INVESTMENT COMPANY BOND
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
(A Stock Insurance Company, Herein Called the Underwriter)
DECLARATIONS Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
Item 1. Name of Insured (herein called Insured): ING Family of Funds
Principal Address: 7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Item 2. Bond Period from 12:01 a.m. 10/01/2012 to 12:01 a.m. 10/01/2013 the
effective date of the termination or cancellation of this bond, standard time
at the Principal Address as to each of said dates.
Item 3. Limit of Liability - Subject to Sections 9, 10 and 12 hereof,
Amount applicable to
Limit of Liability Deductible
Insuring Agreement (A)-FIDELITY....................... $ 25,000,000 $ 0
Insuring Agreement (B)-ON PREMISES.................... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (C)-IN TRANSIT..................... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (D)-FORGERY OR ALTERATION.......... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (E)-SECURITIES..................... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (F)-COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY........... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (G)-STOP PAYMENT................... $ 250,000 $ 5,000
Insuring Agreement (H)-UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT. $ 250,000 $ 5,000
Insuring Agreement (I)-AUDIT EXPENSE.................. $ 250,000 $ 5,000
Insuring Agreement (J)-TELEFACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS.... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (K)-UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURES........ $ 250,000 $ 5,000
Optional Insuring Agreements and Coverages
Insuring Agreement (L)-COMPUTER SYSTEMS............... $ 25,000,000 $25,000
Insuring Agreement (M)-AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEMS........ Not Covered N/A
If "Not Covered" is inserted above opposite any specified Insuring Agreement
or Coverage, such Insuring Agreement or Coverage and any other reference
thereto in this bond shall be deemed to be deleted therefrom.
Item 4. Offices or Premises Covered-Offices acquired or established subsequent
to the effective date of this bond are covered according to the terms of
General Agreement A. All the Insured's offices or premises in existence at the
time this bond becomes effective are covered under this bond except the offices
or premises located as follows: N/A
Item 5. The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of the
following riders attached hereto: Riders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Item 6. The Insured by the acceptance of this bond gives to the Underwriter
terminating or cancelling prior bond(s) or policy(ies) No.(s) 314-79-82 - 00
such termination or cancellation to be effective as of the time this bond
becomes effective.
"/S/ Frank J. Scheckton, Jr."
By: ---------------------------------------
(Authorized Representative)
INVESTMENT COMPANY BOND
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:
INSURING AGREEMENTS
(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:
(a) to cause the Insured to sustain such loss; and
(b) 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.
(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
(1) Loss of or damage to furnishings, fixtures, stationary, supplies or
equipment, within any of the Insured's 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
(2) 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.
(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
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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.
Mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures are treated the same as
handwritten signatures.
(E) SECURITIES
Loss 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,
(1) through the Insured'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
(a) counterfeited, or
(b) 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
(c) raised or otherwise altered, or lost, or stolen, or
(2) through the Insured'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.
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.
The word "counterfeited" 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.
Mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures are treated the same as
handwritten signatures.
(F) COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
Loss 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
Canadian statute for use as currency.
(G) STOP PAYMENT
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:
For 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
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.
(H) UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT
Loss resulting from payments of dividends or fund shares, or withdrawals
permitted from any customer's, shareholder's or subscriber's account based upon
Uncollectible items of Deposit of a customer, shareholder or subscriber
credited by the Insured or the Insured's agent to such customer's,
shareholder's or subscriber's Mutual Fund Account: or loss resulting from any
item of Deposit processed through an Automated Clearing House which is reversed
by the customer, shareholder or subscriber and deemed uncollectible by the
Insured.
Loss includes dividends and interest accrued not to exceed 15% of the
Uncollectible items which are deposited.
This Insuring Agreement applies to all Mutual Funds with "exchange
privileges" if all Fund(s) in the exchange program are insured by a Great
American Insurance Company of Cincinnati, OH 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).
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(I) AUDIT EXPENSE
Expense 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. 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.
(J) TELEFACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS
Loss resulting by reason of the Insured having transferred, paid or
delivered any funds or Property, established any credit, debited any account,
or given any value relying on any fraudulent instructions sent by a customer or
financial institution by Telefacsimile Transmission directed to the Insured,
authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment, or delivery of funds or
property, the establishment of a credit, debiting of any account, or the giving
of value by the Insured, but only if such telefacsimile instructions:
(i) bear a valid test key exchanged between the Insured and a customer
or another financial institution with authority to use such test key for
Telefacsimile instructions in the ordinary course of business, but which test
key has been wrongfully obtained by a person who was not authorized to
initiate, make, validate or authenticate a test key arrangement; and
(ii) fraudulently purport to have been sent by such customer or
financial institution, but which telefacsimile instructions are transmitted
without the knowledge or consent of such customer or financial institution by a
person other than such customer or financial institution and which bear a
forged signature.
"Telefacsimile" means a system of transmitting written documents by
electronic signals over telephone lines to equipment maintained by the Insured
within its communication room for the purposes of reproducing a copy of said
document. It does not mean electronic communication sent by Telex, TWC, or
electronic mail, or Automated Clearing House.
(K) UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURES
Loss resulting directly from the Insured having accepted, paid or cashed any
check or withdrawal order, draft, made or drawn on a customer's account which
bears the signature or endorsement of one other than a person whose name and
signature is on the application on file with the Insured as a signatory on such
account.
It shall be a condition precedent to the Insured's right to recovery under
this Insuring Agreement that the Insured shall have on file signatures of all
persons who are authorized signatories on such account.
GENERAL AGREEMENTS
(A) ADDITIONAL OFFICES OR EMPLOYEES- CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER-NOTICE
(1) If 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 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
remainder of such premium period.
(2) If 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 be
computed only if such acquisition involves additional offices or employees.
(B) WARRANTY
No 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.
(C) COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES (Applicable to all Insuring Agreements or
Coverages now or hereafter forming part of this bond)
The Underwriter will Indemnify the Insured against court costs and reasonable
attorneys' 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's liability or alleged liability on account of any loss,
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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
(1) an Employee admits to being guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement; or
(2) an Employee is adjudicated to be guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement;
(3) in the absence of (1) or (2) above an arbitration panel agrees, after a
review of an agreed statement of facts, that an Employee would be found guilty
of dishonesty if such Employee were prosecuted.
The Insured shall promptly give notice to the Underwriter of any such suit
or legal proceeding and at the request of the Underwriter shall furnish it with
copies of all pleadings and other papers therein. At the Underwriter's election
the Insured shall permit the Underwriter to conduct the defense of such suit or
legal proceeding, in the Insured's name, through attorneys of the Underwriter'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.
If the Insured's liability or alleged liability is greater than the amount
recoverable under this bond, or if a Deductible Amount is applicable, the
liability of the Underwriter under this General Agreement is limited to that
percentage of litigation expense determined by pro ration of the bond limit of
liability to the amount claimed, after the application of any deductible. This
litigation expense will be in addition to the Limit of Liability for the
applicable Insuring Agreement.
(D) FORMER EMPLOYEE
Acts of Employee, as defined in this bond, are covered under Insuring
Agreement (A) only while the Employee is in the Insured'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.
THE FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS AND
GENERAL AGREEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND
LIMITATIONS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
The following terms, as used in this bond, shall have the respective
meanings stated in this Section:
(a) "Employee" means:
(1) any of the Insured's officers, partners, or employees, and
(2) any 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 of capital stock of such predecessor, and
(3) attorneys 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
(4) guest students pursuing their studies or duties in any of the
Insured's offices, and
(5) directors 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
(6) any 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
(7) each 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
(8) those persons so designated in section 15, Central Handling of
Securities, and
(9) any officer, partner or Employee of
a) an investment advisor,
b) an underwriter (distributor),
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c) a transfer agent or shareholder accounting record-keeper, or
d) an administrator authorized by written agreement to keep
financial and/or other required records, 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 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 adviser, underwriter
or administrator of such Investment Company, and which is not a bank, shall be
included within the definition of Employee.
Each 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.
Brokers, or other agents under contract or representatives of the
same general character shall not be considered Employees.
(b) "Property" means money (i.e. currency, coin, bank notes,
Federal Reserve 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 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's declared financial condition
at the time of the Insured's consolidation or merge 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.
(c) "Forgery" means the signing of the name of another with the
intent to deceive; it does not include the signing of one's own name with or
without authority, in any capacity, or for any purpose.
(d) "Larceny and Embezzlement" as it applies to any named Insured
means those acts as set forth in Section 37 of the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(e) "Items of Deposit" means any one or more checks and drafts.
SECTION 2. EXCLUSIONS
THIS BOND DOES NOT COVER:
(a) loss effected directly or indirectly by means of forgery or alteration
of, on or in any instrument, except when covered by Insuring Agreement (A),
(D), (E) or (F).
(b) loss 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.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) loss resulting from the complete or partial nonpayment 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
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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).
(f) loss resulting from any violation by the Insured or by any Employee
(1) 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
(2) of any rule or regulation made pursuant to any such law.
unless such loss, in the absence of such laws, rules or regulations,
would be covered under Insuring Agreements (A) or (E).
(g) loss 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 motor vehicle company, unless such loss shall be
in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured under (a) the
Insured'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 motor vehicle company's
service, and then this bond shall cover only such excess.
(h) potential 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).
(i) all damages of any type for which the Insured is legally liable, except
direct compensatory damages arising from a loss covered under this bond.
(j) loss through the surrender of Property away from an office of the
Insured as a result of a threat
(1) 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
(2) to do damage to the premises or Property of the Insured, except when
covered under Insuring Agreement (A).
(k) 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 (I).
(l) loss 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 payment is covered
under Insuring Agreement (A).
(m) 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.
SECTION 3. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS
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'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.
SECTION 4. LOSS-NOTICE-PROOF-LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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'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, 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 proceeding to recover hereunder
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on account of any judgment against the Insured in any suit mentioned in General
Agreement C or to recover attorneys' 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 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.
Discovery occurs when the Insured
(a) becomes aware of facts, or
(b) receives written notice of an actual or potential claim by a third party
which alleges that the Insured is liable under circumstance 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.
SECTION 5. VALUATION OF PROPERTY
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 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
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.
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 and other records.
SECTION 6. VALUATION OF PREMISES AND FURNISHINGS
In case of damage to any office of the Insured, or loss of or damage to the
furnishings, fixtures, stationary, 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 or replacement or repair, such shall be determined
by arbitration.
SECTION 7. LOST SECURITIES
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.
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's rights, title and interests in and to said securities.
With 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.
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 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 BOND subject to the Limit of Liability hereunder.
SECTION 8. SALVAGE
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, 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.
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SECTION 9. NON-REDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY
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 of
premiums which shall be payable or paid, the liability of the Underwriter under
this bond with respect to all loss resulting form
(a) any one act of burglary, robbery or hold-up, or attempt thereat, in
which no Partner or Employee is concerned or implicated shall be deemed to be
one loss, or
(b) 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
(c) all wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a) above, of any one
person shall be deemed to be one loss, or
(d) 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,
knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly, aid or aids in anyway, 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
(e) any one casualty or event other than those specified in (a), (b), (c) or
(d) preceding, shall be deemed to be one loss, and 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.
Sub-section (c) is not applicable to any situation to which the language of
sub-section (d) applies.
SECTION 10. LIMIT OF LIABILITY
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 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.
SECTION 11. OTHER INSURANCE
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.
SECTION 12. DEDUCTIBLE
The 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 NONACCUMULATION 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.
The Insured will bear, in addition to the Deductible Amount, premiums on
Lost Instrument Bonds as set forth in Section 7.
There shall be no deductible applicable to any loss under Insuring Agreement
A sustained by any Investment Company named as Insured herein.
SECTION 13. TERMINATION
The Underwriter may terminate this bond as an entirety by furnishing written
notice specifying the termination date which cannot be prior to 90 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 90 days
before the effective date of the termination. 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 90 days after receipt
of written notice by all other Investment Companies. Premiums are earned until
the termination date as set forth herein.
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This Bond will terminate as to any one Insured, (other than a registered
management investment company), 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.
This Bond will terminate as to any registered management investment company
upon the expiration of 90 days after written notice has been given to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
The Underwriter shall refund the unearned premium computed as 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.
This Bond shall terminate
(a) 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 and upon the expiration of ninety
(90) days after written notice has been given to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C. (See Section 16[d]) and to the Insured Investment
Company, or
(b) as to any Employee 90 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
(c) 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 of 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.
SECTION 14. RIGHTS AFTER TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION
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 if 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.
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;
(a) 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
(b) upon takeover of the Insured'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.
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's business for the
operation or for the liquidation thereof or for any other purpose.
SECTION 15. CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES
Securities included in the systems 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'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.
The words "Employee" and "Employees" 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. 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.
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 or recovered under any bond or policy if insurance
indemnifying such Corporations, against such loss(es), and then the Underwriter
shall be liable hereunder only
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for the Insured's share of such excess loss(es), but in no event for more than
the Limit of Liability applicable hereunder.
For the purpose of determining the Insured'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 Corporation 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 of all such interests and that the Insured's share of
such excess loss(es) shall be the amount of the Insured's interest in such
Property in excess of the amount(s) so apportioned to the Insured by such
Corporations.
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'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.
SECTION 16. ADDITIONAL COMPANIES INCLUDED AS INSURED
If more than one corporation, co-partnership or person or any combination of
them be included as the Insured herein:
(a) 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.
(b) 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,
(c) the Underwriter shall not be responsible for the proper application of
any payment made hereunder to said first named Insured,
(d) knowledge possessed or discovery made by any partner, officer or
supervisory Employee of any Insured shall for the purpose of Section 4 and
Section 13 of this bond constitute knowledge or discovery by all the Insured,
and
(e) if 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.
SECTION 17. NOTICE AND CHANGE OF CONTROL
Upon the Insured's 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:
(a) the names of the transferors and transferees (or the names of the
beneficial owners if the voting securities are requested in another name), and
(b) the total number of voting securities owned by the transferors and the
transferees (or the beneficial owners), both immediately before and after the
transfer, and
(c) the total number of outstanding voting securities.
As used in this section, control means the power to exercise a controlling
influence over the management or policies of the Insured.
Failure to give the required notice shall result in termination of coverage
of this bond, effective upon the date of stock transfer for any loss in which
any transferee is concerned or implicated.
Such notice is not required to be given in the case of an Insured which is
an Investment Company.
SECTION 18. CHANGE OR MODIFICATION
This bond or any instrument amending or effecting same may not be changed or
modified orally. No changes in or modification thereof shall be effective
unless made by written endorsement issued to form a part hereof over the
signature of the Underwriter'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
shall 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 of any change or modification which would adversely affect the
rights of such Investment Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Underwriter has caused this bond to be executed on the
Declarations Page.
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RIDER NO. 1
JOINT INSURED LIST
To be attached to and form part of Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
In favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. At the request of the Insured, the Underwriter adds to the list of Insured
under the attached bond the following:
ING FAMILY OF FUNDS
ING CORPORATE LEADERS TRUST
ING EQUITY TRUST
ING FUNDS TRUST
ING MUTUAL FUNDS
ING MAYFLOWER TRUST
ING SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS TRUST
ING PRIME RATE TRUST
ING SENIOR INCOME FUND
ING ASIA PACIFIC HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND
ING GLOBAL EQUITY DIVIDEND AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
ING GLOBAL ADVANTAGE AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
ING INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY FUND
ING RISK MANAGED NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
ING VP NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST
ING VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
ING VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST
ING INVESTORS TRUST
ING Partners, Inc.
ING Mid Cap Value Fund (launched 9/30/11)
ING Index Solution and ING Solution Portfolios - New Portfolios (launched
10/3/11)
2. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 2
INSURING AGREEMENT L
To be attached to and form part of Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond is amended by adding an additional Insuring Agreement as
follows:
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Loss resulting directly from a fraudulent
(1) entry of data into, or
(2) change of data elements or programs within a Computer System; provided that
fraudulent entry or change causes
(a) Property to be transferred paid or delivered,
(b) an account of the Insured, or of its customer, to be added, deleted,
debited or credited, or
(c) an unauthorized account or a fictitious account to be debited or
credited;
(3) voice instruction or advices having been transmitted to the Insured or its
agent(s) by telephone; and provided further, the fraudulent entry or change is
made or caused by an individual acting with the manifest intent to:
(i) cause the Insured or its agent(s) to sustain a loss, and
(ii) obtain financial benefit for that individual or for other persons
intended by that individual to receive a financial benefit,
(iii) and further provided such voice instructions or advices:
(a) were made by a person who purported to represent an individual
authorized to make such voice instructions or advices; and
(b) were electronically recorded by the Insured or its agent(s).
(4) It shall be a condition to recovery under the Computer Systems Rider that
the Insured or its agent(s) shall to the best of their ability electronically
record all voice instructions or advices received over the telephone. The
Insured or its agent(s) warrant that they shall make their best efforts to
maintain the electronic recording system on a continuous basis. Nothing,
however, in this Rider shall bar the Insured from recovery where no recording
is available because of
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mechanical failure of the device used in making such recording, or because of
failure of the media used to record a conversation from any cause, or error or
omission of any Employee(s) or agent(s) of the Insured.
SCHEDULE OF SYSTEMS
Any System Utilized by the Insured
2. As used in this Rider, Computer System means:
(a) computers with related peripheral components, including storage
components, wherever located,
(b) systems and applications software,
(c) terminal devices,
(d) related communication networks or customer communication systems, and
(e) related Electronic Funds Transfer Systems, by which data are
electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored, and retrieved.
3. In addition to the exclusion in the attached bond, the following exclusions
are applicable to this Insuring Agreement:
(a) loss resulting directly or indirectly from the theft of confidential
information, material or data: and
(b) loss resulting directly or indirectly from entries or changes made by an
individual authorized to have access to a Computer System who acts in good
faith on instructions, unless such instructions are given to that individual by
a software contractor (or by a partner, officer or employee thereof) authorized
by the Insured to design, develop, prepare, supply service, write or implement
programs for the Insured's Computer System.
4. The following portions of the attached bond are not applicable to this Rider:
(a) the initial paragraph of the bond preceding the Insuring Agreements which
reads "...at any time but discovered during the Bond Period."
(b) Section 9-NON-REDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL
LIABILITY
(c) Section 10-LIMIT OF LIABILITY
5. The coverage afforded by this rider applies only to loss discovered by the
Insured during the period this Rider is in force.
6. All loss or series of losses involving the fraudulent activity of one
individual, or involving fraudulent activity in which one individual is
implicated, whether or not that individual is specifically identified, shall be
treated as one loss. A series of losses involving unidentified individuals but
arising from the same method of operation may be deemed by the Underwriter to
involve the same individual and in that event shall be treated as one loss.
7. The Limit of Liability for the coverage provided by this Rider shall be
$25,000,000.
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8. The Underwriter shall be liable hereunder for the amount by which one loss
shall be in excess of $25,000 (herein called the Deductible Amount) but not in
excess of the Limit of Liability stated above.
9. If any loss is covered under this Insuring Agreement and any other Insuring
Agreement or Coverage, the maximum amount payable for such loss shall not
exceed the largest amount available under any one Insuring Agreement or
Coverage.
10. Coverage under this Rider shall terminate upon termination or cancellation
of the bond to which this Rider is attached. Coverage under this rider may also
be terminated or cancelled without canceling the bond as an entirety:
(a) 90 days after receipt by the Insured of written notice from the
Underwriter of its desire to terminate or cancel coverage under this Rider, or
(b) immediately upon receipt by the Underwriter of a written request from
the Insured to terminate or cancel coverage under this Rider.
The Underwriter shall refund to the Insured the unearned premium for this
coverage under this Rider. The refund shall be computed at short rates if this
Rider is terminated or cancelled or reduces by notice from, or at the
insistence of the Insured.
11. Section 4-LOSS-NOTICE-PROOF-LEGAL PROCEEDING of the Conditions and
Limitations of this bond is amended by adding the following sentence:
"Proof of Loss resulting from Voice Instructions or advices covered under this
bond shall include Electronic Recording of such Voice Instructions of advices."
12. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, coverage afforded by this Rider is
not designed to provide protection against loss covered under a separate
Electronic and Computer Crime Policy by whatever title assigned or by whatever
Underwriter written. Any loss which is covered under such separate Policy is
excluded from coverage under this bond; and the Insured agrees to make claim
for such loss under its separate Policy.
13. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
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RIDER NO. 3
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that this Bond is amended by adding the following:
EXTENDED COMPUTER SYSTEMS RIDER
1. Electronic Data, Electronic Media, Electronic Instruction
(1)Loss resulting directly from:
(a) the fraudulent modification of Electronic Data, Electronic Media or
Electronic Instruction being stored within or being run within any system
covered under this rider,
(b) robbery, burglary, larceny or theft of Electronic Data, Electronic Media or
Electronic instructions,
(c) the acts of a hacker causing damage or destruction of Electronic Data,
Electronic Media or Electronic Instruction owned by the Insured or for which
the Insured is legally liable, while stored within a Computer System covered
under this rider, or
(d) the damage or destruction of Electronic Data, electronic Media or
Electronic Instruction owned by the Insured or for which the Insured is legally
liable while stored within a Computer System covered under Computer Systems
Fraud Insuring Agreement (G), provided such damage or destruction was caused by
a computer program or similar instruction which was written or altered to
intentionally incorporate a hidden instruction designed to damage or destroy
Electronic Data, Electronic Media, or Electronic instruction in the Computer
System in which the computer program or instruction so written or so altered is
used.
2. Electronic Communication
Loss resulting directly from the Insured having transferred, paid or delivered
any funds or property, established any credit, debited any account or given any
value on the faith of any electronic communications directed to the Insured,
which were transmitted or appear to have been transmitted through:
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(a) an Electronic Communication System,
(b) an Automated clearing house or custodian, or
(c) a Telex, TWX, or similar means of communication, directly into the
Insured's Computer System or Communication Terminal, and fraudulently purport
to have been sent by a customer, automated clearing house, custodian, or
financial institution, but which communications were either not sent by said
customer, automated clearing house, custodian, or financial institution, or
were fraudulently modified during physical transit of Electronic Media to the
Insured or during electronic transmission to the Insured's Computer System or
Communication Terminal.
3. Electronic Transmission
Loss resulting directly from a customer of the Insured, any automated clearing
house, custodian, or financial institution having transferred, paid or
delivered any funds or property, established any credit, debited any account or
given any value on the faith of any electronic communications, purporting to
have been directed by the Insured to such customer, automated clearing house,
custodian, or financial institution initiating, authorizing, or acknowledging,
the transfer, payment, delivery or receipt of funds or property, which
communications were transmitted through:
(a) an Electronic Communication System,
(b) an automated clearing house or custodian, or
(c) a Telex, TWX, or similar means of communication, directly into a Computer
System or Communication Terminal of said customer, automated clearing house,
custodian, or financial institution, and fraudulently purport to have been
directed by the Insured, but which communications were either not sent by the
Insured, or were fraudulently modified during physical transit of Electronic
Media from the Insured or during electronic transmission from the Insured
Computer System or Communication Termina, and for which loss the Insured is
held to be legally liable.
2. In addition to the Conditions and Limitations in the bond, the following,
applicable to the Extended Computer Systems Rider, are added:
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DEFINITIONS
(A) Communication Terminal means a teletype, teleprinter or video display
terminal, or similar device capable of sending or receiving information
electronically. Communication Terminal does not mean a telephone.
(B) Electronic Communication System means electronic communication operations
by Fedwire, Clearing House Interbank Payment System (CHIPS), society of
Worldwide International Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), similar automated
interbank communication systems, and Internet access facilities.
(C) Electronic Data means facts or information converted to a form usable in
Computer Systems and which is stored on Electronic Media for use by computer
programs.
(D) Electronic Instruction means computer programs converted to a form usable
in a Computer System to act upon Electronic Data.
(E) Electronic Media means the magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk, or
any other bulk media on which data is recorded.
EXCLUSIONS
This bond does not cover:
(A) loss resulting directly or indirectly from forged, altered or fraudulent
negotiable instruments, securities, documents or written instruments used as
source documentation in the preparation of Electronic Data:
(B) loss of negotiable instruments, securities, documents or written
instruments except as converted to Electronic Data and then only in that
converted form;
(C) loss resulting from mechanical failure, faulty construction, error in
design, latent defect, wear or tear, gradual deterioration, electrical
disturbance, Electronic Media failure or breakdown or any malfunction or error
in programming or error or omission in processing;
(D) loss resulting directly or indirectly from the input of Electronic Data at
an authorized electronic terminal of an Electronic Funds Transfer System or a
Customer Communication System by a person who had authorized access from a
customer to that customer's authentication mechanism;
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(E) liability assumed by the Insured by agreement under any contract, unless
such liability would have attached to the Insured even in the absence of such
agreement; or
(F) loss resulting directly or indirectly from:
(1)written instruction unless covered under this rider; or
(2)instruction by voice over the telephone, unless covered under this rider.
SERIES OF LOSSES
All losses or series of losses involving the fraudulent acts of one individual,
or involving fraudulent acts in which one individual is implicated, whether or
not that individual is specifically identified, shall be treated as a Single
Loss and subject to the Single Loss Limit of Liability. A series of losses
involving unidentified individuals but arising from the same method of
operation shall be deemed to involve the same individual and in that event
shall be treated as a Single Loss and subject to the Single Loss Limit of
Liability.
VALUATION
Electronic Data, Electronic Media, or Electronic Instruction
In case of loss of, or damage to, Electronic Data, Electronic Media or
Electronic Instruction used by the Insured in its business, the Underwriter
shall be liable under this bond only if such items are actually reproduced from
other Electronic Data, Electronic Media or Electronic Instruction of the same
kind or quality and then for not more than the cost of the Blank media and/or
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 Electronic Data,
Electronic Media or Electronic Instruction subject to the applicable Single
Loss Limit of Liability.
However, if such Electronic Data cannot be reproduced and said Electronic Data
represents Securities or financial instruments having a value, then the loss
will be valued as indicated in the Property other than Money, Securities or
Records paragraphs of Section 6.
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The title and any headings in this rider are solely for convenience and form no
part of the terms and conditions of coverage.
All other terms, conditions and limitations of this bond shall remain unchanged.
2. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
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RIDER NO. 4
NEWLY CREATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. Item 1. of the Declarations shall include any existing Investment Company or
portfolios which are not listed under Rider No. 1 of the attached Bond. It
shall also include any Newly Created Investment Company or portfolio provided
that the Insured shall submit to the Underwriter following the end of the Bond
Period, a list of all Newly Created portfolios and Copies of any prospectuses
and statements of additional information relating to such Newly Created
Investment Companies or portfolios unless said prospectus and statements of
additional information have been previously submitted.
Following the end of the Bond Period, any Newly Created Investment Company or
portfolio created during the Period, will continue to be an Insured only if the
Underwriter notified as set forth in the paragraph and the information required
herein is provided to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter acknowledges the
addition of such Newly Created Investment Company or portfolio to the Bond by a
Rider of this Bond.
2. It is further agreed that the following definition is added to Section 1.
DEFINITIONS.
(g) Newly Created Investment Company or portfolio shall mean any Investment
Company or portfolio for which registration with the SEC has been declared.
3. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 5
LOSS REPORTING THRESHOLD
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1 The second paragraph of Section 12 - 'DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT' - is deleted in its
entirety and replaced by the following:
"The Insured shall, in the time and in the manner prescribed in this Bond,
give the Underwriter notice of any loss which is in excess of $12,500. Such
loss shall be of the kind covered by the terms of this bond, whether or not the
Underwriter is liable therefore. Upon the request of the Underwriter, the
Insured shall file a brief statement with the Underwriter giving the
particulars concerning such loss."
2. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any
of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned bond, other than as stated herein.
3. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 6
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY REVISION
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
It is agreed that:
1. Insuring Agreement (F), Counterfeit Currency is deleted in its entirety and
replaced by the following:
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
(F) Loss resulting directly from the receipt by the Insured, in good faith of
any counterfeit money.
2. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any
of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned bond, other than as stated herein.
3. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 7
AMENDED DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1) Section 1, Definitions, (a) Employee, is Amended by adding the following:
after Item 9:
(10) Ex-Employees up to 60 days after termination, except if terminated for
reasons of fraud or dishonesty
2) This Rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 8
AMENDED SECTION 13 - TERMINATION
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. Paragraph 1 of Section 13. Termination, is amended by adding the following
after the words "D.C." on Line 5 and on Line 9" " State of Arkansas, and
Midwest Stock Exchange"
2. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
RIDER NO. 9
AMENDED FIDELITY
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
A) Delete Paragraph 2 of Insuring Agreement A, and replace with the following:
"Such dishonest or fraudulent acts must be committed by the Employee with the
manifest intent:
(a) to cause the Insured to sustain such loss, or
(b) to obtain financial benefit for the Employee or another person or entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed that with regard to Loans and/or
Trading this bond covers only loss resulting directly from dishonest or
fraudulent acts committed by an Employee with the manifest intent to cause the
Insured to sustain such loss and which results in a financial benefit for the
Employee. However, where the proceeds of a dishonest or fraudulent act
committed by an Employee arising from Loans and/or Trading are actually
received by persons with whom the Employee was acting in collusion, but said
Employee fails to derive a financial benefit therefrom, such a loss will
nevertheless be covered hereunder as if the Employee had obtained such benefit
provided the Insured establishes that the Employee intended to participate
therein.
The term "Trading" as used in this Insuring Agreement shall be deemed to mean
buying or selling or other dealings in securities, commodities, futures,
options, foreign or federal funds, currencies, foreign exchange and the like.
The term "Loan" as used in this Insuring Agreement shall be deemed to mean all
extensions of credit by the Insured and all transactions creating a creditor
relationship in favor of the Insured and all transactions by which the Insured
assumes an existing creditor relationship."
B) It is agreed that the following paragraph is added after the second
paragraph of Insuring Agreement (A) Fidelity:
"Loss resulting directly from the malicious destruction of or the malicious
damage of Property, Electronic Data or Electronic Data Processing Media
committed by an Employee, whether committed alone or in collusion with others,
which acts are committed with the manifest intent to cause the Insured to
sustain a loss.".
This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard time.
RIDER NO. 10
AMENDED SECTION 4. LOSS-NOTICE-PROOF-LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
To be attached to and form part of the Investment Company Bond
Bond No. 314-79-82 -01
in favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. Section 4. Loss-Notice-Proof - Legal Proceedings, is amended by the
following:
a) Paragraph 1, Sentence 2, Line 3, the word "Insured" is replaced by the words
"by the Risk Management Department, Office of the General Counsel, or Senior
Vice President or above of the Insured".
b) Paragraph 2, Line 1, the word "Insured" is replaced by the words "by the
Risk Management Department, Office of the General Counsel, or Senior Vice
President or above of the Insured".
2. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
INSURED COPY
314-79-82 - 01
INSURED COPY
314-79-82 - 01
RIDER NO. 1
JOINT INSURED LIST
To be attached to and form part of Bond No. 314-79-82 - 01
In favor of ING Family of Funds
It is agreed that:
1. At the request of the Insured, the Underwriter adds to the list of Insured
under the attached bond the following:
ING FAMILY OF FUNDS
ING CORPORATE LEADERS TRUST
ING EQUITY TRUST
ING FUNDS TRUST
ING MUTUAL FUNDS
ING MAYFLOWER TRUST
ING SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS TRUST
ING PRIME RATE TRUST
ING SENIOR INCOME FUND
ING ASIA PACIFIC HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND
ING GLOBAL EQUITY DIVIDEND AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
ING GLOBAL ADVANTAGE AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
ING INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY FUND
ING RISK MANAGED NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
ING VP NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST
ING VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
ING VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST
ING INVESTORS TRUST
ING Partners, Inc.
ING Mid Cap Value Fund (launched 9/30/11)
ING Index Solution and ING Solution Portfolios - New Portfolios
(launched 10/3/11)
ING Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund
ING Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund
2. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/01/2012 standard
time.
"/S/ Frank J. Scheckton, Jr."
By: ------------------------------
(Authorized Representative)
INSURED COPY
314-79-82 - 01
REVISED