Actions Permitted without Express Authority The Custodian may in its discretion, without express authority from the applicable Fund on behalf of each applicable Portfolio: 1) Make payments to itself or others for minor expenses of handling securities or other similar items relating to its duties under this Agreement; provided that all such payments shall be accounted for to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio; 2) Surrender securities in temporary form for securities in definitive form; 3) Endorse for collection, in the name of the Portfolio, checks, drafts and other negotiable instruments; and 4) In general, attend to all non-discretionary details in connection with the sale, exchange, substitution, purchase, transfer and other dealings with the securities and property of the Portfolio except as otherwise directed by the applicable Board.