Common use of Suspension or Rejection of an Order Clause in Contracts

Suspension or Rejection of an Order. Each Trust reserves the absolute right to reject a Creation Order transmitted to it by the Distributor in respect of a Fund if: (i) the order is not in proper form; (ii) the Deposit Securities delivered are not as disseminated for that date by the Custodian, as described above; (iii) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; (iv) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would otherwise, in the reasonable opinion of the applicable Trust or its investment adviser (the "Adviser"), have an adverse effect on the Trust, the applicable Fund or the rights of beneficial owners; or (v) in the event that circumstances exist outside the control of the applicable Trust or Fund, the Transfer Agent, the Distributor and the Adviser that, in their reasonable judgment, make it for all practical purposes impossible to process Creation Orders. Examples of such circumstances include acts of God; public service or utility problems such as fires, floods, extreme weather conditions and power outages resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer failures; market conditions or activities causing trading halts;

Suspension or Rejection of an Order. Each Trust reserves the absolute right to reject a Creation Order transmitted to it by the Distributor in respect of a Fund if: (i) the order is not in proper form; (ii) the Deposit Securities delivered are not as disseminated for that date by the Custodian, as described above; (iii) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; (iv) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would otherwise, in the reasonable opinion of the applicable Trust or its investment adviser (the "Adviser"), have an adverse effect on the Trust, the applicable Fund or the rights of beneficial owners; or (v) in the event that circumstances exist outside the control of the applicable Trust or Fund, the Transfer Agent, the Distributor and the Adviser that, in their reasonable judgment, make it for all practical purposes impossible to process Creation Orders. Examples of such circumstances include acts of God; public service or utility problems such as fires, floods, extreme weather conditions and power outages resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer failures; market conditions or activities causing trading halts;; systems failures involving computer or other information systems affecting a Trust or Fund, the Adviser, the Distributor, DTC, NSCC, the Transfer Agent, the Custodian or sub-custodian or any other participant in the creation process, and