Transfer Agent and Registrar The Trustees shall have power to employ a transfer agent or transfer agents, and a registrar or registrars, with respect to the Shares. The transfer agent or transfer agents may keep the applicable register and record therein, the original issues and transfers, if any, of the said Shares. Any such transfer agents and/or registrars shall perform the duties usually performed by transfer agents and registrars of certificates of stock in a corporation, as modified by the Trustees.
Transfer Agent Services The Transfer Agent will perform the following services: In accordance with the procedures established from time to time by agreement between the Fund and the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent shall:
(a) issue and record the appropriate number of Shares as authorized and hold such Shares in the appropriate Shareholder account;
(b) effect transfers of Shares by the registered owners thereof upon receipt of appropriate documentation;
(c) act as agent for Shareholders pursuant to dividend reinvestment plans, and other investment programs as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of the agreements relating thereto to which the Transfer Agent is or will be a party;
(d) issue replacement certificates for those certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to it and holding it and the Fund harmless, absent notice to the Fund and the Transfer Agent that such certificates have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser. The Transfer Agent, at its option, may issue replacement certificates in place of mutilated stock certificates upon presentation thereof without such indemnity. Further, the Transfer Agent may at its sole option accept indemnification from the Fund to issue replacement certificates for those certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed in lieu of an open penalty bond;
(e) prepare and transmit payments for dividends and distributions declared by the Fund, provided good funds for said dividends or distributions are received by the Transfer Agent prior to the scheduled payable date for said dividends or distributions;
(f) issue replacement checks and place stop orders on original checks based on shareholder’s representation that a check was not received or was lost. Such stop orders and replacements will be deemed to have been made at the request of the Fund, and the Fund shall be responsible for all losses or claims resulting from such replacement; and
(g) Receive all payments made to the Fund or the Transfer Agent under any dividend reinvestment plan, direct stock purchase plan, and plans and make all payments required to be made under such plans, including all payments required to be made to the Fund.
Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration (“Registrar”), (ii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for transfer or for exchange (“Transfer Agent”) and (iii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of such Note for all purposes and only registered Holders shall have rights under this Indenture and the Notes. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars, one or more co-transfer agents and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar, the term “Transfer Agent” includes any co-transfer agent and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agents. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar, Transfer Agent or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar. The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Co-Transfer Agents The Depositary may appoint one or more co-transfer agents for the purpose of effecting transfers, combinations and split-ups of Receipts at designated transfer offices on behalf of the Depositary. In carrying out its functions, a co-transfer agent may require evidence of authority and compliance with applicable laws and other requirements by Holders or persons entitled to such Receipts and will be entitled to protection and indemnity, in each case to the same extent as the Depositary. Such co-transfer agents may be removed and substitutes appointed by the Depositary. Each co-transfer agent appointed under this Section 2.5 (other than the Depositary) shall give notice in writing to the Depositary accepting such appointment and agreeing to be bound by the applicable terms of this Deposit Agreement.
Register Transfer Agent Instructions The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the company as it may designate by notice to each holder of securities), a register for the Membership Interests and the Warrants, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name the Membership Interests and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the number of Membership Interests held by such person, the number of Warrant Interests issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such person and the number of Membership Interests held by such person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during normal business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
Registrar and Transfer Agent To maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Stock.
TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE The Company’s transfer agent shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representative a certificate satisfactory to the Representative of one of its authorized officers with respect to the issuance of the Shares and such other customary matters related thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.
Reliance by Transfer Agent; Instructions (a) The Transfer Agent shall be protected in acting upon any paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by an Authorized Person and shall not be held to have any notice of any change of authority of any person until receipt of written certification thereof from the Fund. It shall also be protected in processing Share certificates that it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the applicable Company and the proper countersignature of the Transfer Agent.
(b) At any time the Transfer Agent may apply to any Authorized Person of the Company for Written Instructions, and, at the expense of the applicable Company, may seek advice from legal counsel for the Company, with respect to any matter arising in connection with this Agreement, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with such Written Instructions or with the opinion of such counsel. In addition, the Transfer Agent, its officers, agents or employees, shall accept instructions or requests given to them by any person representing or acting on behalf of the Company only if said representative is known by the Transfer Agent, its officers, agents or employees, to be an Authorized Person. The Transfer Agent shall have no duty or obligation to inquire into, nor shall the Transfer Agent be responsible for, the legality of any act done by it upon the request or direction of Authorized Persons of the Company.
(c) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Agreement, the Transfer Agent shall be under no duty or obligation to inquire into, and shall not be liable for:
(i) the legality of the issue or sale of any Shares of any Fund, or the sufficiency of the amount to be received therefor; (ii) the legality of the redemption of any Shares of any Fund, or the propriety of the amount to be paid therefor; (iii) the legality of the declaration of any dividend by any Fund, or the legality of the issue of any Shares of any Fund in payment of any stock dividend; or (iv) the legality of any recapitalization or readjustment of the Shares of any Fund.
Register Transfer Agent Instructions Legend The Company and Investor hereby make and incorporate herein by this reference the covenants made and undertaken in Article 5 of the Purchase Agreement, mutatis mutandum, with respect to the Exchange Securities and Underlying Shares.
