AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit (g1)
AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of September 16, 2013 by and between each Aberdeen (formerly Artio) management investment company identified on Appendix A hereto (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Custodian”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, each Fund and the Custodian are parties to that certain Master Custodian Agreement dated as of October 1, 2011 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, each Fund and the Custodian desire to amend and supplement the Agreement upon the following terms and conditions.
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Fund and the Custodian hereby agree that the Agreement is amended and supplemented as follows:
1. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as attached hereto, to reflect the name changes of certain Funds/Portfolios and to delete the following Funds/Portfolios:
Artio Local Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Artio U.S. Microcap Fund
Artio U.S. Midcap Fund
Artio U.S. Multicap Fund
Artio U.S. Smallcap Fund
2. Notices. Section 19.9 of the Agreement is hereby modified to update the Funds’ and the Custodian’s contact information as follows:
“To any Fund:
c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Legal Department
Facsimile: 000.000.0000
Telephone: 000.000.0000
To the Custodian:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile: 000 000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000”
3. Miscellaneous. Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers to be effective as of the date first above written.
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APPENDIX A HERETO |
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: Executive Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
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Aberdeen Investment Funds (formerly Artio Global Investment Funds)
Aberdeen Select International Equity Fund (formerly Artio International Equity Fund)
Aberdeen Select International Equity Fund II (formerly Artio International Equity Fund II)
Aberdeen Total Return Bond Fund (formerly Artio Total Return Bond Fund)
Aberdeen Global High Income Fund (formerly Artio Global High Income Fund)
Aberdeen Global Select Opportunities Fund Inc. (formerly Artio Select Opportunities Fund Inc., or Artio Global Equity Fund, Inc.)
