Common use of Reports by Independent Certified Public Accountants Clause in Contracts

Reports by Independent Certified Public Accountants. At the request of the Funds, the Custodian shall deliver to the Funds such annual reports and other interim reports prepared by the independent certified public accountants of the Custodian with respect to the services provided by the Custodian under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Custodian's accounting system, internal accounting control and procedures for safeguarding Securities, including Securities deposited and/or maintained in a Securities System. Such reports, which shall be of sufficient scope and in sufficient detail as may reasonably be required by the Funds and as may reasonably by obtained by the Custodian, shall provide reasonable assurance to the Funds that the procedures employed by the independent certified public accountants are reasonably designed to detect any material inadequacies with respect to the matters discussed in the report, shall state in detail the material inadequacies disclosed by such examination, and, if no such inadequacies exist, shall so state.