 Heritage Drive, 4th Floor
                    North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171
                    Attention: Legal Department
                    Facsimile: (617) 483-2490

               (b)  If to the Fund, to:

                    2949 E. Elvira Road, Suite 101
                    Tuscon, AZ 85706
                    Attention: Thomas Tays, Esq.
                    Facsimile: (520) 806-7601


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16.  Additional Portfolios/ Funds

     16.1  Additional Portfolios. In the event that a Fund establishes one or
           more series of Shares, in addition to those listed on the attached
           Schedule A, with respect to which it desires to have the Transfer
           Agent render services as transfer agent under the terms hereof, it
           shall so notify the Transfer Agent in writing, and if the Transfer
           Agent agrees in writing to provide such services, such series of
           Shares shall become a Portfolio hereunder by the parties amending the
           Schedule A to include the additional series.

     16.2  Additional Funds. In the event that an entity affiliated with the
           Funds, in addition to those listed on the Schedule A, desires to have
           the Transfer Agent render services as transfer agent under the terms
           hereof and the Transfer Agent agrees to provide such services, upon
           completion of an amended Schedule A signed by all parties to the
           Agreement, such entity shall become a Fund hereunder and any series
           thereof shall become a Portfolio hereunder.

17.  Limitations of Liability of the Trustees and Shareholders

     In the case where the Fund is a trust, a copy of the trust instrument (if
     applicable) is on file with the Secretary of the State of the state of its
     organization, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed
     on behalf of the trustees of the trust as trustees and not individually and
     that the obligations of this instrument are not binding upon any of the
     trustees or Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets
     and property of the trust.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized
officers, as of the day and year first above written.

                                        EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY
                                        AND NOT JOINTLY, AS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        As an Authorized Officer on behalf of
                                        each of the Funds indicated on
                                        Schedule A

ATTEST:


-------------------------------------


                                        BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

ATTEST:


-------------------------------------


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                                   SCHEDULE A

Davis New York Venture Fund, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Maryland

     Davis Global Fund
     Davis New York Venture Fund
     Davis Research Fund

Davis Series, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Maryland

     Davis Appreciation and Income Fund
     Davis Financial Fund
     Davis Government Bond Fund
     Davis Government Money Market Fund
     Davis Opportunity Fund
     Davis Real Estate Fund

Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc.

     Davis Value Portfolio
     Davis Real Estate Portfolio
     Davis Financial Portfolio

Selected American Shares, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Maryland

Selected Capital Preservation Trust, a business trust organized under the laws
of the State of Ohio

     Selected Daily Government Fund

Selected Special Shares, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Maryland

Clipper Fund, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
California*

     Clipper Fund*

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*    Effective on or about 6/1/06, may become the Clipper Fund of the Clipper
     Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.

EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY      BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES,
AND NOT JOINTLY, AS LISTED ON           INC.
SCHEDULE A


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------
As an Authorized Officer on behalf of
each of the Funds indicated on
Schedule A


                                  Schedule A-1



                                 SCHEDULE 1.2(F)
                                 AML DELEGATION
                               DATED _____________

1.   Delegation.

     1.1  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
          Fund hereby delegates to the Transfer Agent those aspects of the
          Fund's Program that are set forth in Section 4 below (the "Delegated
          Duties"). The Delegated Duties set forth in Section 4 may be amended,
          from time to time, by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Transfer
          Agent upon the execution by such parties of a revised Schedule 1.2(f)
          bearing a later date than the date hereof.

     1.2  The Transfer Agent agrees to perform such Delegated Duties, with
          respect to the ownership of shares in the Fund for which the Transfer
          Agent maintains the applicable shareholder information, subject to and
          in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2.   Consent to Examination. In connection with the performance by the Transfer
     Agent of the Delegated Duties, the Transfer Agent understands and
     acknowledges that the Fund remains responsible for assuring compliance with
     the USA PATRIOT Act and that the records the Transfer Agent 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. The Transfer Agent 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, the Transfer Agent 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, the Transfer Agent is agreeing to
     perform only the Delegated Duties, 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 the Transfer Agent
     shall only be responsible for performing the Delegated Duties with respect
     to the ownership of, and transactions in, shares in the Fund for which the
     Transfer Agent maintains the applicable shareholder information.

4.   Delegated Duties

     4.1  Consistent with the services provided by the Transfer Agent and with
          respect to the ownership of shares in the Fund for which the Transfer
          Agent maintains the applicable shareholder information, the Transfer
          Agent shall:


                              Schedule 1.2(f) - 1



          (a) Submit all new account and registration maintenance transactions
          through the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") database and
          such other lists or databases as may be required from time to time by
          applicable regulatory authorities;

          (b) Submit special payee checks through OFAC database;

          (c) Review redemption transactions that occur within thirty (30) days
          of account establishment or maintenance;

          (d) Review wires sent pursuant to banking instructions other than
          those on file with the Transfer Agent;

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

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

          (g) On a daily basis, review purchase and redemption activity per tax
          identification number ("TIN") within the Fund to determine if activity
          for that TIN exceeded the $100,000 threshold on any given day;

          (h) Compare all new accounts and registration maintenance through the
          DST Known Offenders database and notify the Fund of any match;

          (i) Monitor and track cash equivalents under $10,000 for a rolling
          twelve-month period and file IRS Form 8300 and issue the Shareholder
          notices required by the IRS;

          (j) 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; notify the Fund if any further
          communication is received from U.S. Department of the Treasury or
          other law enforcement agencies regarding the SAR;

          (k) Compare account information to any FinCEN request received by the
          Fund and provided to the Transfer Agent pursuant to USA PATRIOT Act
          Sec. 314(a). Provide the Fund with documents/information necessary to
          respond to requests under USA PATRIOT Act Sec. 314(a) within required
          time frames; and

          (l) (i) Verify the identity of any person seeking to open an account
          with the Fund, (ii) Maintain records of the information used to verify
          the person's identity and (iii) Determine whether the person appears
          on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorists
          organizations provided to the Fund by any government agency.

     4.2  In the event that the Transfer Agent detects activity as a result of
          the foregoing procedures, which necessitates the filing by the
          Transfer Agent of a SAR, a Form 8300 or other similar report or notice
          to OFAC, then the Transfer Agent shall also immediately notify the
          Fund, unless prohibited by applicable law.


                              Schedule 1.2(f) - 2



EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY      BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES,
AND NOT JOINTLY, AS LISTED ON           INC.
SCHEDULE A


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------
As an Authorized Officer on behalf of
each of the Funds indicated on Schedule A


                              Schedule 1.2(f) - 3



                                  SCHEDULE 2.1

                     THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR(S) PROCEDURES

                               Dated ____________

1.   On each day on which both the New York Stock Exchange and the Fund are open
     for business (a "Business Day"), the TPA(s) shall receive, on behalf of and
     as agent of the Fund, Instructions (as hereinafter defined) from the Plan.
     Instructions shall mean as to the Fund (i) orders by the Plan for the
     purchases of Shares, and (ii) requests by the Plan for the redemption of
     Shares; in each case based on the Plan's receipt of purchase orders and
     redemption requests by Participants in proper form by the time required by
     the term of the Plan, but not later than the time of day at which the net
     asset value of the Fund is calculated, as described from time to time in
     the Fund's prospectus. Each Business Day on which the TPA receives
     Instructions shall be a "Trade Date".

2.   The TPA(s) shall communicate the TPA(s)'s acceptance of such Instructions,
     to the applicable Plan.

3.   On the next succeeding Business Day following the Trade Date on which it
     accepted Instructions for the purchase and redemption of Shares, (TD+1),
     the TPA(s) shall notify the Transfer Agent of the net amount of such
     purchases or redemptions, as the case may be, for each of the Plans. In the
     case of net purchases by any Plan, the TPA(s) shall instruct the Trustees
     of such Plan to transmit the aggregate purchase price for Shares by wire
     transfer to the Transfer Agent on (TD+1). In the case of net redemptions by
     any Plan, the TPA(s) shall instruct the Fund's custodian to transmit the
     aggregate redemption proceeds for Shares by wire transfer to the Trustees
     of such Plan on (TD+1). The times at which such notification and
     transmission shall occur on (TD+1) shall be as mutually agreed upon by the
     Fund, the TPA(s), and the Transfer Agent.

4.   The TPA(s) shall maintain separate records for each Plan, which record
     shall reflect Shares purchased and redeemed, including the date and price
     for all transactions, and Share balances. The TPA(s) shall maintain on
     behalf of each of the Plans a single master account with the Transfer Agent
     and such account shall be in the name of that Plan, the TPA(s), or the
     nominee of either thereof as the record owner of Shares owned by such Plan.

5.   The TPA(s) shall maintain records of all proceeds of redemptions of Shares
     and all other distributions not reinvested in Shares.

6.   The TPA(s) shall prepare, and transmit to each of the Plans, periodic
     account statements showing the total number of Shares owned by that Plan as
     of the statement closing date, purchases and redemptions of Shares by the
     Plan during the period covered by the statement, and the dividends and
     other distributions paid to the Plan on Shares during the statement period
     (whether paid in cash or reinvested in Shares).

7.   The TPA(s) shall, at the request and expense of the Fund, transmit to the
     Plans prospectuses, proxy materials, reports, and other information
     provided by the Fund for delivery to its shareholders.


                                Schedule 2.1 - 1



                                  SCHEDULE 2.1

                     THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR(S) PROCEDURES

                               Dated ____________

8.   The TPA(s) shall, at the request of the Fund, prepare and transmit to the
     Fund or any agent designated by it such periodic reports covering Shares of
     each Plan as the Fund shall reasonably conclude are necessary to enable the
     Fund to comply with state Blue Sky requirements.

9.   The TPA(s) shall transmit to the Plans confirmation of purchase orders and
     redemption requests placed by the Plans; and

10.  The TPA(s) shall, with respect to Shares, maintain account balance
     information for the Plan(s) and daily and monthly purchase summaries
     expressed in Shares and dollar amounts.

11.  Plan sponsors may request, or the law may require, that prospectuses, proxy
     materials, periodic reports and other materials relating to the Fund be
     furnished to Participants in which event the Transfer Agent or the Fund
     shall mail or cause to be mailed such materials to Participants. With
     respect to any such mailing, the TPA(s) shall, at the request of the
     Transfer Agent or the Fund, provide at the TPA(s)'s expense a complete and
     accurate set of mailing labels with the name and address of each
     Participant having an interest through the Plans in Shares.

EACH OF THE ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALLY      BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES,
AND NOT JOINTLY, AS LISTED ON           INC.
SCHEDULE A


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------
As an Authorized Officer on behalf of
each of the Funds indicated on
Schedule A


                                Schedule 2.1 - 2



                                  SCHEDULE 3.1
                                FEES AND EXPENSES
            DAVIS SERIES, INC. AND DAVIS NEW YORK VENTURE FUND, INC.
                 Effective January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010

General: Fees are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual
fee. A charge is made for an account in the month that an account opens or
closes.

Annual Base Fee:*          $605,000

* The Annual Base Fee will increase by $7,500 per CUSIP added during the Initial
Term or any Renewal Term.

Annual Account Fees:

Direct Accounts            $16.25 per account
Closed Accounts            $1.55 per account
Network Level 3 Account    $5.50 per account

Transaction Fees:

New Account Set-up         $4.00 per account
Checkwriting Redemption    $1.00 each
Confirmed Trades           $1.00 each

Other Fees:

Investor Linkage           $1.80 per investor

Fiduciary Fees:

Account Set-up Fee         $10.00 per account
Annual Maintenance Fee**   $15.00 per plan per social security number

**Paid by the Shareholder; waived if total assets equal or exceed $50,000.

Balance Earning Credits:

All balance earnings credits received by Boston Financial in connection with
Fund demand deposit accounts (net of expenses and fees deducted by State Street
Bank and Trust Company) will be used to offset transfer agency fees hereunder.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses     Billed as Incurred

Out-of-Pocket expenses include, but are not limited to: postage, post office box
rental, checkwriting postage, Compliance+ program, supplies, statements,
checkwriting, print and mailing services, information disc (year end), TINS,
average cost, data communications equipment, COOL (computer output on-line),
microfiche, freight, telephone charges, fax lines, 800 line charges, TA2000
voice, disaster recovery, offsite storage, Vax payroll processing, state tax
reporting, Fund/SERV, AWD remote workstations, excess history, Fan Mail, Fan
Web, jumbo processing, lost shareholder searches, lost shareholder tracking,
Powerselect, Vision, escheatment, year-end forms, programming hours (as set
forth above), on-request reports, Shareholder proxy services, CIP-related search
charges and other expenses incurred at the specific direction of the Fund or
with advance written notice to the Fund.


                                Schedule 3.1 - 1



DAVIS SERIES, INC.
DAVIS NEW YORK VENTURE FUND, INC.       BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------

As an Authorized Officer of each Fund
above, individually and not jointly


                                Schedule 3.1 - 2



                                  SCHEDULE 3.1
                                FEES AND EXPENSES
                        DAVIS VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUND, INC.
                 Effective January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010

General: Fees are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual
fee.

Annual Base Fee (3 Cusips @$7,500 per Cusip):*   $22,500

* The Annual Base Fee will increase by $7,500 per CUSIP added during the Initial
Term or any Renewal Term.

Balance Earning Credits:

All balance earnings credits received by Boston Financial in connection with
Fund demand deposit accounts (net of expenses and fees deducted by State Street
Bank and Trust Company) will be used to offset transfer agency fees hereunder.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses                           Billed as Incurred

Out-of-Pocket expenses include, but are not limited to: postage, post office box
rental, checkwriting postage, Compliance+ program, supplies, statements,
checkwriting, print and mailing services, information disc (year end), TINS,
average cost, data communications equipment, COOL (computer output on-line),
microfiche, freight, telephone charges, fax lines, 800 line charges, TA2000
voice, disaster recovery, offsite storage, Vax payroll processing, state tax
reporting, Fund/SERV, AWD remote workstations, excess history, Fan Mail, Fan
Web, jumbo processing, lost shareholder searches, lost shareholder tracking,
Powerselect, Vision, escheatment, year-end forms, programming hours (as set
forth above), on-request reports, Shareholder proxy services, CIP-related search
charges and other expenses incurred at the specific direction of the Fund or
with advance written notice to the Fund.

DAVIS VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUND, INC.       BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------


                                 Schedule 3.1 - 3



                                  SCHEDULE 3.1
                                FEES AND EXPENSES
     SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC., SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST AND
                          SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.
                 Effective January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010

General: Fees are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual
fee. A charge is made for an account in the month that an account opens or
closes.

Annual Base Fee:*          $65,000

*Note: The Annual Base Fee will increase by $7,500 per CUSIP added during the
Initial Term or any Renewal Term.

Annual Account Fees:

Direct Accounts            $9.25 per account
Closed Accounts            $1.55 per account
Network Level 3 Account    $4.50 per account

Transaction Fees:

New Account Set-up         $4.00 per account
Checkwriting Redemption    $1.00 each
Confirmed Trades           $1.00 each

Other Fees:

Investor Linkage           $1.80 per investor

Fiduciary Fees:

Account Set-up Fee         $10.00 per account
Annual Maintenance Fee**   $15.00 per plan per social security number

**Paid by Shareholder; waived if total assets equal or exceed $50,000.

Balance Earning Credits:

All balance earnings credits received by Boston Financial in connection with
Fund demand deposit accounts (net of expenses and fees deducted by State Street
Bank and Trust Company) will be used to offset transfer agency fees hereunder.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses     Billed as Incurred

Out-of-Pocket expenses include, but are not limited to: postage, post office box
rental, checkwriting postage, Compliance+ program, supplies, statements,
checkwriting, print and mailing services, information disc (year end), TINS,
average cost, data communications equipment, COOL (computer output on-line),
microfiche, freight, telephone charges, fax lines, 800 line charges, TA2000
voice, disaster recovery, offsite storage, Vax payroll processing, state tax
reporting, Fund/SERV, AWD remote workstations, excess history, Fan Mail, Fan
Web, jumbo processing, lost shareholder searches, lost shareholder tracking,
Powerselect, Vision, escheatment, year-end forms, programming hours (as set
forth above), on-request reports,


                                Schedule 3.1 - 4



Shareholder proxy services, CIP-related search charges and other expenses
incurred at the specific direction of the Fund or with advance written notice to
the Fund.

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.
SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST
SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.           BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------

As an Authorized Officer of each Fund
above, individually and not jointly


                                 Schedule 3.1 - 5



                                  SCHEDULE 3.1
                                FEES AND EXPENSES
                               CLIPPER FUND, INC.
                 Effective January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010

General: Fees are billable on a monthly basis at the rate of 1/12 of the annual
fee. A charge is made for an

account in the month that an account opens or closes.

Annual Base Fee:*          $150,000

* The Annual Base Fee will increase by $7,500 per CUSIP added during the Initial
Term or any Renewal Term.

Annual Account Fees:

Direct Accounts            $9.75 per account
Closed Accounts            $1.55 per account
Network Level 3 Account    $5.75 per account

Transaction Fees:

New Account Set-up         $4.00 per account
Checkwriting Redemption    $1.00 each
Confirmed Trades           $1.00 each
Manual Transactions        $2.00 each

Other Fees:

Investor Linkage           $1.80 per investor

Fiduciary Fees:

Account Set-up Fee         $10.00 per account
Annual Maintenance Fee**   $10.00 per account

** Paid by the shareholder

Balance Earning Credits:

All balance earnings credits received by Boston Financial in connection with
Fund demand deposit accounts (net of expenses and fees deducted by State Street
Bank and Trust Company) will be used to offset transfer agency fees hereunder.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses     Billed as Incurred

Out-of-Pocket expenses include, but are not limited to: postage, post office box
rental, checkwriting postage, Compliance+ program, supplies, statements,
checkwriting, print and mailing services, information disc (year end), TINS,
average cost, data communications equipment, COOL (computer output on-line),
microfiche, freight, telephone charges, fax lines, 800 line charges, TA2000
voice, disaster recovery, offsite storage, Vax payroll processing, state tax
reporting, Fund/SERV, AWD remote workstations, excess history, Fan Mail, Fan
Web, jumbo processing, lost shareholder searches, lost shareholder tracking,
Powerselect, Vision, escheatment, year-end forms, programming hours (as set
forth above), on-request reports, Shareholder proxy services, CIP-related search
charges and other expenses incurred at the


                                 Schedule 3.1 - 6



specific direction of the Fund or with advance written notice to the Fund.

CLIPPER FUND, INC.                      BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.


By:                                     By:
    ---------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
      -------------------------------         ----------------------------------
Title:                                  Title:
       ------------------------------          ---------------------------------


                                 Schedule 3.1 - 7