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For more information visit our privacy policy.CLASS ACTIONS The Custodian shall use its best efforts to identify and file claims for the Fund(s) involving any class action litigation that impacts any security the Fund(s) may have held during the class period. The Trust agrees that the Custodian may file such claims on its behalf and understands that it may be waiving and/or releasing certain rights to make claims or otherwise pursue class action defendants who settle their claims. Further, the Trust acknowledges that there is no guarantee these claims will result in any payment or partial payment of potential class action proceeds and that the timing of such payment, if any, is uncertain. However, the Trust may instruct the Custodian to distribute class action notices and other relevant documentation to the Fund(s) or its designee and, if it so elects, will relieve the Custodian from any and all liability and responsibility for filing class action claims on behalf of the Fund(s). In the event the Fund(s) are closed, the Custodian shall only file the class action claims upon written instructions by an authorized representative of the closed Fund(s). Any expenses associated with such filing will be assessed against the proceeds received of any class action settlement.
Agreements; Actions (a) Except for the Transaction Agreements, there are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound that involve (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of RMB100 million (ii) the license of any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company, (iii) the grant of rights to manufacture, produce, assemble, license, market, or sell its products to any other Person that limit the Company’s exclusive right to develop, manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell its products, or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights. (b) The Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock, (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or incurred any other liabilities individually in excess of RMB100 million or in excess of RMB200 million in the aggregate, (iii) made any loans or advances to any Person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of (a) and (b) of this Subsection 2.5, all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions involving the same Person (including Persons the Company has reason to believe are affiliated with each other) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsection. (c) The Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other Person.
Agreements; Action (a) Except as set forth on the Schedule of Exceptions and except for agreements explicitly contemplated hereby, there are no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between the Company and any of its officers, directors, affiliates or their respective affiliates. (b) There are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may involve (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of $25,000, or (ii) the license of any patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company (other than licenses arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or other standard products), or (iii) provisions restricting or affecting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Company's products or services, or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights. (c) The Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock, (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities (other than with respect to indebtedness and other obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or as disclosed in the Financial Statements) individually in excess of $25,000 or, in the case of indebtedness and/or liabilities individually less than $25,000, in excess of $75,000 in the aggregate, (iii) made any loans or advances to any person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business. (d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) above, all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions involving the same person or entity (including persons or entities the Company has reason to believe are affiliated therewith) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.
Class Action Filings The Sub-Adviser is not responsible for making any class action filings on behalf of the Trust.
Released Parties The term “Released Parties,” as used in this Release, shall mean the Company Group and any of its past or present employees, administrators, agents, officials, officers, directors, shareholders, divisions, parents, subsidiaries, successors, affiliates, general partners, limited partners, consultants, employee benefit plans (and their sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators), insurers, accountants and attorneys.
No Joint Venture or Partnership; No Third Party Beneficiaries (a) Borrower and Lender intend that the relationships created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents be solely that of borrower and lender. Nothing herein or therein is intended to create a joint venture, partnership, tenancy-in-common, or joint tenancy relationship between Borrower and Lender nor to grant Lender any interest in the Property other than that of mortgagee, beneficiary or lender. (b) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower and nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender and Borrower any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein. All conditions to the obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Lender and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Lender will refuse to make the Loan in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof and no other Person shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any or all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Lender if, in Lender’s sole discretion, Lender deems it advisable or desirable to do so.
Settlement of Actions Neither the Manager nor any other Underwriter party to this Master AAU may settle or agree to settle any Action related to or arising out of the Offering, nor may any other Underwriter settle or agree to settle any such Action without the consent of the Manager, nor may any other Underwriter seek the Manager’s consent to any such settlement agreement, nor may the Manager consent to any such settlement agreement, unless: (A) the Manager, together with such other Underwriters as constitute a majority in aggregate interest based on the Underwriting Percentage of the Underwriters as a whole (including the Manager’s interest), approve the settlement of such Action, in which case the Manager is authorized to settle for all Underwriters, provided, however, that the settlement agreement results in the settlement of the Action against all Underwriters raised by the plaintiffs party thereto; or (B) (i) such settlement agreement expressly provides that the non-settling Underwriters will be given a judgment credit (or credit in settlement) with respect to all such Actions for which the non-settling Underwriters may be found liable (or will pay in subsequent settlement), in an amount that is the greatest of: (x) the dollar amount paid in such initial settlement to settle such Actions, (y) the proportionate share of the settling Underwriter’s fault in respect of common damages arising in connection with such Actions as proven at trial, if applicable, or (z) the amount by which the settling Underwriter would have been required to make contribution had it not settled, under Sections 9.5 and 11.2 hereof in respect of the final non-appealable judgment (or settlement) subsequently entered into by the non-settling Underwriters (such greatest amount of either (x), (y), or (z), the “Judgment Credit”);3 (ii) such settlement agreement expressly provides that in the event that the applicable court does not approve the Judgment Credit as part of the settlement, the settlement agreement will automatically terminate; and (iii) the final judgment entered with respect to the settlement agreement contains the Judgment Credit.
Proxies; Class Actions (a) The Manager has provided the Subadvisor a copy of the Manager’s Proxy Voting Policy, setting forth the policy that proxies be voted for the exclusive benefit and in the best interests of the Trust. Absent contrary instructions received in writing from the Trust, the Subadvisor will vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities held by the Series in accordance with applicable fiduciary obligations. The Subadvisor shall maintain records concerning how it has voted proxies on behalf of the Trust, and these records shall be available to the Trust upon request. (b) Manager acknowledges and agrees that the Subadvisor shall not be responsible for taking any action or rendering advice with respect to any class action claim relating to any assets held in the Allocated Assets or Series. Manager will instruct the applicable service providers not to forward to the Subadvisor any information concerning such actions. The Subadvisor will, however, forward to Manager any information it receives regarding any legal matters involving any asset held in the Allocated Assets or Series.
Court Actions Nothing contained in this Agreement shall deny either Party the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in the context of a bona fide emergency or prospective irreparable harm, and such an action may be filed and maintained notwithstanding any ongoing discussions between the Parties or any ongoing arbitration proceeding. In addition, either Party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to resolve disputes pertaining to the validity, construction, scope, enforceability, infringement or other violations of Patent Rights or other intellectual property rights, and no such claim shall be subject to arbitration pursuant to Section 11.2.
Filings; Other Actions (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Linn Parties and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Form S-4, which will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Linn Parties and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and to keep the Form S-4 effective as long as necessary to consummate the Mergers and the other Transactions. The Linn Parties and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company stockholders, the Linn members and the LinnCo shareholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. The Linn Parties shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of LinnCo Common Shares in the LinnCo Merger and Linn Units in the Contribution and Issuance, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by a Linn Party or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) and without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Each of Linn, LinnCo and the Company, as applicable, will advise the other parties promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the LinnCo Common Shares issuable in connection with the LinnCo Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other with copies of any written communication from the SEC or any state securities commission. If at any time prior to the LinnCo Effective Time any information relating to the Linn Parties or the Company, or any of their respective affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by the Linn Parties or the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, so that any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company, the shareholders of LinnCo and the members of Linn, as applicable. (b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Laws and the Company Organizational Documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval (the “Company Stockholders’ Meeting”) and not postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of adoption of this Agreement if sufficient votes to constitute the Company Stockholder Approval have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Company Stockholders’ Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the Company Stockholders’ Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). The Company will, except in the case of a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, through its Board of Directors, recommend that its stockholders adopt this Agreement and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of the NYSE or applicable Laws to obtain such approvals. The Company will not submit to the vote of its stockholders any Company Takeover Proposal other than the Mergers. (c) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, LinnCo shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders for the purpose of obtaining the LinnCo Shareholder Approvals (the “LinnCo Shareholders’ Meeting”), including the approval of the amendments (the “LinnCo Amendments”) to the limited liability company agreement of LinnCo (the “LinnCo LLC Agreement”) set forth in Annex C and the approval of the Contribution and Issuance, and to conduct a vote of the LinnCo Shareholders with respect to the voting of the Linn Units owned by LinnCo on the proposals to be presented at the Linn Members’ Meeting, and not postpone or adjourn the LinnCo Shareholders’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of the LinnCo Issuance, the Contribution and Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments if sufficient votes to constitute the LinnCo Shareholder Approvals have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, Linn shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its members for the purpose of obtaining the Linn Member Approval (the “Linn Members’ Meeting”) and not postpone or adjourn the Linn Members’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of the Issuance if sufficient votes to constitute the Linn Member Approval have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Linn Members’ Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the Linn Members’ Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). LinnCo will, through its Board of Directors, except in the case of a Linn Party Adverse Recommendation Change, recommend that its shareholders approve the LinnCo Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the LinnCo Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its shareholders required by the rules of NASDAQ or applicable Law to obtain such approvals. Linn will, through its Board of Directors, recommend that its members approve the Issuance and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its members proxies in favor of the approval of the Issuance and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its members required by the rules of NASDAQ or applicable Law to obtain such approvals. If the approval of the LinnCo Amendments by the holders of a majority of the LinnCo Common Shares entitled to vote thereon is obtained, LinnCo shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to adopt the LinnCo Amendments. (d) Each of the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Stockholders’ meeting, the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting and the Linn Members’ Meeting to be held on the same date.