Common use of Investment of Escrow Fund Clause in Contracts

Investment of Escrow Fund. The Escrow Agent shall invest and reinvest the amounts on deposit in the Escrow Fund as Purchaser may direct by written notice to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Fund may be invested in (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency thereof; (b) certificates of deposit, eurocurrency and eurodollar time deposits, and overnight bank deposits of, and securities guaranteed (by letter of credit or otherwise) by, or money market accounts offered by, any commercial bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital and surplus in excess of $200,000,000 and whose short-term senior unsecured indebtedness is rated A-1 or P-1 by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, respectively or an equivalent rating; (c) commercial paper rated A-1 or P-1 by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Xxxxx’x Investor Service, Inc., respectively, maturing not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof by such person; (d) repurchase agreements with institutions whose long-term senior unsecured indebtedness is rated A or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or A or better by Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc.; (e) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated A or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or A or better by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.; and (f) shares of mutual funds that invest primarily in any or all of the investments referred to in clauses (a) through (e). The Escrow Agent reserves the right to request specific instructions in writing from Purchaser as to the investment of the Escrowed Funds and shall not be responsible for gains or losses in the market value of or the rate of interest earned on investments made in accordance with the provision hereof. All earnings or other income received from such investment and reinvestment, less Escrow Taxes and losses, if any incurred on such investment and reinvestment (such net amount being herein referred to as “Net Earnings”).