Common use of Sweep and Float Clause in Contracts

Sweep and Float. Cash, including cash on deposit with a Foreign Custodian, may be swept as directed by the Fund or its investment manager to investment vehicles offered by the Custodian or to other investment vehicles. Cash may be uninvested when it is received or reconciled to an Account after the deadline to be swept into a target vehicle, or when held for short periods of time related to transaction settlements. The Fund acknowledges that the Custodian’s compensation includes (i) the interest earned by the Custodian on cash balances in Accounts, less (x) the Earnings Credits received and applied by the Fund pursuant to Section 8.6, in the case of U.S. dollar balances or (y) interest paid the Fund in the case of foreign currency balances and (ii) interest earned by the Custodian on other cash balances held by the Custodian, including disbursement balances and balances arising from purchase and sale transactions, as disclosed in the Custodian’s float policy. The Fund also acknowledges that the Custodian’s compensation may include negative interest charged the Fund, as set forth in the Custodian’s negative interest rate disclosure, on balances held on deposit with the Custodian in certain currencies for which the local short term interest rate has become negative.”