April 9, 2007

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Custodian Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007 (as amended to date, the ?Agreement?), by and among State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company, and each management investment company identified as an ?Existing Fund? on Schedule I hereto (each, a ?Fund? and, collectively, the ?Funds?) on behalf of each of its series, if any, identified as ?Existing Portfolio? on Schedule I hereto (each, a ?Portfolio? and, collectively, the ?Portfolios?) and certain other affiliated management investment companies.

In connection with a restructuring of the complex of which the Funds are a part, as of the close of business on April 13, 2007 or April 27, 2007, as indicated on Schedule I hereto (each, a ?Closing Date?), many of the Funds and Portfolios will be reorganized as set forth on Schedule I hereto. Additionally, as indicated on Schedule I, several Funds and Portfolios have recently ceased or shall cease operations following fund combinations (or otherwise) on the date indicated on Schedule I hereto (each, a ?Termination Date?).

On each applicable Closing Date, (i) each management company identified as a ?Successor Fund? shall become a ?Fund? party to the Agreement on behalf of each of its series identified on Schedule I as a ?Successor Portfolio? and shall assume all of the rights and obligations under the Agreement of the corresponding Existing Fund with respect to each applicable Existing Portfolio (or, if such Existing Fund has no Existing Portfolios, with respect to the Existing Fund itself), (ii) each such Successor Portfolio shall be deemed a ?Portfolio? within the meaning of the Agreement, and (iii) the corresponding Existing Portfolio shall cease be deemed to be a ?Portfolio? under the Agreement. As of each applicable Termination Date, each Existing Portfolio indicated on Schedule I hereto as terminating operations shall cease to be deemed a ?Portfolio? under the Agreement.

As of the date on which an Existing Fund has no further rights or obligations under the Agreement, by virtue of (i) all of the rights and obligations of its Existing Portfolios (or, if such Existing Fund has no Existing Portfolios, the Existing Fund itself) having been assumed by one or more Successor Funds and/or (ii) its Existing Portfolios (or, if such Existing Fund has no Existing Portfolios, the Existing Fund itself) having ceased operations in connection with a fund combination, such Existing Fund shall cease to be a party to the Agreement and shall have no rights or obligations thereunder.

Additionally, attached as Exhibit A hereto is a replacement of ?Exhibit A? to the Agreement, effective as of the close of business on April 27, 2007.

Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, this letter shall not be deemed to otherwise amend or modify any term of the Agreement.

Please sign below to evidence your consent and agreement to the above.