As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2020

Securities Act No. 33-44964

Investment Company Act File No. 811-06526

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

x

 

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

o

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 171

x

 


 

and/or

 

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

x

 

Amendment No. 174

x

 


 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

(formerly, “The Boston Trust & Walden Funds”)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number: 1-800-282-8782

 


Michael V. Wible

Thompson Hine LLP

41 S. High Street,

Suite 1700

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(Address of Agent for Service)

 

With Copies to:

 

Jennifer Hankins

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200

Columbus, Ohio 43219

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(d).

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Effective September 30, 2020, the Registrant will change the name of Walden Balanced Fund to “Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund”, Walden Equity Fund to “Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund”, Walden Midcap Fund to “Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund”, Walden SMID Cap Fund to “Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund” and Walden International Equity Fund to “Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund.”

 

In connection with these name changes, this Post-Effective Amendment is being filed solely for the purposes of amending Part C and filing certain exhibits, including the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust as Exhibit (a)(1), the Amendment to the Declaration of Trust as Exhibit (a)(2), Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement as Exhibit (d)(6), Second Amendment to the Distribution Agreement as Exhibit (e)(4), Amendment to Custody Agreement as Exhibit (g)(6), Amendment to Global Custodial Services Agreement as Exhibit (g)(10), Amendment to the Services Agreement as Exhibit (h)(5), Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement as Exhibit (h)(10), Amendment to Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement as Exhibit (h)(14), Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement as Exhibit (h)(16), Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement as Exhibit (h)(18), and Shareholder Services Plan, as amended as Exhibit (h)(22), to this Registration Statement on Form N-1A.

 

Part A and Part B of Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 to the Registration Statement filed on April 23, 2020 are incorporated herein by reference.

 


 

PART C

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 28. EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1)

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated as of February 25, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Amendment to the Declaration of Trust approved August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(b)(1)

 

By-Laws (22)

 

 

 

(c)

 

Certificates for Shares are not issued. Articles IV, V, VI and VII of the Declaration of Trust, filed as Exhibit (a) hereto, define rights of holders of Shares.

 

 

 

(d)(1)

 

Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc. (3)

 

(d)(2)

 

Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 24, 2012 (11)

 

 

 

(d)(3)

 

Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 9, 2015 (15)

 

 

 

(d)(4)

 

Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 1, 2018 (17)

 

 

 

(d)(5)

 

Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

(d)(6)

 

Amendment to Investment Advisory Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

(e)(1)

 

Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Foreside Financial Group, LLC dated August 12, 2016 (16)

 

 

 

(e)(2)

 

Novation of Distribution Agreement dated February 28, 2017 (16)

 

 

 

(e)(3)

 

Amendment to the Distribution Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

(e)(4)

 

Second Amendment to the Distribution Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

(f)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(g)(1)

 

Custody Agreement between Registrant and Boston Trust & Investment Management Company (formerly United States Trust Company of Boston) (1)

 

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(g)(2)

 

Amended Schedule A to the Custody Agreement dated August 12, 2011 (10)

 

 

 

(g)(3)

 

Amendment to Custody Agreement dated May 24, 2012 (11)

 

 

 

(g)(4)

 

Amendment to Custody Agreement dated March 16, 2016 (15)

 

 

 

(g)(5)

 

Amendment to Custody Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

 

 

(g)(6)

 

Amendment to Custody Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(g)(7)

 

Global Custodial Services Agreement between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A. dated June 9, 2015 (14)

 

 

 

(g)(8)

 

Amendment to Global Custodial Services Agreement dated January 1, 2019 (18)

 

 

 

(g)(9)

 

Amendment to Global Custodial Services Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

 

 

(g)(10)

 

Amendment to Global Custodial Services Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(1)

 

Services Agreement between the Registrant and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. effective as of June 30, 2016 (16)

 

 

 

(h)(2)

 

Amendment to the Services Agreement effective as of June 1, 2018 (17)

 

 

 

(h)(3)

 

Amendment to the Services Agreement effective January 1, 2019 (18)

 

 

 

(h)(4)

 

Amendment to the Services Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

 

 

(h)(5)

 

Amendment to the Services Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(6)

 

Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and United States Trust Company of Boston Management Company (4)

 

 

 

(h)(7)

 

Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 24, 2012 (11)

 

 

 

(h)(8)

 

Amended Schedule A to Transfer Agency Agreement (16)

 

 

 

(h)(9)

 

Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

 

 

(h)(10)

 

Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(11)

 

Amended and Restated Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement between Registrant, Boston Trust & Investment Management, Inc. and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (8)

 

 

 

(h)(12)

 

Amendment to Amended and Restated Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 20, 2015 (evidencing assignment to SunGard Investor Services, LLC) (14)

 

 

 

(h)(13)

 

Amendment to Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (evidencing acquisition by FIS Investors Services, LLC) (20)

 

 

 

(h)(14)

 

Amendment to Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement dated August 18, 2020 (evidencing Fund name changes) is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(15)

 

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Boston Trust & Investment Management, Inc. (19)

 

 

 

(h)(16)

 

Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement dated August 14, 2019 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(17)

 

Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement dated September 4, 2019 (20)

 

 

 

(h)(18)

 

Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement dated August 18, 2020 is filed herewith.

 

 

 

(h)(19)

 

Compliance Services Agreement between Registrant and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. dated as of June 30, 2016 (16)

 

 

 

(h)(20)

 

Amendment to the CCO Agreement between the Trust and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. dated September 4, 2019 (21)

 

 

 

(h)(21)

 

Amended Shareholder Servicing Plan (14)

 

 

 

(h)(22)

 

Shareholder Services Plan dated December 6, 2007 is filed herewith

 

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(i)(1)

 

Opinion of Counsel (13)

 

(i)(2)

 

Consent of Counsel (19)

 

 

 

(j)

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (20)

 

(k)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(l)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(m)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(n)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(o)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

(p)(1)

 

Code of Ethics of Registrant (2)

 

 

 

(p)(2)

 

(Second) Code of Ethics (the Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. Code of Ethics) for Officers of the Registrant (19)

 

 

 

(p)(3)

 

Code of Ethics of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (16)

 

(p)(4)

 

Code of Ethics of Boston Trust Investment Management Inc. (19)

 

 

 

(q)(1)

 

Powers of Attorney (5)

 

 

 

(q)(2)

 

Power of Attorney for Ms. McGeveran (16)

 


(1)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 on June 18, 1999 and incorporated by reference herein.

(2)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 103 on July 28, 2004 and incorporated by reference herein.

(3)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 111 on August 2, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein.

(4)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 118 on December 16, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein.

(5)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 126 on July 27, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein.

(6)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 123 on July 11, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein.

(7)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 133 on August 19, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.

(8)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 136 on July 27, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein.

(9)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 137 on May 18, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.

(10)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 140 on September 8, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.

(11)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 on July 27, 2012 and incorporated by reference herein.

(12)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 145 on May 17, 2013 and incorporated by reference herein.

(13)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 on September 27, 2013 and incorporated by reference herein.

(14)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 153 on July 28, 2015 and incorporated by reference herein.

(15)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 on May 31, 2016 and incorporated by reference herein.

(16)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 158 on April 18, 2017 and incorporated by reference herein.

(17)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 on April 24, 2018 and incorporated by reference herein.

(18)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 on February 15, 2019 and incorporated by reference herein.

(19)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 163 on April 16, 2019 and incorporated by reference herein.

(20)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 165 on September 4, 2019 and incorporated by reference herein.

(21)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 167 on February 4, 2020 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

(22)

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 on April 23, 2020 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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ITEM 29.                                                  PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 30.                                                  INDEMNIFICATION

 

Article IV of the Registrant’s Declaration of Trust states as follows:

 

SECTION 4.3. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in paragraph

 

(b)                                 below:

 

(i)                                                 every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against all liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suitor proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Trustee or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof; and (ii) the words “claim,” “action,” “suit,” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative or other, including appeals), actual or threatened; and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include, without limitation, attorneys fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

 

(b)                                             No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Trustee or officer:

 

(i)      against any liability to the Trust, a Series thereof, or the Shareholders by reason of a final adjudication by a court or other body before which a proceeding was brought that he engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, Gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office;

 

(ii)        with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been finally adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Trust; or

 

(iii)       in the event of a settlement or other disposition not involving a final adjudication as provided in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) resulting in a payment by a Trustee or officer, unless there has been a determination that such Trustee or officer did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his

 

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office:

 

(A)               by the court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition; or

 

(B)               based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) by (1) vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees then in office acts on the matter) or (2) written opinion of independent legal counsel.

 

(c)     The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not affect any other rights to which any Trustee or officer may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such Trustee or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such person. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which personnel of the Trust other than Trustees and officers may be entitled by contractor otherwise under law.

 

(d)    Expenses of preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in paragraph (a) of this Section 4.3 may be advanced by the Trust prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.3, provided that either:

 

(i)     such undertaking is secured by a surety bond or some other appropriate security provided by the recipient, or the Trust shall be insured against losses arising out of any such advances; or

 

(ii)      a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acts on the matter) or an independent legal counsel in a written opinion shall determine, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that the recipient ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.

 

As used in this Section 4.3, a “Disinterested Trustee” is one who is not (i) an Interested Person of the Trust (including anyone who has been exempted from being an Interested Person by any rule, regulation or order of the Commission), or (ii) involved in the claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act, and therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.

 

ITEM 31.                                                  BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISER

 

(a)                                 Boston Trust Walden, Inc. (formerly, “Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.), Boston, Massachusetts, is the investment adviser for the Funds. The business and other connections of Boston Trust Walden, Inc. are set forth in the Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration (“Form ADV”) of Boston Trust Walden, Inc. as currently filed with the SEC which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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ITEM 32.                                                  FORESIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC (f/k/a BHIL Distributors, LLC)

 

(a)                                 Foreside Financial Services, LLC (f/k/a BHIL Distributors, LLC) (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for the following investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended:

 

a.              13D Activist Fund, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust

 

b.              AAMA Equity Fund, Series of Asset Management Fund

 

c.               AAMA Income Fund, Series of Asset Management Fund

 

d.              Advisers Investment Trust

 

e.               Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

f.               Cook & Bynum Funds Trust

 

g.               Diamond Hill Funds

 

h.              Praxis Mutual Funds

 

i.                  SA Funds — Investment Trust

 

j.                 Sequoia Fund, Inc.

 

The following are the Officers and Manager of the Distributor. The Distributor’s main business address is Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101.

 

NAME

 

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS
ADDRESS

 

POSITION WITH
UNDERWRITER

 

POSITION
WITH
REGISTRANT

Richard J. Berthy

 

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100 Portland, ME 04101

 

President, Treasurer and Manager

 

None

Mark A. Fairbanks

 

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100 Portland, ME 04101

 

Vice President

 

None

Jennifer K. DiValerio

 

899 Cassatt Road, 400 Berwyn Park,
Suite 110, Berwyn, PA 19312

 

Vice President

 

None

Susan K Moscaritolo

 

899 Cassatt Road, 400 Berwyn Park,
Suite 110, Berwyn, PA 19312

 

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

 

None

Jennifer E. Hoopes

 

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100 Portland, ME 04101

 

Secretary

 

None

 

(b)                                 Not Applicable

 

ITEM 33.                                                  LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

 

(a)                                 The accounts, books, and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of Boston Trust Walden, Inc., One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108 (records relating to its function as investment adviser); Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43219 (records relating to its functions as administrator), Foreside Financial Services, LLC, Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101 (records relating to its role as distributor) and Boston Trust Walden Company (formerly, “Boston Trust & Investment Management Company”), One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108 (records relating to its function as custodian and transfer agent).

 

ITEM 34.                                                  MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 35.                                                  UNDERWRITER

 

None

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 16th day of September 2020.

 

THE BOSTON TRUST & WALDEN FUNDS

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

Lucia Santini

 

 

President

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Diane E. Armstrong

 

Trustee

 

September 16, 2020

Diane E. Armstrong*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael M. Van Buskirk

 

Trustee

 

September 16, 2020

Michael M. Van Buskirk*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Elizabeth E. McGeveran

 

Trustee

 

September 16, 2020

Elizabeth E. McGeveran*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Trustee and President

 

September 16, 2020

Lucia B. Santini

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Heidi Soumerai

 

Trustee

 

September 16, 2020

Heidi Soumerai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jennifer Ellis

 

Treasurer

 

September 16, 2020

Jennifer Ellis*

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael V. Wible

 

 

Michael V. Wible, as attorney-in-fact

 

 

*  Pursuant to power of attorney

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

(a)(1)

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated as of February 25, 2020

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Amendment to the Declaration of Trust approved August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(d)(6)

 

Amendment to the Advisory Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(e)(4)

 

Second Amendment to the Distribution Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(g)(6)

 

Amendment to Custody Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(g)(10)

 

Amendment to Global Custodial Services Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(h)(5)

 

Amendment to the Services Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(h)(10)

 

Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(h)(14)

 

Amendment to Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement dated August 18, 2020 (evidencing Fund name changes)

 

 

 

(h)(16)

 

Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement dated August 14, 2019

 

 

 

(h)(18)

 

Amendment to Expense Limitation Agreement dated August 18, 2020

 

 

 

(h)(22)

 

Shareholder Services Plan, dated December 6, 2007, as amended

 

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Exhibit 99.(a)(1)

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST

DATED AS OF: February 25, 2020

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Article I

NAME AND DEFINITIONS

 

1

Section 1.1.                                         Name

 

1

Section 1.2.                                         Definitions

 

1

Article II

TRUSTEES

 

3

Section 2.1.                                         General Powers

 

3

Section 2.2.                                         Investments

 

3

Section 2.3.                                         Legal Title

 

5

Section 2.4.                                         Issuance and Repurchase of Shares

 

5

Section 2.5.                                         Delegation; Committees

 

5

Section 2.6.                                         Collection and Payment

 

5

Section 2.7.                                         Expenses

 

6

Section 2.8.                                         Manner of Acting; By-laws

 

6

Section 2.9.                                         Miscellaneous Powers

 

6

Section 2.10.                                  Principal Transactions

 

7

Section 2.11.                                  Number of Trustees

 

7

Section 2.12.                                  Election and Term

 

7

Section 2.13.                                  Resignation and Removal

 

7

Section 2.14.                                  Vacancies

 

7

Section 2.15.                                  Delegation of Power to Other Trustees

 

8

Article III

CONTRACTS

 

8

Section 3.1.                                         Distribution Contract

 

8

Section 3.2.                                         Advisory or Management Contract

 

8

Section 3.3.                                         Administrator

 

9

Section 3.4.                                         Transfer Agent and Shareholder Servicing Agents

 

9

Section 3.5.                                         Affiliations of Trustees or Officers, Etc.

 

9

Section 3.6.                                         Compliance with 1940 Act

 

10

Article IV

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, TRUSTEES AND OTHERS

 

10

Section 4.1.                                         No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Trustees, Etc.

 

10

Section 4.2.                                         Non-Liability of Trustees, Etc.

 

10

 

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Section 4.3.                                         Mandatory Indemnification

 

10

Section 4.4.                                         No Bond Required of Trustees

 

12

Section 4.5.                                         No Duty of Investigation; Notice in Trust Instruments, Etc.

 

12

Section 4.6.                                         Reliance on Experts, Etc.

 

12

Article V

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

12

Section 5.1.                                         Beneficial Interest

 

13

Section 5.2.                                         Rights of Shareholders

 

13

Section 5.3.                                         Trust Only

 

13

Section 5.4.                                         Issuance of Shares

 

13

Section 5.5.                                         Register of Shares

 

13

Section 5.6.                                         Transfer of Shares

 

14

Section 5.7.                                         Notices, Reports

 

14

Section 5.8.                                         Treasury Shares

 

14

Section 5.9.                                         Voting Powers

 

14

Section 5.10.                                  Meetings of Shareholders

 

15

Section 5.11.                                  Series Designation

 

15

Section 5.12.                                  Assent to Declaration of Trust

 

17

Section 5.13.                                  Class Designation

 

17

Article VI

REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

18

Section 6.1.                                         Redemption of Shares

 

18

Section 6.2.                                         Price

 

18

Section 6.3.                                         Payment

 

18

Section 6.4.                                         Effect of Suspension of Determination of Net Asset Value

 

19

Section 6.5.                                         Repurchase by Agreement

 

19

Section 6.6.                                         Redemption of Sub-Minimum Accounts

 

19

Section 6.7.

       Redemption of Shares in Order to Qualify as Regulated
   Investment Company; Disclosure of Holding

 

19

Section 6.8.                                         Reductions in Number of Outstanding Shares Pursuant to Net Asset Value Formula

 

20

Section 6.9.                                         Suspension of Right of Redemption

 

20

 

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Article VII

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE, NET INCOME AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

20

Section 7.1.                                         Net Asset Value

 

20

Section 7.2.                                         Distributions to Shareholders

 

21

Section 7.3.                                         Determination of Net Income; Constant Net Asset Value; Reduction of Outstanding Shares

 

21

Section 7.4.                                         Allocation Between Principal and Income

 

22

Section 7.5.                                         Power to Modify Foregoing Procedures

 

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Article VIII

DURATION; TERMINATION OF TRUST; AMENDMENT; MERGERS, ETC.

 

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Section 8.1.                                         Duration

 

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Section 8.2.                                         Termination of Trust

 

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Section 8.3.                                         Amendment Procedure

 

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Section 8.4.                                         Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

 

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Section 8.5.                                         Incorporation

 

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Article IX

REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

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Article X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

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Section 10.1.                                  Resident Agent

 

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Section 10.2.                                  Filing

 

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Section 10.3.                                  Governing Law

 

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Section 10.4.                                  Counterparts

 

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Section 10.5.                                  Reliance by Third Parties

 

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Section 10.6.                                  Provisions in Conflict with Law or Regulations

 

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BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 2020

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST initially made as of January 8, 1992 by the undersigned Trustees (together with all other persons from time to time duly elected, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof, the “Trustees”), and amended and restated from time to time, most recently as of February 25, 2020;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to establish a trust for the investment and reinvestment of funds contributed thereto; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees desire that the beneficial interest in the trust assets be divided into transferable shares of beneficial interest, as hereinafter provided;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees declare that all money and property contributed to the trust established hereunder shall be held and managed in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the shares of beneficial interest issued hereunder and subject to the provisions hereof.

 

ARTICLE I
NAME AND DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                 Name.  The name and principal business address of the Trust created hereby is “Boston Trust Walden Funds,” One Beacon Street, Boston, MA  02108.

 

Section 1.2.                                 Definitions.  Wherever they are used herein, the following terms have the following respective meanings:

 

(a)                                 “Administrator” means a party furnishing services to the Trust pursuant to any contract described in Section 3.3 hereof.

 

(b)                                 “By-laws” means the By-laws referred to in Section 2.8 hereof, as from time to time amended.

 

(c)                                  “Class” means the two or more classes, as may be established and designated from time to time by the Trustees pursuant to Section 5.13 hereof.

 

(d)                                 The term “Commission” has the meaning given it in the 1940 Act. The term “Interested Person” has the meaning given it in the 1940 Act, as modified by any applicable order or orders of the Commission. Except as otherwise defined by the Trustees in conjunction with the establishment of any series of Shares, the term “vote of a majority of the Shares outstanding and entitled to vote” shall have the same meaning as the term “vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities” given it in the 1940 Act.

 


 

(e)                                  “Custodian” means any Person other than the Trust who has custody of any Trust Property as required by Section 17(f) of the 1940 Act, but does not include a system for the central handling of securities described in said Section 17(f).

 

(f)                                   “Declaration” means this Declaration of Trust as further amended from time to time. Reference in this Declaration of Trust to “Declaration,” “hereof.” “herein.” and “hereunder” shall be deemed to refer to this Declaration rather than exclusively to the article or section in which such words appear.

 

(g)                                  “Distributor” means the party, other than the Trust, to the contract described in Section 3.1 hereof.

 

(h)                                 “His” shall include the feminine and neuter, as well as the masculine genders.

 

(i)                                     “Investment Adviser” means the party, other than the Trust, to the contract described in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(j)                                    “Municipal Bonds” means obligations issued by or on behalf of states, territories of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, the interest from which is exempt from regular Federal income tax.

 

(k)                                 The “1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

(l)                                     “Person” means and includes individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, associations, joint ventures and other entities, whether or not legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.

 

(m)                             “Series” individually or collectively means the two or more Series as may be established and designated from time to time by the Trustees pursuant to Section 5.11 hereof. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Series” shall include Classes into which shares of the Trust, or of a Series, may be divided from time to time.

 

(n)                                 “Shareholder” means a record owner of Outstanding Shares.

 

(o)                                 “Shareholder Servicing Agent” means a party furnishing services to the Trust pursuant to any shareholder servicing contract described in Section 3.4 hereof.

 

(p)                                 “Shares” means the equal proportionate units of interest into which the beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided from time to time, including the Shares of any and all Series and Classes which may be established by the Trustees, and includes fractions of Shares as well as whole Shares. “Outstanding Shares” means those Shares shown from time to time on the books of the Trust or its Transfer Agent as then issued and outstanding, but shall not include Shares which have been redeemed or repurchased by the Trust and which are at the time held in the treasury of the Trust.

 

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(q)                                 “Transfer Agent” means any one or more Persons other than the Trust who maintains the Shareholder records of the Trust, such as the list of Shareholders, the number of Shares credited to each account, and the like.

 

(r)                                    The “Trust” means the Trust referred to in Section 1.1.

 

(s)                                   The “Trust Property” means any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is owned or held by or for the account of the Trust or the Trustees.

 

(t)                                    The “Trustees” means the person or persons who has or have signed this Declaration, so long as he or they shall continue in office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other persons who may from time to time be duly qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof, and reference herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such person or persons in this capacity or their capacities as trustees hereunder.

 

ARTICLE II
TRUSTEES

 

Section 2.1.                                 General Powers.  The Trustees shall have exclusive and absolute control over the Trust Property and over the business of the Trust to the same extent as if the Trustees were the sole owners of the Trust Property and business in their own right, but with such powers of delegation as may be permitted by this Declaration. The Trustees shall have power to conduct the business of the Trust and carry on its operations in any and all of its branches and maintain offices both within and without the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in any and all states of the United States of America, in the District of Columbia, and in any and all commonwealths, territories, dependencies, colonies, possessions, agencies or instrumentalities of the United States of America and of foreign governments, and to do all such other things and execute all such instruments as they deem necessary, proper or desirable in order to promote the interests of the Trust although such things are not herein specifically mentioned. Any determination as to what is in the interests of the Trust made by the Trustees in good faith shall be conclusive. In construing the provisions of this Declaration, the presumption shall be in favor of a grant of power to the Trustees.

 

The enumeration of any specific power herein shall not be construed as limiting the aforesaid power. Such powers of the Trustees may be exercised without order of or resort to any court.

 

Section 2.2.                                 Investments.  The Trustees shall have the power:

 

(a)                                 To operate as and carry on the business of an investment company, and exercise all the powers necessary and appropriate to the conduct of such operations.

 

(b)                                 To invest in, hold for investment, or reinvest in, securities, including common and preferred stocks; warrants; bonds, debentures, bills, time notes and all other evidences of indebtedness; negotiable or non-negotiable instruments; any form of gold or other precious metal; commodity contracts; shares of, or any other interest in, any investment company as defined in the 1940 Act; government securities, including securities of any state, municipality or

 

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other political subdivision thereof, or any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or instrumentality; and money market instruments including bank certificates of deposit, finance paper, commercial paper, bankers acceptances and all kinds of repurchase agreements, of any corporation, company, trust, association, firm or other business organization however established, and of any country, state, municipality or other political subdivision, or any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or instrumentality; “when issued” contracts for any such securities, contracts or interests; to retain Trust assets in cash and from time to time to change the securities contracts or interests in which the assets of the Trust are invested.

 

(c)                                  To acquire (by purchase, subscription or otherwise), to hold, to trade in and deal in, to acquire any rights or options to purchase or sell, to sell or otherwise dispose of, to lend, and to pledge any such securities, contracts or interests, and to enter into repurchase agreements and forward foreign currency exchange contracts, to purchase and sell futures contracts on securities, securities indices and foreign currencies, to purchase or sell options on such contracts, foreign currency contracts, and foreign currencies and to engage in all types of hedging and risk management transactions.

 

(d)                                 To exercise all rights, powers and privileges of ownership or interest in all securities, repurchase agreements, futures contracts and options and other assets included in the Trust Property, including the right to vote thereon and otherwise act with respect thereto and to do all acts for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of all such assets.

 

(e)                                  To acquire (by purchase, lease or otherwise) and to hold, use, maintain, develop and dispose of (by sale or otherwise) any property, real or personal, including cash, and any interest therein.

 

(f)                                   To borrow money and in this connection issue notes or other evidence of indebtedness; to secure borrowings by mortgaging, pledging or otherwise subjecting as security the Trust Property; to endorse, guarantee, or undertake the performance of any obligation or engagement of any other Person and to lend Trust Property.

 

(g)                                  To aid by further investment any corporation, company, trust, association or firm, any obligation of or interest in which is included in the Trust Property or in the affairs of which the Trustees have any direct or indirect interest; to do all acts and things designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the value of such obligation or interest, and to guarantee or become surety on any or all of the contracts, stocks, bonds, notes, debentures and other obligations of any such corporation, company, trust, association or firm.

 

(h)                                 To enter into a plan of distribution and any related agreements whereby the Trust may finance directly or indirectly any activity which is primarily intended to result in the sale of Shares.

 

(i)                                     In general to carry on any other business in connection with or incidental to any of the foregoing powers, to do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any purpose or the attainment of any object or the furtherance of any power herein set forth, either alone or in association with others, and to do every other act or thing incidental or

 

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appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid business or purposes, objects or powers.

 

The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers, and the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the Trustees.

 

The Trustees shall not be limited to investing in obligations maturing before the possible termination of the Trust, nor shall the Trustees be limited by any law limiting the investments which may be made by fiduciaries.

 

Section 2.3.                                 Legal Title.  Legal title to all the Trust Property, including the property of any Series of the Trust, shall be vested in the Trustees as joint tenants except that the Trustees shall have power to cause legal title to any Trust Property to be held by or in the name of one or more of the Trustees, or in the name of the Trust, or in the name of any other Person as nominee, on such terms as the Trustees may determine, provided that the interest of the Trust therein is deemed appropriately protected. The right, title and interest of the Trustees in the Trust Property and the property of each Series of the Trust shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter become a Trustee. Upon the termination of the term of office, resignation, removal or death of a Trustee he shall automatically cease to have any right, title or interest in any of the Trust Property or the property of any Series of the Trust, and the right, title and interest of such Trustee in the Trust Property shall vest automatically in the remaining Trustees. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.

 

Section 2.4.                                 Issuance and Repurchase of Shares.  The Trustees shall have the power to issue, sell, repurchase, redeem, retire, cancel, acquire, hold, resell, reissue, dispose of, transfer, and otherwise deal in Shares and, subject to the provisions set forth in Articles VI and VII and Section 5.11 hereof, to apply to any such repurchase, redemption, retirement, cancellation or acquisition of Shares any funds or property of the particular series of the Trust with respect to which such Shares are issued, whether capital or surplus or otherwise, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing business corporations.

 

Section 2.5.                                 Delegation; Committees.  The Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to officers, employees or agents of the Trust the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees or otherwise as the Trustees may deem expedient, to the same extent as such delegation is permitted by the 1940 Act.

 

Section 2.6.                                 Collection and Payment.  The Trustees shall have power to collect all property due to the Trust; to pay all claims, including taxes, against the Trust Property; to prosecute, defend, compromise or abandon any claims relating to the Trust Property; to foreclose any security interest securing any obligations, by virtue of which any property is owed to the Trust; and to enter into releases, agreements and other instruments.

 

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Section 2.7.                                 Expenses.  The Trustees shall have the power to incur and pay any expenses which in the opinion of the Trustees are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of this Declaration, and to pay reasonable compensation from the funds of the Trust to themselves as Trustees. The Trustees shall fix the compensation of all officers, employees and Trustees.

 

Section 2.8.                                 Manner of Acting; By-laws.  Except as otherwise provided herein or in the By-laws, any action to be taken by the Trustees may be taken by a majority of the Trustees present at a meeting of Trustees (a quorum being present), including any meeting held by means of a conference telephone circuit or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, or by written consents of the entire number of Trustees then in office. The Trustees may adopt By-laws not inconsistent with this Declaration to provide for the conduct of the business of the Trust and may amend or repeal such By-laws to the extent such power is not reserved to the Shareholders.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8 and in addition to such provisions or any other provision of this Declaration or of the By-laws, the Trustees may by resolution appoint a committee consisting of less than the whole number of Trustees then in office, which committee may be empowered to act for and bind the Trustees and the Trust, as if the acts of such committee were the acts of all the Trustees then in office, with respect to the institution, prosecution, dismissal, settlement, review or investigation of any action, suit or proceeding which shall be pending or threatened to be brought before any court, administrative agency or other adjudicatory body.

 

Section 2.9.                                 Miscellaneous Powers.  Subject to Section 5.11 hereof, the Trustees shall have the power to:  (a) employ or  contract with such Persons as the Trustees may deem desirable for the transaction of the business of the Trust; (b) enter into joint ventures, partnerships and any other combinations or associations; (c) remove Trustees or fill vacancies in or add to their number, elect and remove such officers and appoint and terminate such agents or employees as they consider appropriate, and appoint from their own number, and terminate, any one or more committees which may exercise some or all of the power and authority of the Trustees as the Trustees may determine; (d) purchase, and pay for out of Trust Property, insurance policies insuring the Shareholders, the Administrator, Trustees, officers, employees, agents, investment advisers, distributors, selected dealers or independent contractors of the Trust against all claims arising by reason of holding any such position or by reason of any action taken or omitted by any such Person in such capacity, whether or not constituting negligence, or whether or not the Trust would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability; (e) establish pension, profit-sharing, share purchase, and other retirement, incentive and benefit plans for any Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust; (f) to the extent permitted by law, indemnify any person with whom the Trust has dealings, including the Investment Adviser, Distributor, Transfer Agent and selected dealers, to such extent as the Trustees shall determine; (g) guarantee indebtedness or contractual obligations of others; (h) determine and change the fiscal year of the Trust and the method by which its accounts shall be kept; and (i) adopt a seal for the Trust, but the absence of such seal shall not impair the validity of any instrument executed on behalf of the Trust.

 

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Section 2.10.                          Principal Transactions.  Except in transactions not permitted by the 1940 Act or rules and regulations adopted by the Commission, the Trustees may, on behalf of the Trust, buy any securities from or sell any securities to, or lend any assets of the Trust to, any Trustee or officer of the Trust or any firm of which any such Trustee or officer is a member acting as principal, or have any such dealings with the Investment Adviser, Distributor or transfer agent or with any Interested Person of such Person; and the Trust may employ any such Person, or firm or company in which such Person is an Interested Person, as broker, legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent or Custodian upon customary terms.

 

Section 2.11.                          Number of Trustees.  The number of Trustees shall initially be two (2), and thereafter shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees, provided, however, that the number of Trustees shall in no event be more than fifteen (15).

 

Section 2.12.                          Election and Term.  Except for the Trustees named herein or appointed to fill vacancies pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof, the Trustees shall be elected by the Shareholders owning of record a plurality of the Shares voting at a meeting of Shareholders. Such a meeting shall be held on a date fixed by the Trustees. Except in the event of resignation or removals pursuant to Section 2.13 hereof, each Trustee shall hold office until such time as less than a majority of the Trustees holding office have been elected by Shareholders. In such event the Trustees then in office will call a Shareholders’ meeting for the election of Trustees. Except for the foregoing circumstances, the Trustees shall continue to hold office and may appoint successor Trustees.

 

Section 2.13.                          Resignation and Removal.  Any Trustee may resign his trust (without the need for any prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by him and delivered to the other Trustees and such resignation shall be effective upon such delivery, or at a later date according to the terms of the instrument. Any of the Trustees may be removed (provided the aggregate number of Trustees after such removal shall not be less than one) with cause, by the action of two-thirds of the remaining Trustees.  Any Trustee may be removed at any meeting of Shareholders by vote of two-thirds of the Outstanding Shares. The Trustees shall promptly call a meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any such Trustee or Trustees when requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares and, in that connection, the Trustees will assist shareholder communications to the extent provided for in Section 16(c) under the 1940 Act. Upon the resignation or removal of a Trustee, or his otherwise ceasing to be a Trustee, he shall execute and deliver such documents as the remaining Trustees shall require for the purpose of conveying to the Trust or the remaining Trustees any Trust Property or property of any series of the Trust held in the name of the resigning or removed Trustee. Upon the incapacity or death of any Trustee, his legal representative shall execute and deliver on his behalf such documents as the remaining Trustees shall require as provided in the preceding sentence.

 

Section 2.14.                          Vacancies.  The term of office of a Trustee shall terminate and a vacancy shall occur in the event of the death, resignation, removal, bankruptcy, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity to perform the duties of the office of a Trustee. No such vacancy shall operate to annul the Declaration or to revoke any existing agency created pursuant to the terms of the Declaration. In the case of an existing vacancy, including a vacancy existing

 

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by reason of an increase in the number of Trustees, subject to the provisions of Section 16(a) of the 1940 Act, the remaining Trustees shall fill such vacancy by the appointment of such other person as they in their discretion shall see fit, made by a written instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees then in office. Any such appointment shall not become effective, however, until the person named in the written instrument of appointment shall have accepted in writing such appointment and agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of the Declaration.  An appointment of a Trustee may be made in anticipation of a vacancy to occur at a later date by reason of retirement, resignation or increase in the number of Trustees, provided that such appointment shall not become effective prior to such retirement, resignation or increase in the number of Trustees. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled as provided in this Section 2.14, the Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by the Declaration. A written instrument certifying the existence of such vacancy signed by a majority of the Trustees in office shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy.

 

Section 2.15.                          Delegation of Power to Other Trustees.  Any Trustee may, by power of attorney, delegate his power for a period not exceeding six (6) months at any one time to any other Trustee or Trustees; provided that in no case shall less than two (2) Trustees personally exercise the powers granted to the Trustees under this Declaration except as herein otherwise expressly provided.

 

ARTICLE III
CONTRACTS

 

Section 3.1.                                 Distribution Contract.  The Trustees may in their discretion from time to time enter into an exclusive or non-exclusive underwriting contract or contracts providing for the sale of the Shares at a price based on the net asset value of a Share, whereby the Trustees may either agree to sell the Shares to the other party to the contract or appoint such other party their sales agent for the Shares, and in either case on such terms and conditions, if any, as may be prescribed in the By-laws, and such further terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III or of the By-laws; and such contract may also provide for the repurchase of the Shares by such other party as agent of the Trustees. Such contract may also further provide that such other party may enter into selected dealer agreements with registered securities dealers to further the purpose of the distribution or repurchase of the Shares. The foregoing services may be provided by one or more Persons.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Advisory or Management Contract.  The Trustees may in their discretion from time to time enter into an investment advisory or management contract or separate advisory contracts with respect to one or more Series whereby the other party to such contract shall undertake to furnish to the Trust such management, investment advisory, statistical and research facilities and services and such other facilities and services, if any, and all upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine, including the grant of authority to such other party to determine what securities shall be purchased or sold by the Trust and what portion of its assets shall be uninvested, which authority shall include the power to make changes in the investments of the Trust or any Series.

 

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The Trustees may also employ, or authorize the Investment Adviser to employ, one or more sub-advisers from time to time to perform such of the acts and services of the Investment Adviser and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Investment Adviser and such sub-advisers and approved by the Trustees. Any reference in this Declaration to the Investment Adviser shall be deemed to include such sub-advisers unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Section 3.3.                                 Administrator.  The Trustees may in their discretion from time to time enter into one or more administrative services contracts whereby the other party to each such contract shall undertake to furnish such administrative services to the Trust as the Trustees shall from time to time consider desirable and all upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine, provided that such terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration or the By-Laws. Such services may be provided by one or more persons.

 

Section 3.4.                                 Transfer Agent and Shareholder Servicing Agents.  The Trustees may in their discretion from time to time enter into one or more transfer agency contracts and one or more shareholder servicing contracts whereby the other party to each such contract shall undertake to furnish such transfer agency and/or shareholder services to the Trust as the Trustees shall from time to time consider desirable and all upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine, provided that such terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration or the By-Laws. Such services may be provided by one or more Persons.

 

Section 3.5.                                 Affiliations of Trustees or Officers, Etc.  The fact that:

 

(i)                                     any of the Shareholders, Trustees or officers of the Trust is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, manager, adviser or distributor of or for any partnership, corporation, trust, association or other organization or of or for any parent or affiliate of any organization, with which a contract of the character described in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 above or any Custodian contract as described in Article X of the By-Laws, or for related services may have been or may hereafter be made, or that any such organization, or any parent or affiliate thereof, is a Shareholder of or has an interest in the Trust, or that

 

(ii)                                  any partnership, corporation, trust, association or other organization with which a contract of the character described in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 above or for services as Custodian or for related services may have been or may hereafter be made also has any one or more of such contracts with one or more other partnerships, corporations, trusts, associations or other organizations, or has other business or interests,

 

shall not affect the validity of any such contract or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or executing the same or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders.

 

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Section 3.6.                                 Compliance with 1940 Act.  Any contract entered into pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 3.2, shall be consistent with and subject to the requirements of Section 15 of the 1940 Act (including any amendment thereof or other applicable act of Congress hereafter enacted), as modified by any applicable order or orders of the Commission, with respect to its continuance in effect, its termination and the method of authorization and approval of such contract or renewal thereof.

 

ARTICLE IV
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS,
TRUSTEES AND OTHERS

 

Section 4.1.                                 No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Trustees, Etc.  No Shareholder shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with Trust Property or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Trust. No Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person, other than to the Trust or its Shareholders, in connection with Trust Property or the affairs of the Trust, save only that arising from bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his duties with respect to such Person; and all such Persons shall look solely to the Trust Property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust. If any Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee, or agent, as such, of the Trust, is made a party to any suit or proceeding to enforce any such liability of the Trust, he shall not, on account thereof, be held to any personal liability. The Trust shall indemnify and hold each Shareholder harmless from and against all claims and liabilities, to which such Shareholder may become subject by reason of his being or having been a Shareholder, and shall reimburse such Shareholder for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such claim or liability.  The indemnification and reimbursement required by the preceding sentence shall be made only out of the assets of the one or more Series of which the Shareholder who is entitled to indemnification or reimbursement was a Shareholder at the time the act or event occurred which gave rise to the claim against or liability of said Shareholder. The rights accruing to a Shareholder under this Section 4.1 shall not impair any other right to which such Shareholder may be lawfully entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Trust to indemnify or reimburse a Shareholder in any appropriate situation even though not specifically provided herein.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Non-Liability of Trustees, Etc.  No Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust, its Shareholders, or to any Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee, or agent thereof for any action or failure to act (including without limitation the failure to compel in any way any former or acting Trustee to redress any breach of trust) except for his own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office.

 

Section 4.3.                                 Mandatory Indemnification.  (a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in paragraph (b) below:

 

(i)                                     every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against all liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim,

 

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action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Trustee or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof; and

 

(ii)                                  the words “claim,” “action,” “suit,” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative or other, including appeals), actual or threatened; and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include, without limitation, attorneys fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

 

(b)                                 No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Trustee or officer:

 

(i)                                     against any liability to the Trust, a Series thereof, or the Shareholders by reason of a final adjudication by a court or other body before which a proceeding was brought that he engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office;

 

(ii)                                  with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been finally adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Trust; or

 

(iii)                               in the event of a settlement or other disposition not involving a final adjudication as provided in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) resulting in a payment by a Trustee or officer, unless there has been a determination that such Trustee or officer did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office:

 

(A)                               by the court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition; or

 

(B)                               based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) by (1) vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees then in office acts on the matter) or (2) written opinion of independent legal counsel.

 

(c)                                  The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not affect any other rights to which any Trustee or officer may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such Trustee or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such person. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which personnel of the Trust other than Trustees and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

 

(d)                                 Expenses of preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in paragraph (a) of this Section 4.3 may be advanced by the Trust prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.3, provided that either:

 

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(i)                                     such undertaking is secured by a surety bond or some other appropriate security provided by the recipient, or the Trust shall be insured against losses arising out of any such advances; or

 

(ii)                                  a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees acts on the matter) or an independent legal counsel in a written opinion shall determine, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that the recipient ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.

 

As used in this Section 4.3, a “Disinterested Trustee” is one who is not (i) an Interested Person of the Trust (including anyone who has been exempted from being an Interested Person by any rule, regulation or order of the Commission), or (ii) involved in the claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

Section 4.4.                                 No Bond Required of Trustees.  No Trustee shall be obligated to give any bond or other security for the performance of any of his duties hereunder.

 

Section 4.5.                                 No Duty of Investigation; Notice in Trust Instruments, Etc.   No purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other Person dealing with the Trustees or any officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trustees or by said officer, employee or agent or be liable for the application of money or property paid, loaned, or delivered to or on the order of the Trustees or of said officer, employee or agent. Every obligation, contract, instrument, certificate, Share, other security of the Trust or undertaking, and every other act or thing whatsoever executed in connection with the Trust shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed or done by the executors thereof only in their capacity as Trustees under this Declaration or in their capacity as officers, employees or agents of the Trust. Every written obligation, contract, instrument, certificate, Share, other security of the Trust or undertaking made or issued by the Trustees may recite that the same is executed or made by them not individually, but as Trustees under the Declaration, and that the obligations of the Trust under any such instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or Shareholders individually, but bind only the Trust estate, and may contain any further recital which they or he may deem appropriate, but the omission of such recital shall not operate to bind the Trustees individually. The Trustees shall at all times maintain insurance for the protection of the Trust Property, its Shareholders, Trustees, officers, employees and agents in such amount as the Trustees shall deem adequate to cover possible tort liability, and such other insurance as the Trustees in their sole judgment shall deem advisable.

 

Section 4.6.                                 Reliance on Experts, Etc.  Each Trustee and officer or employee of the Trust shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully and completely justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act resulting from reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Trust, upon an opinion of counsel, or upon reports made to the Trust by any of its officers or employees or by the Investment Adviser, the Distributor, Transfer Agent, selected dealers, accountants, appraisers or other experts or consultants selected with reasonable care by the Trustees, officers or employees of the Trust, regardless of whether such counsel or expert may also be a Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE V
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

Section 5.1.                                 Beneficial Interest.  The interest of the beneficiaries hereunder shall be divided into transferable Shares of beneficial interest, all of one class, except as provided in Section 5.11 and Section 5.13 hereof, par value $.01 per share. The number of Shares of beneficial interest authorized hereunder is unlimited.  All Shares issued hereunder including, without limitation, Shares issued in connection with a dividend in Shares or a split of Shares, shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Section 5.2.                                 Rights of Shareholders.  The ownership of the Trust Property and the property of each Series of the Trust of every description and the right to conduct any business herein described are vested exclusively in the Trustees, and the Shareholders shall have no interest therein other than the beneficial interest conferred by their Shares, and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of any property, profits, rights or interests of the Trust nor can they be called upon to share or assume any losses of the Trust or suffer an assessment of any kind by virtue of their ownership of Shares. The Shares shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth in this Declaration. The Shares shall not entitle the holder to preference, preemptive, appraisal, conversion or exchange rights, except as the Trustees may determine with respect to any Series of Shares.

 

Section 5.3.                                 Trust Only.   It is the intention of the Trustees to create only the relationship of Trustee and beneficiary between the Trustees and each Shareholder from time to time. It is not the intention of the Trustees to create a general partnership, limited partnership, joint stock association, corporation, bailment or any form of legal relationship other than a trust. Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall be construed to make the Shareholders, either by themselves or with the Trustees, partners or members of a joint stock association.

 

Section 5.4.                                 Issuance of Shares.  The Trustees in their discretion may, from time to time without vote of the Shareholders, issue Shares, in addition to the then issued and outstanding Shares and Shares held in the treasury, to such party or parties and for such amount and type of consideration, including cash or property, at such time or times and on such terms as the Trustees may deem best, and may in such manner acquire other assets (including the acquisition of assets subject to, and in connection with the assumption of liabilities) and businesses. In connection with any issuance of Shares, the Trustees may issue fractional Shares and Shares held in the treasury. The Trustees may from time to time divide or combine the Shares into a greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests in the Trust. Contributions to the Trust may be accepted for, and Shares shall be redeemed as, whole Shares and/or 1/1,000ths of a Share or integral multiples thereof.

 

Section 5.5.                                 Register of Shares.  A register shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust or an office of the Transfer Agent which shall contain the names and addresses of the Shareholders and the number of Shares held by them respectively and a record of all transfers thereof.  Such register shall be conclusive as to who are the holders of the Shares and who shall be entitled to receive dividends or distributions or otherwise to exercise or enjoy the rights of Shareholders. No Shareholder shall be entitled to receive payment of any dividend or distribution, nor to have notice given to him as herein or in the By-laws provided, until he has

 

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given his address to the Transfer Agent or such other officer or agent of the Trustees as shall keep the said register for entry thereon. It is not contemplated that certificates will be issued for the Shares; however, the Trustees, in their discretion, may authorize the issuance of share certificates and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations as to their use.

 

Section 5.6.                                 Transfer of Shares.  Except as otherwise provided by the Trustees, shares shall be transferable on the records of the Trust only by the record holder thereof or by his agent thereunto duly authorized in writing, upon delivery to the Trustees or the Transfer Agent of a duly executed instrument of transfer, together with such evidence of the genuineness of each such execution and authorization and of other matters as may reasonably be required. Upon such delivery the transfer shall be recorded on the register of the Trust. Until such record is made, the Shareholder of record shall be deemed to be the holder of such Shares for all purposes hereunder and neither the Trustees nor any transfer agent or registrar nor any officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be affected by any notice of the proposed transfer.Any person becoming entitled to any Shares in consequence of the death, bankruptcy, or incompetence of any Shareholder, or otherwise by operation of law, shall be recorded on the register of Shares as the holder of such Shares upon production of the proper evidence thereof to the Trustees or the Transfer Agent, but until such record is made, the Shareholder of record shall be deemed to be the holder of such Shares for all purposes hereunder and neither the Trustees nor any Transfer Agent or registrar nor any officer or agent of the Trust shall be affected by any notice of such death, bankruptcy or incompetence, or other operation of law.

 

Section 5.7.                                 Notices, Reports.  Any and all notices to which any Shareholder may be entitled and any and all communications shall be deemed duly served or given if mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to any Shareholder of record at his last known address as recorded on the register of the Trust. A notice of a meeting, an annual report and any other communication to Shareholders need not be sent to a Shareholder (i) if an annual report and a proxy statement for two consecutive shareholder meetings have been mailed to such Shareholder’s address and have been returned as undeliverable, (ii) if all, and at least two, checks (if sent by first class mail) in payment of dividends on Shares during a twelve-month period have been mailed to such Shareholder’s address and have been returned as undeliverable or (iii) in any other case in which a proxy statement concerning a meeting of security holders is not required to be given pursuant to the Commission’s proxy rules as from time to time in effect under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. However, delivery of such proxy statements, annual reports and other communications shall resume if and when such Shareholder delivers or causes to be delivered to the Trust written notice setting forth such Shareholder’s then current address.

 

Section 5.8.                                 Treasury Shares.  Shares held in the treasury shall, until reissued pursuant to Section 5.4, not confer any voting rights on the Trustees, nor shall such Shares be entitled to any dividends or other distributions declared with respect to the Shares.

 

Section 5.9.                                 Voting Powers.  The Shareholders shall have power to vote only (i) for the election of Trustees as provided in Section 2.12; (ii) for the removal of Trustees as provided in Section 2.13; (iii) with respect to any investment advisory or management contract entered into pursuant to Section 3.2; (iv) with respect to termination of the Trust as provided in Section 8.2; (v) with respect to any amendment of this Declaration to the extent and as provided in Section 8.3; (vi) with respect to any merger, consolidation or sale of assets as provided in

 

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Section 8.4; (vii) with respect to incorporation of the Trust or any Series to the extent and as provided in Section 8.5; (viii) to the same extent as the stockholders of Massachusetts business corporations as to whether or not a court action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the Trust or any Series or Class thereof or the Shareholders (provided, however, that a Shareholder of a particular Series or Class shall not be entitled to a derivative or class action on behalf of any other Series or Class (or Shareholder of any other Series or Class) of the Trust); (ix) with respect to any plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (or any successor rule) under the 1940 Act; and (x) with respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may be required by this Declaration, the By-laws or any registration of the Trust as an investment company under the 1940 Act with the Commission (or any successor agency) or as the Trustees may consider necessary or desirable. Each whole Share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on which it is entitled to vote and each fractional Share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote, except that the Trustees may, in conjunction with the establishment of any Series or Class of Shares, establish or reserve the right to establish conditions under which the several Series or Classes shall have separate voting rights or, if a Series or Class would not, in the sole judgment of the Trustees, be materially affected by a proposal, no voting rights. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of Trustees. Until Shares are issued, the Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders and may take any action required by law, this Declaration or the By-laws to be taken by Shareholders. The By-laws may include further provisions for Shareholder votes and meetings and related matters.

 

Section 5.10.                          Meetings of Shareholders.  Meetings of Shareholders may be called at any time by the President, and shall be called by the President and Secretary at the request in writing or by resolution, of a majority of Trustees, or at the written request of the holder or holders of ten percent (10%) or more of the total number of Shares then issued and outstanding of the Trust entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting. At any meeting of Shareholders of the Trust or of any Series of the Trust, a Shareholder Servicing Agent may vote any shares as to which such Shareholder Servicing Agent is the agent of record and which are not otherwise represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, proportionately in accordance with the votes cast by holders of all shares otherwise represented at the meeting in person or by proxy as to which such Shareholder Servicing Agent is the agent of record. Any shares so voted by a Shareholder Servicing Agent will be deemed represented at the meeting for quorum purposes.

 

Section 5.11.                          Series Designation.  The Trustees, in their discretion, may authorize the division of Shares into two or more Series, and the different Series shall be established and designated, and the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between the different Series shall be fixed and determined, by the Trustees; provided, that all Shares shall be identical except that there may be variations so fixed and determined between different Series as to investment objective, purchase price, allocation of expenses, right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the several Series shall have separate voting rights. All references to Shares in this Declaration shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Series as the context may require.

 

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If the Trustees shall divide the Shares of the Trust into two or more Series, the following provisions shall be applicable:

 

(a)                                 All provisions herein relating to the Trust shall apply equally to each Series of the Trust except as the context requires otherwise.

 

(b)                                 The number of authorized Shares and the number of Shares of each Series that may be issued shall be unlimited. The Trustees may classify or reclassify any unissued Shares or any Shares previously issued and reacquired of any Series into one or more Series that may be established and designated from time to time. The Trustees may hold as treasury Shares (of the same or some other Series), reissue for such consideration and on such terms as they may determine, or cancel any Shares of any Series reacquired by the Trust at their discretion from time to time.

 

(c)                                  All consideration received by the Trust for the issue or sale of Shares of a particular Series, together with all assets in which such consideration is invested or reinvested, all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably belong to that Series for all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors of such Series and except as may otherwise be required by applicable laws, and shall be so recorded upon the books of account of the Trust. In the event that there are any assets, income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, funds, or payments which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Series, the Trustees shall allocate them among any one or more of the Series established and designated from time to- time in such manner and on such basis as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable. Each such allocation by the Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all purposes.

 

(d)                                 The assets belonging to each particular Series shall be charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that Series and all expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to that Series, and any general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the Trust which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Series shall be allocated and charged by the Trustees to and among any one or more of the Series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion deem fair and equitable.

 

(e)                                  Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all purposes. The Trustees shall have full discretion, to the extent not inconsistent with the 1940 Act, to determine which items are capital; and each such determination and allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders. The assets of a particular Series of the Trust shall not, under any circumstances, be charged with liabilities attributable to any other Series of the Trust. All persons extending credit to, or contracting with or having any claim against a particular Series of the Trust shall look only to the assets of that particular Series for payment of such credit, contract or claim. No Shareholder or former Shareholder of any Series shall have any claim on or right to any assets allocated or belonging to any other Series.

 

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(f)                                   Each Share of a Series of the Trust shall represent a beneficial interest in the net assets of such Series. Each holder of Shares of a Series shall be entitled to receive his pro rata share of distributions of income and capital gains made with respect to such Series.  Upon redemption of his Shares or indemnification for liabilities incurred by reason of his being or having been a Shareholder of a Series, such Shareholder shall be paid solely out of the funds and property of such Series of the Trust. Upon liquidation or termination of a Series of the Trust, Shareholders of such Series shall be entitled to receive a pro rata share of the net assets of such Series. A Shareholder of a particular Series of the Trust shall not be entitled to participate in a derivative or class action on behalf of any other Series or the Shareholders of any other Series of the Trust.

 

(g)                                  The establishment and designation of any Series of Shares shall be effective upon the execution by a majority of the then Trustees of an instrument setting forth such establishment and designation and the relative rights and preferences of such Series, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. The Trustees may by an instrument executed by a majority of their number abolish any Series and the establishment and designation thereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, the Trustees shall have the power to determine the designations, preferences, privileges, limitations and rights, of each class and Series of Shares. Each instrument referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment to this Declaration.

 

Section 5.12.                          Assent to Declaration of Trust.  Every Shareholder, by virtue of having become a shareholder, shall be held to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms hereof and to have become a party hereto.

 

Section 5.13.                          Class Designation. The Trustees, in their discretion, may authorize the division of the Shares of the Trust, or, if any Series be established, the Shares of any Series, into two or more Classes, and the different Classes shall be established and designated, and the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between the different Classes shall be fixed and determined, by the Trustees; provided, that all Shares of the Trust or of any Series shall be identical to all other Shares of the Trust or the same Series, as the case may be, except that there may be variations between different classes as to allocation of expenses, right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the several Classes shall have separate voting rights. All references to Shares in this Declaration shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require.

 

If the Trustees shall divide the Shares of the Trust or any Series into two or more Classes, the following provisions shall be applicable:

 

(a)                                 All provisions herein relating to the Trust, or any Series of the Trust, shall apply equally to each Class of Shares of the Trust or of any Series of the Trust, except as the context requires otherwise.

 

(b)                                 The number of Shares of each Class that may be issued shall be unlimited. The Trustees may classify or reclassify any unissued Shares of the Trust or any Series or any Shares previously issued and reacquired of any Class of the Trust or of any Series into one or more Classes that may be established and designated from time to time. The Trustees may hold as

 

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treasury Shares (of the same or some other Class), reissue for such consideration and on such terms as they may determine, or cancel any Shares of any Class reacquired by the Trust at their discretion from time to time.

 

(c)                                  Liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves related to the distribution of, and other identified expenses that should properly be allocated to, the Shares of a particular Class may be charged to and borne solely by such Class and the bearing of expenses solely by a Class of Shares may be appropriately reflected (in a manner determined by the Trustees) and cause differences in the net asset value attributable to, and the dividend, redemption and liquidation rights of, the Shares of different Classes.  Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Classes for all purposes.

 

(d)                                 The establishment and designation of any Class of Shares shall be effective upon the execution of a majority of the then Trustees of an instrument setting forth such establishment and designation and the relative rights and preferences of such Class, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. The Trustees may, by an instrument executed by a majority of their number, abolish any Class and the establishment and designation thereof.  Each instrument referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment to this Declaration.

 

ARTICLE VI
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

Section 6.1.                                 Redemption of Shares.  All Shares of the Trust shall be redeemable, at the redemption price determined in the manner set out in this Declaration. Redeemed or repurchased Shares may be resold by the Trust.

 

The Trust shall redeem the Shares upon the appropriately verified written application of the record holder thereof (or upon such other form of request as the Trustees may determine) at the office of the Transfer Agent, the Shareholder Servicing Agent, which is the agent of record for such Shareholder, or at the office of any bank or trust company, either in or outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and which the said Transfer Agent or the said Shareholder Servicing Agent has designated for that purpose, or at such office or agency as may be designated from time to time in the Trust’s then effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933. The Trustees may from time to time specify additional conditions, not inconsistent with the 1940 Act, regarding the redemption of Shares in the Trust’s then effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Section 6.2.                                 Price.  Shares shall be redeemed at their net asset value determined as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof as of such time as the Trustees shall have theretofore prescribed by resolution. In the absence of such resolution, the redemption price of Shares deposited shall be the net asset value of such Shares next determined as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof after receipt of such application.

 

Section 6.3.                                 Payment.  Payment for such Shares shall be made in cash or in property out of the assets of the relevant series of the Trust to the Shareholder of record at such time and in the manner, not inconsistent with the 1940 Act or other applicable laws, as may be specified

 

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from time to time in the Trust’s then effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, subject to the provisions of Section 6.4 hereof.

 

Section 6.4.                                 Effect of Suspension of Determination of Net Asset Value.  If, pursuant to Section 6.9 hereof, the Trustees shall declare a suspension of the determination of net asset value, the rights of Shareholders (including those who shall have applied for redemption pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof but who shall not yet have received payment) to have Shares redeemed and paid for by the Trust shall be suspended until the termination of such suspension is declared. Any record holder who shall have his redemption right so suspended may, during the period of such suspension, by appropriate written notice of revocation at the office or agency where application was made, revoke any application for redemption not honored and withdraw any certificates on deposit.  The redemption price of Shares for which redemption applications have not been revoked shall be the net asset value of such Shares next determined as set forth in Section 7.1 after the termination of such suspension, and payment shall be made within seven (7) days after the date upon which the application was made plus the period after such application during which the determination of net asset value was suspended.

 

Section 6.5.                                 Repurchase by Agreement.  The Trust may repurchase Shares directly, or through the Distributor or another agent designated for the purpose by agreement with the owner thereof at a price not exceeding the net asset value per share determined as of the time when the purchase or contract of purchase is made or the net asset value as of any time which may be later determined pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, provided payment is not made for the Shares prior to the time as of which such net asset value is determined.

 

Section 6.6.                                 Redemption of Sub-Minimum Accounts.  The Trust shall have the right at any time without prior notice to the shareholder to redeem Shares of any shareholder for their then current net asset value per Share if at such time the shareholder owns Shares having an aggregate net asset value of less than an amount set from time to time by the Trustees, subject to such terms and conditions as the Trustees may approve, and subject to the Trust’s giving general notice to all shareholders of its intention to avail itself of such right, either by publication in the Trust’s registration statement, if any, or by such other means as the Trustees may determine.

 

Section 6.7.                                 Redemption of Shares in Order to Qualify as Regulated Investment Company; Disclosure of Holding.  If the Trustees shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that direct or indirect ownership of Shares or other securities of the Trust has or may become concentrated in any Person to an extent which would disqualify any Series of the Trust as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code, then the Trustees shall have the power by lot or other means deemed equitable by them (i) to call for redemption by any such Person a number, or principal amount, of Shares or other securities of the Trust sufficient to maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership of Shares or other securities of the Trust into conformity with the requirements for such qualification, and (ii) to refuse to transfer or issue Shares or other securities of the Trust to any Person whose acquisition of the Shares or other securities of the Trust in question would result in such disqualification.  The redemption shall be effected at the redemption price and in the manner provided in Section 6.1.

 

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other securities of the Trust as the Trustees deem necessary to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, or to comply with the requirements of any other taxing authority.

 

Section 6.8.                                 Reductions in Number of Outstanding Shares Pursuant to Net Asset Value Formula.  The Trust may also reduce the number of Outstanding Shares pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.3.

 

Section 6.9.                                 Suspension of Right of Redemption.  The Trust may declare a suspension of the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment or redemption for the whole or any part of any period (i) during which the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than customary week-end and holiday closings, (ii) during which trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted, (iii) during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Trust of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Trust fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (iv) during any other period when the Commission may for the protection of Shareholders of the Trust by order permit suspension of the right of redemption or postponement of the date of payment or redemption; provided that applicable rules and regulations of the Commission shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (ii), (iii), or (iv) exist. Such suspension shall take effect at such time as the Trust shall specify but not later than the close of business on the business day next following the declaration of suspension, and thereafter there shall be no right of redemption or payment on redemption until the Trust shall declare the suspension at an end, except that the suspension shall terminate in any event on the first day on which said stock exchange shall have reopened or the period specified in (ii) or (iii) shall have expired (as to which, in the absence of an official ruling by the Commission, the determination of the Trust shall be conclusive). In the case of a suspension of the right of redemption, a Shareholder may either withdraw his request for redemption or receive payment based on the net asset value existing after the termination of the suspension.

 

ARTICLE VII
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE,
NET INCOME AND
DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 7.1.                                 Net Asset Value.  The value of the assets of the Trust or any Series of the Trust shall be determined by appraisal of the securities of the Trust or allocated to such Series, such appraisal to be on the basis of the amortized cost of such securities in the case of money market securities, market value in the case of other securities, or by such other method as shall be deemed to reflect the fair value thereof, determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trustees. From the total value of said assets, there shall be deducted all indebtedness, interest, taxes, payable or accrued, including estimated taxes on unrealized book profits, expenses and management charges accrued to the appraisal date, net income determined and declared as a distribution. and all other items in the nature of liabilities attributable to the Trust or such Series or Class thereof which shall be deemed appropriate. The net asset value of a Share shall be determined by dividing the net asset value of the Class, or, if no Class has been established, of the Series, or, if no Series has been established, of the Trust, by the number of Shares of that Class, or Series, or of the Trust, as applicable, outstanding. The net asset value of Shares of the Trust or any Class or Series of the Trust shall be determined pursuant to the procedure and methods prescribed or approved by the Trustees in their discretion and as set

 

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forth in the most recent Registration Statement of the Trust as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the 1940 Act, as amended, and the Rules thereunder. The net asset value of the Shares shall be determined at least once on each business day, as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or as of such other time or times as the Trustees shall determine. The power and duty to make the daily calculations may be delegated by the Trustees to the Investment Adviser, the custodian, the Transfer Agent or such other Person as the Trustees may determine by resolution or by approving a contract which delegates such duty to another Person. The Trustees may suspend the daily determination of net asset value to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.

 

Section 7.2.                                 Distributions to Shareholders.  The Trustees shall from time to time distribute ratably among the Shareholders of the Trust or a Series such proportion of the net profits, surplus (including paid-in surplus), capital, or assets of the Trust or such Series held by the Trustees as they may deem proper. Such distributions may be made in cash or property (including without limitation any type of obligations of the Trust or such Series or any assets thereof), and the Trustees may distribute ratably among the Shareholders additional Shares of the Trust or such Series issuable hereunder in such manner, at such times, and on such terms as the Trustees may deem proper. Such distributions may be among the Shareholders of record at the time of declaring a distribution or among the Shareholders of record at such other date or time or dates or times as the Trustees shall determine. To the extent the Trustees deem it appropriate as a matter of administrative convenience, distributions to Shareholders may be effected on different dates to different Shareholders, provided that such distributions shall be made at regularly occurring intervals of approximately the same length with respect to each Shareholder of the Trust. The Trustees may in their discretion determine that, solely for the purposes of such distributions, Outstanding Shares shall exclude Shares for which orders have been placed subsequent to a specified time on the date the distribution is declared or on the next preceding day if the distribution is declared as of a day on which Boston banks are not open for business, all as described in the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933. The Trustees may always retain from the net profits such amount as they may deem necessary to pay the debts or expenses of the Trust or the Series or to meet obligations of the Trust or the Series, or as they may deem desirable to use in the conduct of its affairs or to retain for future requirements or extensions of the business. The Trustees may adopt and offer to Shareholders such dividend reinvestment plans, cash dividend payout plans or related plans as the Trustees shall deem appropriate.

 

Inasmuch as the computation of net income and gains for Federal income tax purposes may vary from the computation thereof on the books, the above provisions shall be interpreted to give the Trustees the power in their discretion to distribute for any fiscal year as ordinary dividends and as capital gains distributions, respectively, additional amounts sufficient to enable the Trust or the Series to avoid or reduce liability for taxes.

 

Section 7.3.                                 Determination of Net Income; Constant Net Asset Value; Reduction of Outstanding Shares.  Subject to Section 5.11 hereof, the net income of the Trust or any Series shall be determined in such manner as the Trustees shall provide by resolution. Expenses of the Trust or a Series, including the advisory or management fee and service fees, shall be accrued each day. Such net income may be determined by or under the direction of the Trustees as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each day on which such Exchange is open

 

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or as of such other time or times as the Trustees shall determine, and, except as provided herein, all the net income of the Trust or any Series, as so determined, may be declared as a dividend on the Outstanding Shares of the Trust or such Series. If, for any reason, the net income of the Trust or any Series, determined at any time, is a negative amount, the Trustees shall have the power with respect to the Trust or such Series (i) to offset each Shareholder’s pro rata share of such negative amount from the accrued dividend account of such Shareholder, or (ii) to reduce the number of Outstanding Shares of the Trust or such Series by reducing the number of Shares in the account of such Shareholder by that number of full and fractional Shares which represents the amount of such excess negative net income, or (iii) to cause to be recorded on the books of the Trust or such Series an asset account in the amount of such negative net income, which account may be reduced by the amount, provided that the same shall thereupon become the property of the Trust or such Series with respect to the Trust or such Series and shall not be paid to any Shareholder, of dividends declared thereafter upon the Outstanding Shares of the Trust or such Series on the day such negative net income is experienced, until such asset account is reduced to zero, or (iv) to combine the methods described in clauses (i) and (ii) and (iii) of this sentence, in order to cause the net asset value per Share of the Trust or such Series to remain at a constant amount per Outstanding Share immediately after each such determination and declaration. The Trustees shall also have the power to fail to declare a dividend out of net income for the purpose of causing the net asset value per Share to be increased to a constant amount. The Trustees shall not be required to adopt, but may at any time adopt, discontinue or amend the practice of maintaining the net asset value per Share of the Trust or a Series at a constant amount.

 

Section 7.4.                                 Allocation Between Principal and Income.  The Trustees shall have full discretion to determine whether any cash or property received shall be treated as income or as principal and whether any item of expense shall be charged to the income or the principal account, and their determination made in good faith shall be conclusive upon the Shareholders.  In the case of stock dividends received, the Trustees shall have full discretion to determine, in the light of the particular circumstances, how much if any of the value thereof shall be treated as income, the balance, if any, to be treated as principal.

 

Section 7.5.                                 Power to Modify Foregoing Procedures.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII, the Trustees may prescribe, in their absolute discretion, such other bases and times for determining the per Share net asset value or net income, or the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions as they may deem necessary or desirable.

 

ARTICLE VIII
DURATION; TERMINATION OF TRUST;
AMENDMENT; MERGERS
, ETC.

 

Section 8.1.                                 Duration.  The Trust shall continue without limitation of time but subject to the provisions of this Article VIII.

 

Section 8.2.                                 Termination of Trust.  (a) The Trust or any Series of the Trust may be terminated by an instrument in writing signed by a majority of the Trustees, or by the

 

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affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the Shares of the Trust or Series outstanding and entitled to vote, at any meeting of Shareholders. Upon the termination of the Trust or any Series,

 

(i)                                     the Trust or any Series shall carry on no business except for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

 

(ii)                                  the Trustees shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Trust or Series and all of the powers of the Trustees under this Declaration shall continue until the affairs of the Trust or Series shall have been wound up, including the power to fulfill or discharge the contracts of the Trust or Series, collect its assets, sell, convey, assign, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the remaining Trust Property or property of the Series to one or more persons at public or private sale for consideration which may consist in whole or in part of cash, securities or other property of any kind, discharge or pay its liabilities, and do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its business; and

 

(iii)                               after paying or adequately providing for the payment of all liabilities, and upon receipt of such releases, indemnities and refunding agreements as they deem necessary for their protection, the Trustees may distribute the remaining Trust Property or property of the Series, in cash or in kind or partly each, among the Shareholders of the Trust or Series according to their respective rights.

 

(b)                                 After termination of the Trust or any Series and distribution to the Shareholders as herein provided, a majority of the Trustees shall execute and lodge among the records of the Trust an instrument in writing setting forth the fact of such termination, and the Trustees shall thereupon be discharged from all further liabilities and duties hereunder, and the rights and interests of all Shareholders of the Trust or Series shall thereupon cease.

 

Section 8.3.                                 Amendment Procedure.  (a)  This Declaration may be amended by a vote of the holders of a majority of the Shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Amendments shall be effective upon the taking of action as provided in this section or at such later time as shall be specified in the applicable vote or instrument. The Trustees may also amend this Declaration without the vote or consent of Shareholders if they deem it necessary to conform this Declaration to the requirements of applicable federal or state laws or regulations or the requirements of the regulated investment company provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (including those provisions of such Code relating to the retention of the exemption from federal income tax with respect to dividends paid by the Trust out of interest income received on municipal bonds), but the Trustees shall not be liable for failing so to do. The Trustees may also amend this Declaration without the vote or consent of Shareholders if they deem it necessary or desirable to change the name of the Trust or to make any other changes in the Declaration which do not materially adversely affect the rights of Shareholders hereunder.

 

(b)                                 No amendment may be made under this Section 8.3 which would change any rights with respect to any Shares of the Trust or Series by reducing the amount payable thereon upon liquidation of the Trust or Series or by diminishing or eliminating any voting rights pertaining thereto, except with the vote or consent of the holders of two-thirds of the Shares of the Trust or Series outstanding and entitled to vote. Nothing contained in this Declaration shall

 

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permit the amendment of this Declaration to impair the exemption from personal liability of the Shareholders, Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust or to permit assessments upon Shareholders.

 

(c)                                  A certificate signed by a majority of the Trustees setting forth an amendment and reciting that it was duly adopted by the Shareholders or by the Trustees as aforesaid or a copy of the Declaration, as amended, and executed by a majority of the Trustees, shall be conclusive evidence of such amendment when lodged among the records of the Trust.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, until such time as a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the first public offering of securities of the Trust shall have become effective, this Declaration may be terminated or amended in any respect by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trustees or by an instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees.

 

Section 8.4.                                 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.  The Trust or any Series thereof may merge or consolidate with any other corporation, association, trust or other organization or may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the Trust Property or the property of any Series, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration when and as authorized at any meeting of Shareholders of the Trust or Series called for that purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Shares of the Trust or Series.

 

Section 8.5.                                 Incorporation.  With the approval of the holders of a majority of the Shares of the Trust or any Series outstanding and entitled to vote, the Trustees may cause to be organized or assist in organizing a corporation or corporations under the laws of any jurisdiction or any other trust, partnership, association or other organization to take over all of the Trust Property or the property of any Series or to carry on any business in which the Trust or the Series shall directly or indirectly have any interest, and to sell, convey and transfer the Trust Property or the property of any Series to any such corporation, trust, association or organization in exchange for the Shares or securities thereof or otherwise, and to lend money to, subscribe for the Shares or securities of, and enter into any contracts with any such corporation, trust, partnership, association or organization, or any corporation, partnership, trust, association or organization in which the Trust or the Series holds or is about to acquire shares or any other interest. The Trustees may also cause a merger or consolidation between the Trust or any Series or any successor thereto and any such corporation, trust, partnership, association or other organization if and to the extent permitted by law, as provided under the law then in effect. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring approval of Shareholders for the Trustees to organize or assist in organizing one or more corporations, trusts, partnerships, associations or other organizations and selling, conveying or transferring a portion of the Trust Property to such organization or entities.

 

ARTICLE IX
REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

The Trustees shall at least semi-annually submit to the Shareholders a written financial report, which may be included in the Trust’s prospectus or statement of additional information,

 

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of the transactions of the Trust, including financial statements which shall at least annually be certified by independent public accountants.

 

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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1.                          Resident Agent.  The Trust’s resident agent in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be Boston Trust Walden Company, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA  02108.

 

Section 10.2.                          Filing.  This Declaration and any amendment hereto shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in such other places as may be required under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and may also be filed or recorded in such other places as the Trustees deem appropriate.  Unless the amendment is embodied in an instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees, each amendment filed shall be accompanied by a certificate signed and acknowledged by a Trustee stating that such action was duly taken in a manner provided herein. A restated Declaration, integrating into a single instrument all of the provisions of the Declaration which are then in effect and operative, may be executed from time to time by a majority of the Trustees and shall, upon filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained therein and may hereafter be referred to in lieu of the original Declaration and the various amendments thereto. The restated Declaration may include any amendment which the Trustees are empowered to adopt, whether or not such amendment has been adopted prior to the execution of the restated Declaration.

 

Section 10.3.                          Governing Law.  This Declaration is executed by the Trustees and delivered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with reference to the internal laws thereof, and the rights of all parties and the validity and construction of every provision hereof shall be subject to and construed according to the internal laws of said State without regard to the choice of law rules thereof.

 

Section 10.4.                          Counterparts.  This Declaration may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same instrument, which shall be sufficiently evidenced by any such original counterpart.

 

Section 10.5.                          Reliance by Third Parties.  Any certificate executed by an individual who, according to the records of the Trust appears to be a Trustee hereunder, certifying to: (a) the number or identity of Trustees or Shareholders, (b) the due authorization of the execution of any instrument or writing, (c) the form of any vote passed at a meeting of Trustees or Shareholders, (d) the fact that the number of Trustees or Shareholders present at any meeting or executing any written instrument satisfies the requirements of this Declaration, (e) the form of any By-laws adopted by or the identity of any officers elected by the Trustees, or (f) the existence of any fact or facts which in any manner relate to the affairs of the Trust, shall be conclusive evidence as to the matters so certified in favor of any Person dealing with the Trustees and their successors.

 

Section 10.6.                          Provisions in Conflict with Law or Regulations.  (a) The provisions of this Declaration are severable, and if the Trustees shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any of such provisions is in conflict with the 1940 Act, the regulated investment company provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or with other applicable laws and regulations, the conflicting provision shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of this Declaration;

 

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provided, however, that such determination shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Declaration or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination.

 

(b)                                 If any provision of this Declaration shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision in such jurisdiction and shall not in any manner affect such provisions in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Declaration in any jurisdiction.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this     day of March, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Diane Armstrong

 

Diane Armstrong

 

One Beacon Street

 

Boston MA 02108

 

 

 

  as Trustee and not individually

 

 

 

STATE OF OHIO            )

 

                                          )  :ss

 

COUNTY OF FRANKLIN)

 

 

On this 17 day of March, 2020, the above-named DIANE ARMSTRONG personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed.

 

 

 

/s/ Elizabeth C. Hart

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: 6/8/2021

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael M. Van Buskirk

 

Michael M. Van Buskirk

 

One Beacon Street

 

Boston MA 02108

 

 

 

  as Trustee and not individually

 

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS        )

 

                                                                                    )  :ss

 

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK                                           )

 

 

On this 25th day of February, 2020, the above-named MICHAEL M. VAN BUSKIRK personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed.

 

 

 

/s/ Margaret M. Alvarado

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: 7/20/2023

 

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/s/ Elizabeth E. McGeveran

 

Elizabeth E. McGeveran

 

One Beacon Street

 

Boston MA 02108

 

 

 

  as Trustee and not individually

 

 

 

STATE OF MINNEAPOLIS       )

 

                                                      )  :ss

 

COUNTY OF HENNEPIN          )

 

 

On this 24th day of July, 2020, the above-named ELIZABETH E. McGEVERAN personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed.

 

 

 

/s/ Jennifer Hardy

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: 11/13/2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Lucia Santini

 

One Beacon Street

 

Boston MA 02108

 

 

 

  as Trustee and not individually

 

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS        )

 

                                                                                    )  :ss

 

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK                                          )

 

 

On this 25th day of February, 2020, the above-named LUCIA SANTINI personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed.

 

 

 

/s/ Margaret M. Alvarado

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: 7/20/2023

 

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/s/ Heidi Soumerai

 

Heidi Soumerai

 

One Beacon Street

 

Boston MA 02108

 

 

 

  as Trustee and not individually

 

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS      )

 

                                                                                  )  :ss

 

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK                                        )

 

 

On this 25th day of February, 2020, the above-named HEIDI SOUMERAI personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed.

 

 

 

/s/ Margaret M. Alvarado

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: 7/20/2023

 

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Exhibit 99.(a)(2)

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

Re-Designation of Series

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Boston Trust Walden Funds (the “Trust”) dated February 25, 2020, the Trust’s series are re-designated as follows, effective September 30, 2020:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small

 

 

Cap Fund in April 2020.

           ; and it is

 

 

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of the Trust are authorized to execute, deliver and file any documents, including an amendment to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, and to take any other actions they deem necessary and appropriate to effectuate the foregoing resolutions.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 18th day of August, 2020.

 

 

/s/ Diane E. Armstrong

/s/ Michael M. Van Buskirk

Diane E. Armstrong

Michael M. Van Buskirk

 

 

 

 

/s/ Elizabeth E. McGeveran

/s/ Lucia Santini

Elizabeth E. McGeveran

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

/s/ Heidi Soumerai

 

Heidi Soumerai

 

 


Exhibit 99.(d)(6)

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (“AMENDMENT”), dated as of August 18, 2020, amends the Investment Advisory Agreement dated September 30, 2004, as amended, (the “Agreement”) between Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly The Boston Trust & Walden Funds), a Massachusetts business Trust (the “Trust) and Boston Trust Walden Inc. (formerly Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.), a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Investment Adviser”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment to update Schedule A, effective September 30, 2020, to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small

 

 

Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and the Investment Adviser hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Schedule A

 

Effective September 30, 2020, Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule A attached to the end of this amendment.

 

2.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.

 

(b)                                 Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this Amendment) and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in

 

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full force and effect. No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 

(c)                                  Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be used to construe or interpret this Amendment.

 

(d)                                 This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

President

 

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Dated: August 18, 2020

Effective:  September 30, 2020

 

SCHEDULE A

TO THE

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

AND

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

Name of Fund

 

Compensation

 

 

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.50% of average daily net assets in excess of $500 million

 

 

 

Boston Trust Equity Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

0.75% of average daily net assets

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

Title:

President

 

Title:

President

 

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Exhibit 99.(e)(4)

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

This second amendment (“Amendment”), dated as of August 18, 2020, amends the Distribution Agreement dated as of May 31, 2017 (the “Agreement”) by and between Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly The Boston Trust & Walden Funds) (herein, the “Fund Company”) and Foreside Financial Services, LLC (herein, “Foreside”).

 

WHEREAS, Fund Company and Foreside (the “Parties”) desire to amend Exhibit A of the Agreement, effective September 30, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small

 

 

Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

WHEREAS, Section 15 of the Agreement requires that all amendments and modifications to the Agreement be in writing and executed by the Parties.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Agreement.

 

2.                                      Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by Exhibit A attached to the end of this Amendment.

 

3.                                      Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the provisions of the Agreement shall remain unamended and in full force and effect to the same extent as if fully set forth herein.

 

4.                                      This Amendment shall be governed by, and the provisions of this Amendment shall be construed and interpreted under and in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the Effective Date.

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

FORESIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Mark Fairbanks

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Mark Fairbanks

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Title:

Vice President

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

Fund Names

 

This Exhibit A shall apply to the Shares of the Funds in the Trust as listed below and any other series that may be started in the future, as reflected by amendment to this list:

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

Boston Trust Equity Fund

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 


Exhibit 99.(g)(6)

 

AMENDMENT TO

CUSTODY AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (the “Amendment”), made as of August 18, 2020, amends the Custody Agreement between Boston Trust Walden Company (formerly Boston Trust & Investment Management Company), a banking and trust company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Custodian”) and Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly The Boston Trust & Walden Funds), a business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated on March 23, 1999, May 24, 2012, December 6, 2012, March 16, 2016 and September 4, 2019 (the “Agreement”).  All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties mutually wish to amend the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment to update Schedule A, effective September 30, 2020, to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Custodian and Trust hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Effective Date.

 

The effective date of this Amendment (the “Effective Date”) shall be September 30, 2020.

 

2.             Schedule A Changes.

 

The Agreement is hereby updated to delete in its entirety the previous Schedule A and replace it with the amended Schedule A attached to the end of this amendment.

 

3.             Miscellaneous.

 

This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein.  Each reference to the Agreement in this Amendment and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Custody Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written to become effective on the Effective Date.

 


 

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

President

 

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Schedule A

Custody Agreement

 

between

Boston Trust Walden Company

and

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

Name of the Fund

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

Boston Trust Equity Fund

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

Title:

Managing Director

 

Title:

President

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

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Exhibit 99.(g)(10)

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

GLOBAL CUSTODIAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT made as of August 18, 2020 (“Amendment”) to that certain Global Custodial Services Agreement dated as of June 9, 2015 (“Agreement”), by and between Boston Trust Walden Funds (f/k/a The Boston Trust and Walden Funds) (“Trust”) organized under the laws of Massachusetts on behalf of each series of the Trust listed on Schedule 1 of the Agreement as amended from time to time (each, a “Fund” and with the Trust collectively, the “Client”) and Citibank, N.A. acting through its offices located in New York (“Custodian”, and with the Client, referred to herein individually as “Party” and collectively as “Parties”).  All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Custodian provides global custodial services to the Client pursuant to the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend Schedule 1 of the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment to reflect the name change and re-designation of the Trust’s series “Walden International Equity Fund” to “Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund” effective September 30, 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Agreement.

 

Effective September 30, 2020, Schedule 1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule 1 attached to the end of this Amendment.

 

2.             Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)         Each Party represents and warrants to the other that it has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Amendment, that this Amendment has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by it, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties.

 

(b)         The Client represents that it has provided this Amendment to the Board.

 

3.             Miscellaneous.

 

(a)         This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement.  The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.

 

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(b)         Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the Parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as separately amended by this Amendment.  Except as provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.  No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by each Party hereto.

 

(c)          Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be used to construe or interpret this Amendment.

 

(d)         This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Dominic Crowe

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Dominic Crowe

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

Date:

August 20, 2020

 

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FUND SCHEDULE I

 

To the Global Custodial Services Agreement dated June 9, 2015

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(5)

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT made as of August 18, 2020 (“Amendment”) to that certain Services Agreement dated as of June 30, 2016 (“Agreement”), by and between Boston Trust Walden Funds (f/k/a The Boston Trust and Walden Funds), a Massachusetts business trust (“Client”) and Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Service Provider” and, with the Client, referred to herein individually as “Party” and collectively as “Parties”).  All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Service Provider performs certain fund accounting and fund administration  services for the Client pursuant to the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to amend Schedule 5 of the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment, effective September 30, 2020, to reflect (i) the name changes and re-designation of certain funds; and (ii) merge the Walden Small Cap Fund into the Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                Amendment to Schedule 5 — List of Funds.

 

Effective September 30, 2020, Schedule 5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule 5 attached to the end of this Amendment.

 

2.                                Representations and Warranties.

 

a)             Each Party represents and warrants to the other that it has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Amendment, that this Amendment has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by it, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties.

 

b)             The Client represents that it has provided this Amendment to the Board.

 

3.                                Miscellaneous.

 

a)             This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings

 

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and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.

 

b)             Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the Parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as separately amended by this Amendment.  Except as provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.  No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by each Party hereto.

 

c)              This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Dominic Crowe

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Dominic Crowe

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

Date:

August 20, 2020

 

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Schedule 5 to Services Agreement

 

List of Funds

 

1.              Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

2.              Boston Trust Equity Fund

3.              Boston Trust Midcap Fund

4.              Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

5.              Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

6.              Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

7.              Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

8.              Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

9.              Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

10.       Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(10)

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (the “Amendment”), dated as of August 18, 2020, amends the Transfer Agency Agreement (“Agreement) between Boston Trust Walden Company (formerly the Boston Trust & Investment Management Company), a banking and trust company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Transfer Agent”) and Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly The Boston Trust & Walden Funds), a business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Trust.  All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Trust and Transfer Agent entered into the Agreement as amended and restated on March 23, 1999, and as further amended on August 16, 2001, May 24, 2012, December 6, 2012, June 9, 2015, and September 4, 2019.

 

WHEREAS, the parties mutually wish to update Schedule A of the Agreement to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Transfer Agent and Trust hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Effective Date.

 

The effective date of this Amendment (the “Effective Date”) shall be September 30, 2020.

 

2.             Schedule A Changes.

 

The Agreement is hereby updated to delete in its entirety the previous Schedule A to the Agreement and replace it with the amended Schedule A attached to the end of this Amendment.

 

3.             Miscellaneous.

 

This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein.  Each reference to the Agreement in this Amendment and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Transfer Agency Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

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Schedule A

Transfer Agency Agreement

 

between

Boston Trust Walden Company

and

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

Name of the Fund

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

Boston Trust Equity Fund

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

 

 

 

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Signed:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

Date:

August 18, 2020

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(14)

 

AMENDMENT TO

SUB-TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 18, 2020, amends the Sub-Transfer Agency Services Agreement dated February 24, 2010, as amended (the “Agreement”) between Boston Trust Walden Company (formerly The Boston Trust & Investment Management Company) and Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly the Coventry Group) (collectively, the “Clients”) and FIS Investor Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“FIS”) formerly known as SunGard Investor Services LLC (assignee of Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi Fund”).   All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.  For the avoidance of any doubt, references in the Agreement to “Citi” shall be deemed references to FIS and references to The Boston Trust & Investment Management Company shall be deemed references to Boston Trust Walden Company.

 

WHEREAS, the Clients and FIS entered into a Transfer Agency Services Agreement which was amended and restated on February 24, 2010, and further amended on each of July 26, 2010, December 21, 2010, August l, 2011, June 28, 2012, October l, 2012, May 20, 2015, March 29, 2019 and September 4, 2019.  The Agreement was assigned by Citi Fund to FIS on February 13, 2015.

 

WHEREAS, the Boston Trust Walden Company is a state-chartered bank of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and serves as Trustee of 3 (three) collective investment funds established pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 9.18 and transfer agent for Boston Trust Walden Funds, registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, consisting of separate series of funds (the “Funds”) as of the date hereof;

 

WHEREAS, FIS performs sub-transfer agency services for the Clients and for each of the Funds pursuant to the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, FIS and the Clients wish to enter into this Amendment in order to: (a) update Schedule A to reflect a new service to be provided by FIS to Clients; and (b) update Schedule C to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the Funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

1940 Act Funds:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Mid Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Mid Cap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

Collective Investment Funds:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Boston Trust Balanced Retirement Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Retirement Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Retirement Fund

 

Boston Trust Small Cap CIT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Clients and FIS hereby agree as follows:

 


 

1.             Effective Date.

 

The amendments set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be effective from and after September 1, 2020, and the amendment set forth in paragraph 4 shall be effective from and after September 30, 2020.

 

2.             Schedule A.

 

As of September 1, 2020, the following item 10 shall be added after item 9 under Section I Services of Schedule A of the Agreement:

 

10.      Profile II Services

 

FIS will populate the Mutual Fund Profile II database of the NSCC (“Profile II”) with the appropriate data for the pertinent record types with respect to the Funds listed below (“Profile II Funds”).

 

i.      Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

ii.     Boston Trust Midcap Fund

iii.    Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

iv.    Boston Trust Equity Fund

v.     Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

vi.    Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

vii.   Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

viii.  Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

ix.    Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

x.     Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

FIS will obtain the information set forth above from FIS’ internal records, Profile II Funds’ prospectuses and other Profile II Funds’ documents, and third parties that provide services to the Profile II Funds or to FIS. FIS will use all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such information is accurate and updated on a timely basis, but FIS cannot guarantee that such information will be accurate or timely updated.”

 

3.             Effective September 1, 2020, the following shall be added to the end of Schedule B:

 

“The following fees shall be payable by Client to FIS for Profile II Services:

 

One-Time Fee:

 

 

 

 

 

Initial service and implementation of funds on Profile II

 

$100.00 per CUSIP, payable by Client upon receipt of FIS’ invoice.

 

 

 

Recurring Fees (includes oversight and management of services):

 

1-10 CUSIPS

 

$250 / Month

11 up to 25 CUSIPS

 

$375 / Month

26 or more CUSIPS

 

$500 / Month

 

.”

 

4.             Schedule C.

 

As of September 30, 2020, Schedule C of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the contents of Schedule C attached hereto.

 

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5.             Miscellaneous.

 

This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement.  The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein.  Each reference to the Agreement in this Amendment and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound that are related to the sub-transfer agency services provided under the Agreement, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written to become effective on the dates indicated herein.

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIS Investor Services LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peggy Poche

 

Name:

Peggy Poche

 

Title:

Contract Valuation Manager

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

FUNDS

 

1940 Act Funds:

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

Boston Trust Equity Fund

Boston Trust Mid Cap Fund

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Boston Trust Walden Mid Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

Collective Investment Funds:

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Retirement Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap CIT

Walden SRI Balanced Fund

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(16)

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT made as of August 14, 2019, between The Boston Trust & Walden Funds (the “Trust”) and Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Investment Adviser”), to that certain Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated February 26, 2019, between the Trust and the Investment Adviser. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to update the Agreement to reflect changes in the names of the Trust, the Walden Asset Management Fund and the Investment Adviser;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and the Investment Adviser hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Trust Name Change

 

Effective September 4, 2019, all references in the Agreement to “The Boston Trust & Walden Funds” are deleted in their entirety and replaced with “Boston Trust Walden Funds”

 

2.              Fund Name Change — Walden Asset Management Fund

 

Effective September 4, 2019, Schedule A to the Agreement, attached hereto, is amended to change all references to the “Walden Asset Management Fund” to the “Walden Balanced Fund”.

 

3.              Investment Adviser Name Change

 

Effective September 4, 2019, all references in the Agreement to “Boston Trust Investment Management Inc.” are deleted in their entirety and replaced with “Boston Trust Walden Inc.”

 

4.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.

 

(b)           Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this Amendment) and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 

(c)           Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be used to construe or interpret this Amendment.

 

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(d)           This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

THE BOSTON TRUST & WALDEN FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

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Dated: August 14, 2019

Effective:  September 4, 2019

 

SCHEDULE A

TO THE

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE BOSTON TRUST & WALDEN FUNDS

AND

BOSTON TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

 

OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITS

 

Name of Fund

 

Maximum Operating Expense Limit*

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Equity Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

 

0.75

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden Balanced Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden Equity Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden Midcap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Walden International Equity Fund

 

1.10

%

 

THE BOSTON TRUST & WALDEN FUNDS

 

BOSTON TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Title:

President

 


*Expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(18)

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (“AMENDMENT”), date as of August 18, 2020, amends that certain Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated February 26, 2019, as amended, between Boston Trust Walden Funds (formerly The Boston Trust & Walden Funds), a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) and Boston Trust Walden Inc. (formerly Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.), a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Investment Adviser”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement pursuant to this Amendment to update Schedule A, effective September 30, 2020, to reflect (1) the name changes and re-designation of the funds listed below; and (2) the merger of Walden Small Cap Fund into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, as follows:

 

Current Name

 

Re-Designated Name

Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Walden International Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

Walden Midcap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Walden Small Cap Fund

 

N/A. Series merged into Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund in April 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter contained and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and the Investment Adviser hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Schedule A

 

Effective September 30, 2020, Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule A attached to the end of this amendment.

 

2.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           This Amendment supplements and amends the Agreement. The provisions set forth in this Amendment supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements bearing upon the subject matter covered herein, including any conflicting provisions of the Agreement or any provisions of the Agreement that directly cover or indirectly bear upon matters covered under this Amendment.

 

(b)           Each reference to the Agreement in the Agreement (as it existed prior to this Amendment) and in every other agreement, contract or instrument to which the parties are bound, shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Agreement as amended by this

 

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Amendment. Except as provided in this Amendment, the provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. No amendment or modification to this Amendment shall be valid unless made in writing and executed by both parties hereto.

 

(c)           Paragraph headings in this Amendment are included for convenience only and are not to be used to construe or interpret this Amendment.

 

(d)           This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

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Dated: August 18, 2020

Effective:  September 30, 2020

 

SCHEDULE A

TO THE

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

AND

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITS

 

Name of Fund

 

Maximum Operating Expense Limit*

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Equity Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

 

0.75

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

1.10

%

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

By:

/s/ Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

Name:

Lucia Santini

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

Title:

President

 


*Expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets

 

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Exhibit 99.(h)(22)

 

Boston Trust Walden Funds

 

Shareholder Services Plan

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

Boston Trust Equity Fund

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

December 6, 2007, as amended

 

This plan constitutes the Shareholder Services Plan (the “Plan”) for the Boston Trust Asset Management Fund, Boston Trust Equity Fund, Boston Trust Midcap Fund, Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund, Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund, Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund, Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund, Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund and Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of Boston Trust Walden Funds (f/k/a The Boston Trust & Walden Funds), a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”).  The Plan relates solely to the Funds identified on Schedule A attached hereto, as may be amended from time to time.

 

WHEREAS, it is desirable to provide the Funds flexibility in meeting the investment and shareholder servicing needs of its investors; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trust desires to adopt a Shareholder Services Plan with respect to each Fund; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trust intends to enter into Plan agreements (“Shareholder Services Agreements”) with certain financial institutions, broker-dealers, and other financial intermediaries (“Authorized Service Providers”) pursuant to which the Authorized Service Providers will provide certain administrative support services to the beneficial owners of the Funds’ shares;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Trust hereby adopts this Plan with respect to each Fund:

 

1.                                      Implementation.  Any officer of the Trust is authorized to execute and deliver, in the name of the Trust and on behalf of the Funds, written Shareholder Services Agreements with Authorized Service Providers that are record owners of Fund shares or that have a servicing relationship with the beneficial owners of shares of the Funds.  A form of Shareholder Services Agreements is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

2.                                      Services.  Pursuant to the Shareholder Services Agreement, the Authorized Service Provider shall provide to those customers who own Fund shares administrative support services, not primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of the Funds, as set forth therein

 


 

and as described in the Trust’s applicable prospectus.  Administrative support services include, but are not limited to: (i) responding to customer inquires of a general nature regarding the Fund(s); (ii) crediting distributions from the Funds to customer accounts; (iii) arranging for bank wire transfer of funds to or from a customer’s account; (iv) responding to customer inquiries and requests regarding Statements of Additional information, shareholder reports, notices, proxies and proxy statements, and other Fund documents; (v) forwarding prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, tax notices and annual and semi-annual reports to beneficial owners of Fund shares; (vi) assisting the Funds in establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts and records; (vii) providing sub-accounting with respect beneficially owned of, and transactions in, Fund shares at the shareholder level; (viii) forwarding to customers proxy statements and proxies; (ix) determining amounts to be reinvested in the Funds; (x) assisting customers in changing account options, account designations and account addresses, and (xi) providing such other similar services as the Trust may reasonably request to the extent the Authorized Service Provider is permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules, or regulations.

 

3.                                      Compensation.  In consideration for such administrative support services, the Authorized Service Providers will receive a fee, computed daily and paid monthly in the manner set forth in the respective Shareholder Services Agreements, at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund shares attributable to or held in the name of the Authorized Service Provider.  All expenses incurred by the Trust or the Funds in respect of this Plan shall be borne by the holders of the respective Fund’s shares.

 

4.                                      Effective Date and Termination.  This Plan will be effective with regard to the shares of a Fund only after approval by a vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.  The Plan may be terminated with respect to the shares of a Fund at any time by vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees.

 

5.                                      Amendment.  The Plan may be amended at any time by the Board of Trustees with respect to any Fund, provided that all material amendments to the Plan shall be approved by the Trust’s Trustees in the manner provided herein with respect to the initial approval of the Plan.

 

6.                                      Reporting.  While this Plan is in effect, the Board of Trustees shall be provided with a quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended pursuant to this Plan and the purposes for which the expenditures were made.

 


 

Schedule A
to the
Shareholder Services Plan

 

Name of Fund

 

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

 

Boston Trust Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Midcap Fund(1)

 

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

 

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund(2)

 

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund(3)

 

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund(4)

 


(1)  Approved by the Board of Trustees on August 17, 2007

(2)  Approved by the Board of Trustees on May 19, 2011

(3)  Approved by the Board of Trustees on August 12, 2011

(4)  Approved by the Board of Trustees on May 24, 2013

 


 

Schedule B
to the
Shareholder Services Plan

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Services Agreement is made and entered into as of                     among Boston Trust Walden Funds (the “Trust”), an open-end investment company, on behalf of each of the series listed on Schedule A attached hereto (“Funds”), Boston Trust Walden Company (the “Transfer Agent”), hereafter referred to as the “Company” or “Transfer Agent” and                          . (“Service Provider” or “Intermediary”), a                                     .

 

As used in this Agreement, the term Transfer Agent means (i) an investment adviser to or administrator for the Funds, (ii) the transfer agent for the Funds, or (iii) the sub-transfer agent for the Funds as designated by the Transfer Agent, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context.

 

WHEREAS, the Service Provider provides administrative services comprised of recordkeeping, reporting and processing services to individuals and entities (each a “Customer” and collectively “Customers”) in one or more omnibus accounts (each an “Account” and collectively the (“Accounts”); and

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated that an Account will, invest on behalf of Customers in a Fund; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire that the purchase, redemption and exchange of the Funds’ shares (the “Shares”) be facilitated through one or more Accounts, which may be omnibus, with each Fund established by the Service Provider; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Service Provider to provide to the Funds the administrative services described herein (the “Administrative Service”) in accordance with the procedures described herein with respect to the Accounts and the Service Provider is willing and able to furnish such Administrative Services on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto or their affiliates each have access to the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) which developed a system through which mutual fund shares may be purchased, redeemed or exchanged (“Fund/SERV”), in the event that such parties desire to use the NSCC system; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto may conduct activities hereunder using the NSCC system or through manual, facsimile transmission or other electronic means.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Performance of Services. Service Provider will render or cause to be rendered ongoing services to and maintenance of shareholder accounts for Accounts that hold Shares. 

 


 

These services may include but are not limited to any one or more of the following services (collectively, “Administrative Services”):

 

(a)                                 establish and maintain omnibus accounts with the Funds either directly or through NSCC.  Each Fund shall recognize all Accounts as a single shareholder and will not maintain separate Accounts for the underlying Customers;

 

(b)                                 aggregate orders given by Customers for the purchase of shares, submit net orders to Transfer Agent and promptly deliver payment and appropriate documentation to Transfer Agent.  The record holder for shares so ordered shall be [Service Provider Name] and shares so held are referred to as “Account shares;”

 

(c)                                  aggregate exchange and redemption orders given by Customers, submit net exchange and redemption orders to Transfer Agent and receive the proceeds of redemptions for allocation to the Customer’s sub-accounts;

 

(d)                                 receive in the aggregate and allocate to the Customer’s sub-accounts dividends and distributions with respect to Account shares;

 

(e)                                  provide record-keeping services relating to the foregoing purchase and redemption transactions; and

 

(f)                                   provide such information and services relating to the foregoing as Transfer Agent reasonably requests, to the extent Service Provider is permitted by applicable law to provide such information or service.

 

(g)                                  distribute Fund Prospectuses, updated Fund Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, shareholder reports, proxy materials and other shareholder communications to Customers in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, except to the extent Transfer Agent expressly undertakes in writing to do so.

 

2.                                      Limited Authority: Receipt of Orders.

 

(a)                                 Subject to all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement, Service Provider agrees that in each transaction in Shares of any Fund and with regard to any services rendered pursuant to this Agreement: (a) Service Provider is acting as agent for its Customer; (b) each transaction is initiated solely upon the order of its Customer; (c) as between Service Provider and its Customer, the Customer will have full beneficial ownership of all Shares of the Funds; and (d) each transaction shall be for the account of its Customer and not for the account of the Service Provider.  Service Provider shall not have any authority in any transaction to act as Transfer Agent’s agent or as agent for the Funds, except for the purposes of accepting orders for the purchase, exchange or redemption of Shares pursuant to the rules under Section 22 of the Investment Company

 


 

Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as set forth below.  The Transfer Agent will confirm transactions in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.  The term Prospectus refers to the prospectus on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) which is part of the registration statement of the Fund under the Securities Act of l933, as amended (“1933 Act”).

 

Service Provider shall be deemed an independent contractor and not an agent of the Transfer Agent for all purposes hereunder and shall have no authority to act for or represent the Transfer Agent or any Fund.  Service Provider will not act as an “underwriter” or “distributor” of Shares, as those terms are used in the 1940 Act, the 1933 Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act and 1933 Act.

 

(b)                                 Transfer Agent hereby appoints Service Provider as its agent for the sole and limited purpose of accepting orders for shares purchased, exchanged or redeemed by the Accounts (“Orders”).  Service Provider hereby accepts its appointment on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(c)                                  Service Provider, as agent of Transfer Agent, shall be permitted to accept from Customers, Orders for shares of the Funds on each business day that the New York Stock Exchange (the Exchange) is open for business and a Fund’s net asset value is determined (“Business Day”).  Service Provider shall not be required to accept Orders on any Business Day on which it is not open for business.  If Orders are accepted by Service Provider prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET) on any given Business Day, or earlier if the Exchange closes earlier than 4:00 p.m. ET on any given Business Day, (“Close of Trading”), such orders shall be treated as having been received by Transfer Agent on such Business Day (“Trade Date”) .  Orders received after Close of Trading on Trade Date, shall not be treated as having been accepted by Service Provider or Transfer Agent on such Business Day. Rather, Orders received after Close of Trading on a Business Day, shall be treated as having been accepted by Service Provider on the Business Day next following the Business Day on which the Order was received by Service Provider.

 

(3)                                 Transmission and Settlement of Orders.

 

(a)                                 On each Business Day, Service Provider shall process the Orders for each Account that it received prior to Close of Trading, and communicate to Transfer Agent, by NSCC and/or facsimile, as determined below, the Orders (if any) for each Account for such Business Day.. Service Provider will communicate such orders to Transfer Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next Business Day following the Trade Date. All trades communicated to Transfer Agent by the foregoing deadline shall be treated by Transfer Agent as if they were received by Transfer Agent prior to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Trade Date.

 


 

(b)                                 Instructions from Service Provider or its designee to process Orders shall be processed and transmitted by electronic data transmission to Transfer Agent or its designee.  If such means of transmittal become unavailable, then Orders may be processed and transmitted by telephone, fax, or any other mutually acceptable means.  Service Provider or its designee shall only transmit instructions which are pursuant to Orders authorized by the Customer.  Such instructions shall specify: (i) either the number of shares or the dollar amount of any such purchase, exchange or redemption; (ii) the applicable Fund(s); and (iii) the Business Day on which the Order was accepted by Service Provider.

 

(c)                                  NSCC Eligible Funds. Orders for Fund shares designated as “NSCC Eligible” on Schedule A, attached hereto shall be processed through Fund/Serv, a service offered by the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”). Service Provider accounts will be maintained using NSCC’s Networking Level 3, unless Transfer Agent gives its prior written consent to an alternative method of order processing.

 

(d)                                 Non-NSCC Eligible Funds. If Orders for Fund shares are not designated as NSCC Eligible on Schedule A, then settlement of the purchases and redemptions will be processed pursuant to the following:

 

(i)                                     Net Purchases.  Service Provider will use its best efforts to transmit the purchase price of each purchase order to Transfer Agent in accordance with written instructions provided by Transfer Agent to Service Provider for the applicable Fund by wire transfer prior to Close of Trading, on the next Business Day following the Trade Date. Service Provider agrees that if it fails to (i) wire the purchase price to Transfer Agent before such 4:00 p.m. deadline or (ii) provide Transfer Agent with a Federal Funds wire system reference number evidencing the wire transfer of the purchase price to Transfer Agent prior to such 4:00 p.m. deadline, it will indemnify and hold harmless Transfer Agent and/or the Fund for which such purchase order was placed from any liabilities, costs and damages either may suffer as a result of such failure.

 

(ii)                                  Net Redemptions.  Company will use its best efforts to transmit to Service Provider the proceeds of all redemption orders placed by Service Provider by Close of Trading, on the Business Day immediately following the Trade Date by wire transfer on that Business Day. Should Company need to extend the settlement on a trade, it will contact Service Provider to discuss the extension.

 

Redemption wires should be sent to:

 


 

Fax supplements should be sent to:

 

(e)                                  Transfer Agent reserves the right to settle trades at Trade Date plus three days for purchase and sale transactions if in its sole judgment the potential impact of the magnitude of the trade will harm existing shareholders of a Fund. This provision shall supersede anything else in this Agreement or in any Agreement between Service Provider and a third party related to NSCC processing, existing now or executed at a later date.

 

4.                                                                                      Market Timing and Rule 22c-2. Service Provider agrees to provide or cause to be provided, promptly upon request by the Trust, the Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”), the International/Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (“ITIN”), or other government-issued identifier (“GII”), if known, and the amount, date, name or other identifier of any investment professional(s) associated with a Customer or Account (if known), of all shareholders that purchased, redeemed, transferred or exchanged Fund shares held through an account with the Provider covered by the period of the request.

 

(a)                                 If the requested information is not on Service Provider’s books and records, Service Provider agrees to:

 

i.                                          promptly obtain and transmit the requested information;

 

ii.                                       obtain assurances from the indirect intermediary with access to such information that the requested information will be provided directly to the Trust promptly; or

 

iii.                                    if directed by the Trust, block further purchases of Fund Shares from such indirect intermediary.

 

In such instance, Service Provider agrees to inform the Trust whether it plans to perform (i), (ii) or (iii).  Responses required by this paragraph must be communicated in writing and in a format mutually agreed upon by the parties.

 

(b)                                 Service Provider agrees to transmit the requested information that is on its books and records to the Trust or its designee promptly, but in any event not later than ten business days, after receipt of a request.

 

(c)                                  To the extent practicable, the format for any transaction information provided to the Trust should be consistent with the NSCC Standardized Data Reporting Format.  All shareholder information shall be transmitted

 


 

and received by both parties using data security and encryption technology that is standard for the industry in transmitting confidential information.

 

(d)                                 Service Provider will execute or cause to be executed any instructions from the Trust or its agents to restrict or prohibit further purchases or exchanges of Fund shares by a shareholder who has been identified by the Trust as having engaged in transactions in Fund shares (either directly or indirectly through an account with the Provider) that violate policies established by the Trust.

 

(e)                                  The Trust and Transfer Agent agree not to use the information received for any purpose other than to comply with Rule 22c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other applicable laws and regulations.

 

5.                                      Pricing Information. Transfer Agent or its designee will furnish Service Provider on each Business Day with: (i) net asset value information calculated as of the Close of Trading or as of such earlier times at which the Fund’s net asset value is calculated, and (ii) dividend and capital gains information as such becomes available.  Transfer Agent or its designee will make a best faith effort to provide such information by 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the same Business Day.

 

6.                                      Errors.

 

(a)                                 In the event adjustments are required to correct any error in the computation of the net asset value of Fund shares, pursuant to the Trust’s error correction policies, Company shall notify Service Provider as soon as practicable after discovering the need for those adjustments.  Notification may be made via email or via direct or indirect systems access.  Such notification must state for each day for which an error occurred the incorrect price, the correct price, and, to the extent communicated to the Fund’s shareholders, the reason for the price change. The Trust agrees that Service Provider may send this notification or a derivation thereof (so long as such derivation is approved in advance by Company or Fund) to Customers or Account beneficiaries whose accounts are affected by the price change.

 

(b)                                 If an Account received amounts in excess of the amounts to which it otherwise would have been entitled prior to an adjustment for an error, Service Provider, when requested by Transfer Agent, will make a good faith attempt to collect such excess amounts from the Account Customers. In no event, however, shall Service Provider be liable to Company for any such amounts.

 

(c)                                  If an adjustment is to be made in accordance with subsection 6(a) above to correct an error which has caused an Account to receive an amount less than that to which it is entitled, Company shall make all necessary adjustments (within the parameters specified in subsection 6(a) to the

 


 

number of shares owned in the Account and distribute to Service Provider the amount of such underpayment for credit to the Accounts.

 

7.                                      Account Information.

 

(a)                                 Transfer Agent or its agent will provide or make available to Service Provider online (i) daily confirmations of Account activity on the Business Day following the Business Day on which an Order is accepted by Service Provider, (ii) if requested by Service Provider, monthly statements detailing activity in each account within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each month, and (iii) such other reports as reasonably requested by Service Provider.

 

(b)                                 Service Provider shall be permitted to use, discuss with, and provide to Customers information, including Fund return information, which will be made available to Service Provider by the Trust.

 

8.                                      Expenses. Except as provided to the contrary in this Agreement, each party will bear all expenses necessary and incidental to the performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement. Service Provider shall bear none of the expenses for the cost of registration of the shares, preparation of the Funds’ reports, and preparation of other related statements and notices required by law.  No party shall charge any other party a fee for wiring funds or for execution of purchases and sales under this Agreement.  The Funds will not impose transaction fees and will not impose sales load charges for purchases or redemptions, or if there are such charges, they will be waived for any Account Customers under this Agreement.

 

9.                                      Fees. In consideration of the administrative savings resulting from such an arrangement and the other provisions of this Agreement, the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, agrees to pay Service Provider the fees described in the attached Schedule A (“Administrative Fees”).  The parties agree that the Administrative Fees are for the Administrative Services only and do not constitute payment in any manner for investment advisory or distribution services.  Service Provider shall calculate this payment at the end of each calendar quarter and shall forward an invoice to Transfer Agent, along with such other supporting data as may be reasonably requested by Transfer Agent.  Transfer Agent shall make such payment to Service Provider on the Trust’s behalf via wire within thirty (30) days of receipt of such invoice.

 

10.                               Representations of Service Provider. Service Provider represents and warrants that the following are true and shall remain true through the term of this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Service Provider is a                                .

 

(b)                                 Service Provider is authorized to enter into and perform this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Service Provider has established and maintains an anti-money laundering program and/or procedures in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of its own jurisdiction including, where applicable, the Bank Secrecy Act (as amended by the PATRIOT Act). Service Provider further represents that it will adopt appropriate policies, procedures and

 


 

internal controls to be fully compliant with any additional laws, rules or regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, to which it may become subject; Service Provider applies, and will continue to apply, its anti-money laundering program and/or procedures to all customers/investors, and will take appropriate steps in accordance with the laws of its own jurisdiction to ensure that all required relevant documentation is retained, including identification relating to those customers/investors; and Service Provider represents that it complies with the United States regulations imposed by the Treasury Departments’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) including but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §1701 et seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder, which prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, holding the securities of, and the provision of services to certain embargoed foreign countries and specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers, terrorist sanctions, and other blocked parties; Provider represents that it: (i) will cooperate with the Transfer Agent and the Funds and provide information and reports to the Transfer Agent’s or Fund’s designated compliance officer, when reasonably requested in writing from time to time and (ii) will provide information and reports relating to its anti-money laundering program to federal examiners as may be requested; and

 

(d)                                 Service Provider has policies, procedures and internal controls reasonably designed to (i) identify frequent trading in Shares; (ii) prevent any Order received by it after the Close of Trading on the New York Stock Exchange from being executed; and (iii) comply with all other purchase, redemption or exchange restrictions and requirements stated in the Prospectus or SAI.  Upon receiving a request from the Funds, Service Provider agrees to provide the Funds with a certificate that certifies that that it has policies, procedures and internal controls as described in the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(e)                                  Service Provider and its affiliates have not exercised investment discretion or otherwise provided investment advice as that term is defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), with respect to the selection of any Fund as an investment option under any Retirement Plan or the decision to invest assets of any Retirement Plan in any Fund, which exercise of discretion is the responsibility of the Plan Fiduciary, and will only exercise such discretion or provide investment advice to the extent consistent with the requirements of ERISA and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(f)                                   Service Provider has ensured that the Account is domiciled in a state or jurisdiction for which the Funds may be offered and sold either pursuant to a notice filing or other qualification for sale under, or exempt from the requirements of, applicable laws. Service Provider agrees to make Fund

 


 

shares available only to Customers who reside in such states and jurisdictions.

 

11.                               Representations of the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent represents and warrants that the following are true and shall remain true through the term of this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 The Transfer Agent is a transfer and agent and state chartered bank of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

(b)                                 The Transfer Agent is authorized to enter into and perform this Agreement on behalf of the Funds, and the performance of its obligations hereunder does not and will not violate or conflict with any governing documents or agreements with respect to the Funds.

 

(c)                                  Subject to negotiation, the Funds’ sub-transfer agent, Citi Fund Services Ohio Inc.  a member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”), will execute the NSCC Trust Networking Agreement and Trust Fund/SERV Agreement and related Addendums (the “NSCC Agreements”), and that each of the Funds designated on Schedule A as NSCC eligible may be traded and such trades settled pursuant to the NSCC Agreements.

 

(d)                                 To the best of its knowledge, it is in material conformity with all applicable federal and state laws and related regulations.

 

12.                               Indemnification. Transfer Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless Service Provider and each affiliate, officer, employee and agent of Service Provider from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (“Losses”) arising out of: (i) any inaccuracy or omission in any Prospectus, Summary Prospectus or supplement thereto, registration statement, shareholder report, or proxy statement of any Fund; (ii) any inaccuracy or omission in any advertising or promotional material provided to, reviewed by, or generated by Transfer Agent or an Fund; and (iii) any material breach by Transfer Agent of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement, except to the extent such Losses result from Transfer Agent’s material breach of this Agreement, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

Service Provider shall indemnify and hold harmless Transfer Agent and each affiliate, officer, director, trustee, employee and agent of Transfer Agent from and against any and all Losses arising out of:  (i) Service Provider’s dissemination of information regarding Transfer Agent or Fund that contains any inaccuracies or omissions unless such information was (a) provided to, reviewed by, or generated by Transfer Agent or any Fund, or (b) obtained from independent third-party providers; and (ii) any material breach by Service Provider or an affiliate of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement, except to the extent such Losses are the result of Provider’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

If any action, suit, or proceeding is initiated against any party indemnified (the “Indemnitee”) hereunder with respect to which such party intends to seek indemnification, the

 


 

Indemnitee will notify the party providing Indemnification (“Indemnitor”) of such action, suit, or proceeding promptly after service of the summons or other first legal process.  Such notice will be given by a means of prompt delivery that provides confirmation of receipt to the address detailed below.  The failure of the Indemnitee so to notify the Indemnitor will relieve the Indemnitor of its indemnity obligation with respect to that action, suit, or proceeding to the extent that such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the Indemnitor; failure to give prompt notice will not relieve the Indemnitor of any liability that it otherwise may have to the Indemnitee.  The Indemnitor will be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit, or proceeding.  If the Indemnitor elects to assume the defense thereof and retains counsel, the Indemnitee will bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, unless (1) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized in writing by the Indemnitor, (2) the Indemnitee has reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Parties that are different from, or in addition to those available to the Indemnitor (in which case the Indemnitor will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnitee) or (3) the Indemnitor has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel will be at the expense of the Indemnitor.  All such fees and expenses will be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred.  An Indemnitor will not be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent, or, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel for all indemnified parties, except to the extent provided herein.  The Indemnitor will keep the Indemnitee informed of all material developments and events relating to such action, suit, or proceeding.  If the Indemnitor does not elect to assume the defense, the Indemnitor will reimburse the Indemnitee for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by it, which fees and expenses will be payable to the Indemnitee at such intervals as the parties may determine or upon the Indemnitor’s receipt of a bill related thereto.

 

In no case shall the indemnification provided in this Section be available to protect any person against any liability to which any such person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its or his obligations or duties hereunder, or by reason of its or his reckless disregard of its or his obligations and duties hereunder. The terms of this section shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

13.                               Relationship of Parties. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to constitute or create a partnership, association, or joint venture or agency relationship among Service Provider, and the Transfer Agent or the Funds. Service Provider shall not have any authority in any transaction to act as agent for the Trust, except as stated in Sections 1, 2 and 3 above.

 


 

14.                               Confidentiality.

 

(a)                                 Service Provider and Transfer Agent agree that all non-public records, information, and data relating to the business of the other (including customer names and information) that are exchanged or negotiated pursuant to this Agreement or in carrying out this Agreement shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except as may be required by law or by such party to carry out this Agreement or an order of an court, governmental agency or regulatory body.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Service Provider and Transfer Agent agree that any Nonpublic Personal Information, as defined under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “ GLB Act”), disclosed hereunder is for the specific purpose of permitting Service Provider and Transfer Agent to perform the services set forth in this Agreement.  Service Provider and Transfer Agent agree that, with respect to such information, it will comply with the GLB Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and that it will not disclose any Nonpublic Personal Information received in connection with this Agreement, to any other party, except to the extent as necessary to carry out the services set forth in this Agreement or as otherwise permitted by the GLB Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

15.                               Non-exclusivity. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or is intended to prohibit Transfer Agent or the Funds from entering into similar arrangements with other administrative or record keeping service providers.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or is intended to prohibit Service Provider from entering into similar arrangements with any other person or entity regarding other mutual funds or any other type of investment.

 

16.                               Termination. Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing sixty (60) days written notice to the other party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the other party in the event of a material breach of this Agreement by the other party that is not cured during such thirty (30) day period. This Agreement will terminate, effective immediately upon notice of termination by the other party, if (i) an application for a protective decree under the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 is filed against a party; (ii) a party files a petition in bankruptcy or a petition seeking similar relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law, or a proceeding is commenced against a party seeking such relief; (iii) a party is found by the SEC, FINRA, or any other federal or state regulatory agency or authority to have committed a felony violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule, or regulation arising out of its activities in connection with this Agreement; or (iv) a Fund rescinds or removes any authority or approval necessary for Transfer Agent to enter into this Agreement.  Each party agrees to notify the other promptly in the event of any such filing, finding of violation, or other action under this paragraph.

 


 

17.                               Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

18.                               Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assigned by a party hereto, without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.  Provided, however, that a party may assign upon 30 days written notice to the other parties.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their permitted successors and assigns.

 

19.                               Time of the Essence. All times specified in this Agreement for the performance of the obligations of the parties shall be deemed to be of the essence.  The acceptance of a late performance, with or without objection or reservation, shall not waive the right of any party to claim damages or avail itself of any other remedy for such breach, nor constitute a waiver of this requirement of timely performance of any obligation under this Agreement.

 

20.                               Written Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be addressed and delivered to the parties at the address set forth below, or such other address as may be designated by either party by notice pursuant to the terms hereof.  Any such notice will be deemed given on the next Business Day if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service that provides evidence of receipt or the same Business Day if sent by 3:00 p.m. (receiving party’s time) by facsimile transmission and confirmed by a telephone call, otherwise, the next Business Day.

 

If to Service Provider

 

 

 

 

 

If to Transfer Agent:

 

Boston Trust Walden Company

 

 

Ms. Lucia Santini, Managing Director

 

 

One Beacon Street, 33rd Floor

 

 

Boston, MA 02108

 

 

 

If to Fund:

 

Citi Fund Services

 

21.                               Amendment and Waiver. No modification of any provision of this Agreement will be binding unless in writing and executed by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be binding unless in writing and executed by the party granting such waiver. Any valid waiver of a provision set forth herein shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. In addition, any such waiver shall constitute a present waiver of such provision and shall not constitute a permanent future waiver of such provision.

 


 

22.                               Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be fully severable, and this Agreement shall be enforced and construed as if such provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement.  To the extent required, any provision of this Agreement may be modified by a court of competent jurisdiction to preserve its validity.

 

23.                               Limitation of Liability. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust personally, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the Trustees, and this Agreement has been signed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by the Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on them personally, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust as provided in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

 

24.                               Counterparts.                      This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

25.                               Headings. The headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be used in construing or interpreting the provisions of this Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers.

 

[SERVICE PROVIDER]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN COMPANY

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: Lucia Santini

 

Title:   Managing Director

 

 

 

BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: Lucia Santini

 

Title:   President

 

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

Funds Covered by the Agreement

 

NSCC
Eligible

 

Fund Ticker/
CUSIP

 

Administration
Fee

Boston Trust Asset Management Fund

 

Yes

 

BTBFX
101156305

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Equity Fund

 

Yes

 

BTEFX
101156404

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Midcap Fund

 

Yes

 

BTMFX
101156503

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Walden Small Cap Fund

 

Yes

 

BOSOX
101156602

 

25 bps

Boston Trust SMID Cap Fund

 

Yes

 

BTSMX
101156883

 

0 bps

Boston Trust Walden Equity Fund

 

Yes

 

WSEFX
101156107

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund

 

Yes

 

WSBFX
101156701

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Walden Midcap Fund

 

Yes

 

WAMFX
101156800

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Walden SMID Cap Fund

 

Yes

 

WASMX
101156875

 

25 bps

Boston Trust Walden International Equity Fund

 

Yes

 

WIEFX
101156867

 

25 bps