EX-99.H 5 exhibit_h2.txt EXHIBIT_H2.TXT AMENDMENT DATED AUGUST 27, 2008 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RYDEX SERIES FUNDS AND RYDEX FUND SERVICES, INC., DATED NOVEMBER 15, 2004, AS AMENDED AMENDMENT DATED AUGUST 27, 2008 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 15, 2004, AS AMENDED, BETWEEN RYDEX SERIES FUNDS AND RYDEX FUND SERVICES, INC. The following Amendment is made to Section 4 of the Amended and Restated Service Agreement between Rydex Series Funds (the "Trust") and Rydex Fund Services, Inc. (the "Servicer"), dated November 15, 2004, as amended to date (the "Agreement"), and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of the Agreement: Section 4 of the Agreement is amended, effective August 27, 2008, to read as follows: As consideration for the services provided hereunder, the Trust will pay the Servicer a fee on the last day of each month in which this Agreement is in effect, at the following annual rates based on the average daily net assets (the "Assets") of each of the Trust's series for such month: GOVERNMENT LONG BOND 1.2X STRATEGY FUND 0.20% of Assets U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND 0.20% of Assets NOVA FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE S&P 500 STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets NASDAQ-100(R) FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE NASDAQ-100(R) STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE GOVERNMENT LONG BOND STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets EUROPE 1.25X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets RUSSELL 2000(R) 1.5X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets MID-CAP 1.5X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets LARGE-CAP VALUE FUND 0.25% of Assets LARGE-CAP GROWTH FUND 0.25% of Assets MID-CAP VALUE FUND 0.25% of Assets MID-CAP GROWTH FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE MID-CAP STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND 0.25% of Assets SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE RUSSELL 2000(R) STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets STRENGTHENING DOLLAR 2X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets WEAKENING DOLLAR 2X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets BANKING FUND 0.25% of Assets BASIC MATERIALS FUND 0.25% of Assets BIOTECHNOLOGY FUND 0.25% of Assets CONSUMER PRODUCTS FUND 0.25% of Assets ELECTRONICS FUND 0.25% of Assets ENERGY FUND 0.25% of Assets ENERGY SERVICES FUND 0.25% of Assets FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND 0.25% of Assets HEALTH CARE FUND 0.25% of Assets INTERNET FUND 0.25% of Assets LEISURE FUND 0.25% of Assets PRECIOUS METALS FUND 0.25% of Assets REAL ESTATE FUND 0.25% of Assets RETAILING FUND 0.25% of Assets TECHNOLOGY FUND 0.25% of Assets TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND 0.25% of Assets TRANSPORTATION FUND 0.25% of Assets UTILITIES FUND 0.25% of Assets COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets SECTOR ROTATION FUND 0.25% of Assets ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES FUND 0.25% of Assets HEDGED EQUITY FUND 0.25% of Assets S&P 500 FUND 0.25% of Assets RUSSELL 2000(R) FUND 0.25% of Assets ESSENTIAL PORTFOLIO MODERATE FUND 0.25% of Assets ESSENTIAL PORTFOLIO CONSERVATIVE FUND 0.25% of Assets ESSENTIAL PORTFOLIO AGGRESSIVE FUND 0.25% of Assets MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets HIGH YIELD STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets INVERSE HIGH YIELD STRATEGY FUND 0.25% of Assets INTERNATIONAL ROTATION FUND 0.25% JAPAN 2X STRATEGY FUND 0.25% ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES ALLOCATION FUND 0.25% MULTI-CAP CORE EQUITY FUND 0.25% LONG/SHORT COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND 0.25% GLOBAL MARKET NEUTRAL FUND 0.25% ADDITIONS ARE NOTED IN BOLD. In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf and through their duly-authorized officers as of the 27th day of August, 2008. RYDEX SERIES FUNDS By: /s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur ------------------------------------ Name: Carl G. Verboncoeur Title: President RYDEX FUND SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur ------------------------------------ Name: Carl G. Verboncoeur Title: President