CUSTODY AGREEMENT
Agreement made as of this 25th day of February, 1997,
between ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland,
having its principal office and place of business at 0000 Xxxxxx
xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (hereinafter called the
"Fund"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York corporation
authorized to do a banking business, having its principal office
and place of business at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(hereinafter called the "Custodian").
W I T N E S S E T H :
that for and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter
set forth, the Fund and the Custodian agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
1. "Book-Entry System" shall mean the Federal
Reserve/Treasury book-entry system for United States and federal
agency securities, its successor or successors and its nominee or
nominees.
2. "Call Option" shall mean an exchange traded option
with respect to Securities other than Stock Index Options,
Futures Contracts, and Futures Contract Options entitling the
holder, upon timely exercise and payment of the exercise price,
as specified therein, to purchase from the writer thereof the
specified underlying Securities.
3. "Certificate" shall mean any notice, instruction,
or other instrument in writing, authorized or required by this
Agreement to be given to the Custodian which is actually received
by the Custodian and signed on behalf of the Fund by any two
Officers, and the term Certificate shall also include
Instructions.
4. "Clearing Member" shall mean a registered broker-
dealer which is a clearing member under the rules of O.C.C. and a
member of a national securities exchange qualified to act as a
custodian for an investment company, or any broker-dealer
reasonably believed by the Custodian to be such a clearing
member.
5. "Collateral Account" shall mean a segregated
account so denominated which is specifically allocated to a
Series and pledged to the Custodian as security for, and in
consideration of, the Custodian's issuance of (a) any Put Option
guarantee letter or similar document described in paragraph 8 of
Article herein, or (b) any receipt described in Article V or VIII
herein.
6. "Covered Call Option" shall mean an exchange traded
option entitling the holder, upon timely exercise and payment of
the exercise price, as specified therein, to purchase from the
writer thereof the specified underlying Securities (excluding
Futures Contracts) which are owned by the writer thereof and
subject to appropriate restrictions.
7. "Composite Currency Unit" shall mean the European
Currency Unit or any other composite unit consisting of the
aggregate of specified amounts of specified Currencies as such
unit may be constituted from time to time.
8. "Currency" shall mean money denominated in a lawful
currency of any country or the European Currency Unit.
9. "Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"), a clearing agency registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, its successor or successors and its
nominee or nominees. The term "Depository" shall further mean
and include any other person authorized to act as a depository
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, its successor or
successors and its nominee or nominees, specifically identified
in a certified copy of a resolution of the Fund's Board of
Directors specifically approving deposits therein by the
Custodian.
10. "Financial Futures Contract" shall mean the firm
commitment to buy or sell fixed income securities including,
without limitation, U.S. Treasury Bills, U.S. Treasury Notes,
U.S. Treasury Bonds, domestic bank certificates of deposit, and
Eurodollar certificates of deposit, during a specified month at
an agreed upon price.
11. "Futures Contract" shall mean a Financial Futures
Contract and/or Stock Index Futures Contracts.
12. "Futures Contract Option" shall mean an option with
respect to a Futures Contract.
13. "FX Transaction" shall mean any transaction for the
purchase by one party of an agreed amount in one Currency against
the sale by it to the other party of an agreed amount in another
Currency.
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14. "Instructions" shall mean instructions
communications transmitted by electronic or telecommunications
media including S.W.I.F.T., computer-to-computer interface,
dedicated transmission line, facsimile transmission (which may be
signed by an Officer or unsigned) and tested telex.
15. "Margin Account" shall mean a segregated account in
the name of a broker, dealer, futures commission merchant, or a
Clearing Member, or in the name of the Fund for the benefit of a
broker, dealer, futures commission merchant, or Clearing Member,
or otherwise, in accordance with an agreement between the Fund,
the Custodian and a broker, dealer, futures commission merchant
or a Clearing Member (a "Margin Account Agreement"), separate and
distinct from the custody account, in which certain Securities
and/or money of the Fund shall be deposited and withdrawn from
time to time in connection with such transactions as the Fund may
from time to time determine. Securities held in the Book-Entry
System or the Depository shall be deemed to have been deposited
in, or withdrawn from, a Margin Account upon the Custodian's
effecting an appropriate entry in its books and records.
16. "Money Market Security" shall be deemed to
include,without limitation, certain Reverse Repurchase
Agreements, debt obligations issued or guaranteed as to interest
and principal by the government of the United States or agencies
or instrumentalities thereof, any tax, bond or revenue
anticipation note issued by any state or municipal government or
public authority, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and
bankers' acceptances, repurchase agreements with respect to the
same and bank time deposits, where the purchase and sale of such
securities normally requires settlement in federal funds on the
same day as such purchase or sale.
17. "O.C.C." shall mean the Options Clearing
Corporation, a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, its successor or successors,
and its nominee or nominees.
18. "Officers" shall be deemed to include the
President,any Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the
Controller, any Assistant Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer,and
any other person or persons, whether or not any such other person
is an officer of the Fund, duly authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Fund to execute any Certificate,instruction,
notice or other instrument on behalf of the Fund and listed in
the Certificate annexed hereto as Appendix A or such other
Certificate as may be received by the Custodian from time to
time.
19. "Option" shall mean a Call Option, Covered Call
Option, Stock Index Option and/or a Put Option
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20. "Oral Instructions" shall mean verbal instructions
actually received by the Custodian from an Officer or from a
person reasonably believed by the Custodian to be an Officer.
21. "Put Option" shall mean an exchange traded option
with respect to Securities other than Stock Index Options,Futures
Contracts, and Futures Contract Options entitling the holder,
upon timely exercise and tender of the specified underlying
Securities, to sell such Securities to the writer thereof for the
exercise price.
22. "Reverse Repurchase Agreement" shall mean an
agreement pursuant to which the Fund sells Securities and agrees
to repurchase such Securities at a described or specified date
and price.
23. "Security" shall be deemed to include, without
limitation, Money Market Securities, Call Options, Put Options,
Stock Index Options, Stock Index Futures Contracts, Stock Index
Futures Contract Options, Financial Futures Contracts, Financial
Futures Contract Options, Reverse Repurchase Agreements, common
stocks and other securities having characteristics similar to
common stocks, preferred stocks, debt obligations issued by state
or municipal governments and by public authorities, (including,
without limitation, general obligation bonds, revenue bonds,
industrial bonds and industrial development bonds), bonds,
debentures, notes, mortgages or other obligations, and any
certificates, receipts, warrants or other instruments
representing rights to receive, purchase, sell or subscribe for
the same, or evidencing or representing any other rights or
interest therein, or any property or assets.
24. "Senior Security Account" shall mean an account
maintained and specifically allocated to a Series under the terms
of this Agreement as a segregated account, by recordation or
otherwise, within the custody account in which certain Securities
and/or other assets of the Fund specifically allocated to such
Series shall be deposited and withdrawn from time to time in
accordance with Certificates received by the Custodian in
connection with such transactions as the Fund may from time to
time determine.
25. "Series" shall mean the various portfolios, if
any,of the Fund listed on Appendix B hereto as amended from time
to time.
26. "Shares" shall mean the shares of capital stock of
the Fund, each of which is, in the case of a Fund having Series,
allocated to a particular Series.
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27. "Stock Index Futures Contract" shall mean an
bilateral agreement pursuant to which the parties agree to take
or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to a specified dollar
amount times the difference between the value of a particular
stock index at the close of the last business day of the contract
and the price at which the futures contract is originally struck.
28. "Stock Index Option" shall mean an exchange traded
option entitling the holder, upon timely exercise, to receive an
amount of cash determined by reference to the difference between
the exercise price and the value of the index on the date of
exercise.
ARTICLE II.
APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIAN
1. The Fund hereby constitutes and appoints the
Custodian as custodian of the Securities and moneys at any time
owned by the Fund during the period of this Agreement.
2. The Custodian hereby accepts appointment as such
custodian and agrees to perform the duties thereof as hereinafter
set forth.
ARTICLE III.
CUSTODY OF CASH AND SECURITIES
1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 7 of this
Article and in Article VIII, the Fund will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian all Securities and all moneys owned by
it, at any time during the period of this Agreement, and shall
specify with respect to such Securities and money the Series to
which the same are specifically allocated. The Custodian shall
segregate, keep and maintain the assets of the Series separate
and apart. The Custodian will not be responsible for any
Securities and moneys not actually received by it. The Custodian
will be entitled to reverse any credits made on the Fund's behalf
where such credits have been previously made and moneys are not
finally collected. The Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a
certified resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, approving,
authorizing and instructing the Custodian on a continuous and
on-going basis to deposit in the Book-Entry System all Securities
eligible for deposit therein, regardless of the Series to which
the same are specifically allocated and to utilize the Book-Entry
System to the extent possible in connection with its performance
hereunder, including, without limitation, in connection with
settlements of purchases and sales of Securities, loans of
Securities and deliveries and returns of Securities collateral.
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Prior to a deposit of Securities specifically allocated to a
Series in the Depository, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian
a certified resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, approving,
authorizing and instructing the Custodian on a continuous and
ongoing basis until instructed to the contrary by a Certificate
actually received by the Custodian to deposit in the Depository
all Securities specifically allocated to such Series eligible for
deposit therein, and to utilize the Depository to the extent
possible with respect to such Securities in connection with its
performance hereunder, including, without limitation, in
connection with settlements of purchases and sales of Securities,
loans of Securities, and deliveries and returns of Securities
collateral. Securities and moneys deposited in either the Book-
Entry System or the Depository will be represented in accounts
which include only assets held by the Custodian for customers,
including, but not limited to, accounts in which the Custodian
acts in a fiduciary or representative capacity and will be
specifically allocated on the Custodian's books to the separate
account for the applicable Series. Prior to the Custodian's
accepting, utilizing and acting with respect to Clearing Member
confirmations for Options and transactions in Options for a
Series as provided in this Agreement, the Custodian shall have
received a certified resolution of the Fund's Board of Directors,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, approving,
authorizing and instructing the Custodian on a continuous and
on-going basis, until instructed to the contrary by a Certificate
actually received by the Custodian, to accept, utilize and act in
accordance with such confirmations as provided in this Agreement
with respect to such Series.
2. The Custodian shall establish and maintain separate
accounts, in the name of each Series, and shall credit to the
separate account for each Series all moneys received by it for
the account of the Fund with respect to such Series. Money
credited to a separate account for a Series shall be disbursed by
the Custodian only:
(a) As hereinafter provided;
(b) Pursuant to Certificates setting forth the
name and address of the person to whom the payment is to be made,
the Series account from which payment is to be made and the
purpose for which payment is to be made; or
(c) In payment of the fees and in reimbursement of
the expenses and liabilities of the Custodian attributable to
such Series.
3. Promptly after the close of business on each day,
the Custodian shall furnish the Fund with confirmations and a
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summary, on a per Series basis, of all transfers to or from the
account of the Fund for a Series, either hereunder or with any
co-custodian or sub-custodian appointed in accordance with this
Agreement during said day. Where Securities are transferred to
the account of the Fund for a Series, the Custodian shall also by
book-entry or otherwise identify as belonging to such Series a
quantity of Securities in a fungible bulk of Securities
registered in the name of the Custodian (or its nominee) or shown
on the Custodian's account on the books of the Book-Entry System
or the Depository. At least monthly and from time to time, the
Custodian shall furnish the Fund with a detailed statement, on a
per Series basis, of the Securities and moneys held by the
Custodian for the Fund.
4. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 7 of this
Article and in Article VIII, all Securities held by the Custodian
hereunder, which are issued or issuable only in bearer form,
except such Securities as are held in the Book-Entry System,
shall be held by the Custodian in that form; all other Securities
held hereunder may be registered in the name of the Fund, in the
name of any duly appointed registered nominee of the Custodian as
the Custodian may from time to time determine, or in the name of
the Book-Entry System or the Depository or their successor or
successors, or their nominee or nominees. The Fund agrees to
furnish to the Custodian appropriate instruments to enable the
Custodian to hold or deliver in proper form for transfer, or to
register in the name of its registered nominee or in the name of
the Book-Entry System or the Depository any Securities which it
may hold hereunder and which may from time to time be registered
in the name of the Fund. The Custodian shall hold all such
Securities specifically allocated to a Series which are not held
in the Book-Entry System or in the Depository in a separate
account in the name of such Series physically segregated at all
times from those of any other person or persons.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and
unless otherwise instructed to the contrary by a Certificate, the
Custodian by itself, or through the use of the Book-Entry System
or the Depository with respect to Securities held hereunder and
therein deposited, shall with respect to all Securities held for
the Fund hereunder in accordance with preceding paragraph 4:
(a) Collect all income, dividends and
distributions due or payable;
(b) Give notice to the Fund and present payment
and collect the amount payable upon such Securities which are
called, but only if either (i) the Custodian receives a written
notice of such call, or (ii) notice of such call appears in one
or more of the publications listed in Appendix C annexed hereto,
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which may be amended at any time by the Custodian without the
prior notification or consent of the Fund;
(c) Present for payment and collect the amount
payable upon all Securities which mature;
(d) Surrender Securities in temporary form for
definitive Securities;
(e) Execute, as custodian, any necessary
declarations or certificates of ownership under the Federal
Income Tax Laws or the laws or regulations of any other taxing
authority now or hereafter in effect;
(f) Hold directly, or through the Book-Entry
System or the Depository with respect to Securities therein
deposited, for the account of a Series, all rights and similar
securities issued with respect to any Securities held by the
Custodian for such Series hereunder; and
(g) Deliver to the Fund all notices, proxies,
proxy soliciting materials, consents and other written
information (including, without limitation, notices of tender
offers and exchange offers, pendency of calls, maturities of
Securities and expiration of rights) relating to Securities held
pursuant to this Agreement which are actually received by the
Custodian, such proxies and other similar materials to be
executed by the registered owner (if Securities are registered
otherwise than in the name of the Fund), but without indicating
the manner in which proxies or consents are to be voted.
6. Upon receipt of a Certificate and not otherwise,
the Custodian, directly or through the use of the Book-Entry
System or the Depository, shall:
(a) Execute and deliver to such persons as may be
designated in such Certificate proxies, consents, authorizations,
and any other instruments whereby the authority of the Fund as
owner of any Securities held by the Custodian hereunder for the
Series specified in such Certificate may be exercised;
(b) Deliver any Securities held by the Custodian
hereunder for the Series specified in such Certificate in
exchange for other Securities or cash issued or paid in
connection with the liquidation, reorganization, refinancing,
merger, consolidation or recapitalization of any corporation, or
the exercise of any conversion privilege and receive and hold
hereunder specifically allocated to such Series any cash or other
Securities received in exchange;
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(c) Deliver any Securities held by the Custodian
hereunder for the Series specified in such Certificate to any
protective committee, reorganization committee or other person n
connection with the reorganization, refinancing, merger,
consolidation, recapitalization or sale of assets of any
corporation, and receive and hold hereunder specifically
allocated to such Series such certificates of deposit, interim
receipts or other instruments or documents as may be issued to it
to evidence such delivery;
(d) Make such transfers or exchanges of the assets
of the Series specified in such Certificate, and take such other
steps as shall be stated in such Certificate to be for the
purpose of effectuating any duly authorized plan of liquidation,
reorganization, merger, consolidation or recapitalization of the
Fund; and
(e) Present for payment and collect the amount
payable upon Securities not described in preceding paragraph 5(b)
of this Article which may be called as specified in the
Certificate.
7. Notwithstanding any provision elsewhere contained
herein, the Custodian shall not be required to obtain possession
of any instrument or certificate representing any Futures
Contract, any Option, or any Futures Contract Option until after
it shall have determined, or shall have received a Certificate
from the Fund stating, that any such instruments or certificates
are available. The Fund shall deliver to the Custodian such a
Certificate no later than the business day preceding the
availability of any such instrument or certificate. Prior to
such availability, the Custodian shall comply with Section 17(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection
with the purchase, sale, settlement, closing out or writing of
Futures Contracts, Options, or Futures Contract Options by making
payments or deliveries specified in Certificates received by the
Custodian in connection with any such purchase, sale, writing,
settlement or closing out upon its receipt from a broker, dealer,
or futures commission merchant of a statement or confirmation
reasonably believed by the Custodian to be in the form
customarily used by brokers, dealers, or future commission
merchants with respect to such Futures Contracts, Options, or
Futures Contract Options, as the case may be, confirming that
such Security is held by such broker, dealer or futures
commission merchant, in book-entry form or otherwise, in the name
of the Custodian (or any nominee of the Custodian) as custodian
for the Fund, provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, payments to or deliveries from the Margin Account, and
payments with respect to Securities to which a Margin Account
relates, shall be made in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Margin Account Agreement. Whenever any such
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instruments or certificates are available, the Custodian shall,
notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary,
make payment for any Futures Contract, Option, or Futures
Contract Option for which such instruments or such certificates
are available only against the delivery to the Custodian of such
instrument or such certificate, and deliver any Futures Contract,
Option or Futures Contract Option for which such instruments or
such certificates are available only against receipt by the
Custodian of payment therefor. Any such instrument or
certificate delivered to the Custodian shall be held by the
Custodian hereunder in accordance with, and subject to, the
provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF INVESTMENTS OF THE FUND
OTHER THAN OPTIONS, FUTURES CONTRACTS
AND FUTURES CONTRACT OPTIONS
1. Promptly after each purchase of Securities by the
Fund, other than a purchase of an Option, a Futures Contract, or
a Futures Contract Option, the Fund shall deliver to the
Custodian (i) with respect to each purchase of Securities which
are not Money Market Securities, a Certificate, and (ii) with
respect to each purchase of Money Market Securities, a
Certificate or Oral Instructions, specifying with respect to each
such purchase: (a) the Series to which such Securities are to be
specifically allocated; (b) the name of the issuer and the title
of the Securities; (c) the number of shares or the principal
amount purchased and accrued interest, if any; (d) the date of
purchase and settlement; (e) the purchase price per unit; (f) the
total amount payable upon such purchase; (g) the name of the
person from whom or the broker through whom the purchase was
made, and the name of the clearing broker, if any; and (h) the
name of the broker to whom payment is to be made. The Custodian
shall, upon receipt of Securities purchased by or for the Fund,
pay to the broker specified in the Certificate out of the moneys
held for the account of such Series the total amount payable upon
such purchase, provided that the same conforms to the total
amount payable as set forth in such Certificate or Oral
Instructions.
2. Promptly after each sale of Securities by the Fund,
other than a sale of any Option, Futures Contract, Futures
Contract Option, or any Reverse Repurchase Agreement, the Fund
shall deliver to the Custodian (i) with respect to each sale of
Securities which are not Money Market Securities, a Certificate,
and (ii) with respect to each sale of Money Market Securities, a
Certificate or Oral Instructions, specifying with respect to each
such sale: (a) the Series to which such Securities were
specifically allocated; (b) the name of the issuer and the title
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of the Security; (c) the number of shares or principal amount
sold, and accrued interest, if any; (d) the date of sale; (e) the
sale price per unit; (f) the total amount payable to the Fund
upon such sale; (g) the name of the broker through whom or the
person to whom the sale was made, and the name of the clearing
broker, if any; and (h) the name of the broker to whom the
Securities are to be delivered. The Custodian shall deliver the
Securities specifically allocated to such Series to the broker
specified in the Certificate against payment of the total amount
payable to the Fund upon such sale, provided that the same
conforms to the total amount payable as set forth in such
Certificate or Oral Instructions.
ARTICLE V.
OPTIONS
1. Promptly after the purchase of any Option by the
Fund, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to each Option purchased: (a) the Series
to which such Option is specifically allocated; (b) the type of
Option (put or call); (c) the name of the issuer and the title
and number of shares subject to such Option or, in the case of a
Stock Index Option, the stock index to which such Option relates
and the number of Stock Index Options purchased; (d) the
expiration date; (e) the exercise price; (f) the dates of
purchase and settlement; (g) the total amount payable by the Fund
in connection with such purchase; (h) the name of the Clearing
Member through whom such Option was purchased; and (i) the name
of the broker to whom payment is to be made. The Custodian shall
pay, upon receipt of a Clearing Member's statement confirming the
purchase of such Option held by such Clearing Member for the
account of the Custodian (or any duly appointed and registered
nominee of the Custodian) as custodian for the Fund, out of
moneys held for the account of the Series to which such Option is
to be specifically allocated, the total amount payable upon such
purchase to the Clearing Member through whom the purchase was
made, provided that the same conforms to the total amount payable
as set forth in such Certificate.
2. Promptly after the sale of any Option purchased by
the Fund pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof, the Fund shall deliver
to the Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect to each
such sale: (a) the Series to which such Option was specifically
allocated; (b) the type of Option (put or call); (c) the name of
the issuer and the title and number of shares subject to such
Option or, in the case of a Stock Index Option, the stock index
to which such Option relates and the number of Stock Index
Options sold; (d) the date of sale; (e) the sale price; (f) the
date of settlement; (g) the total amount payable to the Fund upon
such sale; and (h) the name of the Clearing Member through whom
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the sale was made. The Custodian shall consent to the delivery
of the Option sold by the Clearing Member which previously
supplied the confirmation described in preceding paragraph 1 of
this Article with respect to such Option against payment to the
Custodian of the total amount payable to the Fund, provided that
the same conforms to the total amount payable as set forth in
such Certificate.
3. Promptly after the exercise by the Fund of any Call
Option purchased by the Fund pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof, the
Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying with
respect to such Call Option: (a) the Series to which such Call
Option was specifically allocated; (b) the name of the issuer and
the title and number of shares subject to the Call Option;
(c) the expiration date; (d) the date of exercise and settlement;
(e) the exercise price per share; (f) the total amount to be paid
by the Fund upon such exercise; and (g) the name of the Clearing
Member through whom such Call Option was exercised. The
Custodian shall, upon receipt of the Securities underlying the
Call Option which was exercised, pay out of the moneys held for
the account of the Series to which such Call Option was
specifically allocated the total amount payable to the Clearing
Member through whom the Call Option was exercised, provided that
the same conforms to the total amount payable as set forth in
such Certificate.
4. Promptly after the exercise by the Fund of any Put
Option purchased by the Fund pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof, the
Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying with
respect to such Put Option: (a) the Series to which such Put
Option was specifically allocated; (b) the name of the issuer and
the title and number of shares subject to the Put Option; (c) the
expiration date; (d) the date of exercise and settlement; (e) the
exercise price per share; (f) the total amount to be paid to the
Fund upon such exercise; and (g) the name of the Clearing Member
through whom such Put Option was exercised. The Custodian shall,
upon receipt of the amount payable upon the exercise of the Put
Option, deliver or direct the Depository to deliver the
Securities specifically allocated to such Series, provided the
same conforms to the amount payable to the Fund as set forth in
such Certificate.
5. Promptly after the exercise by the Fund of any
Stock Index Option purchased by the Fund pursuant to paragraph 1
hereof, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to such Stock Index Option: (a) the
Series to which such Stock Index Option was specifically
allocated; (b) the type of Stock Index Option (put or call);
(c) the number of Options being exercised; (d) the stock index to
which such Option relates; (e) the expiration date; (f) the
exercise price; (g) the total amount to be received by the Fund
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in connection with such exercise; and (h) the Clearing Member
from whom such payment is to be received.
6. Whenever the Fund writes a Covered Call Option, the
Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to such Covered Call Option: (a) the
Series for which such Covered Call Option was written; (b) the
name of the issuer and the title and number of shares for which
the Covered Call Option was written and which underlie the same;
(c) the expiration date; (d) the exercise price; (e) the premium
to be received by the Fund; (f) the date such Covered Call Option
was written; and (g) the name of the Clearing Member through whom
the premium is to be received. The Custodian shall deliver or
cause to be delivered, in exchange for receipt of the premium
specified in the Certificate with respect to such Covered Call
Option, such receipts as are required in accordance with the
customs prevailing among Clearing Members dealing in Covered Call
Options and shall impose, or direct the Depository to impose,
upon the underlying Securities specified in the Certificate
specifically allocated to such Series such restrictions as may be
required by such receipts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Custodian has the right, upon prior written notification to the
Fund, at any time to refuse to issue any receipts for Securities
in the possession of the Custodian and not deposited with the
Depository underlying a Covered Call Option.
7. Whenever a Covered Call Option written by the Fund
and described in the preceding paragraph of this Article is
exercised, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate instructing the Custodian to deliver, or to direct
the Depository to deliver, the Securities subject to such Covered
Call Option and specifying: (a) the Series for which such Covered
Call Option was written; (b) the name of the issuer and the title
and number of shares subject to the Covered Call Option; (c) the
Clearing Member to whom the underlying Securities are to be
delivered; and (d) the total amount payable to the Fund upon such
delivery. Upon the return and/or cancellation of any receipts
delivered pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article, the Custodian
shall deliver, or direct the Depository to deliver, the
underlying Securities as specified in the Certificate against
payment of the amount to be received as set forth in such
Certificate.
8. Whenever the Fund writes a Put Option, the Fund
shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying
with respect to such Put Option: (a) the Series for which such
Put Option was written; (b) the name of the issuer and the title
and number of shares for which the Put Option is written and
which underlie the same; (c) the expiration date; (d) the
exercise price; (e) the premium to be received by the Fund;
(f) the date such Put Option is written; (g) the name of the
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Clearing Member through whom the premium is to be received and to
whom a Put Option guarantee letter is to be delivered; (h) the
amount of cash, and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any,
specifically allocated to such Series to be deposited in the
Senior Security Account for such Series; and (i) the amount of
cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities specifically
allocated to such Series to be deposited into the Collateral
Account for such Series. The Custodian shall, after making the
deposits into the Collateral Account specified in the
Certificate, issue a Put Option guarantee letter substantially in
the form utilized by the Custodian on the date hereof, and
deliver the same to the Clearing Member specified in the
Certificate against receipt of the premium specified in said
Certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Custodian shall
be under no obligation to issue any Put Option guarantee letter
or similar document if it is unable to make any of the
representations contained therein.
9. Whenever a Put Option written by the Fund and
described in the preceding paragraph is exercised, the Fund shall
promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying:
(a) the Series to which such Put Option was written; (b) the name
of the issuer and title and number of shares subject to the Put
Option; (c) the Clearing Member from whom the underlying
Securities are to be received; (d) the total amount payable by
the Fund upon such delivery; (e) the amount of cash and/or the
amount and kind of Securities specifically allocated to such
Series to be withdrawn from the Collateral Account for such
Series and (f) the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of
Securities, specifically allocated to such Series, if any, to be
withdrawn from the Senior Security Account. Upon the return
and/or cancellation of any Put Option guarantee letter or similar
document issued by the Custodian in connection with such Put
Option, the Custodian shall pay out of the moneys held for the
account of the Series to which such Put Option was specifically
allocated the total amount payable to the Clearing Member
specified in the Certificate as set forth in such Certificate
against delivery of such Securities, and shall make the
withdrawals specified in such Certificate.
10. Whenever the Fund writes a Stock Index Option, the
Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to such Stock Index Option: (a) the
Series for which such Stock Index Option was written; (b) whether
such Stock Index Option is a put or a call; (c) the number of
options written; (d) the stock index to which such Option
relates; (e) the expiration date; (f) the exercise price; (g) the
Clearing Member through whom such Option was written; (h) the
premium to be received by the Fund; (i) the amount of cash and/or
the amount and kind of Securities, if any, specifically allocated
to such Series to be deposited in the Senior Security Account for
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such Series; (j) the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of
Securities, if any, specifically allocated to such Series to be
deposited in the Collateral Account for such Series; and (k) the
amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any,
specifically allocated to such Series to be deposited in a Margin
Account, and the name in which such account is to be or has been
established. The Custodian shall, upon receipt of the premium
specified in the Certificate, make the deposits, if any, into the
Senior Security Account specified in the Certificate, and either
(1) deliver such receipts, if any, which the Custodian has
specifically agreed to issue, which are in accordance with the
customs prevailing among Clearing Members in Stock Index Options
and make the deposits into the Collateral Account specified in
the Certificate, or (2) make the deposits into the Margin Account
specified in the Certificate.
11. Whenever a Stock Index Option written by the Fund
and described in the preceding paragraph of this Article is
exercised, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate specifying with respect to such Stock Index Option:
(a) the Series for which such Stock Index Option was written;
(b) such information as may be necessary to identify the Stock
Index Option being exercised; (c) the Clearing Member through
whom such Stock Index Option is being exercised; (d) the total
amount payable upon such exercise, and whether such amount is to
be paid by or to the Fund; (e) the amount of cash and/or amount
and kind of Securities, if any, to be withdrawn from the Margin
Account; and (f) the amount of cash and/or amount and kind of
Securities, if any, to be withdrawn from the Senior Security
Account for such Series; and the amount of cash and/or the amount
and kind of Securities, if any, to be withdrawn from the
Collateral Account for such Series. Upon the return and/or
cancellation of the receipt, if any, delivered pursuant to the
preceding paragraph of this Article, the Custodian shall pay out
of the moneys held for the account of the Series to which such
Stock Index Option was specifically allocated to the Clearing
Member specified in the Certificate the total amount payable, if
any, as specified therein.
12. Whenever the Fund purchases any Option identical to
a previously written Option described in paragraphs 6, 8 or 10 of
this Article in a transaction expressly designated as a "Closing
Purchase Transaction" in order to liquidate its position as a
writer of an Option, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the
Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect to the Option
being purchased: (a) that the transaction is a Closing Purchase
Transaction; (b) the Series for which the Option was written;
(c) the name of the issuer and the title and number of shares
subject to the Option, or, in the case of a Stock Index Option,
the stock index to which such Option relates and the number of
Options held; (d) the exercise price; (e) the premium to be paid
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by the Fund; (f) the expiration date; (g) the type of Option (put
or call); (h) the date of such purchase; (i) the name of the
Clearing Member to whom the premium is to be paid; and (j) the
amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any,
to be withdrawn from the Collateral Account, a specified Margin
Account, or the Senior Security Account for such Series. Upon
the Custodian's payment of the premium and the return and/or
cancellation of any receipt issued pursuant to paragraphs 6, 8 or
10 of this Article with respect to the Option being liquidated
through the Closing Purchase Transaction, the Custodian shall
remove, or direct the Depository to remove, the previously
imposed restrictions on the Securities underlying the Call
Option.
13. Upon the expiration, exercise or consummation of a
Closing Purchase Transaction with respect to any Option purchased
or written by the Fund and described in this Article, the
Custodian shall delete such Option from the statements delivered
to the Fund pursuant to paragraph 3 Article III herein, and upon
the return and/or cancellation of any receipts issued by the
Custodian, shall make such withdrawals from the Collateral
Account, and the Margin Account and/or the Senior Security
Account as may be specified in a Certificate received in
connection with such expiration, exercise, or consummation.
ARTICLE VI.
FUTURES CONTRACTS
1. Whenever the Fund shall enter into a Futures
Contract, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to such Futures Contract, (or with
respect to any number of identical Futures Contract(s)): (a) the
Series for which the Futures Contract is being entered; (b) the
category of Futures Contract (the name of the underlying stock
index or financial instrument); (c) the number of identical
Futures Contracts entered into; (d) the delivery or settlement
date of the Futures Contract(s); (e) the date the Futures
Contract(s) was (were) entered into and the maturity date;
(f) whether the Fund is buying (going long) or selling (going
short) on such Futures Contract(s); (g) the amount of cash and/or
the amount and kind of Securities, if any, to be deposited in the
Senior Security Account for such Series; (h) the name of the
broker, dealer, or futures commission merchant through whom the
Futures Contract was entered into; and (i) the amount of fee or
commission, if any, to be paid and the name of the broker,
dealer, or futures commission merchant to whom such amount is to
be paid. The Custodian shall make the deposits, if any, to the
Margin Account in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Margin Account Agreement. The Custodian shall make payment out of
the moneys specifically allocated to such Series of the fee or
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commission, if any, specified in the Certificate and deposit in
the Senior Security Account for such Series the amount of cash
and/or the amount and kind of Securities specified in said
Certificate.
2. (a) Any variation margin payment or similar
payment required to be made by the Fund to a broker, dealer, or
futures commission merchant with respect to an outstanding
Futures Contract, shall be made by the Custodian in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Margin Account Agreement.
(b) Any variation margin payment or similar
payment from a broker, dealer, or futures commission merchant to
the Fund with respect to an outstanding Futures Contract, shall
be received and dealt with by the Custodian in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Margin Account Agreement.
3. Whenever a Futures Contract held by the Custodian
hereunder is retained by the Fund until delivery or settlement is
made on such Futures Contract, the Fund shall deliver to the
Custodian a Certificate specifying: (a) the Futures Contract and
the Series to which the same relates; (b) with respect to a Stock
Index Futures Contract, the total cash settlement amount to be
paid or received, and with respect to a Financial Futures
Contract, the Securities and/or amount of cash to be delivered or
received; (c) the broker, dealer, or futures commission merchant
to or from whom payment or delivery is to be made or received;
and (d) the amount of cash and/or Securities to be withdrawn from
the Senior Security Account for such Series. The Custodian shall
make the payment or delivery specified in the Certificate, and
delete such Futures Contract from the statements delivered to the
Fund pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article III herein.
4. Whenever the Fund shall enter into a Futures
Contract to offset a Futures Contract held by the Custodian
hereunder, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying: (a) the items of information required in a
Certificate described in paragraph 1 of this Article, and (b) the
Futures Contract being offset. The Custodian shall make payment
out of the money specifically allocated to such Series of the fee
or commission, if any, specified in the Certificate and delete
the Futures Contract being offset from the statements delivered
to the Fund pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article III herein, and
make such withdrawals from the Senior Security Account for such
Series as may be specified in such Certificate. The withdrawals,
if any, to be made from the Margin Account shall be made by the
Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Margin Account Agreement.
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ARTICLE VII.
FUTURES CONTRACT OPTIONS
1. Promptly after the purchase of any Futures Contract
Option by the Fund, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the
Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect to such Futures
Contract Option: (a) the Series to which such Option is
specifically allocated; (b) the type of Futures Contract Option
(put or call); (c) the type of Futures Contract and such other
information as may be necessary to identify the Futures Contract
underlying the Futures Contract Option purchased; (d) the
expiration date; (e) the exercise price; (f) the dates of
purchase and settlement; (g) the amount of premium to be paid by
the Fund upon such purchase; (h) the name of the broker or
futures commission merchant through whom such option was
purchased; and (i) the name of the broker, or futures commission
merchant, to whom payment is to be made. The Custodian shall pay
out of the moneys specifically allocated to such Series, the
total amount to be paid upon such purchase to the broker or
futures commissions merchant through whom the purchase was made,
provided that the same conforms to the amount set forth in such
Certificate.
2. Promptly after the sale of any Futures Contract
Option purchased by the Fund pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof, the
Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to each such sale: (a) Series to which
such Futures Contract Option was specifically allocated; (b) the
type of Future Contract Option (put or call); (c) the type of
Futures Contract and such other information as may be necessary
to identify the Futures Contract underlying the Futures Contract
Option; (d) the date of sale; (e) the sale price; (f) the date of
settlement; (g) the total amount payable to the Fund upon such
sale; and (h) the name of the broker of futures commission
merchant through whom the sale was made. The Custodian shall
consent to the cancellation of the Futures Contract Option being
closed against payment to the Custodian of the total amount
payable to the Fund, provided the same conforms to the total
amount payable as set forth in such Certificate.
3. Whenever a Futures Contract Option purchased by the
Fund pursuant to paragraph 1 is exercised by the Fund, the Fund
shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying:
(a) the Series to which such Futures Contract Option was
specifically allocated; (b) the particular Futures Contract
Option (put or call) being exercised; (c) the type of Futures
Contract underlying the Futures Contract Option; (d) the date of
exercise; (e) the name of the broker or futures commission
merchant through whom the Futures Contract Option is exercised;
(f) the net total amount, if any, payable by the Fund; (g) the
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amount, if any, to be received by the Fund; and (h) the amount of
cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities to be deposited in
the Senior Security Account for such Series. The Custodian shall
make, out of the moneys and Securities specifically allocated to
such Series, the payments, if any, and the deposits, if any, into
the Senior Security Account as specified in the Certificate. The
deposits, if any, to be made to the Margin Account shall be made
by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Margin Account Agreement.
4. Whenever the Fund writes a Futures Contract Option,
the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying with respect to such Futures Contract Option: (a) the
Series for which such Futures Contract Option was written;
(b) the type of Futures Contract Option (put or call); (c) the
type of Futures Contract and such other information as may be
necessary to identify the Futures Contract underlying the Futures
Contract Option; (d) the expiration date; (e) the exercise price;
(f) the premium to be received by the Fund; (g) the name of the
broker or futures commission merchant through whom the premium is
to be received; and (h) the amount of cash and/or the amount and
kind of Securities, if any, to be deposited in the Senior
Security Account for such Series. The Custodian shall, upon
receipt of the premium specified in the Certificate, make out of
the moneys and Securities specifically allocated to such Series
the deposits into the Senior Security Account, if any, as
specified in the Certificate. The deposits, if any, to be made
to the Margin Account shall be made by the Custodian in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Margin Account
Agreement.
5. Whenever a Futures Contract Option written by the
Fund which is a call is exercised, the Fund shall promptly
deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying: (a) the Series
to which such Futures Contract Option was specifically allocated;
(b) the particular Futures Contract Option exercised; (c) the
type of Futures Contract underlying the Futures Contract Option;
(d) the name of the broker or futures commission merchant through
whom such Futures Contract Option was exercised; (e) the net
total amount, if any, payable to the Fund upon such exercise;
(f) the net total amount, if any, payable by the Fund upon such
exercise; and (g) the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind
of Securities to be deposited in the Senior Security Account for
such Series. The Custodian shall, upon its receipt of the net
total amount payable to the Fund, if any, specified in such
Certificate make the payments, if any, and the deposits, if any,
into the Senior Security Account as specified in the Certificate.
The deposits, if any, to be made to the Margin Account shall be
made by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Margin Account Agreement.
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6. Whenever a Futures Contract Option which is written
by the Fund and which is a put is exercised, the Fund shall
promptly deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying:
(a) the Series to which such Option was specifically allocated;
(b) the particular Futures Contract Option exercised; (c) the
type of Futures Contract underlying such Futures Contract Option;
(d) the name of the broker or futures commission merchant through
whom such Futures Contract Option is exercised; (e) the net total
amount, if any, payable to the Fund upon such exercise; (f) the
net total amount, if any, payable by the Fund upon such exercise;
and (g) the amount and kind of Securities and/or cash to be
withdrawn from or deposited in, the Senior Security Account for
such Series, if any. The Custodian shall, upon its receipt of
the net total amount payable to the Fund, if any, specified in
the Certificate, make out of the moneys and Securities
specifically allocated to such Series, the payments, if any, and
the deposits, if any, into the Senior Security Account as
specified in the Certificate. The deposits to and/or withdrawals
from the Margin Account, if any, shall be made by the Custodian
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Margin Account
Agreement.
7. Whenever the Fund purchases any Futures Contract
Option identical to a previously written Futures Contract Option
described in this Article in order to liquidate its position as a
writer of such Futures Contract Option, the Fund shall promptly
deliver to the Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect to
the Futures Contract Option being purchased: (a) the Series to
which such Option is specifically allocated; (b) that the
transaction is a closing transaction; (c) the type of Future
Contract and such other information as may be necessary to
identify the Futures Contract underlying the Futures Option
Contract; (d) the exercise price; (e) the premium to be paid by
the Fund; (f) the expiration date; (g) the name of the broker or
futures commission merchant to whom the premium is to be paid;
and (h) the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of
Securities, if any, to be withdrawn from the Senior Security
Account for such Series. The Custodian shall effect the
withdrawals from the Senior Security Account specified in the
Certificate. The withdrawals, if any, to be made from the Margin
Account shall be made by the Custodian in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Margin Account Agreement.
8. Upon the expiration, exercise, or consummation of a
closing transaction with respect to, any Futures Contract Option
written or purchased by the Fund and described in this Article,
the Custodian shall (a) delete such Futures Contract Option from
the statements delivered to the Fund pursuant to paragraph 3 of
Article III herein and, (b) make such withdrawals from and/or in
the case of an exercise such deposits into the Senior Security
Account as may be specified in a Certificate. The deposits to
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and/or withdrawals from the Margin Account, if any, shall be made
by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Margin Account Agreement.
9. Futures Contracts acquired by the Fund through the
exercise of a Futures Contract Option described in this Article
shall be subject to Article VI hereof.
ARTICLE VIII.
SHORT SALES
1. Promptly after any short sales by any Series of the
Fund, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate specifying: (a) the Series for which such short sale
was made; (b) the name of the issuer and the title of the
Security; (c) the number of shares or principal amount sold, and
accrued interest or dividends, if any; (d) the dates of the sale
and settlement; (e) the sale price per unit; (f) the total amount
credited to the Fund upon such sale, if any, (g) the amount of
cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any, which are
to be deposited in a Margin Account and the name in which such
Margin Account has been or is to be established; (h) the amount
of cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any, to be
deposited in a Senior Security Account, and (i) the name of the
broker through whom such short sale was made. The Custodian
shall upon its receipt of a statement from such broker confirming
such sale and that the total amount credited to the Fund upon
such sale, if any, as specified in the Certificate is held by
such broker for the account of the Custodian (or any nominee of
the Custodian) as custodian of the Fund, issue a receipt or make
the deposits into the Margin Account and the Senior Security
Account specified in the Certificate.
2. In connection with the closing-out of any short
sale, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate specifying with respect to each such closing out:
(a) the Series for which such transaction is being made; (b) the
name of the issuer and the title of the Security; (c) the number
of shares or the principal amount, and accrued interest or
dividends, if any, required to effect such closing-out to be
delivered to the broker; (d) the dates of closing-out and
settlement; (e) the purchase price per unit; (f) the net total
amount payable to the Fund upon such closing-out; (g) the net
total amount payable to the broker upon such closing-out; (h) the
amount of cash and the amount and kind of Securities to be
withdrawn, if any, from the Margin Account; (i) the amount of
cash and/or the amount and kind of Securities, if any, to be
withdrawn from the Senior Security Account; and (j) the name of
the broker through whom the Fund is effecting such closing-out.
The Custodian shall, upon receipt of the net total amount payable
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to the Fund upon such closing-out, and the return and/or
cancellation of the receipts, if any, issued by the Custodian
with respect to the short sale being closed-out, pay out of the
moneys held for the account of the Fund to the broker the net
total amount payable to the broker, and make the withdrawals from
the Margin Account and the Senior Security Account, as the same
are specified in the Certificate.
ARTICLE IX.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
1. Promptly after the Fund enters a Reverse Repurchase
Agreement with respect to Securities and money held by the
Custodian hereunder, the Fund shall deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate, or in the event such Reverse Repurchase Agreement is
a Money Market Security, a Certificate or Oral Instructions
specifying: (a) the Series for which the Reverse Repurchase
Agreement is entered; (b) the total amount payable to the Fund in
connection with such Reverse Repurchase Agreement and
specifically allocated to such Series; (c) the broker or dealer
through or with whom the Reverse Repurchase Agreement is entered;
(d) the amount and kind of Securities to be delivered by the Fund
to such broker or dealer; (e) the date of such Reverse Repurchase
Agreement; and (f) the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind
of Securities, if any, specifically allocated to such Series to
be deposited in a Senior Security Account for such Series in
connection with such Reverse Repurchase Agreement. The Custodian
shall, upon receipt of the total amount payable to the Fund
specified in the Certificate or Oral Instructions make the
delivery to the broker or dealer, and the deposits, if any, to
the Senior Security Account, specified in such Certificate or
Oral Instructions.
2. Upon the termination of a Reverse Repurchase
Agreement described in preceding paragraph 1 of this Article, the
Fund shall promptly deliver a Certificate or, in the event such
Reverse Repurchase Agreement is a Money Market Security, a
Certificate or Oral Instructions to the Custodian specifying:
(a) the Reverse Repurchase Agreement being terminated and the
Series for which same was entered; (b) the total amount payable
by the Fund in connection with such termination; (c) the amount
and kind of Securities to be received by the Fund and
specifically allocated to such Series in connection with such
termination; (d) the date of termination; (e) the name of the
broker or dealer with or through whom the Reverse Repurchase
Agreement is to be terminated; and (f) the amount of cash and/or
the amount and kind of Securities to be withdrawn from the Senior
Securities Account for such Series. The Custodian shall, upon
receipt of the amount and kind of Securities to be received by
the Fund specified in the Certificate or Oral Instructions, make
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the payment to the broker or dealer, and the withdrawals, if any,
from the Senior Security Account, specified in such Certificate
or Oral Instructions.
ARTICLE X.
LOAN OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES OF THE FUND
1. Promptly after each loan of portfolio Securities
specifically allocated to a Series held by the Custodian
hereunder, the Fund shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect to each such
loan: (a) the Series to which the loaned Securities are
specifically allocated; (b) the name of the issuer and the title
of the Securities, (c) the number of shares or the principal
amount loaned, (d) the date of loan and delivery, (e) the total
amount to be delivered to the Custodian against the loan of the
Securities, including the amount of cash collateral and the
premium, if any, separately identified, and (f) the name of the
broker, dealer, or financial institution to which the loan was
made. The Custodian shall deliver the Securities thus designated
to the broker, dealer or financial institution to which the loan
was made upon receipt of the total amount designated as to be
delivered against the loan of Securities. The Custodian may
accept payment in connection with a delivery otherwise than
through the Book-Entry System or Depository only in the form of a
certified or bank cashier's check payable to the order of the
Fund or the Custodian drawn on New York Clearing House funds and
may deliver Securities in accordance with the customs prevailing
among dealers in securities.
2. Promptly after each termination of the loan of
Securities by the Fund, the Fund shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian a Certificate specifying with respect
to each such loan termination and return of Securities: (a) the
Series to which the loaned Securities are specifically allocated;
(b) the name of the issuer and the title of the Securities to be
returned, (c) the number of shares or the principal amount to be
returned, (d) the date of termination, (e) the total amount to be
delivered by the Custodian (including the cash collateral for
such Securities minus any offsetting credits as described in said
Certificate), and (f) the name of the broker, dealer, or
financial institution from which the Securities will be returned.
The Custodian shall receive all Securities returned from the
broker, dealer, or financial institution to which such Securities
were loaned and upon receipt thereof shall pay, out of the moneys
held for the account of the Fund, the total amount payable upon
such return of Securities as set forth in the Certificate.
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ARTICLE XI.
CONCERNING MARGIN ACCOUNTS, SENIOR SECURITY
ACCOUNTS, AND COLLATERAL ACCOUNTS
1. The Custodian shall, from time to time, make such
deposits to, or withdrawals from, a Senior Security Account as
specified in a Certificate received by the Custodian. Such
Certificate shall specify the Series for which such deposit or
withdrawal is to be made and the amount of cash and/or the amount
and kind of Securities specifically allocated to such Series to
be deposited in, or withdrawn from, such Senior Security Account
for such Series. In the event that the Fund fails to specify in
a Certificate the Series, the name of the issuer, the title and
the number of shares or the principal amount of any particular
Securities to be deposited by the Custodian into, or withdrawn
from, a Senior Securities Account, the Custodian shall be under
no obligation to make any such deposit or withdrawal and shall so
notify the Fund.
2. The Custodian shall make deliveries or payments
from a Margin Account to the broker, dealer, futures commission
merchant or Clearing Member in whose name, or for whose benefit,
the account was established as specified in the Margin Account
Agreement.
3. Amounts received by the Custodian as payments or
distributions with respect to Securities deposited in any Margin
Account shall be dealt with in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Margin Account Agreement.
4. The Custodian shall have a continuing lien and
security interest in and to any property at any time held by the
Custodian in any Collateral Account described herein. In
accordance with applicable law the Custodian may enforce its lien
and realize on any such property whenever the Custodian has made
payment or delivery pursuant to any Put Option guarantee letter
or similar document or any receipt issued hereunder by the
Custodian. In the event the Custodian should realize on any such
property net proceeds which are less than the Custodian's
obligations under any Put Option guarantee letter or similar
document or any receipt, such deficiency shall be a debt owed the
Custodian by the Fund within the scope of Article XIV herein.
5. On each business day the Custodian shall furnish
the Fund with a statement with respect to each Margin Account in
which money or Securities are held specifying as of the close of
business on the previous business day: (a) the name of the Margin
Account; (b) the amount and kind of Securities held therein; and
(c) the amount of money held therein. The Custodian shall make
available upon request to any broker, dealer, or futures
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commission merchant specified in the name of a Margin Account a
copy of the statement furnished the Fund with respect to such
Margin Account.
6. Promptly after the close of business on each
business day in which cash and/or Securities are maintained in a
Collateral Account for any Series, the Custodian shall furnish
the Fund with a statement with respect to such Collateral Account
specifying the amount of cash and/or the amount and kind of
Securities held therein. No later than the close of business
next succeeding the delivery to the Fund of such statement, the
Fund shall furnish to the Custodian a Certificate specifying the
then market value of the Securities described in such statement.
In the event such then market value is indicated to be less than
the Custodian's obligation with respect to any outstanding Put
Option guarantee letter or similar document, the Fund shall
promptly specify in a Certificate the additional cash and/or
Securities to be deposited in such Collateral Account to
eliminate such deficiency.
ARTICLE XII.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS OR DISTRIBUTIONS
1. The Fund shall furnish to the Custodian a copy of
the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund, certified
by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, either (i) setting
forth with respect to the Series specified therein the date of
the declaration of a dividend or distribution, the date of
payment thereof, the record date as of which shareholders
entitled to payment shall be determined, the amount payable per
Share of such Series to the shareholders of record as of that
date and the total amount payable to the Dividend Agent and any
sub-dividend agent or co-dividend agent of the Fund on the
payment date, or (ii) authorizing with respect to the Series
specified therein the declaration of dividends and distributions
on a daily basis and authorizing the Custodian to rely on Oral
Instructions or a Certificate setting forth the date of the
declaration of such dividend or distribution, the date of payment
thereof, the record date as of which shareholders entitled to
payment shall be determined, the amount payable per Share of such
Series to the shareholders of record as of that date and the
total amount payable to the Dividend Agent on the payment date.
2. Upon the payment date specified in such resolution,
Oral Instructions or Certificate, as the case may be, the
Custodian shall pay out of the moneys held for the account of
each Series the total amount payable to the Dividend Agent and
any sub-dividend agent or co-dividend agent of the Fund with
respect to such Series.
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ARTICLE XIII.
SALE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
1. Whenever the Fund shall sell any Shares, it shall
deliver to the Custodian a Certificate duly specifying:
(a) The Series, the number of Shares sold, trade
date, and price; and
(b) The amount of money to be received by the
Custodian for the sale of such Shares and specifically allocated
to the separate account in the name of such Series.
2. Upon receipt of such money from the Transfer Agent,
the Custodian shall credit such money to the separate account in
the name of the Series for which such money was received.
3. Upon issuance of any Shares of any Series described
in the foregoing provisions of this Article, the Custodian shall
pay, out of the money held for the account of such Series, all
original issue or other taxes required to be paid by the Fund in
connection with such issuance upon the receipt of a Certificate
specifying the amount to be paid.
4. Except as provided hereinafter, whenever the Fund
desires the Custodian to make payment out of the money held by
the Custodian hereunder in connection with a redemption of any
Shares, it shall furnish to the Custodian a Certificate
specifying:
(a) The number and Series of Shares redeemed; and
(b) The amount to be paid for such Shares.
5. Upon receipt from the Transfer Agent of an advice
setting forth the Series and number of Shares received by the
Transfer Agent for redemption and that such Shares are in good
form for redemption, the Custodian shall make payment to the
Transfer Agent out of the moneys held in the separate account in
the name of the Series the total amount specified in the
Certificate issued pursuant to the foregoing paragraph 4 of this
Article.
6. Notwithstanding the above provisions regarding the
redemption of any Shares, whenever any Shares are redeemed
pursuant to any check redemption privilege which may from time to
time be offered by the Fund, the Custodian, unless otherwise
instructed by a Certificate, shall, upon receipt of an advice
from the Fund or its agent setting forth that the redemption is
in good form for redemption in accordance with the check
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redemption procedure, honor the check presented as part of such
check redemption privilege out of the moneys held in the separate
account of the Series of the Shares being redeemed.
ARTICLE XIV.
OVERDRAFTS OR INDEBTEDNESS
1. If the Custodian, should in its sole discretion
advance funds on behalf of any Series which results in an
overdraft because the moneys held by the Custodian in the
separate account for such Series shall be insufficient to pay the
total amount payable upon a purchase of Securities specifically
allocated to such Series, as set forth in a Certificate or Oral
Instructions, or which results in an overdraft in the separate
account of such Series for some other reason, or if the Fund is
for any other reason indebted to the Custodian with respect to a
Series, including any indebtedness to The Bank of New York under
the Fund's Cash Management and Related Services Agreement,
(except a borrowing for investment or for temporary or emergency
purposes using Securities as collateral pursuant to a separate
agreement and subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this
Article), such overdraft or indebtedness shall be deemed to be a
loan made by the Custodian to the Fund for such Series payable on
demand and shall bear interest from the date incurred at a rate
per annum (based on a 360-day year for the actual number of days
involved) equal to 1/2% over Custodian's prime commercial lending
rate in effect from time to time, such rate to be adjusted on the
effective date of any change in such prime commercial lending
rate but in no event to be less than 6% per annum. In addition,
the Fund hereby agrees that the Custodian shall have a continuing
lien and security interest in and to any property specifically
allocated to such Series at any time held by it for the benefit
of such Series or in which the Fund may have an interest which is
then in the Custodian's possession or control or in possession or
control of any third party acting in the Custodian's behalf. The
Fund authorizes the Custodian, in its sole discretion, at any
time to charge any such overdraft or indebtedness together with
interest due thereon against any balance of account standing to
such Series' credit on the Custodian's books. In addition, the
Fund hereby covenants that on each Business Day on which either
it intends to enter a Reverse Repurchase Agreement and/ or
otherwise borrow from a third party, or which next succeeds a
Business Day on which at the close of business the Fund had
outstanding a Reverse Repurchase Agreement or such a borrowing,
it shall prior to 9 a.m., New York City time, advise the
Custodian, in writing, of each such borrowing, shall specify the
Series to which the same relates, and shall not incur any
indebtedness not so specified other than from the Custodian.
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2. The Fund will cause to be delivered to the
Custodian by any bank (including, if the borrowing is pursuant to
a separate agreement, the Custodian) from which it borrows money
for investment or for temporary or emergency purposes using
Securities held by the Custodian hereunder as collateral for such
borrowings, a notice or undertaking in the form currently
employed by any such bank setting forth the amount which such
bank will loan to the Fund against delivery of a stated amount of
collateral. The Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate specifying with respect to each such borrowing:
(a) the Series to which such borrowing relates, (b) the name of
the bank, (c) the amount and terms of the borrowing, which may be
set forth by incorporating by reference an attached promissory
note, duly endorsed by the Fund, or other loan agreement, (d) the
time and date, if known, on which the loan is to be entered into,
(e) the date on which the loan becomes due and payable, (f) the
total amount payable to the Fund on the borrowing date, (g) the
market value of Securities to be delivered as collateral for such
loan, including the name of the issuer, the title and the number
of shares or the principal amount of any particular Securities,
and (h) a statement specifying whether such loan is for
investment purposes or for temporary or emergency purposes and
that such loan is in conformance with the Investment Company Act
of 1940 and the Fund's prospectus. The Custodian shall deliver
on the borrowing date specified in a Certificate the specified
collateral and the executed promissory note, if any, against
delivery by the lending bank of the total amount of the loan
payable, provided that the same conforms to the total amount
payable as set forth in the Certificate. The Custodian may, at
the option of the lending bank, keep such collateral in its
possession, but such collateral shall be subject to all rights
therein given the lending bank by virtue of any promissory note
or loan agreement. The Custodian shall deliver such Securities
as additional collateral as may be specified in a Certificate to
collateralize further any transaction described in this
paragraph. The Fund shall cause all Securities released from
collateral status to be returned directly to the Custodian, and
the Custodian shall receive from time to time such return of
collateral as may be tendered to it. In the event that the Fund
fails to specify in a Certificate the Series, the name of the
issuer, the title and number of shares or the principal amount of
any particular Securities to be delivered as collateral by the
Custodian, the Custodian shall not be under any obligation to
deliver any Securities.
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ARTICLE XV.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. With respect to any software provided by the
Custodian to a Fund in order for the Fund to transmit
Instructions to the Custodian (the "Software"), the Custodian
grants to such Fund a personal, nontransferable and nonexclusive
license to use the Software solely for the purpose of
transmitting Instructions to, and receiving communications from,
the Custodian in connection with its account(s). The Fund agrees
not to sell, reproduce, lease or otherwise provide, directly or
indirectly, the Software or any portion thereof to any third
party without the prior written consent of the Custodian.
2. The Fund shall obtain and maintain at its own cost
and expense all equipment and services, including but not limited
to communications services, necessary for it to utilize the
Software and transmit Instructions to the Custodian. The
Custodian shall not be responsible for the reliability,
compatibility with the Software or availability of any such
equipment or services or the performance or nonperformance by any
nonparty to this Custody Agreement.
3. The Fund acknowledges that the Software, all data
bases made available to the Fund by utilizing the Software
9_other than data bases relating solely to the assets of the Fund
and transactions with respect thereto), and any proprietary data,
processes, information and documentation (other than which are or
become part of the public domain or are legally required to be
made available to the public) (collectively, the "Information"),
are the exclusive and confidential property of the Custodian.
The Fund shall keep the Information confidential by using the
same care and discretion that the Fund uses with respect to its
own confidential property and trade secrets and shall neither
make nor permit any disclosure without the prior written consent
of the Custodian. Upon termination of this Agreement or the
Software license granted hereunder for any reason, the Fund shall
return to the Custodian all copies of the Information which are
in its possession or under its control or which the Fund
distributed to third parties.
4. The Custodian reserves the right to modify the
Software from time to time upon reasonable prior notice and the
Fund shall install new releases of the Software as the Custodian
may direct. The Fund agrees not to modify or attempt to modify
the Software without the Custodian's prior written consent. The
Fund acknowledges that any modifications to the Software, whether
by the Fund or the Custodian and whether with or without the
Custodian's consent, shall become the property of the Custodian.
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5. The Custodian makes no warranties or
representations of any kind with regard to the Software or the
method(s) by which the Fund may transmit Instructions to the
Custodian, express or implied, including but not limited to any
implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
6. Where the method for transmitting Instructions by
the Fund involves an automatic systems acknowledgment by the
Custodian of its receipt of such Instructions, then in the
absence of such acknowledgment the Custodian shall not be liable
for any failure to act pursuant to such Instructions, the Fund
may not claim that such Instructions were received by the
Custodian, and the Fund shall deliver a Certificate by some other
means.
7. (a) The Fund agrees that where it delivers to the
Custodian Instructions hereunder, it shall be the Fund's sole
responsibility to ensure that only persons duly authorized by the
Fund transmit such Instructions to the Custodian. The Fund will
cause all persons transmitting Instructions to the Custodian to
treat applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and
authentication keys with extreme care, and irrevocably authorizes
the Custodian to act in accordance with and rely upon
Instructions received by it pursuant hereto.
(b) The Fund hereby represents, acknowledges and
agrees that it is fully informed of the protections and risks
associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions
to the Custodian and that there may be more secure methods of
transmitting instructions to the Custodian than the
method(s) selected by the Fund. The Fund hereby agrees that the
security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with
the Fund's transmission of Instructions provide to it a
commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its
particular needs and circumstances.
8. The Fund hereby presents, warrants and covenants to
the Custodian that this Agreement has been duly approved by a
resolution of its Board of Directors, and that its transmission
of Instructions pursuant hereto shall at all times comply with
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
9. The Fund shall notify the Custodian of any errors,
omissions or interruptions in, or delay or unavailability of, its
ability to send Instructions as promptly as practicable, and in
any event within 24 hours after the earliest of (i) discovery
thereof, (ii) the Business Day on which discovery should have
occurred through the exercise of reasonable care and (iii) in the
case of any error, the date of actual receipt of the earliest
notice which reflects such error, it being agreed that discovery
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and receipt of notice may only occur on a business day. The
Custodian shall promptly advise the Fund whenever the Custodian
learns of any errors, omissions or interruption in, or delay or
unavailability of, the Fund's ability to send Instructions.
ARTICLE XVI.
DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY
OF ANY SERIES HELD OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
1. The Custodian is authorized and instructed to
employ, as sub-custodian for each Series' Foreign Securities (as
such term is defined in paragraph (c)(1) of Rule 17f-5 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and other assets, the
foreign banking institutions and foreign securities depositories
and clearing agencies designated on Schedule I hereto ("Foreign
Sub-Custodians") to carry out their respective responsibilities
in accordance with the terms of the sub-custodian agreement
between each such Foreign Sub-Custodian and the Custodian, copies
of which have been previously delivered to the Fund and receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged (each such agreement, a "Foreign
Sub-Custodian Agreement"). Upon receipt of a Certificate,
together with a certified resolution substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit E of the Fund's Board of Directors, the Fund
may designate any additional foreign sub-custodian with which the
Custodian has an agreement for such entity to act as the
Custodian's agent, as its sub-custodian and any such additional
foreign sub-custodian shall be deemed added to Schedule I. Upon
receipt of a Certificate from the Fund, the Custodian shall cease
the employment of any one or more Foreign Sub-Custodians for
maintaining custody of the Fund's assets and such Foreign Sub-
Custodian shall be deemed deleted from Schedule I.
2. Each Foreign Sub-Custodian Agreement shall be
substantially in the form previously delivered to the Fund and
will not be amended in a way that materially adversely affects
the Fund without the Fund's prior written consent.
3. The Custodian shall identify on its books as
belonging to each Series of the Fund the Foreign Securities of
such Series held by each Foreign Sub-Custodian. At the election
of the Fund, it shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights
of the Custodian with respect to any claims by the Fund or any
Series against a Foreign Sub-Custodian as a consequence of any
loss, damage, cost, expense, liability or claim sustained or
incurred by the Fund or any Series if and to the extent that the
Fund or such Series has not been made whole for any such loss,
damage, cost, expense, liability or claim.
4. Upon request of the Fund, the Custodian will,
consistent with the terms of the applicable Foreign Sub-Custodian
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Agreement, use reasonable efforts to arrange for the independent
accountants of the Fund to be afforded access to the books and
records of any Foreign Sub-Custodian insofar as such books and
records relate to the performance of such Foreign Sub-Custodian
under its agreement with the Custodian on behalf of the Fund.
5. The Custodian will supply to the Fund from time to
time, as mutually agreed upon, statements in respect of the
securities and other assets of each Series held by Foreign Sub-
Custodians, including but not limited to, an identification of
entities having possession of each Series' Foreign Securities and
other assets, and advices or notifications of any transfers of
Foreign Securities to or from each custodial account maintained
by a Foreign Sub-Custodian for the Custodian on behalf of the
Series.
6. The Custodian shall furnish annually to the Fund,
as mutually agreed upon, information concerning the Foreign Sub-
Custodians employed by the Custodian. Such information shall be
similar in kind and scope to that furnished to the Fund in
connection with the Fund's initial approval of such Foreign Sub-
Custodians and, in any event, shall include information
pertaining to (i) the Foreign Custodians' financial strength,
general reputation and standing in the countries in which they
are located and their ability to provide the custodial services
required, and (ii) whether the Foreign Sub-Custodians would
provide a level of safeguards for safekeeping and custody of
securities not materially different form those prevailing in the
United States. The Custodian shall monitor the general operating
performance of each Foreign Sub-Custodian. The Custodian agrees
that it will use reasonable care in monitoring compliance by each
Foreign Sub-Custodian with the terms of the relevant Foreign Sub-
Custodian Agreement and that if it learns of any breach of such
Foreign Sub-Custodian Agreement believed by the Custodian to have
a material adverse effect on the Fund or any Series it will
promptly notify the Fund of such breach. The Custodian also
agrees to use reasonable and diligent efforts to enforce its
rights under the relevant Foreign Sub-Custodian Agreement.
7. The Custodian shall transmit promptly to the Fund
all notices, reports or other written information received
pertaining to the Fund's Foreign Securities, including without
limitation, notices of corporate action, proxies and proxy
solicitation materials.
8. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, settlement and payment for securities received for
the account of any Series and delivery of securities maintained
for the account of such Series may be effected in accordance with
the customary or established securities trading or securities
processing practices and procedures in the jurisdiction or market
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in which the transaction occurs, including, without limitation,
delivery of securities to the purchaser thereof or to a dealer
therefor (or an agent for such purchaser or dealer) against a
receipt with the expectation of receiving later payment for such
securities from such purchaser or dealer.
9. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any losses or damages
arising out of or relating to any actions or omissions of any
Foreign Sub-Custodian the sole responsibility and liability of
the Custodian shall be to take appropriate action at the Fund's
expense to recover such loss or damage from the Foreign Sub-
Custodian. It is expressly understood and agreed that the
Custodian's sole responsibility and liability shall be limited to
amounts so recovered from the Foreign Sub-Custodian.
ARTICLE XVII.
FX TRANSACTIONS
1. Whenever the Fund shall enter into an FX
Transaction, the Fund shall promptly deliver to the Custodian a
Certificate or Oral Instructions specifying with respect to such
FX Transaction: (a) the Series to which such FX Transaction is
specifically allocated; (b) the type and amount of Currency to be
purchased by the Fund; (c) the type and amount of Currency to be
sold by the Fund; (d) the date on which the Currency to be
purchased is to be delivered; (e) the date on which the Currency
to be sold is to be delivered; and (f) the name of the person
from whom or through whom such currencies are to be purchased and
sold. Unless otherwise instructed by a Certificate or Oral
Instructions, the Custodian shall deliver, or shall instruct a
Foreign Sub-Custodian to deliver, the Currency to be sold on the
date on which such delivery is to be made, as set forth in the
Certificate, and shall receive, or instruct a Foreign Sub-
Custodian to receive, the Currency to be purchased on the date as
set forth in the Certificate.
2. Where the Currency to be sold is to be delivered on
the same day as the Currency to be purchased, as specified in the
Certificate or Oral Instructions, the Custodian or a Foreign Sub-
Custodian may arrange for such deliveries and receipts to be made
in accordance with the customs prevailing from time to time among
brokers or dealers in Currencies, and such receipt and delivery
may not be completed simultaneously. The Fund assumes all
responsibility and liability for all credit risks involved in
connection with such receipts and deliveries, which
responsibility and liability shall continue until the Currency to
be received by the Fund has been received in full.
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3. Any FX Transaction effected by the Custodian in
connection with this Agreement may be entered with the Custodian,
any office, branch or subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company,
Inc., or any Foreign Sub-Custodian acting as principal or
otherwise through customary banking channels. The Fund may issue
a standing Certificate with respect to FX Transaction but the
Custodian may establish rules or limitations concerning any
foreign exchange facility made available to the Fund. The Fund
shall bear all risks of investing in Securities or holding
Currency. Without limiting the foregoing, the Fund shall bear
the risks that rules or procedures imposed by a Foreign Sub-
Custodian or foreign depositories, exchange controls, asset
freezes or other laws, rules, regulations or orders shall
prohibit or impose burdens or costs on the transfer to, by or for
the account of the Fund of Securities or any cash held outside
the Fund's jurisdiction or denominated in Currency other than its
home jurisdiction or the conversion of cash from one Currency
into another currency. The Custodian shall not be obligated to
substitute another Currency for a Currency (including a Currency
that is a component of a Composite Currency Unit) whose
transferability, convertibility or availability has been affected
by such law, regulation, rule or procedure. Neither the
Custodian nor any Foreign Sub-Custodian shall be liable to the
Fund for any loss resulting from any of the foregoing events.
ARTICLE XVIII.
CONCERNING THE CUSTODIAN
1. Except as hereinafter provided, or as provided in
Article XVI, neither the Custodian nor its nominee shall be
liable for any loss or damage, including counsel fees, resulting
from its action or omission to act or otherwise, either hereunder
or under any Margin Account Agreement, except for any such loss
or damage arising out of its own negligence or willful
misconduct. In no event shall the Custodian be liable to the
Fund or any third party for special, indirect or consequential
damages or lost profits or loss of business, arising under or in
connection with this Agreement, even if previously informed of
the possibility of such damages and regardless of the form of
action. The Custodian may, with respect to questions of law
arising hereunder or under any Margin Account Agreement, apply
for and obtain the advice and opinion of counsel to the Fund or
of its own counsel, at the expense of the Fund, and shall be
fully protected with respect to anything done or omitted by it in
good faith in conformity with such advice or opinion. The
Custodian shall be liable to the Fund for any loss or damage
resulting from the use of the Book-Entry System or any Depository
arising by reason of any negligence or willful misconduct on the
part of the Custodian or any of its employees or agents.
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2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Custodian shall be under no obligation to inquire into, and
shall not be liable for:
(a) The validity of the issue of any Securities
purchased, sold, or written by or for the Fund, the legality of
the purchase, sale or writing thereof, or the propriety of the
amount paid or received therefor;
(b) The legality of the sale or redemption of any
Shares, or the propriety of the amount to be received or paid
therefor;
(c) The legality of the declaration or payment of
any dividend by the Fund;
(d) The legality of any borrowing by the Fund
using Securities as collateral;
(e) The legality of any loan of portfolio
Securities, nor shall the Custodian be under any duty or
obligation to see to it that any cash collateral delivered to it
by a broker, dealer, or financial institution or held by it at
any time as a result of such loan of portfolio Securities of the
Fund is adequate collateral for the Fund against any loss it
might sustain as a result of such loan. The Custodian
specifically, but not by way of limitation, shall not be under
any duty or obligation periodically to check or notify the Fund
that the amount of such cash collateral held by it for the Fund
is sufficient collateral for the Fund, but such duty or
obligation shall be the sole responsibility of the Fund. In
addition, the Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to
see that any broker, dealer or financial institution to which
portfolio Securities of the Fund are lent pursuant to Article X
of this Agreement makes payment to it of any dividends or
interest which are payable to or for the account of the Fund
during the period of such loan or at the termination of such
loan, provided, however, that the Custodian shall promptly notify
the Fund in the event that such dividends or interest are not
paid and received when due; or
(f) The sufficiency or value of any amounts of
money and/or Securities held in any Margin Account, Senior
Security Account or Collateral Account in connection with
transactions by the Fund. In addition, the Custodian shall be
under no duty or obligation to see that any broker, dealer,
futures commission merchant or Clearing Member makes payment to
the Fund of any variation margin payment or similar payment which
the Fund may be entitled to receive from such broker, dealer,
futures commission merchant or Clearing Member, to see that any
payment received by the Custodian from any broker, dealer,
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futures commission merchant or Clearing Member is the amount the
Fund is entitled to receive, or to notify the Fund of the
Custodian's receipt or non-receipt of any such payment.
3. The Custodian shall not be liable for, or
considered to be the Custodian of, any money, whether or not
represented by any check, draft, or other instrument for the
payment of money, received by it on behalf of the Fund until the
Custodian actually receives and collects such money directly or
by the final crediting of the account representing the Fund's
interest at the Book-Entry System or the Depository.
4. The Custodian shall have no responsibility and
shall not be liable for ascertaining or acting upon any calls,
conversions, exchange offers, tenders, interest rate changes or
similar matters relating to Securities held in the Depository,
unless the Custodian shall have actually received timely notice
from the Depository. In no event shall the Custodian have any
responsibility or liability for the failure of the Depository to
collect, or for the late collection or late crediting by the
Depository of any amount payable upon Securities deposited in the
Depository which may mature or be redeemed, retired, called or
otherwise become payable. However, upon receipt of a Certificate
from the Fund of an overdue amount on Securities held in the
Depository the Custodian shall make a claim against the
Depository on behalf of the Fund, except that the Custodian shall
not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
action suit or proceeding in respect to any Securities held by
the Depository which in its opinion may involve it in expense or
liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all
expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.
5. The Custodian shall not be under any duty or
obligation to take action to effect collection of any amount due
to the Fund from the Transfer Agent of the Fund nor to take any
action to effect payment or distribution by the Transfer Agent of
the Fund of any amount paid by the Custodian to the Transfer
Agent of the Fund in accordance with this Agreement.
6. The Custodian shall not be under any duty or
obligation to take action to effect collection of any amount if
the Securities upon which such amount is payable are in default,
or if payment is refused after due demand or presentation, unless
and until (i) it shall be directed to take such action by a
Certificate and (ii) it shall be assured to its satisfaction of
reimbursement of its costs and expenses in connection with any
such action.
7. The Custodian may in addition to the employment of
Foreign Sub-Custodians pursuant to Article XVI appoint one or
more banking institutions as Depository or Depositories, as Sub-
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Custodian or Sub-Custodians, or as Co-Custodian or Co-Custodians
including, but not limited to, banking institutions located in
foreign countries, of Securities and moneys at any time owned by
the Fund, upon such terms and conditions as may be approved in a
Certificate or contained in an agreement executed by the
Custodian, the Fund and the appointed institution.
8. The Custodian shall not be under any duty or
obligation (a) to ascertain whether any Securities at any time
delivered to, or held by it or by any Foreign Sub-Custodian, for
the account of the Fund and specifically allocated to a Series
are such as properly may be held by the Fund or such Series under
the provisions of its then current prospectus, or (b) to
ascertain whether any transactions by the Fund, whether or not
involving the Custodian, are such transactions as may properly be
engaged in by the Fund.
9. The Custodian shall be entitled to receive and the
Fund agrees to pay to the Custodian all out-of-pocket expenses
and such compensation as may be agreed upon from time to time
between the Custodian and the Fund. The Custodian may charge
such compensation and any expenses with respect to a Series
incurred by the Custodian in the performance of its duties
pursuant to such agreement against any money specifically
allocated to such Series. Unless and until the Fund instructs
the Custodian by a Certificate to apportion any loss, damage,
liability or expense among the Series in a specified manner, the
Custodian shall also be entitled to charge against any money held
by it for the account of a Series such Series' pro rata share
(based on such Series net asset value at the time of the charge
to the aggregate net asset value of all Series at that time) of
the amount of any loss, damage, liability or expense, including
counsel fees, for which it shall be entitled to reimbursement
under the provisions of this Agreement. The expenses for which
the Custodian shall be entitled to reimbursement hereunder shall
include, but are not limited to, the expenses of sub-custodians
and foreign branches of the Custodian incurred in settling
outside of New York City transactions involving the purchase and
sale of Securities of the Fund.
10. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon any
Certificate, notice or other instrument in writing received by
the Custodian and reasonably believed by the Custodian to be a
Certificate. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon any
Oral Instructions actually received by the Custodian hereinabove
provided for. The Fund agrees to forward to the Custodian a
Certificate or facsimile thereof confirming such Oral
Instructions in such manner so that such Certificate or facsimile
thereof is received by the Custodian, whether by hand delivery,
telecopier or other similar device, or otherwise, by the close of
business of the same day that such Oral Instructions are given to
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the Custodian. The Fund agrees that the fact that such
confirming instructions are not received, or that contrary
instructions are received, by the Custodian shall in no way
affect the validity of the transactions or enforceability of the
transactions hereby authorized by the Fund. The Fund agrees that
the Custodian shall incur no liability to the Fund in acting upon
Oral Instructions given to the Custodian hereunder concerning
such transactions provided such instructions reasonably appear to
have been received from an Officer.
11. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon any
instrument, instruction or notice received by the Custodian and
reasonably believed by the Custodian to be given in accordance
with the terms and conditions of any Margin Account Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Custodian
shall be under no duty to inquire into, and shall not be liable
for, the accuracy of any statements or representations contained
in any such instrument or other notice including, without
limitation, any specification of any amount to be paid to a
broker, dealer, futures commission merchant or Clearing Member.
12. The books and records pertaining to the Fund which
are in the possession of the Custodian shall be the property of
the Fund. Such books and records shall be prepared and maintained
as required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and other applicable securities laws and rules and regulations.
The Fund, or the Fund's authorized representatives, shall have
access to such books and records during the Custodian's normal
business hours. Upon the reasonable request of the Fund, copies
of any such books and records shall be provided by the Custodian
to the Fund or the Fund's authorized representative, and the Fund
shall reimburse the Custodian its expenses of providing such
copies. Upon reasonable request of the Fund, the Custodian shall
provide in hard copy or on micro-film, whichever the Custodian
elects, any records included in any such delivery which are
maintained by the Custodian on a computer disc, or are similarly
maintained, and the Fund shall reimburse the Custodian for its
expenses of providing such hard copy or micro-film.
13. The Custodian shall provide the Fund with any
report obtained by the Custodian on the system of internal
accounting control of the Book-Entry System, the Depository or
O.C.C., and with such reports on its own systems of internal
accounting control as the Fund may reasonably request from time
to time.
14. The Fund agrees to indemnify the Custodian against
and save the Custodian harmless from all liability, claims,
losses and demands whatsoever, including attorney's fees,
howsoever arising or incurred because of or in connection with
this Agreement, including the Custodian's payment or non-payment
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of checks pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article XIII as part of any
check redemption privilege program of the Fund, except for any
such liability, claim, loss and demand arising out of the
Custodian's own negligence or willful misconduct.
15. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, those contained in
Article XVI and XVII the Custodian may deliver and receive
Securities, and receipts with respect to such Securities, and
arrange for payments to be made and received by the Custodian in
accordance with the customs prevailing from time to time among
brokers or dealers in such Securities. When the Custodian is
instructed to deliver Securities against payment, delivery of
such Securities and receipt of payment therefor may not be
completed simultaneously. The Fund assumes all responsibility
and liability for all credit risks involved in connection with
the Custodian's delivery of Securities pursuant to instructions
of the Fund, which responsibility and liability shall continue
until final payment in full has been received by the Custodian.
16. The Custodian shall have no duties or responsibili-
ties whatsoever except such duties and responsibilities as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no covenant or
obligation shall be implied in this Agreement against the
Custodian.
ARTICLE XIX.
TERMINATION
1. Either of the parties hereto may terminate this
Agreement by giving to the other party a notice in writing
specifying the date of such termination, which shall be not less
than ninety (90) days after the date of giving of such notice.
In the event such notice is given by the Fund, it shall be
accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Fund, certified by the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, electing to terminate this Agreement and designating a
successor custodian or custodians, each of which shall be a bank
or trust company having not less than $2,000,000 aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profits. In the event such notice
is given by the Custodian, the Fund shall, on or before the
termination date, deliver to the Custodian a copy of a resolution
of the Board of Directors of the Fund, certified by the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary, designating a successor custodian or
custodians. In the absence of such designation by the Fund, the
Custodian may designate a successor custodian which shall be a
bank or trust company having not less than $2,000,000 aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profits. Upon the date set forth
in such notice this Agreement shall terminate, and the Custodian
shall upon receipt of a notice of acceptance by the successor
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custodian on that date deliver directly to the successor
custodian all Securities and moneys then owned by the Fund and
held by it as Custodian, after deducting all fees, expenses and
other amounts for the payment or reimbursement of which it shall
then be entitled.
2. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
Fund or the Custodian in accordance with the preceding paragraph,
the Fund shall upon the date specified in the notice of
termination of this Agreement and upon the delivery by the
Custodian of all Securities (other than Securities held in the
Book-Entry System which cannot be delivered to the Fund) and
moneys then owned by the Fund be deemed to be its own custodian
and the Custodian shall thereby be relieved of all duties and
responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement, other than the duty
with respect to Securities held in the Book Entry System which
cannot be delivered to the Fund to hold such Securities hereunder
in accordance with this Agreement.
ARTICLE XX.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
Annexed hereto as Appendix A is a Certificate signed by two of
the present Officers of the Fund under its seal, setting forth
the names and the signatures of the present Officers of the Fund.
The Fund agrees to furnish to the Custodian a new Certificate in
similar form in the event that any such present Officer ceases to
be an Officer of the Fund, or in the event that other or
additional Officers are elected or appointed. Until such new
Certificate shall be received, the Custodian shall be fully
protected in acting under the provisions of this Agreement or
Oral Instructions upon the signatures of the Officers as set
forth in the last delivered Certificate.
2. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
Any notice or other instrument in writing, authorized or required
by this Agreement to be given to the Custodian, shall be
sufficiently given if addressed to the Custodian and mailed or
delivered to it at its offices at 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as the Custodian may from
time to time designate in writing.
3. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
Any notice or other instrument in writing, authorized or required
by this Agreement to be given to the Fund shall be sufficiently
given if addressed to the Fund and mailed or delivered to it at
its office at the address for the Fund first above written, or at
such other place as the Fund may from time to time designate in
writing.
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4. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any manner
except by a written agreement executed by both parties with the
same formality as this Agreement and approved by a resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Fund.
5. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
This Agreement shall extend to and shall be binding upon the
parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns;
provided, however, that this Agreement shall not be assignable by
the Fund without the written consent of the Custodian, or by the
Custodian without the written consent of the Fund, authorized or
approved by a resolution of the Fund's Board of Directors.
6. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without giving effect to conflict of laws
principles thereof. Each party hereby consents to the
jurisdiction of a state or federal court situated in New York
City, New York in connection with any dispute arising hereunder
and hereby waives its right to trial by jury.
7. If a successor custodian is not designated by the
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such
counterparts shall, together, constitute only one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their respective Officers, thereunto
duly authorized and their respective seals to be hereunto
affixed, as of the day and year first above written.
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND
[SEAL] By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
_________________________
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
_______________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
[SEAL] By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
__________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
_______________________
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APPENDIX A
I, _________________, and I, __________________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), do
hereby certify that:
The following individuals serve in the following
positions with the Fund and each has been duly elected or
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Fund to each such
position and qualified therefor in conformity with the Fund's
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, and the signatures set
forth opposite their respective names are their true and correct
signatures:
Name Position Signature
_________________ ________________ ________________
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APPENDIX B
SERIES
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APPENDIX C
I, Xxxxx Xxxxx, a Vice President with THE BANK OF NEW
YORK do hereby designate the following publications:
The Bond Buyer
Depository Trust Company Notices
Financial Daily Card Service
XX Xxxxxx Municipal Bond Service
London Financial Times
New York Times
Standard & Poor's Called Bond Record
Wall Street Journal
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned,_________________, hereby certifies that
he or she is the duly elected and acting _________________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
and further certifies that the following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
___________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present and
that such resolution has not been modified or rescinded and is in
full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that The Bank of New York, as
Custodian pursuant to a Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Fund dated as of
________, 1997, (the "Custody Agreement") is
authorized and instructed on a continuous and
ongoing basis to deposit in the Book Entry System,
as defined in the Custody Agreement, all securities
eligible for deposit therein, regardless of the
Series to which the same are specifically
allocated, and to utilize the Book-Entry System to
the extent possible in connection with its
performance thereunder, including, without
limitation, in connection with settlements of
purchases and sales of securities, loans of
securities, and deliveries and returns of
securities collateral.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the ____ day of _______,
1997.
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, ________________, hereby certifies that
he or she is the duly elected and acting ______________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
and further certifies that the following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
____________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present
and that such resolution has not been modified or rescinded and
is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that The Bank of New York, as
Custodian pursuant to a Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Fund dated as of
_________, 1997, (the "Custody Agreement") is
authorized and instructed on a continuous and
ongoing basis until such time as it receives a
Certificate, as defined in the Custody Agreement,
to the contrary to deposit in the Depository, as
defined in the Custody Agreement, all securities
eligible for deposit therein, regardless of the
Series to which the same are specifically
allocated, and to utilize the Depository to the
extent possible in connection with its performance
thereunder, including, without limitation, in
connection with settlements of purchases and sales
of securities, loans of securities, and deliveries
and returns of securities collateral.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the ____ day of
_________, 1997.
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT B-1
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, _________________, hereby certifies
that he or she is the duly elected and acting _____________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
and further certifies that the following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
__________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present and
that such resolution has not been modified or rescinded and is in
full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that The Bank of New York, as
Custodian pursuant to a Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Fund dated as of
_________, 1997, (the "Custody Agreement") is
authorized and instructed on a continuous and
ongoing basis until such time as it receives a
Certificate, as defined in the Custody Agreement,
to the contrary to deposit in the Participants
Trust Company as Depository, as defined in the
Custody Agreement, all securities eligible for
deposit therein, regardless of the Series to which
the same are specifically allocated, and to utilize
the Participants Trust Company to the extent
possible in connection with its performance
thereunder, including, without limitation, in
connection with settlements of purchases and sales
of securities, loans of securities, and deliveries
and returns of securities collateral.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the ____ day of _______,
1997.
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, ___________________, hereby certifies
that he or she is the duly elected and acting ______________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
and further certifies that the following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
__________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present and
that such resolution has not been modified or rescinded and is in
full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that The Bank of New York, as
Custodian pursuant to a Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Fund dated as of
_________, 1997, (the "Custody Agreement") is
authorized and instructed on a continuous and
ongoing basis until such time as it receives a
Certificate, as defined in the Custody Agreement,
to the contrary, to accept, utilize and act with
respect to Clearing Member confirmations for
Options and transaction in Options, regardless of
the Series to which the same are specifically
allocated, as such terms are defined in the Custody
Agreement, as provided in the Custody Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the ____ day of
_________, 1997.
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT D
The undersigned, _______________, hereby certifies that
he or she is the duly elected and acting _____________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
further certifies that the following resolutions were adopted by
the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
___________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present and
that such resolutions have not been modified or rescinded and are
in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that The Bank of New York, as
Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Fund dated as of
________, 1997 (the "Custody Agreement") is
authorized and instructed on a continuous and
ongoing basis to act in accordance with, and to
rely on Instructions (as defined in the Custody
Agreement).
RESOLVED, that the Fund shall establish access
codes and grant use of such access codes only to
Officers of the Fund as defined in the Custody
Agreement, shall establish internal safekeeping
procedures to safeguard and protect the
confidentiality and availability of user and access
codes, passwords and authentication keys, and shall
use Instructions only in a manner that does not
contravene the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the ____ day of ______,
1997.
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT E
The undersigned, ________________, hereby certifies that
he or she is the duly elected and acting ______________ of
ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
further certifies that the following resolutions were adopted by
the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting duly held on
____________, 1997, at which a quorum was at all times present
and that such resolutions have not been modified or rescinded and
are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
RESOLVED, that the maintenance of the Fund's
assets in each country listed in Schedule I hereto
be, and hereby is, approved by the Board of
Directors as consistent with the best interests of
the Fund and its shareholders; and further
RESOLVED, that the maintenance of the Fund's
assets with the foreign branches of The Bank of New
York (the "Bank") listed in Schedule I located in
the countries specified therein, and with the
foreign sub-custodians and depositories listed in
Schedule I located in the countries specified
therein be, and hereby is, approved by the Board of
Directors as consistent with the best interest of
the Fund and its shareholders; and further
RESOLVED, that the Sub-Custodian Agreements
presented to this meeting between the Bank and each
of the foreign sub-custodians and depositories
listed in Schedule I providing for the maintenance
of the Fund's assets with the applicable entity, be
and hereby are, approved by the Board of Directors
as consistent with the best interests of the Fund
and its shareholders; and further
RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the
Fund are hereby authorized to place assets of the
Fund with the aforementioned foreign branches and
foreign sub custodians and depositories as
hereinabove provided; and further
RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the
Fund, or any of them, are authorized to do any and
all other acts, in the name of the Fund and on its
behalf, as they, or any of them, may determine to
be necessary or desirable and proper in connection
with or in furtherance of the foregoing
resolutions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and the seal
of ALLIANCE HIGH YIELD FUND, as of the day of ________, 1997.
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