Foreign Custody Arrangements Clause Samples
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. This Agreement constitutes a Proper Instruction by a Fund, on behalf of each applicable Portfolio, 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Fund Proper Instructions directing the Foreign Custody Manager to close the account, the delegation shall be considered withdrawn, and the Custodian shall immediately cease to be the Foreign Custody Manager with respect to the Portfolio for the Covered Foreign Country.
Foreign Custody Arrangements. The Foreign Custody Manager will perform the delegated responsibilities only with respect to Covered Foreign Countries and will provide the Client with a list on Schedule A of the Eligible Foreign Custodian(s) it selects to maintain the Client’s Foreign Assets in each Covered Foreign Country. The Foreign Custody Manager may amend the list from time to time in its sole discretion upon notice to the Client.
Foreign Custody Arrangements. Implementation of the Funds' foreign custody arrangements pursuant to written contracts, by the rules or established practices or procedures of the Mandatory Securities Depository, or by any combination of the foregoing that AIM determines will provide reasonable care for the Funds' Foreign Assets based on the standards specified in paragraph A.2. above. Any such contracts shall include provisions that provide:
A. For indemnification or insurance arrangements (or any combination of the foregoing) such that the Funds will be adequately protected against the risk of loss of Foreign Assets held in accordance with such contracts;
B. That the Funds' Foreign Assets will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in favor of the custodian or its creditors except a claim of payment for their safe custody or administration or, in the case of cash deposits, liens or rights in favor of creditors of the custodian arising under bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws;
C. That beneficial ownership for the Funds' Foreign Assets will be freely transferable without the payment of money or value other than for safe custody or administration;
D. That adequate records will be maintained identifying the Foreign Assets as belonging to a Fund or as being held by a third party for the benefit of the Fund;
E. That each Fund's independent public accountants will be given access to those records or confirmation of the content of those records; and
F. That a Fund will receive periodic reports with respect to the safekeeping of the Fund's Foreign Assets, including, but not limited to, notification of any transfer to or from the Fund's accounts or a third party account containing Foreign Assets held for the benefit of the Fund. In lieu of any or all of the provisions specified in a. through f. above, such contracts may contain such other provisions that AIM determines will provide, in their entirety, the same or a greater level of care and protection for Fund Foreign Assets as the specified provisions, in their entirety.
Foreign Custody Arrangements. The Foreign Custody Manager will perform the delegated responsibilities only with respect to Covered Foreign Countries
Foreign Custody Arrangements. The Foreign Custody Manager will perform the delegated responsibilities only with respect to Covered Foreign Countries and will provide the Client with a list on Schedule A of the Eligible Foreign Custodian(s) it selects to maintain the Client’s Foreign Assets in each Covered Foreign Country. The Foreign Custody Manager may amend the list from time to time in its sole discretion upon notice to the Client. In its contracts with Eligible Foreign Custodians, the Custodian shall require the Eligible Foreign Custodian to indemnify and hold harmless the Custodian from and against any loss, cost or expense in connection with the Eligible Foreign Custodian’s performance of its obligations under the contract.