Common use of INDEMNIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS Clause in Contracts

INDEMNIFICATION BY ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS. The Custodian’s agreements with Eligible Foreign Custodians shall meet the requirements of Rule 17f-5 (c)(2). 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, damage, cost, liability, claim 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, damage, cost, liability, claim or expense if and to the extent that the Portfolio has not been made whole for the loss, damage, cost, liability, claim 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.