Exhibit (g)(15)

APPENDIX B

TO

CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

AND

EACH OF THE INVESTMENT

COMPANIES LISTED ON APPENDIX "A" THERETO

DATED AS OF April 7, 2003

The following is a list of Additional Custodians, Special Subcustodians, Foreign Subcustodians and Eligible Securities Depositories under the Custodian Agreement dated as of July 1, 2001 (the "Custodian Agreement"):

A. ADDITIONAL CUSTODIANS:

Custodian	Purpose
Bank of New York	Ficash
	Fiterm

B. SPECIAL SUBCUSTODIANS:

Subcustodian	Purpose
Bank of New York	Ficash

C. FOREIGN SUBCUSTODIANS:

Country	Subcustodian	Eligible Securities Depositories
Argentina	Citibank, N.A., Buenos Aires	Caja de Valores S.A.
Australia	Westpac Banking Corporation,	Austraclear Limited
	Sydney
		Reserve Bank Information and
		Transfer System (RITS)
Austria	Erste Bank der =Österreichischen	Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
	Sparkassen AG	AG (Wertpapiersammelbank
		Division)
Bahrain	HSBC Bank Middle East	None
	(as delegate of The Honkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
Bangladesh	Standard Chartered Bank, Dhaka	None
Belgium	Fortis Bank nv-sa, Brussels	Caisse Interprofessionnelle de
		Depots et de Virements de Titres
		S.A. (CIK)
		Banque Nationale de Belgique
Bermuda	The Bank of Bermuda Limited	None
Bolivia	Citibank, N.A. LaPaz	None
Bostwana	Barclays Bank of Bostwana	None
	Limited, Gaborone
Brazil	Citibank, N.A., Sao Paulo	Banco Central do Brasil,
		Systema Especial de Liquidacao
		e Custodia (SELIC)
		Central de Custodia e Liquidacao
		Financeira de Titulos (CETIP)
		Companhia Brasileria de Liquidacao e
		Custodia
Bulgaria	ING Bank N.V., Sofia	Central Depository AD (CDAD)
		The Bulgarian National Bank
Canada	State Street Trust Company	Canadian Depository for
	Canada, Toronto	Securities Limited (CDS)
Chile	BankBoston, N.A.	Deposito Central de Valores S.A. (DCV)
China	The Hongkong and Shanghai	Shanghai Securities Central
	Banking Corporation Limited,	Clearing and Registration
	Shanghai & Shenzhen branches	Corporation (SSCRC)
		Shenzhen Securities Registrars Co.,
		Ltd. (SSRC).
Colombia	Cititrust Colombia S.A.	Deposito Centralizado de Valores
	Sociedad Fiduciaria, Bogota	(DECEVAL)
Costa Rica	Banco BCT S.A.	Central de Valores S.A.
Croatia	Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.	Ministry of Finance
		National Bank of Croatia
		Sredisnja Dpozitarna Agencija d.d.
Cyprus	The Cyprus Popular Bank Ltd., Nicosia	None
Czech Republic	Ceskoslovenska Obchodni	Stredisko Cennych Papiru (SCP)
	Banka, A.S., Prague
		Czech National Bank (CNB)
Denmark	Danske Bank A/S, Copenhagen	Vaerdipapericentralen- The Danish
		Securities Center (VP)
Ecuador	Citibank, N.A., Quito	None
Egypt	HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. (as delegate of The Hongkong and	Misr for Clearing, Settlement and Depository
	Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)
Estonia	Hansabank, Ltd., Tallinn	Eesti Väärtpaberite Keskdepositoorium
Finland	Nordea Bank Finland Plc.	Finnish Central Securities Depository
	Helsinki	Limited (CSD)
France	BNP Paribas Securities Services, Paris	Euroclear France
Germany	Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt	Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt
Ghana	Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited,	None
	Accra
Greece	National Bank of Greece, S.A.,	Central Securities Depository, S.A.
	Athens	(Apothtirion Tilton A.E.)
		Bank of Greece, System for Monitoring Transactions in Securities in Book-Entry Form
Hong Kong	Standard Chartered Bank,	Central Clearing and Settlement
	Hong Kong	System (CCASS)
		The Central Money Markets Unit (CMU)
Hungary	HVB Bank Hungary Rt.,	Central Depository and Clearing House
	Budapest	(Budapest) Ltd. (KELER Ltd.)
Iceland	Icebank Ltd., Reykjavik	None
India	Deutsche Bank AG, Mumbai	National Securities Depository Limited
		(NSDL)
	Hongkong & Shanghai Banking	Reserve Bank of India
	Corporation, Ltd., Mumbai
		Central Depository Services India Limited
Indonesia	Standard Chartered Bank,	Bank Indonesia
	Jakarta
		PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia
Ireland	Bank of Ireland, Dublin	None
Israel	Bank Hapoalim B.M., Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
		Clearinghouse, Ltd.
Italy	BNP Paribas, Milan	Monte Titoli S.p.A.;
Ivory Coast	Societe Generale de Banques	Depositaire Central - Banque
	en Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan	De Règlement
Jamaica	Scotiabank Jamaica Trust and	Jamaica Central Securities Depository
	Merchant Bank Ltd.
Japan	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking	Bank of Japan Net System
	Corporation
	Mizuho Corporate Bank, Tokyo	Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC)
Jordan	HSBC Bank Middle East	None
	(as delegate of The Hongkong and
	Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)
Kenya	Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited,	The Central Bank of Kenya
	Nairobi
Republic of Korea	The Hongkong and Shanghai	Korea Securities Depository (KSD)
	Banking Corporation Ltd., Seoul
Latvia	A/s Hansabanka, Riga	Latvian Central Depository
Lebanon	HSBC Bank Middle East	Midclear
	(as delegate of The Hongkong and
	Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)	Banque du Liban
Lithuania	Viniaus Bankas AB	Central Securities Depository of
		Lithuania
Luxembourg	Banque et Caisse d-Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg
Malaysia	Standard Chartered Bank	Malaysia Central Depository Sdn.
	Malaysia Berhad, Kuala Lampur	bhd. (MCD)
		Bank Negara Malasia
Mauritius	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited,	Central Depository & Settlement Co., Ltd.
	Mauritius
		Bank of Mauritius (BOM)
Mexico	Banco Nacional de Mexico,	S.D. INDEVAL, S.A. de C.V.
	Mexico City	(Institución para el Deposito de
		Valores)
Morocco	Banque Commerciale du Maroc,	MAROCLEAR
	Casablanca
Namibia	Standard Bank Namibia Ltd	None
Netherlands	KAS Bank NV, Amsterdam	Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor
		Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V.
		(NECIGEF), KAS Associatie, N.V. (KAS)
New Zealand	Westpac Banking Corporation	New Zealand Securities Depository Limited (NZCDS)
Nigeria	Stanbic Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd.	Central Securities Clearing System Ltd.
Norway	Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Oslo	Verdipapirsentralen (VPS)
Oman	HSBC Bank Middle East	Muscat Depository and Securities
	(as delegate of the Hongkong and	Registration Company, SAOC
	Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)
Pakistan	Deutsche Bank AG, Karachi	The Central Depository Company of Pakistan Ltd.
		State Bank of Pakistan
Palestine	HSBC Bank Middle East	Clearing Depository and Settlement, a
	(as delegate of the Hongkong and	dept. of the Palestine Stock Exchange
	Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)
Panama	BankBoston N.A.	None
Peru	Citibank, N.A., Lima	Caja de Valores y Liquidaciones (CAVAL)
Philippines	Standard Chartered Bank, Manila	The Philippines Central Depository, Inc.
		Registry of Scripless Securities
		(ROSS) of the Bureau of Treasury
Poland	Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.	National Depository of Securities
		Central Treasury bills Registrar
Portugal	Banco Comercial Portuguese, S.A.,	Central de Valores Mobiliários
	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Citibank, N.A., Puerto Rico
Qatar	HSBC Bank Middle East (as delegate of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)	Central Clearing and Registration (CCR) (dept. of Doha Securities Market)
Romania	ING Bank N.V., Bucharest	National Securities Clearing, Settlement &
		Depository Company (SNCDD)
		National Bank of Romania
		Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)
Russia	ING Bank Eurasia ZAO (ING)	None
	Moscow
Singapore	The Development Bank of	Central Depository (Pte) Ltd. (CDP)
	Singapore Ltd., Singapore
		Monetary Authority of Singapore
Slovak Republic	Ceskoslovenska Obchodna	Stredisko Cennych Papierov (SCP)
	Banka A.S., Bratislava
		National Bank of Slovakia (NBS)
Slovenia	Banka Austria Creditanstalt d.d., Ljubljana,	Klirinsko Depotna Druzba
South Africa	Standard Bank of South Africa	The Central Depository (Pty) Ltd. (CD)
	Limited, Johannesburg
	Nedcor Bank Ltd, Braamfontein	STRATE
Spain	Banco Santander, S.A., Madrid	Servicio de Compensacion y
		Liquidacion de Valores (SCLV);
		Banco de Espana
Sri Lanka	Hongkong and Shanghai	Central Depository System (Pvt)
	Banking Corp. Ltd., Colombo	Limited (CDS)
Swaziland	Standard Bank Swaziland,	None
	Limited, Mbabane
Sweden	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken,	Vardepapperscentralen VPC AB
	Stockholm	(The Swedish Central Securities Depository)
Switzerland	UBS AG, Zurich	SegaIntersettle AG (SIS)
Taiwan	Central Trust of China, Taipei	Taiwan Securities Central
		Depository Company (TSCD)
Thailand	Standard Chartered Bank, Bangkok	Thailand Securities Depository
		Company Limited (TSD)
Trinidad and Tobago	Republic Bank Ltd.	None
Tunisia	Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie	Société Tunisienne Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation et de Dépôts des Valeurs Mobilières
Turkey	Citibank, N.A., Istanbul	Takas ve Saklama Bankasi A.S
		(TAKASBANK)
		Central Bank of Turkey
Ukraine	ING Bank Ukraine	National Bank of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	HSBC Bank Middle East, Dubai
United Kingdom	State Street Bank and Trust	Central Gilts Office (CGO)and
	Company, London	Central Moneymarkets Office (CMO)
Uruguay	BankBoston, N.A.	None
Venezuela	Citibank, N.A., Caracas	The Central Bank of Venezuela
Vietnam	The Hongkong and Shanghai	None
	Banking Corporation Limited
Zambia	Barclays Bank of Zambia	LuSE Central Shares Depository Ltd.
	Limited, Lusaka	(overseen by Lusaka Stock Exchange)
		The Bank of Zambia
Zimbabwe	Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd.	None

Each of the Investment Companies Listed on

Appendix A to the Custodian Agreement, on

Behalf of Each of Their Respective Portfolios

By:/s/John Costello

Name: John Costello

Title:Assistant Treasurer