Scope of Investment Authority (a) The Subadviser is hereby authorized, on a discretionary basis, to manage the investments and determine the composition of the assets of the Fund, subject at all times to (i) the supervision and control of the Trustees, (ii) the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and the rules thereunder, (iii) the investment objective, policies and limitations, as provided in the Fund’s Prospectus and other governing documents, and (iv) such instructions, policies and limitations relating to the Fund and/or the performance of oversight of the Subadviser’s duties hereunder as the Trustees or Manager may from time to time adopt and communicate in writing to Subadviser. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Subadviser is not authorized to take any action, including the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, in contravention of any restriction, limitation, objective, policy or instruction described in the previous sentence. (b) It is understood and agreed that, for so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect, Subadviser shall retain discretionary investment authority over the manner in which the Fund’s assets are invested, and Manager shall not have the right to overrule any investment decision with respect to a particular security made by Subadviser, provided that the Trustees and Manager shall at all times have the right to monitor the Fund’s investment activities and performance, require Subadviser to make reports and give explanations as to the manner in which the Fund’s assets are being invested, and, should either Manager or the Trustees become dissatisfied with Subadviser’s performance in any way, terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2 hereof.
Investment Authority With respect to any Authorized Transaction, the Advisor may take any and all action necessary or desirable to effect such Authorized Transaction, including but not limited to (A) placing an order with a broker named in the Broker List for the execution of the Authorized Transaction and (B) issuing to the Trustee such instructions as may be appropriate in connection with the settlement of such Authorized Transaction.
Management Authority Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Act, responsibility for the management of the business and affairs of the Company shall be wholly vested in the Manager, which shall have all right, power and authority to manage, operate and control the business and affairs of the Company and to do or cause to be done any and all acts, at the expense of the Company, deemed by it to be necessary or convenient to the furtherance of the purpose of the Company described in this Agreement. Any action taken by the Manager which is not in violation of this Agreement, the Act and other applicable law shall constitute the act of, and serve to bind, the Company. Any and all actions taken or approved by the Manager pursuant to this Section 5.1 may, but need not, be evidenced by written resolutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Manager may appoint, remove and replace officers of the Company at any time and from time to time, and the Manager may retain such Persons (including any Persons in which the Manager shall have an interest or of which the Manager is an Affiliate) as it shall determine to provide services to or on behalf of the Company for such compensation as the Manager deems appropriate. The Manager may designate individuals as authorized signatories to bind the Company and/or serve as “authorized persons,” within the meaning of the Act, to execute, deliver and file any amendments or restatements of the Certificate and all other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted by the Act to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Secretary or any Vice President of DHC is hereby designated as an authorized person, within the meaning of the Act, to execute, deliver and file, or cause the execution, delivery and filing of, all certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted by the Act to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Settlement Authority The Recipient will not enter into a settlement of any Proceeding against any of the Indemnified Parties unless the Recipient has obtained from the Province or Canada, as applicable, prior written approval or a waiver of this requirement. If the Recipient is requested by the Province or Canada to participate in or conduct the defence of any Proceeding, the Province or Canada, as applicable, will cooperate with and assist the Recipient to the fullest extent possible in the Proceeding and any related settlement negotiations.
Investment Advisor The Buyer is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
Investment Adviser The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
AGREEMENT AUTHORITY 5.1 PDL NPDL shall sell and PFLG shall purchase, on a used/not used basis, thirty percent (30%) of the space available on the vessel (or a maximum of 30% of the capacity of the vessel by weight) (including thirty percent (30%) of the available reefer plug capacity) on each sailing of PDL’s NPDL's vessel in the Trade. Additional slots may be sold/purchased on an ad 1 The inclusion of non-U.S. trades within the scope of this Agreement does not bring such trades within the scope of the U.S. Shipping Act or the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission ("FMC"). hoc basis, and such additional space shall not be unreasonably withheld. To determine the space allocation used by any breakbulk cargo loaded on the Vessel pursuant to this Agreement, the amount of any such breakbulk cargo shall be converted at a rate of 17 revenue tonnes per TEU. 5.2 The sale of slots under Article 5.1 shall be on such terms and such conditions as the Parties may agree from time to time. 5.3 PFLG shall not sub-charter slots made available to it hereunder to any third party, including PFLG affiliates, without the prior written consent of PDL NPDL. 5.4 Each party is responsible for the port charges attributed to its own cargo, but are authorized to discuss and agree on their respective responsibilities for port charges assessed to PDL NPDL as the vessel operator at island ports in the trade. 5.5 The Parties are authorized to discuss and agree upon routine operational and administrative matters including, but not limited to, procedures for allocating space, forecasting, stevedoring and terminal operations, recordkeeping, responsibility for loss, damage or injury (including provisions of bills of lading relating to same), the interchange of information and data regarding all matters within the scope of this Agreement, terms and conditions for force majeure relief, insurance, guarantees, indemnification, and compliance with customs, safety, security, documentation, and other regulatory requirements. 5.6 Each Party shall retain its separate identity and shall have separate sales, pricing and marketing functions. Each Party shall issue its own bills of lading and handle its own claims. 5.7 The Parties shall collectively implement this Agreement by meetings, writings, or other communications between them or within committees established by them, and make such other arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Agreement.
Investment Management If and to the extent requested by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
Trustee’s Good Faith Action, Expert Advice, No Bond or Surety The exercise by the Trustees of their powers hereunder shall be binding upon everyone interested in or dealing with the Trust. A Trustee shall be liable to the Trust and to any Shareholder solely for his or her own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee, and shall not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law. The Trustees may take advice of counsel or other experts with respect to the meaning and operation of this Declaration of Trust, and shall be under no liability for any act or omission in accordance with such advice nor for failing to follow such advice. The Trustees shall not be required to give any bond as such, nor any surety if a bond is required.
Non-Investment Advisory Services The Fund hereby employs the Manager to provide certain non-investment advisory services for the Portfolio, subject to the direction of the officers and the Board on the terms hereinafter set forth. Specifically, the Manager shall perform or arrange for the performance, as applicable, at its own expense (except as provided in Section 4 or unless otherwise agreed to by the Manager and the Fund, in which case at the Fund’s expense), the following services to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio to the extent that any such services are not otherwise provided by any other service provider to the Fund: (i) monitor and evaluate the services provided to the Fund for the benefit of the Portfolio by the Portfolio’s custodian, transfer and dividend disbursing agents, printers, insurance carriers (as well as insurance agents and insurance brokers), independent public accountants, legal counsel and other persons and entities who provide similar services to the Fund for the benefit of the Portfolio; (ii) monitor the preparation of periodic reports and notices of distributions to shareholders of the Portfolio; (iii) coordinate, monitor and evaluate the daily pricing and valuation of the Portfolio’s investment portfolio; (iv) monitor the Portfolio’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements of applicable federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations; (v) assist the Portfolio to comply with the provisions of applicable federal, state, and foreign tax laws and tax regulations; (vi) assist the Portfolio to comply with the provisions of applicable federal, state, local and foreign securities, organizational and other laws that govern the business of the Fund in respect of the Portfolio, including with respect to the preparation of registration statements and other materials in connection with the offering of the Portfolio’s shares; (vii) monitor and coordinate the provision of trade administration oversight services to the Portfolio, including settlement oversight services, reconciliation services, collateral management oversight services, and similar services, including recommending corrective action; (viii) assist the Portfolio to conduct meetings of the Portfolio’s shareholders if and when called by the Board; (ix) furnish such information to the Board as the Board may reasonably require in connection with the annual approval of this Agreement, and coordinate the provision of such other information as the Board may reasonably request; and (x) provide the shareholders of the Portfolio with such information regarding the operation and affairs of the Portfolio, and their investment in its shares, as they or the Fund may reasonably request. The Manager accepts such employment and agrees to provide or coordinate the provision of the non-investment advisory services specified above in this Section 3 for the compensation provided in Section 5. The Manager is not required at its own expense to provide non-investment advisory services to the Fund under this Agreement except as specified in this Section 3. The Manager may provide additional non-investment advisory services, i.e., those not specified in this Section 3, for the benefit of the Portfolio subject to terms mutually agreed upon by the Fund and the Manager. Subject to approval or ratification by the Board, the Manager may delegate to one or more entities some or all of the services for the Portfolio described in this Section 3 for which the Manager is responsible, provided that the Manager will be responsible for supervising such entities and paying the compensation, if any, of such entities for such services to the Portfolio, except as otherwise agreed to by the Manager and the Fund.
