The Agreement between ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Associates, Inc. and
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Funds for Fund Accounting Services, dated January
1, 1996.
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AGREEMENT
between
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
and
THE ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
for
FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article A Terms of Appointment/Duties of Price
Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Article B Fees and Out-of-Pocket Expenses . . . . . . . . 2
Article C Representations and Warranties of Price
Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Article D Representations and Warranties of the Fund . . 3
Article E Ownership of Software and Related Material . . 3
Article F Quality Service Standards . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Article G Standard of Care/Indemnification . . . . . . . 4
Article H Dual Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Article I Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Article J Recordkeeping/Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . 5
Article K Compliance with Governmental Rules and
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Article L Terms and Termination of Agreement . . . . . . 6
Article M Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Article N Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Article O Amendment/Interpretive Provisions . . . . . . . 7
Article P Further Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Article Q Maryland Law to Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Article R Merger of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Article S Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Article T The Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Article U Directors, Trustee and Shareholders and
Massachusetts Business Trust . . . . . . . . . 8
Article V Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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AGREEMENT made as of the first day of January, 1996, by and
between ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC., a Maryland corporation
having its principal office and place of business at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ("Price Associates"), and
each Fund which is listed on Appendix A (as such Appendix may be
amended from time to time) and which evidences its agreement to
be bound hereby by executing a copy of this Agreement (each such
Fund individually hereinafter referred to as "the Fund", whose
definition may be found in Article T);
WHEREAS, Price Associates has the capability of providing the
Funds with certain accounting services ("Accounting Services");
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to appoint Price Associates to
provide these Accounting Services and Price Associates desires to
accept such appointment;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund has authorized
the Fund to utilize various pricing services for the purpose of
providing to Price Associates securities prices for the
calculation of the Fund's net asset value.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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A. Terms of Appointment/Duties of Price Associates
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Price Associates
to provide, and Price Associates agrees to provide, the following
Accounting Services:
a. Maintain for each Fund a daily trial balance, a general
ledger, subsidiary records and capital stock accounts;
b. Maintain for each Fund an investment ledger, including
amortized bond and foreign dollar denominated costs where
applicable;
c. Maintain for each Fund all records relating to the Fund's
income and expenses;
d. Provide for the daily valuation of each Fund's portfolio
securities and the computation of each Fund's daily net
asset value per share. Such daily valuations shall be
made in accordance with the valuation policies established
by each of the Fund's Board of Directors including, but
not limited to, the utilization of such pricing valuation
sources and/or pricing services as determined by the
Boards. Price Associates shall have no liability for any
losses or damages incurred by the Fund as a result of
erroneous portfolio security evaluations provided by such
designated sources and/or pricing services; provided that,
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Price Associates reasonably believes the prices are
accurate, has adhered to its normal verification control
procedures, and has otherwise met the standard of care as
set forth in Article G of this Agreement;
e. Provide daily cash flow and transaction status information
to each Fund's adviser;
f. Prepare for each Fund such financial information that is
reasonably necessary for shareholder reports, reports to
the Board of Directors and to the officers of the Fund,
and reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the Internal Revenue Service and other Federal and state
regulatory agencies;
g. Provide each Fund with such advice that may be reasonably
necessary to properly account for all financial
transactions and to maintain the Fund's accounting
procedures and records so as to insure compliance with
generally accepted accounting and tax practices and rules;
h. Maintain for each Fund all records that may be reasonably
required in connection with the audit performed by each
Fund's independent accountant, the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Internal Revenue Service or such other
Federal or state regulatory agencies; and
i. Cooperate with each Fund's independent public accountants
and take all reasonable action in the performance of its
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obligations under the Agreement to assure that the
necessary information is made available to such
accountants for the expression of their opinion without
any qualification as to the scope of their examination
including, but not limited to, their opinion included in
each such Fund's annual report on Form N-SAR and annual
amendment to Form N-1A.
B. Fees and Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Each Fund shall pay to Price Associates for its Accounting
Services hereunder, fees as set forth in the Schedule attached
hereto. In addition, each Fund will reimburse Price Associates
for out-of-pocket expenses such as postage, printed forms, voice
and data transmissions, record retention, disaster recovery,
third party vendors, equipment leases and other similar items as
may be agreed upon between Price Associates and the Fund. Some
invoices will contain costs for both the Funds and other funds
services by Price Associates. In these cases, a reasonable
allocation methodology will be used to allocate these costs to
the Funds.
C. Representations and Warrantees of Price Associates
Price Associates represents and warrants to the Fund that:
1. It is a corporation duly organized and existing in good
standing under the laws of Maryland.
2. It is duly qualified to carry on its business in Maryland.
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3. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its charter
and By-Laws to enter into and perform this Agreement.
4. All requisite corporate proceedings have been taken to
authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement.
5. It has, and will continue to have, access to the necessary
facilities, equipment and personnel to perform its duties and
obligations under this Agreement.
D. Representations and Warrantees of the Fund
The Fund represents and warrants to Price Associates that:
1. It is a corporation or business trust, as the case may be,
duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws
of Maryland or Massachusetts, as the case may be.
2. It is empowered under applicable laws and by its Articles
of Incorporation or Declaration of Trust, as the case may be, and
By-Laws have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform
this Agreement.
3. All proceedings required by said Articles of Incorporation
or Declaration of Trust, as the case may be, and By-Laws have
been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this
Agreement.
E. Ownership of Software and Related Material
All computer programs, magnetic tapes, written procedures,
and similar items purchased and/or developed and used by Price
Associates in performance of the Agreement shall be the property
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of Price Associates and will not become the property of the
Funds.
F. Quality Service Standards
Price Associates and the Fund may, from time to time, agree
to certain quality service standards, with respect to Price
Associates' services hereunder.
G. Standard of Care/Indemnification
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement:
1. Price Associates shall not be liable to any Fund for any
act or failure to act by it or its agents or subcontractors on
behalf of the Fund in carrying or attempting to carry out the
terms and provisions of the Agreement provided Price Associates
has acted in good faith and without negligence or willful
misconduct and selected and monitored the performance of its
agents and subcontractors with reasonable care.
2. The Fund shall indemnify and hold Price Associates
harmless from and against all losses, costs, damages, claims,
actions, and expenses, including reasonable expenses for legal
counsel, incurred by Price Associates resulting from: (i) any
action or omission by Price Associates or its agents or
subcontractors in the performance of their duties hereunder; (ii)
Price Associates acting upon instructions believed by it to have
been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Fund; or (iii)
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Price Associates acting upon information provided by the Fund in
form and under policies agreed to by Price Associates and the
Fund. Price Associates shall not be entitled to such
indemnification in respect of actions or omissions constituting
negligence or willful misconduct of Price Associates or where
Price Associates has not exercised reasonable care in selecting
or monitoring the performance of its agents or subcontractors.
3. Price Associates shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Fund from all losses, costs, damages, claims, actions and
expenses, including reasonable expenses for legal counsel,
incurred by the Fund resulting from the negligence or willful
misconduct of Price Associates or which result from Price
Associates' failure to exercise reasonable care in selecting or
monitoring the performance of its agents or subcontractors. The
Fund shall not be entitled to such indemnification with respect
to actions or omissions constituting negligence or willful
misconduct of such Fund or its agents or subcontractors; unless
such negligence or misconduct is attributable to Price
Associates. 4. In the event either party is unable to
perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement because
of acts of God, strikes or other causes reasonably beyond its
control, such party shall not be liable to the other party for
any loss, cost, damage, claim, action or expense resulting from
such failure to perform or otherwise from such causes.
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5. In order that the indemnification provisions contained in
this Article F shall apply, upon the assertion of a claim for
which either party may be required to indemnify the other, the
party seeking indemnification shall promptly notify the other
party of such assertion, and shall keep the other party advised
with respect to all developments concerning such claim. The
party who may be required to indemnify shall have the option to
participate with the party seeking indemnification in the defense
of such claim, or to defend against said claim in its own name or
in the name of the other party. The party seeking
indemnification shall in no case confess any claim or make any
compromise in any case in which the other party may be required
to indemnify it except with the other party's prior written
consent.
6. Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the
other party for consequential damages under any provision of this
Agreement.
H. Dual Interests
It is understood that some person or persons may be
directors, officers, or shareholders of both the Fund and Price
Associates (including Price Associates' affiliates), and that the
existence of any such dual interest shall not affect the validity
of this Agreement or of any transactions hereunder except as
otherwise provided by a specific provision of applicable law.
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I. Documentation
As requested by Price Associates, the Fund shall promptly
furnish to Price Associates such documents as it may reasonably
request and as are necessary for Price Associates to carry out
its responsibilities hereunder.
J. Recordkeeping/Confidentiality
1. Price Associates shall keep records relating to the
services to be performed hereunder, in the form and manner as it
may deem advisable, provided that Price Associates shall keep all
records in such form and in such manner as required by applicable
law, including the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("the Act") and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("the '34 Act").
2. Price Associates and the Fund agree that all books,
records, information and data pertaining to the business of the
other party which are exchanged or received pursuant to the
negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement shall remain
confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other
person, except: (a) after prior notification to and approval in
writing by the other party hereto, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld and may not be withheld where Price
Associates or Fund may be exposed to civil or criminal contempt
proceedings for failure to comply; (b) when requested to divulge
such information by duly constituted governmental authorities; or
(c) after so requested by the other party hereto.
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K. Compliance With Governmental Rules and Regulations
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and except for
the accuracy of information furnished to the Funds by Price
Associates, each Fund assumes full responsibility for the
preparation, contents and distribution of its prospectuses, and
for complying with all applicable requirements of the Act, the
'34 Act, the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act"), and any laws,
rules and regulations of governmental authorities having
jurisdiction over the Funds.
L. Term and Termination of Agreement
1. This Agreement shall run for a period of one (1) year from
the date first written above and will be renewed from year to
year thereafter unless terminated by either party as provided
hereunder.
2. This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund upon sixty
(60) days' written notice to Price Associates; and by Price
Associates, upon three hundred sixty-five (365) days' writing
notice to the Fund.
3. Upon termination hereof, the Fund shall pay to Price
Associates such compensation as may be due as of the date of such
termination, and shall likewise reimburse for out-of-pocket
expenses related to its services hereunder.
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M. Notice
Any notice as required by this Agreement shall be
sufficiently given (i) when sent to an authorized person of the
other party at the address of such party set forth above or at
such other address as such party may from time to time specify in
writing to the other party; or (ii) as otherwise agreed upon by
appropriate officers of the parties hereto.
N. Assignment
Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations
hereunder may be assigned either voluntarily or involuntarily, by
operation of law or otherwise, by either party without the prior
written consent of the other party, provided this shall not
preclude Price Associates from employing such agents and
subcontractors as it deems appropriate to carry out its
obligations set forth hereunder.
O. Amendment/Interpretive Provisions
The parties by mutual written agreement may amend this
Agreement at any time. In addition, in connection with the
operation of this Agreement, Price Associates and the Fund may
agree from time to time on such provisions interpretive of or in
addition to the provisions of this Agreement as may in their
joint opinion be consistent with the general tenor of this
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Agreement. Any such interpretive or additional provisions are to
be signed by all parties and annexed hereto, but no such
provision shall contravene any applicable Federal or state law or
regulation and no such interpretive or additional provision shall
be deemed to be an amendment of this Agreement.
P. Further Assurances
Each party agrees to perform such further acts and execute
such further documents as are necessary to effectuate the
purposes hereof.
Q. Maryland Law to Apply
This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions thereof
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of Maryland.
R. Merger of Agreement
This Agreement, including the attached Appendices and
Schedules supersedes any prior agreement with respect to the
subject hereof, whether oral or written.
S. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto on any
number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instruments.
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T. The Parties
All references herein to "the Fund" are to each of the Funds
listed on Appendix A individually, as if this Agreement were
between such individual Fund and Price Associates. In the case
of a series Fund or trust, all references to "the Fund" are to
the individual series or portfolio of such Fund or trust, or to
such Fund or trust on behalf of the individual series or
portfolio, as appropriate. The "Fund" also includes any ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Price Funds which may be established after the execution of this
Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement to "the parties"
shall mean Price Associates and such other individual Fund as to
which the matter pertains.
U. Directors, Trustees and Shareholders and Massachusetts
Business Trust
It is understood and is expressly stipulated that neither the
holders of shares in the Fund nor any Directors or Trustees of
the Fund shall be personally liable hereunder. With respect to
any Fund which is a party to this Agreement and which is
organized as a Massachusetts business trust, the term "Fund"
means and refers to the trustees from time to time serving under
the applicable trust agreement (Declaration of Trust) of such
Trust as the same may be amended from time to time. It is
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expressly agreed that the obligations of any such Trust hereunder
shall not be binding upon any of the trustees, shareholders,
nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust, personally,
but bind only the trust property of the Trust, as provided in the
Declaration of Trust of the Trust. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement has been authorized by the trustees and signed by
an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither
such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and
delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any
of them, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust as
provided in its Declaration of Trust.
V. Captions
The captions in the Agreement are included for convenience of
reference only and in no way define or limit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed in their names and on their behalf under
their seals by and through their duly authorized officers.
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DATED: ______________________ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
ATTEST:
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
______________________________ BY: __________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Managing Director
Assistant Secretary
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BALANCED FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
California Tax-Free Bond Fund
California Tax-Free Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CORPORATE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY INCOME FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price personal Strategy Balanced
Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FIXED INCOME SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GNMA FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HEALTH SCIENCES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INDEX TRUST, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Index Fund
INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
Foreign Equity Fund
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Discovery Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price European Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Asia Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Government Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Japan Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Global Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Latin America Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW AMERICA GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW ERA FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW HORIZONS FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE OTC FUND, INC. on behalf of the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PERSONAL STRATEGY FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PRIME RESERVE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND,
INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SPECTRUM FUND, INC.
Spectrum Growth Fund
Spectrum Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund
Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Money Fund
New Jersey Tax-Free Bond Fund
Virginia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
Florida Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Georgia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-EXEMPT MONEY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE SHORT-INTERMEDIATE FUND,
INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INSURED INTERMEDIATE BOND
FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE U.S. TREASURY FUNDS, INC.
U.S. Treasury Intermediate Fund
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Fund
U.S. Treasury Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT FUNDS, INC.on behalf of
the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Cash Reserves Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit GNMA Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT MUNICIPAL FUNDS, INC. on
behalf of the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Money Market Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Income Fund
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DATED: ______________________ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
ATTEST:
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
______________________________ BY: ___________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Assistant Secretary
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APPENDIX A
The following Funds are parties to this Agreement, and have so
indicated their intention to be bound by such Agreement by
executing the Agreement on the dates indicated thereon.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Adjustable Rate U.S. Government
Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Balanced Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price California Tax-Free Income
Trust on behalf of the
California Tax-Free Bond Fund and
California Tax-Free Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Capital Appreciation Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Corporate Income Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Dividend Growth Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Series, Inc. on behalf
of the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced
Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Fixed Income Series, Inc. on
behalf of the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price GNMA Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Growth & Income Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Growth Stock Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Health Sciences Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price High Yield Fund, Inc.
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Index Trust, Inc. on behalf of
the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Index Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Institutional International
Funds, Inc. on behalf of the:
Foreign Equity Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Equity Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Funds, Inc. on
behalf of the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Discovery Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price European Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Asia Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Government Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Japan Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Global Income
Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Latin American Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Era Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Horizons Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Income Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund, Inc. on behalf of
the:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Prime Reserve Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Science & Technology Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term U.S. Government
Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc.
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum Fund, Inc. on behalf
of the:
Spectrum Growth Fund
Spectrum Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price State Tax-Free Income Trust on
behalf of the:
Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund,
Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Bond Fund and
New York Tax-Free Money Fund
New Jersey Tax-Free Bond Fund
Virginia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
Florida Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Bond
Fund
Georgia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Tax-Exempt Money Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Tax-Free Insured Intermediate
Bond Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate
Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price U.S. Treasury Funds, Inc. on
behalf of the:
U.S. Treasury Intermediate Fund
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Fund
U.S. Treasury Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Funds, Inc. on behalf of
the:
Summit Cash Reserves Fund
Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund
Summit GNMA Fund
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Funds, Inc. on
behalf of the:
Summit Municipal Money Market Fund
Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund
Summit Municipal Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Value Fund, Inc.
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FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE
Between
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
And
THE ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996
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FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
1996 FEE SCHEDULE
A.Fee Structure
1. Base Fee
Domestic Funds $60,000 each
International Funds $100,000 each
Spectrum Funds $45,000 each
Per Fund fee for basic recordkeeping
and financial reporting
2. Individual Fund Fee
Total fees reflecting special $ 968,000
characteristics of each Fund
3. Stock Lending Fee
Flat fee reflecting $ 75,000
monitoring of Security Lending Program
4. Additional Funds
Domestic Funds $60,000 each
International Funds $100,000 each
Spectrum Funds $45,000 each
B. Total Cost Per Fund
Growth Stock Fund $ 104,000
New Horizons Fund 95,000
Equity Income Fund 85,000
New Era Fund 72,000
International Stock Fund 115,000
Growth & Income Fund 85,000
New America Growth Fund 70,000
Capital Appreciation Fund 85,000
Small-Cap Value Fund 60,000
Foreign Equity Fund 105,000
International Discovery Fund 125,000
Science & Technology Fund 70,000
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High Yield Fund 165,000
Tax-Free Income Fund 110,000
New Income Fund 100,000
Tax-Free High Yield Fund 110,000
European Stock Fund 100,000
Equity Index Fund 60,000
New Asia Fund 110,000
Spectrum Growth Fund 45,000
GNMA Fund 120,000
International Bond Fund 125,000
Balanced Fund 90,000
Maryland Bond Fund 81,000
Tax-Free Short Intermediate Fund 90,000
Short-Term Bond Fund 120,000
California Bond Fund 72,000
New York Bond Fund 72,000
U.S. Treasury Short-Intermediate Fund 60,000
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bond Fund 60,000
Spectrum Income Fund 45,000
Prime Reserve Fund 85,000
Tax-Exempt Money Fund 93,000
U.S. Treasury Money Fund 60,000
California Money Fund 67,000
New York Money Fund 67,000
Short-Term U.S. Government Fund 100,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Fund 65,000
New Jersey Bond Fund 65,000
Global Government Bond Fund 100,000
OTC Fund 85,000
Japan Fund 100,000
Mid-Cap Growth Fund 60,000
Short-Term Global Fund 110,000
Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund 65,000
Florida Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Fund 65,000
Georgia Tax-Free Bond Fund 65,000
Tax-Free Insured Intermediate Bond Fund 65,000
Blue Chip Growth Fund 60,000
Dividend Growth Fund 65,000
Latin America Fund 110,000
Summit Cash Reserve Fund 60,000
Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund 60,000
Summit GNMA Fund 60,000
Summit Municipal Money Market Fund 60,000
Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund 60,000
Summit Municipal Income Fund 60,000
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International Stock Portfolio 100,000
Personal Strategy Income Fund 70,000
Equity Income Portfolio 60,000
Personal Strategy Balanced Fund 70,000
New America Growth Portfolio 60,000
Personal Strategy Growth Fund 70,000
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio 60,000
Value Fund 60,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-Term Tax Free Bond Fund 60,000
Capital Opportunity Fund 60,000
Emerging Markets Bond Fund 100,000
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio 60,000
Corporate Income Fund 70,000
Global Stock Fund 100,000
Heath Sciences Fund 60,000
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Funds and ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price
Associates, Inc. have agreed upon this fee schedule to be
executed in their names and on their behalf through their duly
authorized officers:
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name _________________________ Name ______________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title Treasurer Title Treasurer and Managing
Director
Date _________________________ Date ______________________
PAGE 31
AMENDMENT NO. 1
AGREEMENT
between
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
and
THE ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
for
FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
The Agreement for Fund Accounting Services of January 1,
1996, between ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Associates, Inc. and each of the
Parties listed on Appendix A thereto is hereby amended, as of
April 24, 1996, by adding thereto the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Mid-Cap Value
Fund, Inc. and Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund, a separate series of
the Institutional Domestic Equity Funds, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ADJUSTABLE RATE U.S. GOVERNMENT
FUND, INC., now known as ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-
TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BALANCED FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME
TRUST
California Tax-Free Bond Fund
California Tax-Free Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CORPORATE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY INCOME FUND
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced
Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FIXED INCOME SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GNMA FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HEALTH SCIENCES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INDEX TRUST, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Index Fund
INSTITUTIONAL DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS, INC.
Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund
INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
Foreign Equity Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Discovery Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price European Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Asia Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Government Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Japan Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Global Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Latin America Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Stock Fund
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW AMERICA GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW ERA FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW HORIZONS FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE OTC FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PERSONAL STRATEGY FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PRIME RESERVE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SPECTRUM FUND, INC.
Spectrum Growth Fund
Spectrum Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund
Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Money Fund
New Jersey Tax-Free Bond Fund
Virginia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
Florida Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Georgia Tax-Free Bond Fund
PAGE 34
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Cash Reserves Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit GNMA Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT MUNICIPAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Money Market
Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Intermediate
Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-EXEMPT MONEY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INSURED INTERMEDIATE
BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE SHORT-INTERMEDIATE
FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE U.S. TREASURY FUNDS, INC.
U.S. Treasury Intermediate Fund
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Fund
U.S. Treasury Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE VALUE FUND, INC.
Attest:
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
________________________ ___________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Assistant Secretary
Attest: ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
________________________ ___________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
Assistant Secretary Managing Director
PAGE 35
AMENDMENT NO. 2
AGREEMENT
between
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
and
THE ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
for
FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
The Agreement for Fund Accounting Services of January 1,
1996, as amended April 24, 1996, between ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price
Associates, Inc. and each of the Parties listed on Appendix A
thereto is hereby further amended, as of August 2, 1996, by
adding thereto the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Financial Services, Inc., Mid-
Cap Growth Portfolio, a separate series of the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price
Equity Series, Inc. and Prime Reserve Portfolio, a separate
series of the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Fixed Income Series, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ADJUSTABLE RATE U.S. GOVERNMENT
FUND, INC., now known as ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-
TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BALANCED FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME
TRUST
California Tax-Free Bond Fund
California Tax-Free Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CORPORATE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND, INC.
PAGE 36
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY INCOME FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced
Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FIXED INCOME SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Prime Reserve Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GNMA FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HEALTH SCIENCES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INDEX TRUST, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Index Fund
INSTITUTIONAL DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS, INC.
Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund
INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
Foreign Equity Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, INC.
PAGE 37
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Discovery Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price European Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Asia Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Government Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Japan Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Global Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Latin America Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW AMERICA GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW ERA FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW HORIZONS FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE OTC FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PERSONAL STRATEGY FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PRIME RESERVE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SPECTRUM FUND, INC.
Spectrum Growth Fund
Spectrum Income Fund
PAGE 38
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund
Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Bond Fund
New York Tax-Free Money Fund
New Jersey Tax-Free Bond Fund
Virginia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund
Florida Insured Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
Georgia Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Cash Reserves Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit GNMA Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SUMMIT MUNICIPAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Money Market
Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Intermediate
Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Summit Municipal Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-EXEMPT MONEY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE INSURED INTERMEDIATE
BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE TAX-FREE SHORT-INTERMEDIATE
FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE U.S. TREASURY FUNDS, INC.
U.S. Treasury Intermediate Fund
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Fund
U.S. Treasury Money Fund
PAGE 39
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE VALUE FUND, INC.
Attest:
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
________________________ ___________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Assistant Secretary
Attest: ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
________________________ ___________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
Assistant Secretary Managing Director
PAGE 40
AMENDMENT NO. 3
AGREEMENT
between
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
and
THE ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FUNDS
for
FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
The Agreement for Fund Accounting Services of January 1,
1996, as amended April 24, 1996 and August 2, 1996, between ▇.
▇▇▇▇ Price Associates, Inc. and each of the Parties listed on
Appendix A thereto is hereby further amended, as of November 12,
1996, by adding thereto the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum International
Fund, a separate series of the ▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum Fund, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE ADJUSTABLE RATE U.S. GOVERNMENT
FUND, INC., now known as ▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-
TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BALANCED FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME
TRUST
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price California Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price California Tax-Free Money Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE CORPORATE INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY INCOME FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Income Portfolio
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▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New America Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced
Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE FIXED INCOME SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Prime Reserve Portfolio
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GNMA FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HEALTH SCIENCES FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INDEX TRUST, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Equity Index Fund
INSTITUTIONAL DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS, INC.
Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund
INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
Foreign Equity Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Discovery Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price European Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price New Asia Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Government Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Japan Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Short-Term Global Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Latin America Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Global Stock Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price International Stock Portfolio
PAGE 42
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE MID-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW AMERICA GROWTH FUND
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW ERA FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW HORIZONS FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE NEW INCOME FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE OTC FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price OTC Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PERSONAL STRATEGY FUNDS, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Balanced Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Personal Strategy Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE PRIME RESERVE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SHORT-TERM BOND FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE SPECTRUM FUND, INC.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum Growth Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum Income Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Spectrum International Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ PRICE STATE TAX-FREE INCOME TRUST
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free
Bond Fund
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Fund
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Fund
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BOND FUND, INC.
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FUND, INC.
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