Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on demand of a Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer may clear and terminate the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 10.01 and remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.
(b) On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection Account (i) any expenses recoverable by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator or the Custodian pursuant to Sections 3.03, 7.04 and 9.05 and (ii) any amounts payable to the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14.
(c) In addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account (or remit to the Trustee for deposit therein) any Monthly Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
(d) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all Available Funds on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to the related Distribution Date to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account.
TO Fund Accounting Agreement This Amendment No. 16 (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into effective as of October 1, 2018 (“Amendment Effective Date”) by and between each Fund listed on amended Exhibit A (each a “Fund” or collectively the “Funds”), attached hereto as attachment A, T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC., a Maryland corporation having its principal office located at 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (“TRP”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a bank organized under the Laws of the State of New York, having its principal office located at 255 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286 (“BNY Mellon”).
Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution Account (a) The Trustee will, from time to time on demand of the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the Distribution Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement or as the Securities Administrator has instructed hereunder for the following purposes (limited in the case of amounts due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn from the Master Servicer Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that the Trustee shall not be responsible for such determination and may rely on the Master Servicer's or the Securities Administrator's instructions under this Section 5.08):
(i) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer for any Advance or Servicing Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance or Servicing Advance was made;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for amounts expended by the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer in good faith in connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property which was damaged by an uninsured cause or in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer from Insurance Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for insured expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the related Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular Mortgage Loan for Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to clause (x) of this Subsection (a) to the Master Servicer; and (ii) such Liquidation Expenses were not included in the computation of such Excess Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) [reserved];
(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or a Servicer for advances of funds pursuant to this Agreement or the related Servicing Agreement, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause being limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made;
(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or a Servicer for any Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Advance or advance has not been reimbursed pursuant to clauses (i) and (vi);
(viii) to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 4.14;
(ix) to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections 4.03, 8.04(c) and (d) and 12.02 or otherwise reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement;
(x) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the Company or the related Servicer;
(xi) to reimburse or pay the Company or the related Servicer any such amounts as are due thereto under this Agreement or the related Servicing Agreement and have not been retained by or paid to the Company or the related Servicer, to the extent provided herein and in the related Servicing Agreement;
(xii) to reimburse the Trustee, the Custodian or the Securities Administrator for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement (to the extent not reimbursed from the Master Servicer Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.06);
(xiii) to remove amounts deposited in error; and
(xiv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 11.01.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting for any reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to subclauses (i) through (vi), inclusive, and (viii) or with respect to any such amounts which would have been covered by such subclauses had the amounts not been retained by the Master Servicer without being deposited in the Distribution Account under Section 5.06.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the Available Funds to the extent of funds on deposit in the Distribution Account to the holders of the Certificates in accordance with the Remittance Report upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely.
Portfolio Accounting Services (1) Maintain portfolio records on a trade date+1 basis using security trade information communicated from the Fund’s investment adviser.
(2) For each valuation date, obtain prices from a pricing source approved by the board of trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees”) and apply those prices to the portfolio positions. For those securities where market quotations are not readily available, the Board of Trustees shall approve, in good faith, procedures for determining the fair value for such securities.
(3) Identify interest and dividend accrual balances as of each valuation date and calculate gross earnings on investments for each accounting period.
(4) Determine gain/loss on security sales and identify them as short-term or long-term; account for periodic distributions of gains or losses to shareholders and maintain undistributed gain or loss balances as of each valuation date.
(5) On a daily basis, reconcile cash of the Fund with the Fund’s custodian.
(6) Transmit a copy of the portfolio valuation to the Fund’s investment adviser daily.
(7) Review the impact of current day’s activity on a per share basis, and review changes in market value.
FUND ASSETS HELD IN THE CUSTODIAN'S DIRECT PAPER SYSTEM The Custodian may deposit and/or maintain securities owned by a Portfolio in the Direct Paper System of the Custodian subject to the following provisions:
1) No transaction relating to securities in the Direct Paper System will be effected in the absence of Proper Instructions from the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio;
2) The Custodian may keep securities of the Portfolio in the Direct Paper System only if such securities are represented in the Direct Paper System Account, which account shall not include any assets of the Custodian other than assets held as a fiduciary, custodian or otherwise for customers;
3) The records of the Custodian with respect to securities of the Portfolio which are maintained in the Direct Paper System shall identify by book-entry those securities belonging to the Portfolio;
4) The Custodian shall pay for securities purchased for the account of the Portfolio upon the making of an entry on the records of the Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer of securities to the account of the Portfolio. The Custodian shall transfer securities sold for the account of the Portfolio upon the making of an entry on the records of the Custodian to reflect such transfer and receipt of payment for the account of the Portfolio;
5) The Custodian shall furnish the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio confirmation of each transfer to or from the account of the Portfolio, in the form of a written advice or notice, of Direct Paper on the next business day following such transfer and shall furnish to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio copies of daily transaction sheets reflecting each day's transaction in the Direct Paper System for the account of the Portfolio;
6) The Custodian shall provide the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio with any report on its system of internal accounting control as the Fund may reasonably request from time to time.
Permitted Transfers Within Escrow 5.1 Transfer to Directors and Senior Officers
(1) You may transfer escrow securities within escrow to existing or, upon their appointment, incoming directors or senior officers of the Issuer or any of its material operating subsidiaries, if the Issuer’s board of directors has approved the transfer.
(2) Prior to the transfer the Escrow Agent must receive:
(a) a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer approving the transfer;
(b) a certificate signed by a director or officer of the Issuer authorized to sign, stating that the transfer is to a director or senior officer of the Issuer or a material operating subsidiary and that any required approval from the Canadian exchange the Issuer is listed on has been received;
(c) an acknowledgment in the form of Schedule “B” signed by the transferee;
(d) copies of the letters sent to the securities regulators described in subsection (3) accompanying the acknowledgement; and
(e) a transfer power of attorney, completed and executed by the transferor in accordance with the requirements of the Issuer’s transfer agent.
(3) At least 10 days prior to the transfer, the Issuer will file a copy of the acknowledgement with the securities regulators in the jurisdictions in which it is a reporting issuer.
Fund Accounting Services (a) BNY, in performing the services required of it under the terms of this Agreement, shall be entitled to rely fully on the accuracy and validity of any and all instructions, explanations, information, specifications and documentation furnished to it by a Fund and shall have no duty or obligation to review the accuracy, validity or propriety of such instructions, explanations, information, specifications or documentation, including, without limitation, evaluations of securities; the amounts or formula for calculating the amounts and times of accrual of Fund's liabilities and expenses; the amounts receivable and the amounts payable on the sale or purchase of securities; and amounts receivable or amounts payable for the sale or redemption of Fund shares effected by or on behalf of the Fund. In the event BNY's computations hereunder rely, in whole or in part, upon information, including, without limitation, bid, offer or market values of securities or other assets, or accruals of interest or earnings thereon, from a pricing or similar service utilized, or subscribed to, by BNY which BNY in its judgment deems reliable, or any other third party pricing source designated by the Trust, BNY shall not be responsible for, under any duty to inquire into, or deemed to make any assurances with respect to, the accuracy or completeness of such information. BNY shall not be required to inquire into any valuation of securities or other assets by the Fund or any third party described in this Section, even though BNY in performing services similar to the services provided pursuant to this Agreement for others may receive different valuations of the same or different securities of the same issuers.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the direction and approval of the Trust's Board, BNY shall perform the computations described in Schedule II at such times and dates and in the manner specified or described in the then-current prospectus(es) of a Fund. To the extent valuation of securities or a computation specified or described in a Fund's Pricing Procedures or then-current effective prospectus(es) is at any time inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations, the Trust or BAAI shall immediately so notify BNY in writing and thereafter shall furnish BNY at all appropriate times with the values of such securities and such Fund's net asset value or other amounts otherwise to be calculated by BNY, or, subject to the prior approval of BNY, instruct BNY in writing to value securities and make such computations in a manner which the Trust or BAAI then represents in writing to be consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. The Trust or BAAI may also from time to time, subject to the prior approval of BNY, instruct BNY in writing to make computations other than as specified in this Section of this Agreement. By giving such instruction, the Trust or BAAI shall be deemed to have represented that such instruction is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and the then-current effective prospectus(es) of the particular Fund. The Trust or BAAI shall have sole responsibility for determining the method of valuation of securities and the method of computations, and all computations, valuation of securities and the method of computing each Fund's net asset value shall be subject to approval by the Trust and BAAI. BNY shall not be liable for relying on any price provided by any pricing service believed by BNY to be reliable, and the Trust or BAAI shall furnish values when the same are not available from a pricing service utilized by BNY, with such furnishing to constitute an instruction to BNY to rely on the provided values.
(c) BNY shall be responsible for determining and properly reflecting in the computations made by it under this Agreement: (i) the taxable nature of any distribution or amount received or deemed received by, or payable to, a Fund; (ii) the taxable nature or effect on a Fund or its shareholders of any corporate actions, class actions, tax reclaims, tax refunds, or similar events; (iii) the taxable nature or taxable amount of any distribution or dividend paid, payable or deemed paid, by a Fund to its shareholders; (iv) the effect under any federal, state, or foreign income tax laws of a Fund making or not making any distribution or dividend payment, or any election with respect thereto; or (v) any tax accounting; provided, however, that if BNY is not certain of the taxable nature, amount or effect of any such item, it may seek instructions regarding the proper treatment of such item from the Trust or BAAI in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1(e), above, and shall have no liability for acting in reliance on such instructions.
Fund Transactions The Advisor is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Fund. With respect to brokerage selection, the Advisor shall seek to obtain the best overall execution for fund transactions, which is a combination of price, quality of execution and other factors. The Advisor may, in its discretion, purchase and sell portfolio securities from and to brokers and dealers who provide the Advisor with brokerage, research, analysis, advice and similar services, and the Advisor may pay to these brokers and dealers, in return for such services, a higher commission or spread than may be charged by other brokers and dealers, provided that the Advisor determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in terms either of that particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Advisor to the Fund and its other clients and that the total commission paid by the Fund will be reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Fund and its other clients over the long-term. The Advisor will promptly communicate to the officers and the trustees of the Trust such information relating to portfolio transactions as they may reasonably request.
EFFECT ON FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Amendment and the Fund Accounting Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall be controlling. Except as specifically and only to the extent modified by this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Fund Accounting Agreement shall continue to remain in full force and effect.
Administrative Controls The Contractor must have the following controls in place:
a. A documented security policy governing the secure use of its computer network and systems, and which defines sanctions that may be applied to Contractor staff for violating that policy.
b. If the Data shared under this agreement is classified as Category 4, the Contractor must be aware of and compliant with the applicable legal or regulatory requirements for that Category 4 Data.
c. If Confidential Information shared under this agreement is classified as Category 4, the Contractor must have a documented risk assessment for the system(s) housing the Category 4 Data.
