Common use of Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification Clause in Contracts

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non- (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxxx shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and the (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non-non-performance notwithstanding the occurrence of such event; provided that, if a Force Majeure Event substantially prevents, hinders or delays performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement by more than ninety (90) days and has a material adverse impact on the continuing operations of the Fund, then the Fund may, by giving BNY Mellon at least five (5) days prior written notice, terminate this Agreement (a “Force Majeure Termination”). In addition, in the event that the Fund reasonably believes that a Force Majeure Event will substantially prevent, hinder or delay performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement for more than five (5) consecutive calendar days, the Fund may take commercially reasonable actions to mitigate the impact of such services not being provided, including, but not limited to, contracting with another service provider to provide such services during such period and/or engaging TRP to perform such services in-house during such period; provided, that the Fund shall consult with BNY Mellon in good faith in connection with any such mitigation and BNY Mellon shall provide the Fund reasonable assistance in good faith in connection therewith; provided, further, that BNY Mellon shall resume providing, and the Fund shall pay for, such services when BNY Mellon resumes providing, unless the Fund has terminated this Agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 7(b), (i) in no event shall the Funds be obligated to pay any fees under this Agreement to BNY Mellon with respect to any services not actually provided during any such Force Majeure Event and (ii) the Funds shall have no responsibility to pay BNY Mellon for services temporarily performed by the Investment Adviser or a third party. (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxBNY Mellon Misconduct, XXX Xxxxxx BNY Mellon shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and thethe Indemnified Party prevails in such action, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Section 7. (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non-non-performance notwithstanding the occurrence of such event; provided that, if a Force Majeure Event substantially prevents, hinders or delays performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement by more than ninety (90) days and has a material adverse impact on the continuing operations of the Fund, then the Fund may, by giving BNY Mellon at least five (5) days prior written notice, terminate this Agreement (a “Force Majeure Termination”). In addition, in the event that the Fund reasonably believes that a Force Majeure Event will substantially prevent, hinder or delay performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement for more than five (5) consecutive calendar days, the Fund may take commercially reasonable actions to mitigate the impact of such services not being provided, including, but not limited to, contracting with another service provider to provide such services during such period and/or engaging TRP to perform such services in-house during such period; provided, that the Fund shall consult with BNY Mellon in good faith in connection with any such mitigation and BNY Mellon shall provide the Fund reasonable assistance in good faith in connection therewith; provided, further, that BNY Mellon shall resume providing, and the Fund shall pay for, such services when BNY Mellon resumes providing, unless the Fund has terminated this Agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 7(b), (i) in no event shall the Funds be obligated to pay any fees under this Agreement to BNY Mellon with respect to any services not actually provided during any such Force Majeure Event and (ii) the Funds shall have no responsibility to pay BNY Mellon for services temporarily performed by the Investment Adviser or a third party. (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxxx shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and thethe Indemnified Party prevails in such action, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Section 7. (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non-non-performance notwithstanding the occurrence of such event; provided that, if a Force Majeure Event substantially prevents, hinders or delays performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement by more than ninety (90) days and has a material adverse impact on the continuing operations of the Fund, then the Fund may, by giving BNY Mellon at least five (5) days prior written notice, terminate this Agreement (a “Force Majeure Termination”). In addition, in the event that the Fund reasonably believes that a Force Majeure Event will substantially prevent, hinder or delay performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement for more than five (5) consecutive calendar days, the Fund may take commercially reasonable actions to mitigate the impact of such services not being provided, including, but not limited to, contracting with another service provider to provide such services during such period and/or engaging TRP to perform such services in-house during such period; provided, that the Fund shall consult with BNY Mellon in good faith in connection with any such mitigation and BNY Mellon shall provide the Fund reasonable assistance in good faith in connection therewith; provided, further, that BNY Mellon shall resume providing, and the Fund shall pay for, such services when BNY Mellon resumes providing, unless the Fund has terminated this Agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 7(b), (i) in no event shall the Funds be obligated to pay any fees under this Agreement to BNY Mellon with respect to any services not actually provided during any such Force Majeure Event and (ii) the Funds shall have no responsibility to pay BNY Mellon for services temporarily performed by the Investment Adviser or a third party. (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s XXX Xxxxxx’x performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxxx shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and thethe Indemnified Party prevails in such action, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Section 7. (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non- non-performance notwithstanding the occurrence of such event; provided that, if a Force Majeure Event substantially prevents, hinders or delays performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement by more than ninety (c90) The days and has a material adverse impact on the continuing operations of the Fund, then the Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless may, by giving BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officersat least five (5) days prior written notice, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under terminate this Agreement (including any action taken a “Force Majeure Termination”). In addition, in the event that the Fund reasonably believes that a Force Majeure Event will substantially prevent, hinder or omitted delay performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement for more than five (5) consecutive calendar days, the Fund may take commercially reasonable actions to be taken by mitigate the impact of such services not being provided, including, but not limited to, contracting with another service provider to provide such services during such period and/or engaging TRP to perform such services in-house during such period; provided, that the Fund shall consult with BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance connection with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that any such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by mitigation and BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by shall provide the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentencereasonable assistance in good faith in connection therewith; provided, the Fund acknowledges and agrees further, that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of shall resume providing, and the Fund for Instructions with respect shall pay for, such services when BNY Mellon resumes providing, unless the Fund has terminated this Agreement pursuant to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder for such Fundthe immediately preceding sentence. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, Notwithstanding anything set forth in writing this Section 7(b), (i) in no event shall the Funds be obligated to pay any action proposed fees under this Agreement to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxxx shall any services not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in actually provided during any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify Force Majeure Event and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (Funds shall have no responsibility to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations pay BNY Mellon for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money services temporarily performed by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and the (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV Investment Adviser or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilitiesthird party.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non- (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxxx shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and the (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.

Standard of Care; Limitations of Liability; Indemnification. (a) BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and claims (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of investigation and enforcement and the costs, expenses and fees of attorneys and accountants) (“Liabilities”) sustained or incurred by the Fund and any Fund Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns and amounts paid in settlement in accordance with this Section 7 only to the extent such Liabilities arise out of the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or recklessness of BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate in the performance or omission of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (collectively, “BNY Mellon Misconduct”). The parties acknowledge that there may be instances where such Liabilities arise out of BNY Mellon’s performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement but it is unclear as to whether such Liabilities were caused by BNY Mellon Misconduct (“Potential Liabilities”) and in such cases the parties shall use good faith efforts to determine appropriate means for addressing such Potential Liabilities, including the extent, if any, to which it is appropriate for BNY Mellon to assume all or a portion of such Potential Liabilities in light of relevant facts and circumstances. (b) BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for Liabilities (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) or for failure to perform (or delay in performing) its obligations which occur by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an event of natural disaster, casualty, elements of nature, acts of God, riots, terrorism, war, or such other event of similar nature that is beyond the reasonable control of BNY Mellon (excluding labor disputes or strikes directed at BNY Mellon), non-performance by a third party not hired or otherwise selected by BNY Mellon to provide services in connection with this Agreement, failure of the mails, communications or computer (hardware or software) services or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above (a “Force Majeure Event”). BNY Mellon shall not be responsible for delays or failures to supply the information or services specified in this Agreement where such delays or failures are caused by the failure of any person(s) other than BNY Mellon or a person retained by BNY Mellon to provide services under this Agreement. In any such event, BNY Mellon will use commercially reasonable efforts including, upon declaration of a disaster, those described in their disaster recovery and business continuity plans referenced in Section 3(b)(x), to continue to perform, to recommence performance whenever and to whatever extent reasonably possible without delay, and to mitigate the impact of its non-non-performance notwithstanding the occurrence of such event; provided that, if a Force Majeure Event substantially prevents, hinders or delays performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement by more than ninety (90) days and has a material adverse impact on the continuing operations of the Fund, then the Fund may, by giving BNY Mellon at least five (5) days prior written notice, terminate this Agreement (a “Force Majeure Termination”). In addition, in the event that the Fund reasonably believes that a Force Majeure Event will substantially prevent, hinder or delay performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement for more than five (5) consecutive calendar days, the Fund may take commercially reasonable actions to mitigate the impact of such services not being provided, including, but not limited to, contracting with another service provider to provide such services during such period and/or engaging TRP to perform such services in-house during such period; provided, that the Fund shall consult with BNY Mellon in good faith in connection with any such mitigation and BNY Mellon shall provide the Fund reasonable assistance in good faith in connection therewith; provided, further, that BNY Mellon shall resume providing, and the Fund shall pay for, such services when BNY Mellon resumes providing, unless the Fund has terminated this Agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 7(b), (i) in no event shall the Funds be obligated to pay any fees under this Agreement to BNY Mellon with respect to any services not actually provided during any such Force Majeure Event and (ii) the Funds shall have no responsibility to pay BNY Mellon for services temporarily performed by the Investment Adviser or a third party. (c) The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless BNY Mellon from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or any of their officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (i) the performance of BNY Mellon’s duties and/or obligations, under this Agreement (including any action taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon in good faith in accordance with the advice or opinion of counsel for the Fund) except to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of (x) any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or (y) BNY Mellon Misconduct; (ii) errors existing in the Fund’s records prior to the Effective Date; (iii) action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of any Instructions; and (iv) the Fund’s own negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud, including any improper use by the Fund of any valuations or computations supplied by BNY Mellon pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Fund acknowledges and agrees that BNY Mellon may apply to an Authorized Person of the Fund for Instructions with respect to any matter arising in connection with BNY Mellon’s XXX Xxxxxx’x performance hereunder for such Fund. Such application for Instructions may, at the option of BNY Mellon, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by BNY Mellon with respect to its duties or obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken. Without limiting the foregoing and unless there is XXX Xxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxBNY Mellon Misconduct, XXX Xxxxxx BNY Mellon shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein unless, prior to taking or omitting to take any such action, BNY Mellon has received Instructions from an Authorized Person in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. (d) BNY Mellon shall indemnify and hold harmless the Fund from and against any and all third party Liabilities which are sustained or incurred by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate or their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (which, for purposes of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any other Funds that invest in the indemnified Fund), only to the extent that such Liabilities arise out of any material breach of this Agreement by BNY Mellon or any BNY Mellon Affiliate or by any BNY Mellon Misconduct. (e) (i) In the event of a claim against a party (“Claim”) related to Liabilities for which such party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Party”), the Indemnified Party shall give notice to the party obligated to indemnify such claim (the “Indemnifying Party”) as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that any failure by the Indemnified Party to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations to indemnify under this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party can demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party all reasonably available information requested by the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim. (ii) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Indemnified Party’s notice of a Claim, but (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) no later than ten (10) days before the date on which any formal response to the Claim is due, the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in writing as to whether the Indemnifying Party acknowledges its indemnification obligation and elects to assume control of the defense of the claim with respect to the Indemnified Party and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and permitted assigns (a “Notice of Election”). (iii) If the Indemnifying Party timely delivers a Notice of Election to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, conduct the defense of the Claim and, consistent with the rights of Indemnified Party under this Agreement, all negotiations for settlement of the Claim, subject to the following: (1) The Indemnified Party shall cooperate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, in all reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such Claim and any appeal arising therefrom. (2) The Indemnified Party may participate in said defense and/or negotiations to protect its interests at the Indemnified Party’s cost and expense. (3) Neither any settlement of a Claim that involves a remedy other than the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party, nor any admission regarding the Indemnified Party’s interests, shall be entered into by the Indemnifying Party, except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. (iv) If the Indemnifying Party does not timely deliver a Notice of Election, the Indemnified Party may defend and/or settle the Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no settlement of a Claim that involves the payment of money by the Indemnifying Party or any admission regarding the Indemnifying Party’s interests shall be entered into by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party. (v) If the Indemnified Party brings an action against the Indemnifying Party to enforce the Indemnified Party’s rights under this Section 7, and thethe Indemnified Party prevails in such action, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Section 7. (f) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 7 (except as expressly stated otherwise in the NAV Error Policy), BNY Mellon agrees to be liable to the Fund in accordance with the terms of Schedule II (NAV Error Policy). The parties understand that there may be investors and beneficial owners who hold shares of the Fund through an intermediary, including but not limited to banks, broker-dealers, other Funds and defined contribution plan recordkeepers (collectively referred to as “Intermediaries”). Such Intermediaries will maintain one or more accounts directly with the Fund on behalf of investors or beneficial owners (e.g., defined contribution plan participants). If there is either a delay in delivery of a Fund’s NAV or a Material NAV Error arising out of BNY Mellon Misconduct, it is acknowledged there may be Liabilities sustained by such Intermediaries, which, if they had been sustained or incurred by the Fund, would be the type of Liabilities for which BNY Mellon would have been liable under this Agreement (“Covered Liabilities”). In the event an Intermediary claims the Fund or TRP must reimburse it for such Covered Liabilities, BNY Mellon shall be liable to the Fund, TRP or the Intermediary directly for such Covered Liabilities, provided that the Fund or TRP has taken all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such Covered Liabilities.