AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Amendment to the Custodian Contract is made as of April 18, 2000
by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Associates Investment Trust (the "Trust") and State
Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian"). Capitalized terms used in
this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings given to
such terms in the Custodian Contract referred to below.
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Custodian entered into a Custodian Contract
dated as of July 10, 1991 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
"Contract"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized to issue shares in separate series,
with each such series representing interests in a separate portfolio of
securities and other assets, and the Trust has made The Oakmark Fund, The
Oakmark International Fund, The Oakmark Small Cap Fund, The Oakmark Balanced
Fund, The Oakmark Select Fund, The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund and The
Oakmark Global Fund subject to the Contract (each such series, together with all
other series subsequently established by the Trust and made subject to the
Contract in accordance with the terms thereof, shall be referred to as a "Fund",
and, collectively, the "Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Custodian desire to amend certain provisions
of the Contract to reflect revisions to Rule 17f-5 ("Rule 17f-5") promulgated
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Custodian desire to amend and restate certain
other provisions of the Contract relating to the custody of assets of each of
the Funds held outside of the United States.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereby agree to
amend the Contract, pursuant to the terms thereof, as follows:
I. Article 3 of the Contract is hereby deleted, and Articles 4 through 20
of the Contract are hereby renumbered, as of the effective date of this
Amendment, as Articles 5 through 21, respectively.
II. New Articles 3 and 4 of the Contract are hereby added, as of the
effective date of this Amendment, as set forth below.
3. THE CUSTODIAN AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER.
3.1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms in this Article 3 shall have the following meanings:
"Country Risk" means all factors reasonably related to the systemic risk of
holding Foreign Assets in a particular country including, but not limited to,
such country's political environment; economic and financial infrastructure
(including any Mandatory Securities Depositories, as defined below, operating in
the country); prevailing or developing custody and settlement practices; and
laws and regulations applicable to the safekeeping and recovery of Foreign
Assets held in custody in that country.
"Eligible Foreign Custodian" has the meaning set forth in section (a)(1) of Rule
17f-5, including a majority-owned or indirect subsidiary of a U.S. Bank (as
defined in Rule 17f-5), a bank holding company meeting the requirements of an
Eligible Foreign Custodian (as set forth in Rule 17f-5 or by other appropriate
action of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")), or a foreign
branch of a Bank (as defined in Section 2(a)(5) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) meeting the
requirements of a custodian under Section 17(f) of the 1940 Act, except that the
term does not include Mandatory Securities Depositories.
"Foreign Assets" means any of the Funds' investments (including foreign
currencies) for which the primary market is outside the United States and such
cash and cash equivalents as are reasonably necessary to effect the Funds'
transactions in such investments.
"Foreign Custody Manager" has the meaning set forth in section (a)(2) of Rule
17f-5.
"Mandatory Securities Depository" means a foreign securities depository or
clearing agency that, either as a legal or practical matter, must be used if the
Trust, on a Fund's behalf, determines to place Foreign Assets in a country
outside the United States (i) because required by law or regulation; (ii)
because securities cannot be withdrawn from such foreign securities depository
or clearing agency; or (iii) because maintaining or effecting trades in
securities outside the foreign securities depository or clearing agency is not
consistent with prevailing or developing custodial or market practices.
3.2. DELEGATION TO THE CUSTODIAN AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER.
The Trust, by resolution adopted by its Board of Trustees (the "Board"), hereby
delegates to the Custodian, with respect to the Funds, subject to Section (b) of
Rule 17f-5, the responsibilities set forth in this Article 3 with respect to
Foreign Assets of the Funds held outside the United States, and the Custodian
hereby accepts such delegation, as Foreign Custody Manager with respect to the
Funds.
3.3. COUNTRIES COVERED.
The Foreign Custody Manager shall be responsible for performing the delegated
responsibilities defined below only with respect to the countries and custody
arrangements for each such country listed on Schedule A to this Contract, which
list of countries may be amended from time to time by the Trust with the
agreement of the Foreign Custody Manager. The Foreign Custody Manager shall list
on Schedule A the Eligible Foreign Custodians selected by the Foreign Custody
Manager to maintain the assets of the Funds which list of
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Eligible Foreign Custodians may be amended from time to time in the sole
discretion of the Foreign Custody Manager. Mandatory Securities Depositories are
listed on Schedule B to this Contract, which Schedule B may be amended from time
to time by the Foreign Custody Manager with such notice to the Fund as is
reasonably practicable. The Foreign Custody Manager will provide amended
versions of Schedules A and B in accordance with Section 3.7 of this Article 3.
Upon the receipt by the Foreign Custody Manager of Proper Instructions to open
an account, or to place or maintain Foreign Assets, in a country listed on
Schedule A, and the fulfillment by the Trust on behalf of the Funds of the
applicable account opening requirements for such country, the Foreign Custody
Manager shall be deemed to have been delegated by the Board on behalf of the
Funds responsibility as Foreign Custody Manager with respect to that country and
to have accepted such delegation. Execution of this Amendment by the Trust shall
be deemed to be a Proper Instruction to open an account, or to place or maintain
Foreign Assets, in each country listed on Schedule A in which the Custodian has
previously placed or currently maintains Foreign Assets pursuant to the terms of
the Contract. Following the receipt of Proper Instructions directing the Foreign
Custody Manager to close the account of a Fund with the Eligible Foreign
Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager in a designated country, the
delegation by the Board on behalf of the Funds to the Custodian as Foreign
Custody Manager for that country shall be deemed to have been withdrawn and the
Custodian shall immediately cease to be the Foreign Custody Manager of the Funds
with respect to that country.
The Foreign Custody Manager may withdraw its acceptance of delegated
responsibilities with respect to a designated country upon written notice to the
Trust. Sixty (60) days (or such longer period as to which the parties agree in
writing) after receipt of any such notice by the Trust, the Custodian shall have
no further responsibility as Foreign Custody Manager to the Trust with respect
to the country as to which the Custodian's acceptance of delegation is
withdrawn.
3.4. SCOPE OF DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITIES.
3.4.1. SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS.
Subject to the provisions of this Article 3, the Foreign Custody Manager may
place and maintain the Foreign Assets in the care of the Eligible Foreign
Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager in each country listed on
Schedule A, as amended from time to time.
In performing its delegated responsibilities as Foreign Custody Manager to place
or maintain Foreign Assets with an Eligible Foreign Custodian, the Foreign
Custody Manager shall determine that 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 that Eligible Foreign Custodian,
after considering all factors relevant to the safekeeping of such
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assets, including, without limitation the factors specified in Rule 17f-5(c)(1),
as amended from time to time.
3.4.2. CONTRACTS WITH ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS.
The Foreign Custody Manager shall determine that the contract (or the rules or
established practices or procedures in the case of an Eligible Foreign Custodian
that is a foreign securities depository or clearing agency) governing the
foreign custody arrangements with each Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by
the Foreign Custody Manager will satisfy the requirements of Rule 17f-5(c)(2),
as amended from time to time.
3.4.3. MONITORING.
In each case in which the Foreign Custody Manager maintains Foreign Assets with
an Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager, the
Foreign Custody Manager shall establish a system to monitor (i) the
appropriateness of maintaining the Foreign Assets with such Eligible Foreign
Custodian and (ii) the contract governing the custody arrangements established
by the Foreign Custody Manager with the Eligible Foreign Custodian (or the rules
or established practices and procedures in the case of an Eligible Foreign
Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager which is a foreign securities
depository or clearing agency that is not a Mandatory Securities Depository). In
the event the Foreign Custody Manager determines that the custody arrangements
with an Eligible Foreign Custodian it has selected are no longer appropriate,
the Foreign Custody Manager shall notify the Board in accordance with Section
3.7 hereunder.
3.5. GUIDELINES FOR THE EXERCISE OF DELEGATED AUTHORITY.
For purposes of this Article 3, the Board or its delegate (which shall not
include the Foreign Custody Manager) shall be deemed to have considered and
determined to accept such Country Risk as is incurred by placing and maintaining
the Foreign Assets in each country for which the Custodian is serving as Foreign
Custody Manager of the Funds. The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Board
or its delegate (which shall not include the Foreign Custody Manager) shall be
deemed to be monitoring on a continuing basis such Country Risk to the extent
that the Board or its delegate (which shall not include the Foreign Custody
Manager) considers necessary or appropriate. The Trust and the Custodian each
expressly acknowledge that the Foreign Custody Manager shall not be delegated
any responsibilities under this Article 3 with respect to Mandatory Securities
Depositories.
3.6. STANDARD OF CARE AS FOREIGN CUSTODY MANAGER OF A FUND.
In performing the responsibilities delegated to it, the Foreign Custody Manager
agrees to exercise reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person
having responsibility for the safekeeping of assets of management investment
companies registered under the 1940 Act would exercise.
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3.7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
The Foreign Custody Manager shall report the withdrawal of the Foreign Assets
from an Eligible Foreign Custodian and the placement of such Foreign Assets with
another Eligible Foreign Custodian by providing to the Board amended Schedules A
or B at the end of the calendar quarter in which an amendment to either Schedule
has occurred. The Foreign Custody Manager shall make written reports notifying
the Board of any other material change in the foreign custody arrangements of
the Funds described in this Article 3 after the occurrence of the material
change.
The Foreign Custody Manager shall deliver the written reports required by this
Article 3 to the following address, or such other address as the Trust shall
from time to time reasonably request:
Board of Trustees
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c/o Harris Associates
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3.8. REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO RULE 17f-5.
The Foreign Custody Manager represents to the Trust that it is a U.S. Bank as
defined in section (a)(7) of Rule 17f-5.
The Trust represents to the Custodian that the Board has determined that it is
reasonable for the Board to rely on the Custodian to perform the
responsibilities delegated pursuant to this Contract to the Custodian as the
Foreign Custody Manager of the Funds.
3.9. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF THE CUSTODIAN AS FOREIGN CUSTODY
MANAGER.
The Board's delegation to the Custodian as Foreign Custody Manager of the Funds
shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall remain in effect until
terminated at any time, without penalty, by written notice from the terminating
party to the non-terminating party. Termination will become effective thirty
(30) days after receipt by the non-terminating party of such notice. The
provisions of Section 3.3 hereof shall govern the delegation to and termination
of the Custodian as Foreign Custody Manager of the Funds with respect to
designated countries.
4. DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OF THE FUNDS HELD
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
4.1 DEFINITIONS.
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Capitalized terms in this Article 4 shall have the following meanings:
"Foreign Securities System" means either a clearing agency or a securities
depository listed on Schedule A hereto or a Mandatory Securities Depository
listed on Schedule B hereto.
"Foreign Sub-Custodian" means a foreign banking institution serving as an
Eligible Foreign Custodian.
4.2. HOLDING SECURITIES.
The Custodian shall identify on its books as belonging to each Fund the
respective foreign securities held by each Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign
Securities System. The Custodian may hold foreign securities for all of its
customers, including the Funds, with any Foreign Sub-Custodian in an account
that is identified as belonging to the Custodian for the benefit of its
customers, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that (i) the records of the Custodian with respect
to foreign securities of each Fund which are maintained in such account shall
identify those securities as belonging to such Fund and (ii), to the extent
permitted and customary in the market in which the account is maintained, the
Custodian shall require that securities so held by the Foreign Sub-Custodian be
held separately from any assets of such Foreign Sub-Custodian or of other
customers of such Foreign Sub-Custodian.
4.3. FOREIGN SECURITIES SYSTEMS.
Foreign securities shall be maintained in a Foreign Securities System in a
designated country only through arrangements implemented by the Foreign
Sub-Custodian in such country pursuant to the terms of this Contract.
4.4. TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CUSTODY ACCOUNT.
4.4.1. DELIVERY OF FOREIGN ASSETS.
The Custodian or a Foreign Sub-Custodian shall release and deliver foreign
securities of the Funds held by such Foreign Sub-Custodian, or in a Foreign
Securities System account, only upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may
be continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, and only in
the following cases:
(i) upon the sale of such foreign securities for the Fund in
accordance with commercially reasonable market practice in the
country where such foreign securities are held or traded,
including, without limitation: (A) delivery against expectation
of receiving later payment; or (B) in the case of a sale
effected through a Foreign Securities System, in accordance
with the rules governing the operation of the Foreign
Securities System;
(ii) in connection with any repurchase agreement related to foreign
securities;
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(iii) to the depository agent in connection with tender or other
similar offers for foreign securities of the Funds;
(iv) to the issuer thereof or its agent when such foreign securities
are called, redeemed, retired or otherwise become payable;
(v) to the issuer thereof, or its agent, for transfer into the name
of the Custodian (or the name of the respective Foreign Sub-
Custodian or of any nominee of the Custodian or such Foreign
Sub-Custodian) or for exchange for a different number of bonds,
certificates or other evidence representing the same aggregate
face amount or number of units;
(vi) to brokers, clearing banks or other clearing agents for
examination or trade execution in accordance with market custom;
PROVIDED that in any such case the Foreign Sub-Custodian shall
have no responsibility or liability for any loss arising from
the delivery of such securities prior to receiving payment for
such securities except as may arise from the Foreign Sub-
Custodian's own negligence or willful misconduct;
(vii) for exchange or conversion pursuant to any plan of merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or readjustment
of the securities of the issuer of such securities, or pursuant
to provisions for conversion contained in such securities, or
pursuant to any deposit agreement;
(viii) in the case of warrants, rights or similar foreign securities,
the surrender thereof in the exercise of such warrants, rights
or similar securities or the surrender of interim receipts or
temporary securities for definitive securities;
(ix) for delivery as security in connection with any borrowing by a
Fund requiring a pledge of assets by such Fund;
(x) in connection with trading in options and futures contracts,
including delivery as original margin and variation margin;
(xi) in connection with the lending of foreign securities; and
(xii) for any other proper purpose, BUT ONLY upon receipt of Proper
Instructions specifying the foreign securities to be delivered,
setting forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made,
declaring such purpose to be a proper trust purpose, and naming
the person or persons to whom delivery of such securities shall
be made.
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4.4.2. PAYMENT OF FUND MONIES.
Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be continuing instructions when
deemed appropriate by the parties, the Custodian shall pay out, or direct the
respective Foreign Sub-Custodian or the respective Foreign Securities System to
pay out, monies of a Fund in the following cases only:
(i) upon the purchase of foreign securities for the Fund, unless
otherwise directed by Proper Instructions, by (A) delivering
money to the seller thereof or to a dealer therefor (or an agent
for such seller or dealer) against expectation of receiving
later delivery of such foreign securities; or (B) in the case of
a purchase effected through a Foreign Securities System, in
accordance with the rules governing the operation of such
Foreign Securities System;
(ii) in connection with the conversion, exchange or surrender of
foreign securities of the Fund;
(iii) for the payment of any expense or liability of the Fund,
including but not limited to the following payments: interest,
taxes, investment advisory fees, transfer agency fees, fees
under this Contract, legal fees, accounting fees, and other
operating expenses;
(iv) for the purchase or sale of foreign exchange or foreign exchange
contracts for the Fund, including transactions executed with or
through the Custodian or its Foreign Sub-Custodians;
(v) in connection with trading in options and futures contracts,
including delivery as original margin and variation margin;
(vi) for payment of part or all of the dividends received in respect
of securities
(vii) in connection with the borrowing or lending of foreign
securities; and
(viii) for any other proper purpose, BUT ONLY upon receipt of Proper
Instructions specifying the amount of such payment, setting
forth the purpose for which such payment is to be made,
declaring such purpose to be a proper trust purpose, and
naming the person or persons to whom such payment is to be made.
4.4.3. MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET INFORMATION.
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Contract to the contrary, settlement and
payment for Foreign Assets received for the account of the Funds and delivery of
Foreign Assets maintained for the account of the Funds 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 such Foreign Assets
from such purchaser or dealer.
The Custodian shall provide to the Board the information with respect to custody
and settlement practices in countries in which the Custodian employs a Foreign
Sub-Custodian, including without limitation information relating to Foreign
Securities Systems, described on Schedule C hereto at the time or times set
forth on such Schedule. The Custodian may revise Schedule C from time to time,
provided that no such revision shall result in the Board being provided with
substantively less information than had been previously provided hereunder.
In the event the Custodian, in its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager,
determines that the custody arrangements with an Eligible Foreign Custodian it
has selected are no longer appropriate as provided in Section 3.4.3 hereof, upon
receipt of Proper Instructions the Custodian will assist the Funds in
withdrawing their assets from such Eligible Foreign Custodian as soon as
reasonably practicable.
4.5. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN SECURITIES.
The foreign securities maintained in the custody of a Foreign Sub-Custodian
(other than bearer securities) shall be registered in the name of the Trust
applicable Fund or in the name of the Custodian or in the name of any Foreign
Sub-Custodian or in the name of any nominee of the foregoing, and the Trust on
behalf of such Fund agrees to hold any such nominee harmless from any liability
as a holder of record of such foreign securities except as such liability may
arise from such nominee's own negligence, misfeasance, bad faith or willful
misconduct. The Custodian or a Foreign Sub-Custodian shall not be obligated to
accept securities on behalf of a Fund under the terms of this Contract unless
the form of such securities and the manner in which they are delivered are in
accordance with reasonable market practice.
4.6. BANK ACCOUNTS.
The Custodian shall identify on its books as belonging to each Fund cash
(including cash denominated in foreign currencies) deposited with the Custodian
for such Fund. Where the Custodian is unable to maintain, or market practice
does not facilitate the maintenance of, cash on the books of the Custodian, a
bank account or bank accounts opened and maintained outside the United States on
behalf of a Fund with a Foreign Sub-Custodian shall be subject only to draft or
order by the Custodian or such Foreign Sub-Custodian, acting pursuant to the
terms of this Contract to hold cash received by or from or for the account of
the Fund.
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4.7. 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 the
Funds shall be entitled and shall credit such income, as collected, to the
applicable Fund. In the event that extraordinary measures are required to
collect such income, the Trust and the Custodian shall consult as to such
measures and as to the compensation and expenses of the Custodian relating to
such measures.
4.8. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS.
With respect to the foreign securities held pursuant this Article 4, the
Custodian will use reasonable commercial efforts to facilitate the exercise of
voting and other shareholder rights, subject always to the laws, regulations and
practical constraints that may exist in the country where such securities are
issued. The Trust acknowledges that 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 the Trust to exercise
shareholder rights.
4.9. COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN SECURITIES.
The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Trust written information
(including, without limitation, pendency of calls and maturities of foreign
securities and expirations of rights in connection therewith) received by the
Custodian via the Foreign Sub-Custodians from issuers of the foreign securities
being held for the account of the Funds. With respect to tender or exchange
offers, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Trust written information
so received by the Custodian from issuers of the foreign securities whose tender
or exchange is sought or from the party (or its agents) making the tender or
exchange offer. Absent the Custodian's failure to observe the standard of care
set forth in Section 14, the Custodian shall not be liable for any untimely
exercise of any tender, exchange or other right or power in connection with
foreign securities or other property of the Funds at any time held by it unless
(i) the Custodian or the respective Foreign Sub-Custodian is in actual
possession of such foreign securities or property and (ii) the Custodian
receives Proper Instructions with regard to the exercise of any such right or
power, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the
date on which the Custodian is to take action to exercise such right or power.
4.10. LIABILITY OF FOREIGN SUB-CUSTODIANS AND FOREIGN SECURITIES SYSTEMS.
Each agreement pursuant to which the Custodian employs a Foreign Sub-Custodian
shall, to the extent possible, require the Foreign Sub-Custodian to exercise
reasonable care in the performance of its duties and, to the extent possible, to
indemnify, and hold harmless, the Custodian from and against any loss, damage,
cost, expense, liability or claim arising out of or in connection with the
Foreign Sub-Custodian's performance of such obligations. At the Trust's
election, the Trust and the Funds shall be entitled to be subrogated to the
rights of the
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Custodian with respect to any claims against a Foreign Sub-Custodian as a
consequence of any such loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or claim if and
to the extent that the Funds have not been made whole for any such loss, damage,
cost, expense, liability or claim.
4.11. TAX LAW.
The Custodian shall have no responsibility or liability for any obligations now
or hereafter imposed on the Trust, the Funds or the Custodian as custodian of
the Funds by the tax law of the United States or of any state or political
subdivision thereof. It shall be the responsibility of the Trust to notify the
Custodian of the obligations imposed on the Trust with respect to the Funds or
the Custodian as custodian of the Funds by the tax law of countries other than
those mentioned in the above sentence, including responsibility for withholding
and other taxes, assessments or other governmental charges, certifications and
governmental reporting. The sole responsibility of the Custodian with regard to
such tax law shall be to use reasonable efforts to assist the Trust with respect
to any claim for exemption or refund under the tax law of countries for which
the Trust has provided such information.
4.12. LIABILITY OF CUSTODIAN.
Except as may arise from the Custodian's own negligence or willful misconduct or
the negligence or willful misconduct of a Foreign Sub-Custodian, the Custodian
shall be without liability to the Trust for any loss, liability, claim or
expense resulting from or caused by anything which is part of Country Risk.
The Custodian shall be liable for the acts or omissions of a Foreign
Sub-Custodian to the same extent as set forth with respect to sub-custodians
generally in the Contract and, regardless of whether assets are maintained in
the custody of a Foreign Sub-Custodian or a Foreign Securities Depository, the
Custodian shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or
claim resulting from nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, or
acts of war or terrorism, or any other loss where the Sub-Custodian has
otherwise acted with reasonable care.
III. Except as specifically superseded or modified herein, the terms and
provisions of the Contract shall continue to apply with full force and
effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Contract
prior to this Amendment and this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment
shall prevail. If the Custodian is delegated the responsibilities of
Foreign Custody Manager pursuant to the terms of Article 3 hereof, in
the event of any conflict between the provisions of Articles 3 and 4
hereof, the provisions of Article 3 shall prevail.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be
executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative as of the
date first above written.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
WITNESSED BY: COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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WITNESSED BY: TRUST
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Roswell
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Roswell
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Title: Secretary Title: Treasurer
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