Waiver of Immunities To the extent that the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any respect thereof, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution or judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with the Shares or Deposited Securities, the American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or this Deposit Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any immunity of that kind and consents to relief and enforcement as provided above.
Jurisdiction; Immunities EACH BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH BANK HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND EACH BANK IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND EACH BANK IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO ANY BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR EACH BANK, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AT THE ADDRESSES SPECIFIED HEREIN. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH BANK AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH BANK FURTHER WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ANY OBJECTION TO AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON THE BASIS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH BANK AGREE THAT ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST ANY BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY BANK, AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR A UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY. Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of any Borrower Party, Administrative Agent or any Bank to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law. To the extent that any Borrower Party, Administrative Agent or any Bank have or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether from service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each Borrower Party, Administrative Agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably waive such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and any other Loan Document. EACH BORROWER PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH BANK WAIVE ANY RIGHT EACH SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE LOANS. IN ADDITION, EACH BORROWER PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE BANKS WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES, ANY RIGHT ANY BORROWER PARTY MAY HAVE TO (1) INTERPOSE ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN (OTHER THAN A COUNTERCLAIM THAT IF NOT BROUGHT IN THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE BANKS COULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN A SEPARATE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR WOULD BE SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL OR SIMILAR DISPOSITION FOR FAILURE TO HAVE BEEN ASSERTED IN SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE BANKS) OR (2) HAVE THE SAME CONSOLIDATED WITH ANY OTHER OR SEPARATE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL PREVENT OR PROHIBIT ANY BORROWER PARTY FROM INSTITUTING OR MAINTAINING A SEPARATE ACTION AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE BANKS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ASSERTED CLAIM.
Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Company and the Guarantor (i) acknowledges that it will, prior to the Closing Date and by separate written instrument, irrevocably designate and appoint CT Corporation System (“CT Corporation”), 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (and any successor entity), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Securities or the Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, (ii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation (or any successor) and written notice of said service to the Company and the Guarantor (mailed or delivered in accordance with Section 14), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, in any such suit or proceeding. The Company and the Guarantor further agree to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT Corporation (or any successor) in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding. To the extent that the Company or the Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part.
Duration and Termination of Agreement This Agreement shall become effective with respect to each Portfolio on the later of (i) its execution and (ii) the date of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, at which meeting this Agreement is approved as described below. The Agreement will continue in effect for a period more than two years from the date of its execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by the Trustees of the Trust or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each of the Portfolios, provided that in either event such continuance shall also be approved by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of any party to this Agreement cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Any required shareholder approval of the Agreement or of any continuance of the Agreement shall be effective with respect to any Portfolio if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the series (as defined in Rule 18f-2(h) under the Investment Company Act) of shares of that Portfolio votes to approve the Agreement or its continuance, notwithstanding that the Agreement or its continuance may not have been approved by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of (a) any other Portfolio affected by the Agreement or (b) all the portfolios of the Trust. If any required shareholder approval of this Agreement or any continuance of the Agreement is not obtained, the Subadviser will continue to act as investment subadviser with respect to such Portfolio pending the required approval of the Agreement or its continuance or of a new contract with the Subadviser or a different adviser or subadviser or other definitive action; provided, that the compensation received by the Subadviser in respect of such Portfolio during such period is in compliance with Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Trustees of the Trust, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust, or with respect to any Portfolio by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Portfolio, on sixty days' written notice to the Adviser and the Subadviser, or by the Adviser or Subadviser on sixty days' written notice to the Trust and the other party. This Agreement will automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in the Investment Company Act) or in the event the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust terminates for any reason.
No Waiver of Immunities Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to waive, modify or amend any legal defense available at law or in equity to County, its past or present officers, employees, or agents or employees, nor to create any legal rights or claim on behalf of any third party. County does not waive, modify, or alter to any extent whatsoever the availability of the defense of governmental immunity under the laws of the State of Texas and of the United States.
Waiver of Immunity To the extent that the Company may be entitled in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced hereunder, to claim for itself or its revenues or assets any immunity, including sovereign immunity, from suit, jurisdiction, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or prior to a judgment, execution of a judgment or any other legal process with respect to its obligations hereunder and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to the Company such an immunity (whether or not claimed), the Company hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and irrevocably waives such immunity to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders (a) Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
(i) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
(ii) the financial condition of any Obligor;
(iii) the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
(iv) the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document, and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b) Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
(i) has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
(ii) will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
(c) Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
(i) accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 24; or
(ii) support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.
Rights and Remedies Generally Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Lender shall have, in addition to any other rights and remedies contained in this Agreement and in any of the other Financing Agreements, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code or other applicable laws, all of which rights and remedies shall be cumulative, and non-exclusive, to the extent permitted by law, including, without limitation, the right of Lender to sell, assign, or lease any or all of the Collateral or the Real Property. Upon notice to the Borrowers after an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Borrowers at their own expense shall assemble all or any part of the Collateral as determined by Lender and make it available to Lender at any location designated by Lender. In such event, the Borrowers shall, at their sole cost and expense, store and keep any Collateral so assembled at such location pending further action by Lender and provide such security guards and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect and preserve such Collateral. In addition to all such rights and remedies, the sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, by the Lender after an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof may be for cash, credit or any combination thereof, and the Lender may purchase all or any part of the Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale, and in lieu of actual payment of such purchase price, may set-off the amount of such purchase price against the Liabilities of the Borrowers then owing. Any sales of such Collateral may be adjourned from time to time with or without notice. The Lender may, in its sole discretion, cause the Collateral to remain on any Borrower’s premises, at the Borrowers’ expense, pending sale or other disposition of such Collateral. The Lender shall have the right after an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof to conduct such sales on any Borrower’s premises, at the Borrowers’ expense, or elsewhere, on such occasion or occasions as the Lender may see fit.
Effectiveness, Duration and Termination of Agreement This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date above written. This Agreement shall remain in effect for two years, and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive annual periods, provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (a) the vote of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation and (b) the vote of a majority of the Corporation’s Directors who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) of any such party, in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days written notice, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation, or by the vote of the Corporation’s Directors or by the Adviser. This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 15(a)(4) of the Investment Company Act). The provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and the Adviser and its representatives shall remain entitled to the benefits thereof, notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement. Further, notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement as aforesaid, the Adviser shall be entitled to any amounts owed under Section 3 of this Agreement through the date of termination or expiration.
EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT a. The effective date of this Agreement with respect to each Fund shall be the date set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
b. Unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to each Fund for a period of two years from the date of its execution, and thereafter shall continue in effect only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable Fund, and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the directors of the Company who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons," as defined in the 1940 Act, of Adviser or of the Company cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
c. This Agreement may be terminated with respect to any Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Company or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund, or by Adviser, upon 60 days' written notice to the other party.
d. This agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act).
e. No amendment to this Agreement shall be effective with respect to any Fund until approved by the vote of: (i) a majority of the directors of the Company who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of Adviser or of the Company cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval; and (ii) a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable Fund.
f. Wherever referred to in this Agreement, the vote or approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities or shares of a Fund shall mean the lesser of (i) the vote of 67% or more of the voting securities of such Fund present at a regular or special meeting of shareholders duly called, if more than 50% of the Fund's outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) the vote of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund.
