b.acting as transfer agent or in any other agency capacity in issuing checks, drafts or securities for the INSURED,
8.a director or trustee of the INSURED, but only while performing acts within the scope of the customary and usual duties of any officer or employee of the INSURED or while acting as a member of any committee duly elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to Property of the INSURED, or
9.any partner, officer or employee of an investment adviser, an underwriter (distributor), a transfer agent or shareholder accounting recordkeeper, or an administrator, for an Investment Company while performing acts coming within the scope of the customary and usual duties of an officer or employee of an Investment Company or acting as a member of any committee duly elected or
appointed to examine, audit or have custody of or access to Property of an Investment Company.
The term Employee shall not include any partner, officer or employee of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting recordkeeper or administrator:
a.which is not an "affiliated person" (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) of an Investment Company or of the investment adviser or underwriter (distributor) of such Investment Company, or
b.which is a "bank" (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940).
This bond does not afford coverage in favor of the employers of persons as set forth in 4. and 7. above, and upon payment to the INSURED by the UNDERWRITER resulting directly from 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'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 provided for herein.
Each employer of persons as set forth in 3., 4. and 7. above and the partners, officers and other employees of such employers shall collectively be deemed to be one person for all the purposes of this bond, excepting, however, the last paragraph of Section 18.
Independent contractors not specified in 3., 4., and 7. above, intermediaries, agents, brokers or other representatives of the same general character shall not be considered Employees.
Forgery means the signing of the name of another person or organization with the intent to deceive but does not mean a signature which consists in whole or in part of one's own name, with or without authority, in any capacity, for any purpose.
Investment Company means an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and as listed under the NAME OF INSURED on the DECLARATIONS.
Items of Deposit means one or more checks or drafts drawn upon a financial institution in the United States of America.
Larceny or Embezzlement means larceny or embezzlement as set forth in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Property means money (i.e., currency, coin, bank notes, or Federal Reserve notes); postage and revenue stamps; U.S. Savings Stamps; securities, including any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of deposit, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any interest or instruments commonly known as security under the Investment Company Act of 1940, any other certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or