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• Services as Fund Accountant BISYS will keep and maintain the following books and records of each Fund pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Rule"): a. Journals containing an itemized daily record in detail of all purchases and sales of securities, all receipts and disbursements of cash and all other debits and credits, as required by subsection (b)(1) of the Rule; b. General and auxiliary ledgers reflecting all asset, liability, reserve, capital, income and expense accounts, including interest accrued and interest received, as required by subsection (b)(2)(i) of the Rule; c. Separate ledger accounts required by subsection (b)(2)(ii) and (iii) of the Rule; and d. A monthly trial balance of all ledger accounts (except shareholder accounts) as required by subsection (b)(8) of the Rule. All such books and records shall be the property of the Trust, and BISYS agrees to make such books and records available for inspection by the Trust or by the Securities and Exchange commission at reasonable times and otherwise to keep confidential all records and other information relative to the Trust; except when requested to divulge such information by duly-constituted authorities or court process, or when requested by the Trust. In addition to the maintenance of the books and records specified above, BISYS shall perform the following account services daily for each Fund: a. Calculate the net asset value per Share utilizing prices obtained from the sources described below; b. Obtain security prices from independent pricing services, or if such quotes are unavailable, then obtain such prices from each Fund's investment adviser or its designee, as approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees; c. Verify and reconcile with the Funds' custodian all daily trade activity; d. Compute, as appropriate, each Fund's net income and capital gains, dividend payables, dividend factors, 7-day yields, 7-day effective yields, 30-day yields, and weighted average portfolio maturity; e. Review daily the net asset value calculation and dividend factor (if any) for each Fund prior to release to shareholders, check and confirm the net asset values and dividend factors for reasonableness and deviations, and distribute net asset values and yields to NASDAQ; f. Calculate the dividend and capital gain distribution, if any; g. Calculate the yield; h. Provide the following reports: (i) a current security position report; (ii) a summary report of transactions and pending maturities (including the principal, cost, and accrued interest on each portfolio security in maturity date order); and (iii) a current cash position report (including cash available from portfolio sales and maturities and sales of a Fund's Shares less cash needed for redemptions and settlement of portfolio purchases); i. Such other similar services with respect to a Fund as may be reasonable requested by the Trust.

• Appointment of USBFS as Fund Accountant The Trust hereby appoints USBFS as fund accountant of the Trust on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and USBFS hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the services and duties set forth in this Agreement. The services and duties of USBFS shall be confined to those matters expressly set forth herein, and no implied duties are assumed by or may be asserted against USBFS hereunder.

• Administrative and Accounting Services The Administrator shall provide the Fund with regulatory reporting, fund accounting and related portfolio accounting services, all necessary office space, equipment, personnel, compensation and facilities (including facilities for Shareholders' and Directors' meetings) for handling the affairs of the Portfolios and such other services as the Administrator shall, from time to time, determine to be necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement. In addition, at the request of the Fund's Board of Directors, the Administrator shall make reports to the Fund's Directors concerning the performance of its obligations hereunder including such activities as are set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as amended by agreement of the parties from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator, under the supervision of the Fund's Board of Directors, shall: o calculate Fund expenses and control all disbursements for the Fund, and as appropriate, compute the Fund's yields, total return, expense ratios, portfolio turnover rate and, if required, portfolio average dollar-weighted maturity; o assist outside Fund counsel with preparation of prospectuses, statements of additional information, registration statements and proxy materials; o prepare such reports, applications and documents (including reports regarding the sale and redemption of shares as may be required in order to comply with Federal and state securities law) as may be necessary or desirable to register the Fund's shares with state securities authorities, monitor sale of Fund shares for compliance with state securities laws, and file with the appropriate securities authorities the registration statements and reports for the Fund and the Fund's shares and all amendments thereto, as may be necessary or convenient to register and keep effective the Fund and the Fund's shares with state securities authorities to enable the Fund to make a continuous offering of its shares; o prepare communications to shareholders, including the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, coordinate mailing prospectuses, notices, proxy statements, proxies and other reports to Fund shareholders, and supervise and facilitate the solicitation of proxies solicited by the Fund for all shareholder meetings, including the tabulation process for shareholder meetings; o prepare, negotiate, and administer contracts on behalf of the Fund with, among others, the Fund's distributor, subject to any approvals or reapprovals by the Fund's Board of Directors required by applicable law or Board procedures; o maintain the Fund's general ledger and prepare the Fund's financial statements, including expense accruals and payments, determine the net asset value of the Fund's assets and of the Fund's shares, and provide for the payment of dividends and other distributions to shareholders; o calculate performance data of the Fund and the Portfolios for dissemination to information services covering the investment company industry; o coordinate and supervise the preparation and filing of the Fund's tax returns; o examine and review the operations and performance of the various organizations providing services to the Fund or any Portfolio directly or on a subcontracted basis as provided for herein and, at the request of the Fund's Board of Directors, report to the Board on the performance of such organizations; o provide for and coordinate the layout and printing of publicly disseminated prospectuses and the Fund's semi-annual and annual reports to shareholders; o provide internal legal and administrative services as requested by the Fund from time to time; o provide for and coordinate the design, development, and operation of the Fund, including new portfolio and class investment objectives, policies and structure; o provide individuals reasonably acceptable to the Fund's Board of Directors for nomination, appointment, or election as officers of the Fund, who will be responsible for the management of certain of the Fund's affairs as determined by the Fund's Board of Directors; o advise the Fund and its Board of Directors on matters concerning the Fund and its affairs;

• 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.

• Custodian and Fund Accountant The Fund assets shall be maintained in the custody of Investors Bank & Trust Company, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, or such other custodian identified to the Sub-Adviser. Any assets added to the Fund shall be delivered directly to such custodian. The Sub-Adviser shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of any custodian of the Fund’s assets. The Sub-Adviser shall have no responsibility for the segregation requirement of the Act or other applicable law. In addition, at the date of this Sub-Advisory Agreement, MassMutual has contracted with Investors Bank & Trust Company to provide fund accounting services on behalf of the Fund. The Sub-Adviser shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of Investors Bank & Trust Company or such other fund accountant in connection with fund accounting services provided on behalf of the Fund.

• Annual Independent Accountants’ Report (a) The Master Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants (the "Independent Accountants"), who may also render other services to the Master Servicer or to the Seller, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on or before April 30 (or 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning on April 30, 2001, with respect to the twelve months ended the immediately preceding December 31 (or other applicable date), a report to the effect that they have examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of Receivables under this Agreement and each Series Supplement, compared the information contained in the Master Servicer's Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 4.9 during the period covered by such report with such documents and records and that, on the basis of such examination, such accountants are of the opinion that the servicing has been conducted in compliance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Articles IV and V of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of each Series Supplement, except for such exceptions as they believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement. Such report shall acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee shall be a "non- participating party" with respect to such report, or words to similar effect. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency of such procedures. (b) On or before April 30 of each calendar year, beginning with April 30, 2001, the Master Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer or Seller) to furnish a report to the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency to the effect that they have compared the mathematical calculations of each amount set forth in the Master Servicer's Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 4.9 during the period covered by such report with the Master Servicer's computer reports which were the source of such amounts and that on the basis of such comparison, such accountants are of the opinion that such amounts are in agreement, except for such exceptions as they believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement. Such report shall acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee shall be a "non-participating party" with respect to such report, or words to similar effect. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency of such procedures.

• Annual Independent Accountants’ Servicing Report If the Master Servicer has, during the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any of the Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Seller on or before May 31 of each year, commencing on May 31, 2003 to the effect that, with respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such firm has examined certain records and documents relating to the Master Servicer's performance of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and pooling and servicing and trust agreements in material respects similar to this Agreement and to each other and that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac or the Xxxxxxx Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of the opinion that the Master Servicer's activities have been conducted in compliance with this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no material items of noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Freddie Mac requirex xx xx report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Certificateholder upon request by the Master Servicer, or by the Trustee at the expense of the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide such copies. If such report discloses exceptions that are material, the Master Servicer shall advise the Trustee whether such exceptions have been or are susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action to do so.

• Duties of FUND ACCOUNTING General FUND ACCOUNTING is authorized to act under the terms of this Agreement to calculate the net asset value of the Portfolio as provided in the prospectus of the Portfolio and in connection therewith shall: a. Maintain and preserve all accounts, books, financial records and other documents as are required of the Fund under Section 31 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and Rules 31a-1, 31a-2 and 31a-3 thereunder, applicable federal and state laws and any other law or administrative rules or procedures which may be applicable to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio, other than those accounts, books and financial records required to be maintained by the Fund's investment adviser, custodian or transfer agent and/or books and records maintained by all other service providers necessary for the Fund to conduct its business as a registered open-end management investment company. All such books and records shall be the property of the Fund and shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by, and shall be surrendered promptly upon request of, duly authorized officers of the Fund. All such books and records shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection, upon request of duly authorized officers of the Fund, by employees or agents of the Fund and employees and agents of the Securities and Exchange Commission. b. Record the current day's trading activity and such other proper bookkeeping entries as are necessary for determining that day's net asset value and net income. c. Render statements or copies of records as from time to time are reasonably requested by the Fund. d. Facilitate audits of accounts by the Fund's independent public accountants or by any other auditors employed or engaged by the Fund or by any regulatory body with jurisdiction over the Fund. e. Compute the Portfolio's public offering price and/or its daily dividend rates and money market yields, if applicable, in accordance with Section 3 of the Agreement and notify the Fund and such other persons as the Fund may reasonably request of the net asset value per share, the public offering price and/or its daily dividend rates and money market yields.

• 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”).

• Custody and Accounting Services All expenses of the transfer, receipt, safekeeping, servicing and accounting for the cash, securities, and other property of the Corporation, for the benefit of the Fund, including all charges of depositories, custodians, and other agents, if any;