Exhibit 23(g)(2)
AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Amendment to the Custodian Contract is made as of *[date] by and
between ▇▇▇▇▇ International Series, Inc. (formerly Venture International Series,
Inc, the "Fund") 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 Fund and the Custodian entered into a Custodian Contract dated
as of December 16, 1994 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
"Contract"); and
WHEREAS, the Fund 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 Fund has made the Total Return Fund subject to the
Contract (each such series, together with all other series subsequently
established by the Fund and made subject to the Contract in accordance with the
terms thereof, shall be referred to as a "Portfolio", and, collectively, the
"Portfolios"); and
WHEREAS, the Fund 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; and
WHEREAS, the Fund and the Custodian desire to amend and restate certain
other provisions of the Contract relating to the custody of assets of each of
the Portfolios 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 financial institutions such as any Mandatory Securities Depositories
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, except that the term does not include Mandatory Securities Depositories.
"Foreign Assets" means any of the Fund's 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 Fund's
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
Fund 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 Fund, by resolution adopted by its Board of Directors (the "Board"), hereby
delegates to the Custodian, subject to Section (b) of Rule 17f-5, the
responsibilities set forth in this Article 3 with respect to Foreign Assets held
outside the United States, and the Custodian hereby accepts such delegation, as
Foreign Custody Manager of the Fund.
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
may be amended from time to time by 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 Fund's assets. 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. 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 Fund of the applicable account opening
requirements for such country, the Foreign Custody Manager shall be deemed to
have been delegated by the Board responsibility as Foreign Custody Manager with
respect to that country and to have accepted such delegation. Following the
receipt of Proper Instructions directing the Foreign Custody Manager to close
the account of the Fund with the Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by the
Foreign Custody Manager in a designated country, the delegation by the Board 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 Fund 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
Fund. Thirty days (or such longer period as to which the parties agree in
writing) after receipt of any such notice by the Fund, the Custodian shall have
no further responsibility as Foreign Custody Manager to the Fund 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 assets,
including, without limitation:
(i) the Eligible Foreign Custodian's practices, procedures, and internal
controls, including, but not limited to, the physical protections
available for certificated securities (if applicable), its methods of
keeping custodial records, and its security and data protection
practices;
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(ii) whether the Eligible Foreign Custodian has the financial strength to
provide reasonable care for Foreign Assets;
(iii) the Eligible Foreign Custodian's general reputation and standing and, in
the case of a foreign securities depository or clearing agency which is
not a Mandatory Securities Depository, the foreign securities
depository's or clearing agency's operating history and the number of
participants in the foreign securities depository or clearing agency,
and
(iv) whether the Fund will have jurisdiction over and be able to enforce
judgments against the Eligible Foreign Custodian, such as by virtue of
the existence of any officers of the Eligible Foreign Custodian in the
United States or the Eligible Foreign Custodian's consent to service of
process in the United States.
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 provide reasonable care for the Foreign Assets
held by that Eligible Foreign Custodian based on the standards applicable to
custodians in the particular country. Each such contract shall include
provisions that provide:
(i) for indemnification or insurance arrangements (or any combination of the
foregoing) such that the Fund will be adequately protected against the
risk of loss of the Foreign Assets held in accordance with such
contract;
(ii) that the Foreign Assets will not be subject to any right, security
interest, or lien or claim of any kind in favor of the Eligible Foreign
Custodian or its creditors except a claim of payment for their safe
custody or administration or, in the case of cash deposits, liens or
rights in favor of creditors of the Eligible Foreign Custodian arising
under bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws;
(iii) that beneficial ownership of the Foreign Assets will be freely
transferable without the payment of money or value other than for safe
custody or administration;
(iv) that adequate records will be maintained identifying the Foreign Assets
as belonging to the Fund or as being held by a third party for the
benefit of the Fund;
(v) that the Fund's independent public accountants will be given access to
those records or confirmation of the contents of those records; and
(vi) that the Fund will receive periodic reports with respect to the
safekeeping of the Foreign Assets, including, but not limited to,
notification of any transfer of the Foreign Assets to or from the Fund's
account or a third party account containing the Foreign Assets held for
the benefit of the Fund,
or, in lieu of any or all of the provisions set forth in (i) through (vi) above,
such other provisions that the Foreign Custody Manager determines will provide,
in their entirety, the same or greater level of care and protection for the
Foreign Assets as the provisions set forth in (i) through (vi) above in their
entirety.
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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. 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 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 Fund, and the Board shall be deemed to be monitoring on a
continuing basis such Country Risk to the extent that the Board considers
necessary or appropriate. The Fund 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 THE 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 Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, would
exercise.
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 Fund described in this Article 3 after the occurrence of the material
change.
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3.8. REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO RULE 17F-5.
The Foreign Custody Manager represents to the Fund that it is a U.S. Bank as
defined in section (a)(7) of Rule 17f-5.
The Fund 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 Fund.
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 Fund
shall be effective as of the date of execution of this Amendment 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 days after receipt by the non-terminating party of such
notice. The provisions of Section 3.3 of this Article 3 shall govern the
delegation to and termination of the Custodian as Foreign Custody Manager of the
Fund with respect to designated countries.
4. DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OF THE FUND HELD
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
4.1 DEFINITIONS.
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 or a Permissible Foreign Custodian.
"Permissible Foreign Custodian" means any person with whom property of the Fund
may be placed and maintained outside of the United States under (i) section
17(f) or 26(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, without regard
to Rule 17f-5 or (ii) an order of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
4.2. HOLDING SECURITIES.
The Custodian shall identify on its books as belonging to the Fund the 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
Fund, 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 the
Fund which are maintained in such account shall identify those securities as
belonging to the Fund and (ii) 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. HOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSETS WITH PERMISSIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS.
Subject to the requirements of Sections 17(f) and 26(a) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (and any other applicable law or order), the
Custodian may place and maintain Foreign Assets in the care of any
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Permissible Foreign Custodian. Article 3 (other than the definitions in Section
3.1) of this Contract shall not apply to placement of Foreign Assets by the
Custodian with a Permissible Custodian.
4.5. TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CUSTODY ACCOUNT.
4.5.1. DELIVERY OF FOREIGN SECURITIES.
The Custodian or a Foreign Sub-Custodian shall release and deliver foreign
securities of the Fund 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
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;
(iii) to the depository agent in connection with tender or other similar
offers for foreign securities of the Fund;
(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 borrowings by the Fund
requiring a pledge of assets by the 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 corporate purpose, but only upon receipt of, in
addition to Proper Instructions, a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors or of an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors so
authorized by the Board of Directors, signed by an officer of the Fund
and certified by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the
resolution was duly adopted and is in full force and effect (a
"Certified Resolution"), specifying the foreign securities to be
delivered, setting forth the purpose for which such
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delivery is to be made, declaring such purpose to be a proper corporate
purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom delivery of such
securities shall be made.
4.5.2. 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 the 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) in connection with the borrowing/lending of foreign securities; and
(vii) for any other proper corporate purpose, mat only upon receipt of, in
addition to Proper Instructions, a Certified Resolution 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 corporate purpose,
and naming the person or persons to whom such payment is to be made.
4.5.3. MARKET CONDITIONS.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Contract to the contrary, settlement and
payment for Foreign Assets received for the account of the Fund and delivery of
Foreign Assets maintained for the account of the Fund 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.
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4.6. REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN SECURITIES.
The foreign securities maintained in the custody of a Foreign Custodian (other
than bearer securities) shall be registered in the name of the 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 Fund agrees to hold any such nominee
harmless from any liability as a holder of record of such foreign securities.
The Custodian or a Foreign Sub-Custodian shall not be obligated to accept
securities on behalf of the 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.
4.7. BANK ACCOUNTS.
A bank account or bank accounts opened and maintained outside the United States
on behalf of the 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.
4.8. COLLECTION OF INCOME.
The Custodian shall use reasonable endeavors to collect all income and other
payments in due course with respect to the Foreign Assets held hereunder to
which the Fund shall be entitled and shall credit such income, as collected, to
the Fund. In the event that extraordinary measures are required to collect such
income, the Fund and the Custodian shall consult as to such measures and as to
the compensation and expenses of the Custodian relating to such measures.
4.9. PROXIES.
The Custodian will generally with respect to the foreign securities held under
this Article 4 use its reasonable endeavors to facilitate the exercise of voting
and other shareholder proxy rights, subject always to the laws, regulations and
practical constraints that may exist in the country where such securities are
issued. The Fund 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 Fund to exercise
shareholder rights.
4.10. COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN SECURITIES.
The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Fund 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 Fund. With respect to tender or exchange
offers, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Fund 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. 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 Fund 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 such
right or power is to be exercised.
4.11. 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 such
Foreign Sub-Custodian's performance of such obligations. At the election of the
Fund, the Fund shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Custodian
with respect to any claims against a Foreign Sub-Custodian as a consequence of
any such loss, damage, cost,
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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.
4.12. TAX LAW.
The Custodian shall have no responsibility or liability for any obligations now
or hereafter imposed on the Fund or the Custodian as custodian of the Fund by
the tax law of the United States or of any state or political subdivision
thereof. It shall be the responsibility of the Fund to notify the Custodian of
the obligations imposed on the Fund or the Custodian as custodian of the Fund 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 Fund with respect to any claim for exemption or
refund under the tax law of countries for which the Fund has provided such
information.
4.13. LIABILITY OF CUSTODIAN.
Except as may arise from the Custodian's own negligence or willful misconduct or
the negligence or willful misconduct of a Sub-Custodian, the Custodian shall be
without liability to the Fund for any loss, liability, claim or expense
resulting from or caused by anything which is (A) part of Country Risk or (B)
part of the "prevailing country risk" of the Fund, as such term is used in SEC
Release Nos. IC-22658; IS-1080 (May 12,1997) or as such term or other similar
terms are now or in the future interpreted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission or by the staff of the Division of Investment Management of such
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
II. 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.
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.
WITNESSED BY: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
/s/______________________
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ By:/s/____________________________
Vice President & Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Associate Counsel Title: Executive Vice President
WITNESSED BY: ▇▇▇▇▇ HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
/s/_________________
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Heliliz By:/s/_____________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Street
Title: Treasurer
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