Common use of Variances Clause in Contracts

Variances. The Sub-Custodian may accept securities or cash delivered in settlement of trades notwithstanding variances between the amount of securities or cash so delivered and the amount specified in the instructions furnished to it by the Custodian, provided that the variance in any particular transaction does not exceed (i) $25 in the case of transactions of $1,000,000 or less, and (ii) $50 in the case of transactions exceeding $1,000,000. The Sub-Custodian shall maintain a record of any such variances and notify the Custodian of such variances in periodic transaction reports submitted to the Custodian. The Sub-Custodian will not advise any party with whom the Fund effects securities transactions of the existence of these variance provisions without the consent of the Fund and the Custodian.

Variances. The Sub-Custodian may accept securities or cash delivered in settlement of trades notwithstanding variances between the amount of securities or cash so delivered and the amount specified in the instructions furnished to it by the Custodian, provided that the variance in any particular transaction does not exceed (i) $25 in the case of transactions of $1,000,000 or less, and (ii) $50 in the case of transactions exceeding $1,000,000. The Sub-Sub- Custodian shall maintain a record of any such variances and notify the Custodian of such variances in periodic transaction reports submitted to the Custodian. The Sub-Custodian will not advise any party with whom the Fund effects securities transactions of the existence of these variance provisions without the consent of the Fund and the Custodian.