The Underwriter, in consideration of an agreed premium, and subject to the
Declarations made a part hereof, the General Agreements, Conditions and Limitations and
other terms of this bond, agrees with the Insured, in accordance with Insuring Agreements
hereof to which an amount of insurance is applicable as set forth in Item 3 of the
Declarations and with respect to loss sustained by the Insured at any time but discovered
during the Bond period, to indemnify and hold harmless the Insured for:
(A) FIDELITY
Loss resulting from any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or
Embezzlement committed by an Employee, committed anywhere and whether committed alone or in
collusion with others, including loss of Property resulting from such acts of an Employee, which
Property is held by the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether so held gratuitously
or not and whether or not the Insured is liable therefor.
Dishonest or fraudulent act(s) as used in this Insuring Agreement shall mean only
dishonest or fraudulent act(s) committed by such Employee with the manifest intent:
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(a)
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to cause the Insured to sustain such loss; and
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(b)
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to obtain financial benefit for the Employee, or for
any other person or organization intended by the
Employee to receive such benefit, other than salaries,
commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards,
profit sharing, pensions or other employee benefits
earned in the normal course of employment.
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(B) ON PREMISES
Loss of Property (occurring with or without negligence or violence) through robbery, burglary,
Larceny, theft, holdup, or other fraudulent means, misplacement, mysterious unexplainable
disappearance, damage thereto or destruction thereof, abstraction or removal from the possession,
custody or control of the Insured, and loss of subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit
privileges through the misplacement or loss of Property, while the Property is (or is supposed or
believed by the Insured to be) lodged or deposited within any offices or premises located anywhere,
except in an office listed in Item 4 of the Declarations or amendment thereof or in the mail or
with a carrier for hire other than an armored motor vehicle company, for the purpose of
transportation.
Offices and Equipment
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(1)
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Loss of or damage to furnishings, fixtures, stationary,
supplies or equipment, within any of the Insureds
offices covered under this bond caused by Larceny or
theft in, or by burglary, robbery or hold-up of such
office, or attempt thereat, or by vandalism or
malicious mischief; or
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(2)
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loss through damage to any such office by Larceny or
theft in, or by burglary, robbery or hold-up of such
office or attempt thereat.
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(C) IN TRANSIT
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.
(D) FORGERY OR ALTERATION
Loss through FORGERY or ALTERATION of, on or in any bills of exchange, checks, drafts,
acceptances, certificates of deposit, promissory notes, or other written promises, orders or
directions to pay sums certain in money due bills, money orders, warrants, orders upon public
treasuries, letters of credit, written instructions, advices or applications directed to the
Insured, authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment, delivery or receipt of funds or
Property, which instructions or advices or applications purport to have been signed or endorsed by
any customer of the Insured, shareholder or subscriber to shares, whether certificated or
uncertificated, of any Investment Company or by any financial or
banking institution or stock-broker
but which instructions, advices or applications either bear the forged signature or endorsement or
have been altered without the knowledge and consent of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to
shares, whether certificated or uncertificated, of an Investment Company, financial or banking
institution or stockbroker, withdrawal orders or receipts for the withdrawal of funds or Property,
or receipts or certificates of deposit for Property and bearing the name of the Insured as issuer,
or of another Investment Company for which the Insured acts as agent, excluding, however, any loss
covered under Insuring Agreement (F) hereof whether or not coverage for Insuring Agreement (F) is
provided for in the Declarations of this bond.
Any check or draft (a) made payable to a fictitious payee and endorsed in the name of such
fictitious payee or (b) procured in a transaction with the maker or drawer thereof or