Section 1.3 The sixth paragraph of Section 13 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph; “Each Fund hereby represents to State Street that: (i) its policies and objectives generally permit it to engage in securities lending transactions; (ii) its policies permit it to purchase shares with cash Collateral of the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Portfolio II; (iii) its participation in State Street’s securities lending program, including the investment of cash Collateral in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Portfolio II, has been approved by a majority of the trustees that are not “interested persons” within the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, of the Fund and such trustees will evaluate the securities lending program no less frequently than annually to determine that the investment of cash Collateral in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Portfolio II is in the Fund’s best interest; (iv) its prospectus provides appropriate disclosure concerning its securities lending activity; and (v) that the trustees have obtained competing quotes with respect to lending agent fees from at least three independent lending agents or a report of an independent consultant to assist the trustees in determining that the fees for State Street’s services hereunder are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges imposed by others for services of the same nature and quality.
