Common use of Delivery of Investments Clause in Contracts

Delivery of Investments. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian all Investments to be held by the Custodian for the account of any Fund. The Custodian will not have any duties or responsibilities with respect to such Investments until actually received by the Custodian. The Custodian is authorized to open and maintain Custody Accounts (individually an "Account" and collectively, the “Accounts”) in the name of each Fund. Each Account now or in the future opened by the Company and held by the Custodian in that fashion will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Custodian will hold in the Account all Investments and Cash which it receives for deposit into the respective Accounts from the Company from time to time, provided, however, that the Custodian reserves the right to refuse to accept any particular Investments for deposit into an Account that the Custodian determines that it does not or cannot act as the Custodian for. The Custodian will promptly notify the Company of such refusal and the reason for the refusal. The Custodian is hereby authorized by the Company, acting on behalf of a Fund, to actually deposit any assets of the Fund in the Book-Entry System or in a Securities Depository, provided, however, that the Custodian shall be accountable to the Company for the assets of the Fund so deposited. Assets deposited in the Book-Entry System or the Security Depository will be represented in accounts which include only assets held by the Custodian for customers, including but not limited to accounts in which the Custodian acts in a fiduciary or representative capacity. The Company authorizes Custodian or its Sub-custodians to hold Investments in omnibus accounts of a Sub-custodian or Securities Depository with respect to both domestic Investments and global Investments. Custodian is authorized, when directed to do so by the Company, to hold Investments at third parties and to register Investments in broker “street name” or in the name of other third parties (or their nominees) in accordance with industry practice. As and when received, the Custodian shall deposit to the account(s) of a Fund any and all payments for Shares of that Fund issued or sold from time to time as they are received from the Company’s distributor or Dividend and Transfer Agent or from the Company itself. The Custodian shall not be responsible for any Securities, moneys or other assets of any Fund until actually received.

Delivery of Investments. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian all Investments to be held by the Custodian for the account of any Fund. The Custodian will not have any duties or responsibilities with respect to such Investments until actually received by the Custodian. The Custodian is authorized to open and maintain Custody Accounts (individually an "“Account" ” and collectively, the “Accounts”) in the name of each Fund. Each Account now or in the future opened by the Company and held by the Custodian in that fashion will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Custodian will hold in the Account all Investments and Cash which it receives for deposit into the respective Accounts from the Company from time to time, provided, however, that the Custodian reserves the right to refuse to accept any particular Investments for deposit into an Account that the Custodian determines that it does not or cannot act as the Custodian for. The Custodian will promptly notify the Company of such refusal and the reason for the refusal. The Custodian is hereby authorized by the Company, acting on behalf of a Fund, to actually deposit any assets of the Fund in the Book-Entry System or in a Securities Depository, provided, however, that the Custodian shall be accountable to the Company for the assets of the Fund so deposited. Assets deposited in the Book-Entry System or the Security Depository will be represented in accounts which include only assets held by the Custodian for customers, including but not limited to accounts in which the Custodian acts in a fiduciary or representative capacity. The Company authorizes Custodian or its Sub-custodians to hold Investments in omnibus accounts of a Sub-custodian or Securities Depository with respect to both domestic Investments and global Investments. Custodian is authorized, when directed to do so by the Company, to hold Investments at third parties and to register Investments in broker “street name” or in the name of other third parties (or their nominees) in accordance with industry practice. As and when received, the Custodian shall deposit to the account(s) of a Fund any and all payments for Shares of that Fund issued or sold from time to time as they are received from the Company’s distributor or Dividend and Transfer Agent or from the Company itself. The Custodian shall not be responsible for any Securities, moneys or other assets of any Fund until actually received.