Compensation of Trustees, Officers and Employees No Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust or the Fund shall receive from the Trust or the Fund any salary or other compensation as such Trustee, officer or employee while he is at the same time a director, officer, or employee of the Subadviser or any affiliated company of the Subadviser, except as the Board may decide. This paragraph shall not apply to Trustees, executive committee members, consultants and other persons who are not regular members of the Subadviser’s or any affiliated company’s staff.
Responsibility for Expenses Vanguard will provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform its responsibilities under this Agreement.
Responsibility of Dual Directors, Officers and/or Employees If any person who is a manager, partner, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator is or becomes a director, officer and/or employee of the Company and acts as such in any business of the Company, then such manager, partner, officer and/or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator shall be deemed to be acting in such capacity solely for the Company, and not as a manager, partner, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator or under the control or direction of the Adviser or the Administrator, even if paid by the Adviser or the Administrator.
Indemnification of Employees and Agents The Company may indemnify and advance expenses to any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person, or a person for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Company or, while an employee or agent of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, enterprise, nonprofit entity or other entity of any type, including service with respect to any employee benefit plan, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding. The ultimate determination of entitlement to indemnification of persons who are non-officer employees or agents shall be made in such manner as is determined by the Member in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company shall not be required to indemnify a person described therein in connection with a Proceeding initiated by or on behalf of such person if the Proceeding was not authorized in advance by the Member.
Other Responsibilities The delivery of any notices to, and the obtaining of any consents from, any Permitted Transferee with respect to any provision of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Sections 7.1 and 7.4, shall be your sole responsibility, unless otherwise agreed to in writing between such Permitted Transferee and the Sponsor. Neither the Company nor the Sponsor shall be liable to any Permitted Transferee for your failure to deliver a notice to, or obtain a consent from, any Permitted Transferee with respect to any provision of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Sections 7.1 and 7.4.
Company Responsibilities The Company will undertake responsibilities as set forth below:
ALPS’ Responsibilities In connection with its performance of TA Web, ALPS shall:
Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters Neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officer's Certificate referred to in Section 1704(j), or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property (including cash), which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security, and neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, register the transfer of or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property (including cash) upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or, subject to Sections 601 and 603, to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article Seventeen.
Employees and Employee Benefits (a) All Business Employees and the date of their employment, date of birth, annual salary, total compensation for the 2000 calendar year, Benefit Plan participation and election, job title, job location and the immediate supervisor of each of them as of the date of this Agreement are listed on Schedule 5.08. Schedule 5.08 also identifies each of the Business Employees who is a party to any contract or agreement with any of Sellers or Sellers' Affiliates, and each such employment contract or agreement which is in writing is included in Schedule 3.05B. Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to offer employment effective as of the Closing Date to any or none of the Business Employees as Purchaser chooses in its sole discretion. If Purchaser offers employment to any of the Business Employees effective as of the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, such offer shall be not less than the salary in effect for such Business Employee on the date of this Agreement and with benefits that are not less than those generally available to Purchasers' employees on the date of this Agreement. Sellers and Shareholders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Purchaser in hiring Business Employees designated by Purchaser as Transferred Employees. Sellers and Shareholders shall not offer other employment to any Transferred Employee on or after the Closing Date without the prior written consent of Purchaser. Any severance obligations to Business Employees relating to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne solely by Sellers.
Indemnification of the Company and its Directors and Officers The Underwriters agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer, or controlling person, may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Underwriters), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person, for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person, in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters has furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the third and ninth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 9(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Underwriters may otherwise have.
