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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-09-030424
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091229
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20091229

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000850027
		IRS NUMBER:				311274796
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17G
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05807
		FILM NUMBER:		091263315

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		205 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 120
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-765-1107

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		205 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 120
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NAIC GROWTH FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BETTER INVESTING FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890716
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Declarations made a part hereof, the General Agreements, Conditions and
Limitations and other terms of this bond, agrees with the Insured, in accordance
with the Insuring Agreements hereof to which an amount of insurance if
applicable as set forth in Item 3 of the Declarations and with respect to loss
sustained by the Insured at any time but discovered during the Bond Period, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Insured for:</font></div>
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Embezzlement, committed by an Employee, committed anywhere and whether committed
alone or in collusion with others, including loss of Property resulting from
such acts of an Employee, which Property is held by the Insured for any purpose
or in any capacity and whether so held gratuitously or not and whether or not
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dishonest or fraudulent act(s) committed by such Employee with the manifest
intent:</font></div>
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required by any governmental regulatory authority to be conducted either by such
authority or by an independent accountant by reason of the discovery of loss
sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including
Larceny or Embezzlement, of any of the Employees. The total liability of the
Underwriter for such expense by reason of such acts of any Employee or in which
such Employee is concerned or implicated or with respect to any one audit or
examination is limited to the amount stated opposite Audit Expense in Item 3 of
the Declarations; it being understood, however, that such expense shall be
deemed to be a loss sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement, of one or more of the Employees, and
the liability under this paragraph shall be in addition to the Limit of
Liability stated in Insuring Agreement (A) in Item 3 of the
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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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      event, that the Insured is the owner of such offices, furnishings,
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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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any:</font></div>
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<tr valign="top">
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stockbroker,</font></div>
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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, or financial or banking
institution or stockbroker; or</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">withdrawal
      orders or receipts for the withdrawal of funds or Property, or receipts or
      certificates of deposit for Property and bearing the name of the Insured
      as issuer, or of another Investment Company for which the Insured acts as
      agent, excluding, however, any loss covered under Insuring Agreement (F)
      hereof whether or not coverage for Insuring Agreement (F) is provided for
      in the Declarations of this bond.</font></div>
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or draft (a) made payable to a fictitious payee and endorsed in the name of such
fictitious payee or (b) procured in a transaction with the maker or drawer
thereof or with one acting as an agent of such maker or drawer or anyone
impersonating another and made or drawn payable to the one so impersonated and
endorsed by anyone other than the one impersonated, shall be deemed to be forged
as to such endorsement.</font></div>
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reproduced facsimile 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-laws, rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory
Organization of which the Insured is a member or which would have been imposed
upon the Insured by the constitution, by-laws, rules or regulations of any Self
Regulatory Organization if the Insured had been a member thereof,</font></div>
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      the Insured&#8217;s having, in good faith and in the course of business, whether
      for its own account or for the account of others, in any representative,
      fiduciary, agency or any other capacity, either gratuitously or otherwise,
      purchased or otherwise acquired, accepted or received, or sold or
      delivered, or given any value, extended any credit or assumed any
      liability, on the faith of, or otherwise acted upon, any securities,
      documents or other written instruments which prove to have
      been:</font></div>
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<tr valign="top">
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<tr valign="top">
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      lessee, transfer agent or registrar, acceptor, surety or guarantor or as
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<tr valign="top">
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or</font></div>
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      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>
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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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&#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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reproduced facsimile signatures are treated the same as handwritten
signatures.</font></div>
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through the receipt by the Insured, in good faith, of any counterfeited money
orders or altered paper currencies or coin of the United States of America or
Canada issued or purporting to have been issued by the United States of America
or Canada or issued pursuant to a United States of America or Canada statute for
use as currency.</font></div>
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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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having either complied with or failed to comply with any written notice of any
customer, shareholder or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized
Representative of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to stop payment of
any check or draft made or drawn by such customer, shareholder or subscriber or
any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder or subscriber,
or</font></div>
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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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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(I)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;UNCOLLECTIBLE
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resulting from payments of 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 a customer, shareholder or subscriber credited
by the Insured or the Insured&#8217;s agent to such customer&#8217;s, shareholder&#8217;s or
subscriber&#8217;s Mutual Fund Account; or loss resulting from an Item of Deposit
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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includes dividends and interest accrued not to exceed 15% of the Uncollectible
Items which are deposited.</font></div>
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Insuring Agreement applies to all Mutual Funds with &#8220;exchange privileges&#8221; if all
Fund(s) in the exchange program are insured by the Underwriter for Uncollectible
Items of Deposit. Regardless of the number of transactions between Fund(s), the
minimum number of days of deposit within the Fund(s) before withdrawal as
declared in the Fund(s) prospectus shall begin from the date a deposit was first
credited to any Insured Fund(s).</font></div>
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      office or offices, such offices shall be automatically covered hereunder
      from the dates of their establishment, respectively. No notice to the
      Underwriter of an increase during any premium period in the number of
      offices or in the number of Employees at any of the offices covered
      hereunder need be given and no additional premium need be paid for the
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period.</font></div>
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      in force, merge or consolidate with, or purchase the assets of another
      institution, coverage for such acquisition shall apply automatically from
      the date of acquisition. The Insured shall notify the Underwriter of such
      acquisition within 60 days of said date, and an additional premium shall
      be computed only if such acquisition involves additional offices or
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WARRANTY</font></div>
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statement made by or on behalf of the Insured, whether contained in the
application or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a warranty of anything except
that it is true to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making the
statement.</font></div>
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&#160;COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS&#8217; FEES</font></div>
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to all Insuring Agreements or Coverages now or hereafter forming part of this
bond)</font></div>
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Underwriter will indemnify the Insured against court costs and reasonable
attorneys&#8217; fees incurred and paid by the Insured in defense, whether or not
successful, whether or not fully litigated on the merits and whether or not
settled, of any suit or legal proceeding brought against the Insured to enforce
the Insured&#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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or</font></div>
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Embezzlement;</font></div>
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      review of an agreed statement of facts, that an Employee would be found
      guilty of dishonesty if such Employee were
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Insured shall promptly give notice to the Underwriter of any such suit or legal
proceedings and at the request of the Underwriter shall furnish it 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 suit or
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 suit or legal proceeding.</font></div>
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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. Such
indemnity shall be in addition to the Limit of Liability for the applicable
Insuring Agreement or Coverage.</font></div>
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&#160;&#160;FORMER EMPLOYEE</font></div>
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an Employee, as defined in this bond, are covered under Insuring Agreement (A)
only while the Employee is in the Insured&#8217;s employ. Should loss involving a
former Employee of the Insured be discovered subsequent to the termination of
employment, coverage would still apply under Insuring Agreement (A) if the
direct proximate cause of the loss occurred while the former Employee performed
duties within the scope of his/her employment.</font></div><br>
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FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS AND GENERAL</font></div>
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AND LIMITATIONS:</font></div>
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1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;DEFINITIONS</font></div>
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following terms, as used in this bond have the respective meanings stated in
this Section:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;Employee&#8221;
means:</font></div>
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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
      with, or purchase of assets or capital stock of, such predecessor,
      and</font></div>
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      retained by the Insured to perform legal services for the Insured and the
      employees of such attorneys which such attorneys or 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,
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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</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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      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
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Investment Company named as Insured while performing acts coming within the
scope of the usual duties of an officer or Employee of any investment Company
named as Insured herein, or while acting as a member of any committee duly
elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to the
Property of any such Investment Company, provided that only Employees or
partners of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting record-keeper or
administrator which is an affiliated person, as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, of an Investment Company named as Insured or is an
affiliated person of the advisor, underwriter or administrator of such
Investment Company, and which is not a bank, shall be included within the
definition of Employee.</font></div><br>
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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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shall not be considered Employees.</font></div>
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      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 debts, debentures, scrip, certificates,
      interim receipts, warrants, rights, puts, calls, straddles, spreads,
      transfers, coupons, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, notes, checks,
      withdrawal orders, money orders, warehouse receipts, bills of lading,
      conditional sales contracts, abstracts of title, insurance policies,
      deeds, mortgages under real estate and/or chattels and upon interests
      therein, and assignments of such policies, mortgages and instruments, and
      other valuable papers, including books of account and other records used
      by the Insured in the conduct of its business, and all other instruments
      similar to or in the nature of the foregoing including Electronic
      Representations of such instruments enumerated above (but excluding all
      data processing records) in which the Insured has an interest or in which
      the Insured acquired or should have acquired an interest by reason of a
      predecessor&#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 gratuitously or not and whether or not the
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      set forth in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of
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      shall not be deemed uncollectible until the Insured&#8217;s collection
      procedures have failed.</font></div>
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2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; EXCLUSIONS THIS
BOND, DOES NOT COVER:</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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      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
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      from the effects of nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity; provided,
      however, that this paragraph shall not apply to loss resulting from
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      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
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      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
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      shall be in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured
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      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 depositors 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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      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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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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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. At the earliest
practicable moment after discovery of any loss hereunder the Insured shall give
the Underwriter written notice thereof and shall also within six months after
such discovery furnish to the Underwriter affirmative proof of loss with full
particulars. If claim is made under this bond for loss of securities or shares,
the Underwriter shall not be liable unless each of such securities or shares is
identified in such proof of loss by a certificate or bond number or, where such
securities or shares are uncertificated, by such identification means as agreed
to by the Underwriter. The Underwriter shall have thirty days after notice and
proof of loss within which to investigate the claim, 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 up wholly or in part of securities
of which duplicates may be obtained. Legal proceedings for recovery of any loss
hereunder shall not be brought prior to the expiration of sixty days after such
proof of loss is filed with the Underwriter nor after the expiration of
twenty-four months from the discovery of such loss, except that any action or
proceedings 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. If any limitation embodied
it 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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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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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 therefor 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 of which is necessary to
the exercise of subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges, the
value thereof shall be the market value of such privileges immediately preceding
the expiration thereof if said loss or misplacement is not discovered until
after their expiration. If no market price is quoted for such Property or for
such privileges, the value shall be fixed by agreement between the parties or by
arbitration.</font></div><br>
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of any loss or damage to Property consisting of books of accounts or other
records used by the Insured in the conduct of its business, the Underwriter
shall be liable under this bond only if such books or records are actually
reproduced and then for not more than the cost of blank books, blank pages or
other materials plus the cost of labor for the actual transcription or copying
of data which shall have been furnished by the Insured in order to reproduce
such books and other records.</font></div>
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of damage to any office of the Insured, or loss of or damage to the furnishings,
fixtures, stationery, supplies, equipment, safes or vaults therein, the
Underwriter shall not be liable for more than the actual cash value thereof, or
for more than the actual cost of their replacement or repair. The Underwriter
may, at its election, pay such actual cash value or make such replacement or
repair. If the Underwriter and the Insured cannot agree upon such cash value or
such cost of replacement or repair, such shall be determined by
arbitration.</font></div>
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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>
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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 interest in and to said securities.</font></div>
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respect to securities the value of which do not exceed the Deductible Amount (at
the time of the discovery of the loss) and for which the Underwriter may at its
sole discretion and option and at the request of the Insured issue a Lost
Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect replacement thereof, the Insured will pay the
usual premium charged therefor 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>
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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 therefor a
proportion of the usual premium charged therefor, said proportion being equal to
the percentage that the Deductible Amount bears to the value of the securities
upon discovery of the loss, and that it will indemnify the issuer of said Lost
Instrument Bond or Bonds against all loss and expense that is not recoverable
from the Underwriter under the terms and conditions of this Investment Company
Blanket Bond subject to the Limit of Liability hereunder.</font></div>
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of recovery, whether made by the Insured or by the Underwriter, on account of
any loss in excess of the Limit of Liability hereunder plus the Deductible
Amount applicable to such loss, from any source other than suretyship,
insurance, reinsurance, security or indemnity taken by or for the benefit of the
Underwriter, the net amount of such recovery, less the actual costs and expenses
of making same, shall be applied to reimburse the Insured in full for the excess
portion of such loss, and the remainder, if any, shall be paid first in
reimbursement of the Underwriter and thereafter in reimbursement of the Insured
for that part of such loss within the Deductible Amount. The Insured shall
execute all necessary papers to secure to the Underwriter the rights provided
for herein.</font></div>
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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><br>
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      include, but are not limited to, the failure of an Employee to report such
      acts of others) whose dishonest act or acts intentionally or
      unintentionally, knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly, aid or
      aids in any way, or permits the continuation of, the dishonest act or acts
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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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(c) is not applicable to any situation to which the language of sub-section (d)
applies.</font></div>
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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 of discovery has 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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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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Underwriter shall not be liable under any of the Insuring Agreements of this
bond on account of loss as specified, respectively, in sub-sections (a), (b),
(c), (d) and (e) of Section 9, NON-REDUCTION AND 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 insurance issued by an insurance company
and covering such loss, or by the Underwriter on account thereof prior to
payment by the Underwriter of such loss, shall exceed the Deductible Amount set
forth in Item 3 of the Declarations hereof (herein called Deductible Amount),
and then for such excess only, but in no event for more than the applicable
Limit of Liability stated in Item 3 of the Declarations.</font></div><br>
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Insured will bear, in addition to the Deductible Amount, premiums on Lost
Instrument Bonds as set forth in Section 7.</font></div>
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sustained by any Investment Company named as Insured herein.</font></div>
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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. The Insured may
terminate this bond as an entirety by furnishing written notice to the
Underwriter. When the Insured cancels, the Insured shall furnish written notice
to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., prior to 60 days
before the effective date of the termination. The Underwriter shall notice 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. Premiums are earned until the
termination date as set forth herein.</font></div>
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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 such Insured ceasing to
exist, whether through merger into another entity, or by disposition of all of
its assets.</font></div>
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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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      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
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      Securities and Exchange Commission of a written notice from the
      Underwriter of its desire to terminate this bond as to such Employee,
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      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>
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TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION</font></div>
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time prior to the termination or cancellation of this bond as an entirety,
whether by the Insured or the Underwrite{r}, the Insured may give 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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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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      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>
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      takeover of the Insured&#8217;s business by any State or Federal official or
      agency, or by any receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed for this
      purpose without the necessity of the Underwriter giving notice of such
      termination. In the event that such additional period of time is
      terminated, as provided above, the Underwriter shall refund any unearned
      premium.</font></div>
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to purchase such additional period for the discovery of loss may not be
exercised by any State or Federal official or agency, or by a 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 purpose.</font></div>
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15.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CENTRAL HANDLING OF
SECURITIES</font></div>
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included in the system for the central handling of securities established and
maintained by Depository Trust Company, Midwest Depository Trust Company,
Pacific Securities Depository Trust Company, and Philadelphia Depository Trust
Company, hereinafter called Corporations, to the extent of the Insured&#8217;s
interest therein as effected 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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&#8220;Employee&#8221; and &#8216;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 or any recognized service company, while
such officers, partners, clerks and other employees and employees of service
companies perform services for such Corporations in the operation of such
systems. For the purpose of the above definition a recognized service company
shall be any company providing clerks or other personnel to the said Exchanges
or Corporations on a contract basis.</font></div>
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Underwriter shall not be liable on account of any loss(es) in connection with
the central handling of securities within the systems established and maintained
by such Corporations, unless such loss(es) shall be in excess of the amount(s)
recoverable or recovered under any bond or policy of insurance indemnifying such
Corporations against such loss(es), and then the Underwriter shall be liable
hereunder </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#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">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 equivalent to the interest the Insured then has in
all certificates representing the same 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 ratio
that the value of each such interest bears to the total value 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#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">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 the Underwriter the
rights provided for herein.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECTION
16.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ADDITIONAL COMPANIES
INCLUDED AS INSURED</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#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">If more
than one corporation, co-partnership or person or any combination of them be
included as the Insured herein:</font></div><br>
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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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              <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
      be the agent of the others for such purposes and for the giving or
      receiving of any notice required or permitted to be given by the terms
      hereof, provided that the Underwriter shall furnish each named Investment
      Company with a copy of the bond and with any amendment thereto, together
      with a copy of each formal filing of the settlement of each such claim
      prior to the execution of such
settlement;</font></div>
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      Underwriter shall not be responsible for the proper application of any
      payment made hereunder to said first named
  Insured;</font></div>
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      possessed or discovery made by any partner, officer of supervisory
      Employee of any Insured shall for the purposes of Section 4 and Section 13
      of this bond constitute knowledge or discovery by all the Insured;
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      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.</font></div>
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Insured obtaining knowledge of a transfer of its outstanding voting securities
which results in a change in control (as set forth in Section 2(a) (9) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Insured, the Insured shall within thirty
(30) days of such knowledge give written notice to the Underwriter setting
forth:</font></div>
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securities.</font></div>
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in this section, control means the power to exercise a controlling influence
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bond, effective upon the date of stock transfer for any loss in which any
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written endorsement issued to form a part hereof over the signature of the
Underwriter&#8217;s Authorized Representative. When a bond covers only one Investment
Company no change or modification which would adversely affect the rights of the
Investment Company shall be effective prior to 60 days after written
notification has been furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., by the Insured or by the Underwriter. If more than one
Investment Company is named as the Insured herein, the Underwriter sha1l give
written notice to each Investment Company and to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C., not less than 60 days prior to the effective date
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