Expulsion of Participant Sample Clauses

Expulsion of Participant. A Participant may be expelled from the agreement. The expulsion of a Participant from the agreement shall have no effect upon the continuation of the agreement. Any Participant expelled shall immediately loose all interest in the agreement and the Joint Board, and shall not be paid for the value of the expelled Participant’s interest in the agreement. Further, the expelled Participant will not be refunded any monies provided by the expelled Participant to the Joint Board prior to the withdrawal nor shall any information provided by the Participant to the Joint Board be returned to the expelled Participant. The following procedure will be followed to expel a Participant: (a) The Joint Board, by resolution stating the cause(s), determines that cause(s) may exist to expel a Participant. (b) The Participant is given written notice of the intent of the Joint Board to have the Executive Committee review the removal of the Participant. Such notice shall include the cause(s) of expulsion. The notice shall also include the following options for the Participant and require the Participant to provide written notice of its intent with respect to the options within thirty (30) days of receiving notice: i. Voluntarily withdraw from the agreement; or, ii. Request a meeting with the Executive Committee to review the cause(s) of expulsion; or, iii. Show extenuating circumstances for continued participation in the agreement by the Participant. (c) Following completion of steps (a) and (b), the Executive Committee shall review the cause(s) for expulsion of the Participant and: i. Recommend expulsion of the Participant; or ii. Recommend continued participation in the agreement by the Participant. (d) The Joint Board shall receive the recommendation of the Executive Committee and accept or reject the recommendation or take whatever other action it deems appropriate under the circumstances. If the vote is to expel the Participant, such expulsion must be by the affirmative vote of at least two- thirds (2/3) of the number of Members comprising the Joint Board. (e) If the Joint Board expels the Participant following the above steps, the expelled Participant is ineligible to again become a Participant without the affirmative consent, by resolution, of two-thirds (2/3) of the Participants’ governing bodies.
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Related to Expulsion of Participant

  • Status of Participant (a) The Participant hereby represents, covenants, and warrants that it is and will continue to be a participant in DTC (“DTC Participant”) so long as this Agreement is in full force and effect and that, with respect to Purchase Orders or Redemption Orders placed through the Clearing Process, it is and will continue to be a member of NSCC and a participant in the CNSS so long as this Agreement is in full force and effect. The Participant may place Purchase Orders or Redemption Orders either through the Clearing Process or outside the Clearing Process through the DTC, subject to the procedures for purchase and redemption referred to in paragraph 2 and the AP Handbook. If a Participant loses its status as a DTC Participant or NSCC member, or its eligibility to participate in the CNSS, the Participant shall promptly notify the Distributor in writing of the change in status or eligibility. Upon such notice, the Distributor, in its sole discretion, may terminate this Agreement. (b) The Participant hereby represents and warrants that it is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is qualified to act as a broker or dealer in the states or other jurisdictions where it transacts business, and is a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”). The Participant agrees that it will maintain such registrations, qualifications, and membership in good standing and in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement. The Participant agrees to comply with all applicable federal laws, the laws of the states or other jurisdictions concerned, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and with the Constitution, By-Laws and Conduct Rules of the FINRA, and that it will not offer or sell Fund Shares of any Fund in any state or jurisdiction where such shares may not lawfully be offered and/or sold. (c) If the Participant is offering and selling Fund Shares of any Fund in jurisdictions outside the several states, territories and possessions of the United States and is not otherwise required to be registered or qualified as a broker or dealer, or to be a member of the FINRA, as set forth above, the Participant nevertheless agrees to observe the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such offer and/or sale is made, to comply with the full disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and to conduct its business in accordance with the spirit of the FINRA Conduct Rules.

  • Death of Participant Any distribution or delivery to be made to Participant under this Award Agreement will, if Participant is then deceased, be made to Participant’s designated beneficiary, or if no beneficiary survives Participant, the administrator or executor of Participant’s estate. Any such transferee must furnish the Company with (a) written notice of his or her status as transferee, and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Company to establish the validity of the transfer and compliance with any laws or regulations pertaining to said transfer.

  • ROLE OF PARTICIPANT The Participant acknowledges and agrees that for all purposes of this Agreement, the Participant shall have no authority in any matter or in any respect to act as agent of the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or the Trust. (a) In executing this Agreement, the Participant agrees, in connection with any purchase or redemption transactions in which it acts for a customer or for any other DTC Participant or indirect participant, or any other beneficial owner of Shares (each a “Beneficial Owner”), that it shall extend to any such party all of the rights, and shall be bound by all of the obligations, of a DTC Participant in addition to any obligations that it undertakes hereunder or in accordance with the Prospectus. (b) The Participant agrees (i) subject to any privacy obligations or other obligations arising under the federal or state securities laws it may have to its customers, to assist the Distributor in ascertaining certain information regarding sales of Shares made by or through Participant upon the request of the Trust or the Distributor necessary for the Funds to comply with their obligations to distribute information to its shareholders as may be required from time to time under applicable state or federal securities laws, and (ii) to deliver prospectuses, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, proxy material, annual and other reports of the Funds or other similar information that the Funds are obligated to deliver to their shareholders to the Participant’s customers that custody Shares with the Participant, after receipt from the Funds or the Distributor of sufficient quantities to allow mailing thereof to such customers. None of the Distributor, the Trust or any of their respective affiliates shall use the names, addresses and other information concerning Participant’s customers for any purpose except in connection with the performance of their duties and responsibilities hereunder and except for servicing and informational mailings described in this clause (b) of Section 5, or as may otherwise be required by applicable law. (c) The Participant affirms that it has procedures in place reasonably designed to protect the privacy of non-public personal consumer/customer financial information to the extent required by applicable law, rule and regulation. (d) The Participant further represents that its Anti-Money Laundering Program, at a minimum, (i) designates a compliance officer to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) provides ongoing employee training, (iii) includes an independent audit function to test the effectiveness of the AML Program, (iv) establishes internal policies, procedures and controls that are tailored to its particular business, (v) includes a customer identification program consistent with the rules under Sec. 326 of the USA Patriot Act, (vi) provides for the filing of all necessary anti-money laundering reports including, but not limited to, currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, (vii) provides for screening all new and existing customers against the Office of Foreign Asset Control list and any other government list that is or becomes required under the Act and (viii) allows for appropriate regulators to examine its AML books and records. (e) The Participant represents that from time to time it may be a Beneficial Owner (as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) of Shares. To the extent that it is a Beneficial Owner of Shares, the Participant agrees to irrevocably appoint the Distributor as its attorney and proxy with full authorization and power to vote (or abstain from voting) its beneficially owned Shares. The Distributor, as attorney and proxy for the Participant under this Section 5(e), (i) is hereby given full power of substitution and revocation; (ii) may act through such agents, nominees or attorneys as it may appoint from time to time; and (iii) may provide voting instructions to such agents, nominees or substitute attorneys.

  • Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or a final adjudication that a Limited Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be limited to, insanity) shall not cause the termination or dissolution of the Partnership, and the business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is entered against a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of his estate or, if he dies, his executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee, guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his estate property and such power as the bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of his Partnership Interest and to join with the assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as a Substitute Limited Partner.

  • Participant See Section 7(a) hereof.

  • Termination of Partnership The Partnership shall terminate when all assets of the Partnership, after payment of or due provision for all Liabilities of the Partnership, shall have been distributed to the Partners in the manner provided for in this Agreement, and the Certificate shall have been canceled in the manner provided by the Act.

  • Death of the Participant The Advisory Committee will direct the Trustee, in accordance with this Section 6.01(C), to distribute to the Participant's Beneficiary the Participant's Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit remaining in the Trust at the time of the Participant's death. Subject to the requirements of Section 6.04, the Advisory Committee will determine the death benefit by reducing the Participant's Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit by any security interest the Plan has against that Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit by reason of an outstanding Participant loan. (1) DECEASED PARTICIPANT'S NONFORFEITABLE ACCRUED BENEFIT DOES NOT EXCEED $3,500. The Advisory Committee, subject to the requirements of Section 6.04, must direct the Trustee to distribute the deceased Participant's Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit in a single sum, as soon as administratively practicable following the Participant's death or, if later, the date on which the Advisory Committee receives notification of or otherwise confirms the Participant's death. (2) DECEASED PARTICIPANT'S NONFORFEITABLE ACCRUED BENEFIT EXCEEDS $3,500. The Advisory Committee will direct the Trustee to distribute the deceased Participant's Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit at the time and in the form elected by the Participant or, if applicable by the Beneficiary, as permitted under this Article VI. In the absence of an election, subject to the requirements of Section 6.04, the Advisory Committee will direct the Trustee to distribute the Participant's undistributed Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit in a lump sum on the first distribution date following the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant's death occurs or, if later, the first distribution date following the date the Advisory Committee receives notification of or otherwise confirms the Participant's death. If the death benefit is payable in full to the Participant's surviving spouse, the surviving spouse, in addition to the distribution options provided in this Section 6.01(C), may elect distribution at any time or in any form (other than a joint and survivor annuity) this Article VI would permit for a Participant.

  • Termination of Participation If the Administrator determines in good faith that the Executive no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as determined in accordance with ERISA, the Administrator shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to cease further benefit accruals hereunder.

  • Participants The Lender and its participants, if any, are not partners or joint venturers, and the Lender shall not have any liability or responsibility for any obligation, act or omission of any of its participants. All rights and powers specifically conferred upon the Lender may be transferred or delegated to any of the Lender's participants, successors or assigns.

  • Benefit Eligibility For purposes of the Benefit Plan entitlement, common-law and same sex relationships will apply as defined.

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