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EXHIBIT 8
CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
Between
EACH OF THE PARTIES INDICATED ON APPENDIX A
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Employment of Custodian and Property to be Held by It....................................................1
2. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held by the Custodian
in the United States.....................................................................................2
2.1 Holding Securities..............................................................................2
2.2 Delivery of Securities..........................................................................2
2.3 Registration of Securities......................................................................6
2.4 Bank Accounts...................................................................................6
2.5 Availability of Federal Funds...................................................................7
2.6 Collection of Income............................................................................7
2.7 Payment of Fund Monies..........................................................................8
2.8 Liability for Payment in Advance of Receipt of Securities Purchased............................10
2.9 Appointment of Agents..........................................................................10
2.10 Deposit of Securities in Securities Systems....................................................11
2.10A Fund Assets Held in the Custodian's Direct Paper System........................................13
2.11 Segregated Account.............................................................................14
2.12 Ownership Certificates for Tax Purposes........................................................15
2.13 Proxies........................................................................................15
2.14 Communications Relating to Fund Portfolio Securities...........................................16
2.15 Reports to Fund by Independent Public Accountants..............................................16
3. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held Outside
of the United States....................................................................................17
3.1 Appointment of Foreign Sub-Custodians..........................................................17
3.2 Assets to be Held..............................................................................17
3.3 Foreign Securities Depositories................................................................17
3.4 Segregation of Securities......................................................................18
3.5 Agreements with Foreign Banking Institutions...................................................18
3.6 Access of Independent Accountants of the Fund..................................................19
3.7 Reports by Custodian...........................................................................19
3.8 Transactions in Foreign Custody Account........................................................19
3.9 Liability of Foreign Sub-Custodians............................................................20
3.10 Liability of Custodian.........................................................................20
3.11 Reimbursement for Advances.....................................................................21
3.12 Monitoring Responsibilities....................................................................22
3.13 Branches of U.S. Banks.........................................................................22
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4. Payments for Repurchases or Redemptions and Sales of Shares of the Fund.................................23
5. Proper Instructions. ..................................................................................24
6. Actions Permitted without Express Authority.............................................................25
7. Evidence of Authority...................................................................................25
8. Duties of Custodian with Respect to the Books of Account and Calculation
of Net Asset Value and Net Income.......................................................................26
9. Records.................................................................................................26
10. Opinion of Fund's Independent Accountant................................................................27
11. Compensation of Custodian...............................................................................27
12. Responsibility of Custodian.............................................................................27
13. Effective Period, Termination and Amendment.............................................................29
14. Successor Custodian.....................................................................................30
15. Interpretive and Additional Provisions..................................................................32
16. Massachusetts Law to Apply..............................................................................32
17. Prior Contracts.........................................................................................32
18. The Parties.............................................................................................32
19. Limitation of Liability.................................................................................33
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CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Contract between State Street Bank and Trust Company, a
Massachusetts trust company, having its principal place of business at ▇▇▇
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"Custodian", and each Fund listed on Appendix A which evidences its agreement to
be bound hereby by executing a copy of this Contract (each such Fund
individually hereinafter referred to as the "Fund").
WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Employment of Custodian and Property to be Held by It
The Fund hereby employs the Custodian as the custodian of its assets,
including securities it desires to be held in places within the United States
("domestic securities") and securities it desires to be held outside the United
States ("foreign securities") pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation/Declaration of Trust. The Fund agrees to deliver to the Custodian
all securities and cash owned by it, and all payments of income, payments of
principal or capital distributions received by it with respect to all securities
owned by the Fund from time to time, and the cash consideration received by it
for such new or treasury shares of capital stock ("Shares") of the Fund as may
be issued or sold from time to time. The Custodian shall not be responsible for
any property of the Fund held or received by the Fund and not delivered to the
Custodian.
Upon receipt of "Proper Instructions" (within the meaning of Article
5), the Custodian shall from time to time employ one or more sub-custodians
located in the United States, but only in accordance with an applicable vote by
the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund, and provided that the Custodian
shall have the same responsibility or liability to the Fund on account
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of any actions or omissions of any sub-custodian so employed as any such
sub-custodian has to the Custodian, provided that the Custodian agreement with
any such domestic sub-custodian shall impose on such sub-custodian
responsibilities and liabilities similar in nature and scope to those imposed by
this Agreement with respect to the functions to be performed by such
sub-custodian. The Custodian may employ as sub-custodians for the Fund's
securities and other assets the foreign banking institutions and foreign
securities depositories designated in Schedule "A" hereto but only in accordance
with the provisions of Article 3.
2. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held by
the Custodian in the United States.
2.1 Holding Securities. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate
for the account of the Fund all non-cash property, to be held by it in
the United States, including all domestic securities owned by the Fund,
other than (a) securities which are maintained pursuant to Section 2.10
in a clearing agency which acts as a securities depository or in a
book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
collectively referred to therein as "Securities System" and (b)
commercial paper of an issuer for which State Street Bank and Trust
Company acts as issuing and paying agent ("Direct Paper") which is
deposited and/or maintained in the Direct Paper System of the Custodian
pursuant to Section 2.10A.
2.2 Delivery of Securities. The Custodian shall release and deliver
domestic securities owned by the Fund held by the Custodian or in a
Securities System account of the Custodian or in the Custodian's Direct
Paper book-entry system account ("Direct Paper System") only upon
receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be continuing instructions
when deemed appropriate by the parties, and only in the following
cases:
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1) Upon sale of such securities for the account of the Fund and
receipt of payment therefor;
2) Upon the receipt of payment in connection with any repurchase
agreement related to such securities entered into by the Fund;
3) In the case of a sale effected through a Securities System, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10 hereof;
4) To the depository agent in connection with tender or other
similar offers for portfolio securities of the Fund;
5) To the issuer thereof or its agent when such securities are
called, redeemed, retired or otherwise become payable;
provided that, in any such case, the cash or other
consideration is to be delivered to the Custodian;
6) To the issuer thereof, or its agent, for transfer into the
name of the Fund or into the name of any nominee or nominees
of the Custodian or into the name or nominee name of any agent
appointed pursuant to Section 2.9 or into the name or nominee
name of any sub-custodian appointed pursuant to Article 1; or
for exchange for a different number of bonds, certificates or
other evidence representing the same aggregate face amount or
number of units; provided that, in any such case, the new
securities are to be delivered to the Custodian;
7) Upon the sale of such securities for the account of the Fund,
to the broker or its clearing agent, against a receipt, for
examination in accordance with "street delivery" custom;
provided that in any such case, the Custodian shall have no
responsibility or liability for any loss arising from the
delivery of such securities
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prior to receiving payment for such securities except as may
arise from the Custodian's own negligence or willful
misconduct;
8) 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;
provided that, in any such case, the new securities and cash,
if any, are to be delivered to the Custodian;
9) In the case of warrants, rights or similar 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: provided that,
in any such case, the new securities and cash, if any, are to
be delivered to the Custodian;
10) For delivery in connection with any loans of securities made
by the Fund, but only against receipt of adequate collateral
as agreed upon from time to time by the Custodian and the
Fund, which may be in the form of cash or obligations issued
by the United States government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, except that in connection with any loans
for which collateral is to be credited to the Custodian's
account in the book-entry system authorized by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, the Custodian will not be held
liable or responsible for the delivery of securities owned by
the Fund prior to the receipt of such collateral;
11) For delivery as security in connection with any borrowings by
the Fund requiring a pledge of assets by the Fund, but only
against receipt of amounts borrowed;
12) For delivery in accordance with the provisions of any
agreement among the Fund,
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the Custodian and a broker-dealer registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and a
member of The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD"), relating to compliance with the rules of The Options
Clearing Corporation and of any registered national securities
exchange, or of any similar organization or organizations,
regarding escrow or other arrangements in connection with
transactions by the Fund;
13) For delivery in accordance with the provisions of any
agreement among the Fund, the Custodian, and a Futures
Commission Merchant registered under the Commodity Exchange
Act, relating to compliance with the rules of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission and/or any Contract Market, or any
similar organization or organizations, regarding account
deposits in connection with transactions by the Fund;
14) Upon the receipt of instructions from the transfer agent
("Transfer Agent") for the Fund, for delivery to such Transfer
Agent or to the holders of shares in connection with
distributions in kind, as may be described from time to time
in the Fund's currently effective prospectus and statement of
additional information ("prospectus"), in satisfaction of
requests by holders of Shares for repurchase or redemption;
and
15) For any other proper business purpose, but only upon receipt
of, in addition to Proper Instructions, a certified copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors/Trustees or of the
Executive Committee signed by an officer of the Fund and
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
specifying the securities to
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be delivered, setting forth the purpose for which such
delivery is to be made, declaring such purpose to be a proper
business purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom
delivery of such securities shall be made.
2.3 Registration of Securities. Domestic securities held by the Custodian
(other than bearer securities) shall be registered in the name of the
Fund or in the name of any nominee of the Fund or of any nominee of the
Custodian which nominee shall be assigned exclusively to the Fund,
unless the Fund has authorized in writing the appointment of a nominee
to be used in common with other registered investment companies having
the same investment adviser as the Fund, or in the name or nominee name
of any agent appointed pursuant to Section 2.9 or in the name or
nominee name of any sub-custodian appointed pursuant to Article 1. All
securities accepted by the Custodian on behalf of the Fund under the
terms of this Contract shall be in "street name" or other good delivery
form. If, however, the Fund directs the Custodian to maintain
securities in "street name," the Custodian shall utilize its best
efforts to timely collect income due the Fund on such securities and to
notify the Fund on a best efforts basis of relevant corporate actions
including, without limitation, pendency of calls, maturities, tender or
exchange offers.
2.4 Bank Accounts. The Custodian shall open and maintain a separate bank
account or accounts in the United States in the name of the Fund,
subject only to draft or order by the Custodian acting pursuant to the
terms of this Contract, and shall hold in such account or accounts,
subject to the provisions hereof, all cash received by it from or for
the account of the Fund, other than cash maintained by the Fund in a
bank account established and used in accordance with Rule 17f-3 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. Funds
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held by the Custodian for the Fund may be deposited by it 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 every such bank or
trust company shall be qualified to act as a custodian under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and that each such bank or trust company
and the funds to be deposited with each such bank or trust company
shall be approved by vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors/Trustees of the Fund. Such funds shall be deposited by the
Custodian in its capacity as Custodian and shall be withdrawable by the
Custodian only in that capacity.
2.5 Availability of Federal Funds. Upon mutual agreement between the Fund
and the Custodian, the Custodian shall, upon the receipt of Proper
Instructions, make federal funds available to the Fund as of specified
times agreed upon from time to time by the Fund and the Custodian in
the amount of checks received in payment for Shares of the Fund which
are deposited into the Fund's account.
2.6 Collection of Income. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, the
Custodian shall collect on a timely basis all income and other
payments with respect to registered securities held hereunder to which
the Fund shall be entitled either by law or pursuant to custom in the
securities business, and shall collect on a timely basis all income and
other payments with respect to bearer securities if, on the date of
payment by the issuer, such securities are held by the Custodian or its
agent thereof and shall credit such income, as collected, to the Fund's
custodian account. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Custodian shall detach and present for payment all coupons and
other income items requiring presentation as and when they become due
and shall collect interest when due on
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securities held hereunder. Income due the Fund on securities loaned
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 (10) shall be the
responsibility of the Fund. The Custodian will have no duty or
responsibility in connection therewith, 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 Fund is properly entitled.
2.7 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 monies of the Fund in the following cases only;
1) Upon the purchase of securities held domestically, options,
futures contracts or options in futures contracts for the
account of the Fund but only (a) against the delivery of such
securities, or evidence of title to such options, futures
contracts or options on futures contracts, to the custodian
(or any bank, banking firm or trust company doing business in
the United States or abroad which is qualified under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to act as a
custodian and has been designated by the Custodian as its
agent for this purpose) registered in the name of the Fund or
in the name of a nominee of the Custodian referred to in
Section 2.3 hereof or in proper form for transfer; (b) in the
case of a purchase effected through a Securities System, in
accordance with the conditions set forth in Section 2.10
hereof; (c) in the case of a purchase involving the Direct
Paper System, in accordance with the conditions set forth in
Section 2.10A; (d) in the case of repurchase agreements
entered into between the Fund and the Custodian, or another
bank, or a broker-dealer which is a member of NASD, (i)
against delivery
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of the securities either in certificate form or through an
entry crediting the Custodian's account at the Federal Reserve
Bank with such securities or (ii) against delivery of the
receipt evidencing purchase by the Fund of securities owned by
the Custodian along with written evidence of the agreement by
the Custodian to repurchase such securities from the Fund or
(e) for transfer to a time deposit account of the Fund in any
bank, whether domestic or foreign; such transfer may be
effected prior to receipt of a confirmation from a broker
and/or the applicable bank pursuant to Proper Instructions
from the Fund as defined in Article 5;
2) In connection with conversion, exchange or surrender of
securities owned by the Fund as set forth in Section 2.2
hereof;
3) For the redemption or repurchase of Shares issued by the Fund
as set forth in Article 4 hereof;
4) For the payment of any expense or liability incurred by the
Fund, including but not limited to the following payments for
the account of the Fund: interest, taxes, management,
accounting, transfer agent and legal fees, and operating
expenses of the Fund whether or not such expenses are to be in
whole or part capitalized or treated as deferred expenses;
5) For the payment of any dividends declared pursuant to the
governing documents of the Fund;
6) For payment of the amount of dividends received in respect of
securities sold short;
7) For any other proper purpose, but only upon receipt of, in
addition to Proper
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Instructions a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors/Trustees or of the Executive Committee of the Fund
signed by an officer of the Fund and certified by its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, 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 purpose,
and naming the person or persons to whom such payment is to be
made.
2.8 Liability for Payment in Advance of Receipt of Securities Purchased.
Except as specifically stated otherwise in this Contract, in any and
every case where payment for purchase of securities for the account of
the Fund is made by the Custodian in advance of receipt of the
securities purchased in the absence of specific written instructions
from the Fund to so pay in advance, the Custodian shall be absolutely
liable to the fund for such securities to the same extent as if the
securities had been received by the Custodian.
2.9 Appointment of Agents. The Custodian may at any time or times in its
discretion appoint (and may at any time remove) any other bank or trust
company which is itself qualified under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, to act as a custodian, as its agent to carry out such
of the provisions of this Article 2 as the Custodian may from time to
time direct; provided, however, that the appointment of any agent shall
not relieve the Custodian of its responsibilities or liabilities
hereunder.
2.10 Deposit of Securities in Securities Systems. The Custodian may deposit
and/or maintain domestic securities owned by the Fund in a clearing
agency registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which acts as a
securities depository, or in the book-entry system authorized by the
U.S.
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Department of the Treasury and certain federal agencies, collectively
referred to herein as "Securities System" in accordance with applicable
Federal Reserve Board and Securities and Exchange Commission rules and
regulations, if any, and subject to the following provisions:
1) The Custodian may keep domestic securities of the Fund in a
Securities System provided that such securities are
represented in an account ("Account") of the Custodian in the
Securities System which shall not include any assets of the
Custodian other than assets held as a fiduciary, custodian or
otherwise for customers;
2) The records of the Custodian with respect to domestic
securities of the Fund which are maintained in a Securities
System shall identify by book-entry those securities
belonging to the Fund;
3) The Custodian shall pay for domestic securities purchased for
the account of the Fund upon (i) receipt of advice from the
Securities System that such securities have been transferred
to the Account, and (ii) the making of an entry on the records
of the Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer for the
account of the Fund. The Custodian shall transfer domestic
securities sold for the account of the Fund upon (i) receipt
of advice from the Securities System that payment for such
securities has been transferred to the Account, and (ii) the
making of an entry on the records of the Custodian to reflect
such transfer and payment of the account of the Fund. Copies
of all advices from the Securities System of transfers of
domestic
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securities for the account of the Fund shall identify the
Fund, be maintained for the Fund by the Custodian and be
provided to the Fund at its request. Upon request, the
Custodian shall furnish the Fund confirmation of each transfer
to or from the account of the Fund in the form of a written
advice or notice and shall furnish promptly to the Fund copies
of daily transaction sheets reflecting each day's transactions
in the Securities System for the account of the Fund.
4) The Custodian shall provide the Fund with any report obtained
by the Custodian on the Securities System's accounting system,
internal accounting control and procedures for safeguarding
securities deposited in the Securities System;
5) The Custodian shall have received the initial or annual
certificate, as the case may be, required by Article 13
hereof;
6) Anything to the contrary in this Contract notwithstanding, the
Custodian shall be liable to the Fund for any loss or damage
to the Fund resulting from use of the Securities System by
reason of any negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the
Custodian or any of its agents or of any of its or their
employees of from failure of the Custodian or any such agent
to enforce effectively such rights as it may have against the
Securities System; at the election of the Fund, it shall be
entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Custodian with
respect to any claim against the Securities System or any
other person which the Custodian may have as a consequence of
any such
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loss or damage if and to the extent that the Fund has not been
made whole for any such loss or damage.
2.10A Fund Assets Held in the Custodian's Direct Paper System. The Custodian
may deposit and/or maintain securities owned by the Fund in the Direct
Paper System of the Custodian subject to the following provisions:
1) No transaction relating to securities in the Direct Paper
System will be effected in the absence of Proper Instructions;
2) The Custodian may keep securities of the Fund in the Direct
Paper System only if such securities are represented in an
account ("Account") of the Custodian in the Direct Paper
System which shall not include any assets of the Custodian
other than assets held as a fiduciary, custodian or otherwise
for customers;
3) The records of the Custodian with respect to securities of the
Fund which are maintained in the Direct Paper System shall
identify by book-entry those securities belonging to the Fund;
4) The Custodian shall pay for securities purchased for the
account of the Fund upon the making of an entry on the records
of the Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer of
securities to the account of the Fund. The Custodian shall
transfer securities sold for the account of the Fund upon the
making of an entry on the records of the custodian to reflect
such transfer and receipt of payment for the account of the
Fund;
5) The Custodian shall furnish the Fund confirmation of each
transfer to or
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from the account of the Fund, in the form of a written advice
or notice, of Direct Paper on the next business day following
such transfer and shall furnish to the Fund copies of daily
transaction sheets reflecting each day's transaction in the
Direct Paper System for the account of the Fund;
6) The Custodian shall provide the Fund with any report on its
system of internal accounting control as the Fund may
reasonably request from time to time.
2.11 Segregated Account. The Custodian shall upon receipt of Proper
Instructions establish and maintain a segregated account or accounts
for and on behalf of the Fund, into which account or accounts may be
transferred cash and/or securities, including securities maintained in
an account by the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof, (i) in
accordance with the provisions of any agreement among the Fund, the
Custodian and a broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act and a
member of the NASD (or any futures commission merchant registered under
the Commodity Exchange Act), relating to compliance with the rules of
The Options Clearing Corporation and of any registered national
securities exchange (or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any
registered contract market), or of any similar organization or
organizations, regarding escrow or other arrangements in connection
with transactions by the Fund, (ii) for purposes of segregating cash,
government securities or liquid, high-grade debt obligations in
connection with options purchased, sold or written by the Fund or
commodity futures contracts or options thereon purchased or sold by the
Fund, (iii) for the purposes of compliance by the Fund with the
procedures required by Investment Company Act
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Release No. 10666, or any subsequent release or releases of the
Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the maintenance of
segregated accounts by registered investment companies and (iv) for
other proper corporate purposes, but only, in the case of clause (iv),
upon receipt of, in addition to Proper Instructions, a certified copy
of a resolution of the Board of Directors/Trustees or of the Executive
Committee signed by an officer of the Fund and certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, setting forth the purpose or
purposes of such segregated account and declaring such purposes to be
proper corporate purposes.
2.12 Ownership Certificates for Tax Purposes. The Custodian shall execute
ownership and other certificates and affidavits for all federal and
state tax purposes in connection with receipt of income and other
payments with respect to domestic securities of the Fund held by it and
in connection with transfers of such securities.
2.13 Proxies. The Custodian shall, with respect to the domestic securities
held hereunder, cause to be promptly executed by the registered holder
of such securities, if the securities are registered otherwise than in
the name of the Fund or a nominee of the Fund, all proxies, without
indication of the manner in which such proxies are to be voted, and
shall promptly deliver to the Fund such proxies, all proxy soliciting
materials and all notices relating to such securities.
2.14 Communications Relating to Fund Portfolio Securities. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.3, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the
Fund all written information (including, without limitation, pendency
of calls and maturities of securities held domestically and all
expirations of rights in connection therewith and notices of exercise
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call and put options written by the Fund and the maturity of futures
contracts purchased or sold by the Fund) received by the Custodian from
issuers of the securities being held for the Fund. With respect to
tender or exchange offers, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the
Fund all written information received by the Custodian from issuers of
the securities whose tender or exchange is sought and from the party
(or his agents) making the tender or exchange offer. If the Fund
desires to take action with respect to any tender offer, exchange offer
or any other similar transaction, the Fund shall notify the Custodian
at least three business days prior to the date on which the Custodian
is to take such action.
2.15 Reports to Fund by Independent Public Accountants. The Custodian
shall provide the Fund, at such times as the Fund may reasonably
require, with reports by independent public accountants on the
accounting system, internal accounting control and procedures for
safeguarding securities, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts, including securities deposited and/or maintained in a
Securities System, relating to the services provided by the Custodian
under this Contract; such reports shall be of sufficient scope and in
sufficient detail, as may reasonably be required by the Fund to provide
reasonable assurance that any material inadequacies would be disclosed
by such examination, and, if there are no such inadequacies, the
reports shall so state.
3. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held
Outside of the United States
3.1 Appointment of Foreign Sub-Custodians
The Fund hereby authorizes and instructs the Custodian to employ as
sub-custodians for the Fund's securities and other assets maintained
outside the United States the foreign
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banking institutions and foreign securities depositories designated on
Schedule A hereto ("foreign sub-custodians"). Upon receipt of "Proper
Instructions", as defined in Section 5 of this Contract, together with
a certified resolution of the Fund's Board of Directors/Trustees, the
Custodian and the Fund may agree to amend Schedule A hereto from time
to time to designate additional foreign banking institutions and
foreign securities depositories to act as sub-custodian. Upon receipt
of Proper Instructions, the Fund may instruct the Custodian to cease
the employment of any one or more such sub-custodians for maintaining
custody of the Fund's assets.
3.2 Assets to be Held. The Custodian shall limit the securities and other
assets maintained in the custody of the foreign sub-custodians to: (a)
"foreign securities", as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of Rule 17f-5
under the Investment Company at of 1940, and (b) cash and cash
equivalents in such amounts as the Custodian or the Fund may determine
to be reasonably necessary to effect the Fund's foreign securities
transactions.
3.3 Foreign Securities Depositories. Except as may otherwise be agreed upon
in writing by the Custodian and the Fund, assets of the Fund shall be
maintained in foreign securities depositories only through arrangements
implemented by the foreign banking institutions serving as
sub-custodians pursuant to the terms thereof. Where possible, such
arrangements shall include entry into agreements containing the
provisions set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.
3.4 Segregation of Securities. The Custodian shall identify on its books as
belonging to the Fund, the foreign securities of the Fund held by each
foreign sub-custodian. Each agreement pursuant to which the
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Custodian employs a foreign banking institution shall require that such
institution establish a custody account for the Custodian on behalf of
the Fund and physically segregate in that account, securities and other
assets of the Fund, and, in the event that such institution deposits
the Fund's securities in a foreign securities depository, that it shall
identify on its books as belonging to the Custodian, as agent for the
Fund, the securities so deposited.
3.5 Agreements with Foreign Banking Institutions. Each agreement with a
foreign banking institution shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit 1 hereto and shall provide that: (a) the Fund's assets
will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or
claim of any kind in favor of the foreign banking institution or its
creditors or agent, except a claim or payment for their safe custody of
administration; (b) beneficial ownership of the Fund's assets will be
freely transferable without the payment of money or value other than
for custody or administration; (c) adequate records will maintained
identifying the assets as belonging to the Fund; (d) officers of or
auditors employed by, or other representatives of the Custodian,
including to the extent permitted under applicable law the independent
public accountants for the Fund, will be given access to the books and
records of the foreign banking institution relating to its actions
under its agreement with the Custodian; and (e) assets of the Fund held
by the foreign sub-custodian will be subject only to the instructions
of the Custodian or its agents.
3.6 Access of Independent Accountants of the Fund. Upon request of the
Fund, the Custodian will use its best efforts to arrange for the
independent accountants of the Fund to be afforded access to the books
and records of any foreign banking institution employed as a foreign
sub-custodian insofar as such books and records relate to the
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performance of such foreign banking institution under its agreement
with the Custodian.
3.7 Reports by Custodian. The Custodian will supply to the Fund from time
to time, as mutually agreed upon, statements in respect of the
securities and other assets of the Fund held by foreign sub-custodians,
including but not limited to an identification of entities having
possession of the Fund's securities and other assets and advices or
notifications of any transfers of securities to or from each custodial
account maintained by a foreign banking institution for the Custodian
on behalf of the Fund indicating, as to securities acquired for the
Fund, the identity of the entity having physical possession of such
securities.
3.8 Transactions in Foreign Custody Account
1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.8,
the provision of Sections 2.2 and 2.7 of this Contract shall apply, in
their entirety to the foreign securities of the Fund held outside the
United States by foreign sub-custodians.
2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Contract to the contrary,
settlement and payment for securities received for the account of the
Fund and delivery of securities maintained for the account of the Fund
may be effected in accordance with the customary established securities
trading or securities processing practices and procedures in the
jurisdiction or market in which the transaction occurs, including,
without limitation, delivering securities to the purchaser thereof or
to a dealer therefor (or an agent for such purchaser or dealer) against
a receipt with the expectation of receiving later payment for such
securities from such purchaser or dealer.
(c) Securities maintained in the custody of a foreign sub-custodian may
be maintained in
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the name of such entity's nominee to the same extent as set forth in
Section 2.3 of this Contract, and the Fund agrees to hold any such
nominee harmless from any liability as a holder of record of such
securities.
3.9 Liability of Foreign Sub-Custodians. Each agreement pursuant to which
the Custodian employs a foreign banking institution as a foreign
sub-custodian shall require the institution to exercise reasonable care
in the performance of its duties and to indemnify, and hold harmless,
the Custodian and each Fund from and against any loss, damage, cost,
expense, liability or claim arising out of or in connection with the
institution's performance of such obligations. At the election of the
Fund, it shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the
Custodian with respect to any claims against a foreign banking
institution as a consequence of any such loss, damage, cost, expense,
liability or claim if and to the extent that the Fund has not been made
whole for any such loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or claim.
3.10 Liability of Custodian. The Custodian shall be liable for the acts or
omissions of a foreign banking institution to the same extent as set
forth with respect to sub-custodians generally in this Contract and,
regardless of whether assets are maintained in the custody of a foreign
banking institution, a foreign securities depository or a branch of a
U.S. bank as contemplated by paragraph 3.13 hereof 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 loss where the sub-custodian has
otherwise exercised reasonable care. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph 3.10, in delegating custody duties to
State Street London Ltd., the Custodian
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shall not be relieved of any responsibility to the Fund for any loss
due to such delegation, except such loss as may result from (a)
political risk (including, but not limited to, exchange control
restrictions, confiscation, expropriation, nationalization,
insurrection, civil strife or armed hostilities) or (b) other losses
(excluding a bankruptcy or insolvency of State Street London Ltd. not
caused by political risk) due to Acts of God, nuclear incident or other
losses under circumstances where the Custodian and State Street London
Ltd. have exercised reasonable care.
3.11 Reimbursement for Advances. If the Fund requires the Custodian to
advance cash or securities for any purpose including the purchase or
sale of foreign exchange or of contracts for foreign exchange, 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 Contract, except such as may
arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action, negligent failure
to act or willful misconduct, any property at any time held for the
account of the Fund shall be security therefor and should the Fund fail
to repay the Custodian promptly, the Custodian shall be entitled to
utilize available cash and to dispose of the Fund assets to the extent
necessary to obtain reimbursement.
3.12 Monitoring Responsibilities. The Custodian shall furnish annually to
the Fund, during the month of June, information concerning the foreign
sub-custodians employed by the Custodian. Such information shall be
similar in kind and scope to that furnished to the Fund in connection
with the initial approval of this Contract. In addition, the Custodian
will promptly inform the
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Fund in the event that the Custodian will promptly inform the Fund in
the event that the Custodian learns of a material adverse change in the
financial condition of a foreign sub-custodian or any material loss of
the assets of the Fund or in the case of any foreign sub-custodian not
the subject of an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange
Commission is notified by such foreign sub-custodian that there appears
to be a substantial likelihood that its shareholders' equity will
decline below $200 million (U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof) or
that its shareholders' equity has declined below $200 million (in each
case computed in accordance with generally accepted U.S. accounting
principles).
3.13 Branches of U.S. Banks. (a) Except as otherwise set forth in this
Contract, the provisions of Article 3 shall not apply where the custody
of the Fund assets are maintained in a foreign branch of a banking
institution which is a "bank" as defined by Section 2(a)(5) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 meeting the qualification set forth in
Section 26(a) of said Act. The appointment of any such branch as a
sub-custodian shall be governed by paragraph 1 of this Contract. (b)
Cash held for the Fund in the United Kingdom shall be maintained in an
interest bearing account established for the Fund with the Custodian's
London branch, which account shall be subject to the direction of the
Custodian, State Street London Ltd. or both.
4. Payments for Repurchases or Redemptions and Sales of Shares of the Fund
From such funds as may be available for the purpose but subject to the
limitations of the Articles of Incorporation/Declaration of Trust and
any applicable votes of the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund
pursuant thereto, the Custodian shall, upon receipt of instructions
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from the Transfer Agent, make funds available for payment to holders of
Shares who have delivered to the Transfer Agent a request for
redemption or repurchase of their Shares. In connection with the
redemption or repurchase of Shares of the Fund, 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
shareholders. In connection with the redemption or repurchase of Shares
of the Fund, the Custodian shall honor checks drawn on the Custodian by
the holder of Shares, which checks have been furnished by the Fund to
the holder of Shares, when presented to the Custodian in accordance
with such procedures and controls as are mutually agreed upon from time
to time between the Fund and the Custodian.
The Custodian shall receive from the distributor for the Fund's
Shares or from the Transfer Agent of the Fund and deposit into the
Fund's account such payments as are received for Shares of the Fund
issued or sold from time to time by the Fund. The Custodian will
provide timely notification to the Fund and the Transfer Agent of any
receipt by it of payments for Shares of the Fund.
5. Proper Instructions.
Proper Instructions as used herein means a writing signed or
initialled by one or more person or persons as the officers of the Fund
shall have from time to time authorized. Each such writing shall set
forth the specific transaction or type of transaction involved,
including a specific statement of the purpose for which such action is
requested. Oral instructions will be considered Proper Instructions if
the Custodian reasonably believes them to have been given by a person
authorized to give such instructions with respect to the transaction
involved. The Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed in
writing. It is understood and agreed that the Board
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of Directors/Directors/Trustees has authorized (i) Prudential Mutual
Fund Management, Inc., as Manager of the Fund, and (ii) The Prudential
Investment Corporation (or Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.), as
Subadviser to the Fund, to deliver proper instructions with respect to
all matters for which proper instructions are required by this Article
5. The Custodian may rely upon the certificate of an officer of the
Manager or Subadviser, as the case may be, with respect to the person
or persons authorized on behalf of the Manager and Subadviser,
respectively, to sign, initial or give proper instructions for the
purpose of this Article 5. Proper Instructions may include
communications effected directly between electro-mechanical or
electronic devices provided that the Fund and the Custodian are
satisfied that such procedures afford adequate safeguards for the
Fund's assets. For purposes of this Section, Proper Instructions shall
include instructions received by the Custodian pursuant to any
three-party agreement which requires a segregated asset account in
accordance with Section 2.11.
6. Actions Permitted without Express Authority
The Custodian may in its discretion, without express authority from the
Fund:
1) make payments to itself or others for minor expenses of
handling securities or other similar items relating to its
duties under this Contract, provided that all such payments
shall be accounted for to the Fund;
2) surrender securities in temporary form for securities in
definitive form;
3) endorse for collection, in the name of the Fund, 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 property
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the Fund except as otherwise directed by the Board of
Directors/Trustees of the Fund.
7. Evidence of Authority
The Custodian shall be protected in acting upon any instructions,
notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument or paper believed by
it to be genuine and to have been properly executed by or on behalf of the Fund.
The Custodian may receive and accept a certified copy of a vote of the Board of
Directors/Trustees of the Fund as conclusive evidence (a) of the authority of
any person to act in accordance with such vote or (b) of any determination or of
any action by the Board of Directors/Trustees pursuant to the Articles of
Incorporation/Declaration of Trust as described in such vote, and such vote may
be considered as in full force and effect until receipt by the Custodian of
written notice to the contrary.
8. Duties of Custodian with Respect to the Books of Account and
Calculation of Net Asset Value and Net Income
The Custodian shall cooperate with and supply necessary information to
the entity or entities appointed by the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund
to keep the books of account of the Fund and/or compute the net asset value per
share of their outstanding shares of the Fund or, if directed in writing to do
so by the Fund, shall itself keep such books of account and/or compute such net
asset value per share. If so directed, the Custodian shall also calculate daily
the net income of the Fund as described in the Fund's currently effective
prospectus and shall advise the Fund and the Transfer Agent daily of the total
amounts of such net income and, if instructed in writing by an officer of the
Fund to do so, shall advise the Transfer Agent periodically of the division of
such net income among its various components. The calculations of the net asset
value per share and the daily income of the Fund shall be made at the time or
times described from time
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to time in the Fund's currently effective prospectus.
9. Records
The Custodian shall create and maintain all records relating to its
activities and obligations under this Contract in such manner as will meet the
obligations of the Fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission. The Custodian shall, at the
Fund's request, supply the Fund with a tabulation of securities owned by the
Fund 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.
10. Opinion of Fund's Independent Accountant
The Custodian shall take all reasonable action, as the Fund 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, Form N-2 (in the case
of a closed end Fund) and Form N-SAR or other periodic reports to the Securities
and Exchange Commission and with respect to any other requirements of such
Commission.
11. Compensation of Custodian
The Custodian shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for its
services and expenses as Custodian, as agreed upon from time to time between
the Fund and the Custodian.
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12. Responsibility of Custodian
So long as and to the extent that it is in the exercise of reasonable
care, the Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or
genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or
delivered by it pursuant to this Contract and shall be held harmless in acting
upon any notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to be signed by the proper party or parties,
including any futures commission merchant acting pursuant to the terms of a
three-party futures or options agreement. The Custodian shall be held to the
exercise of reasonable care in carrying out the provisions of this Contract, but
shall be kept indemnified by and shall be without liability to the Fund for any
action taken or omitted by it in good faith without negligence. It shall be
entitled to rely on and may act upon advice of counsel (who may be counsel for
the Fund) on all matters, and shall be without liability for any action
reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to such advice. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the responsibility of the Custodian with respect to redemptions
effected by check shall be in accordance with a separate Agreement entered into
between the Custodian and the Fund.
The Custodian shall be liable for the acts or omissions of a foreign
banking institution appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 to the
same extent as set forth in Article 1 hereof with respect to sub-custodians
located in the United States and, regardless of whether assets are maintained in
the custody of a foreign banking institution, a foreign securities depository or
a branch of a U.S. bank as contemplated by paragraph 3.11 hereof, the Custodian
shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost, liability or claim resulting
from, or caused by, the direction of or authorization by the Fund to maintain
custody or any securities or cash of the Fund in a foreign country including,
but not limited to, losses resulting from nationalization, expropriation,
currency
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restrictions, or acts of war or terrorism.
If the Fund requires the Custodian to take any action with respect to
securities, which action involves the payment of money or which action may, in
the opinion of the Custodian, result in the Custodian or its nominee assigned to
the Fund being liable for the payment of money or incurring liability of some
other form, the Fund, as a prerequisite to requiring the Custodian to take such
action, shall provide indemnity to the Custodian in an amount and form
satisfactory to it.
If the Fund requires the Custodian to advance cash or securities for
any purpose 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 Contract, except such as may arise from
its or its nominee's own negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful
misconduct, any property at any time held for the account of the Fund shall be
security therefor and should the Fund fail to repay the Custodian promptly, the
Custodian shall be entitled to utilize available cash and to dispose of the Fund
assets to the extent necessary to obtain reimbursement provided, however that,
prior to disposing of the Fund assets hereunder, the Custodian shall give the
Fund notice of its intention to dispose of assets identifying such assets and
the Fund shall have one business day from receipt of such notice to notify the
Custodian if the Fund wishes the Custodian to dispose of Fund assets of equal
value other than those identified in such notice.
13. Effective Period, Termination and Amendment
This Contract shall become effective as of its execution, shall
continue in full force and effect until terminated as hereinafter provided, may
be amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties hereto and may be
terminated by either party by an instrument in writing delivered
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or mailed, postage prepaid to the other party, such termination to take effect
not sooner than sixty (60) days after the date of such delivery or mailing;
provided, however that the Custodian shall not act under Section 2.10 hereof in
the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary that the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund has
approved the initial use of a particular Securities System and the receipt of an
annual certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board of
Directors/Trustees has reviewed the use by the Fund of such Securities System,
as required in each case by Rule 17f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended and that the Custodian shall not act under Section 2.10A hereof in
the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary that the Board of Directors/Trustees has approved the
initial use of the Direct Paper System and the receipt of an annual certificate
of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board of Directors/Trustees
has reviewed the use by the Fund of the Direct Paper System; provided further,
however, that the Fund shall not amend or terminate this Contract in
contravention of any applicable federal or state regulations, or any provision
of the Articles of Incorporation/Declaration of Trust, and further provided,
that the Fund may at any time by action of its Board of Directors/Trustees (i)
substitute another bank or trust company for the Custodian by giving notice as
described above to the Custodian, or (ii) immediately terminate this Contract in
the event of the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the Custodian by
the Comptroller of the Currency or upon the happening of a like event at the
direction of an appropriate regulatory agency or court of competent
jurisdiction.
Upon termination of the Contract, the Fund shall pay to the Custodian
such compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination and shall
likewise reimburse the Custodian for its
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costs, expenses and disbursements.
14. Successor Custodian
If a successor custodian shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors/Trustees of the Fund, the Custodian shall, upon termination, deliver
to such successor custodian at the office of the Custodian, duly endorsed and in
the form for transfer, all securities then held by it hereunder and shall
transfer to an account of the successor custodian all of the Fund's securities
held in a Securities System.
If no such successor custodian shall be appointed, the Custodian shall,
in like manner, upon receipt of a certified copy of a vote of the Board of
Directors/Trustees of the Fund, deliver at the office of the Custodian and
transfer such securities, funds and other properties in accordance with such
vote.
In the event that no written order designating a successor custodian or
certified copy of a vote of the Board of Directors/Trustees shall have been
delivered to the Custodian on or before the date when such termination shall
become effective, then the Custodian shall have the right to deliver to a bank
or trust company, which is a "bank" as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, doing business in Boston, Massachusetts, of its own selection, having an
aggregate capital, surplus, and undivided profits, as shown by its last
published report, or not less than $25,000,000, all securities, funds and other
properties held by the Custodian and all instruments held by the Custodian
relative thereto and all other property held by it under this Contract and to
transfer to an account of such successor custodian all of the Fund's securities
held in any Securities System. Thereafter, such bank or trust company shall be
the successor of the Custodian under this Contract.
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In the event that securities, funds and other properties remain in the
possession of the Custodian after the date of termination hereof owing to
failure of the Fund to procure the certified copy of the vote referred to or of
the Board of Directors/Trustees to appoint a successor custodian, the Custodian
shall be entitled to fair compensation for its services during such period as
the Custodian remains possession of such securities, funds and other properties
and the provisions of this Contract relating to the duties and obligations of
the Custodian shall remain in full force and effect.
15. Interpretive and Additional Provisions
In connection with the operation of this Contract, the Custodian and
the Fund may from time to time agree on such provisions interpretive of or in
addition to the provisions of this Contract as may in their joint opinion be
consistent with the general tenor of this Contract. Any such interpretive or
additional provisions shall be in a writing signed by both parties and shall be
annexed hereto, provided that no such interpretive or additional provisions
shall contravene any applicable federal or state regulations or any provision of
the Articles of Incorporation/Declaration of Trust of the Fund. No interpretive
or additional provisions made as provided in the preceding sentence shall be
deemed to be an amendment of this Contract.
16. Massachusetts Law to Apply
This Contract shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted
under and in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
17. Prior Contracts
This Contract supersedes and terminates, as of the date hereto, all
prior contracts between the Fund and the Custodian relating to the custody of
the Fund's assets.
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18. The Parties
All references herein to the "Fund" are to each of the Funds listed on
Appendix A individually, as if this Contract were between such individual Fund
and the Custodian. With respect to any Fund listed on Appendix A which is
organized as a Massachusetts Business Trust, references to Board of Directors
and Articles of Incorporation shall be deemed a reference to Board of
Directors/Trustees and Articles of Incorporation/Declaration of Trust
respectively and reference to shares of capital stock shall be deemed a
reference to shares of beneficial interest.
19. Limitation of Liability
Each Fund listed on Appendix A that is referenced as a Massachusetts
Business Trust is the designation of the Directors/Trustees under a Articles of
Incorporation/Declaration of Trust, dated (see Appendix A) and all persons
dealing with the Fund must look solely to the property of the Fund for the
enforcement of any claims against the Fund as neither the Directors/Trustees,
officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations
entered into on behalf of the Fund.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this instrument to
be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative and its
seal to be hereunder affixed as of the dates set forth on Appendix A.
ATTEST STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ ▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
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ATTEST EACH OF THE FUNDS LISTED ON APPENDIX A
/s/ S ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Secretary Vice President
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AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST
AND STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Reference is made to the CUSTODIAN CONTRACT between The Target
Portfolio Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated November 9, 1992
with respect to The Target Portfolio Trust. Paragraph 5 of said Agreement shall
be restated in its entirety and shall provide as follows:
Proper instructions as used herein means a writing signed or
initialed by one or more person or persons as the officers of the Trust
shall have from time to time authorized. Each such writing shall set
forth the specific transaction or type of transaction involved,
including a specific statement of the purpose for which such action is
requested. Oral instructions will be considered Proper Instructions if
the Custodian reasonably believes them to have been given by a person
authorized to give such instructions with respect to the transaction
involved. The Trust shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed
in writing. It is understood and agreed that the Trustees have
authorized (i) Prudential Mutual Fund Management, Inc., as Manager of
the Trust, and (ii) each of the subadvisers listed below (individually,
a "Subadviser" and collectively, the "Subadvisers"), to deliver proper
instructions with respect to all matters for which proper instructions
are required by this Article 5, provided, however, that each Subadviser
is authorized to give proper instructions only with respect to matters
relating to the portfolios set forth next to its name below. The
Custodian may rely upon the certificate of an officer of the Manager or
a Subadviser, as the case may be, with respect to the person or persons
authorized on behalf of the Manager and Subadvisers, respectively, to
sign, initial or give proper instructions for the purpose of this
Article 5. Proper Instructions may include communications effected
directly between electro-mechanical or electronic devices provided that
the Trust and the Custodian are satisfied that such procedures afford
adequate safeguards for the Trust's assets. Proper Instructions shall
include instructions received by the Custodian pursuant to any
three-party agreement which requires a segregated asset account in
accordance with Section 2.11.
For purposes of this Section the following Subadvisers have been
authorized by the Trustees to give Proper Instructions with respect to the
following portfolios:
Subadvisers Portfolio
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Management Co., Inc. Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio
Invesco MIM, Inc. Large Capitalization Value Portfolio
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Management Small Capitalization Growth Portfolio
Oak Hall Capital Advisors, Inc. Small Capitalization Value Portfolio
Lazard Freres Asset Management International Equity Portfolio
Pacific Investment Management Company Intermediate Term Bond Portfolio; Total
Return Bond Portfolio
Wellington Management Company Mortgage-Backed Securities Portfolio;
U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio
The second sentence of paragraph 18 of said Agreement shall be restated
in its entirety and shall provide as follows:
With respect to any Fund listed in Appendix A which is
organized as a Delaware business trust, references to Board of
Directors and Articles of Incorporation shall be deemed a reference to
Board of Directors/Trustees and Articles of Incorporation/Declaration
of Trust, respectively, and reference to shares of capital stock shall
be deemed a reference to shares of beneficial interest.
Paragraph 19 of said Agreement shall be restated in its entirety and
shall provide as follows:
19. The Trust is a business trust organized under the Delaware
Business Trust Act pursuant to a certificate of trust dated July 29,
1992. The Trust is a series trust and all debts, liabilities,
obligations and expenses of a particular Portfolio shall be enforceable
only against the assets of that Portfolio and not against the assets of
any other Portfolio or of the Trust as a whole. Neither the Trustees,
officers, agents or shareholders of the Trust assume any personal
liability for obligations entered into on behalf of the Trust (or a
Portfolio thereof).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this
instrument to be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized
representative.
ATTEST STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Executive Vice President
ATTEST THE TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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President
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Appendix A
Date of
Execution Declaration of Trust
Fund Name Date (if applicable)
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Command Government Fund July 1, 1990 August 19, 1981
Command Money Fund July 1, 1990 June 5, 1981
Command Tax-Free Money Fund July 1, 1990 June 5, 1991
The Blackstone Government Income Trust August 30, 1991 June 13, 1991
The Global Yield Fund, Inc. September 5, 1990
Prudential Adjustable Rate Securities Fund, Inc. June 1, 1992
Prudential California Municipal Fund August 1, 1990 May 18, 1984
Prudential Equity Fund August 1, 1990
Prudential Global Fund, Inc. June 7, 1990
Prudential GNMA Fund August 1, 1990
Prudential Government Plus Fund July 31, 1990
Prudential Government Securities Trust July 26, 1990 September 22, 1981
Prudential Growth Opportunity Fund July 26, 1990
Prudential High Yield Fund July 26, 1990
Prudential IncomeVertible Fund, Inc. June 6, 1990
Prudential Moneymart Assets July 25, 1990
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc. June 1, 1990
Prudential Municipal Series Fund August 1, 1990 May 18, 1984
Prudential National Municipals Fund July 26, 1990
Prudential Pacific Growth Fund, Inc. July 16, 1992
Prudential Growth Fund, Inc. July 25, 1990
formerly Prudential Research Fund
Prudential Short-Term Global Income Fund, Inc. October 25, 1990
Prudential Special Money Market Fund January 12, 1990
Prudential Structured Maturity Fund July 25, 1989
Prudential Tax-Free Money Fund July 26, 1990
Prudential U.S. Government Fund June 7, 1990 September 22, 1986
Prudential Utility Fund June 6, 1990
The Target Portfolio Trust November 9, 1992 July 29, 1992
The Target Portfolio Trust
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Schedule A
The following foreign banking institutions and foreign
securities depositories have been approved by the Board of Trustees of
the Target Portfolio Trust for use as sub-custodians for the Trust's
securities and other assets:
Securities Depository
or
Country Bank Clearing Agency
------- ---- ---------------
Australia Australia and New Zealand Austraclear Limited
Banking Group Limited
Austria Girozentrale and Bank der Osterreichische Kontrollbank AG
osterreichischen Sparkassen AG
Belgium Banque Bruxelles ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interprofessionnelle de
Depots et ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ de Titres S.A.
Canada The Canada Trust Company The Canadian Deposito Securities
Limited
Denmark Den Danske Bank Vaerdipapircentralen
The Danish Securities Center
Finland Kansallis-Osake-Pankki None
France Credit Commercial de France Societe Interprofessionnelle la
Compensation des Valeurs
Mobilieres (SICOVAM)
Germany Berliner Handels - und ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Standard Chartered Bank None
Indonesia Standard Chartered Bank None
Ireland Bank of Ireland The Gilts Settlement Office
Italy Credito Italiano Monte Titoli, S.p.A.
Japan Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., None
Ltd.
Korea Bank of Seoul None
Luxembourg Cedel
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Securities Depository
or
Country Bank Clearing Agency
------- ---- ---------------
Malaysia Standard Chartered Bank None
Mexico Citibank, N.A. Instituto para el Depos de Valores
(INDEVAL)
Netherlands Bank Mees & Hope N.V. Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor
Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V.
(NECIGEF)
New Zealand Westpac Banking Corporation None
Norway Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse Verdipapirsentralen, The
Norwegian Registry of Securities
Philippines Standard Chartered Bank None
Portugal Banco Comercial Portuges Central de Valores Mobiliarios
Singapore The Development Bank of The Central Depository (Pte)
Singapore Ltd. Limited
Spain Banco Central None
Hispanoamericano, S.A.
Sweden Skandinaviska Vardepapperscentralen
Enskilda Banken
Switzerland Union Bank of Switzerland Schweizerische Effekt Giro AG
(SEGA)
Thailand Standard Chartered Bank None
United Kingdom State Street Bank and Trust The Central Gilts Off
Company, London branch, and
State Street London Limited, a
subsidiary of State Street Bank
and Trust Company
Transnational The Euroclear System Cedel
Certified:
/s/ S. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Fund's Authorized Officer
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Date: October 14, 1992