EXHIBIT 99.8(d)
AMENDMENT
The Custodian Contract dated April 25, 1988 between Massachusetts Capital
Development Fund (referred to herein as the "Trust") and State Street Bank and
Trust Company (the "Custodian") is hereby amended as follows:
I. Section 2.1 is amended to read as follows:
"Holding Securities. The Custodian shall hold and physically segregate for
the account of the Trust all non-cash property, including all securities owned
by the Trust, other than (a) securities which are maintained pursuant to Section
2.11 in a clearing agency which acts as a securities depository or in a
book-entry system authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
collectively referred to herein as "Securities System" and (b) commercial paper
of an issuer for which State Street Bank and Trust Company acts as issuing and
paying agent ("Direct Paper") which is deposited and/or maintained in the Direct
Paper System of the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.11A.
II. Section 2.2 is amended to read, in relevant part as follows:
"Delivery of Securities. The Custodian shall release and deliver securities
owned by the Trust held by the Custodian or in a Securities System account of
the Custodian or in the Custodian's Direct Paper book entry system account
("Direct Paper System Account") only upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which
may be continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, and only
in following cases:
1) . . . .
.
.
.
15) . . . ."
III. Section 2.8(1) is amended to read in relevant part as follows:
"Payment of Trust Monies. Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, which may be
continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, the Custodian
shall pay out monies of the Trust in the following cases only:
1) Upon the purchase of securities, options, futures
contracts or options on futures contracts for the account of
the Trust but only (a) against the delivery of such
securities or evidence of title to such options, futures
contracts or options on futures contracts, to the Custodian
(or any bank, banking firm or trust company doing business
in the United States or abroad which is qualified under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to act as a
custodian and has been designated by the Custodian as its
agent for this purpose) registered in the name of the Trust
or in the name of a nominee of the Custodian referred to in
Section 2.3 hereof or in proper form for transfer; (b) in
the case of a purchase effected through a Securities System,
in accordance with the conditions set forth in Section 2.11
hereof or (c) in the case of a purchase involving the Direct
Paper System, in accordance with the conditions set forth in
Section 2.11A; or (d) in the case of repurchase agreements
entered into between the Trust and the Custodian, or another
bank, or a broker-dealer which is a member of NASD, (i)
against delivery of the securities either in certificate
form or through an entry crediting the Custodian's account
at the Federal Reserve Bank with such securities or (ii)
against delivery of the receipt evidencing purchase by the
Trust of securities owned by the Custodian along with
written evidence of the agreement by the Custodian to
repurchase such securities from the Trust or (e) for
transfer to a time deposit account of the Trust in any bank,
whether domestic or foreign; such transfer may be effected
prior to receipt of a confirmation from a broker and/or the
applicable bank pursuant to Proper Instructions from the
Trust as defined in Section 5;"
IV. Following Section 2.11 there is inserted a new Section 2.11.A to read
as follows:
2.11.A "Trust Assets Held in the Custodian's Direct Paper System. The
Custodian may deposit and/or maintain securities owned by the Trust in the
Direct Paper System of the Custodian subject to the following provisions:
1) No transaction relating to securities in the Direct Paper
System will be effected in the absence of Proper
Instructions;
2) The Custodian may keep securities of the Trust in the
Direct Paper System only if such securities are represented
in an account ("Account") of the Custodian in the Direct
Paper System which shall not include any assets of the
Custodian other than assets held as a fiduciary, custodian
or otherwise for customers;
3) The records of the Custodian with respect to securities
of the Trust which are maintained in the Direct Paper System
shall identify by book-entry those securities belonging to
the Trust;
4) The Custodian shall pay for securities purchased for the
account of the Trust upon the making of an entry on the
records of the Custodian to reflect such payment and
transfer of securities to the account of the Trust. The
Custodian shall transfer securities sold for the account of
the Trust upon the making of an entry on the records of the
Custodian to reflect such transfer and receipt of payment
for the account of the Trust:
5) The Custodian shall furnish the Trust confirmation of
each transfer to or from the account of the Trust, in the
form of a written advice or notice, of Direct Paper on the
next business day following such transfer and shall furnish
to the Trust copies of daily transaction sheets reflecting
each day's transaction in the Securities System for the
account of the Trust;
6) The Custodian shall provide the Trust with any report on
its system of internal accounting control as the Trust may
reasonably request from time to time."
V. Section 13 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Effective Period, Termination and Amendment. This Contract shall become
effective as of its execution, shall continue in full force and effect until
terminated as hereinafter provided, may be amended at any time by mutual
agreement of the parties hereto and may be terminated by either party by an
instrument in writing delivered or mailed, postage prepaid to the other party,
such termination to take effect not sooner than thirty (30) days after the date
of such delivery or mailing; provided, however that the Custodian shall not act
under Section 2.11 hereof in the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board of Trustees of the Trust
has approved the initial use of a particular Securities System and the receipt
of an annual certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the
Board of Trustees has reviewed the use by the Trust of such Securities System,
as required in each case by Rule 17f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended and that the Custodian shall not act under Section 2.11A hereof in
the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary that the Board of Trustees has approved the initial use of
the Direct Paper System and the receipt of an annual certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary that the Board of Trustees has reviewed the
use by the Trust of the Direct Paper System; provided further, however, that the
Trust shall not amend or terminate this Contract in contravention of any
applicable federal or state regulations, or any provision of the Declaration of
Trust, and further provided, that the Trust may at any time by action of its
Board of Trustees (i) substitute another bank or trust company for the Custodian
by giving notice as described above to the Custodian, or (ii) immediately
terminate this Contract in the event of the appointment of a conservator or
receiver for the Custodian by the Comptroller of the Currency or upon the
happening of a like event at the direction of an appropriate regulatory agency
or court of competent jurisdiction.
Upon termination of the Contract, the Trust shall pay to the Custodian such
compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination and shall likewise
reimburse the Custodian for its costs, expenses and disbursements."
Except as otherwise expressly amended and modified herein, the provisions
of the Custodian Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to
be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representatives
and its Seal to be hereto affixed as of the 17th day of September, 1991.
ATTEST: MASSACHUSETTS CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
XXXXX X. XXXXX By: W. T. LONDON
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx W. T. London
Assistant Secretary Treasurer
ATTEST: STATE STREET BANK &
TRUST COMPANY
XXX XXXXXXXX By: XXXX XXXXXXX
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Assistant Secretary Vice President
