SUPPLEMENT TO THE MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENT HONG KONG - CHINA CONNECT SERVICEMaster Custody Agreement • November 27th, 2020 • Franklin Gold & Precious Metals Fund
This Letter relates to the Hong Kong - China Connect Service (as referenced in the Rules of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and as hereafter referred to in this Letter, the China Connect Service or Connect). Connect is a trading and clearing service established between Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (China Connect Clearing House), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, China Foreign Exchange Trade System & National Interbank Funding Centre (CFETS), China Central Depository & Clearing (CCDC), Shanghai Clearing House (SCH), the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong (CMU), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s clearing and nominee company, Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Ltd. (HKSCC). The service applies to listed stock/securities on a China Connect Market (China Connect Listed Stock) and bonds traded on the China Interbank Bond Market (Ch
