Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Forward Funds. (the “Registrant”), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement filed with the SEC on December 27, 2006.
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Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust A copy of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust for the Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust has been executed on behalf of the Trust by Trustees of the Trust in their capacity as Trustees of the Trust and not individually. The obligations of this Agreement shall be binding upon the assets and property of the Trust and shall not be binding upon any Trustee, officer, or shareholder of the Trust individually.
Agreement and Declaration of Trust These By-Laws shall be subject to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from time to time in effect (the "Declaration of Trust"), of the above-captioned Massachusetts business trust established by the Declaration of Trust (the "Trust").
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement This Trust Agreement is the amended and restated trust agreement contemplated by the Trust Agreement dated as of [___], 20[___], between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee (the “Initial Trust Agreement”). This Trust Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Initial Trust Agreement.
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Principal Office 1.1 Principal Office of the Trust. A principal office of the Trust shall be located in New York, New York. The Trust may have other principal offices within or without Massachusetts as the Trustees may determine or as they may authorize.
Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.
Amended and Restated Agreement This Agreement amends and restates, in its entirety, and replaces, the Prior Loan Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, novate the Prior Loan Agreement and Borrower reaffirms that the existing security interest created by the Prior Loan Agreement is and remains in full force and effect.
Declaration of Trust The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. The Trust is not intended to be a business trust within the meaning of Section 101(9)(A)(v) of the Bankruptcy Code. It is also the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, on and after the Closing Date, (a) so long as the Trust has only one Certificateholder, the Trust shall be disregarded as a separate entity and (b) at such time as the Trust has more than one Certificateholder, the Trust will be treated as a partnership, with the assets of the partnership being the Receivables and other assets held by the Trust, the partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders, and the Notes being non-recourse debt of the partnership. The Depositor (and any future Certificateholder by the purchase of the Trust Certificate will be deemed to have agreed) and the Owner Trustee agree to take no action inconsistent with such tax treatment. The Trust shall not elect to be treated as an association under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(a). The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the sole Certificateholder or the Trust, as applicable, will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the foregoing characterization of the Trust for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee, shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and, to the extent not inconsistent herewith, in the Statutory Trust Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. Any action taken on behalf of the Trust prior to the date hereof with respect to the filing of financing statements, the Certificate of Trust, a qualification to do business in the State of Alabama or any other similar qualification or license in any other state or jurisdiction, if applicable, is hereby ratified.
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement It is the intention of each of the parties hereto that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended and restated in its entirety on the Closing Date and shall be deemed replaced and superseded in all respects by this Agreement, except to evidence (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of the “Obligations” under and as defined in Existing Credit Agreement (whether or not such “Obligations” are contingent as of the Closing Date) and (ii) the representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties prior to the Closing Date (which representations and warranties made prior to the Closing Date shall not be superseded or rendered ineffective by this Agreement as they pertain to the period prior to the Closing Date). This Agreement does not constitute a novation or termination of the obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement (or serve to terminate Section 11.04 of the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the Borrower’s obligations thereunder with respect to the Revolving Credit Lenders (as defined therein)), and all outstanding “Obligations” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall constitute Obligations hereunder. This Agreement constitutes an amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement made under and in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement. In addition, unless specifically amended in connection herewith, each of the Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect. Each Loan Party and each of the Revolving Credit Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Security Agreement, this Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents and consents to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents effected pursuant to this Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents. Each Loan Party hereby confirms that each Loan Document to which it is a party or otherwise bound and all Collateral encumbered thereby will continue to guarantee or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest extent possible in accordance with the Loan Documents the payment and performance of all Obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which is a party. Each of the Revolving Credit Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement hereby expressly authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to execute such documents or instruments as may be required or contemplated by the Existing Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the Existing Security Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents, in each case, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents. On and after the Closing Date, (i) all references to the “Credit Agreement” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement, (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be amended to become, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement and (iii) except as the context otherwise provides, on or after the Closing Date, all references to this Agreement herein (including for purposes of indemnification and reimbursement of fees) shall be to this Agreement.
Amendment of Partnership Agreement Pursuant to Section 17-211(g) of the Delaware Act, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with this Article XIV may (a) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (b) effect the adoption of a new partnership agreement for the Partnership if it is the Surviving Business Entity. Any such amendment or adoption made pursuant to this Section 14.5 shall be effective at the effective time or date of the merger or consolidation.
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