Not a U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation The Acquiror Company is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code at any time during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
Xxxxxxxx Tobacco Co the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, found the plaintiff to be 30% at fault and RJR Tobacco to be 70% at fault, and awarded $9 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. For a detailed description of the above-described cases, see “— Xxxxx and Xxxxx Progeny Cases” below. In addition, since the end of the third quarter of 2013, jurors returned a verdict in the following Xxxxx Progeny case:
Egypt Egyptian British Bank S A.E. (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Estonia Hansabank Finland Xxxxxx Bank Plc. France BNP Paribas, S.A. Germany Dresdner Bank AG Ghana Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited Greece National Bank of Greece S.A. Hong Kong Standard Chartered Bank Hungary Citibank Rt. Iceland Icebank Ltd.
Argentina Caja de Valores S A. Australia Austraclear Limited Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System Austria Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Wertpapiersammelbank Division) Belgium Caisse Interprofessionnelle de Depots et de Virements de Titres, S.A. Banque Nationale de Belgique Brazil Companhia Brasileira de Liquidacao e Custodia Sistema Especial de Liquidacao e de Custodia (SELIC) Central de Custodia e de Liquidacao Financeira de Titulos Privados (CETIP) Bulgaria Central Depository AD Bulgarian National Bank Canada Canadian Depository for Securities Limited Chile Deposito Central de Valores S.A. People's Republic Shanghai Securities Central Clearing & of China Registration Corporation Shenzhen Securities Central Clearing Co., Ltd. Colombia Deposito Centralizado de Valores Costa Rica Central de Valores S.A. Croatia Ministry of Finance National Bank of Croatia Sredisnja Depozitarna Agencija d.d. STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Czech Republic Stredisko cennych papiru Czech National Bank Denmark Vaerdipapircentralen (Danish Securities Center) Egypt Misr for Clearing, Settlement, and Depository Estonia Eesti Vaartpaberite Keskdepositoorium Finland Finnish Central Securities Depository France Euroclear France Germany Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt Greece Bank of Greece, System for Monitoring Transactions in Securities in Book-Entry Form Apothetirion Titlon AE - Central Securities Depository Hong Kong Central Clearing and Settlement System Central Moneymarkets Unit Hungary Kozponti Elszamolohaz es Ertektar (Budapest) Rt. (KELER) India National Securities Depository Limited Central Depository Services India Limited Reserve Bank of India Indonesia Bank Indonesia PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia Israel Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. (TASE Clearinghouse) STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Italy Monte Titoli S.p.A. Ivory Coast Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Jamaica Jamaica Central Securities Depository Japan Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC) Bank of Japan Net System Kazakhstan Central Depository of Securities Kenya Central Bank of Kenya Republic of Korea Korea Securities Depository Latvia Latvian Central Depository Lebanon Custodian and Clearing Center of Financial Instruments for Lebanon and the Middle East (Midclear) S.A.L. Banque du Liban Lithuania Central Securities Depository of Lithuania Malaysia Malaysian Central Depository Sdn. Bhd. Bank Negara Malaysia, Scripless Securities Trading and Safekeeping System Mauritius Central Depository and Settlement Co. Ltd. Bank of Mauritius Mexico S.D. INDEVAL (Instituto para el Deposito de Valores) Morocco Maroclear STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Netherlands Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V. (NECIGEF) New Zealand New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited Nigeria Central Securities Clearing System Limited Norway Verdipapirsentralen (Norwegian Central Securities Depository) Oman Muscat Depository & Securities Registration Company, SAOC Pakistan Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited State Bank of Pakistan Palestine Clearing Depository and Settlement, a department of the Palestine Stock Exchange Peru Caja de Valores y Liquidaciones, Institucion de Compensacion y Liquidacion de Valores S.A Philippines Philippine Central Depository, Inc. Registry of Scripless Securities (ROSS) of the Bureau of Treaxxxx Poland National Depository of Securities (Krajowy Depozyt Papierow Wartosciowych SA) Central Treasury Bills Registrar Portugal Central de Valores Mobiliarios Qatar Central Clearing and Registration (CCR), a department of the Doha Securities Market STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Romania National Securities Clearing, Settlement and Depository Company Bucharest Stock Exchange Registry Division National Bank of Romania Singapore Central Depository (Pte) Limited Monetary Authority of Singapore Slovak Republic Stredisko cennych papierov National Bank of Slovakia Slovenia Klirinsko Depotna Druzba d.d. South Africa Central Depository Limited Share Transactions Totally Electronic (STRATE) Ltd. Spain Servicio de Compensacion y Liquidacion de Valores, S.A. Banco de Espana, Central de Anotaciones en Cuenta Sri Lanka Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited Sweden Vardepapperscentralen VPC AB (Swedish Central Securities Depository) Switzerland SegaIntersettle AG (SIS) Taiwan - R.O.C. Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. Thailand Thailand Securities Depository Company Limited Tunisia Societe Tunisienne Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation et de Depots des Valeurs Mobilieres STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Turkey Takas ve Saklama Bankasi A.S. (TAKASBANK) Central Bank of Turkey Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine United Kingdom Central Gilts Office and Central Moneymarkets Office Venezuela Banco Central de Venezuela Zambia LuSE Central Shares Depositxxx Limited Bank of Zambia TRANSNATIONAL Euroclear Clearstream Banking AG SCHEDULE C MARKET INFORMATION PUBLICATION/TYPE OF INFORMATION BRIEF DESCRIPTION (FREQUENCY) THE GUIDE TO CUSTODY IN WORLD MARKETS An overview of safekeeping and (annually) settlement practices and procedures in each market in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services. GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK REVIEW Information relating to the (annually) operating history and structure of depositories and subcustodians located in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services, including transnational depositories. GLOBAL LEGAL SURVEY With respect to each market in which (annually) State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services, opinions relating to whether local law restricts (i) access of a fund's independent public accountants to books and records of a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, (ii) the Fund's ability to recover in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, (iii) the Fund's ability to recover in the event of a loss by a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, and (iv) the ability of a foreign investor to convert cash and cash equivalents to U.S. dollars. SUBCUSTODIAN AGREEMENTS Copies of the subcustodian contracts (annually) State Street Bank and Trust Company has entered into with each subcustodian in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers subcustody services to its US mutual fund clients. Network Bulletins (weekly): Developments of interest to investors in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services. Foreign Custody Advisories (as With respect to markets in which necessary): State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services which exhibit special custody risks, developments which may impact State Street's ability to deliver expected levels of service. [STATE STREET ICON] STATE STREET Saving Institutional Investors Worlwide(SM) FUNDS TRANSFER AGREEMENT OPERATING GUIDELINES --------------------
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS The Adviser will not disclose, in any manner whatsoever, any list of securities held by the Portfolio, except in accordance with the Portfolio’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy.
U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
Real Property Holding Corporation The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
CHINA The following provisions govern your participation in the Plan if you are a national of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) resident in mainland China, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion:
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Shareholder Internet Services The Transfer Agent shall provide internet access to the Fund’s shareholders through a designated web site (“Shareholder Internet Services”), which will be accessed by the Fund’s shareholders via a link on the Fund’s web site. The Shareholder Internet Services will be provided pursuant to established procedures and will allow shareholders to view their account information and perform certain on-line transaction request capabilities. The Shareholder Internet Services shall be provided at no additional charge, other than the transaction fees currently being charged for the different transactions as described on the Fee Schedule. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to charge a fee for this service in the future.
