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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898432-25-000524
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250728
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250728
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250728

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001843181
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17G
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-23635
		FILM NUMBER:		251156244

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-476-9000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10104

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Neuberger Berman 5G Connectivity Fund Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20210128
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    <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Premiums for the Bond have been paid through the period ending April 30, 2026.&#160;This filing includes the following exhibits:</div>
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            <td style="width: 21.79%; vertical-align: bottom;">
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              <div style="text-align: right; margin-right: 3.15pt; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">$20,000,000</div>
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              <div style="text-align: right; margin-right: 12.6pt; line-height: 11.4pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">$150,000</div>
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              <div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Offices or Premises Covered--All the Insured&#8217;s offices or other premises in existence at the time this Bond becomes effective are covered under this
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              <div>
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                            <div style="margin-left: 72pt;">By: ____<u>/S/ Swenitha Nalli</u>_______________ <br>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">NOTICE</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This policy is issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. State insurance
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ICI Mutual Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group (the &#8220;Underwriter&#8221;), in consideration of an agreed premium, and in reliance upon the Application and all
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        <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Loss resulting directly from any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act committed by an Employee, committed anywhere and whether committed alone or in collusion with other persons
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        <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Expense incurred by the Insured for that part of the costs of audits or examinations required by any governmental regulatory authority or Self-Regulatory Organization to be
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        <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Loss of Property resulting directly from any Mysterious Disappearance, or any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act committed by a person physically present in an office or on the
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        <div style="margin-bottom: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Loss of Property resulting directly from any Mysterious Disappearance or Dishonest or Fraudulent Act while the Property is physically (not electronically)
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        <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Loss resulting directly from the Insured having, in good faith, paid or transferred any Property in reliance upon any Written, Original:</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">instructions, requests or applications directed to the Insured, authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment, redemption, delivery or receipt of money or
                  Property, or giving notice of any bank account (provided such instructions or requests or applications purport to have been signed or endorsed by (a) any customer of the Insured, or (b) any shareholder of or subscriber to shares issued by
                  any Investment Company, or (c) any financial or banking institution or stockbroker, and further provided such instructions, requests, or applications either bear the forged signature or endorsement or have been altered without the
                  knowledge and consent of such customer, such shareholder or subscriber to shares issued by an Investment Company, or such financial or banking institution or stockbroker); or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">withdrawal orders or receipts for the withdrawal of 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;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">which bear (a) a Forgery, or (b) an Alteration, but only to the extent that the Forgery or Alteration directly causes the loss.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actual physical possession by the Insured or its authorized representative of the items listed in (1)&#160;through (3) above is a condition
        precedent to the Insured having relied upon the items.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This Insuring Agreement E does not cover loss caused by Forgery or Alteration of Securities or loss covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">F.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Loss resulting directly from the Insured, in good faith, in the ordinary course of business, and in any capacity whatsoever, whether for its
          own account or for the account of others, having acquired, accepted or received, or sold or delivered, or given any value, extended any credit or assumed any liability in reliance on any Written, Original Securities, where such loss results from
          the fact that such Securities prove to:</div>
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      <br>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">be Counterfeit, but only to the extent that the Counterfeit directly causes the loss, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
                <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">be lost or stolen, or</div>
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      </div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
                  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">contain a Forgery or Alteration, but only to the extent the Forgery or Alteration directly causes the loss,</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify;">and notwithstanding whether or not the act of the Insured causing such loss violated the constitution, by-laws, rules, or regulations of any Self-Regulatory Organization,
        whether or not the Insured was a member thereof. </div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">3</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Insuring Agreement F does not cover loss covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Actual physical possession by the Insured or its authorized representative of the Securities is a condition precedent to
        the Insured having relied upon the Securities.</div>
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      </div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY</font></div>
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        <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting directly from the receipt by the Insured, in good faith of any Counterfeit Currency.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Insuring Agreement G does not cover loss covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
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              <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">H.</td>
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                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT</font></div>
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        <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting directly from the payment of dividends, issuance of Fund shares or redemptions or exchanges permitted from
        an account with the Fund as a consequence of</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">uncollectible Items of Deposit of a Fund&#8217;s customer, shareholder or subscriber credited by the Insured or its agent to such person&#8217;s Fund account, or</div>
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      </div>
      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z3ad7c017a73542879add85f299e92874" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any Item of Deposit processed through an automated clearing house which is reversed by a Fund&#8217;s customer, shareholder or subscriber and is deemed uncollectible by the Insured;</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PROVIDED, that (a) Items of Deposit shall not be deemed uncollectible until the Insured&#8217;s collection procedures have
        failed, (b) exchanges of shares between Funds with exchange privileges shall be covered hereunder only if all such Funds are insured by the Underwriter for uncollectible Items of Deposit, and (c) the Insured Fund shall have implemented and
        maintained a policy to hold Items of Deposit for the minimum number of days stated in its Application (as amended from time to time) before paying any dividend or permitting any withdrawal with respect to such Items of Deposit (other than exchanges
        between Funds). Regardless of the number of transactions between Funds in an exchange program, the minimum number of days an Item of Deposit must be held shall begin from the date the Item of Deposit was first credited to any Insured Fund.</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Insuring Agreement H does not cover loss covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">I.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">PHONE/ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting directly from a Phone/Electronic Transaction, where the request for such Phone/Electronic Transaction:</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zab19232622e74274b855fcb6145135c2" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is transmitted to the Insured or its agents by voice over the telephone or by Electronic Transmission; and</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z64276d159a4840da961924b500ffac84" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is made by an individual purporting to be a Fund shareholder or subscriber or an authorized agent of a Fund shareholder or subscriber; and</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z53e6fe5fde7a495d888e065c7e415503" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is unauthorized or fraudulent and is made with the manifest intent to deceive;</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PROVIDED, that the entity receiving such request generally maintains and follows during the Bond Period all
        Phone/Electronic Transaction Security Procedures with respect to all Phone/Electronic Transactions; and</div>
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        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">4</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">EXCLUDING loss resulting from:</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z5ff05812c3054927bd755378835cf570" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the failure to pay for shares attempted to be purchased; or</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z0f07f6298dd447df9d430a689ab72943" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any redemption of Investment Company shares which had been improperly credited to a shareholder&#8217;s account where such shareholder (a) did not cause, directly or indirectly, such
                shares to be credited to such account, and (b) directly or indirectly received any proceeds or other benefit from such redemption; or</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z615ffa78d67b45898a8d78fd618c4d26" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any redemption of shares issued by an Investment Company where the proceeds of such redemption were requested (i) to be paid or made payable to other than an Authorized
                Recipient or an Authorized Bank Account or (ii) to be sent to other than an Authorized Address;</div>
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      </div>
      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zf17bc28f9c4c4c13b461cbc75e007786" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(4)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the intentional failure to adhere to one or more Phone/Electronic Transaction Security Procedures; or</div>
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      </div>
      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zf82b0d4ecfc548a3ac1fc6d296898e5e" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(5)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a Phone/Electronic Transaction request transmitted by electronic mail or transmitted by any method not subject to the Phone/Electronic Transaction Security Procedures; or</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the failure or circumvention of any physical or electronic protection device, including any firewall, that imposes restrictions on the flow of electronic traffic in or out of
                any Computer System.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Insuring Agreement I does not cover loss covered under Insuring Agreement A, &#8220;Fidelity&#8221; or Insuring Agreement J,
        &#8220;Computer Security&#8221;.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">GENERAL AGREEMENTS</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">ADDITIONAL OFFICES OR EMPLOYEES&#8212;CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER&#8212;NOTICE</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as provided in paragraph 2 below, this Bond shall apply to any additional office(s) established by the Insured during the Bond Period and to all Employees during the Bond Period, without the
                need to give notice thereof or pay additional premiums to the Underwriter for the Bond Period.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If during the Bond Period an Insured Investment Company shall merge or consolidate with an institution in which such Insured is the surviving entity, or purchase substantially
                all the assets or capital stock of another institution, or acquire or create a separate investment portfolio, and shall within sixty (60) days notify the Underwriter thereof, then this Bond shall automatically apply to the Property and
                Employees resulting from such merger, consolidation, acquisition or creation from the date thereof; provided, that the Underwriter may make such coverage contingent upon the payment of an additional premium.</div>
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                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WARRANTY</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">No statement made by or on behalf of the Insured, whether contained in the Application or otherwise, shall be deemed to be
        an absolute warranty, but only a warranty that such statement is true to the best of the knowledge of the person responsible for such statement.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS&#8217; FEES</font></td>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Underwriter will indemnify the Insured against court costs and reasonable attorneys&#8217; fees incurred and paid by the
        Insured in defense of any legal proceeding brought against the Insured seeking recovery for any loss which, if established against the Insured, would constitute a loss 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:</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">an Employee admits to having committed or is adjudicated to have committed a Dishonest or Fraudulent Act which caused the loss; or</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the absence of such an admission or adjudication, an arbitrator or arbitrators acceptable to the Insured and the Underwriter concludes, after a review of an agreed statement
                of facts, that an Employee has committed a Dishonest or Fraudulent Act which caused the loss.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Insured shall promptly give notice to the Underwriter of any such legal proceeding and upon request shall furnish the
        Underwriter with copies of all pleadings and other papers therein. At the Underwriter&#8217;s election the Insured shall permit the Underwriter to conduct the defense of such legal proceeding in the Insured&#8217;s name, through attorneys of the Underwriter&#8217;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 legal proceeding.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If the amount of the Insured&#8217;s liability or alleged liability in any such legal proceeding is greater than the amount
        which the Insured would be entitled to recover under this Bond (other than pursuant to this General Agreement C), or if a Deductible Amount is applicable, or both, the indemnity liability of the Underwriter under this General Agreement C is limited
        to the proportion of court costs and attorneys&#8217; fees incurred and paid by the Insured or by the Underwriter that the amount which the Insured would be entitled to recover under this Bond (other than pursuant to this General Agreement C) bears to
        the sum of such amount plus the amount which the Insured is not entitled to recover. Such indemnity shall be in addition to the Limit of Liability for the applicable Insuring Agreement.</div>
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                <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">INTERPRETATION</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27.35pt; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond shall be interpreted with due regard to the purpose of fidelity bonding under Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
        (i.e., to protect innocent third parties from harm) and to the structure of the investment management industry (in which a loss of Property resulting from a cause described in any Insuring Agreement ordinarily gives rise to a potential legal
        liability on the part of the Insured), such that the term &#8220;loss&#8221; as used herein shall include an Insured&#8217;s legal liability for direct compensatory damages resulting directly from a misappropriation, or measurable diminution in value, of Property.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">6</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold'; font-weight: bold;">THIS BOND, INCLUDING THE FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS<br>
        AND GENERAL AGREEMENTS, IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING<br>
        <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 18pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The following terms used in this Bond shall have the meanings stated in this Section:</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Alteration&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means the marking,
                    changing or altering in a material way of the terms, meaning or legal effect of a document with the intent to deceive.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Application&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means the
                    Insured&#8217;s application (and any attachments and materials submitted in connection therewith) furnished to the Underwriter for this Bond.</font></div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">C.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Authorized Address&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means (1)
                    any Officially Designated address to which redemption proceeds may be sent, (2) any address designated in writing (not to include Electronic Transmission) by the Shareholder of Record and received by the Insured at least one (1) day
                    prior to the effective date of such designation, or (3) any address designated by voice over the telephone or by Electronic Transmission by the Shareholder of Record at least 15 days prior to the effective date of such designation.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Authorized Bank Account&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means
                    any Officially Designated bank account to which redemption proceeds may be sent.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Authorized Recipient&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means
                    (1) the Shareholder of Record, or (2) any other Officially Designated person to whom redemption proceeds may be sent.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Computer System&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means (1)
                    computers with related peripheral components, including storage components, (2) systems and applications software, (3) terminal devices, (4) related communications networks or customer communication systems, and (5) related electronic
                    funds transfer systems; by which data or monies are electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored or retrieved.</font></div>
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                    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Convertible Virtual Currency&#8221;</font> means Digital Assets that have an equivalent value in real currency, or
                      that act as a substitute for real currency, including, without limitation, stablecoins and other cryptocurrency.</div>
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                    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Counterfeit</font>&#8221; means a Written imitation of an actual
                        valid Original which is intended to deceive and to be taken as the Original.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Currency&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means a medium of
                    exchange in current use authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government as part of its official currency.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Deductible Amount&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means, with
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Depository&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means any
                    &#8220;securities depository&#8221; (other than any foreign securities depository) in which an Investment Company may deposit its Securities in accordance with Rule 17f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">7</font></div>
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                    means any dishonest or fraudulent act, including &#8220;larceny and embezzlement&#8221; as defined in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, committed with the conscious manifest intent (1) to cause the Insured to sustain a loss and (2)
                    to obtain an improper financial benefit for the perpetrator or any other person or entity. A Dishonest or Fraudulent Act does not mean or include a reckless act, a negligent act, or a grossly negligent act. As used in this definition,
                    &#8220;improper financial benefit&#8221; does not include any employee benefits received in the course of employment, including salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit sharing or pensions.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Electronic Transmission&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means
                    any transmission effected by electronic means, including but not limited to a transmission effected by telephone tones, Telefacsimile, wireless device, or over the Internet.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Employee&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means:</font></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of the Insured, and</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of any predecessor of the Insured whose principal assets are acquired by the Insured by consolidation or merger with, or
                purchase of assets or capital stock of, such predecessor, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each attorney performing legal services for the Insured and each employee of such attorney or of the law firm of such attorney while performing services for the Insured, and</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each student who is an authorized intern of the Insured, while in any of the Insured&#8217;s offices, and</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(a)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">an investment adviser,</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">an underwriter (distributor),</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(c)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a transfer agent or shareholder accounting recordkeeper, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(d)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">an administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or other required records,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">for an Investment Company named as an Insured, BUT ONLY while (i) such officer, partner or employee is performing acts
        coming within the scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee of an Insured, or (ii) such officer, director, trustee, partner or employee is 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, or (iii) such director or trustee (or anyone acting in a similar capacity) is acting outside the scope of the usual duties of a director or trustee; PROVIDED, that the term &#8220;Employee&#8221; shall not include
        any officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting recordkeeper or administrator (x) which is not an &#8220;affiliated person&#8221; (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) of an
        Investment Company named as an Insured or of the adviser or underwriter of such Investment Company, or (y) which is a &#8220;Bank&#8221; (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940), and</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each individual assigned, by contract or by any agency furnishing temporary personnel, in either case on a contingent or part-time basis, to perform the usual duties of an
                employee in any office of the Insured, and</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">8</font></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each individual assigned to perform the usual duties of an employee or officer of any entity 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 a processor which acts as transfer agent or in any other agency capacity for the Insured in issuing checks, drafts or securities, unless included under
                subsection (5) hereof, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(8)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each officer, partner or employee of</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(a)</td>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(b)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any nominee in whose name is registered any Security included in the systems for the central handling of securities established and maintained by any Depository, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(c)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any recognized service company which provides clerks or other personnel to any Depository or Exchange on a contract basis,</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 49.5pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">while such officer, partner or employee is performing services for any Depository in the operation of systems for the central handling of
        securities, and</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the case of an Insured which is an &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; (as defined in Section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;)) for officers, directors
                or employees of another Insured (&#8220;In-House Plan&#8221;), any &#8220;fiduciary&#8221; or other &#8220;plan official&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 412 of ERISA) of such In-House Plan, provided that such fiduciary or other plan official is a director, partner,
                officer, trustee or employee of an Insured (other than an In-House Plan).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Each employer of temporary personnel and each entity referred to in subsections (6) and (7) and their respective partners,
        officers and employees shall collectively be deemed to be one person for all the purposes of this Bond.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Brokers, agents, independent contractors, or representatives of the same general character shall not be considered
        Employees, except as provided in subsections (3), (6), and (7).</div>
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                    securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Forgery&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means the physical
                    signing on a document of the name of another person with the intent to deceive. A Forgery may be by means of mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures as well as handwritten signatures. Forgery does not include the signing of an
                    individual&#8217;s own name, regardless of such individual&#8217;s authority, capacity or purpose.</font></div>
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                    more checks or drafts.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Investment Company&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> or <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Fund&#8221;</font> means an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</font></div>
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                    with respect to any Insuring Agreement, the limit of liability of the Underwriter for any Single Loss covered by such Insuring Agreement as set forth under the heading &#8220;Limit of Liability&#8221; in Item 3 of the Declarations or in any Rider
                    for such Insuring Agreement.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Mysterious Disappearance&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">
                    means any disappearance of Property which, after a reasonable investigation has been conducted, cannot be explained.</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">9</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Non-Fund&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means any
                    corporation, business trust, partnership, trust or other entity which is not an Investment Company.</font></div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Non-Fungible Tokens&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> mean Digital Assets that are unique digital identifiers
                      that are recorded on cryptographically secured distributed ledgers or any similar technology, and that are used to certify authenticity and/or ownership of unique assets that cannot be traded, divided, or exchanged at equivalency.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Officially Designated&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means
                    designated by the Shareholder of Record:</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 22.15pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the initial account application,</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in writing accompanied by a signature guarantee, or</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in writing or by Electronic Transmission, where such designation is verified via a callback to the Shareholder of Record by the Insured at a predetermined telephone number
                provided by the Shareholder of Record to the Insured in writing at least 30 days prior to such callback.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Original&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means the first
                    rendering or archetype and does not include photocopies or electronic transmissions even if received and printed.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Phone/Electronic Transaction&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">
                    means any (1) redemption of shares issued by an Investment Company, (2) election concerning dividend options available to Fund shareholders, (3) exchange of shares in a registered account of one Fund into shares in an identically
                    registered account of another Fund in the same complex pursuant to exchange privileges of the two Funds, or (4) purchase of shares issued by an Investment Company, which redemption, election, exchange or purchase is requested by voice
                    over the telephone or through an Electronic Transmission.</font></div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">AA.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Phone/Electronic Transaction Security Procedures&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means security procedures for Phone/<br>
                    Electronic Transactions as set forth in the Application and/or as otherwise provided in writing to the Underwriter.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Property&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means the following
                    tangible items: money, postage and revenue stamps, precious metals, Securities, bills of exchange, acceptances, checks, drafts, or other written orders or directions to pay sums certain in money, certificates of deposit, due bills,
                    money orders, letters of credit, financial futures contracts, conditional sales contracts, abstracts of title, insurance policies, deeds, mortgages, and assignments of any of the foregoing, 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 (but excluding all data processing records), (1) in which the Insured has a legally
                    cognizable interest, (2) in which the Insured acquired or should have acquired such an interest by reason of a predecessor&#8217;s declared financial condition at the time of the Insured&#8217;s consolidation or merger with, or purchase of the
                    principal assets of, such predecessor or (3) which are held by the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Securities&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means original
                    negotiable or non-negotiable agreements or instruments which represent an equitable or legal interest, ownership or debt (including stock certificates, bonds, promissory notes, and assignments thereof), which are in the ordinary course
                    of business transferable by physical delivery with appropriate endorsement or assignment. &#8220;Securities&#8221; does not include bills of exchange, acceptances, certificates of deposit, checks, drafts, or other written orders or directions to
                    pay sums certain in money, due bills, money orders, or letters of credit.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Security Company&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means an
                    entity which provides or purports to provide the transport of Property by secure means, including, without limitation, by use of armored vehicles or guards.</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">10</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Self-Regulatory Organization&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">
                    means any association of investment advisers or securities dealers registered under the federal securities laws, or any Exchange.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Shareholder of Record&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means
                    the record owner of shares issued by an Investment Company or, in the case of joint ownership of such shares, all record owners, as designated (1) in the initial account application, or (2) in writing accompanied by a signature
                    guarantee, or (3) pursuant to procedures as set forth in the Application and/or as otherwise provided in writing to the Underwriter.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Single Loss&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means:</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 22.15pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">all loss&#160; caused by any one act (other than a Dishonest or Fraudulent Act) committed by one person, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.15pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">all loss caused by Dishonest or Fraudulent Acts committed by one person, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.15pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">all expenses incurred with respect to any one audit or examination, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.15pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(4)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">all loss caused by any one occurrence or event other than those specified in subsections (1)&#160;through (3) above.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All acts or omissions of one or more persons which directly or indirectly aid or, by failure to report or otherwise,
        permit the continuation of an act referred to in subsections (1) and (2) above of any other person shall be deemed to be the acts of such other person for purposes of this subsection.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All acts or occurrences or events which have as a common nexus any fact, circumstance, situation, transaction or series of
        facts, circumstances, situations, or transactions shall be deemed to be one act, one occurrence, or one event.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Telefacsimile&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means a system
                    of transmitting and reproducing fixed graphic material (as, for example, printing) by means of signals transmitted over telephone lines or over the Internet.</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Written&#8221;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> means expressed
                    through letters or marks placed upon paper and visible to the eye.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 2. EXCLUSIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">THIS BOND DOES NOT COVER:</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">A.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from (1) riot or civil commotion outside the United States of America and Canada, or (2) war, revolution, insurrection, action by armed forces, or usurped power,
                wherever occurring; except if such loss occurs while the Property is in transit, is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement D, and when such transit was initiated, the Insured or any person initiating such transit on the Insured&#8217;s behalf
                had no knowledge of such riot, civil commotion, war, revolution, insurrection, action by armed forces, or usurped power.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss in time of peace or war resulting from nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity, or biological or chemical agents or
                  hazards, or fire, smoke, or explosion, or the effects of any of the foregoing.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act committed by any person while acting in the capacity of a member of the Board
                  of Directors or any equivalent body of the Insured or of any other entity.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">11</font></div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from any nonpayment or other default of any loan or similar transaction made by the Insured or any of its partners,
                  directors, officers or employees, whether or not authorized and whether procured in good faith or through a Dishonest or Fraudulent Act, unless such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A, E, or F.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from any violation by the Insured or by any Employee of any law, or any rule or regulation pursuant thereto or
                  adopted by a Self-Regulatory Organization, regulating the issuance, purchase or sale of securities, securities transactions upon security exchanges or over the counter markets, Investment Companies, or investment advisers, unless such
                  loss, in the absence of such law, rule or regulation, would be covered under Insuring Agreement A, E, or F.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from Property that is the object of a Dishonest or Fraudulent Act or Mysterious Disappearance while in the custody
                  of any Security Company, unless such loss is covered under this Bond and is in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured under (1) the Insured&#8217;s contract with such Security Company, and (2) insurance or indemnity of any
                  kind carried by such Security Company for the benefit of, or otherwise available to, users of its service, in which case this Bond shall cover only such excess, subject to the applicable Limit of Liability and Deductible Amount.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Potential income, including but not limited to interest and dividends, not realized by the Insured because of a loss covered under
                  this Bond, except when covered under Insuring Agreement H.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss in the form of (1) damages of any type for which the Insured is legally liable, except direct compensatory damages, or (2)
                  taxes, fines, or penalties, including without limitation two-thirds of treble damage awards pursuant to judgments under any statute or regulation.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the surrender of Property away from an office of the Insured as a result of kidnap, ransom, or extortion, or a
                  threat</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">to do bodily harm to any person, except where the Property is in transit in the custody of any person acting as messenger as a result of a threat to do bodily harm to such
                person, if the Insured had no knowledge of such threat at the time such transit was initiated, or</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">to do damage to the premises or Property of the Insured,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">unless such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
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      </div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">J.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All costs, fees, and other expenses incurred by the Insured in establishing the existence of or amount of loss covered under this
                  Bond, except to the extent certain audit expenses are covered under Insuring Agreement B.</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">K.</div>
              </td>
              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from payments made to or withdrawals from any account, involving funds erroneously credited to such account, unless
                  such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
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      </div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">L.</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from uncollectible Items of Deposit which are drawn upon a financial institution outside the United States of
                  America, its territories and possessions, or Canada.</div>
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      </div>
      <div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the Dishonest or Fraudulent Acts or other acts or omissions of an Employee primarily engaged in the sale of
                  shares issued by an Investment Company to persons other than (1) a person registered as a broker under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or (2) an &#8220;accredited investor&#8221; as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act
                  of 1933, which is not an individual.</div>
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        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">12</font></div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">N.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the use of credit, debit, charge, access, convenience, identification, cash management or other cards, whether
                  such cards were issued or purport to have been issued by the Insured or by anyone else, unless such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
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        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z1d541054dd744bfcb99bad8fe4a51135" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">O.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from any purchase, redemption or exchange of securities issued by an Investment Company or other Insured, or any
                  other instruction, request, acknowledgement, notice or transaction involving securities issued by an Investment Company or other Insured or the dividends in respect thereof, when any of the foregoing is requested, authorized or directed
                  or purported to be requested, authorized or directed by voice over the telephone or by Electronic Transmission, unless such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A or Insuring Agreement I.</div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">P.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act or committed by an Employee as defined in Section 1.O(2), unless such loss (1)
                  could not have been reasonably discovered by the due diligence of the Insured at or prior to the time of acquisition by the Insured of the assets acquired from a predecessor, and (2) arose out of a lawsuit or valid claim brought against
                  the Insured by a person unaffiliated with the Insured or with any person affiliated with the Insured.</div>
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      </div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri;">Q.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the unauthorized entry of data into, or the deletion or destruction of data in, or the change of data elements
                  or programs within, any Computer System, unless such loss is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
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      </div>
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        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z8986a5b962464ed38759f0c9f1b0b38a" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">R.</div>
              </td>
              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the theft, disappearance, destruction, disclosure, or unauthorized use of confidential or personal information
                  (including, but not limited to, trade secrets, personal shareholder or client information, shareholder or client lists, personally identifiable financial or medical information, intellectual property, or any other type of non-public
                  information), whether such information is owned by the Insured or held by the Insured in any capacity (including concurrently with another person); provided, however, this exclusion shall not apply to loss arising out of the use of such
                  information to support or facilitate the commission of an act otherwise covered by this Bond.</div>
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      </div>
      <div>
        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z6e35b9643b8e49f39b4ec1a242b9c54b" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">S.</div>
              </td>
              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All costs, fees, and other expenses arising from a data security breach or incident, including, but not limited to, forensic audit
                  expenses, fines, penalties, expenses to comply with federal and state laws and expenses related to notifying affected individuals.</div>
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      </div>
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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">T.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from vandalism or malicious mischief.</div>
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      </div>
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        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z306bbbbfe3504bd6a69779768b2623f8" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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                <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">U.</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting from the theft, disappearance, or destruction of Digital Assets or from the change in value of Digital Assets,
                  unless such loss (1) is sustained by any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that is named as an Insured and (2) is otherwise covered under Insuring Agreement A.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 3. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Upon payment to the Insured hereunder for any loss, the Underwriter shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to
        all of the Insured&#8217;s rights and claims in connection with such loss; provided, however, that the Underwriter shall not be subrogated to any such rights or claims one named Insured under this Bond may have against another named Insured under this
        Bond. At the request of the Underwriter, the Insured shall execute all assignments or other documents and take such action as the Underwriter may deem necessary or desirable to secure and perfect such rights and claims, including the execution of
        documents necessary to enable the Underwriter to bring suit in the name of the Insured.</div>
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          <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform: none;">Blanket Bond (05/23)</div>
        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">13</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assignment of any rights or claims under this Bond shall not bind the Underwriter without the Underwriter&#8217;s written
        consent.</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 4. LOSS</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#8212;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">NOTICE</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#8212;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">PROOF</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#8212;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">LEGAL













          PROCEEDINGS</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond is for the use and benefit only of the Insured and the Underwriter shall not be liable hereunder to anyone other
        than the Insured. As soon as practicable and not more than sixty (60) days after discovery of any loss covered hereunder, the Insured shall give the Underwriter written notice thereof and, as soon as practicable and within one year after such
        discovery, shall also furnish to the Underwriter affirmative proof of loss with full particulars. The Underwriter may extend the sixty-day notice period or the one-year proof of loss period if the Insured requests an extension and shows good cause
        therefor.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Insured shall provide the Underwriter with such information, assistance, and cooperation as the Underwriter may
        reasonably request.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">See also General Agreement C (Court Costs and Attorneys&#8217; Fees).</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Underwriter shall not be liable hereunder for loss of Securities unless each of the Securities is identified in such
        proof of loss by a certificate or bond number or by such identification means as the Underwriter may require. The Underwriter shall have a reasonable period after receipt of a proper affirmative proof of loss within which to investigate the claim,
        but where the Property is Securities and the loss is clear and undisputed, settlement shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours even if the loss involves Securities of which duplicates may be obtained.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Insured shall not bring legal proceedings against the Underwriter to recover any loss hereunder prior to sixty (60)
        days after filing such proof of loss or subsequent to twenty-four (24) months after the discovery of such loss or, in the case of a legal proceeding to recover hereunder on account of any judgment against the Insured in or settlement of any suit
        mentioned in General Agreement C or to recover court costs or attorneys&#8217; fees paid in any such suit, twenty-four (24) months after the date of the final judgment in or settlement of such suit. If any limitation in this Bond is prohibited by any
        applicable law, such limitation shall be deemed to be amended to be equal to the minimum period of limitation permitted by such law.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27.35pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Notice hereunder shall be given to Manager, Professional Liability Claims, ICI Mutual Insurance Company, RRG, 1401 H
        St. NW, Washington, DC 20005, with an electronic copy to LegalSupport@icimutual.com.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: -27pt; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 5. DISCOVERY</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For all purposes under this Bond, a loss is discovered, and discovery of a loss occurs, when the Insured</div>
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      </div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">becomes aware of facts, or</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="z6322fd5d65424624b66f59d60c8f19eb" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">receives notice of an actual or potential claim by a third party which alleges that the Insured is liable under circumstances,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">which would cause a reasonable person to assume that a loss of a type covered by this Bond has been or is likely to be
        incurred, regardless of when the act or acts causing or contributing to such loss occurred, even though the exact amount or details of the loss may not be known.</div>
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        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">14</font></div>
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      <div style="text-indent: -27pt; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 6. VALUATION OF PROPERTY</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For the purpose of determining the amount of any loss hereunder, the value of any Property shall be the market value of
        such Property at the close of business on the first business day before the discovery of such loss; except that</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the value of any Property replaced by the Insured prior to the payment of a claim therefor shall be the actual market value of such Property at the time of replacement, but not
                in excess of the market value of such Property on the first business day before the discovery of the loss of such Property;</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the value of Securities which must be produced to exercise subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges shall be the market value of such privileges immediately
                preceding the expiration thereof if the loss of such Securities is not discovered until after such expiration, but if there is no quoted or other ascertainable market price for such Property or privileges referred to in clauses (1) and (2),
                their value shall be fixed by agreement between the parties or by arbitration before an arbitrator or arbitrators acceptable to the parties; and</div>
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            <td style="width: 22.5pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the value of books of accounts or other records used by the Insured in the conduct of its business shall be limited to the actual cost of blank books, blank pages or other
                materials if the books or records are reproduced plus the cost of labor for the transcription or copying of data furnished by the Insured for reproduction.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: -27pt; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 7. LOST SECURITIES</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The maximum liability of the Underwriter hereunder for lost Securities
          shall be the payment for, or replacement of, such Securities having an aggregate value not to exceed the applicable Limit of Liability. If the Underwriter shall make payment to the Insured for any loss of </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">S<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ecurities, the Insured shall assign to the Underwriter all of the Insured&#8217;s right, title and interest in and to such Securities. In lieu of such payment, the Underwriter may, at its option, replace such lost
            Securities, and in such case the Insured shall cooperate to effect such replacement. To effect the replacement of lost Securities, the Underwriter may issue or arrange for the issuance of a lost instrument bond. If the value of such Securities
            does not exceed the applicable Deductible Amount (at the time of the discovery of the loss), the Insured will pay the usual premium charged for the lost instrument bond and will indemnify the issuer of such bond against all loss and expense
            that it may sustain because of the issuance of such bond.</font></font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If the value of such Securities exceeds the applicable Deductible Amount (at the time of discovery of the loss), the
        Insured will pay a proportion of the usual premium charged for the lost instrument bond, equal to the percentage that the applicable Deductible Amount bears to the value of such Securities upon discovery of the loss, and will indemnify the issuer
        of such bond against all loss and expense that is not recovered from the Underwriter under the terms and conditions of this Bond, subject to the applicable Limit of Liability.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: -27pt; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 8. SALVAGE</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If any recovery is made, whether by the Insured or the Underwriter, on account of any loss within the applicable Limit of
        Liability hereunder, the Underwriter shall be entitled to the full amount of such recovery to reimburse the Underwriter for all amounts paid hereunder with respect to such loss. If any recovery is made, whether by the Insured or the Underwriter, on
        account of any loss in excess of the applicable 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 amount of such recovery, net of the actual costs and expenses of recovery, shall </div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">15</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">be applied to reimburse the Insured in full for the portion of such loss in excess of such Limit of Liability, and the
        remainder, if any, shall be paid first to reimburse the Underwriter for all amounts paid hereunder with respect to such loss and then to the Insured to the extent of the portion of such loss within the Deductible Amount. The Insured shall execute
        all documents which the Underwriter deems necessary or desirable to secure to the Underwriter the rights provided for herein.</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 9. NON-REDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Prior to its termination, this Bond shall continue in force up to the Limit of Liability for each Insuring Agreement for
        each Single Loss, notwithstanding any previous loss (other than such Single 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 any Single Loss shall be limited to the applicable Limit of Liability irrespective of the total amount of such Single Loss and
        shall not be cumulative in amounts from year to year or from period to period.</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 10. MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF UNDERWRITER; OTHER BONDS OR POLICIES</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The maximum liability of the Underwriter for any Single Loss covered by any Insuring Agreement under this Bond shall be
        the Limit of Liability applicable to such Insuring Agreement, subject to the applicable Deductible Amount and the other provisions of this Bond. Recovery for any Single Loss may not be made under more than one Insuring Agreement. If any Single Loss
        covered under this Bond is recoverable or recovered in whole or in part because of an unexpired discovery period under any other bonds or policies issued by the Underwriter to the Insured or to any predecessor in interest of the Insured, the
        maximum liability of the Underwriter shall be the greater of either (1) the applicable Limit of Liability under this Bond, or (2) the maximum liability of the Underwriter under such other bonds or policies.</div>
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        <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 11. <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OTHER INSURANCE</font></font></div>
        <br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if any loss covered by this Bond shall also be covered by other insurance
        or suretyship for the benefit of the Insured, the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for the portion of such loss in excess of the amount recoverable under such other insurance or suretyship, but not exceeding the applicable Limit of
        Liability of this Bond.</div>
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      </div>
      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 12. DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Underwriter shall not be liable under any Insuring Agreement unless the amount of the loss covered thereunder, after
        deducting the net amount of all reimbursement and/or recovery received by the Insured with respect to such loss (other than from any other bond, suretyship or insurance policy or as an advance by the Underwriter hereunder) shall exceed the
        applicable Deductible Amount; in such case the Underwriter shall be liable only for such excess, subject to the applicable Limit of Liability and the other terms of this Bond.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">No Deductible Amount shall apply to any loss covered under Insuring Agreement A sustained by any Investment Company named
        as an Insured.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">16</font></div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 13. TERMINATION</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Underwriter may terminate this Bond as to any Insured or all Insureds only by written notice to such Insured or
        Insureds and, if this Bond is terminated as to any Investment Company, to each such Investment Company terminated thereby and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in all cases not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
        effective date of termination specified in such notice.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Insured may terminate this Bond only by written notice to the Underwriter not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
        effective date of the termination specified in such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the Insured terminates this Bond as to any Investment Company, the effective date of termination shall be not less than sixty (60) days from the date
        the Underwriter provides written notice of the termination to each such Investment Company terminated thereby and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond will terminate as to any Insured that is a Non-Fund immediately and without notice upon (1)&#160;the takeover of such
        Insured&#8217;s business by any State or Federal official or agency, or by any receiver or liquidator, or (2) 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.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Premiums are earned until the effective date of termination. The Underwriter shall refund the unearned premium computed at
        short rates in accordance with the Underwriter&#8217;s standard short rate cancellation tables if this Bond is terminated by the Insured or pro rata if this Bond is terminated by the Underwriter.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Upon the detection by any Insured that an Employee has committed any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act(s), the Insured shall
        immediately remove such Employee from a position that may enable such Employee to cause the Insured to suffer a loss by any subsequent Dishonest or Fraudulent Act(s). The Insured, within two (2) business days of such detection, shall notify the
        Underwriter with full and complete particulars of the detected Dishonest or Fraudulent Act(s).</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For purposes of this section, detection occurs when any partner, officer, or supervisory employee of any Insured, who is
        not in collusion with such Employee, becomes aware that the Employee has committed any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act(s).</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond shall terminate as to any Employee by written notice from the Underwriter to each Insured and, if such Employee
        is an Employee of an Insured Investment Company, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, in all cases not less than sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of termination specified in such notice.</div>
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      </div>
      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 14. RIGHTS AFTER TERMINATION</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At any time prior to the effective date of termination of this Bond as to any Insured, such Insured may, by written notice
        to the Underwriter, elect to purchase the right under this Bond to an additional period of twelve (12) months within which to discover loss sustained by such Insured prior to the effective date of such termination and shall pay an additional
        premium therefor as the Underwriter may require.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Such additional discovery period shall terminate immediately and without notice upon the takeover of such Insured&#8217;s
        business by any State or Federal official or agency, or by any receiver or liquidator. Promptly after such termination the Underwriter shall refund to the Insured any unearned premium.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">17</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The right to purchase such additional discovery period 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&#8217;s business.</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 15. CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Underwriter shall not be liable for loss in connection with the central handling of securities within the systems
        established and maintained by any Depository (&#8220;Systems&#8221;), unless the amount of such loss exceeds the amount recoverable or recovered under any bond or policy or participants&#8217; fund insuring the Depository against such loss (the &#8220;Depository&#8217;s
        Recovery&#8221;); in such case the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for the Insured&#8217;s share of such excess loss, subject to the applicable Limit of Liability, the Deductible Amount and the other terms of this Bond.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 12.55pt;"><br style="line-height: 12.55pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For determining the Insured&#8217;s share of such excess loss, (1) the Insured shall be deemed to have an interest in any
        certificate representing any security included within the Systems equivalent to the interest the Insured then has in all certificates representing the same security included within the Systems; (2) the Depository shall have reasonably and fairly
        apportioned the Depository&#8217;s Recovery among all those having an interest as recorded by appropriate entries in the books and records of the Depository in Property involved in such loss, so that each such interest shall share in the Depository&#8217;s
        Recovery in the ratio that the value of each such interest bears to the total value of all such interests; and (3) the Insured&#8217;s share of such excess loss shall be the amount of the Insured&#8217;s interest in such Property in excess of the amount(s) so
        apportioned to the Insured by the Depository.</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond does not afford coverage in favor of any Depository or Exchange or any nominee in whose name is registered any
        security included within the Systems.</div>
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      </div>
      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 16. ADDITIONAL COMPANIES INCLUDED AS INSURED</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If more than one entity is named as the Insured:</div>
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zf636528b8c3942218970fdf28a5a4115" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the total liability of the Underwriter hereunder for each Single Loss shall not exceed the Limit of Liability which would be applicable if there were only one named Insured,
                regardless of the number of Insured entities which sustain loss as a result of such Single Loss,</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">B.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the Insured first named in Item 1 of the Declarations shall be deemed authorized to make, adjust, and settle, and receive and enforce payment of, all claims hereunder as the
                agent of each other Insured for such purposes and for the giving or receiving of any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder; provided, that the Underwriter shall promptly furnish each named Insured Investment Company with (1) a
                copy of this Bond and any amendments thereto, (2) a copy of each formal filing of a claim hereunder by any other Insured, and (3) notification of the terms of the settlement of each such claim prior to the execution of such settlement,</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">C.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the Underwriter shall not be responsible or have any liability for the proper application by the Insured first named in Item 1 of the Declarations of any payment made hereunder
                to the first named Insured,</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">D.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">for the purposes of Sections 4 and 13, knowledge possessed or discovery made by any partner, officer or supervisory Employee of any Insured shall constitute knowledge or
                discovery by every named Insured,</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">E.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">F.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each named Insured shall constitute &#8220;the Insured&#8221; for all purposes of this Bond.</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 17. NOTICE AND CHANGE OF CONTROL</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Within thirty (30) days after learning that there has been a change in control of an Insured by transfer of its
        outstanding voting securities the Insured shall give written notice to the Underwriter of:</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the names of the transferors and transferees (or the names of the beneficial owners if the voting securities are registered in another name), and</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">B.</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">C.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the total number of outstanding voting securities.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As used in this Section, &#8220;control&#8221; means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of
        the Insured.</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 18. CHANGE OR MODIFICATION</font></div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond may only be modified by written Rider forming a part hereof over the signature of the Underwriter&#8217;s authorized
        representative. Any Rider which modifies the coverage provided by Insuring Agreement A, Fidelity, in a manner which adversely affects the rights of an Insured Investment Company shall not become effective until at least sixty (60) days after the
        Underwriter has given written notice thereof to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., and to each Insured Investment Company affected thereby.</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 19. </font>COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TRADE AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond shall not be deemed to provide any coverage, and the Underwriter shall not be required to pay any loss or
        provide any benefit hereunder, to the extent that the provision of such coverage, payment of such loss or provision of such benefit would cause the Underwriter to be in violation of any applicable trade or economic sanctions, laws or regulations,
        including, but not limited to, any sanctions, laws or regulations administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).</div>
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      <div> <font style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 20. ANTI-BUNDLING</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 27pt; line-height: 12.55pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If any Insuring Agreement requires that an enumerated type of document be Counterfeit, or contain a Forgery or Alteration,
        the Counterfeit, Forgery, or Alteration must be on or of the enumerated document itself, not on or of some other document submitted with, accompanying or incorporated by reference into the enumerated document.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Underwriter has caused this Bond to be executed on the Declarations Page.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 20.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 20.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 1</div>
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                <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
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                  <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
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                <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </font></div>
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                <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> </font></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                  </font></div>
                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> </font></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;&#160; <br>
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              </td>
              <td style="width: 33.33%;">
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              <td style="width: 33.33%;">
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that Item 1 of the Declarations, Name of Insured, shall include (subject
        to the operation of and restrictions contained within the &#8220;Insurance Regulatory Compliance for Non-U.S. Operations Rider&#8221;) the following:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Asia Limited</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Asset Management Ireland Limited<br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman BD LLC</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman East Asia Limited<br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Singapore Pte. Limited<br>
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Europe Limited</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust, a series fund consisting of:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Equity Funds, a series fund consisting of:</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Dividend Growth Fund</div>
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      <div> </div>
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      <div style="text-indent: -18pt; margin-left: 72pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund Inc. <br>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                  <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
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                    <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                  <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
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                  <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that this Bond (other than Insuring Agreements C and D) does not cover loss resulting from or in connection with any business,
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                      <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
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                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
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                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that the exclusion set forth at Section 2.M of this Bond shall not apply with respect to loss resulting from the Dishonest or
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
          <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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                        <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                      <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                      <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                        </font></div>
                      <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that the Deductible Amount for Insuring Agreement E, Forgery or Alteration, and Insuring Agreement F, Securities, shall not apply with respect to loss through
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(3)</td>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(B)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Owner&#8221; means the individual for whose benefit the DRA, or a subaccount thereof, is established.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
        <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0027.0-02 (07/18)</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">
            <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
            <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 5<br>
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                        <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                        <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                          <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                        <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
                        <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                        <div>
                          <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
                        </div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                          </font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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                      <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                        <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;&#160; <br>
                        </div>
                      </td>
                      <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                        <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;</div>
                      </td>
                      <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                        <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;</div>
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        <font style="font-size: 10pt;"></font></div>
      In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that this Bond does not cover any loss resulting from or in connection with the acceptance of any Third Party Check, unless
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">such Third Party Check is used to open or increase an account which is registered in the name of one or more of the payees on such Third Party Check, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">reasonable efforts are made by the Insured, or by the entity receiving Third Party Checks on behalf of the Insured, to verify all endorsements on all Third Party Checks made payable in amounts
                greater than $100,000 (provided, however, that the isolated failure to make such efforts in a particular instance will not preclude coverage, subject to the exclusions herein and in the Bond),</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -72pt; margin-left: 72pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">and then only to the extent such loss is otherwise covered under this Bond.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For purposes of this Rider, &#8220;Third Party Check&#8221; means a check made payable to one or more parties and offered as payment to one or more other parties.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary above or elsewhere in the Bond, this Bond does not cover any loss resulting from
        or in connection with the acceptance of a Third Party Check where:</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
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      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="zfe9b397383c64f588dfc8f72fd170b2f" class="DSPFListTable" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;">

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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any payee on such Third Party Check reasonably appears to be a corporation or other entity; or</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
            <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">such Third Party Check is made payable in an amount greater than $100,000 and does not include the purported endorsements of all payees on such Third Party Check.</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that this Rider shall not apply with respect to any coverage that may be available under Insuring Agreement A, &#8220;Fidelity.&#8221;</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <br>
      <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0030.0-01 (01/02)</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 18.25pt; font-weight: bold;">
            <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">
              <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
              <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
              </div>
              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
              </div>
              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 6<br>
              </div>
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              </div>
              <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.7pt; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: bold;">
                <div style="line-height: 14.4pt; font-size: 10pt;">
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                          <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                          <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                            <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: right; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
                          <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <br>
                            </font></div>
                          <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
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                        <td style="width: 33.33%; font-size: 8pt; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                          <div>
                            <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                        <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                            </font></div>
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                            </font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                            </font></div>
                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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                        <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                          <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;&#160; <br>
                          </div>
                        </td>
                        <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                          <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;</div>
                        </td>
                        <td style="width: 33.33%;">
                          <div style="font-size: 9pt;">&#160;</div>
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        <font style="font-size: 10pt;">NEWLY CREATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES</font></div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in General Agreement A of
        this Bond, Item 1 of the Declarations shall include any Newly Created Investment Company, provided that the Underwriter receives, at least annually, a report that lists (1) all Newly Created Investment Companies created over the preceding twelve
        months, and (2) the estimated net assets of each Newly Created Investment Company as of the date of the report.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For purposes of this Rider, &#8220;Newly Created Investment Company&#8221; shall mean any Investment Company or series thereof (notwithstanding that such Investment Company&#8217;s
        or series&#8217; registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 may not yet be effective), which Investment Company or series (1) was not yet created as of the inception of the Bond Period, and (2) has (or upon registration will have) directors
        who are identical to the directors of another Insured Fund (other than another Newly Created Investment Company).</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that the title in this Rider is included solely for convenience and shall not itself be deemed to be a term or condition of
        coverage, or a description or interpretation thereof.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
      </div>
      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
        <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0033.1-01 (07/21)</div>
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              <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">
                <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
                <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
                <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
                </div>
                <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
                <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
                </div>
                <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 7<br>
                </div>
                <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><br style="line-height: 13.7pt;">
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                            <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                            <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                              <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
                          </td>
                          <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: right; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                            <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
                            <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <br>
                              </font></div>
                            <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
                          </td>
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                          <td style="width: 33.33%; font-size: 8pt; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                            <div>
                              <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
                          </td>
                          <td style="width: 33.33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 4px double rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                            <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                            <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                              </font></div>
                            <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                            <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
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                            <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">In consideration for the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Bond (including Insuring Agreement I), this Bond does not cover any
        loss resulting from any Online Redemption(s) or Online Purchase(s) involving an aggregate amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per shareholder account per day, unless before such redemption(s) or purchase(s), in a procedure
        initiated by the Insured or by the entity receiving the request for such Online Redemption(s) or Online Purchase(s):</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(a)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the Shareholder of Record verifies, by some method other than an Electronic Transmission effected over the Internet, that each such redemption or purchase has been authorized, and</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(b)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">if such redemption or purchase is to be effected by wire to or from a particular bank account, a duly authorized employee of the bank verifies the account number to or from which funds are being
                transferred, and that the name on the account is the same as the name of the intended recipient of the proceeds.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the Limit of Liability set forth herein or any other provision of this Bond, the Limit of Liability with
        respect to any Single Loss caused by an Online Transaction shall be <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Twenty</font> Million Dollars ($<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">20</font>,000,000) and the Deductible Amount applicable to any such Single
        Loss is <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One</font> Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars (<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">$150</font>,000).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that, notwithstanding Section 9, Non-Reduction and Non-Accumulation of Liability and Total Liability, or any other provision of
        this Bond, the Aggregate Limit of Liability of the Underwriter under this Bond with respect to any and all loss or losses caused by Online Transactions shall be an aggregate of <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Twenty</font> Million Dollars ($<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">20</font>,000,000) for the Bond Period, irrespective of the total amount of such loss or losses.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For purposes of this Rider, the following terms shall have the following meanings:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Online Purchase&#8221; means any purchase of shares issued by an Investment Company, which purchase is requested through an Electronic Transmission over the Internet.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Online Redemption&#8221; means any redemption of shares issued by an Investment Company, which redemption is requested through an Electronic Transmission over the
        Internet.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Online Transaction&#8221; means any Phone/Electronic Transaction requested through an Electronic Transmission over the Internet.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive, or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0038.0-02 (06/18)</div>
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                <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">
                  <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
                  <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
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                  <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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                              <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                              <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                              <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
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                              <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
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                              <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                                </font></div>
                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                                </font></div>
                              <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">In consideration for the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that, with respect to Insuring Agreement I only, the Deductible Amount set forth in Item 3 of the Declarations
        (&#8220;Phone/Electronic Deductible&#8221;) shall not apply with respect to a Single Loss, otherwise covered by Insuring Agreement I, caused by:</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: Calibri;">(1)</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a Phone/Electronic Redemption requested to be paid or made payable by check to the Shareholder of Record and sent to an Authorized Address; or</div>
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                <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: Calibri;">(2)</div>
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              <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
                <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a Phone/Electronic Redemption requested to be paid or made payable by wire transfer to the Shareholder of Record at an Authorized Bank Account,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><u>provided</u>, that the Limit of Liability for a Single Loss as described in (1) or (2) above shall be the lesser
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For purposes of this Rider, &#8220;Phone/Electronic Redemption&#8221; means any redemption of shares
          issued by an Investment Company</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">, which redemption is requested (a) by <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">voice over the telephone</font>, (b) through an automated telephone tone or voice response system, (c)
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                    <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
                    <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">a Risk Retention Group</div>
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                                <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                  <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
                                <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <br>
                                  </font></div>
                                <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                  <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
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                                <div><br>
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                                <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                                  </font></div>
                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
                                  </font></div>
                                <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that Section 1.N. Definition of Employee is amended to include
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;(10)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">each individual assigned temporarily by an Insured to perform the usual duties of an employee in any office of the Insured provided that such an individual has successfully completed a background
                check consisting of all of the following:</div>
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                                  <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                  <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                    <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                  <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                  <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                  <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                  <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
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                                  <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Most property and casualty insurers, including ICI Mutual Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group (&#8220;ICI Mutual&#8221;), are subject to the requirements of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;).
        The Act establishes a federal insurance backstop under which ICI Mutual and these other insurers may be partially reimbursed by the United States Government for future <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;insured
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pursuant to the Act, any future losses to ICI Mutual caused by certified <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;acts of terrorism&#8221;</font> may be partially reimbursed
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          losses&#8221;</font> in excess of ICI Mutual&#8217;s <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;insurer deductible&#8221;</font> until total <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;insured losses&#8221;</font> of all participating insurers reach $100 billion (the &#8220;Cap on Annual
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        insurers will not be liable under their policies for their portions of such losses that exceed such amount. Amounts otherwise payable under this Bond may be reduced as a result.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Bond has no express exclusion for <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;acts of terrorism.&#8221;</font> However, coverage under this Bond remains subject to all
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The portion of the premium that is attributable to any coverage potentially available under the Bond for <font style="font-weight: bold;">&#8220;acts of terrorism&#8221;</font>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As used herein, &#8220;Federal Share of Compensation&#8221; shall mean 80% beginning on January 1, 2020.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                    <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                      <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">BOND NUMBER</font></div>
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                                    <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                    <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;">&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div>
                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                    <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that the sixth paragraph of Section 13 of this Bond is amended to read as follows:
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;For purposes of this section, detection occurs when the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                          <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 12<br>
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                                      <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                      <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                        <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                      <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                      <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                      <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that notwithstanding Section 2.Q of this Bond, this Bond is amended by adding an additional Insuring Agreement J as follows:
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 18pt; line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">J.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 18pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">COMPUTER SECURITY</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss (including loss of Property) resulting directly from Computer Fraud; <u>provided</u>, that the Insured has adopted in writing and generally maintains and
        follows during the Bond Period all Computer Security Procedures. The isolated failure of the Insured to maintain and follow a particular Computer Security Procedure in a particular instance will not preclude coverage under this Insuring Agreement,
        subject to the specific exclusions herein and in the Bond.</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><u>Definitions</u>. The following terms used in this Insuring Agreement shall have the following meanings:</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Authorized User&#8221; means any person or entity designated by the Insured (through contract, assignment of User Identification, or otherwise) as authorized to use a Covered Computer System, or any
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Computer Fraud&#8221; means the unauthorized entry of data into, or the deletion or destruction of data in, or change of data elements or programs within, a Covered Computer System which:</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is committed by any Unauthorized Third Party anywhere, alone or in collusion with other Unauthorized Third Parties; <u>and</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is committed with the conscious manifest intent (a) to cause the Insured to sustain a loss, <u>and</u> (b) to obtain financial benefit for the perpetrator or any other person; <u>and</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">causes (x) Property to be transferred, paid or delivered; <u>or</u> (y) an account of the Insured, or of its customer, to be added, deleted, debited or credited; <u>or</u> (z) an unauthorized or
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">c.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Computer Security Procedures&#8221; means procedures for prevention of unauthorized computer access and use and administration of computer access and use as provided in writing to the Underwriter.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Covered Computer System&#8221; means any Computer System as to which the Insured has possession, custody and control.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Unauthorized Third Party&#8221; means any person or entity that, at the time of the Computer Fraud, is not an Authorized User.</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">f.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;User Identification&#8221; means any unique user name (<font style="font-style: italic;">i.e.</font>, a series of characters) that is assigned to a person or entity by the Insured.</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><u>Exclusions</u>. It is further understood and agreed that this Insuring Agreement J shall not cover:</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any loss covered under Insuring Agreement A, &#8220;Fidelity,&#8221; of this Bond; <u>and</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any loss resulting from the intentional failure to adhere to one or more Computer Security Procedures; <u>and</u></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">c.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any loss resulting from a Computer Fraud committed by or in collusion with:</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any Authorized User (whether a natural person or an entity); <u>or</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the case of any Authorized User which is an entity, (a) any director, officer, partner, employee or agent of such Authorized User, or (b) any entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the case of any Authorized User who is a natural person, (a) any entity for which such Authorized User is a director, officer, partner, employee or agent (&#8220;Employer Entity&#8221;), or (b) any
                director, officer, partner, employee or agent of such Employer Entity, or (c) any entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Employer Entity (&#8220;Employer-Related Entity&#8221;), or (d) any director, officer,
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><u>and</u></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">d.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any loss resulting from physical damage to or destruction of any Covered Computer System, or any part thereof, or any data, data elements or media associated therewith; <u>and</u></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">e.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any loss not directly and proximately caused by Computer Fraud (including, without limitation, disruption of business and extra expense); <u>and</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Payments made to any person(s) who has threatened to deny or has denied authorized access to a Covered Computer System or otherwise has threatened to disrupt the business of the Insured.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For purposes of this Insuring Agreement, &#8220;Single Loss,&#8221; as defined in Section 1.GG of this Bond, shall also include all loss caused by Computer Fraud(s) committed
        by one person, or in which one person is implicated, whether or not that person is specifically identified. 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 a Single Loss.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that nothing in this Rider shall affect the exclusion set forth in Section 2.O of this Bond.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Coverage under this Insuring Agreement shall terminate upon termination of this Bond. Coverage under this Insuring Agreement may also be terminated without
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">by written notice from the Underwriter not less than sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of termination specified in such notice; or</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">immediately by written notice from the Insured to the Underwriter.</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0019.1-00 (05/23)</div>
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                            <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
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                            <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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                            <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 13<br>
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                                        <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                        <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                          <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                        <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                          <div style="text-align: left; line-height: 9.1pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE</font></div>
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                                        <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                        <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that this Bond is amended by adding an additional Insuring Agreement M,
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 18pt; line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">M.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 27pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Social Engineering Fraud</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loss resulting directly from the Insured, in good faith, transferring, paying, or delivering money from its own account as a direct result of a Social Engineering
        Fraud;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PROVIDED, that the entity receiving such request generally maintains and follows during the Bond Period all Social Engineering Security Procedures.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Limit of Liability for a Single Loss under this Insuring Agreement M shall be the lesser of (a)&#160;50% of the amount by which such Single Loss exceeds the
        Deductible Amount or (b) $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars), and the Insured shall bear the remainder of any such Single Loss. The Deductible Amount for this Insuring Agreement M is $150,000 (One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Bond, the aggregate Limit of Liability under this Bond with respect to any and all loss or losses under this Insuring
        Agreement M shall be $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars) for the Bond Period, irrespective of the total amount of such loss or losses.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Insuring Agreement M does not cover loss covered under any other Insuring Agreement of this Bond.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is further understood and agreed that for purposes of this rider:</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Communication&#8221; means an instruction that (a) directs an Employee to transfer, pay, or deliver money from the Insured&#8217;s own account, (b) contains a material misrepresentation of fact, and (c) is
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Social Engineering Fraud&#8221; means the intentional misleading of an Employee through the use of a Communication, where such Communication:</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is transmitted to the Employee in writing, by voice over the telephone, or by Electronic Transmission;</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(b)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is made by an individual who purports to be (i) an Employee who is duly authorized by the Insured to instruct another Employee to transfer, pay, or deliver money, or (ii)&#160;an officer or employee of
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is unauthorized, dishonest or fraudulent and is made with the manifest intent to deceive.</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Social Engineering Security Procedures&#8221; means security procedures intended to prevent Social Engineering Fraud as set forth in the Application and/or as otherwise provided in writing to the
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Vendor&#8221; means any entity or individual that provides goods or services to the Insured under a pre-existing, written agreement.</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive, or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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                              <div style="line-height: 20.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,</div>
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                              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</div>
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                              <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">RIDER NO. 14<br>
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                                          <div style="font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">INSURED</font></div>
                                          <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font><br>
                                            <font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC</font></div>
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                                          <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">87164125B</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#160;</font></div>
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                                          <div><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025</font></div>
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                                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">BOND PERIOD</font></div>
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                                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">April 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026</font></font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
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                                          <div style="font-size: 8pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">/S/ Catherine Dalton &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INSURANCE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FOR NON-U.S. OPERATIONS RIDER</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed as follows:</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations of Foreign Jurisdictions Regarding Use of Non-Admitted Insurance: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Notwithstanding that one or more Foreign Entities may be included in the definition of &#8220;Insured&#8221; in Item 1 of the Declarations (as modified by Rider No.&#160;1 or other rider), this Bond does not insure, and the
                  Underwriter shall not be required to pay any loss sustained by, or to provide any benefit hereunder to or on behalf of, any Foreign Entity if doing so would cause the Underwriter or such Foreign Entity or any Insured to be in violation of
                  applicable laws or regulations of any Associated Foreign Jurisdiction regarding the use of Non-Admitted Insurance or the making or acceptance of payments thereunder (&#8220;Prohibited Associated Foreign Jurisdiction&#8221;). Examples of Prohibited
                  Associated Foreign Jurisdictions to which this Part 2 applies shall include but not be limited to the following jurisdictions: Japan, Brazil, India, and China.</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Financial Interest Loss Coverage Extension:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">If permissible pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, a Financial Interest Loss incurred by a U.S. Entity shall be deemed to be a loss sustained by such U.S. Entity for purposes of Section 10 (&#8220;Maximum
                  Liability of Underwriter; Other Bonds or Policies&#8221;) of this Bond, such that coverage under this Bond may extend to a U.S. Entity for its Financial Interest Loss, subject to all of the terms, conditions and limitations of this Bond
                  (including all terms, conditions and limitations of this rider).</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Good Faith Efforts to Resolve Questions:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">In the event that issues arise regarding the application of Part 2 or Part 3 of this rider in the context of a particular situation, representatives of the Underwriter and of a U.S. Entity (acting on behalf of a Foreign Entity if
                  the issue involves Part 2, or on behalf of the U.S. Entity if the issue involves Part 3) shall seek in good faith to resolve such issues to their mutual satisfaction. If the representatives cannot reach a mutually acceptable resolution on
                  their own, they shall in good faith consider soliciting expert outside <br>
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">guidance to assist them in resolving the issues, with the costs and fees of such expert to be shared equally as between the Underwriter and the
                    U.S. Entity. If the representatives are unable to resolve the issues following these good faith efforts to do so, nothing herein shall preclude the U.S. Entity or the Underwriter from thereafter commencing a judicial proceeding to
                    resolve the issues, provided, however, that such a proceeding (i) may not be commenced earlier than ninety (90) days after the representatives have completed the good faith efforts described herein, and (ii) must be in compliance with
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Locally Admitted Insurance:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Without otherwise limiting Section 11 (&#8220;Other Insurance&#8221;) of this Bond or the terms (including, without limitation, Parts 2 and 3) of this rider, any coverage that may otherwise be available under this rider and
                  this Bond for (1) any loss sustained by any Foreign Entity, and/or (2) any Financial Interest Loss sustained by any U.S. Entity, shall be specifically excess of, and shall not contribute with, any coverage available under any Locally
                  Admitted Insurance. A Foreign Entity or U.S. Entity may, however, credit any amount recovered under any Locally Admitted Insurance against the Deductible Amount applicable to a related loss or Financial Interest Loss for which coverage is
                  available under this Bond and this rider, provided that such recovered amount constitutes loss for which coverage would otherwise have been available under the terms of both this rider and Bond.</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">U.S. Entity as Representative:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the first
                  paragraph of Section 4 of this Bond, unless otherwise agreed to by the Underwriter in writing: (1) a U.S. Entity shall act on behalf of all Foreign Entities with respect to all information or payments provided to or by the Underwriter
                  under this Bond; (2) a Foreign Entity shall have no right to provide any such information or payments directly to, or to receive any such information or payments directly from, the Underwriter; and (3) the Underwriter shall have no
                  obligation to receive any information or payments directly from, or to provide any such information or payments directly to, any Foreign Entity. The &#8220;information or payments&#8221; referenced above shall include, without limitation: notice and&#160;
                  an affirmative proof of loss under Section 4 of this Bond; notice of termination under Section 13 of this Bond; notice of a change in control under Section 17 of this Bond;&#160; information, assistance, and cooperation to the Underwriter with
                  regard to the Application or any Bond claim; premiums payable and any return premiums that may be due under this Bond; any loss that may be payable under this Bond; any riders issued to form a part of this Bond; and the exercising or
                  declining the exercise of any right to a discovery period under Section 14 of this Bond.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">c.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Treatment of Financial Interest Loss:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">As the context and logic may demand or suggest, the duties, obligations and rights of Insureds and the Underwriter under this Bond with regard to a loss shall be deemed to apply to a U.S. Entity with regard to a
                  Financial Interest Loss. Thus, by way of illustration, and without limitation:</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(1)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Duties and Obligations of a U.S. Entity:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> Bond provisions obligating Insureds to provide
                  notice and proof of loss (Section 4), to reimburse the Underwriter for a recovery (Section 8), and to take action upon detection that an Employee has committed any Dishonest or Fraudulent Act(s) (Section 13), shall apply to a U.S. Entity
                  with respect to any matter involving a Foreign Entity that may result in a Financial Interest Loss.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(2)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Deductibles: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Bond provisions regarding Deductible Amounts (Section 12) shall apply to a
                  Financial Interest Loss.</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Discovery Period: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Bond provisions affording Insureds with rights to a discovery period
                  (Section 14) shall apply to a U.S. Entity with respect to any matter involving a Foreign Entity that may result in a Financial Interest Loss.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(4)</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Sanctions: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Bond provisions relating to violations of applicable trade or economic
                  sanctions, laws or regulations (Section 19) shall apply to a Financial Interest Loss.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">d.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Actions Against the Underwriter</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">: No action involving any Foreign Entity as a party, or
                  otherwise relating to any Foreign Entity, may be brought against the Underwriter anywhere other than in a court within the State of Vermont in the United States of America. In the case of any such action, this policy shall be governed by
                  and construed and enforced only in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Vermont (without reference to choice of law doctrine applicable in such state), and the English text as it appears in this Bond.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">e.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Definition of &#8220;Fund&#8221; or &#8220;Investment Company&#8221;: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">With regard to loss sustained by a Foreign
                  Entity or a Financial Interest Loss, the term &#8220;Fund&#8221; or &#8220;Investment Company,&#8221; except as used in Sections 12, 13, 16, and 18 of this Bond, shall be deemed to include any Foreign Entity that is a Foreign Fund.</font></div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">f.</td>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Definition of &#8220;Self-Regulatory Organization&#8221;: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">With regard to loss sustained by a Foreign
                  Entity or a Financial Interest Loss<font style="font-style: italic;">, </font>the term &#8220;Self-Regulatory Organization,&#8221;<font style="font-style: italic;">&#160;</font>as used in Insuring Agreement B., Audit Expense, Insuring Agreement F.,
                  Securities, and Section 2.E of this Bond only, shall be deemed to include any association or organization of investment advisers or securities dealers registered or authorized under the securities laws of a Foreign Jurisdiction or any
                  securities exchange registered with any Foreign Jurisdiction.</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Termination: </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13 (&#8220;Termination&#8221;) or any
                  other provision of this Bond, this Bond shall terminate immediately as to any Foreign Entity without prior notice to such Foreign Entity:</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">if there is a change in control (as defined in Section 17 of this Bond) of such Foreign Entity by transfer of its outstanding voting securities or otherwise, <u>or</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">if such Foreign Entity shall merge or consolidate with an entity such that the Foreign Entity is the surviving entity, or purchase or otherwise acquire any other entity or substantially all the
                assets of another entity, or acquire or create a Subsidiary or separate investment portfolio,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 40.5pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><u>unless</u>, prior to such change in control, or merger or consolidation, or purchase, or
          acquisition or creation, respectively (&#8220;Event&#8221;), the Foreign Entity notifies the Underwriter in writing of the impending Event and the Underwriter, in its sole discretion, determines to continue the Bond upon such terms and conditions as the
          Underwriter may deem appropriate.</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Title and Headings:</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> The title and headings in this rider are included solely for
                  convenience and shall not themselves be deemed to be terms or conditions of coverage, or descriptions or interpretations thereof.</font></div>
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      <div style="line-height: 13.7pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">6.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 18pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Definitions:</font> As used in this rider:</font></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Associated Foreign Jurisdiction&#8221; means a Foreign Jurisdiction in which a Foreign Entity is (1) organized; (2) domiciled; or (3) is operating or conducting business.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Financial Interest Loss&#8221; means the actual financial loss that a U.S. Entity itself sustains from Foreign Entity Loss incurred by a Foreign Entity, which financial loss is sustained by the U.S.
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">its financial interest in such Foreign Entity; and/or</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any lawful pre-existing obligation it has to indemnify such Foreign Entity for all or part of such Foreign Entity Loss.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For the purposes of this Bond the amount of a Financial Interest Loss shall be capped at the amount of the relevant associated Foreign Entity
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Foreign Entity&#8221; means:</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any Non-Fund included as an Insured in Item No. 1 of the Declarations (as modified by Rider No. 1 or other rider) that (i) is a Subsidiary of a U.S. Entity, (ii) is organized or domiciled in a
                Foreign Jurisdiction, and (iii) is not a Foreign Fund;</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">any Foreign Fund included as an &#8220;Insured&#8221; in Item No. 1 of the Declarations (as modified by Rider No. 1 or other rider); and</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">a U.S. Entity, but only insofar as such U.S. Entity conducts business through a branch in or undertakes any other operations in a Foreign Jurisdiction.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Foreign Entity Loss&#8221; means that part of the loss, liability or expense incurred by a Foreign Entity (net of any sums available therefor to that Foreign Entity under any Locally Admitted Insurance)
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Foreign Fund&#8221; means any entity included as an Insured in Item No. 1 of the Declarations (as modified by Rider No. 1 or other rider) that (1) is an investment company, mutual fund, unit investment
                trust, closed-end fund, mutual investment fund, investment trust or any other similar investment vehicle, (2) is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (3) is organized or domiciled in a Foreign Jurisdiction.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Foreign Jurisdiction&#8221; means a jurisdiction outside the United States of America.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Locally Admitted Insurance&#8221; means any financial institution bond or similar insurance instrument issued by an insurer that is admitted, licensed or authorized in an Associated <br>
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Foreign Jurisdiction, which bond or instrument provides coverage to a Foreign Entity in the relevant Associated Foreign Jurisdiction.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Non-Admitted Insurance&#8221; means any financial institution bond, or similar insurance instrument, to the extent that bond or instrument purports to provide coverage to a corporation or other entity
                which is organized, domiciled, or otherwise operating or conducting business in a Foreign Jurisdiction in which the concerned insurer is not admitted, licensed, or authorized.</div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;Subsidiary&#8221; means any entity more than 50% of whose outstanding securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors are owned, directly or indirectly, by a U.S. Entity and/or
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&#8220;U.S. Entity&#8221; means an Insured included in Item 1 of the Declarations (as modified by Rider No. 1 or other rider) that is organized or domiciled in any jurisdiction within the United States of
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      <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 8pt;">RN0014.0-03 (05/20)</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">EXHIBIT B</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;"><u>JOINT FIDELITY BOND AGREEMENT</u></div>
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          <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt','Times New Roman',serif;">Agreement made as of April 30, 2024, by and among certain open end funds (the &#8220;Trusts&#8221;), on behalf of each of their respective series (the &#8220;Series&#8221;), and
            certain closed end funds (the &#8220;Closed End Funds&#8221;) (the Trusts and the Closed-End Funds collectively, the &#8220;NB Funds&#8221;) managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (&#8220;NBIA&#8221;), each listed on Appendix A, as amended from time to time; NBIA,
            the investment adviser, investment manager, and/or administrator of the NB Funds; Neuberger Berman BD LLC (&#8220;NBBD&#8221;), the distributor of the NB Funds; Neuberger Berman Asia Limited (&#8220;NBAL&#8221;), Neuberger Berman Asset Management Ireland Limited
            (&#8220;NBAML&#8221;), Neuberger Berman Singapore Pte. Limited (&#8220;NBSL&#8221;) and Neuberger Berman East Asia Limited (&#8220;NBEAL&#8221;), participating affiliates of certain of the NB Funds; and Neuberger Berman Europe Limited (&#8220;NBEL&#8221;), a sub-adviser of certain of the NB
            Funds; all of which are named insureds on a certain joint fidelity bond underwritten by ICI Mutual Insurance Company covering certain acts relating to the NB Funds (the &#8220;Joint Fidelity Bond&#8221;):</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">WHEREAS, </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">each NB Fund has
            registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;), as a management investment company; and</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">WHEREAS,</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> Rule 17g-1(f) under the
            1940 Act requires that a registered management investment company named as an insured on a joint fidelity bond enter into a certain agreement with the other named insureds; and</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">WHEREAS,</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> the NB Funds, NBIA, NBBD,
            NBAL, NBAML, NBSL, NBEAL and NBEL, each will benefit from its participation in the Joint Fidelity Bond in compliance with this Rule:</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">NOW, THEREFORE,</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"> it is agreed as
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">1.<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 12pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font>In the event any recovery is received under
          the Joint Fidelity Bond as a result of a loss sustained by any NB Fund and by one or more other named insureds, then the NB Fund sustaining such loss shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, said proportion to be
          established by the ratio that its claim bears to the total amount claimed by all participants, but at least equal to the amount that such NB Fund would have received had it provided and maintained a single insured bond with the minimum coverage
          required by Rule 17g-1(d)(1) under the 1940 Act.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">2.<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 12pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font>This Agreement is made by each Trust, on
          behalf of its respective Series, pursuant to authority granted by its Trustees, and by each Closed End Fund pursuant to authority granted by its Directors, and the obligations created hereby are not binding upon any of the Trustees of a Trust or
          any of the Directors of a Closed End Fund or any of the holders of beneficial interests of a Series or a Closed End Fund individually, but are binding only upon the property of that Series or Closed End Fund and no other.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">3.<font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 12pt;" class="BRFWTab">&#160;</font>This Agreement may be executed in multiple
          counterparts.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">Signed on behalf of the following entities:</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS </div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ETF TRUST</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN INCOME FUNDS</div>
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        <font style="font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND INC. </font>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCOME FUND INC. <br>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN NEXT GENERATION CONNECTIVITY FUND INC.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INCOME FUND INC.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ASIA LIMITED<br>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN EAST ASIA LIMITED<br>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED<br>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">By: <u>/s/ Brian Kerrane &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;</u><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; width: 12pt;" class="BRFWTab"> <br>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Brian Kerrane</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">APPENDIX A</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">The Series of each Trust and the Closed End Funds managed by Neuberger Berman Investment </div>
        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt';">Advisers LLC currently subject to this Agreement are as follows:</div>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">SERIES OF TRUSTS MANAGED BY NEUBERGER BERMAN INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC:</div>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Mid Cap Growth Portfolio</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Real Estate Portfolio</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Short Duration Bond Portfolio</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sustainable Equity Portfolio</div>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS</div>
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        Neuberger Berman Long Short Fund
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN EQUITY FUNDS</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Dividend Growth Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Equity Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Equity Income Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Focus Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman International Equity Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman International Select Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman International Small Cap Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Intrinsic Value Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Large Cap Growth Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Large Cap Value Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Growth Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Multi-Cap Opportunities Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Real Estate Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Small Cap Growth Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Sustainable Equity Fund</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman U.S. Equity Impact Fund</div>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN ETF TRUST</div>
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        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman China Equity ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Core Equity ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Disrupters ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Energy Transition &amp; Infrastructure ETF<br>
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        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Flexible Credit Income ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Growth ETF<br>
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        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Japan Equity ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connected Consumer ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Option Strategy ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Short Duration Income ETF<br>
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        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Small-Mid Cap ETF</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Total Return Bond ETF<br>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">NEUBERGER BERMAN INCOME FUNDS </div>
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        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Core Bond Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Floating Rate Income Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman High Income Bond Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Municipal High Income Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Municipal Impact Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Municipal Intermediate Bond Fund</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Strategic Income Fund</div>
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        <div style="line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'CG Palacio 12.00pt'; font-weight: bold;">CLOSED END FUNDS MANAGED BY NEUBERGER BERMAN INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC:</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund Inc.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Amended as of April 30, 2025</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right; line-height: 13.7pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold;">EXHIBIT C</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">RESOLVED, having considered&#160; (i) the aggregate value of the funds and securities of the registered investment company (&#8220;Fund&#8221;) to which each
          officer or employee of the Fund and each other NB Fund, or its investment manager, investment adviser, sub-advisers, administrator or distributor may, singly or jointly with others, have access, either directly or through authority to draw upon
          such funds or direct generally the disposition of such securities,&#160; (ii) the nature and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of the funds and securities of the various series of the Fund and the other NB Funds, and&#160;
          (iii) the nature of the securities in the investment portfolios of the Fund and each other NB Fund, the Board determines that a joint fidelity bond (the &#8220;Bond&#8221;) in the aggregate amount of at least 20 million dollars ($20,000,000), with management
          having discretion to increase it up to 25 Million Dollars ($25,000,000) as management may deem necessary, is reasonable and adequate coverage to protect the Fund against larceny or embezzlement by any one or more of such officers and/or
          employees; and be it further</div>
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          <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,'Times New Roman',serif;">RESOLVED, the Board approves the amount, type, form and coverage of the Bond issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company (&#8220;ICI Mutual&#8221;) and naming as insured
            parties the Fund,<font style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">&#160;</font>Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (&#8220;NBIA&#8221;), Neuberger Berman Asia Limited (&#8220;NB Asia&#8221;), Neuberger Berman East Asia Limited (&#8220;NB East Asia&#8221;), Neuberger Berman Asset
            Management Ireland Limited, Neuberger Berman BD LLC (&#8220;NBBD&#8221;), Neuberger Berman Singapore Pte. Limited, and Neuberger Berman Europe Limited (&#8220;NBEL&#8221;) and the other registered investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager and
            administrator, in the aggregate amount of at least 20 Million Dollars ($20,000,000), with management having discretion to increase it to 25 Million Dollars ($25,000,000) as management may deem necessary, for the period from April 30, 2025 to
            April 30, 2026; and be it further</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">RESOLVED, having taken into account (i) the number of other parties named as insureds under the Bond, (ii) the nature of the business
          activities of such other insured parties, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Bond, (iv) the total amount of premium for the Bond, (v) the ratable allocation of the premium among all the insured parties, and (vi) the extent to which the share of
          the premium allocable to the Fund is less than the premium it would have had to pay if it had provided and maintained a single insured bond, the Board approves the method of allocating the premium among the Fund and such other insured parties as
          presented to the Board and the amount of the premium to be paid by the Fund, and approves the action taken by the officers of the Fund in arranging for the new Bond; and be it further </div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">RESOLVED, that the Board, including majority of the Independent Trustees/Directors, hereby authorizes payment by each Fund of the amount
          representing such Fund&#8217;s allocable share of the annual premium on the Bond, in an amount that is to be paid 84% pro rata based on the Fund&#8217;s assets, and 16% paid by NBIA; and be if further</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">RESOLVED, the proper officers of the Fund are authorized and directed to execute and deliver an agreement among the Fund and the other insured
          parties under the Bond setting forth the manner of disposition of any recovery received under the Bond and the manner of allocation of the premium for the Bond, in the form presented to the Board and with such changes as such officers shall, with
          the advice of counsel, deem appropriate, any such determination to be conclusively evidenced by such execution and delivery; and be it further</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Amount of a Single Insured Bond which each Fund would have provided, had it not been named as an </div>
        <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 13.7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Insured under the Joint Bond</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust<br>
                </td>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">$1,500,000</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Alternative Funds</td>
                <td style="width: 30%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">
                  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">$2,500,000</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Equity Funds<br>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">$2,500,000</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman ETF Trust <br>
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                  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">$1,250,000</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Income Funds <br>
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                  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">$2,500,000</div>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc. <br>
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                <td style="width: 30%; text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">$&#160;&#160; 900,000<br>
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                  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">$1,250,000</div>
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                </td>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">$&#160;&#160; 750,000</div>
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                </td>
                <td style="width: 30%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">$&#160;&#160; 750,000<br>
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                <td style="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund Inc.&#160; <br>
                </td>
                <td style="width: 30%; text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">$&#160;&#160; 900,000<br>
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