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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000894189-08-000503
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080220
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20080220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEXICO EQUITY & INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863900
		IRS NUMBER:				133576061
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17G
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06111
		FILM NUMBER:		08630501

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
		STREET 2:		615 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, LC-2
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4147654499

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
		STREET 2:		615 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, LC-2
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MEXICO CONVERTIBLE ADVANTAGE FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MEXICO ADVANTAGE FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900805
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                  obtain financial benefit for the Employee or for any other person
                  or
                  organization intended by the Employee to receive such benefit,
                  other than
                  salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit
                  sharing,
                  pensions or other employee benefits earned in the normal course
                  of
                  employment. </font></div>
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        incurred by the Insured for
        that part of the costs of audits or examinations required by any governmental
        regulatory authority to be conducted either by such authority or by an
        independent accountant by reason of the discovery of loss sustained by the
        Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or
        Embezzlement of any of the Employees.&#160;&#160;The total liability of the
        Underwriter for such expense by reason of such acts of any Employee or in
        which
        such Employee is concerned or implicated or with respect to any one audit
        or
        examination is limited to the amount stated opposite Audit Expense in Item
        3 of
        the Declarations; it being understood, however, that such expense shall be
        deemed to be a loss sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent
        act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement of one or more of the Employees
        and
        the liability under this paragraph shall be in addition to the Limit of
        Liability stated in Insuring Agreement (A) in Item 3 of the
        Declarations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(C)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ON
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        of Property (occurring with or
        without negligence or violence) through robbery, burglary, Larceny, theft,
        holdup, or other fraudulent means, misplacement, mysterious unexplainable
        disappearance, damage thereto or destruction thereof, abstraction or removal
        from the possession, custody or control of the Insured, and loss of
        subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges through the
        misplacement or loss of Property, while the Property is (or is supposed or
        believed by the Insured to be) lodged or deposited within any offices or
        premises located anywhere, except in an office listed in Item 4 of the
        Declarations or amendment thereof or in the mail or with a carrier for hire
        other than an armored motor vehicle company, for the purpose of
        transportation.</font></div>
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        and Equipment</font></div>
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                  of or damage to, furnishings, fixtures, stationery, supplies or
                  equipment,
                  within any of the insured&#8217;s offices covered under this bond caused by
                  Larceny or theft in , or by burglary, robbery or holdup of such
                  office, or
                  attempt thereat, or by vandalism or malicious mischief; or
                  </font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">loss
                  through damage to any such office by larceny or theft in, or by
                  burglary,
                  robbery or hold-up of such office or attempt thereat, or to the
                  interior
                  of any such office by vandalism or malicious mischief provided,
                  in any
                  event, that the Insured is the owner of such offices, furnishings,
                  fixtures, stationery, supplies or equipment or is legally liable
                  for such
                  loss or damage, - always excepting, however, all loss or damage
                  through
                  fire. </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(D)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;IN
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Loss
        of Property (occurring with or
        without negligence or violence) through robbery, Larceny, theft, hold-up,
        misplacement, mysterious unexplainable disappearance, being lost or otherwise
        made away with, damage thereto or destruction thereof, and loss of subscription,
        conversion, redemption or deposit privileges through the misplacement or
        loss of
        Property, while the Property is in transit anywhere in the custody of any
        person
        or persons acting as messenger, except while in the mail or with a carrier
        for
        hire, other than an armored motor vehicle company, for the purpose of
        transportation, such transit to begin immediately upon receipt of such Property
        by the transporting person or persons, and to end immediately upon delivery
        thereof at destination.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(E)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Loss
        through FORGERY or ALTERATION of,
        on or in any bills of exchange, checks, drafts, acceptances, certificates
        of
        deposit, promissory notes, or other written promises, orders or directions
        to
        pay sums certain in money, due bills, money orders, warrants, orders upon
        public
        treasuries, letters of credit, written instructions, advices or applications
        directed to the Insured authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment,
        delivery or receipt of funds or Property, which instructions or advices or
        applications purport to have been signed or endorsed by any customer of the
        Insured, shareholder or subscriber or shares, whether certificated or
        uncertificated of any Investment Company or by any financial or banking
        institution or stockbroker but which instructions, advices or applications
        either bear the forged signature or endorsement or have been altered without
        the
        knowledge and consent of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to shares,
        whether certificated or uncertificated, of an Investment Company , financial
        or
        banking institutions or stockbroker, withdrawal orders or receipts for the
        withdrawal of funds or Property, or receipts or certificates of deposit for
        Property and bearing the name of the Insures as issuer, or of another Investment
        Company for which the Insured acts as agent, excluding, however, any loss
        covered under Insuring Agreement (F) is hereof whether or not coverage for
        Insuring Agreement (F) is provided for in the Declarations of this
        bond.</font></div>
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        check or draft (a) made payable to
        a fictitious payee and endorsed in the name of such fictitious payee or (b)
        procured in a transaction with the maker or drawer thereof or with one acting
        as
        an agent of such maker or drawer or anyone impersonating another and made
        or
        drawn payable to the one so impersonated and endorsed by anyone other than
        the
        one impersonated, shall be deemed to be forged as to such
        endorsements.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Mechanically
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        signatures are treated the same as handwritten signatures.</font></div>
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        sustained by the Insured,
        including loss sustained by reason of a violation of the constitution, by-lays,
        rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization of which the Insured
        is
        a member o which would have been imposed upon the Insured by the constitution,
        by-laws, rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization if the
        Insured
        had been a member thereof,</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">through
                  the Insured&#8217;s having, in good faith an din the course of business, whether
                  for its own account or for the account of others, in any representative,
                  fiduciary, agency or any other capacity, either gratuitously or
                  otherwise,
                  purchased or otherwise acquired, accepted or received, or sold
                  or
                  delivered, or given any value, extended any credit or assumed any
                  liability, on the faith of, or otherwise acted upon, any securities,
                  documents or other written instruments which prove to have been
                  </font></div>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">counterfeited,
                  or </font></div>
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      </div>
      <div>
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                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">forged
                  as to the signature of any maker, drawer, issuer, endorser, assignor,
                  lessee, transfer agent or registrar, acceptor, surety or guarantor
                  or as
                  to the signature of any person signing in any other capacity, or
                  </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">raised
                  or otherwise altered, or lost, or stolen, or
</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 54pt">
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              </td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">through
                  the Insured&#8217;s having, in good faith and in the course of business,
                  guaranteed in writing or witnessed any signatures whether for valuable
                  consideration or not and whether or not such guaranteeing or witnessing
                  is
                  ultra vires the Insured, upon any transfers, assignments, bills
                  of sale,
                  powers of attorney, guarantees, endorsements or other obligations
                  upon or
                  in connection with any securities, documents or other written instruments
                  and which pass or purport to pass title to such securities, documents
                  or
                  other written instruments; EXCLUDING, losses caused by FORGERY
                  or
                  ALTERATION of, on or in those instruments covered under Insuring
                  Agreement
                  (E) hereof. </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Securities,
        documents or other written
        instruments shall be deemed to mean original (including original counterparts)
        negotiable or non-negotiable agreements which in and of themselves represent
        an
        equitable interest, ownership, or debt, including an assignment thereof which
        instruments are in the ordinary course of business, transferable by delivery
        of
        such agreements with any necessary endorsement or assignment.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        word &#8220;counterfeited&#8221; as used in
        this Insuring Agreement shall be deemed to mean any security, document or
        other
        written instrument which is intended to deceive and to be taken for an
        original.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Mechanically
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        signatures are treated the same as handwritten signatures.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(G)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;COUNTERFEIT
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        through the receipt by the
        Insured, in good faith, of an counterfeited money orders or altered paper
        currencies or coins of the United States of America or Canada issued or
        purporting to have been issued by the United States of America or Canada
        or
        issued pursuant to a United States of America or Canadian statue for use
        as
        currency.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(H)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STOP
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Loss
        against any and all sums which the
        Insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the Liability imposed
        upon
        the Insured by law for damages:</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
                  having either complied wit or failed to comply with any written
                  notice of
                  any customer, shareholder or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized
                  Representative of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to stop
                  payment
                  of any check or draft made or drawn by such customer, shareholder
                  or
                  subscriber or any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder
                  or subscriber, or </font></div>
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      <div>
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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
                  having refused to pay any check or draft made or drawn by any customer,
                  shareholder or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized Representative
                  of such customer, shareholder or subscriber.
</font></div>
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        </table>
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        dividends or fund shares, or withdrawals permitted from any customer&#8217;s,
        shareholder&#8217;s or subscriber&#8217;s account based upon Uncollectible Items of Deposit
        of an customer, shareholder or subscriber credited by the Insured or the
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Loss
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        processed through an Automated Clearing House which is reversed by the customer,
        shareholder or subscriber and deemed uncollectible by the Insured.</font></div>
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        are insured by a National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA
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        transactions between Fund(s), the minimum number of days of deposit within
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        Funds(s) before withdrawal as declared in the Fund(s) prospectus shall begin
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                  the Insured shall, while this bond is in force, establish any additional
                  office or offices, such office or offices shall be automatically
                  covered
                  hereunder from the dated of their establishment, respectively.
                  No notice
                  to the Underwriter or an increase during any premium period in
                  the number
                  of offices or in the number of Employees at any of the offices
                  covered
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                  an Investment Company, named as Insured herein, shall, while this
                  bond is
                  in force, merge or consolidate with, or purchase the assets of
                  another
                  institution, coverage for such acquisition shall apply automatically
                  from
                  the date of acquisition. The Insured shall notify the Underwriter
                  of such
                  acquisition within 60 days of said date, and an additional premium
                  shall
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                  employees. </font></div>
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        deemed
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        the Insured in defense, whether or not successful, whether or not fully
        litigated on the merits and whether or not settled of any suit or legal
        proceeding brought against the Insured to enforce the Insured&#8217;s liability or
        alleged liability on account of any loss, claim or damage which, if established
        against the Insured, would constitute a loss sustained by the Insured covered
        under the terms of this bond provided, however, that with respect to Insuring
        Agreement (A) this indemnity shall apply only in the event that</font></div>
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        of
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        therein.&#160;&#160;At the Underwriter&#8217;s election the Insured shall permit the
        Underwriter to conduct the defense of such suit or legal proceeding, in the
        Insured&#8217;s name, through attorneys.&#160;&#160;lf the Underwriter&#8217;s
        selection.&#160;&#160;In such event, the Insured shall give all reasonable
        information and assistance which the Underwriter shall deem necessary to
        the
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        the amount of the Insured&#8217;s
        liability or alleged Liability is greater than the amount recoverable under
        this
        bond, or if a Deductible Amount is applicable, or both, the liability of
        the
        Underwriter under this General Agreement 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 recoverable under this bond bears to the total of such amount
        plus the amount which is not so recoverable.&#160;&#160;Such indemnity shall be
        in addition to the Limit of Liability for the applicable Insuring Agreement
        or
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        of an Employee, as defined in this
        bond, are covered under Insuring Agreement (A) only while the Employee is
        in the
        Insured&#8217;s employ.&#160;&#160;Should loss involving a former Employee of the
        Insure be discovered subsequent to the termination of employment, coverage
        would
        still apply under Insuring Agreement (A) if the direct proximate cause of
        the
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        of
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        FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS AND</font></div>
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        bond, shall have the respective meanings stated in this Section:</font></div>
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                  of the Insured&#8217;s officers, partners, or employees, and
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                  of the officers or employees of any predecessor of the Insured
                  whose
                  principal assets are acquired by the Insured by consolidation or
                  merger
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                  and
                  </font></div>
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                  retained by the Insured to perform legal services for the Insured
                  and the
                  employees of such attorneys while such attorneys or the employees
                  of such
                  attorneys are performing such services for the Insured, and
                  </font></div>
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                  students pursuing their studies or duties in any of the Insured&#8217;s offices,
                  and </font></div>
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                  or trustees of the Insured, the investment advisor, underwriter
                  (distributor), transfer agent, or shareholder accounting record
                  keeper, or
                  administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial
                  and/or
                  other required records, but only while performing acts coming within
                  the
                  scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee or while acting
                  as a
                  member of any committee duly elected or appointed to examine or
                  audit or
                  have custody of or access to the Property of the Insured, and
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(6)</font></div>
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                  individual or individuals assigned to perform the usual duties
                  of an
                  employee within the premises of the Insured, by contract, or by
                  any agency
                  furnishing temporary personnel on a contingent or part-time basis,
                  and
                  </font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(7)</font></div>
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                  natural person, partnership or corporation authorized by written
                  agreement
                  with the Insured to perform services as electronic data processor
                  of
                  checks or other accounting records of the Insured, but excluding
                  any such
                  processor who acts as transfer agent or in any other agency capacity
                  in
                  issuing checks, drafts or securities for the Insured, unless included
                  under Sub-section (9) hereof, and </font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">those
                  persons so designated in Section 15, Central Handling of Securities
                  and
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">an
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">a
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">an
                  administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial
                  and/or
                  other required records, </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">for
        an
        Investment Company named as Insured while performing acts coming within the
        scope of the usual duties of an officer or Employee of any Investment Company
        named as Insured herein, or while acting as a member of any committees duly
        elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to
        the
        Property of any such Investment Company, provided that only Employees or
        partners of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting record-keeper or
        administrator which is an affiliated person as defined in the Investment
        Company
        Act of 1940, of an Investment Company named as Insured or is an affiliated
        person of the adviser, underwriter or administrator of such Investment Company,
        and which is not a bank, shall be included within the definition of
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        employer of temporary personnel or processors as set forth in Sub-sections
        (6)
        and (7) of Section 1(a) and their partners, officers and employees shall
        collectively be deemed to be one person for all the purposes of this bond,
        excepting, however, the last paragraph of Section 13.</font></div>
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                  or other agents under contract or representatives of the same general
                  character shall not be considered Employees.
</font></div>
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                  notes),
                  postage and revenue stamps, U.S. Savings Stamps, bullion, precious
                  metals
                  of all kinds and in any form and articles made therefrom , jewelry,
                  watches, necklaces, bracelets, gems, precious and semi-precious
                  stones,
                  bonds, securities, evidences of debs, debentures, scrip, certificates,
                  interim receipts, warrants, rights, puts, calls, straddles, spreads,
                  transfers, coupons, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, notes,
                  checks,
                  withdrawal orders, money orders, warehouse receipts, bills of lading,
                  conditional sales contracts, abstracts of title insurance policies,
                  deeds,
                  mortgages, and instruments, and other valuable papers, including
                  books of
                  accounting and other records used by the Insured in the conduct
                  of its
                  business, and all other instruments similar to or in the nature
                  of the
                  foregoing including Electronic Representations of such Instruments
                  enumerated above (but excluding al data processing records) in
                  which the
                  Insured has an interest or in which the Insured acquired or should
                  have
                  acquired an interest by reason of a predecessor&#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 which
                  are held by
                  the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether so held
                  by the
                  Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether so held
                  gratuitously or not and whether or not the Insured is liable therefor.
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                  it does
                  not include the signing of one&#8217;s own name with or without authority, in
                  any capacity, for any purpose. </font></div>
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                  set forth in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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                  Deposit shall not be deemed uncollectible until the Insured&#8217;s collection
                  procedures have failed. </font></div>
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                  effected directly or indirectly by means of forgery or alteration
                  of, on
                  or in any instrument, except when covered by Insuring Agreement
                  (A), (E),
                  (F) or (G). </font></div>
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              </td>
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                  due to riot or civil commotion outside the United States of America
                  and
                  Canada; or loss due to military, naval or usurped power, war or
                  insurrection unless such loss occurs in transit in the circumstances
                  recited in Insuring Agreement (D), and unless, when such transit
                  was
                  initiated, there was no knowledge of such riot, civil commotion,
                  military,
                  naval or usurped power, war or insurrection on the part of any
                  person
                  acting for the insured in initiating such transit.
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              </td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">loss,
                  in time of peace or war, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting
                  from the effects of nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity;
                  provided,
                  however, that this paragraph shall not apply to loss resulting
                  from
                  Industrial uses of nuclear energy. </font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">loss
                  resulting from any wrongful act or acts of any person who is a
                  member of
                  the Board of Directors of the Insured or a member of any equivalent
                  body
                  by whatsoever name known unless such person is also an Employee
                  or an
                  elected official, partial owner or partner of the Insured in some
                  other
                  capacity, nor, in any event, loss resulting from the act or acts
                  of any
                  person while acting in the capacity of a member of such Board or
                  equivalent body. </font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">loss
                  resulting from the complete or partial non-payment of, or default
                  upon,
                  any loan or transaction in the nature of, or amounting to, a loan
                  made by
                  or obtained from the Insured or any of its partners, directors
                  or
                  Employees, whether authorized or unauthorized and whether procured
                  in good
                  faith or through trick, artifice, fraud or false pretenses, unless
                  such
                  loss is covered under Insuring Agreement (A), (E) or (F).
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                  resulting from any violation by the Insured or by any Employee
                  </font></div>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">of
                  law regulating (a) the issuance, purchase or sale of securities,
                  (b)
                  securities transactions upon Security Exchanges or over the counter
                  market, (c) Investment Companies, or (d) Investment Advisors, or
                  </font></div>
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              <td><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">of
                any rule or regulation made pursuant to any such
                law,</font></td>
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                  such loss, in the absence of such laws, rules or regulations would
                  be
                  covered under Insuring Agreements (A) or (E).
</font></div>
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                  of Property or loss of privileges through the misplacement or loss
                  of
                  Property as set forth in Insuring Agreement (C) or (D) while the
                  Property
                  is in the custody of any armored vehicle company, unless such loss
                  shall
                  be in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured
                  under (a)
                  the Insured&#8217;s contract with said armored motor vehicle company, (b)
                  insurance carried by said armored motor vehicle company for the
                  benefit of
                  users of its service, and (c) all other insurance and indemnity
                  in force
                  in whatsoever form carried by or for the benefit of users of said
                  armored
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                  excess. </font></div>
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                  income, including but not limited to interest and dividends, not
                  realized
                  by the Insured because of a loss covered under this bond, except
                  as
                  included under Insuring Agreement (I).
</font></div>
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                  damages of any type for which the Insured is legally liable, except
                  direct
                  compensatory damages arising from a loss covered under this bond.
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            </tr>

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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">loss
                  through the surrender of Property away from an office of the Insured
                  as a
                  result of a threat </font></div>
              </td>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
                  do bodily harm to any person, except loss of Property in transit
                  in the
                  custody of any person acting as messenger provided that when such
                  transit
                  was initiated there was no knowledge by the Insured of any such
                  threat, or
                  </font></div>
              </td>
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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">to
                  do damage to the premises or Property of the insured, except when
                  covered
                  under Insuring Agreement (A). </font></div>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 unless such
                  indemnity is provided for under Insuring Agreement (B).
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              </td>
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                  resulting from payments made or withdrawals from the account of
                  a customer
                  of the Insured, shareholder or subscriber to shares involving funds
                  erroneously credited to such account, unless such payments are
                  made to or
                  withdrawn by such depositor or representative of such person, who
                  is
                  within the premises of the drawee bank of the Insured or within
                  the office
                  of the Insured at the time of such payment or withdrawal or unless
                  such
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
                  loss resulting from Uncollectible Items of Deposit which are drawn
                  from a
                  financial Institution outside the fifty states of the United States
                  of
                  America, District of Columbia, and territories and possessions
                  of the
                  United States of America, and Canada.
</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ASSIGNMENT
        OF RIGHTS</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This
        bond does not afford coverage in
        favor of any Employers of temporary personnel or of processors as set forth
        in
        sub-sections (6) and (7) of Section 1(a) of this bond, as aforesaid, and
        upon
        payment to the Insured by the Underwriter on account of any loss through
        dishonest or fraudulent act(s) including Larceny or Embezzlement committed
        by
        any of the partners, officers or employees of such Employers, whether acting
        alone or in collusion with others, an assignment of such of the Insured&#8217;s rights
        and causes of action as it may have against such Employers by reason of such
        acts so committed shall, to the extent of such payment, be given by the Insured
        to the Underwriter, and the Insured shall execute all papers necessary to
        secure
        to the Underwriter the rights herein provided for.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
LOSS &#8211; NOTICE &#8211; PROOF &#8211; LEGAL PROCEEDINGS</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This
        bond is for the use and benefit
        only of the Insured named in the Declarations and the Underwriter shall not
        be
        liable hereunder for loss sustained by anyone other than the Insured unless
        the
        Insured, in its sole discretion and at its option, shall include such loss
        in
        the Insured&#8217;s proof of loss.&#160;&#160;At the earliest practicable moment after
        discovery of any loss hereunder the Insured shall give the Underwriter
        affirmative proof of loss with full particulars.&#160;&#160;If claim is made
        under this bond for loss of securities or shares, the Underwriter shall not
        be
        liable unless each of such securities or shares is identified in such proof
        of
        loss by a certificate or bond number or, where such securities or shares
        are
        uncertificated, by such identification means agreed to the
        Underwriter.&#160;&#160;The Underwriter shall have thirty days after notice and
        proof of loss within which to investigate the claim, but where the loss is
        clear
        and undisputed, settlement shall be made within forty-eight hours; and this
        shall apply notwithstanding the loss is made wholly or in part of securities
        of
        which duplicates may be obtained.&#160;&#160;Legal proceedings for recovery of
        any loss hereunder shall not be brought prior to the expiration of sixty
        days
        after such proof of loss is filed with the Underwriter nor after the expiration
        of twenty-four months from the discovery of such loss, except that any action
        or
        proceeding to recover hereunder on account of any judgment against the Insured
        in any suit mentioned in General Agreement C or to recover attorneys&#8217; fees paid
        in any such suit, shall be begun within twenty-four months from the date
        upon
        which the judgment in such suit shall become final.&#160;&#160;If any limitation
        embodied in this bond is prohibited by any law controlling the construction
        hereof, such limitation shall be deemed to be amended so as to be equal to
        the
        minimum period of limitation permitted by such law.</font></div>
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        occurs when the
        Insured</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">becomes
                  aware of facts, or </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

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              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">receives
                  written notice of an actual or potential claim by a third party
                  which
                  alleges that the Insured is liable under circumstance.
                  </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">which
        would cause a reasonable person to assume that a loss covered by the bond
        has
        been or will be incurred even though the exact amount or details of loss
        may not
        be then known.</font></div>
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        5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;VALUATION
        OF PROPERTY</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        value of any Property, except books
        of accounts or other records used by the Insured in the conduct of its business,
        for the loss of which a claim shall be made hereunder, shall be determined
        by
        the average market value of such Property on the business day next preceding
        the
        discovery of such loss; provided, however, that the value of any Property
        replaced by the Insured prior to the payment of claim therefore shall be
        the
        actual market value at the time of replacement; and further provided, that
        in
        case of a loss or misplacement of interim certificates, warrants, rights,
        or
        other securities, the production which is necessary to the exercise of
        subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges, the value thereof
        shall be the market value of such privileges immediately preceding the
        expiration thereof if said loss or misplacement is not discovered until after
        their expiration.&#160;&#160;If no market price is quoted for such Property or
        for such privilege, the value shall be fixed by agreement between the parties
        or
        by arbitration.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>In
        case of any loss or damage to
        Property consisting of books of accounts or other records used by the Insured
        in
        the conduct of its business, the Underwriter shall be liable under this bond
        only if such books or records are actually reproduced and then for not more
        than
        the cost of blank books, blank pages or other materials plus the cost of
        labor
        for the actual transcription or copying of data which shall have been furnished
        by the Insured in order to reproduce such books or other records.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;VALUATION
        OF PREMISES AND FURNISHINGS</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>In
        case of damage to any office of the
        Insured, or loss of or damage to the furnishings, fixtures, stationery,
        supplies, equipment, sales or vaults therein, the Underwriter shall not be
        liable for more than the actual cash value thereof, or for more than the
        actual
        cost of their replacement or repair.&#160;&#160;The Underwriter may, at its
        election, pay such actual cash value or make such replacement or
        repair.&#160;&#160;If the Underwriter and the Insured cannot agree upon such
        cash value or such cost of replacement or repair, such shall be determined
        by
        arbitration.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;LOST
        SECURITIES</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>If
        the Insured shall sustain a loss of
        securities the total value of which is in excess of the limit stated in Item
        3
        of the Declarations of this bond, the liability of the Underwriter shall
        be
        limited to payment for, or duplication of, securities having value equal
        to the
        limit stated in Item 3 of the Declarations of this bond.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>If
        the Underwriter shall make payment
        to the Insured for any loss of securities, the Insured shall thereupon assign
        to
        the Underwriter all of the Insured&#8217;s rights, title and interests in and to said
        securities.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>With
        respect to securities the value of
        which do not exceed the Deductible Amount (at the time of the discover of
        the
        loss) and for which the Underwriter may at its sole discretion and option
        and at
        the request of the Insured issue a Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect
        replacement thereof, the Insured will pay the usual premium charged therefore
        and will indemnify the Underwriter against all loss or expense that the
        Underwriter may sustain because of the issuance of such Lost Instrument Bond
        or
        Bonds.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>With
        respect to securities the value of
        which exceeds the Deductible Amount (at the time of discovery of the loss)
        and
        for which the Underwriter may issue or arrange for the issuance of a Lost
        Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect replacement thereof, the Insured agrees
        that
        it will pay as premium therefore a proportion of the usual premium charged
        therefor, said proportion being equal to the percentage that the Deductible
        Amount bears to the value o the securities upon discovery of the loss, and
        that
        it will indemnify the issuer of said Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds against
        all
        loss and expense that is not recoverable from the Underwriter under the terms
        and conditions of this INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND subject to the Limit
        of
        Liability hereunder.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SALVAGE</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>In
        case of recovery, whether made by
        the Insured or by the Underwriter, on account of any loss in excess of the
        Limit
        of Liability hereunder plus the Deductible Amount applicable to such loss
        from
        any source other than suretyship, insurance, security or indemnity taken
        by or
        for the benefit of the Underwriter, the net amount of such recovery, less
        the
        actual costs and expenses of making same, shall be applied to reimburse the
        Insured in full for the excess portion of such loss, and the remainder, if
        any
        shall be paid first in reimbursement of the Underwriter and thereafter in
        reimbursement of the Insured for that part of such loss within Deductible
        Amount.&#160;&#160;The Insured shall execute all necessary papers to secure to
        the Underwriter the rights provided for herein.</font></div>
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            <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;NON-REDUCTION
        AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>At
        all times prior to termination
        hereof this bond shall continue in force for the limit stated in the applicable
        sections of Item 3 of the Declarations of this bond notwithstanding any previous
        loss for which the Underwriter may have paid or be liable to pay hereunder,
        PROVIDED, however, that regardless of the number of years this bond shall
        continue in force and the number or premiums which shall be payable or paid,
        the
        liability of the Underwriter under this bond with respect to all loss resulting
        from</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
                  one act of burglary, robbery, hold-up, or attempt thereat, in which
                  no
                  Partner or Employee is concerned or implicated shall be deemed
                  to be one
                  loss, or </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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            <tr valign="top">
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
                  one unintentional or negligent act on the part of any one person
                  resulting
                  in damage to or destruction or misplacement of Property, shall
                  be deemed
                  to be one loss, or </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">all
                  wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a) above, or any
                  one person
                  shall be deemed to be one loss, or </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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            <tr valign="top">
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">all
                  wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a) above, of one
                  or more
                  persons (which dishonest act(s) or act(s) of Larceny or Embezzlement
                  include, but are not limited to, the failure of an Employee to
                  report such
                  acts of others) whose dishonest act or acts intentionally or
                  unintentionally, directly or indirectly, aid or aids in any way,
                  or
                  permits the continuation of, the dishonest act or acts of any other
                  person
                  or persons shall be deemed to be one loss with the act or acts
                  of the
                  persons aided, or </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>
        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">

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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(e)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">any
                  one casualty or event other than those specified in (a), (b), (c)
                  or (d)
                  preceding, shall be deemed to be one loss, and
</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">shall
        be
        limited to the applicable Limit of Liability stated in Item 3 of the
        Declarations of this bond irrespective of the total amount of such loss or
        losses and shall not be cumulative in amounts from year to year or from period
        to period.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Sub-section
        (c) is not applicable to
        any situation to which the language of sub-section (d) applies.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>With
        respect to any loss set forth in
        the PROVIDED clause of Section 9 of this bond which is recoverable or recovered
        in whole or in part under any other bonds or policies issued by the Underwriter
        to the Insured or to any predecessor in interest of the Insured and terminated
        or cancelled or allowed to expire and in which the period for discovery had
        not
        expired at the time any such loss thereunder is discovered, the total liability
        of the Underwriter under this bond and under other bonds or policies shall
        not
        exceed, in the aggregate, the amount carried hereunder on such loss or the
        amount available to the Insured under such other bonds or policies, as limited
        by the terms and conditions thereof, for any such loss if the latter amount
        be
        the larger.</font></div>
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        11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;OTHER
        INSURANCE</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>If
        the Insured shall hold, as indemnity
        against any loss covered hereunder, any valid and enforceable insurance or
        suretyship, the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for such amount
        of
        such loss which is in excess of the amount of such other insurance or
        suretyship, not exceeding, however, the Limit of Liability of this bond
        applicable to such loss.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;DEDUCTIBLE</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        Underwriter shall not be liable
        under any of the Insuring Agreements of the bond on account of loss as
        specified, respectively, in sub-sections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section
        9, NON-REDUCTION AND NON ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY, unless
        the amount of such loss, after deducting the net amount of all reimbursement
        and/or recovery obtained or made by the Insured, other than from any bond
        or
        policy of such loss, or by the Underwriter on account thereof prior to payment
        by the Underwriter of such loss, shall exceed the Deductible Amount set forth
        in
        Item 3 of the Declarations hereof (herein called Deductible Amount) and then
        for
        such excess only, but in no event for more than the applicable Limit of
        Liability stated in Item 3 of the Declarations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        Insured will bear, in addition to
        the Deductible Amount, premiums on Lost Instrument Bonds as set forth in
        Section
        7.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>There
        shall be no deductible applicable
        to any loss under Insuring Agreement A sustained by any Investment Company
        names
        as Insured herein.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        13.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;TERMINATION</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        Underwriter may terminate this bond
        as an entirety by furnishing written notice specifying the termination date
        which cannot be prior to 60 days after the receipt of such written notice
        by
        each Investment Company named as Insured and the Securities and Exchange
        Commission, Washington, D.C.&#160;&#160;The Insured may terminate this bond as
        an entirety by furnishing written notice to the Underwriter.&#160;&#160;When the
        Insured cancels, the Insured shall furnish written notice to the Securities
        and
        Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. prior to 60 days before the effective
        date
        of the termination.&#160;&#160;The Underwriter shall notify all other Investment
        Companies named as insured of the receipt of such termination notice and
        the
        termination cannot be effective prior to 60 days after receipt of written
        notice
        by all other Investment Companies.&#160;&#160;Premiums are earned until the
        termination date as set forth herein.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This
        Bond will terminate as to any one
        Insured immediately upon taking over of such Insured by a receiver or other
        liquidator or by State or Federal officials, or immediately upon the filing
        of a
        petition under any State or Federal statute relative to bankruptcy or
        reorganization of the Insured, or assignment for the benefit of creditors
        of the
        Insured, or immediately upon Insured ceasing to exist, whether through merger
        into another entity, or by disposition of all of its assets.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        Underwriter shall refund the
        unearned premium computed at short rates in accordance with the standard
        short
        rate cancellation tables if terminated by the Insured or pro rata if terminated
        for any other reason.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This
        Bond shall terminate</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;
                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">as
                  to any Employee as soon as any partner, officer or supervisory
                  Employee of
                  the Insured, who is not in collusion with such Employee, shall
                  learn of
                  any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement
                  on
                  the part of such Employee without prejudice to the loss of any
                  Property
                  then in transit in the custody of such Employee (See Section 16
                  [d]), or
                  </font></div>
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                  </font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">as
                  to any Employee 60 days after receipt by each Insured and by the
                  Securities and Exchange Commission of a written notice from the
                  Underwriter of its desire to terminate this bond as to such Employee,
                  or
                  </font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;
                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">as
                  to any person, who is a partner, officer or employee of any Electronic
                  Data Processor covered under this bond, from and after the time
                  that the
                  Insured or any partner or officer thereof not in collusion with
                  such
                  person shall have knowledge or information that such person has
                  committed
                  any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement
                  in
                  the service of the Insured or otherwise, whether such act be committed
                  before or after the time this bond is effective.
                  </font></div>
              </td>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        14.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;RIGHTS
        AFTER TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>At
        any time prior to the termination or
        cancellation of this bond as an entirety, whether by the Insured or the
        Underwriter, the Insured may give to the Underwriter notice that it desires
        under this bond an additional period of 12 months within which to discover
        loss
        sustained by the Insured prior to the effective date of such termination
        or
        cancellation and shall pay an additional premium therefor.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Upon
        receipt of such notice from the
        Insured, the Underwriter shall give its written consent thereto; provided,
        however, that such additional period of time shall terminate
        immediately:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;
                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">on
                  the effective date of any other insurance obtained by the Insured,
                  its
                  successor in business or any other party, replacing in whole or
                  in part
                  the insurance afforded by this bond, whether or not such other
                  insurance
                  provides coverage for loss sustained prior to its effective date,
                  or
                  </font></div>
              </td>
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        </table>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;
                  </font></div>
              </td>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">upon
                  takeover of the Insured&#8217;s business by any State or Federal official or
                  agency, or bay any receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed
                  for this
                  purpose </font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">without
        the necessity of the Underwriter giving notice of such
        termination.&#160;&#160;In the event that such additional period of time is
        terminated, as provided above, the Underwriter shall refund any unearned
        premium.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        right to purchase such additional
        period for the discovery of loss may not be exercised by any State or Federal
        official or agency, or by any receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed
        to
        take over the Insured&#8217;s business for the operation or for the liquidation
        thereof or for any other purpose.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
        15.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>Securities
        included in the systems for
        the central handling of securities established and maintained by Depository
        Trust Company, Midwest Depository Trust Company, Pacific Depository Trust
        Company, hereinafter called Corporations, to the extent of the Insured&#8217;s
        interest therein as effective by the making of appropriate entries on the
        books
        and records of such Corporations shall be deemed to be Property.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        words &#8220;Employee&#8221; and &#8220;Employees&#8221;
shall be deemed to include the officers, partners, clerks and other employees
        of
        the New York Stock Exchange, Boston Stock Exchange, Midwest Stock Exchange,
        Pacific Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, hereinafter called
        Exchanges, and of the above named Corporations and of any nominee in whose
        name
        is registered any security included within the systems for the central handling
        of securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and any employee
        of any recognized service company, while such officers, partners, clerks
        and
        other employees and employees of service companies perform services for such
        Corporations in the operation of such systems.&#160;&#160;For the purpose of the
        above definition a recognized service company shall be any company providing
        clerks or other personnel to said Exchanges or Corporation on a contract
        basis.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>The
        Underwriter shall not be liable on
        account of any loss(es) in connection with the central handling of securities
        within the systems established and maintained by such Corporations, unless
        such
        loss(es) shall be in excess of the amount(s) recoverable to recovered under
        any
        bond or policy of insurance indemnifying such Corporations, against such
        loss(es), and then the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for the
        Insured&#8217;s share of such excess loss(es), but in no event for more than the Limit
        of Liability applicable hereunder.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>For
        the purpose of determining the
        Insured&#8217;s share of excess loss(es) it shall be deemed that the Insured has an
        interest in any certificate representing any security included within such
        systems and that such Corporations shall use their best judgment in apportioning
        the amount(s) recoverable or recovered under any bond or policy of insurance
        indemnifying such Corporations against such loss(es) in connection with the
        central handling of securities within such systems among all those having
        an
        interest as recorded by appropriate entries in the books and records of such
        Corporations in Property involved in such loss(es) on the basis that each
        such
        interest shall share in the amount(s) so recoverable or recovered in the
        ration
        that the value of each such interest bears to the total value of all such
        interests and that the Insured&#8217;s share of such excess loss(es) 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 such Corporations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>This
        bond does not afford coverage in
        favor of such Corporations or Exchanges or any nominee in whose name is
        registered any security included within the systems for the central handling
        of
        securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and upon payment
        to
        the Insured by the Underwriter on account of any loss(es) within the systems,
        an
        assignment of such of the Insured&#8217;s rights and causes of action as it may have
        against such Corporations or Exchanges shall to the extent of such payment,
        be
        given by the Insured to the Underwriter, and the Insured shall execute all
        papers necessary to secure to the Underwriter the rights provided for
        herein.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>If
        more than one corporation,
        co-partnership or person or any combination of them be included as the Insured
        herein:</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
                  total liability of the Underwriter hereunder for loss or losses
                  sustained
                  by any one or more or all of them shall not exceed the limit for
                  which the
                  Underwriter would be liable hereunder if all such loss were sustained
                  by
                  any one of them, </font></div>
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        </table>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;
                  </font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
                  one first named herein shall be deemed authorized to make, adjust
                  and
                  receive and enforce payment of all claims hereunder and shall be
                  deemed to
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