22c-2 Services. (A) The Fund and BNYM will cooperate reasonably to transition from use of the system utilized by the Fund on September 28, 2018 to assist it in complying with Rule 22c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“SEC Rule 22c-2”) on a remote self-service basis ("Current 22c-2 System") to the system designated by BNYM as a replacement for the Current 22c-2 System ("Replacement 22c-2 System") to assist the Fund in complying with SEC Rule 22c-2 on a full service basis in accordance with a transition plan reasonably designed by BNYM in consultation with the Fund, which shall include a review of Fund requirements, a transfer of required Fund data from the Current 22c-2 System to the Replacement 22c-2 System, appropriate testing, appropriate training of Fund personnel, the creation, in consultation with the 22c-2 Provider (as defined in Section 3(a)(18)(B) below), of a compliance procedural overview that will govern the provision of the 22c-2 Services (as defined in Section 3(a)(18)(B) below) to the Fund by the 22c-2 Provider ("22c-2 Overview") and a switch from the Current 22c-2 System to the Replacement 22c-2 System for BNYM's provision of SEC Rule 22c-2 compliance assistance services ("22c-2 Switch"). The Fund will reasonably cooperate with BNYM to effect the 22c-2 Switch on the date designated by BNYM. The date of the 22c-2 Switch is referred to herein as the "Switch Effective Date."
22c-2 Services. (1) The Company and BNYM will reasonably cooperate to transition from use of the 22c-2 System (as defined in Exhibit 1 to Schedule D) by the Company on a remote basis to BNYM providing 22c-2 Services (as defined in Section 3(m)(2) below) to the Funds on a full service basis as provided for in Section 3(m)(2) below in accordance with a transition plan reasonably designed by BNYM and including a review of Fund requirements, appropriate testing, appropriate training of Company and Fund personnel, an opportunity to create, in consultation with the 22c-2 Provider (as defined in Section 3(m)(2) below), a compliance procedural overview that will govern the provision of the 22c-2 Services to the Funds by the 22c-2 Provider ("22c-2 Overview") and a date for the transition from remote use of the 22c-2 System to the full service provision of the 22c-2 Services (the "22c-2 Transition") which the Company and BNYM agree to in writing or by an exchange of emails. Such date for the 22c-2 Transition is referred to herein as the "Transition Effective Date." This Section 3(m)(1) shall become effective on December 1, 2021 and Section 3(m)(2) shall become effective at 12:01 AM on the Transition Effective Date ("Transition Effective Time"). In addition, at the Transition Effective Time Section 3(k) shall, without further action by the parties, terminate, be void and cease to have any further force or effect.
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