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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas</custodianName>
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            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>BNP Paribas</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Banco Citi Mexico S.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Banco Itau Uruguay S.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Banco Santander Chile</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Bank Handlowy w. Warszawie S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodianCountry>PL</custodianCountry>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>CACEIS Bank Spain, S.A.U.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Citibank A.S.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Citibank Maghreb S.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Citibank NA-Buenos Aires</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Citibank del Peru S.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Citibank, N.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Cititrust Colombia S.A.</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>DBS Bank Ltd</custodianName>
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            <isSubCustodian>Y</isSubCustodian>
            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Deutsche Bank AG</custodianName>
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            <isCustodianAffiliated>N</isCustodianAffiliated>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Deutsche Bank AG</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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            <custodianName>Euroclear</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign securities depository - rule 17f-7 (17 CFR 270.17f-7)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>FirstRand Bank Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Franklin Templeton Investor Services LLC</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Self - rule 17f-2 (17 CFR 270.17f-2)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank Middle East Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank Middle East Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>HSBC Bank Middle East Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank International (Limited Liability Company)**</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodianCountry>BE</custodianCountry>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan S.A. DTVM</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia Company</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.</custodianName>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Mizuho Bank, Ltd.</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>PT Bank HSBC Indonesia</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Royal Bank of Canada</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
            <custodianName>Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited</custodianName>
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            <custodyType>Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)</custodyType>
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          <custodian>
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            <transferAgentName>Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC</transferAgentName>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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          <custodian>
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