Common use of CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY Clause in Contracts

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care in the performance of your duties in accordance with the commercial standards and market practices in the relevant market. In respect of all your duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care Except as provided in the performance next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of securities credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your duties officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such securities or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of securities in accordance the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such securities (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the commercial standards Issuer(s) of such securities and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market practices in value of the relevant marketsecurities which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such securities. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of securities from the Custody Account. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:,

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care Except as provided in the performance next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of securities credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your duties officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such securities or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of securities in accordance the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such securities (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the commercial standards issuer(s) of such securities and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market practices in value of the relevant marketsecurities which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such securities. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of securities from the Custody Account. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:.

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care Except as provided in the performance next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of securities credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your duties officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such securities or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of securities in accordance the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such securities (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the commercial standards issuer(s) of such securities and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market practices in value of the relevant marketsecurities which are the subject of such loss as of the date you notify us of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such securities. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of securities from the Custody Account. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage circumstances and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. claimed You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:with

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. Except as provided in the next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of securities credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such securities or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of securities in the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such securities (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the issuer(s) of such securities and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market value of the securities which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such securities. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of securities from the Custody Account. You shall exercise be responsible for exercising good faith and reasonable care in the performance of carrying out your duties in accordance with the commercial standards and market practices in the relevant marketobligations under this Agreement. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. Such negligence or willful misconduct may be deemed to have occurred to the extent you fail to carry out your duties, including the supervisory oversight of your personnel having responsibilities relating to the Trust or the Portfolios, in good faith with the reasonable care constituting the standard in the industry as it relates to the handling of the property of investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as at all times maintain a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order bond issued by a reputable fidelity insurance company authorized to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth do business in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of place where the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall bond is issued. The bond will be for our accountissued against larceny and embezzlement, and you shall will cover each of your officers and employees who may, singly or jointly with others, have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect access to our actions securities or omissions funds, either directly or through authority to receive and those of persons carry out any certificate instruction, order request, note or other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds instrument required or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated permitted by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event You agree that you are unable substantially will not cancel, terminate or modify the bond so as to perform for any affect us adversely, except after written notice to us not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentencesuch cancellation, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicabletermination or modification. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions will furnish us with a copy of this Agreement each such bond and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:each amendment thereto.

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. Except as provided in the next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of securities credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such securities or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of securities in the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such securities (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the issuer(s) of such securities and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market value of the securities which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such securities. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of securities from the Custody Account. You shall exercise be responsible for exercising good faith and reasonable care as a professional custodian for securities in the performance of carrying out your duties in accordance with the commercial standards and market practices in the relevant marketobligations under this Agreement. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable It is our understanding that you maintain Bankers' Blanket Bond insurance which includes fidelity insurance for the acts your employees and loss of property through any dishonest act of your employees, and loss through robbery, burglary, theft or omissions of (mysterious disappearance while on your premises or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto while in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth transit in the immediately preceding paragraph custody of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Accountemployees. We further agree understand it is your present intention to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant maintain such insurance in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, activities as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets)securities custodian. In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoingUpon our request, you shall have no duty or responsibility:your Insurance Department provide to us a description of the fidelity and other insurance coverage you maintain for your benefit in respect of the assets you hold in custody for others.

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care Except as provided in the performance next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of Financial Assets credited to the Custody Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your duties officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such Financial Assets or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of Financial Assets in accordance the Custody Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such Financial Assets (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the commercial standards issuer(s) of such Financial Assets and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market practices in value of the relevant marketFinancial Assets which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such Financial Assets. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of Financial Assets from the Custody Account. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility:

CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITY. You shall exercise reasonable care Except as provided in the performance next following paragraph, you shall be obligated to indemnify us for any loss of Financial Assets received for, and credited to the Custodial Account resulting from (i) the negligence or willful misconduct of you or your duties officers, employees or agents retained by you to hold such Financial Assets or (ii) the burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or mysterious disappearance, including loss by damage or destruction. In the event of a loss of Financial Assets in accordance the Custodial Account for which you are required to indemnify us pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, at your option, you shall promptly replace such Financial Assets (by among other means posting appropriate security or bond with the commercial standards issuer(s) of such Financial Assets and obtaining their reissue) or the value thereof (determined based upon the market practices in value of the relevant marketFinancial Assets which are the subject of such loss as of the date of the discovery of such loss) and the value of any loss of rights or privileges resulting from the loss of such Financial Assets. The foregoing indemnity shall be your exclusive liability to us for your loss of Financial Assets from the Custodial Account. In respect of all your other duties and obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, you shall be liable to us only to the extent of our general damages suffered or incurred as a result of any act or omission of you or your officers, employees or agents which constitutes negligence or willful misconduct. General damages shall mean only those damages as directly and necessarily result from such act or omission without reference to any special conditions or circumstances of ours or of any transaction, whether or not you have been advised of any such special conditions or circumstances. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall you be liable to us under this Agreement for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, whether or not you are advised as to the possibility of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action in which any such loss or damage may be claimed. You shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of (or the bankruptcy or insolvency of) any Depository. If, however, as a result of any act or omission of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Depository we suffer any loss or liability, you will take such steps with respect thereto in order to effect a recovery as you shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances (including the bringing and settling of legal proceedings), provided that unless you shall be liable as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Agreement, for such loss or liability by virtue of the negligence or misconduct of you or your officers, employees or agents, the amount of any cost or expense in effecting, or attempting to effect, such recovery shall be for our account, and you shall have the right to charge such cost or expense to the Cash Account. We further agree to be bound by the Depository rules and procedures applicable to you as a participant in respect of any Financial Assets held by you in your account with such Depository. All collection and receipt of funds or Financial Assets and all payment and delivery of funds or Financial Assets under this Agreement shall be made by you as our agent, at our risk with respect to our actions or omissions and those of persons other than you, including, without limitation, the risk associated with the securities processing practice of delivering Financial Assets against a receipt and the risk that the counterparty in any transaction into which we enter will not transfer funds or Financial Assets or otherwise perform in accordance with our expectation of its obligations thereunder (including, without limitation, where, as a result of such nonperformance, a Depository reverses, or requires repayment of, any credit given in connection with the transfer of Financial Assets). In no event shall you be responsible or liable for any loss due to forces beyond your control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, fire, nuclear fusion, fission or radiation, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, insurrection, revolution, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, closure or disruption of any market, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain equipment or communications facilities, facilities or the error in transmission of information caused by any machines or systems or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications facilities, and other causes whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above. In the event that you are unable substantially to perform for any of the reasons described in the immediately preceding sentence, you shall so notify us as soon as reasonably practicable. You shall be responsible for only those duties expressly stated in this Agreement or expressly contained in instructions to perform the services described herein given to you pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and accepted by you and, without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no duty or responsibility: