Common use of Standard of Care and Limitation on Amount and Time for Bringing Action Clause in Contracts

Standard of Care and Limitation on Amount and Time for Bringing Action. State Street shall be held to a standard of reasonable care with respect to all of its duties and obligations under this Addendum. The Fund agrees that any liability of State Street to the Fund or any third party arising with respect to the System or State Street’s provision of Data Access Services under this Data Access Services Addendum shall be limited to the amount paid by the Fund for the preceding 24 months for such services. The foregoing limitation shall relate solely to State Street’s provision of the Data Access Services pursuant to this Addendum and is not intended to limit State Street’s responsibility to perform in accordance with the Custodian Agreement, including its duty to act in accordance with Proper Instructions. In no event shall State Street be liable to the Fund or any other party pursuant to this Addendum for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages even if advised of the possibility of such damages. No action, regardless of form, arising out of the terms of this Addendum may be brought by the Fund more than two years after the Fund has knowledge that the cause of action has arisen.