Standard of Liability MSIL and its affiliates (as defined below) shall not be liable to Customer, the general partner or the limited partners, or any of its or their respective successors or assigns, for any act, omission, conduct, or activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Customer pursuant to this Agreement which MSIL determines, in good faith, to be in the best interest of the Customer, unless such act, omission, conduct, or activity by MSIL or its affiliates constituted misconduct or negligence. Without limiting the foregoing, MSIL shall have no responsibility or liability to Customer hereunder (i) in connection with the performance or non-performance by any Exchange, Clearing House or other third party (including floor brokers not selected by MSIL) and/or Broker to MSIL of its obligations in respect of any Contract or Transaction or other property of Customer; (ii) as a result of any prediction, recommendation or advice made or given by a representative of MSIL whether or not made or given at the request of Customer; (iii) as a result of MSIL's reliance on any instructions, notices and communications that it believes to be that of an individual authorized to act on behalf of Customer; (iv) as a result of any delay in the performance or non-performance of any of MSIL's obligations hereunder directly or indirectly caused by the occurrence of any contingency beyond the control of MSIL including, but not limited to, the unscheduled closure of an Exchange or Clearing House or delays in the transmission of orders due to breakdowns or failures of transmission or communication facilities, execution, and/or trading facilities or other systems, it being understood that MSIL shall be excused from performance of its obligations hereunder for such period of time as is reasonably necessary after such occurrence to remedy the effects therefrom; (v) as a result of any action taken by MSIL to comply with Market Requirements or Applicable Law; or (vi) for any acts or omissions of those neither employed nor supervised by MSIL (excluding floor brokers selected by MSIL). In no event will MSIL be liable to Customer for consequential, incidental or special damages hereunder.
Liability Provisions (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Main Agreement or this Appendix B, BNYM shall not be liable under this Appendix B under any theory of tort, contract, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for lost profits, for exemplary, punitive, special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages, or for any other damages which are not direct damages regardless of whether such damages were or should have been foreseeable and regardless of whether any entity has been advised of the possibility of such damages, all and each of which damages is hereby excluded by agreement of the parties.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Main Agreement or this Appendix B, BNYM's cumulative, aggregate liability to the Company for any Loss, including Loss arising from Claims for indemnification pursuant to the Main Agreement and this Appendix B, that arises or relates to a term of this Appendix B, the recovery of which is not otherwise excluded or barred by another provision of this Agreement, shall not exceed the fees paid by Company to BNYM for use of the particular Component System with respect to which the claim of Loss was made for the six (6) months immediately prior to the date the last claim of Loss relating to the particular Component System arose.
(c) In the event of a material breach of this Appendix B by BNYM with respect to the operation of a particular Component System, Company's sole and exclusive termination remedy shall be to terminate the Licensed Rights granted by this Appendix B to the particular Component System with respect to which the material breach occurred by complying with the notice and cure period provisions in the Main Agreement applicable to a material breach of the Agreement, but the Company shall not be entitled to terminate any other provision of the Agreement or the Licensed Rights with respect to any other Component System. For purposes of clarification: The foregoing sentence is not intended to restrict, modify or abrogate any remedy available to a Company under another provision of the Agreement for a breach of Appendix B by BNYM other than the termination remedy.
Limitations of Liability The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:
(a) Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this Agreement and that which is expressly set forth herein;
(b) Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in Section 1 hereof, and the Trustee shall have no liability to any third party except for liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct;
(c) Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding of any kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it shall have received instructions from the Company given as provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;
(d) Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;
(e) Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the Trustee;
(f) The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the Trustee’s best judgment, except for the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee, which counsel may be the Company’s counsel), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained) which the Trustee believes, in good faith and with reasonable care, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee, signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;
(g) Verify the accuracy of the information contained in the Registration Statement;
(h) Provide any assurance that any Business Combination entered into by the Company or any other action taken by the Company is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;
(i) File information returns with respect to the Trust Account with any local, state or federal taxing authority or provide periodic written statements to the Company documenting the taxes payable by the Company, if any, relating to any interest income earned on the Property;
(j) Prepare, execute and file tax reports, income or other tax returns and pay any taxes with respect to any income generated by, and activities relating to, the Trust Account, regardless of whether such tax is payable by the Trust Account or the Company, including, but not limited to, tax obligations, except pursuant to Section 1(j) hereof; or
(k) Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve the Company’s written requests for distributions pursuant to Sections 1(i), 1(j) or 1(k) hereof.
Standard of Care/Limitations of Liability (a) Subject to the terms of this Section 10, PFPC Trust shall be liable to the Funds (or any person or entity claiming through the Funds) for damages only to the extent caused by PFPC Trust’s own intentional misconduct, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of its duties under this Agreement (“Standard of Care”).
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (other than as specifically provided in Section 12(h)(ii)(B)(4) and Section 12(h)(iii)(A) of this Agreement), the Funds shall be responsible for all filings, tax returns and reports on any transactions undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, or in respect of the Property or any collections undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, which may be requested by any relevant authority. In addition, the Funds shall be responsible for the payment of all taxes and similar items (including without limitation penalties and interest related thereto).
(c) PFPC Trust shall not be liable for damages (including without limitation damages caused by delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data) occurring directly or indirectly by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation: acts of God; action or inaction of civil or military authority; national emergencies; public enemy; war; terrorism; riot; fire; flood; catastrophe; sabotage; epidemics; labor disputes; civil commotion; interruption, loss or malfunction of utilities, transportation, computer or communications capabilities; insurrection; elements of nature; non-performance by a third party; failure of the mails; or functions or malfunctions of the internet, firewalls, encryption systems or security devices caused by any of the above. Should an event beyond PFPC Trust’s reasonable control occur, PFPC Trust will follow applicable procedures in its disaster recovery and business continuity plan and use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate and minimize any service interruptions to the Funds.
(d) PFPC Trust shall not be under any duty or obligation to inquire into and shall not be liable for the validity or invalidity, authority or lack thereof, or truthfulness or accuracy or lack thereof, of any instruction, direction, notice, instrument or other information which PFPC Trust reasonably believes to be genuine. PFPC Trust shall not be liable for any damages that are caused by actions or omissions taken by PFPC Trust in accordance with Written Instructions or the reasonable advice of counsel. PFPC Trust shall not be liable for any damages arising out of any action or omission to act by any prior service provider of the Funds or for any failure to discover any such error or omission. PFPC Trust shall not have responsibility for any anti-money laundering requirements to which the Funds are subject under applicable laws or regulations or under the Subscription Documents with any Portfolio Fund in which the Funds have invested.
(e) PFPC Trust shall have no liability for any action by the Funds or by any of the Portfolio Funds that prevents or limits the redemption or other liquidation of the Property (including without limitation any action taken by any Portfolio Fund to suspend or curtail redemptions or to make distributions in kind, including distributions of illiquid investments).
(f) Neither PFPC Trust nor its affiliates shall be liable for any consequential, incidental, exemplary, punitive, special or indirect damages, whether or not the likelihood of such damages was known by PFPC Trust or its affiliates.
(g) No party may assert a cause of action against PFPC Trust or any of its Affiliates that allegedly occurred more than 24 months immediately prior to the discovery of such cause of action.
(h) Each party shall have a duty to reasonably mitigate damages for which the other party may become responsible.
(i) This Section 10 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability THE SERVICES AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RDLB ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. RDLB, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF ITS REPORTS OR THE RDLB WEB SITE BY SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF RDLB, INC. WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR WAS GROSSLY NEGLIGENT. RDLB, INC. HAS MADE ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INSURE THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA ON WHICH THE FORECASTS AND PROJECTIONS CONTAINED IN ITS REPORTS HAVE BEEN BASED BUT CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF SUCH UNDERLYING DATA OR STATISTICS. RDLB, INC. FURTHER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAY INCUR IN THE EVENT OF ANY FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF THE RDLB WEB SITE OR THE TIMELY DELIVERY OF ITS REPORTS TO SUBSCRIBER, OR DUE TO ANY OTHER CAUSE RELATING TO SUBSCRIBER’S ACCESS TO, INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE RDLB WEB SITE OR THE REPORTS SUBSCRIBED TO HEREUNDER, WHETHER OR NOT THE CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO SUCH CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE CONTROL OF RDLB, INC. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, AND, AS SUCH, SOME PORTION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO SUBSCRIBER. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, RDLB’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Waiver of Liability Seller hereby waives, acquits, and forever releases, and agrees to defend and hold harmless, the Agency, its officer(s), director(s), employee(s), contractor(s), associate(s), and representative(s) from any responsibility or liability whatsoever concerning any photos or videos generated from the Photographic Services or their distribution.
Standard of Care, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification (a) The Sub-Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services under this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust, the Adviser or the Fund, or affiliated persons of the Adviser or the Fund (collectively, the "Adviser Indemnitees") in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Sub-Adviser's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Sub-Adviser against any liability to the Adviser Indemnitees for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser Indemnitees from, any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney's fees) to which any of the Adviser Indemnitees may become subject arising out of or resulting from (i) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to be in violation of any applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation or any investment policy or restriction set forth in the Fund's current Registration Statement or the most current written guidelines, policies or instruction provided in writing by the Board or the Adviser, (ii) the Sub-Adviser causing the Fund to fail to satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 2(i) hereof, (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Sub-Adviser or the Portfolio managed by the Sub-Adviser or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Sub-Adviser that was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Adviser or the Trust by the Sub-Adviser for use therein, or (iv) a breach of this Agreement by the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and the Fund from any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney's fees) to which either the Trust or the Fund may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by the Sub-Adviser under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act with respect to the receipt of compensation for its services under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or limitation of rights that the Trust or the Fund may have under federal or state securities laws.
(b) The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust Instrument or other organizational document of the Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Fund arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Fund and its assets, and the Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from any other fund of the Trust or the shareholders or any individual shareholder of the Fund. Nor shall the Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the trustees of the Trust (each, a "Trustee" and, together, the "Trustees") or any individual Trustee or any officers.
(c) As used in this Section 6, the term "Sub-Adviser" shall include any officers, directors, employees, independent contractors or other affiliates of the Sub-Adviser performing services with respect to the Fund.
(d) The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, obligations and liabilities (including reasonable attorney's fees) to which the Sub-Adviser may become subject directly arising out of or resulting from, the Adviser's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
Scope of Liability Neither the Servicer or any subservicer appointed by it, nor any of their respective partners, directors, officers, employees or agents, or its delegees pursuant to Section 11.2.1 hereof, shall be under any liability to the Master Servicer, the Trustee or, if applicable, the Trust Administrator for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer, any subservicer or any of their respective partners, directors, officers, employees or agents, or its delegees pursuant to Section 11.2.1 hereof, against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of his or its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of his or its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer, any subservicer and any of their respective partners, directors, officers, employees or agents, or its delegees pursuant to Section 11.2.1 hereof, may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
Non-Admission of Liability The parties understand and agree that neither the payment of any sum of money nor the execution of this Agreement by the parties will constitute or be construed as an admission of any wrongdoing or liability whatsoever by any party.
Exclusion of Liabilities Regardless of anything else in this Agreement, under no circumstance will we be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, aggravated, punitive or exemplary damages whatsoever (including any loss of profits, opportunity, reputation, revenue, goodwill or any other economic or commercial loss whatsoever), or for any loss of data or information, that is caused to you, regardless of the cause of action, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
