Exhibit (e)(5)

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

This second amendment (“Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of May 31st, 2017, by and between HSBC Funds (the “Trust”) and Foreside Distribution Services, L.P. (the “Distributor” and collectively with the Trust, the “Parties”) is entered into as of March 7, 2019 (the “Effective Date”).

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend Exhibit A of the Agreement to reflect an updated list of Funds; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 16 of the Agreement all amendments shall be made by written instrument and signed by the parties hereto;

 

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

 

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

 

2.Exhibit A to the Distribution Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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 Effective Date.

 

HSBC FUNDS   FORESIDE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, L.P.
             
By: /s/ Richard A. Fabietti   By: /s/ Mark Fairbanks
  Name:  Richard A. Fabietti     Name:  Mark Fairbanks
  Title: President     Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Fund Names

 

HSBC Asia ex- Japan Smaller Companies Equity Fund

HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund

HSBC Frontier Markets Fund

HSBC Strategic Income Fund

HSBC High Yield Fund

HSBC Ultra Short Bond Fund

HSBC Opportunity Fund

HSBC Opportunity Portfolio

HSBC Opportunity Fund (Class I)

HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund

HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund