Common use of National Securities Clearing Corporation (the Clause in Contracts

National Securities Clearing Corporation (the. “NSCC”). The Transfer Agent will: (i) Accept and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC’s participants, including the Trust), in accordance with instructions transmitted to and received by the Transfer Agent by transmission from NSCC on behalf of authorized broker-dealers and bank participants on the Trust dealer file maintained by the Transfer Agent; (ii) issue instructions to the Trust’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Trust and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (iii) provide account and transaction information from the affected Trust’s records on the TA2000 computer system (“TA2000 System”) of the Transfer Agent’s parent company, DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) in accordance with NSCC’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; and (iv) maintain Shareholder accounts on TA2000 System through Networking;

National Securities Clearing Corporation (the. “NSCC”). The Transfer Agent will: shall (i) Accept accept and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares Shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC’s participants, including the TrustPortfolios), in accordance with with, instructions transmitted to and received by the Transfer Agent by transmission from NSCC on behalf of authorized broker-dealers and bank participants or other intermediaries on the Trust dealer file maintained by the Transfer Agent; (ii) issue instructions to the Trusta Portfolio’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Trust Portfolio and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (iii) provide account and transaction information from the affected TrustPortfolio’s records on the TA2000 DST Systems, Inc.’s computer system TA2000 (“TA2000 System”) of the Transfer Agent’s parent company, DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) in accordance with NSCC’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; and (iv) maintain Shareholder accounts on TA2000 System through Networking;

National Securities Clearing Corporation (the. “NSCC”). The Transfer Agent will: shall (i) Accept accept and effectuate the registration and maintenance of accounts through Networking and the purchase, redemption, transfer and exchange of shares Shares in such accounts through Fund/SERV (Networking and Fund/SERV being programs operated by the NSCC on behalf of NSCC’s participants, including the TrustPortfolios), in accordance with with, instructions transmitted to and received by the Transfer Agent by transmission from NSCC on behalf of authorized broker-dealers and bank participants or other intermediaries on the a Trust dealer file maintained by the Transfer Agent; (ii) issue instructions to the Trusta Portfolio’s banks for the settlement of transactions between the Trust Portfolio and NSCC (acting on behalf of its broker-dealer and bank participants); (iii) provide account and transaction information from the affected TrustPortfolio’s records on the TA2000 DST Systems, Inc.’s computer system TA2000 (“TA2000 System”) of the Transfer Agent’s parent company, DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) in accordance with NSCC’s Networking and Fund/SERV rules for those broker-dealers; and (iv) maintain Shareholder accounts on TA2000 System through Networking;