40-17G: Fidelity Bond [Rule 17G-1(g)]
Published on March 17, 2009
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HARRIS
& HARRIS GROUP
March 16, 2009
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Investment Management
100 F
Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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Re:
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Harris
& Harris Group, Inc.
File Number
814-176
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Dear Sir
or Madam:
Filed
herewith is the fidelity bond for Harris & Harris Group, Inc. as required by
Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) for the
periods covering March 4, 2009 through March 4, 2010. Enclosed is a
copy of the executed bond endorsements and the resolutions approved by a
majority of the board of directors of the company who are not “interested
persons” as defined by Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. The premiums
of the bond ($12,309) have been paid for the entire period covered by the
bond. Please contact the undersigned at 212-582-0900, ext. 15 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Sandra M. Forman
Sandra M.
Forman
General
Counsel
SMF/jm
Enclosures
HARRIS
& HARRIS GROUP, INC.
Unanimous Written
Consent
by the Directors of the
Board
February 19,
2009
Pursuant to Section 708 (b) of the New
York Business Corporation Law (the "NYBCL"), the undersigned, the members of the
Board of Directors of Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby
adopt and consent to the adoption of the following resolutions and agree that
said resolutions shall have the same force and effect as if adopted at a meeting
of the Board of Directors duly called and held for such purpose.
WHEREAS, Section 17(g) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), and Rule 17g-1(a) thereunder,
requires a business development company (a "BDC"), such as the Company, to
provide and maintain a bond which shall be issued by a reputable fidelity
insurance company, authorized to do business in the place where the bond is
issued, to protect the Company against larceny and embezzlement, covering each
officer and employee of the BDC who may singly, or jointly with others, have
access to the securities or funds of the BDC, either directly or through
authority to draw upon such funds of, or to direct generally, the disposition of
such securities, unless the officer or employee has such access solely through
his position as an officer or employee of a bank (each, a "covered
person");
WHEREAS, Rule 17g-1 specifies
that the bond may be in the form of (i) an individual bond for each covered
person, or a schedule or blanket bond covering such persons, (ii) a blanket bond
which names the Company as the only insured (a "single insured bond"), or (iii) a bond which
names the Company and one or more other parties as insureds (a "joint insured
bond"), as permitted by Rule 17g-1;
WHEREAS, the Rule requires
that a majority of directors who are not "interested persons" of the BDC approve
periodically (but not less than once every 12 months) the reasonableness of the
form and amount of the bond, with due consideration to the value of the
aggregate assets of the Company to which any covered person may have access, the
type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of such
assets, and the nature of securities and other investments to be held by the
Company; and
WHEREAS, under the Rule, the
Company is required to make certain filings with the SEC and give certain
notices to each member of the Board of Directors in connection with the bond as
specified in the accompanying memorandum attached hereto, and designate an
officer who shall make such filings and give such notices.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that having considered the expected aggregate value of the
securities and funds of the Company to which officers or employees of the
Company may have access (either directly or through authority to draw upon such
funds or to direct generally the disposition of such securities), the type and
terms of the arrangements made for the custody of such securities and funds, the
nature of securities and other investments to be held by the Company, the
accounting procedures and controls of the Company, the nature and method of
conducting the operations of the Company, and the requirements of Section 17(g)
of the 1940 Act and Rule 17g-1 thereunder, it is determined that the amount,
type, form, premium and coverage of the bond, a copy of which is attached here
to as Exhibit A, covering the officers and employees of the Company and insuring
the Company against loss from fraudulent or dishonest acts, including larceny
and embezzlement, issued by Great American Insurance Group in the amount of
$6,000,000 and a premium of $12,309, (the "Fidelity Bond") are hereby
approved;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized to take all
appropriate actions, with the advice of legal counsel to the Company, to provide
and maintain the Fidelity Bond on behalf of the Company; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
General Counsel of the Company is hereby designated and directed
to:
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(1)
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File
with the SEC within 10 days after receipt of the executed Fidelity Bond,
or any amendment thereof:
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(i)
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a
copy of the Fidelity Bond;
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(ii)
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a
copy of each resolution of the Board of Directors, including a majority of
the directors who are not "interested persons" of the Company, approving
the amount, type, form and coverage of the Fidelity Bond and the premium
to be paid by the Company;
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(iii)
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a
statement as to the period for which premiums have been paid; and
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(iv)
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a
copy of any amendment to such agreement within 10 days after the execution
of such amendment.
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(2)
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File
with the SEC, in writing, within five days after the making of a claim
under the Fidelity Bond by the Company, a statement of the nature and
amount thereof;
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(3)
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File
with the SEC, within five days after the receipt thereof, a copy of the
terms of the settlement of any claim under the Fidelity Bond by the
Company; and
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(4)
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Notify
by registered mail each member of the Board of Directors at his or her
last known residence address of:
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(i)
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any
cancellation, termination or modification of the Fidelity Bond, not less
than 45 days prior to the effective date of the cancellation, termination
or modification;
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(ii)
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the
filing and the settlement of any claim under the Fidelity Bond by the
Company, at the time the filings required by (2) and (3) above are made
with the SEC; and
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(iii)
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the
filing and proposed terms of settlement of any claim under the Fidelity
Bond by any other named insured, within five days of the receipt of a
notice from the issuer of the Fidelity
Bond.
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These actions are taken this 19th day
February, 2009.
This Unanimous Written Consent may be
signed in two or more counterparts, which together shall constitute a single
written consent.
/s/
Douglas W. Jamison
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/s/
W. Dillaway Ayres, Jr.
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Douglas
W. Jamison (Chairman)
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W.
Dillaway Ayres, Jr.
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/s/ C. Wayne Bardin
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/s/ Phillip A. Bauman
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C.
Wayne Bardin
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Phillip
A. Bauman
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/s/ G. Morgan Browne
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/s/ Dugald A. Fletcher
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G.
Morgan Browne
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Dugald
A. Fletcher
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/s/ Lori D. Pressman
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/s/ Charles E. Ramsey
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Lori
D. Pressman
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Charles
E. Ramsey
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/s/
James E. Roberts
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/s/
Richard P. Shanley
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James
E. Roberts
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Richard
P. Shanley
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INSURED
COPY
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Great
American
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234-62-24-01
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INVESTMENT
COMPANY BOND
GREAT
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
(A Stock
Insurance Company, Herein Called the Underwriter)
DECLARATIONS
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Bond
No. 234-62-24 –
01
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Item 1. Name of Insured (herein called Insured): | Harris & Harris Group, Inc. |
Principal
Address:
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111
West 57th Street, Suite 1100
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New York, NY 10019 |
Item 2.
Bond Period from 12:01 a.m. 03/04/2009 to 12:01 a.m. 03/04/2010 the effective
date of the termination or cancellation of this bond, standard time at the
Principal Address as to each of said dates.
Item 3.
Limit of Liability - Subject to Sections 9, 10 and 12 here of,
Amount
applicable to
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Limit
of Liability
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Deductible
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Insuring
Agreement (A)-FIDELITY
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$6,000,000
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$0
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Insuring
Agreement (B)-ON PREMISES
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$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring
Agreement (C)-IN TRANSIT
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$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring
Agreement (D)-FORGERY OR ALTERATION
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$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring
Agreement (E)-SECURITIES
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$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring
Agreement (F)-COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
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$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring
Agreement (G)-STOP PAYMENT
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$ 100,000
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$
5,000
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Insuring
Agreement (H)-UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT
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$ 100,000
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$
5,000
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Insuring
Agreement (I)-AUDIT EXPENSE
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$ 100,000
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$
5,000
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Insuring
Agreement (J)-TELEFACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS
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Not
Covered
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N/A
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Insuring
Agreement (K)-UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURES
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$ 100,000
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$
5,000
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Optional Insuring Agreements and Coverages | ||||
Insuring Agreement (L)-COMPUTER SYSTEMS |
$6,000,000
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$15,000
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Insuring Agreement (M)-AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEMS |
Not
Covered
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N/A
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If “Not Covered” is inserted above
opposite any specified Insuring Agreement or Coverage, such Insuring Agreement
or Coverage and any other reference thereto in this bond shall be deemed to be
deleted there from.
Item
4. Offices or Premises Covered-Offices acquired or established subsequent
to the effective date of this bond are covered according to the terms of General
Agreement A. All the Insured’s offices or premises in existence at
the time this bond becomes effective are covered under this bond except the
offices or premises located as follows: N/A
Item
5. The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of the
following riders attached hereto: Riders
No. 1
Item 6.
The Insured by the acceptance of this bond gives to the Underwriter terminating
or cancelling prior bond(s) or policy(ies) No.(s) FS 234-62-24-
00 such termination or cancellation to be effective as of the time
this bond becomes effective.
By: Frank J. Schechtacher, Jr.
(Authorized
Representative)
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Great
American
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234-62-24-01
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INVESTMENT
COMPANY BOND
The Underwriter, in consideration of an
agreed premium, and subject to the Declarations made a part hereof, the General
Agreements, Conditions and Limitations and other terms of this bond, agrees with
the Insured, in accordance with Insuring Agreements hereof to which an amount of
insurance is applicable as set forth in Item 3 of the Declarations and with
respect to loss sustained by the Insured at any time but discovered during the
Bond period, to indemnify and hold harmless the Insured for:
INSURING
AGREEMENTS
(A)
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FIDELITY
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Loss resulting from any dishonest or
fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement committed by an Employee,
committed anywhere and whether committed alone or in collusion with others,
including loss of Property resulting from such acts of an Employee, which
Property is held by the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether
so held gratuitously or not and whether or not the Insured is liable
therefore.
Dishonest or fraudulent act(s) as used
in this Insuring Agreement shall mean only dishonest or fraudulent act(s)
committed by such Employee with the manifest intent:
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(a)
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to
cause the Insured to sustain such loss;
and
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(b)
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to
obtain financial benefit for the Employee, or for any other person or
organization intended by the Employee to receive such benefit, other than
salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit sharing,
pensions or other employee benefits earned in the normal course of
employment.
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(B)
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ON
PREMISES
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Loss of Property (occurring with or
without negligence or violence) through robbery, burglary, Larceny, theft,
holdup, or other fraudulent means, misplacement, mysterious unexplainable
disappearance, damage thereto or destruction thereof, abstraction or removal
from the possession, custody or control of the Insured, and loss of
subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges through the
misplacement or loss of Property, while the Property is (or is supposed or
believed by the Insured to be) lodged or deposited within any offices or
premises located anywhere, except in an office listed in Item 4 of the
Declarations or amendment thereof or in the mail or with a carrier for hire
other than an armored motor vehicle company, for the purpose of
transportation.
Offices
and Equipment
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(1)
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Loss
of or damage to furnishings, fixtures, stationary, supplies or equipment,
within any of the Insured’s offices covered under this bond caused by
Larceny or theft in, or by burglary, robbery or hold-up of such office, or
attempt thereat, or by vandalism or malicious mischief;
or
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(2)
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loss
through damage to any such office by Larceny or theft in, or by burglary,
robbery or hold-up of such office or attempt
thereat.
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(C)
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IN
TRANSIT
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Loss of Property (occurring with or
without negligence or violence) through robbery, Larceny, theft, hold-up,
misplacement, mysterious unexplainable disappearance, being lost or otherwise
made away with, damage thereto or destruction thereof, and loss of subscription,
conversion, redemption or deposit privileges through the misplacement or loss of
Property, while the Property is in transit anywhere in the custody of any person
or persons acting as messenger, except while in the mail or with a carrier
for hire, other than an armored motor vehicle company, for the
purpose of transportation, such transit to begin immediately upon receipt of
such Property by the transporting person or persons, and to end immediately upon
delivery thereof at destination.
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American
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234-62-24-01
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(D)
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FORGERY
OR ALTERATION
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Loss through FORGERY or ALTERATION of,
on or in any bills of exchange, checks, drafts, acceptances, certificates of
deposit, promissory notes, or other written promises, orders or directions to
pay sums certain in money due bills, money orders, warrants, orders upon public
treasuries, letters of credit, written instructions, advices or applications
directed to the Insured, authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment,
delivery or receipt of funds or Property, which instructions or advices or
applications purport to have been signed or endorsed by any customer of the
Insured, shareholder or subscriber to shares, whether certificated or
uncertificated, of any Investment Company or by any financial or banking
institution or stock-broker but which instructions, advices or applications
either bear the forged signature or endorsement or have been altered without the
knowledge and consent of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to shares,
whether certificated or uncertificated, of an Investment Company, financial or
banking institution or stockbroker, withdrawal orders or receipts for the
withdrawal of funds or Property, or receipts or certificates of deposit for
Property and bearing the name of the Insured as issuer, or of another Investment
Company for which the Insured acts as agent, excluding, however, any loss
covered under Insuring Agreement (F) hereof whether or not coverage for Insuring
Agreement (F) is provided for in the Declarations of this bond.
Any check or draft (a) made payable to
a fictitious payee and endorsed in the name of such fictitious payee or (b)
procured in a transaction with the maker or drawer thereof or with one acting as
an agent of such maker or drawer or anyone impersonating another and made or
drawn payable to the one so
impersonated and endorsed by anyone other than the one impersonated, shall be
deemed to be forged as to such endorsement.
Mechanically reproduced facsimile
signatures are treated the same as handwritten signatures.
(E)
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SECURITIES
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Loss sustained by the Insured,
including loss sustained by reason of a violation of the constitution, by-laws,
rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization of which the Insured is
a member or which would have been imposed upon the Insured by the constitution,
by-laws, rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization if the Insured
had been a member thereof,
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(1)
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through
the Insured’s having, in good faith and in the course of business, whether
for its own account or for the account of others, in any representative,
fiduciary, agency or any other capacity, either gratuitously or otherwise,
purchased or otherwise acquired, accepted or received, or sold or
delivered, or given any value, extended any credit or assumed any
liability, on the faith of, or otherwise acted upon, any securities,
documents or other written instruments which prove to have
been
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(a)
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Counterfeited,
or
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(b)
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Forged
as to the signature of any maker, drawer, issuer, endorser, assignor,
lessee, transfer agent or registrar, acceptor, surety or guarantor or as
to the signature of any person signing in any other capacity,
or
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(c)
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Raised
or otherwise altered, or lost, or stolen,
or
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(2)
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through
the Insured’s having, in good faith and in the course of business,
guaranteed in writing or witnessed any signatures whether for valuable
consideration or not and whether or not such guaranteeing or witnessing is
ultra vires the Insured, upon any transfers, assignments, bills of sale,
powers of attorney, guarantees, endorsements or other obligations upon or
in connection with any securities, documents or other written instruments
and which pass or purport to pass title to such securities, documents or
other written instruments; EXCLUDING, losses caused by FORGERY or
ALTERATION of, on or in those instruments covered under Insuring Agreement
(E) hereof.
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COPY
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Great
American
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234-62-24-01
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Securities, documents or other written
instruments shall be deemed to mean original (including original counterparts)
negotiable or non-negotiable agreements which in and of themselves represent an
equitable interest, ownership, or debt, including an assignment thereof which
instruments are in the ordinary course of business, transferable by delivery of
such agreements with any necessary endorsement or assignment.
The word “counterfeited” as used in
this Insuring Agreement shall be deemed to mean any security, document or other
written instrument which is intended to deceive and to be taken for an
original.
Mechanically reproduced facsimile
signatures are treated the same as handwritten signatures.
(F)
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COUNTERFEIT
CURRENCY
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Loss through the receipt by the
Insured, in good faith, of any counterfeited money orders or altered paper
currencies or coin of the United States of America or Canada issued or
purporting to have been issued by the United States of America or Canada or
issued pursuant to a United States of America or Canadian statute for use as
currency.
(G)
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STOP
PAYMENT
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Loss against any and all sums which the
Insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the Liability imposed upon
the Insured by law for damages:
For
having either complied with or failed to comply with any written notice of any
customer, shareholder or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized
Representative of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to stop payment of
any check or draft made or drawn by such customer, shareholder or
subscriber or any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder or
subscriber, or
For
having refused to pay any check or draft made or drawn by any customer,
shareholder or subscriber of the Insured, or any Authorized Representative of
such customer, shareholder or subscriber.
(H)
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UNCOLLECTIBLE
ITEMS OF DEPOSIT
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Loss resulting from payments of
dividends or fund shares, or withdrawals permitted from any customer’s,
shareholder’s or subscriber’s account based upon Uncollectible items of Deposit
of a customer, shareholder or subscriber credited by the Insured or the
Insured’s agent to such customer’s, shareholder’s or subscriber’s Mutual Fund
Account: or
loss resulting from any item of Deposit
processed through an Automated Clearing House which is reversed by the customer,
shareholder or subscriber and deemed uncollectible by the Insured.
Loss includes dividends and interest
accrued not to exceed 15% of the Uncollectible items which are
deposited.
This Insuring Agreement applies to all
Mutual Funds with “exchange privileges” if all Fund(s) in the exchange program
are insured by a Great American Insurance Company of Cincinnati, OH for
Uncollectible Items of Deposit. Regardless of the number of
transactions between Fund(s) the minimum number of days of deposit within the
Fund(s) before withdrawal as declared in the Fund(s) prospectus shall begin from
the date a deposit was first credited to any Insured Fund(s).
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American
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234-62-24-01
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(I)
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AUDIT
EXPENSE
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Expense incurred by the Insured for
that part of the costs of audits or examinations required by any governmental
regulatory authority to be conducted either by such authority or by an
independent accountant by reason of the discovery of loss sustained by the
Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or
Embezzlement of any of the Employees. The total liability of the Underwriter for
such expense by reason of such acts of any Employee or in which such Employee is
concerned or implicated or with respect to any one audit or examination is
limited to the amount stated opposite Audit Expense in Item 3 of the
Declarations; it being understood, however, that such expense shall be deemed to
be a loss sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s),
including Larceny or Embezzlement of one or more of the Employees and the
liability under this paragraph shall be in addition to the Limit of Liability
stated in Insuring Agreement (A) in Item 3 of the Declarations.
(J)
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TELEFACSIMILE
TRANSMISSIONS
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Loss resulting by reason of the Insured
having transferred, paid or delivered any funds or Property, established any
credit, debited any account, or given any value relying on any fraudulent
instructions sent by a customer or financial institution by Telefacsimile
Transmission directed to the Insured, authorizing or acknowledging the transfer,
payment, or delivery of funds or property, the establishment of a credit,
debiting of any account, or the giving of value by the Insured, but only if such
telefacsimile instructions:
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(I)
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bear
a valid test key exchanged between the Insured and a customer or another
financial institution with authority to use such test key for
Telefacsimile instructions in the ordinary course of business, but which
test key has been wrongfully obtained by a person who was not authorized
to initiate, make, validate or authenticate a test key arrangement;
and
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(ii)
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Fraudulently
purport to have been sent by such customer or financial institution, but
which telefacsimile instructions are transmitted without the knowledge or
consent of such customer or financial institution by a person other than
such customer or financial institution and which bear a forged signature.
“Telefacsimile” means a system of transmitting written documents by
electronic signals over telephone lines to equipment maintained by the
Insured within its communication room for the purposes of reproducing a
copy of said document. It does not mean electronic
communication sent by Telex, TWC, or electronic mail, or Automated
Clearing House.
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(K)
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UNAUTHORIZED
SIGNATURES
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Loss resulting directly from the
Insured having accepted, paid or cashed any check or withdrawal order, draft,
made or drawn on a customer’s account which bears the signature or endorsement
of one other than a person whose name and signature is on the application on
file with the Insured as a signatory on such account.
It shall be a condition precedent to
the Insured’s right to recovery under this Insuring Agreement that the Insured
shall have on file signatures of all persons who are authorized signatories on
such account.
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American
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GENERAL
AGREEMENTS
(A)
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ADDITIONAL
OFFICES OR EMPLOYEES- CONSOLIDATION OR
MERGER-NOTICE
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(1)
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If
the Insured shall, while this bond is in force, establish any additional
office or offices, such office or offices shall be automatically covered
hereunder from the dates of their establishment,
respectively. No notice to the Underwriter of an increase
during any premium period in the number of offices or in the number of
Employees at any of the offices covered hereunder need be given and no
additional premium need be paid for the remainder of such premium
period.
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(2)
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If
an Investment Company, named as insured herein, shall, while this bond is
in force, merge or consolidate with, or purchase the assets of another
institution, coverage for such acquisition shall apply automatically from
the date of acquisition. The Insured shall notify the Underwriter of such
acquisition within 60 days of said date, and an additional premium shall
be computed only if such acquisition involves additional offices or
employees.
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(B)
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WARRANTY
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No statement made by or on behalf of
the Insured, whether contained in the application or otherwise, shall be deemed
to be a warranty of anything except that it is true to the best of the knowledge
and belief of the person making the statement.
(C)
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COURT
COSTS AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES (Applicable to
all Insuring Agreements or Coverages now or hereafter forming part of this
bond)
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The Underwriter will Indemnify the
Insured against court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred and paid by
the Insured in defense, whether or not successful, whether or not fully
litigated on the merits and whether or not settled of any suit or legal
proceeding brought against the Insured to enforce the Insured’s liability or
alleged liability on account of any loss, claim or damage which, if established
against the Insured, would constitute a loss sustained by the Insured covered
under the terms of this bond provided, however, that with respect to Insuring
Agreement (A) this indemnity shall apply only in the event that
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(1)
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An
Employee admits to being guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent act(s),
including Larceny or Embezzlement;
or
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(2)
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An
Employee is adjudicated to be guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or
Embezzlement;
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(3)
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In
the absence of (1) or (2) above an arbitration panel agrees, after a
review of an agreed statement of facts, that an Employee would be found
guilty of dishonesty if such Employee were
prosecuted.
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The Insured shall promptly give notice
to the Underwriter of any such suit or legal proceeding and at the request of
the Underwriter shall furnish it with copies of all pleadings and other papers
therein. At the Underwriter’s election the Insured shall permit the
Underwriter to conduct the defense of such suit or legal proceeding, in the
Insured’s name, through attorneys of the Underwriter’s selection. In
such event, the Insured shall give all reasonable information and assistance
which the Underwriter shall deem necessary to the proper defense of such suit or
legal proceeding.
If the Insured’s liability or alleged
liability is greater than the amount recoverable under this bond, or if a
Deductible Amount is applicable, the liability of the Underwriter under this
General Agreement is limited to that percentage of litigation expense determined
by pro ration of the bond limit of liability to the amount claimed,
after the application of any deductible. This litigation expense will be in
addition to the Limit of Liability for the applicable Insuring
Agreement.
(D)
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FORMER
EMPLOYEE
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Acts of Employee, as defined in this
bond, are covered under Insuring Agreement (A) only while the Employee is in the
Insured’s employ. Should loss involving a former Employee of the
Insured be discovered subsequent to the termination of employment, coverage
would still apply under Insuring Agreement (A) if the direct proximate cause of
the loss occurred while the former Employee performed duties within the scope of
his/her employment.
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FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS AND
GENERAL
AGREEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND
LIMITATIONS:
SECTION
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DEFINITIONS
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The following terms, as used in this
bond, shall have the respective meanings stated in this Section:
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“Employee”
means:
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Any
of the Insured’s officers, partners, or employees,
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any
of the officers or employees of any predecessor of the Insured whose
principal assets are acquired by the Insured by consolidation or merger
with, or purchase of assets of capital stock of such predecessor,
and
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attorneys
retained by the Insured to perform legal services for the Insured and the
employees of such attorneys while such attorneys or the employees of such
attorneys are performing such services for the Insured,
and
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Guest
students pursuing their studies or duties in any of the Insured’s offices,
and
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directors
or trustees of the Insured, the investment advisor, underwriter
(distributor), transfer agent, or shareholder accounting record keeper, or
administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or
other required records, but only while performing acts coming within the
scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee or while acting as a
member of any committee duly elected or appointed to examine or audit or
have custody of or access to the Property of the Insured,
and
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any
individual or individuals assigned to perform the usual duties of an
employee within the premises of the Insured by contract, or by any agency
furnishing temporary personnel on a contingent or part-time basis,
and
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each
natural person, partnership or corporation authorized by written agreement
with the Insured to perform services as electronic data processor of
checks or other accounting records of the Insured, but excluding any such
processor who acts as transfer agent or in any other agency capacity in
issuing checks, drafts or securities for the Insured, unless included
under Sub-section (9) hereof, and
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Those
persons so designated in section 15, Central Handling of Securities,
and
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Any
officer, partner or Employee of
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An
investment advisor,
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An
underwriter (distributor),
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A
transfer agent or shareholder accounting record-keeper,
or
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an
administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or
other required records,
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for an
Investment Company, named as Insured while performing acts coming within the
scope of the usual duties of an officer or Employee of any Investment Company
named as Insured herein, or while acting as a member of any committee duly
elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to the
Property of any such Investment Company, provided that only Employees or
partners of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting record-Keeper or
administrator which is an affiliated person as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, of an Investment Company named as Insured or is an affiliated
person of the adviser, underwriter or administrator of such Investment Company,
and which is not a bank, shall be included within the definition of
Employee.
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Each
employer of temporary personnel or processors as set forth in Sub-Sections (6)
and (7) of Section 1 (a) and their partners, officers and employees shall
collectively be deemed to be one person for all the purposes of this bond,
excepting, however, the last paragraph of Section 13. Brokers or other agents
under contract or representatives of the same general character shall not be
considered Employees.
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“Property”
means money (i.e. currency, coin, bank notes, Federal Reserve notes),
postage and revenue stamps, U.S. Savings Stamps, bullion, precious metals
of all kinds and in any form and articles made there from, jewelry,
watches, necklaces, bracelets, gems, precious and semi-precious stones,
bonds, securities, evidences of debts, debentures, scrip, certificates,
interim receipts, warrants, rights, puts, calls, straddles, spreads,
transfers, coupons, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, notes, checks,
withdrawal orders, money orders, warehouse receipts, bills of lading,
conditional sales contracts, abstracts of title, insurance policies,
deeds, mortgages under real estate and/or chattels and upon interests
therein, and assignments of such policies, mortgages and instruments, and
other valuable papers, including books of account and other records used
by the Insured in the conduct of its business, and all other instruments
similar to or in the nature of the foregoing including electronic
Representations of such Instruments enumerated above (but excluding all
data processing records) in which the Insured has an interest or in which
the Insured acquired or should have acquired an interest by reason of a
predecessor’s declared financial condition at the time of the Insured’s
consolidation or merge with, or purchase of the principal assets of, such
predecessor or which are held by the Insured for any purpose or in any
capacity and whether so held by the Insured for any purpose or in any
capacity and whether so held gratuitously or not and whether or not the
Insured is liable therefore.
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“Forgery”
means the signing of the name of another with the intent to deceive; it
does not include the signing of one’s own name with or without authority,
in any capacity, or for any
purpose.
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“Larceny
and Embezzlement” as it applies to any named Insured means those acts as
set forth in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of
1940.
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(e)
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“Items
of Deposit” means any one or more checks and
drafts.
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EXCLUSIONS
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THIS BOND
DOES NOT COVER:
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(a)
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Loss
effected directly or indirectly by means of forgery or alteration of, on
or in any instrument, except when covered by Insuring Agreement (A), (D),
(E) or (F).
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loss
due to riot or civil commotion outside the United States of America and
Canada; or loss due to military, naval or usurped power, war or
insurrection unless such loss occurs in transit in the circumstances
recited in Insuring Agreement (D), and unless, when such transit was
initiated, there was no knowledge of such riot, civil commotion, military,
naval or usurped power, war or insurrection on the part of any person
acting for the Insured in initiating such
transit.
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loss,
in time of peace or war, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting
from the effects of nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity; provided,
however, that this paragraph shall not apply to loss resulting from
industrial uses of nuclear energy.
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loss
resulting from any wrongful act or acts of any person who is a member of
the Board of Directors of the Insured or a member of any equivalent body
by whatsoever name known unless such person is also an Employee or an
elected official, partial owner or partner of the Insured in some other
capacity, nor, in any event, loss resulting from the act or acts of any
person while acting in the capacity of a member of such Board or
equivalent body.
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loss
resulting from the complete or partial nonpayment of, or default upon, any
loan or transaction in the nature of, or amounting to, a loan made by or
obtained from the Insured or any of its partners, directors or Employees,
whether authorized or unauthorized and whether
procured in good faith or through trick, artifice, fraud or false
pretenses, unless such loss is covered under Insuring Agreement (A), (E)
or (F).
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Loss
resulting from any violation by the Insured or by any
Employee
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(1)
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of
law regulating (a) the issuance, purchase or sale of securities, (b)
securities transactions upon Security Exchanges or over the counter
market, (c) Investment Companies, or (d) Investment Advisors,
or
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(2)
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Of
any rule or regulation made pursuant to any such
law,
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unless
such loss, in the absence of such laws, rules or regulations, would be covered
under Insuring Agreements (A) or (E).
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loss
of Property or loss of privileges through the misplacement or loss of
Property as set forth in Insuring Agreement (C) or (D) while the Property
is in the custody of any armored motor vehicle company, unless such loss
shall be in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured
under (a) the Insured’s contract with said armored motor vehicle company,
(b) insurance carried by said armored motor vehicle company for the
benefit of users of its service, and (c) all other insurance and indemnity
in force in whatsoever form carried by or for the benefit of users of said
armored motor vehicle company’s service, and then this bond shall cover
only such excess.
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Potential
income, including but not limited to interest and dividends, not realized
by the Insured because of a loss covered under this bond, except as
included under Insuring Agreement
(I).
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(i)
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all
damages of any type for which the Insured is legally liable, except direct
compensatory damages arising
from a loss covered under this
bond.
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Loss
through the surrender of Property away from an office of the Insured as a
result of a threat
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to
do bodily harm to any person, except loss of Property in transit in the
custody of any person acting as messenger provided that when such transit
was initiated there was no knowledge by the Insured of any such threat,
or
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To
do damage to the premises or Property of the Insured, except when covered
under Insuring Agreement (A).
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(k)
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All
costs, fees and other expenses incurred by the Insured in establishing the
existence of or amount of loss covered under this bond unless such
indemnity is provided for under Insuring Agreement
(I).
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loss
resulting from payments made or withdrawals from the account of a customer
of the Insured, shareholder or subscriber to shares involving funds
erroneously credited to such account, unless such payments are made to or
withdrawn by such depositor or representative of such person, who is
within the premises of the drawee bank of the Insured or within the office
of the Insured at the time of such payment or withdrawal or unless such
payment is covered under Insuring Agreement
(A).
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Any
loss resulting from Uncollectible Items of Deposit which are drawn from a
financial institution outside the fifty states of the United States of
America, District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the
United States of America, and
Canada.
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ASSIGNMENT
OF RIGHTS
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This bond does not afford coverage in
favor of any Employers of temporary personnel or of processors as set forth in
sub-sections (6) and (7) of Section 1(a) of this bond, as aforesaid, and upon
payment to the insured by the Underwriter on account of any loss through
dishonest or fraudulent act(s) including Larceny or Embezzlement committed by
any of the partners, officers or employees of such Employers, whether acting
alone or in collusion with others, an assignment of such of the Insured’s rights
and causes of action as it may have against such Employers by reason of such
acts so committed shall, to the extent of such payment, be given by the Insured
to the Underwriter, and the Insured shall execute all papers necessary to secure
to the Underwriter the rights herein provided for.
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LOSS-NOTICE-PROOF-LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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This bond is for the use and benefit
only of the Insured named in the Declarations and the Underwriter shall not be
liable hereunder for loss sustained by anyone other than the Insured unless the
Insured, in its sole discretion and at its option, shall include such loss in
the Insured’s proof of loss. At the earliest practicable moment after
discovery of any loss hereunder the Insured shall give the Underwriter written
notice thereof and shall also within six months after such discovery furnish to
the Underwriter affirmative proof of loss with full particulars. If
claim is made under this bond for loss of securities or shares, the Underwriter
shall not be liable unless each of such securities or shares is identified in
such proof of loss by a certificate or bond number or, where such securities or
shares are uncertificated, by such identification means as agreed to by the
Underwriter. The Underwriter shall have thirty days after notice and
proof of loss within which to investigate the claim, and this shall apply
notwithstanding the loss is made up wholly or in part of securities of which
duplicates may be obtained. Legal proceedings for recovery of any
loss hereunder shall not be brought prior to the expiration of sixty days after
such proof of loss is filed with the Underwriter nor after the expiration of
twenty-four months from the discovery of such loss, except that any action or
proceeding to recover hereunder on account of any judgment against the
Insured
in any suit mentioned in General Agreement C or to recover attorneys’ fees paid
in any such suit, shall be begun within twenty-four months from the date upon
which the judgment in such suit shall become final. If any limitation
embodied in this bond is prohibited by any law controlling the construction
hereof, such limitation shall be deemed to be amended so as to be equal to the
minimum period of limitation permitted by such law.
Discovery occurs when the
Insured
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becomes
aware of facts, or
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(b)
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receives
written notice of an actual or potential claim by a third party which
alleges that the Insured is liable under
circumstance
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which
would cause a reasonable person to assume that a loss covered by the bond has
been or will be incurred even though the exact amount or details of loss may not
be then known.
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VALUATION
OF PROPERTY
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The value of any Property, except books
of accounts or other records used by the Insured in the conduct of its business,
for the loss of which a claim shall be made hereunder, shall be determined by
the average market value of such Property on the business day next preceding the
discovery of such loss; provided, however, that the value of any Property
replaced by the Insured prior to the payment of claim therefore shall be the
actual market value at the time of replacement; and further provided that in
case of a loss or misplacement of interim certificates, warrants, rights, or
other securities, the production which is necessary to the exercise of
subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges, the value thereof
shall be the market value of such privileges immediately preceding the
expiration thereof if said loss or misplacement is not discovered until after
their expiration. If no market price is quoted for such Property or
for such privileges, the value shall be fixed by agreement between the parties
or by arbitration.
In case of any loss or damage to
Property consisting of books of accounts or other records used by the Insured in
the conduct of its business, the Underwriter shall be liable under this bond
only if such books or records are actually reproduced and then for not more than
the cost of blank books, blank pages or other materials plus the cost of labor
for the actual transcription or copying of data which shall have been furnished
by the Insured in order to reproduce such books and other
records.
SECTION
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VALUATION
OF PREMISES AND FURNISHINGS
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In case of damage to any office of the
Insured, or loss of or damage to the furnishings, fixtures, stationary,
supplies, equipment, safes or vaults therein, the Underwriter shall not be
liable for more than the actual cash value thereof, or for more than the actual
cost of their replacement or repair. The Underwriter may, at its
election, pay such actual cash value or make such replacement or
repair. If the Underwriter and the Insured cannot agree upon such
cash value or such cost or replacement or repair, such shall be determined by
arbitration.
SECTION
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LOST
SECURITIES
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If the Insured shall sustain a loss of
securities the total value of which is in excess of the limit stated in Item 3
of the Declarations of this bond, the liability of the Underwriter shall be
limited to payment for, or duplication of, securities having value equal to the
limit stated in Item 3 of the Declarations of this bond.
If the Underwriter shall make payment
to the Insured for any loss of securities, the Insured shall thereupon assign to
the Underwriter all of the Insured’s rights, title and interests in and to said
securities.
With respect to securities the value of
which do not exceed the Deductible Amount (at the time of the discovery of the
loss) and for which the Underwriter may at its sole discretion and option and at
the request of the Insured issue a Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect
replacement thereof, the Insured will pay the usual premium charged therefore
and will indemnify the Underwriter against all loss or expense that the
Underwriter may sustain because of the issuance of such Lost Instrument Bond or
Bonds.
With respect to securities the value of
which exceeds the Deductible Amount (at the time of discovery of the loss) and
for which the Underwriter may issue or arrange for the issuance of a Lost
Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect replacement thereof, the Insured agrees that
it will pay as premium therefore a proportion of the usual premium charged
therefore, said proportion being equal to the percentage that the Deductible
Amount bears to the value of the securities upon discovery of the loss, and that
it will indemnify the issuer of said Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds against all
loss and expense that is not recoverable from the Underwriter under the terms
and conditions of this INVESTMENT COMPANY BOND subject to the Limit of Liability
hereunder.
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In case of recovery, whether made by
the Insured or by the Underwriter, on account of any loss in excess of the Limit
of Liability hereunder plus the Deductible Amount applicable to such loss from
any source other than suretyship, insurance, reinsurance, security or indemnity
taken by or for the benefit of the Underwriter, the net amount of such recovery,
less the actual costs and expenses of making same, shall be applied to reimburse
the Insured in full for the excess portion of such loss, and the remainder, if
any, shall be paid first in reimbursement of the Underwriter and thereafter in
reimbursement of the Insured for that part of such loss within the Deductible
Amount. The Insured shall execute all necessary papers to secure to
the Underwriter the rights provided for herein.
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NON-REDUCTION
AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL
LIABILITY
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At all times prior to termination
hereof this bond shall continue in force for the limit stated in the applicable
sections of Item 3 of the Declarations of this bond notwithstanding any previous
loss for which the Underwriter may have paid or be liable to pay hereunder;
PROVIDED, however, that regardless of the number of years this bond shall
continue in force and the number of premiums which shall be payable or paid, the
liability of the Underwriter under this bond with respect to all loss resulting
from
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any
one act of burglary, robbery or hold-up, or attempt thereat, in which no
Partner or Employee is concerned or implicated shall be deemed to be one
loss, or
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Any
one unintentional or negligent act on the part of any
one person resulting in damage to or destruction or misplacement of
Property, shall be deemed to be one loss,
or
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All
wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a) above, of any one person
shall be deemed to be one loss, or
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all
wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a) above, of one or more
persons (which dishonest act(s) or act(s) of Larceny or Embezzlement
include, but are not limited to, the failure of an Employee to report such
acts of others) whose dishonest act or acts intentionally or
unintentionally, knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly, aid or
aids in any way, or permits the continuation of, the dishonest act or acts
of any other person or persons shall be deemed to be one loss with the act
or acts of the persons aided, or
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any
one casualty or event other than those specified in (a), (b), (c) or (d)
preceding, shall be deemed to be one loss, and shall be limited to the
applicable Limit of Liability stated in Item 3 of the Declarations of this
bond irrespective of the total amount of such loss or losses and shall not
be cumulative in amounts from year to year or from period to
period.
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Sub-section (c) is not applicable to
any situation to which the language of sub-section (d) applies.
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LIMIT
OF LIABILITY
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With respect to any loss set forth in
the PROVIDED clause of Section 9 of this bond which is recoverable or recovered
in whole or in part under any other bonds or policies issued by the Underwriter
to the Insured or to any predecessor in interest of the Insured and terminated
or cancelled or allowed to expire and in which the period for discovery has not
expired at the time any such loss there under is discovered, the total liability
of the Underwriter under this bond and under other bonds or policies shall not
exceed, in the aggregate, the amount carried hereunder on such
loss or the amount available to the Insured under such other bonds, or policies,
as limited by the terms and conditions thereof, for any such loss if the latter
amount be the larger.
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OTHER
INSURANCE
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If the Insured shall hold, as indemnity
against any loss covered hereunder, any valid and enforceable insurance or
suretyship, the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for such amount of
such loss which is in excess of the amount of such other insurance or
suretyship, not exceeding, however, the Limit of Liability of this bond
applicable to such loss.
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The Underwriter shall not be liable
under any of the Insuring Agreements of this bond on account of loss as
specified, respectively, in sub-sections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section
9, NON-REDUCTION AND NONACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY, unless
the amount of such loss, after deducting the net amount of all reimbursement
and/or recovery obtained or made by the insured, other than from any bond or
policy of insurance issued by an insurance company and covering such loss, or by
the Underwriter on account thereof prior to payment by the Underwriter of such
loss, shall exceed the Deductible Amount set forth in Item 3 of the Declarations
hereof (herein called Deductible Amount) and then for such excess only, but in
no event for more than the applicable Limit of Liability stated in Item 3 of the
Declarations.
The Insured will bear, in addition to
the Deductible Amount, premiums on Lost Instrument Bonds as set forth in Section
7.
There shall be no deductible applicable
to any loss under Insuring Agreement A sustained by any Investment Company named
as Insured herein.
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The Underwriter may terminate this bond
as an entirety by furnishing written notice specifying the termination date
which cannot be prior to 90 days after the receipt of such written notice by
each Investment Company named as Insured and the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C. The Insured may terminate this bond as
an entirety by furnishing written notice to the Underwriter. When the
Insured cancels, the Insured shall furnish written notice to the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. prior to 90 days before the effective date
of the termination. The Underwriter shall notify all other Investment
Companies named as Insured of the receipt of such termination notice and the
termination cannot be effective prior to 90 days after receipt of written notice
by all other Investment Companies. Premiums are earned until the
termination date as set forth herein.
This Bond will terminate as to any one
Insured, (other than a registered management investment company), immediately
upon taking over of such Insured by a receiver or other liquidator or by State
or Federal officials, or immediately upon the filing of a petition under any
State or Federal statute relative to bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Insured, or assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Insured, or
immediately upon such Insured ceasing to exist, whether through merger into
another entity, or by disposition of all of its assets.
This Bond will terminate as to any
registered management investment company upon the expiration of 90 days after
written notice has been given to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C.
The Underwriter shall refund the
unearned premium computed as short rates in accordance with the standard short
rate cancellation tables if terminated by the Insured or pro rata if terminated
for any other reason.
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as
to any Employee as soon as any partner, officer or supervisory
Employee of the Insured, who is not in collusion with such Employee, shall
learn of any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or
Embezzlement on the part of such Employee without prejudice to the loss of
any Property then in transit in the custody of such Employee and upon the
expiration of ninety (90) days after written notice has been given to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. (See Section 16[d])
and to the Insured Investment Company,
or
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as
to any Employee 90 days after receipt by each Insured and by the
Securities and Exchange Commission of a written notice from the
Underwriter of its desire to terminate this bond as to such Employee,
or
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as
to any person, who is a partner, officer or employee
of any Electronic Data Processor covered under this bond, from and after
the time that the Insured or any partner or officer thereof not in
collusion with such person shall have knowledge of information that such
person has committed any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny
or Embezzlement in the service of the Insured or otherwise, whether such
act be committed before or after the time this bond is
effective.
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RIGHTS
AFTER TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION
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At any time prior to the termination or
cancellation of this bond as an entirety, whether by the Insured or the
Underwriter, the Insured may give to the Underwriter notice that if desires
under this bond an additional period of 12 months within which to discover loss
sustained by the Insured prior to the effective date of such termination or
cancellation and shall pay an additional premium therefore.
Upon receipt of such notice from the
Insured, the Underwriter shall give its written consent
thereto: provided, however, that such additional period of time shall
terminate immediately;
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on
the effective date of any other insurance obtained by the Insured, its
successor in business or any other party, replacing in whole or in part
the insurance afforded by this bond, whether or not such other insurance
provides coverage for loss sustained prior to its effective date,
or
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Upon
takeover of the Insured’s business by any State or Federal official or
agency, or by any receiver or liquidator,
acting or appointed for this purpose without the necessity of the
Underwriter giving notice of such termination. In the event
that such additional period of time is terminated, as provided above, the
Underwriter shall refund any unearned
premium.
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The right to purchase such additional
period for the discovery of loss may not be exercised by any State or Federal
official or agency, or by any receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed to
take over the Insured’s business for the operation or for the liquidation
thereof or for any other purpose.
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HANDLING OF SECURITIES
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Securities included in the systems for
the central handling of securities established and maintained by Depository
Trust Company, Midwest Depository Trust Company, Pacific Securities Depository
Trust Company, and Philadelphia Depository Trust Company, hereinafter called
Corporations, to the extent of the Insured’s interest therein as effective by
the making of appropriate entries on the books and records of such Corporations
shall be deemed to be Property.
The words “Employee” and “Employees”
shall be deemed to include the officers, partners, clerks and other employees of
the New York Stock Exchange, Boston Stock Exchange, Midwest Stock Exchange,
Pacific Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, hereinafter called
Exchanges, and of the above named Corporations, and of any nominee in whose name
is registered any security included within the systems for the central handling
of securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and any employee
of any recognized service company, while such officers, partners, clerks and
other employees and employees of service companies perform services for such
Corporations in the operation of such systems. For the purpose of the
above definition a recognized service company shall be any company providing
clerks or other personnel to said Exchanges or Corporation on a contract
basis.
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The Underwriter shall not be liable on
account of any loss(es) in connection with the central handling of securities
within the systems established and maintained by such Corporations, unless such
loss(es) shall be in excess of the amount(s) recoverable or recovered under any
bond or policy if insurance indemnifying such Corporations, against such
loss(es), and then the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for the
Insured’s share of such excess loss(es), but in no event for more than the Limit
of Liability applicable hereunder.
For the purpose of determining the
Insured’s share of excess loss(es) it shall be deemed that the Insured has an
interest in any certificate representing any security included within such
systems equivalent to the interest the Insured then has in all certificates
representing the same security included within such systems and that such
Corporation shall use their best judgment in apportioning the amount(s)
recoverable or recovered under any bond or policy of insurance indemnifying such
Corporations against such loss(es) in connection with the central handling of
securities within such systems among all those having an interest as recorded by
appropriate entries in the books and records of such Corporations in Property
involved in such loss(es) on the basis that each such interest shall share in
the amount(s) so recoverable or recovered in the ratio that the value of each
such interest bears to the total value of all such interests and that the
Insured’s share of such excess loss(es) shall be the amount of the Insured’s
interest in such Property in excess of the amount(s) so apportioned to the
Insured by such Corporations.
This bond does not afford coverage in
favor of such Corporations or Exchanges or any nominee in whose name is
registered any security included within the systems for the central handling of
securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and upon payment to
the Insured by the Underwriter on account of any loss(Es) within the systems, an
assignment of such of the Insured’s rights and causes of action as it may have
against such Corporations or Exchanges shall to the extent of such payment, be
given by the Insured to the Underwriter, and the Insured shall execute all
papers necessary to secure to the Underwriter the rights provided for
herein.
SECTION
16.
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ADDITIONAL
COMPANIES INCLUDED AS INSURED
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If more than one corporation,
co-partnership or person or any combination of them be included as the Insured
herein:
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(a)
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The
total liability of the Underwriter hereunder for loss or losses sustained
by any one or more or all of them shall not exceed the limit for which the
Underwriter would be liable hereunder if all such loss were sustained by
any one of them.
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(b)
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the
one first named herein shall be deemed authorized to make, adjust and
receive and enforce payment of all claims hereunder and shall be deemed to
be the agent of the others for such purposes and for the giving or
receiving of any notice required or permitted to be given by the terms
hereof, provided that the Underwriter shall furnish each named Investment
Company with a copy of the bond and with any amendment thereto, together
with a copy of each formal filing of the settlement of each such claim
prior to the execution of such
settlement,
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The
Underwriter shall not be responsible for the proper application of any
payment made hereunder to said first named
Insured,
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knowledge
possessed or discovery made by any partner, officer or supervisory
Employee of any Insured shall for the purpose of Section 4 and Section 13
of this bond constitute knowledge or discovery by all the Insured,
and
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If
the first named Insured ceases for any reason to be covered under this
bond, then the Insured next named shall thereafter be considered as the
first named Insured for the purposes of this
bond.
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NOTICE
AND CHANGE OF CONTROL
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Upon the Insured’s obtaining knowledge
of a transfer of its outstanding voting securities which results in a change in
control (as set forth in Section 2(a) (9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940)
of the Insured, the Insured shall within thirty (30) days of such knowledge give
written notice to the Underwriter setting forth:
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The
names of the transferors and transferees (or the names of the beneficial
owners if the voting securities are requested in another name),
and
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The
total number of voting securities owned by the transferors and the
transferees (or the beneficial owners), both immediately before and after
the transfer, and
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The
total number of outstanding voting
securities.
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As used in this section, control means
the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of
the Insured.
Failure to give the required notice
shall result in termination of coverage of this bond, effective upon the date of
stock transfer for any loss in which any transferee is concerned or
implicated.
Such notice is not required to be given
in the case of an Insured which is an Investment Company.
SECTION
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CHANGE
OR MODIFICATION
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This bond or any instrument amending or
effecting same may not be changed or modified orally. No changes in
or modification thereof shall be effective unless made by written endorsement
issued to form a part hereof over the signature of the Underwriter’s Authorized
Representative. When a bond covers only one Investment Company no
change or modification which would adversely affect the rights of the Investment
Company shall be effective prior to 60 days after written notification has been
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C. by the
Insured or by the Underwriter. If more than one Investment Company is
named as the Insured herein, the Underwriter shall give written notice to each
Investment Company and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C. not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of any change or
modification which would adversely affect the rights of such Investment
Company.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Underwriter has caused this bond to be executed on the
Declarations Page.
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RIDER NO.
1
INSURING
AGREEMENT L
To be
attached to and form part of Bond No. 234-62-24 - 01
In favor
of Harris & Harris Group, Inc.
It is
agreed that:
1. The
attached bond is amended by adding an additional Insuring Agreement as
follows:
COMPUTER
SYSTEMS
Loss
resulting directly from a fraudulent
(1)
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Entry
of data into, or
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(2)
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Change
of data elements or programs within
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a
Computer System; provided that fraudulent entry or change causes
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(a)
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Property
to be transferred paid or
delivered,
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(b)
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An
account of the Insured, or of its customer, to be added, deleted, debited
or credited, or
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(c)
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An
unauthorized account or a fictitious account to be debited or
credited;
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Voice
instructions or advices having been transmitted to the Insured or its
agent(s) by telephone;
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and
provided further, the fraudulent entry or change is made or caused by an
individual acting with the manifest intent to:
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(i)
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cause
the Insured or its agent(s) to sustain a loss,
and
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(ii)
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Obtain
financial benefit for that individual or for other persons intended by
that individual to receive financial
benefit,
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(iii)
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and
further provided such voice instructions or
advices:
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(a)
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Were
made by a person who purported to represent an individual authorized to
make such voice instructions or advices;
and
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Were
electronically recorded by the Insured or its
agent(s).
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(4) It
shall be a condition to recovery under the Computer Systems Rider that the
Insured or its agent(s) shall to the best of their ability electronically record
all voice instructions or advices received over telephone. The
Insured or its agent(s) warrant that they shall make their best efforts to
maintain the electronic recording system on a continuous
basis. Nothing, however, in this Rider shall bar the Insured from
recovery where no recording is available because of mechanical failure of the
device used in making such recording, or because of failure of the media used to
record a conversation from any cause, or error omission of any Employee(s) or
agent(s) of the Insured.
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SCHEDULE
OF SYSTEMS
Insureds
Proprietary System
2. As
used in this Rider, Computer System means:
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Computers
with related peripheral components, including storage components, wherever
located,
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(b)
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Systems
and applications software,
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(c)
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Terminal
devices,
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(d)
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Related
communication networks or customer communication systems,
and
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(e)
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Related
Electronic Funds Transfer Systems,
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by which
data are electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored, and
retrieved.
3. In
addition to the exclusion in the attached bond, the following exclusions are
applicable to this Insuring Agreement:
(a) loss
resulting directly or indirectly from the theft of confidential information,
material or data: and (b) loss resulting directly or indirectly from
entries or changes made by an individual authorized to have access to a Computer
System who acts in good faith on instructions, unless such instructions are
given to that individual by a software contractor (or by a partner, officer or
employee thereof) authorized by the Insured to design, develop, prepare, supply
service, write or implement programs for the Insured’s Computer
System.
4. The
following portions of the attached bond are not applicable to this
Rider:
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The
initial paragraph of the bond preceding the Insuring Agreements which
reads “...at any time but discovered during the Bond
Period.”
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Section
9-NON-REDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND
TOTAL
LIABILITY
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(c) Section
10-LIMIT OF LIABILITY
5. The
coverage afforded by this rider applies only to loss discovered by the Insured
during the period this Rider is in force.
6. All
loss or series of losses involving the fraudulent activity of one individual, or
involving fraudulent activity, in which one individual is implicated, whether or
not that individual is specifically identified, shall be treated as one
loss. A series of losses involving unidentified individuals but
arising from the same method of operation may be deemed by the Underwriter to
involve the same individual and in that event shall be treated as one
loss.
7. The
Limit of Liability for the coverage provided by this Rider shall be Dollars,
$6,000,000.
8. The
Underwriter shall be liable hereunder for the amount by which one loss shall be
in excess of $15,000 (herein called the Deductible Amount) but not in excess of
the Limit of Liability stated above.
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9. If
any loss is covered under this Insuring Agreement and any other Insuring
Agreement or Coverage, the maximum amount payable for such loss shall not exceed
the largest amount available under any one Insuring Agreement or
Coverage.
10. Coverage
under this Rider shall terminate upon termination or cancellation of the bond to
which this Rider is attached. Coverage under this rider may also be
terminated or cancelled without cancelling the bond as an entirety:
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90
days after receipt by the Insured of written notice from the Underwriter
of its desire to terminate or cancel coverage under this Rider,
or
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(b)
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Immediately
upon receipt by the Underwriter of a written request from the Insured to
terminate or cancel coverage under this
Rider.
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The
Underwriter shall refund to the Insured the unearned premium for this coverage
under this Rider. The refund shall be computed at shore rates if this
Rider is terminated or cancelled or reduces by notice from, or at the instance
of the Insured.
11. Section
4-LOSS-NOTICE-PROOF-LEGAL PROCEEDING of the Conditions and Limitations of this
bond is amended by adding the following sentence:
“Proof of
Loss resulting from Voice Instructions or advices covered under this bond shall
include Electronic Recording of such Voice Instructions or
advices.”
12. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, however, coverage afforded by the Rider is not designed to
provide protection against loss covered under a separate Electronic and Computer
Crime Policy by whatever title assigned or by whatever Underwriter
written. Any loss which is covered under such separate Policy is
excluded from coverage under this bond; and the Insured agrees to make claim for
such loss under its separate Policy.
13. This
rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 03/04/2009 standard
time.
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