CUSTODIAN AGREEMENTCustodian Agreement • June 29th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 12th day of May, 2006 by and between (i) Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS, a Delaware statutory trust formed under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated October 27, 2005 (the “Declaration of Trust”) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) with its principal place of business at One Tower Bridge, 100 Front Street, Suite 1100, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (the “Fund”), and (ii) STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company with its principal place of business at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, U.S.A. (the “Custodian”).
