Anti-Money Laundering Compliance A. Each of Distributor and Client acknowledges that it is a financial institution subject to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and the Bank Secrecy Act (collectively, the “AML Acts”), which require, among other things, that financial institutions adopt compliance programs to guard against money laundering. Each represents and warrants to the other that it is in compliance with and will continue to comply with the AML Acts and applicable regulations in all relevant respects.
B. The Distributor shall include specific contractual provisions regarding anti-money laundering compliance obligations in agreements entered into by the Distributor with any broker-dealer or other financial intermediary that is authorized to effect transactions in Shares of the Funds.
C. Each of Distributor and Client agrees that it will take such further steps, and cooperate with the other as may be reasonably necessary, to facilitate compliance with the AML Acts, including but not limited to the provision of copies of its written procedures, policies and controls related thereto (“AML Operations”). Distributor undertakes that it will grant to the Client, the Client’s anti-money laundering compliance officer and appropriate regulatory agencies, reasonable access to copies of Distributor’s AML Operations, and related books and records to the extent they pertain to the Distributor’s services hereunder. It is expressly understood and agreed that the Client and the Client’s compliance officer shall have no access to any of Distributor’s AML Operations, books or records pertaining to other clients or services of Distributor.
Delegated Anti-Money Laundering Duties Terms in quotation marks in this Section shall have the meaning such terms are assigned in the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA”). In general, the term “Delegated Anti-Money Laundering Duties” encompasses the functions necessary to fulfill obligations that are imposed upon the Trust and its Fund by the BSA and that relate to information maintained or transactions processed by the Transfer Agent (collectively, the “BSA Obligations”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, the Delegated Anti-Money Laundering Duties shall not include any anti-money laundering function related to an obligation of the Trust that is performed by any entity that is neither directly nor indirectly owned by FMR LLC (an “Unaffiliated Intermediary”) pursuant to a provision of a Selling Dealer Agreement, Bank Agency Agreement, or any other agreement between Fidelity Distributors Company LLC or any other entity directly or indirectly owned by FMR LLC and the Unaffiliated Intermediary. The Trust has appointed FIIOC to implement its written AML Program, which is reasonably designed to comply with BSA. The AML Program includes the Delegated Anti-Money Laundering Duties and reflects the Fund’s practices for detecting, preventing and reporting money laundering, terrorist financing, and certain other criminal activity. The Fund shall exercise oversight of FIIOC’s AML activities through the Fund’s Program Officer (as that is defined in the AML Program) or his/her delegates.
Anti-Money Laundering (1) Each party to this Agreement other than the Warrant Agent hereby represents to the Warrant Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Warrant Agent in connection with this Agreement, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Warrant Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.
(2) The Warrant Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Warrant Agent, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Warrant Agent, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Agreement has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on ten (10) days written notice to the other parties to this Agreement, provided (i) that the Warrant Agent's written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Warrant Agent's satisfaction within such ten (10) day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.
