bbhcustagmtamend_2013 AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTODIAN AGREEMENTCountry Subcustodian Depositories • February 26th, 2015 • Vanguard International Equity Index Funds • New York
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT, dated as of June 25, 2001, between certain open-end management investment companies (each investment company a "Fund") organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), on behalf of certain of their series (each series a "Series"), and BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York (BBH&Co. or the Custodian), W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, each Fund has employed BBH&Co. to act as the Fund's custodian and to provide related services, all as provided herein; WHEREAS, the Securities and Exchange Commission has promulgated amendments to Rule 17f-5 and adopted Rule 17f-7 under the 1940 Act that establish rules regarding the custody of investment company assets held outside the United States; and WHEREAS, BBH&Co. is willing to provide services in connection with such Rules in accordance w
