Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any Subcustodian, Eligible Securities Depository utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a “Person”) is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction (and neither the Custodian nor any other Person shall be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); or (ii) any “Force Majeure,” which for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean any circumstance or event which is beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian, a Subcustodian or any agent of the Custodian or a Subcustodian and which adversely affects the performance by the Custodian of its obligations hereunder, by the Subcustodian of its obligations under its subcustodian agreement or by any other agent of the Custodian or the Subcustodian, unless in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the Custodian. Such Force Majeure events may include any event caused by, arising out of or involving (a) an act of God, (b) accident, fire, water damage or explosion, (c) any computer, system outage or downtime or other equipment failure or malfunction caused by any computer virus or any other reason or the malfunction or failure of any communications medium, (d) any interruption of the power supply or other utility service, (e) any strike or other work stoppage, whether partial or total, (f) any delay or disruption resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk (as defined below), (g) any disruption of, or suspension of trading in, the securities, commodities or foreign exchange markets, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, (h) any encumbrance on the transferability of cash, currency or a currency position on the actual settlement date of a foreign exchange transaction, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, or (i) any other cause similarly beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian. Subject to the Custodian’s general standar...
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian, Securities System or Eligible Securities Depository, or any subcustodian, securities depository or securities system utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a "Person") is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) any act of God or war or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian, unless, in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by (A) the negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the applicable Person, or (B) a malfunction or failure of equipment operated or utilized by the applicable Person other than a malfunction or failure beyond such Person's control and which could not reasonably be anticipated and/or prevented by such Person.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any subcustodian, Securities Depository or Clearing Agency utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a "Person") is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction (and the Custodian nor any other Person shall not be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); or (ii) any act of God or war or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian unless in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the Custodian.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if any Person is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act that this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) any act of God or war or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian, unless and to the extent that, in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by (1) the negligence, fraud, willful default or willful misconduct of the applicable Person, or (2) a malfunction or failure of equipment operated or used by the applicable Person other than a malfunction or failure beyond such Person’s control that could not reasonably be anticipated and/or prevented by such Person.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any subcustodian, Securities Depository or Clearing Agency utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a "Person") is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction (and the Custodian nor any other Person shall not be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); (ii) any act of God or war or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian unless in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the Custodian; or (iii) any "Sovereign Risk", which for the purpose of this Agreement shall mean nationalization, expropriation, devaluation, revaluation, confiscation, seizure, cancellation, destruction or similar action by any governmental authority, de facto or de jure, or enactment, promulgation, imposition or enforcement by any such governmental authority of currency restrictions, exchange controls, taxes, levies or other charges affecting the Fund's property; or acts of war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution, civil commotion, nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any subcustodian, securities depository or securities system utilized by any such Subcustodian or the Custodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian, is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, to the extent such performance does not occur, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) any act of God or war or action of any de facto or de jure government, accident, fire, water or wind damage or explosion, any computer, system or other equipment failure or malfunction caused by any computer virus or the malfunction or failure of any communications medium (provided that the Custodian has acted in accordance with its standard of care in preventing and mitigating such failures or malfunctions, including the maintenance of appropriate back-up systems and business continuity plans), any strike or other work stoppage, whether partial or total, any delay or disruption resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Country or Sovereign Risk, any disruption of, or suspension of trading in, the securities, commodities or foreign exchange markets, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Country Risk or Sovereign Risk (each as defined below), any encumbrance on the transferability of a currency or a currency position on the actual settlement date of a foreign exchange transaction, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Country or Sovereign Risk or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian, unless, in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the (1) negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of such Custodian, Subcustodian, Securities System, subcustodian, securities depository or securities system or (2) failure of the Custodian to establish commercially reasonable back-up plans, systems, procedures or other preventative measures typically established by custodians of assets of pooled investment vehicles. As used herein, Country Risk shall mean, with respect to the acquisition, ownership, settlement or custody of Investments in a j...
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall Custodian incur liability hereunder if Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any Subcustodian, Eligible Securities Depository utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a “Person”) is prevented, forbidden, or delayed from performing (or omits to perform) any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed (or omitted to be performed) by reason of any:
(1) provision of any present or future law, regulation, or order of the United States of America (or any state thereof), any foreign country (or political subdivision thereof), or any court of competent jurisdiction (and neither Custodian nor any other Person shall be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); or
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if any Person is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act that this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. Except as may arise from the Custodian's own negligence, misfeasance or willful misconduct or the negligence, misfeasance or willful misconduct of a domestic sub-custodian or foreign banking institution acting as foreign sub-custodian or agent, the Custodian shall be without liability to the Fund for any loss, liability, claim or expense resulting from or caused by: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) any act of God or war or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the Custodian, including, without limitation, nationalization or expropriation, imposition of currency controls or restrictions, the interruption, suspension or restriction of trading on or the closure of any securities market, power or other mechanical or technological failures or interruptions, computer viruses or communications disruptions, acts of terrorism, riots, revolutions or work stoppages; (iii) errors by the Fund or the Investment Advisor in their instructions to the Custodian provided such instructions have been in accordance with this Contract; (iv) the insolvency of or acts or omissions by a Securities System; (v) any delay or failure of any broker or agent selected by the Fund, or an intermediary or agent of such broker, or any central bank or other commercially prevalent payment or clearing system outside of the United States to deliver to the Custodian's sub-custodian or agent securities purchased or in the remittance or payment made in connection with securities sold provided that the subcustodians or agents have acted in accordance with the terms of this contract; (vi) any delay or failure of any company, corporation, or other body in charge of registering or transferring securities in the name of the Custodian, the Fund, the Custodian's sub-custodians, nominees or agents or any consequential losses arising out of such delay or failure to transfer such securities including non-receipt of bonus, dividends and rights and other accretions or benefits; (vii) delays or inability to perform its duties due to any disorder in market infrastructure with respect to any particular security or Securities System. In no event shall the Custodian be liable for indirect, special or consequential damages.
Actions Prohibited by Applicable Law, Etc. In no event shall the Custodian incur liability hereunder if the Custodian or any Subcustodian or Securities System, or any Subcustodian, Eligible Securities Depository utilized by any such Subcustodian, or any nominee of the Custodian or any Subcustodian (individually, a “Person”) is prevented, forbidden or delayed from performing, or omits to perform, any act or thing which this Agreement provides shall be performed or omitted to be performed, by reason of: (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States of America, or any state thereof, or of any foreign country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction (and the Custodian nor any other Person shall not be obligated to take any action contrary thereto); or (ii) any “Force Majeure,” which for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean any circumstance or event which is beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian, a Subcustodian or any agent of the Custodian or a Subcustodian and which adversely affects the performance by the Custodian of its obligations hereunder, by the Subcustodian of its obligations under its subcustody agreement or by any other agent of the Custodian or the Subcustodian, unless in each case, such delay or nonperformance is caused by the negligence, misfeasance or misconduct of the
