Exhibit (g)(6)(b)
AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
This Amendment to the custody contract is made as of November 17, 2000,
by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian") and VALUE
EQUITY TRUST, on behalf of each of its Portfolios (the "Fund"). 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 October 1, 1982 (as amended from time to time, the "Custodian Contract");
and
WHEREAS, the Fund and the Custodian wish to amend the Custodian
Contract to enable the Fund to instruct the Custodian to pay out Fund moneys for
cash sweeps and interfund lending or borrowing transactions and also to
segregate collateral for interfund lending or borrowing transactions;
Now, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
promises and covenants contained herein and in the Custodian Contract, the
parties hereby agree to amend the Custodian Contract as follows:
1. Payment of Fund Moneys
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In Article II, Section (H), subsection (6) is renumbered as subsection
(8) and new subsections (6) and (7) are added to the Custodian Contract
as follows:
(6) in connection with a lending or borrowing transaction between the
Fund, on behalf of a Portfolio, and an investment company, on behalf of
a Portfolio, advised by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investments;
(7) in connection with a cash sweep arrangement; or
2. In Article II, Sections (M) through (R) are renumbered as Sections (N)
through (S) and new Section (M) is hereby added as follows:
M. Segregated Account. The Custodian shall upon receipt of Proper
Instructions from the Fund on behalf of each applicable Portfolio
establish and maintain a segregated account or accounts for and on
behalf of each such Portfolio, into which account or accounts may be
transferred cash and/or securities, including securities maintained in
a U.S. Securities System Account by the Custodian pursuant to Section
II(L) hereof (i) in accordance with the provisions of any agreement
among the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio, 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 Portfolio, (ii)
for purposes of segregating cash or government securities in
connection with options purchased, sold or written by the Portfolio or
commodity futures contracts or options thereon purchased or sold by
the Portfolio, (iii) for the purposes of compliance by the Portfolio
with the procedures required by Investment Company Act Release No.
10666, or any subsequent release or releases of the SEC relating to
the maintenance of segregated accounts by registered investment
companies, (iv) for the purpose of segregating securities or other
assets of the Fund in connection with a borrowing transaction between
the Fund as borrower and an investment company or an investment
portfolio therof advised by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investments, and (v) for
other proper corporate purposes, but only, in the case of this clause,
upon receipt of, in addition to Proper Instructions from the Fund on
behalf of the applicable Portfolio, a certified copy of a resolution
of the Board of Trustees or of the executive committee thereof signed
by an officer of the Fund and certified by the Fund's Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, setting forth the purpose or purposes of such
segregated account and declaring such purposes to be proper corporate
purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this
instrument to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly
authorized representative as of the date written above.
VALUE EQUITY TRUST
By: /s/▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Its: Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Its: Vice Chairman
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