Duties and Responsibilities Clause Samples

Duties and Responsibilities. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, during the Term, as the President and Chief Executive Officer. During the Term, Executive agrees to be employed by and devote all of Executive’s business time and attention to the Company and the promotion of its interests and to use his best efforts to faithfully and diligently serve the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent that such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of his duties, services, and responsibilities under this Agreement, Executive shall be permitted to (a) manage his personal, financial, and legal affairs, (b) serve on civic or charitable boards and committees of such boards and (c) to the extent approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) pursuant to a duly authorized resolution of the Board, serve on corporate boards and committees of such boards. Executive will report solely to the Board. Executive will perform such lawful duties and responsibilities as are commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions as may be reasonably requested by the Board from time to time. Executive will have the authority customarily exercised by an individual serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of a corporation of the size and nature of the Company. Upon the Effective Date, Executive shall be appointed to the Board and upon the expiration of his term on the Board during the Term, Executive shall be nominated for re-election to the Board and, upon request, shall serve as a director or an officer of one or more subsidiaries of the Company, or of an Affiliate of the Company. Executive shall not be compensated additionally in Executive’s capacity as a member of the Board or as a director or officer of a subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company. Executive’s principal place of employment will be in Dallas, Texas.

Duties and Responsibilities. (a) The Executive’s duties at the Company will include all jobs assigned by the Company’s Board of the Directors (the “Board”). (b) The Executive shall devote all of his working time, attention and skills to the performance of his duties at the Company and shall faithfully and diligently serve the Company in accordance with this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Charter Documents”), and the guidelines, policies and procedures of the Company approved from time to time by the Board. (c) The Executive shall use his best efforts to perform his duties hereunder. The Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Board, become an employee of any entity other than the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, and shall not be concerned or interested in any business or entity that engages in the same business in which the Company engages (any such business or entity, a “Competitor”), provided that nothing in this clause shall preclude the Executive from holding any shares or other securities of any Competitor that is listed on any securities exchange or recognized securities market anywhere if such shares or securities represent less than 5% of the competitors outstanding shares and securities. The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of his interest in such shares or securities in a timely manner and with such details and particulars as the Company may reasonably require.

Duties and Responsibilities. Section 3.1.1. The Trustee shall discharge its duties and responsibilities under this Trust Agreement solely in the interest of Participants and their beneficiaries, and (a) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to the Participants and their beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan; (b) with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. Section 3.1.2. In the event that the Employer designates The Dreyfus Trust Company ("The Trust Company") as the Trustee in the Adoption Agreement hereto, and the Trustee has been designated as an additional Trustee for the Plan, The Trust Company as Trustee shall have no responsibilities other than as set forth herein, and this Trust Agreement shall constitute a supplemental trust agreement. The duties of The Trust Company shall be limited to assets held in the Trust Fund, and The Trust Company shall have no duties with respect to assets held by any other person including, without limitation, any other trustee for the Plan. The Employer hereby agrees that The Trust Company shall not serve as, and shall not be deemed to be, a co-trustee under any circumstances. Section 3.1.3. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.1.2 herein, in the event that more than one individual Trustee has been designated in the Adoption Agreement, the action of such individual Trustees shall be determined by vote of the majority of such individual Trustees; provided, however, that any one of such individual Trustees may execute any applications for insurance or annuity contracts provided for herein and documents necessary for the exercise of ownership rights thereunder and may perform other such ministerial acts; and further provided, that the Trustees may enter into an agreement allocating among themselves specific responsibilities, obligations and duties. Section 3.1.4. The Trustee shall be solely responsible for its own acts and omissions. The Trustee shall have no duty to question, or otherwise inquire into, the performance of another fiduciary with respect to duties allocated to such other fiduciary under the Plan. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the breach of any other such fiduciary unless the Trustee (i) participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission...

Duties and Responsibilities. (a) The Auction Agent is acting solely as a non-fiduciary agent for the Trust hereunder and owes no duties or otherwise, to any other Person. (b) The Auction Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement, the Auction Agency Agreement, Auction Procedures or the Settlement Procedures against the Auction Agent. (c) In the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, the Auction Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Auction Agent shall not be liable for any error resulting from the use or reliance on a source of information used in good faith and without negligence to make any determination, calculation or declaration hereunder. The Auction Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith unless the Auction Agent shall have been negligent in ascertaining or failing to ascertain the pertinent facts. In no event shall the Auction Agent be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Auction Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. (d) The Auction Agent shall not be: (i) required to, and does not, make any representations or have any responsibilities as to the validity, accuracy, value or genuineness of any signatures or endorsements, other than its own; (ii) obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might, in its judgment, involve any expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with indemnity satisfactory to the Auction Agent; and (iii) responsible for or liable in any respect on account of the identity, Trust or rights of any Person (other than itself and its agents and attorneys) executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any document under this Agreement or any Broker-Dealer Agreement. (e) The Auction Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control; it being understood that the Auction Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performa...

Duties and Responsibilities. The Executive’s duties at the Company will include all jobs assigned by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Executive shall devote all of his/her working time, attention and skills to the performance of his/her duties at the Company and shall faithfully and diligently serve the Company in accordance with this Agreement, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles of Association”), and the guidelines, policies and procedures of the Company approved from time to time by the Board.

Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Each Auction Agent is acting solely as agent for the Funds with whom such Auction Agent has entered into Request Letters and owes no fiduciary duties to any other Person, other than such Funds, by reason of the Agreements to which such Auction Agent is a party. (b) Each Auction Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Agreements to which it is a party, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into such Agreements against such Auction Agent. (c) In the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, each Auction Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under the Agreements to which it is a party. Each Auction Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith unless such Auction Agent shall have been negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

Duties and Responsibilities. 4.1 Executive shall, during the Term of this Agreement, devote most of his attention and expend his best efforts, energies, and skills, on a full-time basis, to the business of the Company and any corporation controlled by or affiliated with the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the term the "Company" shall mean the Company and all Subsidiaries. 4.2 During the Term of this Agreement, Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and in such other capacity as determined by the Board of Directors. In the performance of all of his responsibilities hereunder, Executive shall be subject to all of the Company’s policies, rules, and regulations applicable to its employees of comparable status and shall report directly to, and shall be subject to, the direction and control of the Board of Directors and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. In performing such duties, Executive will be subject to and abide by, and will use his best efforts to cause other employees of the Company to be subject to and abide by, all policies and procedures developed by the Company’s Executive Officers, Board of Directors or its Executive Committee. 4.3 Executive hereby agrees to promote and develop all business opportunities that come to his attention relating to current or anticipated future business of the Company, in a manner consistent with the best interests of the Company and with his duties under this Agreement. 4.4 During each year, Executive in the performance of his duties under this Agreement shall comply or cause compliance with the applicable Annual Plan and shall not (except for emergency expenditures or special circumstances requiring an unanticipated expenditure) deviate materially from any budget category set forth in the Annual Plan, incur any material additional expense or change materially the manner of operation of the Company without the approval of the Board of Directors.

Duties and Responsibilities. The duties of stewards include but are not limited to the following: (1) investigating complaints of an urgent matter, and (2) investigating grievances, and (3) assisting employees in preparing and presenting a grievance in accordance with the grievance procedure, and (4) supervising ballot boxes and other related functions during ratification votes, and (5) attending meetings called by management, and (6) accompanying an employee, at her request, at a meeting called by the Employer, where disciplinary action is anticipated, and (7) meeting with new employees as a group during the orientation program, and (8) acting as appointees to the Union/Management Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities. Subject to the supervision of and direction by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Executive shall perform such duties as are similar in nature to those duties and services customarily associated with the positions set forth above.