EX-99.(G) 3 d516253dex99g.htm MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT Master Custodian Agreement

Exhibit (g)

Execution Version

MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made as of December 1, 2017 (this “Agreement”), between each management investment company identified on Appendix A and each management investment company which becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof (in each case, a “Fund”), including, if applicable, each series of the Fund identified on Appendix A and each series which becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Custodian”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, each Fund desires for the Custodian to provide certain custodial services relating to securities and other assets of the Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Custodian is willing to provide the services upon the terms contained in this Agreement;

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In addition to terms defined in Section 4.1 (Rule 17f-5 and Rule 17f-7 related definitions) or elsewhere in this Agreement, (a) terms defined in the UCC have the same meanings herein as therein and (b) the following other terms have the following meanings for purposes of this Agreement:

1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Board” means, in relation to a Fund, the board of directors, trustees or other governing body of the Fund.

Canadian Securities System” means the The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited or such other Eligible Securities Depository for Canada from time to time listed on Schedule B.

Client Publications” means the general client publications of State Street Bank and Trust Company available from time to time to clients and their investment managers.

Deposit Account Agreement” means the Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure, as may be amended from time to time, issued by the Custodian and available on the Custodian’s internet customer portal, “my.statestreet.com”.

Domestic securities” means securities held within the United States.

Foreign securities” means securities held primarily outside of the United States that are not Domestic securities.

Held outside of the United States” means not held within the United States.


Held within the United States” means (a) in relation to a security or other financial asset, the security or other financial asset (i) is a certificated security registered in the name of the Custodian or its sub-custodian, agent or nominee or is endorsed to the Custodian or its sub-custodian, agent or nominee or in blank and the security certificate is located within the United States, (ii) is an uncertificated security or other financial asset registered in the name of the Custodian or its sub-custodian, agent or nominee at an office located in the United States, or (iii) has given rise to a security entitlement of which the Custodian or its sub-custodian, agent or nominee is the entitlement holder against a U.S. Securities System or another securities intermediary for which the securities intermediary’s jurisdiction is within the United States, and (b) in relation to cash, the cash is maintained in a deposit account denominated in U.S. dollars with the banking department of the Custodian or with another bank or trust company’s office located in the United States.

Investment Advisor” means, in relation to a Portfolio, the investment manager or investment advisor of the Portfolio.

On book currency” means (a) U.S. dollars or (b) a foreign currency that, when credited to a deposit account of a customer maintained in the banking department of the Custodian or an Eligible Foreign Custodian, the Custodian maintains on its books as an amount owing as a liability by the Custodian to the customer.

Portfolio” means (a) in relation to a Fund that is a series organization, a series of the Fund and (b) in relation to a Fund that is not a series organization, the Fund itself.

Portfolio Interests” means beneficial interests or common stock in a Portfolio.

Proper Instructions” means instructions in accordance with Section 9 received by the Custodian from a Fund, the Fund’s Investment Advisor, or an individual or organization duly authorized by the Fund or the Investment Advisor. The term includes standing instructions.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Series organization” means an organization that, pursuant to the law or regulation under which the organization is organized, has the following characteristics: (a) the organic record of the organization provides for creation by the organization of one or more series (however denominated) with respect to specified property of the organization, and provides for records to be maintained for each series that identify the property of or associated with the series, (b) debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities of, or property of or associated with a particular series is enforceable against the property of or associated with the series only, and not against the property of or associated with the organization or of other series of the organization, and (c) debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities or property of the organization is enforceable against the property of the organization only, and not against the property of or associated with any series of the organization.

 

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UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as in effect from time to time.

Underlying Shares” means shares or other securities issued by a U.S. issuer of a “group of investment companies” (as defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the 1940 Act) or other registered “investment companies” (as defined in Section 3(a)(1) of the 1940 Act), whether or not in the same “group of investment companies” (as defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the 1940 Act).

Underlying Transfer Agent” means State Street Bank and Trust Company or such other organization which may from time to time act as a transfer agent with respect to Underlying Shares and with respect to which the Custodian is provided with Proper Instructions.

U.S. Securities System” means a securities depository or book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC.

SECTION 2. EMPLOYMENT OF CUSTODIAN.

SECTION 2.1 GENERAL. Each Fund hereby employs the Custodian as a custodian of (a) securities and cash of each of the Portfolios and (b) other assets of each of the Portfolios that the Custodian agrees to treat as financial assets. Each Fund, on behalf of each of its Portfolios, agrees to deliver to the Custodian (i) all securities and cash of the Portfolios, (ii) all other assets of each Portfolio that the Fund desires the Custodian, and the Custodian is willing, to treat as a financial asset and (iii) all cash and other proceeds of the securities and financial assets held in custody under this Agreement. The holding of confirmation statements that identify Underlying Shares as being recorded in the Custodian’s name on behalf of the Portfolios will be custody for purposes of this Section 2.1. This Agreement does not require the Custodian to accept an asset for custody hereunder if prohibited by law or regulation, including if prohibited by State Street’s internal policies and procedures designed to facilitate compliance with laws or regulations, or if the asset is not an asset for which the Custodian accepts for custody for U.S. registered mutual fund clients generally. This Agreement does not require the Custodian to treat any asset that is not a security as a financial asset.

SECTION 2.2 SUB-CUSTODIANS. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall on behalf of a Fund appoint one or more banks, trust companies or other entities located in the United States and designated in the Proper Instructions to act as a sub-custodian for the purposes of effecting such transactions as may be designated by the Fund in the Proper Instructions. The Custodian may place and maintain each Fund’s foreign securities with foreign banking institution sub-custodians employed by the Custodian or foreign securities depositories, all in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 4 and 5. An entity acting in the capacity of Underlying Transfer Agent is not an agent or sub-custodian of the Custodian for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 2.3 RELATIONSHIP. With respect to securities and other financial assets, the Custodian is a securities intermediary and the Portfolio is the entitlement holder. With respect to cash maintained in a deposit account and denominated in an “on book” currency, the Custodian is a bank and the Portfolio is the bank’s customer. If cash is maintained in a deposit account with a bank other than the Custodian and the cash is denominated in an “on book” currency, the Custodian is that bank’s customer. The Custodian agrees to treat the claim to the cash as a financial asset for the benefit of the Portfolio. The Custodian does not otherwise agree to treat cash as a financial asset. The duties of the Custodian as securities intermediary and bank set forth in the UCC are varied by the terms of this Agreement to the extent that the duties may be varied by agreement under the UCC.

 

SECTION 3.

ACTIVITIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY HELD IN THE UNITED STATES.

SECTION 3.1 HOLDING SECURITIES. The Custodian may deposit and maintain securities or other financial assets of a Portfolio in a U.S. Securities System in compliance with the conditions of Rule 17f-4 under the 1940 Act. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions on behalf of a Portfolio, the Custodian shall establish and maintain a segregated account or accounts for and on behalf of the Portfolio and into which account or accounts may be transferred cash or securities and other financial assets, including securities and financial assets maintained in a U.S. Securities System. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate for the account of each Portfolio all securities and other financial assets held by the Custodian in the United States, including all domestic securities of the Portfolio, other than (a) securities or other financial assets maintained in a U.S. Securities System and (b) Underlying Shares maintained pursuant to Section 3.6 in an account of an Underlying Transfer Agent. The Custodian may at any time or times in its discretion appoint any other bank or trust company, qualified under the 1940 Act to act as a custodian, as the Custodian’s agent to carry out such of the provisions of this Section as the Custodian may from time to time direct. The appointment of any agent shall not relieve the Custodian of any of its duties hereunder. The Custodian may at any time or times in its discretion remove the bank or trust company as the Custodian’s agent.

SECTION 3.2 REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES. Domestic securities or other financial assets held by the Custodian and that are not bearer securities shall be registered in the name of the applicable Portfolio or in the name of any nominee of a Fund on behalf of the Portfolio or of any nominee of the Custodian, or in the name or nominee name of any agent or any sub-custodian permitted hereby. All securities accepted by the Custodian on behalf of the Portfolio under the terms of this Agreement shall be in “street name” or other good delivery form. However, if a Fund directs the Custodian to maintain securities or other financial assets in “street name,” the Custodian shall utilize reasonable efforts only to timely collect income due the Fund on the securities and other financial assets and to notify the Fund of relevant issuer actions including, without limitation, pendency of calls, maturities, tender or exchange offers.

 

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SECTION 3.3 BANK ACCOUNTS. The Custodian shall open and maintain upon the terms of the Deposit Account Agreement a separate deposit account or accounts in the United States in the name of each Portfolio, subject only to draft or order by the Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Custodian shall credit to the deposit account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof, all cash received by the Custodian from or for the account of the Portfolio, other than cash maintained by the Portfolio in a deposit account established and used in accordance with Rule 17f-3 under the 1940 Act. Funds held by the Custodian for a Portfolio may be deposited by the Custodian to its credit as Custodian in the banking department of the Custodian or in such other banks or trust companies as it may in its discretion deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that (a) every such bank or trust company shall be qualified to act as a custodian under the 1940 Act and (b) each such bank or trust company and the funds to be deposited with each such bank or trust company shall on behalf of each applicable Portfolio of a Fund be approved by vote of a majority of the Fund’s Board. The funds shall be deposited by the Custodian in its capacity as Custodian and shall be withdrawable by the Custodian only in that capacity.

SECTION 3.4 COLLECTION OF INCOME. Subject to the domestic securities or other financial assets held in the United States being registered as provided in Section 3.2, the Custodian shall collect on a timely basis all income and other payments with respect to the securities and other financial assets and to which a Portfolio shall be entitled either by law or pursuant to custom in the securities business. The Custodian shall collect on a timely basis all income and other payments with respect to bearer domestic securities if, on the date of payment by the issuer, the securities are held by the Custodian or its agent. The Custodian shall present for payment all income items requiring presentation as and when they become due and shall collect interest when due on securities and other financial assets held hereunder. The Custodian shall credit income to the Portfolio as such income is received or in accordance with the Custodian’s then current payable date income schedule. Any credit to the Portfolio in advance of receipt may be reversed when the Custodian determines that payment will not occur in due course.

SECTION 3.5 DELIVERY OUT. The Custodian shall release and deliver out domestic securities and other financial assets of a Portfolio held in a U.S. Securities System, or in an account at the Underlying Transfer Agent, only upon receipt of Proper Instructions on behalf of the applicable Portfolio, specifying the domestic securities or financial assets held in the United States to be delivered out and the person or persons to whom delivery is to be made. The Custodian shall pay out cash of a Portfolio upon receipt of Proper Instructions on behalf of the applicable Portfolio, specifying the amount of the payment and the person or persons to whom the payment is to be made.

 

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SECTION 3.6 DEPOSIT OF FUND ASSETS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRANSFER AGENT. Underlying Shares of a Fund, on behalf of a Portfolio, shall be deposited and held in an account or accounts maintained with an Underlying Transfer Agent. The Custodian’s only responsibilities with respect to the Underlying Shares shall be limited to the following:

 

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Upon receipt of a confirmation or statement from an Underlying Transfer Agent that the Underlying Transfer Agent is holding or maintaining Underlying Shares in the name of the Custodian (or a nominee of the Custodian) for the benefit of a Portfolio, the Custodian shall identify by book-entry that the Underlying Shares are being held by it as custodian for the benefit of the Portfolio.

 

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Upon receipt of Proper Instructions to purchase Underlying Shares for the account of a Portfolio, the Custodian shall pay out cash of the Portfolio as so directed to purchase the Underlying Shares and record the payment from the account of the Portfolio on the Custodian’s books and records.

 

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Upon receipt of Proper Instructions for the sale or redemption of Underlying Shares for the account of a Portfolio, the Custodian shall transfer the Underlying Shares as so directed to sell or redeem the Underlying Shares, record the transfer from the account of the Portfolio on the Custodian’s books and records and, upon the Custodian’s receipt of the proceeds of the sale or redemption, record the receipt of the proceeds for the account of such Portfolio on the Custodian’s books and records.

SECTION 3.7 PROXIES. The Custodian shall cause to be promptly executed by the registered holder of domestic securities or other financial assets held in the United States of a Portfolio, if the securities or other financial assets are registered otherwise than in the name of the Portfolio or a nominee of the Portfolio, all proxies, without indication of the manner in which the proxies are to be voted, and shall promptly deliver to the Fund such proxies, all proxy soliciting materials and all notices relating to the securities or other financial assets.

SECTION 3.8 COMMUNICATIONS. Subject to the domestic securities or other financial assets held in the United States being registered as provided in Section 3.2, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the applicable Fund for each Portfolio all written information received by the Custodian from issuers of the securities and other financial assets being held for the Portfolio. The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the applicable Fund all written information received by the Custodian from issuers of the securities and other financial assets whose tender or exchange is sought and from the party or its agent making the tender or exchange offer. The Custodian does not support class action participation by the Fund.

SECTION 4. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RULES 17F-5 AND 17F-7.

SECTION 4.1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Country Risk” means all factors reasonably related to the systemic risk of holding Foreign Assets in a particular country. The factors include but are not limited to risks arising from the country’s political environment, economic and financial infrastructure (including any Eligible

 

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Securities Depository operating in the country); prevailing or developing custody, tax and settlement practices; nationalization, expropriation or other government actions; currency restrictions, devaluations or fluctuations; market conditions affecting the orderly execution of securities transactions or the value of assets; the regulation of the banking and securities industries, including changes in market rules; and laws and regulations applicable to the safekeeping and recovery of Foreign Assets held in custody in that country.

Covered Foreign Country” means a country listed on Schedule A, which list of countries may be amended from time to time at the request of any Fund and with the agreement of the Foreign Custody Manager.

Eligible Foreign Custodian” has the meaning set forth in Section (a)(1) of Rule 17f-5.

Eligible Securities Depository” has the meaning set forth in section (b)(1) of Rule 17f-7.

Foreign Assets” means, in relation to a Portfolio, any of the Portfolio’s securities or other investments (including foreign currencies) for which the primary market is outside the United States, and any cash and cash equivalents that are reasonably necessary to effect transactions of the Portfolio in those investments.

Foreign Custody Manager” has the meaning set forth in section (a)(3) of Rule 17f-5.

Foreign Securities System” means an Eligible Securities Depository listed on Schedule B.

Rule 17f-5” means Rule 17f-5 promulgated under the 1940 Act.

Rule 17f-7” means Rule 17f-7 promulgated under the 1940 Act.

SECTION 4.2. THE CUSTODIAN AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER.

4.2.1 DELEGATION. Each Fund, by resolution adopted by its Board, hereby delegates to the Custodian, subject to Section (b) of Rule 17f-5, the responsibilities set forth in this Section 4.2 with respect to Foreign Assets of the Portfolios held outside the United States and for purposes of performing such responsibilities appoints the Custodian as its Foreign Custody Manager. The Custodian hereby accepts such delegation and appointment. By giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Fund, the Foreign Custody Manager may withdraw its acceptance of the delegated responsibilities generally or with respect to a Covered Foreign Country designated in the notice. Following the withdrawal, the Custodian shall have no further responsibility in its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager to the Fund generally or, as the case may be, with respect to the Covered Foreign Country so designated.

4.2.2 EXERCISE OF CARE AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER. The Foreign Custody Manager shall exercise reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person having responsibility for the safekeeping of the Foreign Assets would exercise in performing the delegated responsibilities.

 

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4.2.3 FOREIGN CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS. The Foreign Custody Manager shall be responsible for performing the delegated responsibilities only with respect to Covered Foreign Countries. The Foreign Custody Manager shall list on Schedule A for a Covered Foreign Country each Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager to maintain the Foreign Assets of the Portfolios with respect to the Covered Foreign Country. The list of Eligible Foreign Custodians may be amended from time to time upon notice in the sole discretion of the Foreign Custody Manager. A Fund, on behalf of a Portfolio, may from time to time issue Proper Instructions to open an account and to place and maintain Foreign Assets for the Portfolio in each applicable Covered Foreign Country. The Fund, on behalf of the Portfolios, shall satisfy the account opening requirements for the Covered Foreign Country, and the delegation with respect to the Portfolio for the Covered Foreign Country will not be considered to have been accepted by the Custodian until that satisfaction. If the Foreign Custody Manager receives from the Fund Proper Instructions directing the Foreign Custody Manager to close the account, the delegation shall be considered withdrawn, and the Custodian shall immediately cease to be the Foreign Custody Manager with respect to the Portfolio for the Covered Foreign Country.

4.2.4 SCOPE OF DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITIES: Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.2, the Foreign Custody Manager may place and maintain Foreign Assets in the care of an Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager in each applicable Covered Foreign Country. The Foreign Custody Manager shall determine that (a) the Foreign Assets will be subject to reasonable care, based on the standards applicable to custodians in the country in which the Foreign Assets will be held by the Eligible Foreign Custodian, after considering all factors relevant to the safekeeping of such assets, including, without limitation the factors specified in Rule 17f-5(c)(1) and (b) the contract between the Foreign Custody Manager and the Eligible Foreign Custodian governing the foreign custody arrangements will satisfy the requirements of Rule 17f-5(c)(2). The Foreign Custody Manager shall establish a system to monitor (i) the appropriateness of maintaining the Foreign Assets with the Eligible Foreign Custodian and (ii) the performance of the contract governing the custody arrangements. If the Foreign Custody Manager determines that the custody arrangements with an Eligible Foreign Custodian are no longer appropriate, the Foreign Custody Manager shall so notify the Fund.

4.2.5 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The Foreign Custody Manager shall (a) report the withdrawal of Foreign Assets from an Eligible Foreign Custodian and the placement of Foreign Assets with another Eligible Foreign Custodian by providing to the Fund’s Board an amended Schedule A at the end of the calendar quarter in which the action has occurred, and (b) after the occurrence of any other material change in the foreign custody arrangements of the Portfolios described in this Section 4.2, make a written report to the Board containing a notification of the change.

 

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4.2.6 REPRESENTATIONS. The Foreign Custody Manager represents to each Fund that it is a U.S. Bank as defined in Section (a)(7) of Rule 17f-5. Each Fund represents to the Custodian that its Board has (a) determined that it is reasonable for the Board to rely on the Custodian to perform the responsibilities delegated pursuant to this Agreement to the Custodian as the Foreign Custody Manager of the Portfolios and (b) considered and determined to accept such Country Risk as is incurred by placing and maintaining the Foreign Assets of each Portfolio in each Covered Foreign Country.

4.2.7 TERMINATION BY A PORTFOLIO OF THE CUSTODIAN AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER. By giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Custodian, a Fund, on behalf of a Portfolio, may terminate the delegation to the Custodian as the Foreign Custody Manager for the Portfolio. Following the termination, the Custodian shall have no further responsibility in its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager to the Portfolio.

SECTION 4.3 MONITORING OF ELIGIBLE SECURITIES DEPOSITORIES. The Custodian shall (a) provide the Fund or its Investment Advisor with an analysis of the custody risks associated with maintaining assets with the Eligible Securities Depositories set forth on Schedule B in accordance with Section (a)(1)(i)(A) of Rule 17f-7 and (b) monitor such risks on a continuing basis and promptly notify the Fund or its Investment Advisor of any material change in such risks, in accordance with Section (a)(1)(i)(B) of Rule 17f-7.

 

SECTION 5. ACTIVITIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY HELD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

SECTION 5.1. HOLDING SECURITIES. Foreign securities and other financial assets held outside of the United States shall be maintained in a Foreign Securities System in a Covered Foreign Country through arrangements implemented by the Custodian or an Eligible Foreign Custodian, as applicable, in the Covered Foreign Country. The Custodian shall identify on its books as belonging to the Portfolios the foreign securities and other financial assets held by each Eligible Foreign Custodian or Foreign Securities System. The Custodian may hold foreign securities and other financial assets for all of its customers, including the Portfolios, with any Eligible Foreign Custodian in an account that is identified as the Custodian’s account for the benefit of its customers; provided however, that (a) the records of the Custodian with respect to foreign securities or other financial assets of a Portfolio maintained in the account shall identify those securities and other financial assets as belonging to the Portfolio and (b) to the extent permitted and customary in the market in which the account is maintained, the Custodian shall require that securities and other financial assets so held by the Eligible Foreign Custodian be held separately from any assets of the Eligible Foreign Custodian or of other customers of the Eligible Foreign Custodian.

SECTION 5.2. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN SECURITIES. Foreign securities and other financial assets held outside of the United States maintained in the custody of an Eligible Foreign Custodian and that are not bearer securities shall be registered in the name of the applicable Portfolio or in the name of the Custodian or in the name of any Eligible Foreign Custodian or in the name of any nominee of any of the foregoing. The Fund on behalf of the Portfolio agrees to

 

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hold any such nominee harmless from any liability as a holder of record of the foreign securities or other financial assets. The Custodian or an Eligible Foreign Custodian reserves the right not to accept securities or other financial assets on behalf of a Portfolio under the terms of this Agreement unless the form of the securities or other financial assets and the manner in which they are delivered are in accordance with local market practice.

SECTION 5.3. INDEMNIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS. Each contract pursuant to which the Custodian employs an Eligible Foreign Custodian shall, to the extent possible, require the Eligible Foreign Custodian to indemnify and hold harmless the Custodian from and against any loss, cost or expense arising out of or in connection with the Eligible Foreign Custodian’s performance of its obligations. At a Fund’s election, a Portfolio shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Custodian with respect to any claims against an Eligible Foreign Custodian as a consequence of any such loss, cost or expense if and to the extent that the Portfolio has not been made whole for the loss, cost or expense. In no event shall the Custodian be obligated to bring suit in its own name or to allow suit to be brought in its name.

SECTION 5.4 BANK ACCOUNTS.

5.4.1 GENERAL. The Custodian shall identify on its books as for the account of the applicable Portfolio the amount of cash (including cash denominated in foreign currencies) deposited with the Custodian. The Custodian shall maintain cash deposits in on book currencies on its balance sheet. The Custodian shall be liable for such balances. If the Custodian is unable to maintain, or market practice does not facilitate the maintenance for the Portfolio of a cash balance in a currency as an on book currency, a deposit account shall be opened and maintained by the Custodian outside the United States on behalf of the Portfolio with an Eligible Foreign Custodian. The Custodian shall not maintain the cash deposit on its balance sheet. The Eligible Foreign Custodian will be liable for such balance directly to the Portfolio. All deposit accounts referred to in this Section shall be subject only to draft or order by the Custodian or, if applicable, the Eligible Foreign Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Cash maintained in a deposit account and denominated in an “on book” currency will be maintained under and subject to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Custodian will not have any deposit liability for deposits in any currency that is not an “on book” currency.

5.4.2 NON-U.S. BRANCH AND NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS. In accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Custodian shall not be required to repay any deposit made at a non-U.S. branch of the Custodian or any deposit made with the Custodian and denominated in a non-U.S. dollar currency, if repayment of the deposit or the use of assets denominated in the non-U.S. dollar currency is prevented, prohibited or otherwise blocked due to (a) an act of war, insurrection or civil strife; (b) any action by a non-U.S. government or instrumentality or authority asserting governmental, military or police power of any kind, whether such authority be recognized as a de facto or a de jure government, or by any entity, political or revolutionary movement or otherwise that usurps, supervenes or otherwise materially impairs the normal operation of civil authority; or (c) the closure of a non-U.S. branch in order to prevent, in the reasonable judgment of the Custodian, harm to the employees or property of the Custodian.

 

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SECTION 5.5. COLLECTION OF INCOME. The Custodian shall use reasonable commercial efforts to collect all income and other payments with respect to the Foreign Assets held hereunder to which a Portfolio shall be entitled. If extraordinary measures are required to collect the income or payment, the Fund and the Custodian shall consult as to such measures and as to the compensation and expenses of the Custodian relating to such measures. The Custodian shall credit income to the applicable Portfolio as such income is received or in accordance with the Custodian’s then current payable date income schedule. Any credit to the Portfolio in advance of receipt may be reversed when the Custodian determines that payment will not occur in due course. Income on securities or other financial assets loaned other than from the Custodian’s securities lending program shall be credited as received.

SECTION 5.6. TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CUSTODY ACCOUNT.

5.6.1 DELIVERY OUT. The Custodian or an Eligible Foreign Custodian shall release and deliver foreign securities or other financial assets held outside of the United States owned by a Portfolio and held by the Custodian or such Eligible Foreign Custodian, or in a Foreign Securities System account, only upon receipt of Proper Instructions, specifying the foreign securities to be delivered and the person or persons to whom delivery is to be made. The Custodian shall pay out, or direct the respective Eligible Foreign Custodian or the respective Foreign Securities System to pay out, cash of a Portfolio only upon receipt of Proper Instructions specifying the amount of the payment and the person or persons to payment is to be made.

5.6.2 MARKET CONDITIONS. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, settlement and payment for Foreign Assets received for the account of the Portfolios and delivery of Foreign Assets maintained for the account of the Portfolios may be effected in accordance with the customary established securities trading or processing practices and procedures in the country or market in which the transaction occurs, including, without limitation, delivering Foreign Assets to the purchaser thereof or to a dealer therefor (or an agent for such purchaser or dealer) with the expectation of receiving later payment for the Foreign Assets from such purchaser or dealer.

5.6.3 SETTLEMENT PRACTICES. The Custodian shall provide to each Board the information with respect to custody and settlement practices in countries in which the Custodian employs an Eligible Foreign Custodian described on Schedule C at the time or times set forth on the Schedule. The Custodian may revise Schedule C from time to time, but no revision shall result in a Board being provided with substantively less information than had been previously provided on Schedule C.

SECTION 5.7 SHAREHOLDER OR BONDHOLDER RIGHTS. The Custodian shall use reasonable commercial efforts to facilitate the exercise of voting and other shareholder and bondholder rights with respect to foreign securities and other financial assets held outside the

 

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United States, subject always to the laws, regulations and practical constraints that may exist in the country where the securities or other financial assets are issued. The Custodian may utilize Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. or another proxy service firm of recognized standing as its delegate to provide proxy services for the exercise of shareholder and bondholder rights. Local conditions, including lack of regulation, onerous procedural obligations, lack of notice and other factors may have the effect of severely limiting the ability of a Fund to exercise shareholder and bondholder rights.

SECTION 5.8. COMMUNICATIONS. The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the applicable Fund written information with respect to materials received by the Custodian through Eligible Foreign Custodians from issuers of the foreign securities and other financial asset assets being held outside the United States for the account of a Portfolio. The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the applicable Fund written information with respect to materials so received by the Custodian from issuers of foreign securities whose tender or exchange is sought or from the party or its agent making the tender or exchange offer. The Custodian does not support class action participation by the Fund.

SECTION 6. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

SECTION 6.1. GENERALLY. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which for purposes of this section may also include security trade advices, the Custodian shall facilitate the processing and settlement of foreign exchange transactions. Such foreign exchange transactions do not constitute part of the services provided by the Custodian under this Agreement.

SECTION 6.2. FUND ELECTIONS. Each Fund (or its Investment Advisor acting on its behalf) may elect to enter into and execute foreign exchange transactions with third parties that are not affiliated with the Custodian, with State Street Global Markets, which is the foreign exchange division of State Street Bank and Trust Company and its affiliated companies (“SSGM”), or with a sub-custodian. Where the Fund or its Investment Advisor gives Proper Instructions for the execution of a foreign exchange transaction using an indirect foreign exchange service described in the Client Publications, the Fund (or its Investment Advisor) instructs the Custodian, on behalf of the Fund, to direct the execution of such foreign exchange transaction to SSGM or, when the relevant currency is not traded by SSGM, to the applicable sub-custodian. The Custodian shall not have any agency (except as contemplated in preceding sentence), trust or fiduciary obligation to the Fund, its Investment Advisor or any other person in connection with the execution of any foreign exchange transaction. The Custodian shall have no responsibility under this Agreement for the selection of the counterparty to, or the method of execution of, any foreign exchange transaction entered into by the Fund (or its Investment Advisor acting on its behalf) or the reasonableness of the execution rate on any such transaction.

SECTION 6.3. FUND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Each Fund acknowledges that in connection with all foreign exchange transactions entered into by the Fund (or its Investment Advisor acting on its behalf) with SSGM or any sub-custodian, SSGM and each such sub-custodian:

 

(i)

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(ii)

shall seek to profit from such foreign exchange transactions, and are entitled to retain and not disclose any such profit to the Fund or its Investment Advisor; and

 

(iii)

shall enter into such foreign exchange transactions pursuant to the terms and conditions, including pricing or pricing methodology, (a) agreed with the Fund or its Investment Advisor from time to time or (b) in the case of an indirect foreign exchange service, (i) as established by SSGM and set forth in the Client Publications with respect to the particular foreign exchange execution services selected by the Fund or the Investment Advisor or (ii) as established by the sub-custodian from time to time.

SECTION 6.4. TRANSACTIONS BY STATE STREET. The Custodian or its affiliates, including SSGM, may trade based upon information that is not available to the Fund (or its Investment Advisor acting on its behalf), and may enter into transactions for its own account or the account of clients in the same or opposite direction to the transactions entered into with the Fund (or its Investment Manager), and shall have no obligation, under this Agreement, to share such information with or consider the interests of their respective counterparties, including, where applicable, the Fund or the Investment Advisor.

SECTION 6A. CONTRACTUAL SETTLEMENT SERVICES (PURCHASE/SALES).

SECTION 6A.1 GENERAL. The Custodian shall, in accordance with the terms set out in this Section 6A, debit or credit the appropriate deposit account of each Portfolio on a contractual settlement basis in connection with the purchase of securities or other financial assets for the Portfolio or the receipt of the proceeds of the sale or redemption of securities or other financial assets.

SECTION 6A.2 PROVISION OF SERVICES. The services described in Section 6A.1 (the “Contractual Settlement Services”) shall be provided for the securities and other financial assets and in such markets as the Custodian may advise from time to time. The Custodian may terminate or suspend any part of the provision of the Contractual Settlement Services at its sole discretion immediately upon notice to the applicable Fund on behalf of each Portfolio, including, without limitation, in the event of force majeure events affecting settlement, any disorder in markets, or other changed external business circumstances affecting the markets or the Fund.

SECTION 6A.3 PURCHASE CONSIDERATION. The consideration payable in connection with a purchase transaction shall be debited from the appropriate deposit account of the Portfolio as of the time and date that funds would ordinarily be required to settle the transaction in the applicable market. The Custodian shall promptly recredit the amount at the time that the Portfolio or the Fund notifies the Custodian by Proper Instruction that the transaction has been canceled.

 

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SECTION 6A.4 SALES AND REDEMPTIONS. A provisional credit of an amount equal to the net sale price for a sale or redemption of securities or other financial assets shall be made to the account of the Portfolio as if the amount had been received as of the close of business on the date on which good funds would ordinarily be immediately available in the applicable market. The provisional credit will be made conditional upon the Custodian having received Proper Instructions with respect to, or reasonable notice of, the transaction, as applicable; and the Custodian or its agent having possession of the securities of other financial assets (excluding financial assets subject to any third party lending arrangement entered into by a Portfolio) associated with the transaction in good deliverable form and not being aware of any facts which would lead the Custodian or its agent to believe that the transaction will not settle in the time period ordinarily applicable to such transactions in the applicable market.

SECTION 6A.5. REVERSALS OF PROVISIONAL CREDITS OR DEBITS. The Custodian shall have the right to reverse any provisional credit or debit given in connection with the Contractual Settlement Services at any time when the Custodian believes, in its reasonable judgment, that such transaction will not settle in accordance with its terms or amounts due pursuant thereto, will not be collectable or where the Custodian has not been provided Proper Instructions with respect thereto, as applicable. The Portfolio shall be responsible for any costs or liabilities resulting from such reversal. Upon such reversal, a sum equal to the credited or debited amount shall become immediately payable by the Portfolio to the Custodian and may be debited from any deposit or other account held for benefit of the Portfolio and the affected Fund shall be promptly notified on behalf of the Portfolio.

SECTION 7. TAX SERVICES.

SECTION 7.1 FUND INFORMATION. Each Fund will provide documentary evidence of its tax domicile, organizational specifics and other documentation and information as may be required by the Custodian from time to time for tax purposes, including, without limitation, information relating to any special ruling or treatment to which the Fund may be entitled that is not applicable to the general nationality and category of person to which the Fund belongs under general laws and treaty obligations and documentation and information required in relation to countries where the Fund engages or proposes to engage in investment activity or where Portfolio assets are or will be held. The provision of such documentation and information shall be deemed to be a Proper Instruction, upon which the Custodian shall be entitled to rely and act. In giving such documentation and information, the Fund represents and warrants that it is true and correct in all material respects and that it will promptly provide the Custodian with all necessary corrections or updates upon becoming aware of any changes or inaccuracies in the documentation or information supplied.

SECTION 7.2 TAX RESPONSIBILITY. The Fund shall be liable for all taxes (including Taxes, as defined below) relating to its investment activity, including with respect to any cash or securities held by the Custodian on behalf of the Fund or any transactions related thereto. Subject to compliance by the Fund with its obligations under Section 7.1, the Custodian shall

 

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withhold (or cause to be withheld) the amount of any Tax which is required to be withheld under applicable law in connection with the collection on behalf of the Fund pursuant to this Agreement of any dividend, interest income or other distribution with respect to any security and the proceeds or income from the sale or other transfer of any security held by the Custodian. If any Taxes become payable with respect to any prior payment made to the Fund by the Custodian or otherwise, the Custodian may apply any credit balance in the Fund’s deposit account to the extent necessary to satisfy such Tax obligation. The Fund shall remain liable for any tax deficiency. The Custodian is not liable for any tax obligations relating to the Portfolio or the Fund, other than those Tax services as set out specifically in this Section 7. The Fund agrees that the Custodian is not, and shall not be deemed to be, providing tax advice or tax counsel. The capitalized terms “Tax” or “Taxes” means any withholding or capital gains tax, stamp duty, levy, impost, charge, assessment, deduction or related liability, including any addition to tax, penalty or interest imposed on or in respect of (i) cash or securities held on behalf of a Portfolio, (ii) the transactions effected under this Agreement, or (iii) the Fund.

SECTION 7.3 TAX RELIEF. The Custodian will provide tax relief services in relation to designated markets as may be specified from time to time in the Client Publications. Subject to the preceding sentence and compliance by the Fund with its obligations under Section 7.1, the Custodian will apply for a reduction of withholding tax and refund of any tax paid or tax credits which apply in each applicable market in respect of income payments on securities for the benefit of the Fund. Unless otherwise informed by the Fund, the Custodian shall be entitled to apply categorical treatment of the Fund according to its nationality, particulars of its organization and other relevant details supplied by the Fund.

SECTION 8. PAYMENTS FOR SALES OR REDEMPTIONS OF PORTFOLIO INTERESTS.

SECTION 8.1 PAYMENT FOR PORTFOLIO INTERESTS ISSUED. The Custodian shall receive from the distributor of Portfolio Interests of a Fund or from the Fund’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) and deposit into the account of the Portfolio such payments as are received for Portfolio Interests issued or sold from time to time by the Fund. The Custodian will provide timely notification to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio and the Transfer Agent of any receipt of the payments by the Custodian.

SECTION 8.2 PAYMENT FOR PORTFOLIO INTERESTS REDEEMED. Upon receipt of instructions from the Transfer Agent, the Custodian shall set aside funds of a Portfolio to the extent available for payment to holders of Portfolio Interests who have delivered to the Transfer Agent a request for redemption of their Portfolio Interests. The Custodian is authorized upon receipt of instructions from the Transfer Agent to wire funds to or through a commercial bank designated by the redeeming interest holders. If the Custodian furnishes a check to a holder in payment for the redemption of the holder’s Portfolio Interests and the check is drawn on the Custodian, the Custodian shall honor the check so long as the check is presented to the Custodian in accordance with the Deposit Account Agreement and such procedures and controls as are mutually agreed upon from time to time between the Fund and the Custodian.

 

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SECTION 9. PROPER INSTRUCTIONS.

SECTION 9.1 FORM AND SECURITY PROCEDURES. Proper Instructions may be in writing signed by the authorized individual or individuals or may be in a tested communication or in a communication utilizing access codes effected between electro-mechanical or electronic devices or may be by such other means and utilizing such intermediary systems and utilities as may be agreed to from time to time by the Custodian and the individual or organization giving the instruction, provided that the Fund and the Custodian have followed any security procedures agreed to from time to time by the applicable Fund and the Custodian. The Custodian may agree to accept oral instructions, and in such case oral instructions will be considered Proper Instructions. The Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed in writing, but the Fund’s failure to do so shall not affect the Custodian’s authority to rely on the oral instructions.

Section 9.2 RELIANCE ON OFFICERS CERTIFICATE. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, as appropriate, each Fund shall deliver to the Custodian an officer’s certificate setting forth the names, titles, signatures and scope of authority of all individuals authorized to give Proper Instructions or any other notice, request, direction, instruction, certificate or instrument on behalf of the Fund. The certificate may be accepted and conclusively relied upon by the Custodian and shall be considered to be in full force and effect until receipt by the Custodian of a similar certificate to the contrary and the Custodian has had a reasonable time to act thereon.

Section 9.3 UNTIMELY PROPER INSTRUCTIONS. If the Custodian is not provided with reasonable time to execute a Proper Instruction (including any Proper Instruction not to execute, or any other modification to, a prior Proper Instruction), the Custodian will use good faith efforts to execute the Proper Instruction but will not be responsible or liable if the Custodian’s efforts are not successful (including any inability to change any actions that the Custodian had taken pursuant to the prior Proper Instruction). The inclusion of a statement of purpose or intent (or any similar notation) in a Proper Instruction shall not impose any additional obligations on the Custodian or condition or qualify its authority to effect the Proper Instruction. The Custodian will not assume a duty to ensure that the stated purpose or intent is fulfilled and will have no responsibility or liability when it follows the Proper Instruction without regard to such purpose or intent.

SECTION 10. ACTIONS PERMITTED WITHOUT EXPRESS AUTHORITY.

The Custodian may in its discretion, without express authority from the applicable Fund on behalf of each Portfolio:

 

  1)

Make payments to itself or others for minor expenses of handling securities or other financial assets relating to its duties under this Agreement; provided that all such payments shall be accounted for to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio;

 

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  2)

Surrender securities or other financial assets in temporary form for securities or other financial assets in definitive form;

 

  3)

Endorse for collection, in the name of the Portfolio, checks, drafts and other negotiable instruments; and

 

  4)

In general, attend to all non-discretionary details in connection with the sale, exchange, substitution, purchase, transfer and other dealings with the securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio except as otherwise directed by the applicable Board.

SECTION 11.    [RESERVED].

SECTION 12.    RECORDS.

The Custodian shall with respect to each Portfolio create and maintain all records relating to its activities and obligations under this Agreement in such manner as will meet the obligations of each Fund under the 1940 Act, with particular attention to Section 31 thereof and Rules 31a-1 and 31a-2 thereunder. All such records shall be the property of the Fund and shall at all times during the regular business hours of the Custodian be open for inspection by duly authorized officers, employees or agents of the Fund and employees and agents of the SEC. The Custodian shall, at the Fund’s request, supply the Fund with a tabulation of securities owned by each Portfolio and held by the Custodian and shall, when requested to do so by the Fund and for such compensation as shall be agreed upon between the Fund and the Custodian, include certificate numbers in such tabulations.

SECTION 13.    FUNDS INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS; REPORTS.

SECTION 13.1 OPINIONS. The Custodian shall take all reasonable action, as a Fund with respect to a Portfolio may from time to time request, to obtain from year to year favorable opinions from the Fund’s independent accountants with respect to its activities hereunder in connection with the preparation of the Fund’s Form N-1A or Form N-2, as applicable, and Form N-SAR or other annual reports to the SEC and with respect to any other requirements thereof.

SECTION 13.2 REPORTS. Upon reasonable request of a Fund, the Custodian shall provide the Fund with a copy of the Custodian’s Service Organizational Control (SOC) 1 reports prepared in accordance with the requirements of AT section 801, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization (formerly Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16). The Custodian shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Fund with such reports as the Fund may reasonably request or otherwise reasonably require to fulfill its duties under Rule 38a-1 of the 1940 Act or similar legal and regulatory requirements.

 

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SECTION 14. CUSTODIANS STANDARD OF CARE; EXCULPATION.

14.1 STANDARD OF CARE. In carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, the Custodian shall act in good faith and without negligence and shall be held to the exercise of reasonable care, prudence and diligence.

14.2 RELIANCE ON PROPER INSTRUCTIONS. The Custodian shall be entitled conclusively to rely and act upon Proper Instructions until the Custodian has received notice of any change from the Fund and has had a reasonable time to act thereon. The Custodian may act on a Proper Instruction if it reasonably believes that it contains sufficient information and may refrain from acting on any Proper Instructions until such time that it has determined, in its sole discretion, that is has received any required clarification or authentication of Proper Instructions. The Custodian may rely upon and shall be protected in acting upon any Proper Instruction believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been properly executed by or on behalf of the applicable Fund.

14.3 OTHER RELIANCE. The Custodian is authorized and instructed to rely upon the information that the Custodian receives from the Fund or any third party on behalf of the Fund. The Custodian shall have no responsibility to review, confirm or otherwise assume any duty with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by or on behalf of any Fund. The Custodian shall have no liability in respect of any loss, cost or expense incurred or sustained by the Fund arising from the performance of the Custodian’s duties hereunder in reliance upon records that were maintained for the Fund by any individual or organization, other than the Custodian, prior to the Custodian’s appointment as custodian hereunder. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely on and may act upon advice of counsel (who may be counsel for the Fund) on all matters of law and shall be without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to the advice.

14.4 LIABILITY FOR FOREIGN CUSTODIANS. The Custodian shall be liable for the acts or omissions of an Eligible Foreign Custodian to the same extent as if the action or omission were performed by the Custodian itself, taking into account the facts and circumstances and the established local market practices and laws prevailing in the particular jurisdiction in which the Fund elects to invest.

14.5 INSOLVENCY AND COUNTRY RISK. The Custodian shall in no event be liable for (a) the insolvency of any Eligible Foreign Custodian, (b) the insolvency of any depositary bank maintaining in a deposit account cash denominated in any currency other than an “on book” currency, or (c) any loss, cost or expense incurred or sustained by a Fund or Portfolio resulting from or caused by Country Risk.

14.6 FORCE MAJEURE AND THIRD PARTY ACTIONS. The Custodian shall be without responsibility or liability to any Fund or Portfolio for: (a) events or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian, including, without limitation, the interruption, suspension or

 

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restriction of trading on or the closure of any currency or securities market or system, power or other mechanical or technological failures or interruptions, computer viruses or communications disruptions, work stoppages, natural disasters, acts of war, revolution, riots or terrorism or other similar force majeure events or acts; (b) errors by any Fund, its Investment Advisor or any other duly authorized person in their Proper Instructions to the Custodian; (c) the insolvency of or acts or omissions by a U.S. Securities System, Foreign Securities System, Underlying Transfer Agent or domestic sub-custodian designated pursuant to Section 2.2; (d) any delay or failure of any broker, agent, securities intermediary or other intermediary, central bank or other commercially prevalent payment or clearing system to deliver to the Custodian’s sub-custodian or agent securities or other financial assets purchased or in the remittance or payment made in connection with securities or other financial assets sold; (e) any delay or failure of any organization in charge of registering or transferring securities or other financial assets in the name of the Custodian, any Fund, any Portfolio, the Custodian’s sub-custodians, nominees or agents including non-receipt of bonus, dividends and rights and other accretions or benefits; (f) delays or inability to perform its duties due to any disorder in market infrastructure with respect to any particular security, other financial asset, U.S. Securities System or Foreign Securities System; and (g) the effect of any provision of any law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or any other country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction.

14.7 INDIRECT/SPECIAL/CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Notwithstanding any other provision set forth herein, in no event shall the Custodian or Fund be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, lost profits) with respect to the services provided pursuant to this Agreement, regardless of whether either party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

14.8 DELIVERY OF PROPERTY. The Custodian shall not be responsible for any securities or other assets of a Portfolio which are not received by the Custodian or which are delivered out in accordance with Proper Instructions. The Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any securities or other assets or evidence of title thereto received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement.

14.9 NO INVESTMENT ADVICE. The Custodian has no responsibility to monitor or oversee the investment activity undertaken by a Fund or its Investment Advisor or by an Portfolio. The Custodian has no duty to ensure or to inquire whether an Investment Advisor complies with any investment objectives or restrictions agreed upon between a Fund and the Investment Advisor or whether the Investment Advisor complies with its legal obligations under applicable securities laws or other laws, including laws intended to protect the interests of investors. The Custodian shall neither assess nor take any responsibility or liability for the suitability or appropriateness of the investments made by a Fund or a Portfolio or on its behalf.

14.10 COMMUNICATIONS. The Custodian shall not be liable for any untimely exercise of any tender, exchange or other right or power in connection with securities or other financial assets of a Portfolio at any time held by the Custodian unless (a) the Custodian or the Eligible Foreign Custodian is in actual possession of such securities or other financial assets, (b) the

 

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Custodian receives Proper Instructions with regard to the exercise of the right or power, and (c) both of the conditions referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) have been satisfied by the date and time deadline provided to the Fund by the Custodian, which is typically (i) with respect to securities or financial assets held through a U.S. Securities System or a Canadian Securities System, at least one business day prior to the date on which the Custodian is to take action to exercise the right or power or (ii) with respect to all other securities or financial assets, at least two business days prior to the date on which the Custodian is to take action to exercise the right or power.

14.11 LOANED SECURITIES. Income due to each Portfolio on securities or other financial assets loaned shall be the responsibility of the applicable Fund. The Custodian will have no duty or responsibility in connection with loaned securities or other financial assets, other than to provide the Fund with such information or data as may be necessary to assist the Fund in arranging for the timely delivery to the Custodian of the income to which the Portfolio is entitled.

14.12 TRADE COUNTERPARTIES. A Fund’s receipt of securities or other financial assets from a counterparty in connection with any of its purchase transactions and its receipt of cash from a counterparty in connection with any sale or redemption of securities or other financial assets will be at the Fund’s sole risk, and the Custodian shall not be obligated to make demands on the Fund’s behalf if the Fund’s counterparty defaults. If a Fund’s counterparty fails to deliver securities, other financial assets or cash, the Custodian will, as its sole responsibility, notify the Fund’s Investment Advisor of the failure within a reasonable time after the Custodian became aware of the failure.

SECTION 15. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF CUSTODIAN; SECURITY INTEREST.

SECTION. 15.1 COMPENSATION. The Custodian shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for its services and expenses as agreed upon from time to time between each Fund on behalf of each applicable Portfolio and the Custodian.

SECTION 15.2 INDEMNIFICATION. Each Portfolio, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify the Custodian and to hold the Custodian harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense sustained or incurred by the Custodian in acting or omitting to act under or in respect of this Agreement in good faith and without negligence or willful misconduct, including, without limitation, (a) the Custodian’s compliance with Proper Instructions and (b) in connection with the provision of services to a Fund pursuant to Section 7, any obligations, including taxes, withholding and reporting requirements, claims for exemption and refund, additions for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses, that may be assessed against the Fund, the Portfolio or the Custodian as custodian of the assets of the Fund or the Portfolio. If a Fund on behalf of a Portfolio instructs the Custodian to take any action with respect to securities or other financial assets, and the action involves the payment of money or may, in the opinion of the Custodian, result in the Custodian or its nominee assigned to the Fund or the Portfolio being

 

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liable therefor, the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio, as a prerequisite to the Custodian taking the action, shall provide to the Custodian at the Custodian’s request such further indemnification in an amount and form satisfactory to the Custodian.

SECTION 15.2A INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES. With respect to any claim brought by a third party for which the Custodian seeks indemnification under Section 15.2 of this Agreement (an Indemnity Claim), the following procedures shall apply:

(a)        The Custodian will promptly notify the Fund in writing of the matter in respect of which indemnity is being sought; provided, that, any omission to so notify the Fund will not relieve the Fund from any liability under this Agreement, except to the extent that such omission will have materially prejudiced the Fund. The Fund shall, at its own expense, be entitled, exclusively, to control and direct the investigation, defense and settlement of any Indemnity Claim; provided, that, in situations where the Custodian and/or its affiliates is also seeking indemnification from one or more other customers of the Custodian and/or its affiliates for claims similar or related to the Indemnity Claim (or it is similarly impractical for the Custodian not to so-control and direct), then the Custodian may elect to so-control and direct the investigation, defense and settlement of the Indemnity Claim.

(b)        In the event the Fund is controlling and directing the investigation, defense and settlement of the Indemnity Claim:

(i)        the Custodian shall provide reasonable assistance to the Fund;

(ii)        the Fund shall consult with the Custodian on the selection of counsel and shall keep the Custodian reasonably apprised as to the status of the matter, including settlement;

(iii)        the Custodian may retain separate counsel at its own expense; provided, that, the reasonable expense of such counsel shall be indemnified losses, costs and expenses under this Agreement where the Custodian has determined in good faith that a conflict of interest exists between the Custodian and the Fund with respect to the defense of the Indemnity Claim;

(iv)        the Fund may settle an Indemnity Claim without the consent of the Custodian, provided that such settlement (A) involves only the payment of money, (B) fully and unconditionally releases the Custodian from any liability in exchange for the amount paid in settlement and (C) does not include any admission of fault or liability in relation to the Custodian. In the event that any such settlement does not meet the requirements of the immediately preceding clauses (A), (B) and (C), then the Fund must receive the prior written consent of the Custodian to such settlement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; and

(v)        the Custodian may not settle or compromise an Indemnity Claim without the prior written consent of the Fund.

 

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(c)        In the event the Custodian is controlling and directing the investigation, defense and settlement of the Indemnity Claim:

(i)        the Custodian’s selection of counsel shall be subject to the consent of the Fund, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;

(ii)        the Custodian shall keep the Fund reasonably apprised as to the status of the matter, including settlement; and

(iii)        the Custodian may not settle or compromise an Indemnity Claim without the prior written consent of the Fund, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

SECTION 15.3 SECURITY INTEREST. Each Fund hereby grants to the Custodian, to secure the payment and performance of the Fund’s obligations under this Agreement, whether contingent or otherwise, a security interest in and right of recoupment and setoff against all cash and all securities and other financial assets at any time held for the account of a Portfolio by or through the Custodian. The obligations include, without limitation, the Fund’s obligations to reimburse the Custodian if the Custodian or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents advances cash or securities or other financial assets to the Fund for any purpose (including but not limited to settlements of securities or other financial assets, foreign exchange contracts and assumed settlement), or in the event that the Custodian or its nominee shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except such as may arise from its or its nominee’s failure to exercise the standard of care set forth in Section 14.1, as well as the Fund’s obligation to compensate the Custodian pursuant to Section 15.1 or indemnify the Custodian pursuant to Section 15.2. Should the Fund fail to reimburse or otherwise pay the Custodian any obligation under this Agreement promptly, the Custodian shall have the rights and remedies of a secured party under this Agreement, the UCC and other applicable law, including the right to utilize available cash and to sell or otherwise dispose of the Portfolio’s assets to the extent necessary to obtain payment or reimbursement. The Custodian may at any time decline to follow Proper Instructions to deliver out cash, securities or other financial assets if the Custodian determines in its reasonable discretion that, after giving effect to the Proper Instructions, the cash, securities or other financial assets remaining will not have sufficient value fully to secure the Fund’s payment or reimbursement obligations, whether contingent or otherwise.

SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION.

SECTION 16.1 EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date set forth above and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated by either party upon one hundred twenty (120) days’ prior written notice to the other party. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately: (a) in the event of the other party’s material

 

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breach of a material provision of this Agreement that the other party has either failed to cure, or failed to establish a remedial plan to cure that is reasonably acceptable to the non-breaching party, within sixty (60) days’ written notice being given by the non-breaching party of the breach, or (b) in the event of the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the other party, the commencement by or against the other party of a bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding, or upon the happening of a like event to the other party at the direction of an appropriate agency or court of competent jurisdiction.

SECTION 16.2 PAYMENTS OWING TO THE CUSTODIAN. Upon termination of this Agreement with respect to any Fund or Portfolio, the applicable Fund shall pay to the Custodian any compensation then due and shall reimburse the Custodian for its other fees, expenses and charges to the extent the Fund is responsible for such reimbursement hereunder. Upon receipt of such payment and reimbursement, the Custodian will deliver the Fund’s or Portfolio’s cash and its securities and other financial assets as set forth in Section 17.

SECTION 16.3 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. Termination of this Agreement with respect to any one particular Fund or Portfolio shall in no way affect the rights and duties under this Agreement with respect to any other Fund or Portfolio. Following termination with respect to a Fund or Portfolio, the Custodian shall have no further responsibility to forward information under Section 3.8 or 5.8. The provisions of Sections 7, 14, 15 and 17 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 17. SUCCESSOR CUSTODIAN.

SECTION 17.1 SUCCESSOR APPOINTED. If a successor custodian shall be appointed for a Portfolio by its Board, the Custodian shall, upon termination of this Agreement and receipt of Proper Instructions, deliver to the successor custodian at the office of the Custodian, duly endorsed and in the form for transfer, all cash and all securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio then held by the Custodian hereunder and shall transfer to an account of the successor custodian all of the securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio held in a U.S. Securities System or Foreign Securities System or at the Underlying Transfer Agent.

SECTION 17.2 NO SUCCESSOR APPOINTED. If no such successor custodian shall be appointed, the Custodian shall, in like manner, upon receipt of Proper Instructions, deliver at the office of the Custodian and transfer the cash and the securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio in accordance with the Proper Instructions.

SECTION 17.3 NO SUCCESSOR APPOINTED AND NO PROPERTY INSTRUCTIONS. If no successor custodian has been appointed and no Proper Instructions have been delivered to the Custodian on or before the termination of this Agreement, then the Custodian shall have the right to deliver to a bank or trust company, which is a “bank” as defined in the 1940 Act, doing business in Boston, Massachusetts, or New York, New York, of its own selection, all cash and all securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio then held by the Custodian hereunder, and to transfer to an account of the bank or trust company all of the securities and other financial assets of the Portfolio held in any U.S. Securities System or Foreign Securities System or at the

 

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Underlying Transfer Agent. The transfer will be on such terms as are contained in this Agreement or as the Custodian may otherwise reasonably negotiate with the bank or trust company. Any compensation payable to the bank or trust company, and any cost or expense incurred by the Custodian, in connection with the transfer shall be for the account of the Portfolio.

SECTION 17.4 REMAINING PROPERTY. If any cash or any securities or other financial assets of the Portfolio held by the Custodian hereunder remain held by the Custodian after the termination of this Agreement owing to the failure of the applicable Fund to provide Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall be entitled to fair compensation for its services during such period as the Custodian holds the cash or the securities or other financial assets (the existing agreed-to compensation at the time of termination shall be one indicator of what is considered fair compensation). The provisions of this Agreement relating to the duties, exculpation and indemnification of the Custodian shall apply in favor of the Custodian during such period.

SECTION 17.5 RESERVES. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 17, the Custodian may retain cash or securities or other financial assets of the Fund or Portfolio as a reserve reasonably established by the Custodian to secure the payment or performance of any obligations of the Fund or Portfolio secured by a security interest or right of recoupment or setoff in favor of the Custodian.

SECTION 18. REMOTE ACCESS SERVICES ADDENDUM. The Custodian and each Fund agree to be bound by the terms of the Remote Access Services Addendum hereto.

SECTION 19. LOAN SERVICES ADDENDUM. If a Fund directs the Custodian in writing to perform loan services, the Custodian and the Fund will be bound by the terms of the Loan Services Addendum attached hereto. The Fund shall reimburse Custodian for its fees and expenses related thereto as agreed upon from time to time in writing by the Fund and the Custodian.

SECTION 20. GENERAL.

SECTION 20.1 GOVERNING LAW. Any and all matters in dispute between the parties hereto, whether arising from or relating to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any conflict of laws rules. Likewise, the law applicable to all issues in Article 2(1) of the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary is the law in force in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SECTION 20.2 [RESERVED]

SECTION 20.3 PRIOR AGREEMENTS; AMENDMENTS. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between each Fund on behalf of each of the Fund’s Portfolios and the Custodian

 

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relating to the custody of the Fund’s assets, including the Master Custodian Agreement dated November 26, 2002, as amended, restated and/or modified from time to time. This Agreement may be amended at any time in writing by mutual agreement of the parties hereto.

SECTION 20.4 ASSIGNMENT; DELEGATION. This Agreement may not be assigned by (a) any Fund without the written consent of the Custodian or (b) the Custodian without the written consent of each applicable Fund. The Custodian shall retain the right to employ agents, subcontractors, consultants or other third parties, including, without limitation, affiliates (each, a “Delegate” and collectively, the “Delegates”) to provide or assist it in the provision of any part of the non-custodial services described herein or the discharge of any other non-custodial obligations or duties under this Agreement without the consent or approval of any Fund. Except as otherwise provided below, the Custodian shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of any such Delegate so employed as if the Custodian had committed such acts and omissions itself. The Custodian shall be responsible for the compensation of its Delegates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the term Delegate include sub-custodians, Eligible Foreign Custodians, U.S. Securities Systems and Foreign Securities Systems, and the Custodian shall have no liability for their acts or omissions except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement. The liability of the Custodian for the acts and omissions of sub-custodians, Eligible Foreign Custodians, U.S. Securities Systems and Foreign Securities Systems shall be as set forth in Section 14 above.

SECTION 20.5 INTERPRETIVE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. In connection with the operation of this Agreement, the Custodian and each Fund on behalf of each of the Portfolios, may from time to time agree 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 Agreement. Any such interpretive or additional provisions shall be in a writing signed by all parties, provided that no such interpretive or additional provisions shall contravene any applicable laws or regulations or any provision of a Fund’s organic record and Prospectus. No interpretive or additional provisions made as provided in the preceding sentence shall be an amendment of this Agreement.

SECTION 20.6 ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND PORTFOLIOS.

20.6.1 ADDITIONAL FUND. If any management investment company in addition to those listed on Appendix A desires the Custodian to render services as custodian under the terms of this Agreement, the management investment company shall so notify the Custodian in writing. If the Custodian agrees in writing to provide the services, the management investment company shall become a Fund hereunder and be bound by all terms and conditions and provisions hereof including, without limitation, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 20.7 below.

20.6.2 ADDITIONAL PORTFOLIO. If any Fund establishes a series in addition to the Portfolios set forth on Appendix A with respect to which the Fund desires the Custodian to render services as custodian under the terms of this Agreement, the Fund shall so notify the Custodian in writing. If the Custodian agrees in writing to provide the services, the series shall become a Portfolio hereunder.

 

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SECTION 20.7 THE PARTIES; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All references in this Agreement to the “Fund” are to each of the management investment companies listed on Appendix A, and each management investment company made subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 20.6 above, individually, as if this Agreement were between the individual Fund and the Custodian. In the case of a series organization, all references in this Agreement to the “Portfolio” are to the individual series of the series organization on behalf of the individual series. Any reference in this Agreement to “the parties” shall mean the Custodian and such other individual Fund as to which the matter pertains.

20.7.1 FUND REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Fund hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is duly organized and validly existing in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization; (b) it has the requisite power and authority under applicable law and its organic record to enter into and perform this Agreement; (c) all requisite proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement; (d) no legal or administrative proceedings have been instituted or threatened which would materially impair the Fund’s ability to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement; (e) its entering into this Agreement shall not cause a material breach or be in material conflict with any other agreement or obligation of the Fund or any law or regulation applicable to it; (f) this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement, except as such enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equitable principles; and (g) it shall comply in all material respects with all laws and regulations applicable to it.

20.7.2 CUSTODIAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Custodian hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is a trust company, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (b) it has the requisite power and authority to carry on its business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; (c) all requisite proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement; (d) no legal or administrative proceedings have been instituted or threatened which would materially impair the Custodian’s ability to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement; (e) its entering into this Agreement shall not cause a material breach or be in material conflict with any other agreement or obligation of the Custodian or any law or regulation applicable to it; (f) this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement, except as such enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equitable principles; and (g) it shall comply in all material respects with all laws and regulations applicable to it as such laws and regulations relate to the Custodian’s performance of the services hereunder.

SECTION 20.8 NOTICES. Any notice, instruction or other communication required to be given hereunder will, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, be in writing and may be sent by hand, or by facsimile transmission, or overnight delivery by any recognized delivery service, to the parties at the following addresses or such other addresses as may be notified by any party from time to time.

 

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To any Fund:   c/o [THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS]
  625 Fourth Avenue South
  Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
  Attention: Mutual Fund Accounting
  Telephone: 612-844-3237
  provided, however, that a copy of any notice of material breach to a Fund shall be also sent to the General Countsel’s Office at the same address
To the Custodian:   STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
  1 Iron Street
  Boston, MA 02210
  Attention: Louis D. Abruzzi
  Telephone: 617-662-0300
           with a copy to:   STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
  Legal Division – Global Services Americas
  One Lincoln Street
  Boston, MA 02111
  Attention: Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel

SECTION 20.9 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received in electronically transmitted form.

SECTION 20.10 SEVERABILITY; NO WAIVER. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The failure of a party hereto to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion or the failure of a party hereto to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any the term, right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement shall prevent any further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

SECTION 20.11 CONFIDENTIALITY. All information provided under this Agreement by a party (the “Disclosing Party”) to the other party (the “Receiving Party”) regarding the Disclosing Party’s business and operations shall be treated as confidential. Subject to Section 20.12 below, all confidential information provided under this Agreement by Disclosing Party shall be used,

 

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including disclosure to third parties, by the Receiving Party, or its agents or service providers, solely for the purpose of performing or receiving the services and discharging the Receiving Party’s other obligations under the Agreement or managing the business of the Receiving Party and its affiliates, including financial and operational management and reporting, risk management, legal and regulatory compliance and client service management. The foregoing shall not be applicable to any information (a) that is publicly available when provided or thereafter becomes publicly available, other than through a breach of this Agreement, (b) that is independently derived by the Receiving Party without the use of any information provided by the Disclosing Party in connection with this Agreement, (c) that is disclosed to comply with any legal or regulatory proceeding, investigation, audit, examination, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other similar process, (d) that is disclosed as required by operation of law or regulation or as required to comply with the requirements of any market infrastructure that the Disclosing Party or its agents direct the Custodian or its affiliates to employ (or which is required in connection with the holding or settlement of instruments included in the assets subject to this Agreement), or (e) where the party seeking to disclose has received the prior written consent of the party providing the information, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

SECTION 20.12 USE OF DATA.

(a) In connection with the provision of the services and the discharge of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Custodian (which term for purposes of this Section 20.12 includes each of its parent company, branches and affiliates (“Affiliates”)) may collect and store information regarding a Fund and share such information with its Affiliates, agents and service providers in order and to the extent reasonably necessary (i) to carry out the provision of services contemplated under this Agreement and other agreements between the Fund and the Custodian or any of its Affiliates and (ii) to carry out management of its businesses, including, but not limited to, financial and operational management and reporting, risk management, legal and regulatory compliance and client service management.

(b) Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Custodian and/or its Affiliates (except those Affiliates or business divisions principally engaged in the business of asset management) may use any data or other information (“Data”) obtained by such entities in the performance of their services under this Agreement or any other agreement between the Fund and the Custodian or one of its Affiliates, including Data regarding transactions and portfolio holdings relating to the Fund, and publish, sell, distribute or otherwise commercialize the Data; provided that, unless the Fund otherwise consents, Data is combined or aggregated with information relating to (i) other customers of the Custodian and/or its Affiliates or (ii) information derived from other sources, in each case such that any published information will be displayed in a manner designed to prevent attribution to or identification of such Data with the Fund. The Fund agrees that Custodian and/or its Affiliates may seek to profit and realize economic benefit from the commercialization and use of the Data, that such benefit will constitute part of the Custodian’s compensation for services under this Agreement or such other agreement, and the Custodian and/or its Affiliates shall be entitled to retain and not be required to disclose the amount of such economic benefit and profit to the Fund.

 

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(c) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, nothing in this Section 20.12 shall limit the confidentiality and data-protection obligations of the Custodian and its Affiliates under this Agreement and applicable law. The Custodian shall cause any Affiliate, agent or service provider to which it has disclosed Data pursuant to this Section 20.12 to comply at all times with confidentiality and data-protection obligations as if it were a party to this Agreement.

SECTION 20.13 DATA PRIVACY. The Custodian will implement and maintain a written information security program that contains appropriate security measures to safeguard the personal information of the Funds’ shareholders, employees, directors and officers that the Custodian receives, stores, maintains, processes or otherwise accesses in connection with the provision of services hereunder. The term, “personal information”, as used in this Section, means (a) an individual’s name (first initial and last name or first name and last name), address or telephone number plus (i) Social Security number, (ii) driver’s license number, (iii) state identification card number, (iv) debit or credit card number, (v) financial account number or (vi) personal identification number or password that would permit access to a person’s account, or (b) any combination of any of the foregoing that would allow a person to log onto or access an individual’s account. The term does not include information that is lawfully obtained from publicly available information, or from federal, state or local government records lawfully made available to the general public.

SECTION 20.14 REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS. This Agreement and all schedules, addenda, exhibits, appendices, attachments and amendments hereto may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. Any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

SECTION 20.15 REGULATION GG. Each Fund represents and warrants that it does not engage in an “Internet gambling business,” as such term is defined in Section 233.2(r) of Federal Reserve Regulation GG (12 CFR 233) and covenants that it shall not engage in an Internet gambling business. In accordance with Regulation GG, each Fund is hereby notified that “restricted transactions,” as such term is defined in Section 233.2(y) of Regulation GG, are prohibited in any dealings with the Custodian pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise between or among any party hereto.

SECTION 20.16 SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS ELECTION. SEC Rule 14b-2 requires banks that hold securities, as that term is used in federal securities laws, for the account of customers to respond to requests by issuers of securities for the names, addresses and holdings of beneficial owners of securities of that issuer held by the bank unless the beneficial owner has expressly objected to disclosure of this information. In order to comply with the rule, as may be

 

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applicable, the Custodian needs each Fund to indicate whether it authorizes the Custodian to provide such Fund’s name, address, and share position to requesting companies whose securities the Fund owns. If a Fund tells the Custodian “no,” the Custodian will not provide this information to requesting companies. If a Fund tells the Custodian “yes” or does not check either “yes” or “no” below, the Custodian is required by the rule, as applicable, to treat the Fund as consenting to disclosure of this information for all securities owned by the Fund or any funds or accounts established by the Fund. For a Fund’s protection, the Rule, as applicable, prohibits the requesting company from using the Fund’s name and address for any purpose other than corporate communications. Please indicate below whether the Fund consents or objects by checking one of the alternatives below.

 

YES [    ]    

 

The Custodian is authorized to release the Fund’s name, address, and share positions.

NO [X]

 

The Custodian is not authorized to release the Fund’s name, address, and share positions.

SECTION 20.17 NO ADVERTISING/PUBLICITY. Neither party shall use the other party’s name, service marks or trademarks, or refer to or identify the other party, in any advertising, publicity releases (including references on any customer lists or posting on web-sites), or promotional or marketing correspondence to others without the other party’s prior consent.

 

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Execution Version

SIGNATURE PAGE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative under seal as of the date first above-written.

EACH OF THE MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND SERIES SET FORTH ON APPENDIX A HERETO

 

By:   /s/ Gerard V. Vaillancourt
  Name: Gerard V. Vaillancourt
  Title: Treasurer

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

 

By:   /s/ Andrew Erickson

Name:  Andrew Erickson

Title:    Executive Vice President

Master Custodian Agreement


APPENDIX A

TO

MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES REGISTERED WITH THE SEC AND PORTFOLIOS THEREOF, IF ANY

Thrivent Mutual Funds

Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund

Thrivent Growth and Income Plus Fund

Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund

Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Fund

Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Fund

Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund

Thrivent Government Bond Fund

Thrivent High Yield Fund

Thrivent Income Fund

Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund

Thrivent Large Cap Stock Fund

Thrivent Large Cap Value Fund

Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund

Thrivent Mid Cap Stock Fund

Thrivent Moderate Allocation Fund

Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Fund

Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund

Thrivent Money Market Fund

Thrivent Municipal Bond Fund

Thrivent Partner Worldwide Allocation Fund

Thrivent Small Cap Stock Fund

Thrivent Partner Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Thrivent Low Volatility Equity Fund

Thrivent Series Fund, Inc.

Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Portfolio

Thrivent Government Bond Portfolio

Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Portfolio

Thrivent Growth and Income Plus Portfolio

Thrivent High Yield Portfolio

Thrivent Income Portfolio

Thrivent Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Thrivent Large Cap Index Portfolio

Thrivent Large Cap Stock Portfolio

Thrivent Large Cap Value Portfolio

Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio

Thrivent Mid Cap Index Portfolio

Thrivent Mid Cap Stock Portfolio

Thrivent Moderate Allocation Portfolio

Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Portfolio

Thrivent Money Market Portfolio

Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Portfolio

Thrivent Partner All Cap Growth Portfolio

Thrivent Partner Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

Thrivent Partner Growth Stock Portfolio

Thrivent Partner Healthcare Portfolio

 

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Thrivent Partner Worldwide Allocation Portfolio

Thrivent Real Estate Securities Portfolio

Thrivent Small Cap Index Portfolio

Thrivent Small Cap Stock Portfolio

Thrivent Low Volatility Equity Portfolio

Thrivent Multidimensional Income Portfolio

Thrivent Core Funds

Thrivent Core Short-Term Reserve Fund

Thrivent Core Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Thrivent Core International Equity Fund

Thrivent Cash Management Trust

 

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LOGO

Global Custody Network

Schedule A

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

 

MARKET                             SUBCUSTODIAN    ADDRESS
Albania    Raiffeisen Bank sh.a.    Blv. “Bajram Curri” ETC – Kati 14
Tirana, Albania
Argentina    Citibank, N.A.    Bartolome Mitre 530
1036 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Australia    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    HSBC Securities Services
Level 3, 10 Smith St.,
Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia

Austria

   Deutsche Bank AG
(operating through its Frankfurt branch with support from its Vienna branch)
   Fleischmarkt 1
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
   UniCredit Bank Austria AG    Custody Department / Dept. 8398-TZ
Julius Tandler Platz 3
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Bahrain    HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
(as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
   1st Floor, Bldg. #2505
Road # 2832, Al Seef 428
Kingdom of Bahrain
Bangladesh    Standard Chartered Bank    Silver Tower, Level 7
52 South Gulshan Commercial Area
Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Belgium    Deutsche Bank AG, Netherlands
(operating through its Amsterdam branch with support from its Brussels branch)
   De Entrees 99-197
1101 HE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Benin    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Bermuda    HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited    6 Front Street
Hamilton, HM06, Bermuda

 

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  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

Federation of Bosnia    

and Herzegovina

   UniCredit Bank d.d.    Zelenih beretki 24
71 000 Sarajevo
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina    
Botswana    Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited    4th Floor, Standard Chartered House Queens Road The Mall Gaborone, Botswana
Brazil    Citibank, N.A.    AV Paulista 1111
São Paulo, SP 01311-920 Brazil
Bulgaria    Citibank Europe plc, Bulgaria Branch    Serdika Offices, 10th floor
48 Sitnyakovo Blvd.
1505 Sofia, Bulgaria
   UniCredit Bulbank AD    7 Sveta Nedelya Square
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Burkina Faso    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Canada    State Street Trust Company Canada    30 Adelaide Street East, Suite 800 Toronto, ON Canada M5C 3G6
Chile    Itaú CorpBanca S.A.    Presidente Riesco Street # 5537
Floor 18
Las Condes, Santiago de Chile

People’s Republic of            

China

   HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    33rd Floor, HSBC Building, Shanghai IFC
8 Century Avenue
Pudong, Shanghai, China (200120)
   China Construction Bank Corporation    No.1 Naoshikou Street Chang An Xing Rong Plaza Beijing 100032-33, China
China Connect    Citibank N.A.    39/F., Champion Tower
3 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong
   The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    Level 30,
HSBC Main Building
1 Queen’s Road
Central, Hong Kong
   Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited    15th Floor Standard Chartered Tower
388 Kwun Tong Road
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Colombia    Cititrust Colombia S.A. Sociedad Fiduciaria    Carrera 9A, No. 99-02
Bogotá DC, Colombia

 

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Costa Rica    Banco BCT S.A.    160 Calle Central
Edificio BCT
San José, Costa Rica
Croatia    Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.    Custody Department
Radnička cesta 50
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
   Zagrebacka Banka d.d.    Savska 60
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Cyprus    BNP Paribas Securities Services, S.C.A., Greece (operating through its Athens branch)    2 Lampsakou Str.
115 28 Athens, Greece

Czech Republic

   Československá obchodní banka, a.s.    Radlická 333/150
150 57 Prague 5, Czech Republic
   UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s.    BB Centrum – FILADELFIE
Želetavská 1525/1
140 92 Praha 4 - Michle, Czech Republic

Denmark

   Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its branch, Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sverige)    Strandgade 3
0900 Copenhagen C, Denmark
   Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its Copenhagen branch)    Bernstorffsgade 50
1577 Copenhagen, Denmark
Egypt    HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    6th Floor
306 Corniche El Nil
Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
Estonia    AS SEB Pank    Tornimäe 2
15010 Tallinn, Estonia

Finland

   Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its branch, Nordea Bank AB (publ), Finnish branch)    Satamaradankatu 5
00500 Helsinki, Finland
   Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its Helsinki branch)    Securities Services
Box 630
SF-00101 Helsinki, Finland
France    Deutsche Bank AG, Netherlands (operating through its Amsterdam branch with support from its Paris branch)    De Entrees 99-197
1101 HE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Republic of Georgia    JSC Bank of Georgia    29a Gagarini Str.
Tbilisi 0160, Georgia
Germany   

State Street Bank International GmbH

Deutsche Bank AG

  

Brienner Strasse 59
80333 Munich, Germany

Alfred-Herrhausen–Allee 16-24
D-65760 Eschborn, Germany

 

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  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

Ghana    Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited    P. O. Box 768
1st Floor
High Street Building
Accra, Ghana
Greece    BNP Paribas Securities Services, S.C.A.    2 Lampsakou Str.
115 28 Athens, Greece
Guinea-Bissau    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Hong Kong    Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited    15th Floor Standard Chartered Tower
388 Kwun Tong Road
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Hungary

   Citibank Europe plc Magyarországi Fióktelepe    7 Szabadság tér, Bank Center
Budapest, H-1051 Hungary
   UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt.   

6th Floor Szabadság tér 5-6

H-1054 Budapest, Hungary

Iceland

   Landsbankinn hf.    Austurstræti 11
155 Reykjavik, Iceland

India

   Deutsche Bank AG    Block B1, 4th Floor, Nirlon Knowledge
Park
Off Western Express Highway
Goregaon (E)
Mumbai 400 063, India
   The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    11F, Building 3, NESCO – IT Park,
NESCO Complex,
Western Express Highway
Goregaon (East),
Mumbai 400 063, India
Indonesia    Deutsche Bank AG    Deutsche Bank Building, 4th floor
Jl. Imam Bonjol, No. 80
Jakarta 10310, Indonesia
Ireland    State Street Bank and Trust Company, United Kingdom branch    525 Ferry Road
Edinburgh EH5 2AW, Scotland
Israel    Bank Hapoalim B.M.    50 Rothschild Boulevard
Tel Aviv, Israel 61000
Italy    Deutsche Bank S.p.A.    Investor Services
Via Turati 27 – 3rd Floor
20121 Milan, Italy

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      4


 
 

  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

Ivory Coast    Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A.    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire

Japan

   Mizuho Bank, Limited    Shinagawa Intercity Tower A
2-15-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-6009, Japan
   The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    HSBC Building
11-1 Nihonbashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 1030027, Japan
Jordan    Standard Chartered Bank    Shmeissani Branch
Al-Thaqafa Street, Building # 2
P.O. Box 926190
Amman 11110, Jordan
Kazakhstan    JSC Citibank Kazakhstan    Park Palace, Building A,
41 Kazibek Bi street,
Almaty A25T0A1, Kazakhstan
Kenya    Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited    Custody Services
Standard Chartered @ Chiromo, Level 5
48 Westlands Road
P.O. Box 40984 – 00100 GPO
Nairobi, Kenya

Republic of Korea

   Deutsche Bank AG    18th Fl., Young-Poong Building
41 Cheonggyecheon-ro
Jongro-ku-, Seoul 03188, Korea
   The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    5F
HSBC Building #37
Chilpae-ro
Jung-gu, Seoul 04511, Korea
Kuwait    HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    Kuwait City, Sharq Area
Abdulaziz Al Sager Street
Al Hamra Tower, 37F
P. O. Box 1683, Safat 13017, Kuwait
Latvia    AS SEB banka    Unicentrs, Valdlauči
LV-1076 Kekavas pag., Rigas raj., Latvia
Lithuania    AB SEB bankas    Gedimino av. 12
LT 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania
Malawi    Standard Bank Limited    Kaomba Centre
Cnr. Victoria Avenue & Sir Glyn Jones
Road
Blantyre, Malawi

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      5


 
 

  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

Malaysia

   Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad    Domestic Custody Services
Level 20, Menara IMC
8 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
   Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad    Menara Standard Chartered
30 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mali    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Mauritius    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    6F HSBC Centre
18 CyberCity
Ebene, Mauritius
Mexico    Banco Nacional de México, S.A.    3er piso, Torre Norte
Act. Roberto Medellín No. 800
Col. Santa Fe
Mexico, DF 01219
Morocco    Citibank Maghreb    Zénith Millénium Immeuble1
Sidi Maârouf – B.P. 40
Casablanca 20190, Morocco
Namibia    Standard Bank Namibia Limited    Standard Bank Center
Cnr. Werner List St. and Post St. Mall
2nd Floor
Windhoek, Namibia
Netherlands    Deutsche Bank AG    De Entrees 99-197
1101 HE Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Zealand    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited    HSBC House
Level 7, 1 Queen St.
Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Niger    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Nigeria    Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc.    Plot 1712
Idejo St
Victoria Island,
Lagos 101007, Nigeria

Norway

   Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its branch, Nordea Bank AB (publ), filial i Norge)    Essendropsgate 7
0368 Oslo, Norway
   Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Sweden (operating through its Oslo branch)    P.O. Box 1843 Vika
Filipstad Brygge 1
N-0123 Oslo, Norway

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      6


 
 

  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK - SCHEDULE A

 

 

Oman

   HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G.
(as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited)
   2nd Floor Al Khuwair
P.O. Box 1727 PC 111
Seeb, Oman

Pakistan

   Deutsche Bank AG    Unicentre – Unitowers
I.I. Chundrigar Road
P.O. Box 4925
Karachi - 74000, Pakistan

Panama

   Citibank, N.A.    Boulevard Punta Pacifica
Torre de las Americas
Apartado
Panama City, Panama 0834-00555

Peru

   Citibank del Perú, S.A.    Canaval y Moreyra 480
3rd Floor, San Isidro
Lima 27, Perú

Philippines

   Deutsche Bank AG    Global Transaction Banking
Tower One, Ayala Triangle
1226 Makati City, Philippines

Poland

   Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.   

ul. Senatorska 16

00-293 Warsaw, Poland

   Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.    31 Zwirki I Wigury Street
02-091, Warsaw, Poland

Portugal

   Deutsche Bank AG, Netherlands (operating through its Amsterdam branch with support
from its Lisbon branch)
   De Entrees 99-197
1101 HE Amsterdam, Netherlands

Puerto Rico

   Citibank N.A.    235 Federico Costa Street, Suite 315
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918

Qatar

   HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
(as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited)
   2 Fl Ali Bin Ali Tower
Building no.: 150
Airport Road
Doha, Qatar

Romania

   Citibank Europe plc, Dublin – Romania Branch    8, Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard
712042, Bucharest Sector 1, Romania

Russia

   AO Citibank    8-10 Gasheka Street, Building 1
125047 Moscow, Russia

Saudi Arabia

   HSBC Saudi Arabia
(as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited)
   HSBC Head Office
7267 Olaya - Al Murooj
Riyadh 12283-2255
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Senegal

   via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire
S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast
   23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      7


 
 

   GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK - SCHEDULE A

 

 

Serbia    UniCredit Bank Serbia JSC    Rajiceva 27-29
          11000 Belgrade, Serbia
     Citibank N.A.    3 Changi Business Park Crescent
          #07-00, Singapore 486026
Singapore    United Overseas Bank Limited    156 Cecil Street
          FEB Building #08-03
          Singapore 069544
Slovak Republic    UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia,    Ŝancová 1/A
   a.s.    813 33 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Slovenia    UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d.    Šmartinska 140
        SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
     FirstRand Bank Limited    Mezzanine Floor
          3 First Place Bank City
          Corner Simmonds & Jeppe Sts.
          Johannesburg 2001
South Africa         Republic of South Africa
     Standard Bank of South Africa Limited    3rd Floor, 25 Pixley Ka Isaka Seme St.
          Johannesburg 2001
          Republic of South Africa
     Deutsche Bank S.A.E.    Calle de Rosario Pino 14-16,
Spain         Planta 1
          28020 Madrid, Spain

Sri Lanka

 

   The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking    24, Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha
   Corporation Limited    Colombo 01, Sri Lanka
     UniCredit Bank d.d.    Zelenih beretki 24
Republic of Srpska         71 000 Sarajevo
          Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Swaziland

 

   Standard Bank Swaziland Limited    Standard House, Swazi Plaza
        Mbabane, Swaziland H101
     Nordea Bank AB (publ)    Smålandsgatan 17
          105 71 Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden    Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)    Sergels Torg 2
          SE-106 40 Stockholm, Sweden
     Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Limited    Uetlibergstrasse 231
          8070 Zurich, Switzerland
Switzerland    UBS Switzerland AG    Max-Högger-Strasse 80-82
          CH-8048 Zurich-Alstetten, Switzerland

Taiwan - R.O.C.

   Deutsche Bank AG    296 Ren-Ai Road
        Taipei 106 Taiwan, Republic of China

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      8


 
 

  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

     Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited    168 Tun Hwa North Road
Taipei 105, Taiwan, Republic of China
Tanzania    Standard Chartered Bank (Tanzania) Limited    1 Floor, International House
Corner Shaaban Robert St and Garden
Ave
PO Box 9011
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Thailand    Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited   

Sathorn Nakorn Tower

14th Floor, Zone B
90 North Sathorn Road
Silom, Bangkok 10500, Thailand

Togo    via Standard Chartered Bank Côte d’Ivoire S.A., Abidjan, Ivory Coast    23, Bld de la République
17 BP 1141 Abidjan 17 Côte d’Ivoire
Tunisia    Union Internationale de Banques    65 Avenue Bourguiba
1000 Tunis, Tunisia
Turkey    Citibank, A.Ş.    Tekfen Tower
Eski Buyukdere Caddesi 209
Kat 3
Levent 34394 Istanbul, Turkey
   Deutsche Bank A.Ş.    Eski Buyukdere Caddesi
Tekfen Tower No. 209
Kat: 17 4 Levent 34394 Istanbul, Turkey
Uganda    Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited    5 Speke Road
P.O. Box 7111
Kampala, Uganda
Ukraine    PJSC Citibank    16-g Dilova St.
Kyiv 03150, Ukraine
United Arab Emirates Dubai Financial Market    HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    HSBC Securities Services
Emaar Square
Level 3, Building No. 5
P O Box 502601
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Dubai International Financial Center    HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    HSBC Securities Services
Emaar Square
Level 3, Building No. 5
P O Box 502601
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi    HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    HSBC Securities Services
Emaar Square
Level 3, Building No. 5
P O Box 502601
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      9


 
 

  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK – SCHEDULE A

 

 

United Kingdom    State Street Bank and Trust Company, United Kingdom branch    525 Ferry Road
Edinburgh EH5 2AW, Scotland
Uruguay    Banco Itaú Uruguay S.A.    Zabala 1463
11000 Montevideo, Uruguay
Venezuela    Citibank, N.A.    Centro Comercial El Recreo
Torre Norte, Piso 19
Avenida Casanova
Caracas, Venezuela 1050
Vietnam    HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)    Centre Point
106 Nguyen Van Troi Street
Phu Nhuan District
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Zambia    Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Plc.    Standard Chartered House
Cairo Road
P.O. Box 32238
10101, Lusaka, Zambia
Zimbabwe    Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe Limited (as delegate of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited)    3rd Floor
Stanbic Centre
59 Samora Machel Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      10


LOGO

Depositories Operating in Network Markets

Schedule B

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

 

MARKET

 

DEPOSITORY

 

TYPES OF SECURITIES

Albania

 

Bank of Albania

  Government debt

Argentina

 

Caja de Valores S.A.

  Equities, government and corporate bonds, and corporate money market instruments

Australia

 

Austraclear Limited

  Government securities, corporate bonds, and corporate money market instruments

Austria

 

OeKB Central Securities Depository GmbH

  All securities listed on Wiener Börse AG, the Vienna Stock Exchange (as well as virtually all other Austrian securities)

Bahrain

 

Bahrain Clear Company

  Equities

Bangladesh

 

Bangladesh Bank

  Government securities
 

Central Depository Bangladesh Limited

  Equities and corporate bonds

Belgium

 

Euroclear Belgium

  Equities and most corporate bonds
 

National Bank of Belgium

  Government securities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments

Benin

 

Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement

  All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
 

Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest

  Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Bermuda

 

Bermuda Securities Depository

  Equities, corporate bonds

 

STATE STREET CORPORATION      1


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina   Registar vrijednosnih papira u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine, d.d.   Equities, corporate bonds, government securities, money market instruments

Botswana

  Bank of Botswana   Government debt
  Central Securities Depository Company of Botswana Ltd.   Equities and corporate bonds

Brazil

  Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão S.A. (B3) [formerly known as Central de Custódia e de Liquidação Financeira de Títulos Privados (CETIP)]   Corporate debt and money market instruments
  Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão S.A. (B3) [formerly known as BM&F BOVESPA Depository Services]   Equities and corporate bonds traded on-exchange
  Sistema Especial de Liquidação e de Custódia (SELIC)   Government debt issued by the central bank and the National Treasury

Bulgaria

  Bulgarian National Bank   Government securities
  Central Depository AD   Eligible equities and corporate bonds

Burkina Faso

  Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Canada   The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited   All book-entry eligible securities, including government securities, equities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, strip bonds, and asset- backed securities
Chile   Depósito Central de Valores S.A.   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, and money market instruments

People’s Republic of China

  China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, Shanghai and Shenzhen Branches   A shares, B shares, Treasury bonds, local government bonds, enterprise bonds, corporate bonds, open and closed-end funds, convertible bonds, and warrants
  China Central Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd.   Bonds traded through the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM), including Treasury bonds, local government bonds, policy bank bonds, central bank bills, medium-term notes, commercial paper, enterprise bonds, and commercial bank bonds

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      2


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

    Shanghai Clearing House   Bonds traded through the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM), including Treasury bonds, local government bonds, policy bank bonds, central bank bills, enterprise bonds, certain issues of medium-term notes, commercial paper, and commercial bank bonds

Colombia

  Depósito Central de Valores   Securities issued by the central bank and the Republic of Colombia
  Depósito Centralizado de Valores de Colombia S.A. (DECEVAL)   Equities, corporate bonds, money market instruments
Costa Rica   Interclear Central de Valores S.A.   Securities traded on Bolsa Nacional de Valores
Croatia   Središnje klirinško depozitarno društvo d.d.   Eligible equities, corporate bonds, government securities, and corporate money market instruments
Cyprus   Central Depository and Central Registry   Equities, corporate bonds, dematerialized government securities, corporate money market instruments
Czech Republic   Centrální depozitář cenných papírů, a.s.   All dematerialized equities, corporate debt, and government debt, excluding Treasury bills
  Czech National Bank   Treasury bills
Denmark   VP Securities A/S   Equities, government securities, corporate bonds, corporate money market instruments, warrants

Egypt

  Central Bank of Egypt   Treasury bills
  Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry S.A.E.   Eligible equities, corporate bonds, and Treasury bonds
Estonia   Nasdaq CSD SE   All registered equity and debt securities
Finland   Euroclear Finland   Equities, corporate bonds, government securities, money market instruments
France   Euroclear France   Government securities, equities, bonds, and money market instruments
Republic of Georgia   Georgian Central Securities Depository   Equities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments
  National Bank of Georgia   Government securities
Germany   Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt   Equities, government securities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, warrants, investment funds, and index certificates
Ghana   Central Securities Depository (Ghana) Limited   Government securities and Bank of Ghana securities; equities and corporate bonds
Greece   Bank of Greece, System for Monitoring Transactions in Securities in Book-Entry Form Hellenic Central Securities Depository   Government debt Eligible listed equities, government debt, and corporate bonds

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      3


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

Guinea-Bissau   Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Hong Kong   Central Moneymarkets Unit   Government debt (i.e., exchange fund bills and notes issued by the HKMA), other private debt, and money market instruments
  Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited   Securities listed or traded on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
Hungary   KELER Központi Értéktár Zrt.   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, and investment fund notes
Iceland   Nasdaq verðbréfamiðstöð hf.   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments

India

  Central Depository Services (India) Limited   Eligible equities, debt securities, and money market instruments
  National Securities Depository Limited   Eligible equities, debt securities, and money market instruments
  Reserve Bank of India   Government securities
Indonesia   Bank Indonesia   Sertifikat Bank Indonesia (central bank certificates), Surat Utang Negara (government debt instruments), and Surat Perbendaharaan Negara (Treasury bills)
  PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia   Equities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments
Ireland   Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited   GBP- and EUR-denominated money market instruments
  Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.   Government securities
Israel   Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. (TASE Clearing House)   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds and trust fund units
Italy   Monte Titoli S.p.A.   Equities, corporate debt, government debt, money market instruments, and warrants

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      4


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

Ivory Coast   Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Japan

  Bank of Japan – Financial Network System   Government securities
  Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC) Incorporated   Equities, corporate bonds, and corporate money market instruments
Jordan   Central Bank of Jordan   Treasury bills, government bonds, development bonds, and public entity bonds
  Securities Depository Center   Equities and corporate bonds
Kazakhstan   Central Securities Depository   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments

Kenya

  Central Bank of Kenya   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds
  Central Depository and Settlement Corporation Limited   Equities and corporate debt
Republic of Korea   Korea Securities Depository   Equities, government securities, corporate bonds and money market instruments
Kuwait   Kuwait Clearing Company KSC   Money market instruments, equities, and corporate bonds
Latvia   Nasdaq CSD SE   Equities, government securities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments
Lithuania   Nasdaq CSD SE   All securities available for public trading
Malawi   Reserve Bank of Malawi   Reserve Bank of Malawi bills and Treasury bills
Malaysia   Bank Negara Malaysia   Treasury bills, Bank Negara Malaysia bills, Malaysian government securities, private debt securities, and money market instruments
  Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn. Bhd.   Securities listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad
Mali   Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      5


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

    Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Mauritius

  Bank of Mauritius   Government debt (traded through primary dealers)
  Central Depository and Settlement Co. Limited   Listed and unlisted equity and debt securities (corporate debt and T-bills traded on the exchange)
Mexico   S.D. Indeval, S.A. de C.V.   All securities
Morocco   Maroclear   Eligible listed equities, corporate and government debt, certificates of deposit, commercial paper
Namibia   Bank of Namibia   Treasury bills
Netherlands   Euroclear Nederland   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, corporate money market instruments, and stripped government bonds
New Zealand   New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, and money market instruments
Niger   Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Nigeria

  Central Bank of Nigeria   Treasury bills and government bonds
  Central Securities Clearing System Limited   Equities and corporate bonds traded on the Nigeria Stock Exchange
Norway   Verdipapirsentralen   All listed securities
Oman   Muscat Clearing & Depository Company S.A.O.G.   Equities, corporate bonds, government debt
Pakistan   Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited   Equities and corporate bonds
  State Bank of Pakistan   Government securities
Panama   Central Latinoamericana de Valores, S.A. (LatinClear)   Equities, government and corporate debt, commercial paper, short-term securities
Peru   CAVALI S.A. Institución de Compensación y Liquidación de Valores   All securities in book-entry form traded on the stock exchange

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      6


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

Philippines   Philippine Depository & Trust Corporation   Eligible equities and debt
  Registry of Scripless Securities (ROSS) of the Bureau of the Treasury   Government securities
Poland   Rejestr Papierów Wartościowych   Treasury bills
  Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych, S.A.   Equities, corporate bonds, corporate money market instruments, Treasury bonds, warrants, and futures contracts
Portugal   INTERBOLSA – Sociedad Gestora de Sistemas de Liquidação e de Sistemas Centralizados de Valores Mobiliários, S.A.   All local Portuguese instruments
Qatar   Qatar Central Securities Depository   Equities, government bonds and Treasury bills listed on the Qatar Exchange

Romania

  National Bank of Romania   Treasury bills and bonds
  S.C. Depozitarul Central S.A.   Bursa de Valori Bucuresti- (Bucharest Stock Exchange-) listed equities, corporate bonds, government bonds, and municipal bonds
Russia   National Settlement Depository   Eligible equities, Obligatsii Federal’nogo Zaima (OFZs), and corporate debt denominated in RUB
Saudi Arabia   Securities Depository Center Company   Equities, government securities, and Saudi government development bonds (SGDBs)

Senegal

  Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Serbia   Central Securities Depository and Clearinghouse   All instruments

Singapore

  Monetary Authority of Singapore   Government securities
  The Central Depository (Pte.) Limited   Eligible listed equities and eligible private debt traded in Singapore
Slovak Republic   Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR, a.s.   All dematerialized securities
Slovenia   KDD – Centralna klirinško depotna družba d.d.   All publicly traded securities

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

STATE STREET CORPORATION      7


 
 

  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

South Africa

  

Strate (Pty) Ltd.

   Eligible equities, government securities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, and warrants

Spain

  

IBERCLEAR

   Government securities, equities, warrants, money market instruments, and corporate bonds

Sri Lanka

  

Central Bank of Sri Lanka

   Government securities
  

Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited

   Equities and corporate bonds

Republic of Srpska

  

Central Registry of Securities in the Republic of

Srpska JSC

   Government securities, equities, and corporate and municipal bonds

Swaziland

  

Central Bank of Swaziland

   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds

Sweden

  

Euroclear Sweden

   Government securities, equities, bonds, money market instruments, derivatives, exchange traded funds, and warrants

Switzerland

  

SIX SIS AG

   Government securities, equities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, derivatives, mutual funds, and warrants

Taiwan - R.O.C.

  

Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

   Government securities
  

Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation

   Listed equities, short-term bills, and corporate bonds

Tanzania

  

Central Depository System (CDS), a department of

the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange

   Equities and corporate bonds

Thailand

  

Thailand Securities Depository Company Limited

   Government securities, equities and corporate bonds

Togo

  

Dépositaire Central – Banque de Règlement

   All securities traded on Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, the West African regional exchange, including securities from the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
  

Banque Centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest

   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds issued by the following West African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Tunisia

  

Tunisie Clearing

   All eligible listed securities

Turkey

  

Central Bank of Turkey

   Government securities
  

Central Registry Agency

   Equities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, mutual fund certificates, exchange traded funds

Uganda

  

Bank of Uganda Securities Central Depository

   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds Equities, corporate bonds

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

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  DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS – SCHEDULE B

 

 

Ukraine   National Depository of Ukraine   Equities, bonds, and money market instruments

United Arab Emirates

– Abu Dhabi

  Clearing, Settlement, Depository and Registry department of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange   Equities, government securities, and corporate debt

United Arab Emirates

– Dubai Financial Market

  Clearing, Settlement and Depository Division, a department of the Dubai Financial Market   Equities, government securities, and corporate debt listed on the DFM

United Arab Emirates

– Dubai International Financial Center

  Central Securities Depository, owned and operated by NASDAQ Dubai Limited   Equities, corporate bonds, and corporate money market instruments
United Kingdom   Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited   GBP- and EUR-denominated money market instruments
Uruguay   Banco Central del Uruguay   Government securities

Venezuela

  Banco Central de Venezuela   Government securities
  Caja Venezolana de Valores   Equities and corporate bonds
Vietnam   Vietnam Securities Depository   Equities, government bonds, T-bills, corporate bonds, and public fund certificates

Zambia

  Bank of Zambia   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds
 

LuSE Central Shares Depository Limited

 

Treasury bonds, corporate bonds, and equities

Zimbabwe   Chengetedzai Depository Company Limited   Equities and corporate bonds
  Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe   Treasury bills and Treasury bonds

TRANSNATIONAL DEPOSITORIES

Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.   Domestic securities from more than 40 markets
Clearstream Banking, S.A.   Domestic securities from more than 50 markets

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

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Global Custody Network Publications

Schedule C

 

Publication / Type of Information

  

Brief Description

(scheduled update frequency)

  

The Guide to Custody in World Markets

(regular my.statestreet.com updates)

   An overview of settlement and safekeeping procedures, custody practices, and foreign investor considerations for the markets in which State Street offers custodial services.

Global Custody Network Review

(updated annually on my.statestreet.com)

   Information relating to Foreign Subcustodians in State Street’s Global Custody Network. The Review stands as an integral part of the materials that State Street provides to its U.S. mutual fund clients to assist them in complying with SEC Rule 17f-5. The Review also gives insight into State Street’s market expansion and Foreign Subcustodian selection processes, as well as the procedures and controls used to monitor the financial condition and performance of our Foreign Subcustodian banks.

Securities Depository Review

(updated annually on my.statestreet.com)

   Custody risk analyses of the Foreign Securities Depositories presently operating in Network markets. This publication is an integral part of the materials that State Street provides to its U.S. mutual fund clients to meet informational obligations created by SEC Rule 17f-7.

Global Legal Survey

(updated annually on my.statestreet.com)

   With respect to each market in which State Street offers custodial services, opinions relating to whether local law restricts:
  

 (i)   access of a fund’s independent public accountants to books and records of a Foreign Subcustodian or Foreign Securities System,

  

 (ii)  a fund’s ability to recover in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of a Foreign Subcustodian or Foreign Securities System,

  

 (iii)  a fund’s ability to recover in the event of a loss by a Foreign Subcustodian or Foreign Securities System, and

  

 (iv)  the ability of a foreign investor to convert cash and cash equivalents to U.S. dollars.

 

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  GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK PUBLICATIONS

  SCHEDULE C

 

 

Subcustodian Agreements

(available on CD-ROM annually)

   Copies of the contracts that State Street has entered into with each Foreign Subcustodian that maintains U.S. mutual fund assets in the markets in which State Street offers custodial services.

Global Market Bulletin

(daily or as necessary via email and on my.statestreet.com)

   Information on changing settlement and custody conditions in markets where State Street offers custodial services. Includes changes in market and tax regulations, depository developments, dematerialization information, as well as other market changes that may impact State Street’s clients.

Foreign Custody Risk Advisories

(provided as necessary and on my.statestreet.com)

   For those markets where State Street offers custodial services that exhibit special risks or infrastructures impacting custody, State Street maintains market advisories to highlight those unique market factors which might impact our ability to offer recognized custody service levels.

Foreign Custody Manager Material Change Notices

(quarterly or as necessary and on my.statestreet.com)

   Informational letters and accompanying materials, pursuant to our role as Foreign Custody Manager, confirming State Street’s foreign custody arrangements, including a summary of material changes with Foreign Subcustodians that have occurred during the previous quarter. The notices also identify any material changes in the custodial risks associated with maintaining assets with Foreign Securities Depositories.

Please contact GlobalMarketInformation@statestreet.com with questions about this document.

The information contained in this document has been carefully researched and is believed to be reliable as of the publication date. Due to the complexities of the markets and changing conditions, however, State Street cannot guarantee that it is complete or accurate in every respect. This document should not be construed or used as a substitute for appropriate legal or investment counsel. Specific advice should be sought on matters relevant to the investment activities of the reader. This application contains proprietary information and is fully protected by relevant copyright laws worldwide.

Copyright 2017 State Street Corporation

www.statestreet.com

 

State Street: Limited Access

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REMOTE ACCESS SERVICES ADDENDUM

TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

ADDENDUM to that certain Master Custodian Agreement (the “Custodian Agreement”) by and among each management investment company identified on Appendix A thereto or made subject thereto pursuant to Section 20.6 thereof (each, a “Customer”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company, including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“State Street”).

State Street has developed and/or utilizes proprietary or third-party accounting and other systems in conjunction with the services that State Street provides to the Customer. In this regard, State Street maintains certain information in databases under its ownership and/or control that it makes available to its customers (the “Remote Access Services”).

The Services

State Street agrees to provide the Customer, and its designated investment advisors, consultants or other third parties who agree to abide by the terms of this Addendum (“Authorized Designees”) with access to State Street proprietary and third-party systems as may be offered by State Street from time to time (each, a “System”) on a remote basis.

Security Procedures

The Customer agrees to comply, and to cause its Authorized Designees to comply, with remote access operating standards and procedures and with user identification or other password control requirements and other security devices and procedures as may be issued or required from time to time by State Street or its third-party vendors for use of the System and access to the Remote Access Services. The Customer is responsible for any use and/or misuse of the System and Remote Access Services by its Authorized Designees. The Customer agrees to advise State Street immediately in the event that it learns or has reason to believe that any person to whom it has given access to the System or the Remote Access Services has violated or intends to violate the terms of this Addendum and the Customer will cooperate with State Street in seeking injunctive or other equitable relief. The Customer agrees to discontinue use of the System and Remote Access Services, if requested, for any security reasons cited by State Street and State Street may restrict access of the System and Remote Access Services by the Customer or any Authorized Designee for security reasons or noncompliance with the terms of this Addendum at any time.

Fees

Fees and charges for the use of the System and the Remote Access Services and related payment terms shall be as set forth in the fee schedule in effect from time to time between the parties. The Customer shall be responsible for any tariffs, duties or taxes imposed or levied by any government or governmental agency by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Addendum, including, without limitation, federal, state and local taxes, use, value added and personal property taxes (other than income, franchise or similar taxes which may be imposed or assessed against State Street). Any claimed exemption from such tariffs, duties or taxes shall be supported by proper documentary evidence delivered to State Street.

Proprietary Information/Injunctive Relief

The System and Remote Access Services described herein and the databases, computer programs, screen formats, report formats, interactive design techniques, formulae, processes, systems, software, know- how, algorithms, programs, training aids, printed materials, methods, books, records, files, documentation and other information made available to the Customer by State Street as part of the Remote Access Services

 

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and through the use of the System and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets and other proprietary and intellectual property rights of State Street and third-party vendors related thereto are the exclusive, valuable and confidential proprietary property of State Street and its relevant licensors and third-party vendors (the “Proprietary Information”). The Customer agrees on behalf of itself and its Authorized Designees to keep the Proprietary Information confidential and to limit access to its employees and Authorized Designees (under a similar duty of confidentiality) who require access to the System for the purposes intended. The foregoing shall not apply to Proprietary Information in the public domain or required by law to be made public.

The Customer agrees to use the Remote Access Services only in connection with the proper purposes of this Addendum. The Customer will not, and will cause its employees and Authorized Designees not to, (i) permit any third party to use the System or the Remote Access Services, (ii) sell, rent, license or otherwise use the System or the Remote Access Services in the operation of a service bureau or for any purpose other than as expressly authorized under this Addendum, (iii) use the System or the Remote Access Services for any fund, trust or other investment vehicle without the prior written consent of State Street, or (iv) allow or cause any information transmitted from State Street’s databases, including data from third-party sources, available through use of the System or the Remote Access Services, to be published, redistributed or retransmitted for other than use for or on behalf of the Customer, as State Street’s customer.

The Customer agrees that neither it nor its Authorized Designees will modify the System in any way, enhance, copy or otherwise create derivative works based upon the System, nor will the Customer or its Authorized Designees reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to secure the source code for all or any part of the System.

The Customer acknowledges that the disclosure of any Proprietary Information, or of any information which at law or equity ought to remain confidential, will immediately give rise to continuing irreparable injury to State Street or its third-party licensors and vendors inadequately compensable in damages at law and that State Street shall be entitled to obtain immediate injunctive relief against the breach or threatened breach of any of the foregoing undertakings, in addition to any other legal remedies which may be available.

Limited Warranties

State Street represents and warrants that it is the owner of and/or has the right to grant access to the System and to provide the Remote Access Services contemplated herein. Because of the nature of computer information technology including, but not limited to the use of the Internet, and the necessity of relying upon third-party sources, and data and pricing information obtained from third parties, the System and Remote Access Services are provided “AS IS” without warranty express or implied including as to availability of the System, and the Customer and its Authorized Designees shall be solely responsible for the use of the System and Remote Access Services and investment decisions, results obtained, regulatory reports and statements produced using the Remote Access Services. State Street and its relevant licensors and third-party vendors will not be liable to the Customer or its Authorized Designees for any direct or indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the System or the Remote Access Services, nor shall any party be responsible for delays or nonperformance under this Addendum arising out of any cause or event beyond such party’s control.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ADDENDUM, STATE STREET, FOR ITSELF AND ITS RELEVANT LICENSORS AND THIRD-PARTY VENDORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE SYSTEM AND THE SERVICES TO BE RENDERED HEREUNDER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 

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Infringement

State Street will defend or, at its option, settle any claim or action brought against the Customer to the extent that it is based upon an assertion that access to or use of State Street proprietary systems by the Customer under this Addendum constitutes direct infringement of any United States patent or copyright or misappropriation of a trade secret, provided that the Customer notifies State Street promptly in writing of any such claim or proceeding, cooperates with State Street in the defense of such claim or proceeding and allows State Street sole control over such claim or proceeding. Should the State Street proprietary system or any part thereof become, or in State Street’s opinion be likely to become, the subject of a claim of infringement or the like under any applicable patent, copyright or trade secret laws, State Street shall have the right, at State Street’s sole option, to (i) procure for the Customer the right to continue using the State Street proprietary system, (ii) replace or modify the State Street proprietary system so that the State Street proprietary system becomes noninfringing, or (iii) terminate this Addendum without further obligation. This section constitutes the sole remedy to the Customer for the matters described in this section.

Termination

Either party to the Custodian Agreement may terminate this Addendum (i) for any reason by giving the other party at least one-hundred and eighty (180) days prior written notice in the case of notice of termination by State Street to the Customer or thirty (30) days notice in the case of notice from the Customer to State Street of termination, or (ii) immediately for failure of the other party to comply with any material term and condition of the Addendum by giving the other party written notice of termination. This Addendum shall in any event terminate within ninety (90) days after the termination of any service agreement applicable to the Customer. The Customer’s use of any third-party System is contingent upon its compliance with any terms of use of such system imposed by such third party and State Street’s continued access to, and use of, such third-party system. In the event of termination, the Customer will return to State Street all copies of documentation and other confidential information in its possession or in the possession of its Authorized Designees and immediately cease access to the System and Remote Access Services. The foregoing provisions with respect to confidentiality and infringement will survive termination for a period of three (3) years.

Miscellaneous

This Addendum constitutes the entire understanding of the parties to the Custodian Agreement with respect to access to the System and the Remote Access Services. This Addendum cannot be modified or altered except in a writing duly executed by each of State Street and the Customer and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

By its execution of the Custodian Agreement, the Customer: (a) confirms to State Street that it informs all Authorized Designees of the terms of this Addendum; (b) accepts responsibility for its and its Authorized Designees’ compliance with the terms of this Addendum; and (c) indemnifies and holds State Street harmless from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, charges, counsel fees, payments and liabilities arising from any failure of the Customer or any of its Authorized Designees to abide by the terms of this Addendum.

 

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LOAN SERVICES ADDENDUM

TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

ADDENDUM to that certain Master Custodian Agreement (the “Custodian Agreement”) by and among each fund (a “Fund”) identified on Appendix A thereto or made subject thereto pursuant to Section 20.6 thereof and State Street Bank and Trust Company, including its subsidiaries and other affiliates (the “Custodian”). As used in this Addendum, the term “Fund”, in relation to a Loan (as defined below), includes a Portfolio on whose behalf the Fund acts with respect to the Loan.

The following provisions will apply with respect to interests in commercial loans, including loan participations, whether the loans are bilateral or syndicated and whether any obligor is located in or outside of the United States (collectively, “Loans”), made or acquired by a Fund on behalf of one or more of its Portfolios.

SECTION 1.    PAYMENT CUSTODY. If a Fund wishes the Custodian to receive payments directly with respect to a Loan for credit to the bank account maintained by the Custodian for the Fund under the Custodian Agreement,

(a)      the Fund will cause the Custodian to be named as the Fund’s nominee for payment purposes under the relevant financing documents, e.g., in the case of a syndicated loan, the administrative contact for the agent bank, and otherwise provide for the payment to the Custodian of the payments with respect to the Loan; and

(b)      the Custodian will credit to the bank account maintained by the Custodian for the Fund under the Custodian Agreement any payment on or in respect of the Loan actually received by the Custodian and identified as relating to the Loan, but with any amount credited being conditional upon clearance and actual receipt by the Custodian of final payment.

SECTION 2.  MONITORING. If a Fund wishes the Custodian to monitor payments on and forward notices relating to a Loan,

(a)      the Fund will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Custodian a schedule identifying the amount and due dates of the scheduled principal payments, the scheduled interest payment dates and related payment amount information, and such other information with respect to the Loan as the Custodian may reasonably require in order to perform its services hereunder (collectively, “Loan Information”) and in such form and format as the Custodian may reasonably request; and

(b)      the Custodian will (i) if the amount of a principal, interest, fee or other payment with respect to the Loan is not received by the Custodian on the date on which the amount is scheduled to be paid as reflected in the Loan Information, provide a report to the Fund that the payment has not been received and (ii) if the Custodian receives any consent solicitation, notice of default or similar notice from any syndication agent, lead or obligor on the Loan, undertake reasonable efforts to forward the notice to the Fund.

 

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SECTION 3. EXCULPATION OF THE CUSTODIAN.

(a)      Payment Custody and Monitoring.  The Custodian will have no liability for any delay or failure by the Fund or any third party in providing Loan Information to the Custodian or for any inaccuracy or incompleteness of any Loan Information. The Custodian will have no obligation to verify, investigate, recalculate, update or otherwise confirm the accuracy or completeness of any Loan Information or other information or notices received by the Custodian in respect of the Loan. The Custodian will be entitled to (i) rely upon the Loan Information provided to it by or on behalf of the Fund or any other information or notices that the Custodian may receive from time to time from any syndication agent, lead or obligor or any similar party with respect to the Loan and (ii) update its records on the basis of such information or notices as may from time to time be received by the Custodian.

(b)      Any Service.  The Custodian will have no obligation to (i) determine whether any necessary steps have been taken or requirements have been met for the Fund to have acquired good or record title to a Loan, (ii) ensure that the Fund’s acquisition of the Loan has been authorized by the Fund, (iii) collect past due payments on the Loan, preserve any rights against prior parties, exercise any right or perform any obligation in connection with the Loan (including taking any action in connection with any consent solicitation, notice of default or similar notice received from any syndication agent, lead or obligor on the Loan) or otherwise take any other action to enforce the payment obligations of any obligor on the Loan, (iv) become itself the record title holder of the Loan or (v) make any advance of its own funds with respect to the Loan.

(c)      Miscellaneous.  The Custodian will not be considered to have been or be charged with knowledge of the sale of a Loan by the Fund, unless and except to the extent that the Custodian shall have received written notice of the sale from the Fund and the proceeds of the sale have been received by the Custodian for credit to the bank account maintained by the Custodian for the Fund under the Custodian Agreement. If any question arises as to the Custodian’s duties under this Addendum, the Custodian may request instructions from the Fund and will be entitled at all times to refrain from taking any action unless it has received Proper Instructions from the Fund. The Custodian will in all events have no liability, risk or cost for any action taken or omitted with respect to the Loan pursuant to Proper Instructions. The Custodian will have no responsibilities or duties whatsoever with respect to the Loan except as are expressly set forth in this Addendum.

 

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