GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT is effective April 19, 2000, and is between THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK ("Bank") and Principal Pacifc Basin Fund, Inc. ("Customer").
1. Customer Accounts.
Bank, acting as "Securities Intermediary" (as defined in Section 15(g)
hereof) shall establish and maintain the following accounts ("Accounts"):
(a) a Custody Account (as defined in Section 15(b) hereof) in the name
of Customer for Financial Assets, which shall, except as modified by Section
15(d) hereof, mean stocks, shares, bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages or other
obligations for the payment of money, bullion, coin and any certificates,
receipts, warrants or other instruments representing rights to receive, purchase
or subscribe for the same or evidencing or representing any other rights or
interests therein and other similar property whether certificated or
uncertificated as may be received by Bank or its Subcustodian (as defined in
Section 3 hereof) for the account of Customer, including as an "Entitlement
Holder" as defined in Section 15(c) hereof); and
(b) an account in the name of Customer ("Deposit Account") for any and
all cash in any currency received by Bank or its Subcustodian for the account of
Customer, which cash shall not be subject to withdrawal by draft or check.
Customer warrants its authority to: 1) deposit the cash and Financial
Assets (collectively "Assets") received in the Accounts and 2) give Instructions
(as defined in Section 11 hereof) concerning the Accounts. Bank may deliver
Financial Assets of the same class in place of those deposited in the Custody
Account.
Upon written agreement between Bank and Customer, additional Accounts
may be established and separately accounted for as additional Accounts
hereunder.
2. aintenance of Financial Assets and Cash at Bank and Subcustodian Locations.
Unless Instructions specifically require another location acceptable to
Bank:
(a) Financial Assets shall be held in the country or other jurisdiction
in which the principal trading market for such Financial Assets is located,
where such Financial Assets are to be presented for payment or where such
Financial Assets are acquired; and
(b) Cash shall be credited to an account in a country or other
jurisdiction in which such cash may be legally deposited or is the legal
currency for the payment of public or private debts.
Cash may be held pursuant to Instructions in either interest or
non-interest bearing accounts as may be available for the particular currency.
To the extent Instructions are issued and Bank can comply with such
Instructions, Bank is authorized to maintain cash balances on deposit for
Customer with itself or one of its "Affiliates" at such reasonable rates of
interest as may from time to time be paid on such accounts, or in non-interest
bearing accounts as Customer may direct, if acceptable to Bank. For purposes
hereof, the term "Affiliate" shall mean an entity controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with, Bank.
If Customer wishes to have any of its Assets held in the custody of an
institution other than the established Subcustodians as defined in Section 3 (or
their securities depositories), such arrangement must be authorized by a written
agreement, signed by Bank and Customer.
3. Subcustodians and Securities Depositories.
Bank may act hereunder through the subcustodians listed in Schedule A
hereof with which Bank has entered into subcustodial agreements
("Subcustodians"). Customer authorizes Bank to hold Assets in the Accounts in
accounts which Bank has established with one or more of its branches or
Subcustodians. Bank and Subcustodians are authorized to hold any of the
Financial Assets in their account with any securities depository in which they
participate.
Bank reserves the right to add new, replace or remove Subcustodians.
Customer shall be given reasonable notice by Bank of any amendment to Schedule
A. Upon request by Customer, Bank shall identify the name, address and principal
place of business of any Subcustodian of Customer's Assets and the name and
address of the governmental agency or other regulatory authority that supervises
or regulates such Subcustodian.
4. Use of Subcustodian.
(a) Bank shall identify the Assets on its books as belonging to
Customer.
(b) A Subcustodian shall hold such Assets together with assets
belonging to other customers of Bank in accounts identified on such
Subcustodian's books as custody accounts for the exclusive benefit of customers
of Bank.
(c) Any Financial Assets in the Accounts held by a Subcustodian shall
be subject only to the instructions of Bank or its agent. Any Financial Assets
held in a securities depository for the account of a Subcustodian shall be
subject only to the instructions of such Subcustodian.
(d) Any agreement Bank enters into with a Subcustodian for holding
Bank's customers' assets shall provide that such assets shall not be subject to
any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in favor of such
Subcustodian or its creditors except a claim of payment for their safe custody
or administration or, in the case of cash deposits, liens or rights in favor of
creditors of the Subcustodian arising under bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws, and that the beneficial ownership of such assets shall be freely
transferable without the payment of money or value other than for safe custody
or administration. Where Securities are deposited by a Subcustodian with a
securities depository, Bank shall cause the Subcustodian to identify on its
books as belonging to Bank, as agent, the Securities shown on the Subcustodian's
account on the books of such securities depository. The foregoing shall not
apply to the extent of any special agreement or arrangement made by Customer
with any particular Subcustodian.
5. Deposit Account Transactions.
(a) Bank or its Subcustodians shall make payments from the Deposit
Account upon receipt of Instructions which include all information required by
Bank.
(b) In the event that any payment to be made under this Section 5
exceeds the funds available in the Deposit Account, Bank, in its discretion, may
advance Customer such excess amount which shall be deemed a loan payable on
demand, bearing interest at the rate customarily charged by Bank on similar
loans.
(c) If Bank credits the Deposit Account on a payable date, or at any
time prior to actual collection and reconciliation to the Deposit Account, with
interest, dividends, redemptions or any other amount due, Customer shall
promptly return any such amount upon oral or written notification: (i) that such
amount has not been received in the ordinary course of business or (ii) that
such amount was incorrectly credited. If Customer does not promptly return any
amount upon such notification, Bank shall be entitled, upon oral or written
notification to Customer, to reverse such credit by debiting the Deposit Account
for the amount previously credited. Bank or its Subcustodian shall have no duty
or obligation to institute legal proceedings, file a claim or a proof of claim
in any insolvency proceeding or take any other action with respect to the
collection of such amount, but may act for Customer upon Instructions after
consultation with Customer.
6. Custody Account Transactions.
(a) Financial Assets shall be transferred, exchanged or delivered by
Bank or its Subcustodian upon receipt by Bank of Instructions which include all
information required by Bank. Settlement and payment for Financial Assets
received for, and delivery of Financial Assets out of, the Custody Account may
be made in accordance with the customary or established securities trading or
securities processing practices and procedures in the jurisdiction or market in
which the transaction occurs, including, without limitation, delivery of
Financial Assets to a purchaser, dealer or their agents against a receipt with
the expectation of receiving later payment and free delivery. Delivery of
Financial Assets out of the Custody Account may also be made in any manner
specifically required by Instructions acceptable to Bank.
(b) Bank, in its discretion, may credit or debit the Accounts on a
contractual settlement date with cash or Financial Assets with respect to any
sale, exchange or purchase of Financial Assets. Otherwise, such transactions
shall be credited or debited to the Accounts on the date cash or Financial
Assets are actually received by Bank and reconciled to the Account.
(i) Bank may reverse credits or debits made to the Accounts in
its discretion if the related transaction fails to settle within a
reasonable period, determined by Bank in its discretion, after the
contractual settlement date for the related transaction.
(ii) If any Financial Assets delivered pursuant to this
Section 6 are returned by the recipient thereof, Bank may reverse the
credits and debits of the particular transaction at any time.
7. Actions of Bank.
Bank shall follow Instructions received regarding Assets held in the
Accounts. However, until it receives Instructions to the contrary, Bank shall:
(a) Present for payment any Financial Assets which are called, redeemed
or retired or otherwise become payable and all coupons and other income items
which call for payment upon presentation, to the extent that Bank or
Subcustodian is actually aware of such opportunities.
(b) Execute in the name of Customer such ownership and other
certificates as may be required to obtain payments in respect of Financial
Assets.
(c) Exchange interim receipts or temporary Financial Assets for
definitive Financial Assets.
(d) Appoint brokers and agents for any transaction involving the
Financial Assets, including, without limitation, Affiliates of Bank or any
Subcustodian.
(e) Issue statements to Customer, at times mutually agreed upon,
identifying the Assets in the Accounts.
Bank shall send Customer an advice or notification of any transfers of
Assets to or from the Accounts. Such statements, advices or notifications shall
indicate the identity of the entity having custody of the Assets. Unless
Customer sends Bank a written exception or objection to any Bank statement
within sixty (60) days of receipt, Customer shall be deemed to have approved
such statement. In such event, or where Customer has otherwise approved any such
statement, Bank shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released, relieved and
discharged with respect to all matters set forth in such statement or reasonably
implied therefrom as though it had been settled by the decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in an action where Customer and all persons having or
claiming an interest in Customer or Customer's Accounts were parties.
All collections of funds or other property paid or distributed in
respect of Financial Assets in the Custody Account shall be made at the risk of
Customer. Bank shall have no liability for any loss occasioned by delay in the
actual receipt of notice by Bank or by its Subcustodians of any payment,
redemption or other transaction regarding Financial Assets in the Custody
Account in respect of which Bank has agreed to take any action hereunder.
8. Corporate Actions; Proxies; Tax Reclaims.
(a) Corporate Actions. Whenever Bank receives information concerning
the Financial Assets which requires discretionary action by the beneficial owner
of the Financial Assets (other than a proxy), such as subscription rights, bonus
issues, stock repurchase plans and rights offerings, or legal notices or other
material intended to be transmitted to securities holders ("Corporate Actions"),
Bank shall give Customer notice of such Corporate Actions to the extent that
Bank's central corporate actions department has actual knowledge of a Corporate
Action in time to notify its customers.
When a rights entitlement or a fractional interest resulting from a
rights issue, stock dividend, stock split or similar Corporate Action is
received which bears an expiration date, Bank shall endeavor to obtain
Instructions from Customer or its Authorized Person (as defined in Section 10
hereof), but if Instructions are not received in time for Bank to take timely
action, or actual notice of such Corporate Action was received too late to seek
Instructions, Bank is authorized to sell such rights entitlement or fractional
interest and to credit the Deposit Account with the proceeds or take any other
action it deems, in good faith, to be appropriate in which case it shall be held
harmless for any such action.
(b) Proxy Voting. Bank shall provide proxy voting services, if elected
by Customer, in accordance with the terms of the proxy voting services rider
hereto. Proxy voting services may be provided by Bank or, in whole or in part,
by one or more third parties appointed by Bank (which may be Affiliates of
Bank).
(c) Tax Reclaims.
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(i) Subject to the provisions hereof, Bank shall apply for a reduction
of withholding tax and any refund of any tax paid or tax credits which
apply in each applicable market in respect of income payments on
Financial Assets for Customer's benefit which Bank believes may be
available to Customer.
(ii) The provision of tax reclaim services by Bank is conditional upon
Bank's receiving from Customer or, to the extent the Financial Assets
are beneficially owned by others, from each beneficial owner, A) a
declaration of the beneficial owner's identity and place of residence
and (B) certain other documentation (pro forma copies of which are
available from Bank). Customer acknowledges that, if Bank does not
receive such declarations, documentation and information, Bank shall be
unable to provide tax reclaim services.
(iii) Bank shall not be liable to Customer or any third party for any
taxes, fines or penalties payable by Bank or Customer, and shall be
indemnified accordingly, whether these result from the inaccurate
completion of documents by Customer or any third party, or as a result
of the provision to Bank or any third party of inaccurate or misleading
information or the withholding of material information by Customer or
any other third party, or as a result of any delay of any revenue
authority or any other matter beyond Bank's control.
(iv) Bank shall perform tax reclaim services only with respect to
taxation levied by the revenue authorities of the countries notified to
Customer from time to time and Bank may, by notification in writing, at
Bank's absolute discretion, supplement or amend the markets in which
tax reclaim services are offered. Other than as expressly provided in
this sub-clause, Bank shall have no responsibility with regard to
Customer's tax position or status in any jurisdiction.
(v) Customer confirms that Bank is authorized to disclose any
information requested by any revenue authority or any governmental body
in relation to Customer or the securities and/or cash held for
Customer.
(vi) Tax reclaim services may be provided by Bank or, in whole or in
part, by one or more third parties appointed by Bank (which may be
Bank's affiliates); provided that Bank shall be liable for the
performance of any such third party to the same extent as Bank would
have been if Bank had performed such services.
(d) Tax Obligations.
(i) Customer confirms that Bank is authorized to deduct from any cash
received or credited to the Deposit Account any taxes or levies
required by any revenue or governmental authority for whatever reason
in respect of the Custody Account.
(ii) If Bank does not receive appropriate declarations, documentation
and information then additional United Kingdom taxation shall be
deducted from all income received in respect of the Financial Assets
issued outside the United Kingdom and any applicable United States
withholding tax shall be deducted from income received from the
Financial Assets. Customer shall provide to Bank such documentation and
information as Bank may require in connection with taxation, and
warrants that, when given, this information shall be true and correct
in every respect, not misleading in any way, and contain all material
information. Customer undertakes to notify Bank immediately if any such
information requires updating or amendment.
(iii) Customer shall be responsible for the payment of all taxes
relating to the Financial Assets in the Custody Account, and Customer
agrees to pay, indemnify and hold Bank harmless from and against any
and all liabilities, penalties, interest or additions to tax with
respect to or resulting from any delay in, or failure by, Bank (1) to
pay, withhold or report any U.S. federal, state or local taxes or
foreign taxes imposed on, or (2) to report interest, dividend or other
income paid or credited to the Deposit Account, whether such failure or
delay by Bank to pay, withhold or report tax or income is the result of
(x) Customer's failure to comply with the terms of this paragraph, or
(y) Bank's own acts or omissions; provided however, Customer shall not
be liable to Bank for any penalty or additions to tax due as a result
of Bank's failure to pay, withhold or report tax or to report interest,
dividend or other income paid or credited to the Deposit Account solely
as a result of Bank's negligent acts or omissions.
9. Nominees.
Financial Assets which are ordinarily held in registered form may be
registered in a nominee name of Bank, Subcustodian or securities depository, as
the case may be. Bank may without notice to Customer cause any such Financial
Assets to cease to be registered in the name of any such nominee and to be
registered in the name of Customer. In the event that any Financial Assets
registered in a nominee name are called for partial redemption by the issuer,
Bank may allot the called portion to the respective beneficial holders of such
class of security in any manner Bank deems to be fair and equitable. Customer
shall hold Bank, Subcustodians, and their respective nominees harmless from any
liability arising directly or indirectly from their status as a mere record
holder of Financial Assets in the Custody Account.
10. Authorized Persons.
As used herein, the term "Authorized Person" means employees or agents
including investment managers as have been designated by written notice from
Customer or its designated agent to act on behalf of Customer hereunder. Such
persons shall continue to be Authorized Persons until such time as Bank receives
Instructions from Customer or its designated agent that any such employee or
agent is no longer an Authorized Person.
11. Instructions.
The term "Instructions" means instructions of any Authorized Person
received by Bank, via telephone, telex, facsimile transmission, bank wire or
other teleprocess or electronic instruction or trade information system
acceptable to Bank which Bank believes in good faith to have been given by
Authorized Persons or which are transmitted with proper testing or
authentication pursuant to terms and conditions which Bank may specify. Unless
otherwise expressly provided, all Instructions shall continue in full force and
effect until canceled or superseded. The term "Instructions" includes, without
limitation, instructions to sell, assign, transfer, deliver, purchase or receive
for the Custody Account, any and all stocks, bonds and other Financial Assets or
to transfer funds in the Deposit Account.
Any Instructions delivered to Bank by telephone shall promptly
thereafter be confirmed in writing by an Authorized Person (which confirmation
may bear the facsimile signature of such Person), but Customer shall hold Bank
harmless for the failure of an Authorized Person to send such confirmation in
writing, the failure of such confirmation to conform to the telephone
instructions received or Bank's failure to produce such confirmation at any
subsequent time. Bank may electronically record any Instructions given by
telephone, and any other telephone discussions with respect to the Custody
Account. Customer shall be responsible for safeguarding any testkeys,
identification codes or other security devices which Bank shall make available
to Customer or its Authorized Persons.
12. Standard of Care; Liabilities.
(a) Bank shall be responsible for the performance of only such duties
as are set forth herein or expressly contained in Instructions which are
consistent with the provisions hereof as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement,
Bank's responsibilities shall be limited to the exercise of reasonable
care with respect to its obligations hereunder. Bank shall only be
liable to Customer for any loss which shall occur as the result of the
failure of a Subcustodian to exercise reasonable care with respect to
the safekeeping of such Assets where such loss results directly from
the failure by the Subcustodian to use reasonable care in the provision
of custodial services by it in accordance with the standards prevailing
in its local market or from the willful default of such Subcustodian in
the provision of custodial services by it. In the event of any loss to
Customer which is compensable hereunder (i.e. a loss arising by reason
of willful misconduct or the failure of Bank or its Subcustodian to use
reasonable care), Bank shall be liable to Customer only to the extent
of Customer's direct damages, to be determined based on the market
value of the property which is the subject of the loss at the date of
discovery of such loss and without reference to any special conditions
or circumstances. Bank shall have no liability whatsoever for any
consequential, special, indirect or speculative loss or damages
(including, but not limited to, lost profits) suffered by Customer in
connection with the transactions and services contemplated hereby and
the relationship established hereby even if Bank has been advised as to
the possibility of the same and regardless of the form of the action.
(ii) Subject to Bank's duty to use reasonable care in the
review of a Subcustodian's financial condition as reflected in its
published financial statements and other publicly available financial
information to determine, as required by SEC Rule 17f-5(C)(1)(ii),
whether such Subcustodian "has the requisite financial strength to
provide reasonable care for fund assets", Bank shall not be responsible
for the insolvency of any Subcustodian which is not a branch or
Affiliate of Bank. Bank shall not be responsible for any act, omission,
default or the solvency of any broker or agent which it or a
Subcustodian appoints unless such appointment was made negligently or
in bad faith.
(iii) (A) Customer shall indemnify and hold Bank and its
directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively the
"Indemnitees") harmless from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties, and expenses, including
out-of-pocket and incidental expenses and legal fees ("Losses") that
may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Indemnitees or
any of them for following any instructions or other directions upon
which Bank is authorized to rely pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. (B) In addition to and not in limitation of the preceding
subparagraph, Customer shall also indemnify and hold the Indemnitees
and each of them harmless from and against any and all Losses that may
be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Indemnitees or any
of them in connection with or arising out of Bank's performance under
this Agreement, provided the Indemnitees have not acted with negligence
or engaged in willful misconduct. (C) In performing its obligations
hereunder, Bank may rely on the genuineness of any document which it
believes in good faith to have been validly executed.
(iv) Customer shall pay for and hold Bank harmless from any
liability or loss resulting from the imposition or assessment of any
taxes or other governmental charges, and any related expenses, with
respect to income from or Assets in the Accounts.
(v) Bank shall be entitled to rely, and may act, upon the
advice of counsel (who may be counsel for Customer) on all matters and
shall be without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted
pursuant to such advice.
(vi) Bank need not maintain any insurance for the benefit of
Customer.
(vii) Without limiting the foregoing, Bank shall not be liable
for any loss which results from: 1) the general risk of investing, or
2) investing or holding Assets in a particular country including, but
not limited to, losses resulting from malfunction, interruption of or
error in the transmission of information caused by any machines or
system or interruption of communication facilities, abnormal operating
conditions, nationalization, expropriation or other governmental
actions; regulation of the banking or securities industry; currency
restrictions, devaluations or fluctuations; and market conditions which
prevent the orderly execution of securities transactions or affect the
value of Assets.
(viii) Neither party shall be liable to the other for any loss
due to forces beyond their control including, but not limited to
strikes or work stoppages, acts of war (whether declared or undeclared)
or terrorism, insurrection, revolution, nuclear fusion, fission or
radiation, or acts of God.
(b) Consistent with and without limiting the first paragraph of this
Section 12, it is specifically acknowledged that Bank shall have no duty or
responsibility to:
(i) question Instructions or make any suggestions to Customer
or an Authorized Person regarding such Instructions;
(ii) supervise or make recommendations with respect to
investments or the retention of Financial Assets;
(iii) advise Customer or an Authorized Person regarding any
default in the payment of principal or income of any security other
than as provided in Section 5(c) hereof;
(iv) evaluate or report to Customer or an Authorized Person
regarding the financial condition of any broker, agent or other party
to which Financial Assets are delivered or payments are made pursuant
hereto; and
(v) review or reconcile trade confirmations received from
brokers. Customer or its Authorized Persons issuing Instructions shall
bear any responsibility to review such confirmations against
Instructions issued to and statements issued by Bank.
(c) Customer authorizes Bank to act hereunder notwithstanding that Bank
or any of its divisions or Affiliates may have a material interest in a
transaction, or circumstances are such that Bank may have a potential conflict
of duty or interest including the fact that Bank or any of its Affiliates may
provide brokerage services to other customers, act as financial advisor to the
issuer of Financial Assets, act as a lender to the issuer of Financial Assets,
act in the same transaction as agent for more than one customer, have a material
interest in the issue of Financial Assets, or earn profits from any of the
activities listed herein.
13. Fees and Expenses.
Customer shall pay Bank for its services hereunder the fees set forth
in Schedule B hereto or such other amounts as may be agreed upon in writing,
together with Bank's reasonable out-of-pocket or incidental expenses, including,
but not limited to, legal fees. Bank shall have a lien on and is authorized to
charge any Accounts of Customer for any amount owing to Bank under any provision
hereof.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) Foreign Exchange Transactions. To facilitate the administration of
Customer's trading and investment activity, when instructed by specific or
standing Instruction, Bank is authorized to enter into spot or forward foreign
exchange contracts with Customer or an Authorized Person for Customer and may
also provide foreign exchange through its subsidiaries, Affiliates or
Subcustodians. Instructions, may be issued with respect to such contracts but
Bank may establish rules or limitations concerning any foreign exchange facility
made available. In all cases where Bank, its subsidiaries, Affiliates or
Subcustodians enter into a separate master foreign exchange contract with
Customer that covers foreign exchange transactions for the Accounts, the terms
and conditions of that foreign exchange contract, and to the extent not
inconsistent, this Agreement, shall apply to such transactions.
(b) Certification of Residency, etc. Customer certifies that it is a
resident of the United States and shall notify Bank of any changes in residency.
Bank may rely upon this certification or the certification of such other facts
as may be required to administer Bank's obligations hereunder. Customer shall
indemnify Bank against all losses, liability, claims or demands arising directly
or indirectly from any such certifications.
(c) Access to Records. Bank shall allow Customer's independent public
accountant reasonable access to the records of Bank relating to Financial Assets
as is required in connection with their examination of books and records
pertaining to Customer's affairs. Subject to restrictions under applicable law,
Bank shall also obtain an undertaking to permit Customer's independent public
accountants reasonable access to the records of any Subcustodian which has
physical possession of any Financial Assets as may be required in connection
with the examination of Customer's books and records.
(d) Governing Law; Successors and Assigns; Immunity; Captions. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN NEW YORK and shall not be assignable by
either party, but shall bind the successors in interest of Customer and Bank. To
the extent that in any jurisdiction Customer may now or hereafter be entitled to
claim, for itself or its assets, immunity from suit, execution, attachment
(before or after judgment) or other legal process, Customer irrevocably shall
not claim, and it hereby waives, such immunity. The captions given to the
sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and are not to be used to interpret this Agreement.
(e) Entire Agreement; Applicable Riders. Customer represents
that the Assets deposited in the Accounts are
(Check one):
____ Investment Company assets subject to certain U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission rules and regulations;
____ Other (specify)
This Agreement consists exclusively of this document together with
Schedules A and B, Exhibits I - _______ and the following Rider(s)
[Check applicable rider(s)]:
____ INVESTMENT COMPANY
____ PROXY VOTING
____ SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
There are no other provisions hereof and this Agreement supersedes any
other agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties. Any amendment
hereto must be in writing, executed by both parties.
(f) Severability. In the event that one or more provisions hereof are
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect on the basis of any
particular circumstances or in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and
enforceability of such provision or provisions under other circumstances or in
other jurisdictions and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired.
(g) Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, no failure or delay on
the part of either party in exercising any power or right hereunder operates as
a waiver, nor does any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude
any other or further exercise, or the exercise of any other power or right. No
waiver by a party of any provision hereof, or waiver of any breach or default,
is effective unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver
is to be enforced.
(h) Representations and Warranties. (i) Customer hereby represents and
warrants to Bank that: (A) it has full authority and power to deposit and
control the Financial Assets and cash deposited in the Accounts; (B) it has all
necessary authority to use Bank as its custodian; (C) this Agreement constitutes
its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its
terms; (D) it shall have full authority and power to borrow moneys and enter
into foreign exchange transactions; and (E) it has not relied on any oral or
written representation made by Bank or any person on its behalf, and
acknowledges that this Agreement sets out to the fullest extent the duties of
Bank. (ii) Bank hereby represents and warrants to Customer that: (A) it has the
full power and authority to perform its obligations hereunder, (B) this
Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in
accordance with its terms; and (C) that it has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution and delivery hereof.
(i) Notices. All notices hereunder shall be effective when actually
received. Any notices or other communications which may be required hereunder
are to be sent to the parties at the following addresses or such other addresses
as may subsequently be given to the other party in writing: (a) Bank: The Chase
Manhattan Bank, 4 Chase MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245, Attention:
Global Investor Services, Investment Management Group; and (b) Customer: .
Principal Finanicial Group, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx XX 00000
(j) Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by Customer or Bank
by giving sixty (60) days' written notice to the other, provided that such
notice to Bank shall specify the names of the persons to whom Bank shall deliver
the Assets in the Accounts. If notice of termination is given by Bank, Customer
shall, within sixty (60) days following receipt of the notice, deliver to Bank
Instructions specifying the names of the persons to whom Bank shall deliver the
Assets. In either case Bank shall deliver the Assets to the persons so
specified, after deducting any amounts which Bank determines in good faith to be
owed to it under Section 13. If within sixty (60) days following receipt of a
notice of termination by Bank, Bank does not receive Instructions from Customer
specifying the names of the persons to whom Bank shall deliver the Assets, Bank,
at its election, may deliver the Assets to a bank or trust company doing
business in the State of New York to be held and disposed of pursuant to the
provisions hereof, or to Authorized Persons, or may continue to hold the Assets
until Instructions are provided to Bank.
(k) Money Laundering. Customer warrants and undertakes to Bank for
itself and its agents that all Customer's customers are properly identified in
accordance with U.S. Money Laundering Regulations as in effect from time to
time.
(l) Imputation of certain information. Bank shall not be held
responsible for and shall not be required to have regard to information held by
any person by imputation or information of which Bank is not aware by virtue of
a "Chinese Wall" arrangement. If Bank becomes aware of confidential information
which in good faith it feels inhibits it from effecting a transaction hereunder
Bank may refrain from effecting it.
15. Definitions.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter
stated:
a) "Certificated Security" shall mean a security that is represented by a
certificate.
b) "Custody Account" shall mean each Securities custody account on Bank's
records to which Financial Assets are or may be credited pursuant hereto.
c) "Entitlement Holder" shall mean the person on the records of a Securities
Intermediary as the person having a Securities Entitlement against the
Securities Intermediary.
d) "Financial Asset" shall mean, as the context requires, either the asset
itself or the means by which a person's claim to it is evidenced, including
a Certificated Security or Uncertificated Security, a security certificate,
or a Securities Entitlement. Financial Assets shall not include cash.
e) "Securities" shall mean stocks, bonds, rights, warrants and other
negotiable and non-negotiable paper whether issued as Certificated
Securities or Uncertificated Securities and commonly traded or dealt in on
securities exchanges or financial markets, and other obligations of an
issuer, or shares, participations and interests in an issuer recognized in
an area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment and
any other property as shall be acceptable to Bank for the Custody Account.
f) "Securities Entitlement" shall mean the rights and property interest of an
Entitlement Holder with respect to a Financial Asset as set forth in Part 5
of the Uniform Commercial Code.
g) "Securities Intermediary" shall mean Bank, a Subcustodian, a securities
depository, and any other financial institution which in the ordinary
course of business maintains custody accounts for others and acts in that
capacity.
h) "Uncertificated Security" shall mean a security that is not represented by
a certificate.
i) "Uniform Commercial Code" shall mean Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of New York, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first-abovewritten.
CUSTOMER
By: /s/A. S. Filean
____________________________________________
Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary
Date: April 19, 2000
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By: /s/Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
____________________________________________
Title: Vice President
Date: April 21, 0000
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COUNTY OF Polk )
On this 19th day of April , 2000, before me personally came Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx , to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she
resides in 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx at Des Moines, Iowa, that he/she is Senior Vice
President and Secretary of Principal Pacific Basin Fund, Inc, the entity
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the
seal of said entity, that the seal affixed to said instrument is such seal, that
it was so affixed by order of said entity, and that he/she signed his/her name
thereto by like order.
Sworn to before me this
19th day of April, 2000.
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Notary
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Notary Seal
State of Iowa
My Commission Expires April 7, 0000
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this 21st day of April , 2000, before me personally came Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, to
me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides in
Long Island, New York at 000 xxxxx Xxxxxx; that he/she is a Vice President of
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, the corporation described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation, that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal, that it was so affixed
by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he/she signed
his/her name thereto by like order.
Sworn to before me this 21st
day of April, 2000.
Notary
Xxxxxx Xx
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01NG-5012928
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in Kings & N.Y. Counties
Commissions Expires June 15, 2001
Investment Company Rider to Global Custody Agreement
Between The Chase Manhattan Bank and
Principal European Equitiy Fund, Inc.
effective April 19, 2000
The following modifications are made to the Agreement:
A. Add a new Section 16 to the Agreement as follows:
"16. Compliance with SEC rule 17f-5.
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(a) Customer's board of directors (or equivalent body) (hereinafter
`Board') hereby delegates to Bank, and, except as to the country or
countries as to which Bank may, from time to time, advise Customer
that it does not accept such delegation, Bank hereby accepts the
delegation to it, of the obligation to perform as Customer's `Foreign
Custody Manager' (as that term is defined in SEC rule 17f-5(a)(2),
both for the purpose of selecting Eligible Foreign Custodians (as that
term is defined in SEC rule 17f-5(a)(1), and as the same may be
amended from time to time, or that have otherwise been made exempt
pursuant to an SEC exemptive order) to hold Financial Assets and Cash
and of evaluating the contractual arrangements with such Eligible
Foreign Custodians (as set forth in SEC rule 17f-5(c)(2)); provided
that, the term Eligible Foreign Custodian shall not include any
'Compulsory Depository.' A Compulsory Depository shall mean a
securities depository or clearing agency the use of which is
compulsory because: (1) its use is required by law or regulation, (2)
securities cannot be withdrawn from the depository, or (3) maintaining
securities outside the depository is not consistent with prevailing
custodial practices in the country which the depository serves.
Compulsory Depositories used by Bank as of the date hereof are set
forth in Appendix 1-A hereto, and as the same may be amended on notice
to Customer from time to time.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Bank shall:
(i) provide written reports notifying Customer's Board of the placement of
Financial Assets and Cash with particular Eligible Foreign Custodians
and of any material change in the arrangements with such Eligible
Foreign Custodians, with such reports to be provided to Customer's
Board at such time as the Board deems reasonable and appropriate based
on the circumstances of Customer's foreign custody arrangements (and
until further notice from Customer such reports shall be provided not
less than quarterly with respect to the placements of Financial Assets
and Cash with particular Eligible Foreign Custodians and with
reasonable promptness upon the occurrence of any material change in
the arrangements with such Eligible Foreign Custodians);
(ii) exercise such reasonable care, prudence and diligence in performing as
Customer's Foreign Custody Manager as a person having responsibility
for the safekeeping of Financial Assets and Cash would exercise;
(iii)in selecting an Eligible Foreign Custodian, first have determined
that Financial Assets and Cash placed and maintained in the
safekeeping of such Eligible Foreign Custodian shall be subject to
reasonable care, based on the standards applicable to custodians in
the relevant market, after having considered all factors relevant to
the safekeeping of such Financial Assets and Cash, including, without
limitation, those factors set forth in SEC rule 17f-5(c)(1)(i)-(iv);
(iv) determine that the written contract with the Eligible Foreign
Custodian (or, in the case of an Eligible Foreign Custodians that is a
securities depository or clearing agency, such contract, the rules or
established practices or procedures of the depository, or any
combination of the foregoing) requires that the Eligible Foreign
Custodian will provide reasonable care for Financial Assets and Cash
based on the standards applicable to custodians in the relevant market
(as required by SEC rule 17f-5(c)(1)). The written contract shall
include the provisions specified in SEC rule 17f-5(c)(2)(i); provided
however, that such written contract may include, in lieu of any or all
of the provisions specified in SEC Rule 17f-5(c)(2)(i), such other
provisions that Bank determines will provide, in their entirety, the
same or a greater level of care and protection for the Assets as the
specified provisions in their entirety.
(v) Have established a system to monitor the continued appropriateness of
maintaining Financial Assets and Cash with particular Eligible Foreign
Custodians and of the governing contractual arrangements; it being
understood, however, that in the event that Bank shall have determined
that the existing Foreign Custodian in a given country would no longer
afford Financial Assets and Cash reasonable care and that no other
Eligible Foreign Custodian in that country would afford reasonable
care, Bank shall promptly so advise Customer and shall then act in
accordance with the Instructions of Customer with respect to the
disposition of the affected Financial Assets and Cash
Subject to (b)(i)-(v) above, Bank is hereby authorized to place and maintain
Financial Assets and Cash on behalf of Customer with Eligible Foreign Custodians
pursuant to a written contract deemed appropriate by Bank.
(c) Except as expressly provided herein, Customer shall be solely
responsible to assure that the maintenance of Financial Assets and
Cash hereunder complies with the rules, regulations, interpretations
and exemptive orders promulgated by or under the authority of the SEC.
(d) Bank represents to Customer that it is a U.S. Bank as defined in Rule
17f-5(a)(7). Customer represents to Bank that: (1) the Financial
Assets and Cash being placed and maintained in Bank's custody are
subject to the 1940 Act, as the same may be amended from time to time;
(2) its Board: (i) has determined that it is reasonable to rely on
Bank to perform as Customer's Foreign Custody Manager (ii) or its
investment adviser shall have determined that Customer may maintain
Financial Assets and Cash in each country in which Customer's
Financial Assets and Cash shall be held hereunder and determined to
accept the risks arising therefrom (including, but not limited to, a
country's financial infrastructure), prevailing custody and settlement
practices, laws applicable to the safekeeping and recovery of
Financial Assets and Cash held in custody, and the likelihood of
nationalization, currency controls and the like) (collectively
("Country Risk")). Nothing contained herein shall require Bank to make
any selection or to engage in any monitoring on behalf of Customer
that would entail consideration of Country Risk.
(e) Bank shall provide to Customer such information relating to Country
Risk as is specified in Appendix 1-B hereto. Customer hereby
acknowledges that: (i) such information is solely designed to inform
Customer of market conditions and procedures and is not intended as a
recommendation to invest or not invest in particular markets; and (ii)
Bank has gathered the information from sources it considers reliable,
but that Bank shall have no responsibility for inaccuracies or
incomplete information. In addition, Bank shall provide to Customer
such documentation or information relevant to Eligible Securities
Depositories as may be reasonably required by SEC Rule 17f-7 if and at
such time as such Rule shall become effective, consistent with such
documentation or information Bank furnishes to other customers for
which Bank is providing a similar custodial service.
B. Add the following after the first sentence of Section 3 of the
Agreement: "At the request of Customer, Bank may, but need not, add to
Schedule A an Eligible Foreign Custodian where Bank has not acted as
Foreign Custody Manager with respect to the selection thereof. Bank
shall notify Customer in the event that it elects to add any such
entity."
C. Add the following language to the end of Section 3 of the Agreement:
"The term Subcustodian as used herein shall mean the following:
(a) a `U.S. Bank,' which shall mean a U.S. bank as defined in SEC rule
17f-5(a)(7);
(b) an `Eligible Foreign Custodian,' which shall mean (i) a banking
institution or trust company, incorporated or organized under the laws
of a country other than the United States, that is regulated as such
by that country's government or an agency thereof, (ii) a
majority-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of a U.S. bank or bank
holding company which subsidiary is incorporated or organized under
the laws of a country other than the United States; (iii) a securities
depository or clearing agency, incorporated or organized under the
laws of a country other than the United States (other than a
Compulsory Depository), that acts as a system for the central handling
of securities or equivalent book-entries in that country and that is
regulated by a foreign financial regulatory authority as defined under
section 2(a)(50) of the 1940 Act, (iv) a securities depository or
clearing agency organized under the laws of a country other than the
United States to the extent acting as a transnational system for the
central handling of securities or equivalent book-entries, and (v) any
other entity that shall have been so qualified by exemptive order,
rule or other appropriate action of the SEC
For purposes of clarity, it is agreed that as used in Section 12(a)(i), the term
Subcustodian shall not include any Eligible Foreign Custodian as to which Bank
has not acted as Foreign Custody Manager or any Eligible Securities Depository."
Appendix 1-A
ELIGIBLE SECURITIES DEPOSITORIES
Appendix 1-B
Information Regarding Country Risk
1. To aid Customer in its determinations regarding Country Risk, Bank
shall furnish annually and upon the initial placing of Financial Assets and Cash
into a country the following information (check items applicable):
A Opinions of local counsel concerning:
___ i. Whether applicable foreign law would restrict the access
afforded Customer's independent public accountants to books and
records kept by an eligible foreign custodian located in that
country.
___ ii. Whether applicable foreign law would restrict the Customer's
ability to recover its Financial Assets and Cash in the event of
the bankruptcy of an Eligible Foreign Custodian located in that
country.
___ iii.Whether applicable foreign law would restrict the
Customer's ability to recover Financial Assets that are lost
while under the control of an Eligible Foreign Custodian located
in the country.
B. Written information concerning:
___ i. The foreseeability of expropriation, nationalization, freezes,
or confiscation of Customer's Financial Assets and Cash.
___ ii. Whether difficulties in converting Customer's cash and cash
equivalents to U.S. dollars are reasonably foreseeable.]
C. A market report with respect to the following topics:
(i) securities regulatory environment, (ii) foreign ownership
restrictions, (iii) foreign exchange, (iv) securities settlement and
registration, (v) taxation, and (vi) depositories (including depository
evaluation), if any.
2. To aid Customer in monitoring Country Risk, Bank shall furnish board
the following additional information:
Market flashes, including with respect to changes in the information in
market reports.
