EXHIBIT
8(a)
CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Contract between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a Maryland
corporation organized under Articles of incorporation dated May 15, 1986, as the
same may be amended from time to time (the "Charter"), and State Street Bank
and Trust Company (the "Custodian").
WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Employment of Custodian and Property to be Held by It; Application of
Contract
The Fund hereby employs the Custodian as the Custodian of its assets,
including securities intended to be held within the United States ("domestic
securities") and securities intended to be held outside the United States
("foreign securities"), pursuant to the provisions of the Charter and the
By-Laws of the Fund. 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, with $.01 par value, ("Shares") of all
series whenever created (each a "Portfolio") 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.
The Custodian may 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 of the Fund, and provided that the Custodian shall have
no more or less responsibility or liability to the Fund on account of any
actions or omissions of any sub-custodian so employed than any such
sub-custodian has to the 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 Section Q of Article II hereof.
The Fund may from time to time employ a special custodian in connection
with certain repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund, with the terms of
such employment to be governed by a special custodian agreement between the Fund
and the special custodian. However, the Fund agrees not to employ any such
special custodian until the Fund and the Custodian have entered into a master
repurchase agreement or other agreement
which sets forth the terms governing the relationship, including the method of
transfer of securities and cash, between the Custodian and such special
custodian.
State Street acknowledges that additional Portfolios may be established and
that Portfolios may be terminated, from time to time by action of the Board of
Directors of the Fund. If the context requires and unless otherwise specifically
provided herein, the term "Fund" as used in this Contract shall mean in addition
each subsequently created separate Portfolio.
II. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held by the
Custodian
A. Holding Securities. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate in a
separate account for the Fund all non-cash property to be held by it in the
United States, including all domestic securities owned by the Fund, except
that securities which are maintained pursuant to Section L of Article II
hereof 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 herein as "Securities Systems," shall be
identified as belonging to the Fund.
B. Delivery of Securities. The Custodian shall release and deliver securities
owned by the Fund held by the Custodian or in a Securities Systems account
of the Custodian only upon receipt of proper instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, and only in
the following cases:
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 L 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;
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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 K of Article II hereof or into the name or
nominee name of any sub-custodian appointed pursuant to Article I
hereof; 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) To the broker selling the same for examination in accordance with
the "street delivery" custom; provided that the Custodian shall
adopt such procedures, as the Fund from time to time shall
approve, to ensure their prompt return to the Custodian by the
broker in the event the broker elects not to accept them;
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, for 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 may deliver securities prior to the credit of such
collateral, provided that the Custodian shall
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promptly notify the Fund if such collateral is not credited;
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, 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 receipt of instructions from the transfer agent for the Fund
(the "Transfer Agent"), for delivery to the Transfer Agent or to
holders of shares in connection with distributions in kind, as
may be described from time to time in the Fund's currently
effective prospectus, in satisfaction of requests by holders of
Shares for repurchase or redemption; and
15) For any other proper corporate purposes, but only upon receipt
of, in addition to proper instructions, a certified copy of a
resolution of the Directors 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 be delivered,
setting forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made,
declaring such purposes to be proper corporate purposes, and
naming the person or persons to whom delivery of such securities
shall be made.
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C. 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 K of Article II hereof or in the name or
nominee name of any sub-custodian or special custodian appointed pursuant
to Article I hereof. All securities accepted by the custodian on behalf of
the Fund under the terms of this Contract shall be in "street" or other
good delivery form.
D 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, as amended. Funds 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, as amended, 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 Directors of the Fund. Such funds
shall be deposite4 by the Custodian in its capacity as Custodian and shall
be withdrawable by the Custodian only in that capacity.
E. Payments for Shares. The Custodian shall receive from the distributor of
the Fund's Shares or from the Transfer Agent 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.
F. Investment and Availability of Federal Funds. Upon mutual agreement between
the Fund and the Custodian, the Custodian shall, upon the receipt of proper
instructions, which may be continuing instructions when deemed appropriate
by the parties,
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1) invest in such instruments as may be set forth in such
instructions on the same day as received all federal funds
received after a time agreed upon between the Custodian and the
Fund; and
2) 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.
G. Collection of Income. The Custodian shall collect on a timely basis all
income and other payments with respect to United States 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 United States
bearer securities if, on the date of payment by the issuer, such securities
are held by the Custodian or 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 securities held
hereunder.
Income due the Fund on United States securities loaned pursuant to the
provisions of Section B (10) shall be the responsibility of the Fund. The
Custodian will have no duty or responsibility in connection therewith
except as set forth in the preceding paragraph, 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.
H. Payment of Fund Moneys. Upon receipt of proper instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, the
Custodian shall pay out moneys of the Fund in the following cases only:
1) Upon the purchase of domestic securities, futures contracts or
options on futures contracts for the account of the Fund but only
(a) against the delivery of such securities, or evidence of title
to 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, or is permitted
by a rule under such Act, to act as a custodian and has been
designated by the Custodian as its agent for this purpose) or
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sub-custodian or special custodian registered in the name of the
Fund or in the name of a nominee of the Custodian referred to in
Section C of Article II 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 L
of Article II hereof or (c) 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 the NASD, (i) against
delivery of the securities either in certificate form or through
an entry crediting the Custodian's, sub-custodian's or special
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 or
other bank along with written evidence of the agreement by the
custodian or other bank to repurchase such securities from the
Fund;
2) In connection with conversion, exchange or surrender of
securities owned by the Fund as set forth in Section B of Article
II hereof;
3) For the redemption or repurchase of Shares issued by the Fund as
set forth in Section J of Article II 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 the payment of the amount of dividends received in respect
of securities sold short;
7) For any other proper purposes, but only upon receipt of, in
addition to proper instructions, a certified copy of a resolution
of the Board of Directors 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
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purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom such payment is
to be made.
I. Liability for Payment in Advance of Receipt of Securities Purchased. In any
and every case where payment for purchase of domestic 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, except that in the case of repurchase
agreements entered into by the Fund with a bank which is a member of the
Federal Reserve System, the Custodian may transfer funds to the account of
such bank prior to the receipt of written evidence that the securities
subject to such repurchase agreement have been transferred by book-entry
into a segregated nonproprietary account of the Custodian maintained with
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or of the safekeeping receipt, provided
that such securities have in fact been so transferred by book-entry.
J. Payments for Repurchases or Redemptions of Shares of the Fund. From such
funds as may be available for the purpose but subject to the limitations of
the Charter and any applicable votes of the Board of Directors of the Fund
pursuant thereto, the Custodian shall, upon receipt of instructions 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.
K. 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 II as the Custodian may from time to time
direct; provided, however, that the appointment of any agent shall not
relieve the Custodian of any of its responsibilities or liabilities
hereunder.
L. Deposit of Fund Assets in Securities Systems. The Custodian may deposit
and/or maintain 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. Department of the
Treasury and certain federal
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agencies, collectively referred to herein as "Securities Systems" 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 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 securities of the
Fund which ate maintained in a Securities System shall identify
by book-entry those securities, belonging to the Fund.
3) The Custodian shall pay for 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 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 for the account of
the Fund. Copies of all advices from the Securities System of
transfers of 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. 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 to the Fund copies of daily transaction sheets
reflecting each day's transactions in the Securities System for
the account of the Fund on the next business day.
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.
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5) The Custodian shall have received the initial or annual
certificate, as the case may be, required by Article IX 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 or from any
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 loss or damage if and to the
extent that the Fund has not been made whole for any such loss or
damage.
M. Segregated Account. The Custodian shall upon receipt of proper
instructions, which may be standing 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 L
hereof, (i) in accordance with the provisions 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 or government securities 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 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 Directors or of the
Executive Committee signed by an officer of the Fund and certified by the
Secretary or an
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Assistant Secretary, setting forth the purpose or purposes of such
segregated account and declaring such purposes to be proper corporate
purposes
N. Ownership Certificates for Tax Purposes. The Custodian shall execute
ownership and other certificates and affidavits for all U.S. federal and
state tax purposes in connection with receipt of income or other payments
with respect to securities of the Fund held by it and in connection with
transfers of securities.
O. Proxies. The Custodian shall, with respect to the 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.
P. Communications Relating to Fund Portfolio Securities. The Custodian shall
transmit promptly to the Fund all written information (including, without
limitation, pendency of calls and maturities of securities and expirations
of rights in connection therewith and notices of exercise of 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 or from any foreign sub-custodians
employed pursuant to Section Q hereof. With respect to tender or exchange
offers, the Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Fund all written
information received by the Custodian (or received by any foreign
sub-custodian and transmitted to 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 (five days in the case of foreign securities) prior to the
date on which the Custodian is to take such action.
Q. Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held Outside
of the United States
1) Appointment of Foreign Sub-Custodians. The Custodian is
authorized and instructed to employ as sub-custodians for the
Fund's securities and other assets maintained outside of the
United States the foreign banking institutions and foreign
securities depositories designated on Schedule A hereto ("foreign
sub-custodians"). Upon receipt of Proper
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Instructions, together with a certified resolution of the Fund's
Board of Directors, 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-custodians. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions
from the Fund the Custodian shall cease the employment of any one
or more of such sub-custodians for maintaining custody of the
Fund's assets.
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)(l) of Rule 17f-5 under the Investment Company Act
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) 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
hereof.
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 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 (all collectively referred to as the
"Account").
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, except a claim of payment
for their safe custody or administration; (b) beneficial
ownership for 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 be maintained
identifying the
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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.
6) Access of Independent Accountants of the Fund. Upon request by
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 performance of such foreign banking institution
under its agreement with the Custodian.
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.
8) Transactions in Foreign Custody Account.
(a) Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be continuing
instructions, when deemed appropriate by the parties, the
Custodian shall make or cause its foreign sub-custodian to
transfer, exchange or deliver foreign securities owned by
the Fund, but except to the extent explicitly provided
herein, only in any of the cases specified in Section B
hereof.
(b) Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be continuing
instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties the
Custodian shall pay out or cause its foreign sub-custodians
to pay out monies of the Fund, but except to the extent
explicitly provided herein, only in any of the cases
specified in Section H hereof.
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(c) 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 or 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.
(d) Securities maintained in the custody of a foreign
sub-custodian may be maintained in the name of such entity's
nominee to the same extent as set forth in Section C hereof
and the Fund agrees to hold any such nominee harmless from
any liability as a holder of record of such securities.
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 Fund from and
against any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or claim
arising out of or in connection with such 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.
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
Article I hereof 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 (12) hereof, the custodian shall not be liable for
any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or claim resulting
from, or caused by, the direction of or authorization by the Fund
to maintain custody of any securities or cash of the Fund in a
foreign country including, but not limited to, losses resulting
from nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, or
acts of war or terrorism.
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11) 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
Fund in the event that the Custodian learns of a material adverse
change in the financial condition of a foreign sub-custodian or
is notified by a foreign banking institution employed as a
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).
12) Branches of U.S. Banks. Except as otherwise set forth in this
Contract, the provisions hereof shall not apply where the custody
of the Fund assets is 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 and which meets 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 Article I of this Contract.
R. Proper Instructions. "Proper instructions" as used throughout this Article
II means a writing signed or initialled by one or more person or persons as
the Directors 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. Upon receipt of a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary as to the authorization by the Directors of the Fund accompanied
by a detailed description of procedures approved by the Board of Directors,
"proper instructions" may include communications effected directly between
electro-mechanical or electronic devices provided that the Board of
Directors and the Custodian are satisfied that such procedures afford
adequate safeguards for the Fund's assets.
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S. 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 of the Fund
except as otherwise directed by the Board of Directors of the
Fund.
T. 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 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
pursuant to the Charter 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.
III. Duties of Custodian with Respect to 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 Directors of the Fund to keep the books of
account of the Fund and/or compute the net asset value per share of the
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. The Custodian shall also upon request calculate the net income of the
Fund 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 income of the Fund shall be made
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at the time or times described from time to time in the Fund's currently
effective prospectus.
IV. 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, as amended,
with particular attention to Section 31 thereof and Rules 31a-1 and 31a-2
thereunder, applicable federal and state tax laws and any other law or
administrative rules or procedures which may be applicable to the Fund. 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.
V. 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, and Form N-SAR or other periodic
reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and with respect to any other
requirements of such Commission.
VI. 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, which
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, shall state in detail material inadequacies
disclosed by such examination, and, if there are no such inadequacies, shall so
state.
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VII. 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.
VIII. 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. 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 II, Section
P hereof to the same extent as set forth in Article I 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 Article II,
Section P, paragraph 12 hereof, the Custodian shall not be liable for any loss,
damage, cost, expense, liability or claim resulting from, or caused by, the
direction of or authorization by the Fund to maintain custody of any securities
or cash of the Fund in a foreign country including, but not limited to, losses
resulting from nationalization, expropriation, currency 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 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.
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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 wilfull
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.
IX. 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 or mailed, postage prepaid to
the other party, such termination to take effect not sooner than thirty (30)
days after the date of such delivery or mailing; provided, however that the
Custodian shall not act under Section L of Article II hereof in the absence of
receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
that the Directors of the Fund have 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 Directors have 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; 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 Charter or the
Funds By-Laws, and further provided, that the Fund may at any time by action of
its Directors (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 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Commissioner of
Banks for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 costs, expenses and disbursements.
X. Successor Custodian
If a successor custodian shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of
the Fund, the Custodian shall, upon termination,
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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.
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 of the Fund, deliver at the office of the Custodian 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 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, as
amended, doing business in Boston, Massachusetts, of its own selection, having
an aggregate capital, surplus, and undivided profits, as shown by its last
published report, of 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.
Thereafter, such bank or trust company shall be the successor of the Custodian
under this Contract.
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 vote referred to or of the
Board of Directors to appoint a successor custodian, the Custodian shall be
entitled to fair compensation for its services during such period as the
Custodian retains 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.
XI. Special Provisions Concerning Repurchase Agreements.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon receipt of
proper instructions, which may be standing instructions, in connection with
repurchase agreements, the Custodian shall transmit, prior to receipt on behalf
of the Fund of any securities or other property, funds from the Fund's custodian
account to a special custodian approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund,
which funds shall be used to pay for securities to be purchased by the Fund
subject to the Fund's obligation to sell and the seller's obligation to
repurchase such securities. In such a case, the securities shall be held in the
custody of the special custodian.
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XII. 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 Charter or the By-Laws 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.
XIII. Directors
All references to actions of or by Directors herein shall require action by
such Directors acting as a board or formally constituted group and not
individually.
XIV. Massachusetts Law to Apply
This Contract shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted
under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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 24th day of July, 1986.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GLOBAL FUND, INC.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇, Vice President
and Assistant Treasurer
SEAL STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ [Illegible]
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Its Vice President
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Schedule A
The following foreign banking institutions and foreign securities
depositories have been approved by the Board of Directors of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global
Fund, Inc. for use as foreign sub-custodians for the Fund's securities and other
assets:
Securities Depositories
C.I.K. (Caisse Interprofessionelle de Virements de Titres) (Belgium)
CDS (The Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd.) (Canada)
SICOVAM (France)
KASSENVEREIN (Germany)
Instituto Nacionel de Valares (Mexico)
NECIGEF (Netherlands Clearing Institute for Giro Securities Deliveries)
(Netherlands)
SEGA (Schweizerische Effekten Giro A.G.) (Switzerland)
EUROCLEAR (Belgium)
CEDEL (Luxembourg)
Banks
Girozentrale und Bank der osterreichischen (Austria)
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Australia and New Zealand)
Banque Bruxelles ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇. (Belgium)
Canada Trust Company (Canada)
Den Danske Bank (Denmark)
Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (Finland)
Credit Commercial de France (France)
Berliner Handels- and Frankfurter Bank (Germany)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
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Credito Italiano (Italy)
Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Citibank Mexico (Mexico)
Bank Mees & Hope N.V. (Netherlands)
Christiania Bank OG Kreditkasse (Norway)
The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. (Singapore)
Barclays National Bank Ltd. (South Africa)
Banco Hispano Americano (Spain)
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (Sweden)
Union Bank of Switzerland (Switzerland)
State Street London Ltd. (U.K.)
State Street Boston Corp. (U.K.)
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