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• Compensation and Limitation of Liability 14 Section 1.

• Compensation and Limitation of Liability of Trustees Compensation ------------ Section 1. The Trustees as such shall be entitled to reasonable ---------- compensation from the Trust; they may fix the amount of their compensation. Nothing herein shall in any way prevent the employment of any Trustee for advisory, management, legal, accounting, investment banking, underwriting, brokerage or other services and payment for the same by the Trust. Limitation of Liability ----------------------- Section 2. The Trustees shall not be responsible or liable in any event ---------- for any neglect or wrongdoing of any officer, agent, employee, adviser, sub- adviser, manager or principal underwriter of the Trust, nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any other Trustee, but nothing herein contained shall protect any Trustee against any liability to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office. Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate, Share or undertaking and every other act or thing whatsoever executed or done by or on behalf of the Trust or the Trustees or any of them in connection with the Trust shall be conclusively deemed to have been executed or done only in or with respect to their or his or her capacity as Trustees or Trustee, and such Trustees or Trustee shall not be personally liable thereon.

• Indemnification and Limitation of Liability (a) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of FSSC and its trustees, officers, employees, agents and representatives, the Funds agree to indemnify FSSC and its trustees, officers, employees, agents and representatives against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees), related to or otherwise connected with (i) any breach by the Funds of any provision of this Agreement; or (ii) any action by a Fund’s Shareholder against FSSC. (b) FSSC shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by any Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. In no event shall FSSC be liable for indirect or consequential damages. (c) Any person, even though also an officer, trustee, partner, employee or agent of FSSC, who may be or become an officer, employee or agent of any Fund or a member of a Fund's Board, shall be deemed, when rendering services to such Fund or acting on any business of such Fund (other than services or business in connection with the duties of FSSC hereunder) to be rendering such services to or acting solely for such Fund and not as an officer, trustee, partner, employee or agent or one under the control or direction of FSSC even though paid by FSSC. (d) FSSC is expressly put on notice of the limitation of liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust of each Fund that is a Massachusetts business trust and agrees that the obligations assumed by each such Fund pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited in any case to such Fund and its assets and that FSSC shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligations from the Shareholders of such Fund, the Trustees, Officers, Employees or Agents of such Fund, or any of them. (e) The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

• LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust is on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund.

• LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND SHAREHOLDERS A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Fund is on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the Fund as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective Fund.

• Indemnification of the Trust GFS shall indemnify and hold the Trust and each applicable Fund harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable attorney or consultant fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to GFS’s refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement, breach of any representation or warranty made by GFS contained in this Agreement or which arise out of GFS’s lack of good faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties with respect to GFS’s performance under or in connection with this Agreement.

• Exclusion and Limitation of Liability 10.1 SUPPLIER DOES NOT EXCLUDE OR LIMIT ITS LIABILITY (IF ANY) TO BUYER FOR ANY MATTER FOR WHICH IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR SUPPLIER TO EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OR TO ATTEMPT TO EXCLUDE OR LIMIT ITS LIABILITY. 10.2 OTHER THAN ANY LIABILITY OF SUPPLIER ARISING UNDER CLAUSE 10.1, WHICH SHALL NOT BE LIMITED, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CLAUSE 10 (EXCLUSION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY), SUPPLIER'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY AS DEFINED IN PART D (DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION) UNDER EACH CONTRACT WILL BE LIMITED TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF 115% OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY BUYER TO SUPPLIER UNDER THAT CONTRACT OR $10,000.00. 10.3 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE 10.1, SUPPLIER WILL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY AS DEFINED IN PART D (DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION) TO BUYER WHATSOEVER IN RESPECT OF 10.3.1 ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF AN EVENTWHICH IS CAUSED, OR CONTRIBUTED TO, BY THE GOODS AND SUCH EVENT OCCURS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LAUNCH PROCEDURE OF THE VEHICLE CARRYING SUCH GOODS INTO SPACE; 10.3.2 PURE ECONOMIC LOSS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF CONTRACTS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED EARNINGS OR SAVINGS (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL) OR 10.3.3 LOSS OF USE OR VALUE OR DAMAGE OF ANY DATA OR EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING SOFTWARE), WASTED MANAGEMENT, OPERATION OR OTHER TIME (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL) OR 10.3.4 ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS, IN EACH CASE HOWSOEVER CAUSED ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH: 10.3.5 ANY OF THE WORKS, OR THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OR SUPPLY, OR FAILURE OR DELAY IN SUPPLY, OF THE WORKS BY SUPPLIER OR ON THE PART OF SUPPLIER’S EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS; 10.3.6 ANY BREACH BY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF THE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TERMS OF THE CONTRACT; 10.3.7 ANY USE MADE OR RESALE BY BUYER OF ANY OF THE WORKS, OR OF ANY PRODUCT INCORPORATING ANY OF THE WORKS; OR 10.3.8 ANY STATEMENT MADE OR NOT MADE, OR ADVICE GIVEN OR NOT GIVEN, BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUPPLIER. 10.4 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THE CONTRACT, SUPPLIER HEREBY EXCLUDES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE IN LAW, ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES AND STIPULATIONS, EXPRESS (OTHER THAN THOSE SET OUT IN THE CONTRACT) OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, CUSTOMARY OR OTHERWISE WHICH, BUT FOR SUCH EXCLUSION, WOULD OR MIGHT SUBSIST IN FAVOR OF BUYER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 10.5 EACH OF SUPPLIER’S EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND SUBCONTRACTORS MAY RELY UPON AND ENFORCE THE EXCLUSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF LIABILITY IN THE CONTRACT IN THAT PERSON’S OWN NAME AND FOR THAT PERSON’S OWN BENEFIT, AS IF THE WORDS “ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND SUBCONTRACTORS” FOLLOWED THE WORD SUPPLIER WHEREVER IT APPEARS IN THOSE CLAUSES SAVE FOR EACH REFERENCE IN CLAUSE10.3.5. 10.6 BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE ABOVE PROVISIONS OF THIS CLAUSE 10 (EXCLUSION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY) ARE REASONABLE AND REFLECTED IN THE PRICE WHICH WOULD BE HIGHER WITHOUT THOSE PROVISIONS, AND BUYER WILL ACCEPT SUCH RISK AND/OR INSURE ACCORDINGLY. 10.7 BUYER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE FOR THE PROPER LEGAL DISPOSAL OF ALL MATERIALS PURCHASED FROM SUPPLIER AT THE END-OF- LIFE CYCLE OF SUCH MATERIALS.

• Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, INTERMEDIA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL INTERMEDIA BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICE, EVEN IF INTERMEDIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL INTERMEDIA’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS XXXX EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR THE APPLICATION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

• Limitation of Liability of Trustees and Shareholders The Adviser acknowledges the following limitation of liability:

• Indemnification Limitation of Liability This Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. a. The Participant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor, Trust, Funds, Transfer Agent and their respective subsidiaries, Affiliated Persons, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls such persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (each a “Participant-Indemnified Party”) from and against any loss, liability, cost and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, collectively “Losses”) incurred by such Participant-Indemnified Party as a result of (i) any breach by the Participant of any provision of this Agreement; (ii) any failure on the part of the Participant to perform any of its obligations set forth in this Agreement; (iii) any failure by the Participant to comply with applicable Law; (iv) representations by any Distributor-Indemnified Party or any Participant Client about the Shares or any Participant-Indemnified Party (including the Trust and/or Fund(s)) that is not included in the Trust’s then-current Prospectus; (v) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Section 8.b Materials or any alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading to the extent that such statement or omission relates to the Shares or any Participant-Indemnified Party unless, in either case, such representation, statement or omission was included by the Participant at the written direction of the Trust or the Distributor or taken verbatim (in context and without omission) from the Prospectus or marketing material approved by the Distributor and the Trust; and (vi) actions of such Participant-Indemnified Party in reliance upon any instructions issued to the Trust, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent reasonably believed by any of them to be genuine and to have been given by the Participant or an Authorized Person. The foregoing shall not apply to any Losses incurred by any Participant-Indemnified Party arising out of any Participant-Indemnified Party’s own fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder. b. The Distributor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Participant, its respective subsidiaries, Affiliated Persons, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls such persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (each a “Distributor-Indemnified Party”) from and against any Losses incurred by such Distributor-Indemnified Party as a result of (i) any breach by the Distributor of any provision of this Agreement; (ii) any failure on the part of the Distributor to perform any of its obligations set forth in this Agreement; (iii) any failure by the Distributor to comply with applicable Law; (iv) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or any alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, other than any statement made or omitted in reliance upon information provided to the Distributor, the Trust or any other person on behalf of the Trust or the Fund by a Distributor-Indemnified Party in writing and (v) actions of such Distributor-Indemnified Party in reliance upon any instructions reasonably believed by the Participant to be genuine and to have been given by the Distributor. The foregoing shall not apply to any Losses incurred by any Distributor-Indemnified Party arising out of any Distributor-Indemnified Party’s own fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder. c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Distributor, the Transfer Agent and the Fund will not indemnify the Participant for any violations of the U.S. federal or state securities laws (or other applicable Law) committed by the Participant through its failure to deliver a Prospectus in connection with the offer or sale of Shares and for any oral or written representation or warranty by Participant that is not contained in the Prospectus. d. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Participant, Distributor, Trust or Transfer Agent shall be liable to each other for any Losses under this Agreement arising out of (i) mistakes or errors in data provided in connection with Orders, except for data provided by the other or (ii) mistakes or errors by or out of interruptions or delays of communications with a service provider to the Trust. e. Each of the Participant, Distributor and Transfer Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are expressly set forth herein, or expressly incorporated herein by reference, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement. f. In the absence of fraud, bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or reckless disregard on its part, neither the Distributor nor the Transfer Agent, whether acting directly or through agents or attorneys, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted, or for any error of judgment made, in the performance of their duties hereunder. g. In no event shall any Party be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. In no event shall any Party be liable under this Agreement to another Party for the acts or omissions of the CNS Clearing Process, DTC, NSCC, the Custodian or any securities depository, clearing corporation, exchange or communications service. h. None of the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or the Trust shall be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations or those of its agents under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation: acts of God; earthquakes; extreme weather events, including blizzards, hurricanes, tornados thunder storms, fires and floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; blackouts; terrorism; breakdowns in communications systems; riots; loss or malfunction of utilities or computer or internet services; labor disputes; acts of any civil, military or governmental authority. i. Neither the Transfer Agent nor the Distributor shall be required to advance, expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur or become exposed to financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder.