Exhibit 99.(g)(11) NINTH AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODIAN CONTRACT AGREEMENT made by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Custodian") and the Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"). WHEREAS, the Custodian and the Fund are parties to a...
Exhibit 99.(g)(11)
NINTH AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
AGREEMENT made by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company (the
"Custodian") and the Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Fund, Inc. (the "Fund").
WHEREAS, the Custodian and the Fund are parties to a custodian contract
dated October 12, 1988, as amended May 8, 1989, July 24, 1989, April 30, 1990,
March 18, 1992, and April 19, 1994, August 21, 1995, May 6, 1996 and September
25, 1996 (the "Custodian Contract, as amended"); and
WHEREAS, the Custodian and the Fund desire to further amend the
Custodian Contract by adding the Xxxxxxxxx International Value Portfolio II (the
"Portfolio") to the list of Portfolios on whose behalf the Custodian Contract,
as amended, applies and to make certain other amendments;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained
herein, the Custodian and the Fund hereby agree as follows:
1. In accordance with Paragraph 12 of the Custodian Contract, it is
mutually agreed that the Custodian shall render services under the Custodian
Contract, as amended, to an additional series of the Fund, the Xxxxxxxxx
International Value Portfolio II.
2. With respect to the securities and other assets of the Xxxxxxxxx
International Value Portfolio II which are maintained outside the United States,
the Fund hereby authorizes the Custodian to employ as subcustodians the foreign
banking institutions and foreign securities depositories designated on Schedule
A hereto in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Custodian Contract.
3. Henceforth, the Fund shall use the Custodian's "Schedule A 17f-5
Approval" form to authorize Custodian to employ foreign banking institutions and
foreign securities depositories as subcustodians for the Fund and shall cease
making such authorizations on its own form of Schedule A and B.
4. Except as specifically superseded or modified herein, the terms and
provisions of the Custodian Contract shall continue to apply with full force and
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this instrument to
be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized representative as a
sealed instrument as of the 22nd day of February, 1999.
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX FUND, INC.
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Secretary
ATTEST:
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0
XXXXX XXXXXX BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
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SCHEDULE A
COVERING
XXXXXXXXX GOVERNMENT SHORT DURATION PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX SHORT DURATION PLUS PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX INTERMEDIATE DURATION PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX DIVERSIFIED MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX NEW YORK MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX SHORT DURATION CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX SHORT DURATION DIVERSIFIED MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX SHORT DURATION NEW YORK MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL VALUE PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX EMERGING MARKETS VALUE PORTFOLIO
XXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL VALUE PORTFOLIO II
Country Subcustodian(s)
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Australia Bank: Westpac Banking Corporation
Depository: Austraclear Limited
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS)
Austria Bank: Erste Bank de Osterreichischen
Sparkassen AG
Depository: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
(Wertpapiersammelbank Division)
Belgium Bank: Generale Bank
Depository: Caisse Interprofessionelle de
Depots et de Virements de
Titres S.A. (CIK)
Banque Nationale de Belgique
Canada Bank: State Street Company Canada
Depository: The Canadian Depository for
Securities Limited (CDS)
Denmark Bank: Den Danske Bank
Depository: Vaerdipapircentralen - The
Danish Securities Center (VP)
Finland Bank: Xxxxxx Bank Limited
Depository: The Finnish Central Securities
Depository (CSD)
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Country Subcustodian(s)
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France Bank: Banque Paribas
Depository: Societe Interprofessionnelle pour la
Compensation des Valeurs
Mobilieres (SICOVAM)
Germany Bank: Dresdner Bank AG
Depository: Deutsche Borse Clearing AG
(DBC)
Hong Kong Bank: Standard Chartered Bank
Depository: The Central Clearing and
Settlement System (CCASS)
The Central Money Markets Unit
(CMU)
Ireland Bank: Bank of Ireland
Depository: The Central Bank of Ireland
Securities Settlement Office
(CBISSO)
Italy Bank: Banque Paribas
Depository: Monte Titoli S.p.A.
Banca d'Italia
Japan Banks: The Daiwa Bank, Limited
The Fuji Bank, Limited
Depository: Japan Securities Depository
Center (JASDEC)
Bank of Japan Net System
Malaysia Bank: Standard Chartered Bank
Malaysia Berhad
Depository: Malaysian Central Depository
Sdn. Bhd. (MCD)
Bank Negara Malaysia,
Scripless Securities Trading and
Safekeeping Systems (SSTS)
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Country Subcustodian(s)
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Netherlands Bank: MeesPierson N.V.
Depository: Nederlands Centraal Instituut
voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V.
(NECIGEF)
De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
New Zealand Bank: ANZ Banking Group (New
Zealand) Limited
Depository: New Zealand Central Securities
Depository Limited (NZCSD)
Norway Bank: Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse
Depository: Verdipapirsentralen, The
Norwegian Registry of
Securities (VPS)
Singapore Bank: The Development Bank of
Singapore Ltd.
Depository: The Central Depository (Pte)
Limited (CDP)
Spain Bank: Banco Santander, S.A.
Depository: Servicio de Compensacion y
Liquidacion de Valores (SCLV)
Banco de Espana,
Central De Anotaciones en Cuenta (CAC)
Sweden Bank: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Depository: Vardepapperscentralen VPC AB,
The Swedish Central Securities
Depository
Switzerland Bank: UBS AG
Depository: Schweizerische Effekten-Giro AG
(SEGA)
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Country Subcustodian(s)
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United
Kingdom Bank: State Street Bank and Trust
Company
Depositories: The Bank of England
The Central Gilts Office (CGO)
The Central Moneymarkets Office
(CMO)
General Depositories: The Euroclear System (Euroclear)
State Street London Limited
Cedel Bank societe anonyme
(Cedel)
State Street London Limited
