Common use of ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES Clause in Contracts

ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES. The Participant is advised that, pursuant to the Trusts’ Valuation Procedures, if an error occurs in calculating a Fund’s net asset value after Participant receives a Purchase Order confirmation but prior to the Settlement Date and results in a difference between the originally computed net asset value and the corrected net asset value that equals or exceeds $0.01 per share, the Custodian will reprocess the Purchase Order and notify the Participant. If there is a loss to the Fund as a result of the error in calculating the net asset value, the Participant will be required to pay the additional value in cash on or prior to the Settlement Date. If there is a Fund benefit, the amount of the benefit will be returned to the Participant on the Settlement Date. Procedures Specific to Non-Standard Orders To ensure proper tracking of a passively managed Fund to its benchmark index, the following guidelines must be followed by the Participant when placing a non-standard order (e.g., substituting cash-in-lieu of a Deposit Security) (each, a “Non-Standard Order”):

ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES. The Participant is advised that, pursuant to the Trusts’ Trust’s Valuation Procedures, if an error occurs in calculating a Fund’s net asset value after Participant receives a Purchase Order confirmation but prior to the Settlement Date and results in a difference between the originally computed net asset value and the corrected net asset value that equals or exceeds $0.01 per share, the Custodian will reprocess the Purchase Order and notify the Participant. If there is a loss to the Fund as a result of the error in calculating the net asset value, the Participant will be required to pay the additional value in cash on or prior to the Settlement Date. If there is a Fund benefit, the amount of the benefit will be returned to the Participant on the Settlement Date. APPENDIX 1 Procedures Specific to Non-Standard Orders To ensure proper tracking of a passively managed Fund to its benchmark index, the following guidelines must be followed by the Participant when placing a non-standard order (e.g., substituting cash-in-lieu of a Deposit Security) (each, a “Non-Standard Order”):

ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES. The Participant is advised that, pursuant to the Trusts’ Trust’s Valuation Procedures, if an error occurs in calculating a Fund’s net asset value after Participant receives a Purchase Order confirmation but prior to the Settlement Date and results in a difference between the originally computed net asset value and the corrected net asset value that equals or exceeds $0.01 per share, the Custodian will reprocess the Purchase Order and notify the Participant. If there is a loss to the Fund as a result of the error in calculating the net asset value, the Participant will be required to pay the additional value in cash on or prior to the Settlement Date. If there is a Fund benefit, the amount of the benefit will be returned to the Participant on the Settlement Date. Procedures Specific to Non-Standard Orders To ensure proper tracking of a passively managed Fund to its benchmark index, the following guidelines must be followed by the Participant when placing a non-standard order (e.g., substituting cash-in-lieu of a Deposit Security) (each, a “Non-Standard Order”):