Role of Authorized Participant (a) The Authorized Participant acknowledges that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Authorized Participant is and shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and has and shall have no authority to act as agent for the Fund, the Marketing Agent, the Administrator, the Custodian or the General Partner in any matter or in any respect.
(b) The Authorized Participant will, to the extent reasonably practicable, make itself and its employees available, upon request, during normal business hours to consult with the General Partner and the Marketing Agent concerning the performance of the Authorized Participant’s responsibilities under this Agreement; provided that the Authorized Participant shall be under no obligation to divulge or otherwise discuss any information that the Authorized Participant believes (i) is confidential or proprietary in nature or (ii) the disclosure of which to third parties would be prohibited.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(b), the Authorized Participant will maintain records of all sales of Creation Baskets made by or through it and, upon reasonable request of the General Partner, except if prohibited by applicable law and subject to any privacy obligations or other obligations arising under federal or state securities laws it may have to its customers, will furnish the General Partner with the names and addresses of the Participants of such Creation Baskets and the number of Creation Baskets purchased if and to the extent that the General Partner has been requested to provide such information to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Securities Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or Internal Revenue Service (“Fund Regulators”). For the avoidance of doubt, all such information provided by the Authorized Participant shall be Confidential Information (as defined in Section 18) and shall not be used for any purpose other than to satisfy requests of Fund Regulators.
(d) The Fund may from time to time be obligated to deliver prospectuses, proxy materials, annual or other reports of the Fund or other similar information (“Fund Documents”) to its limited partners. The Authorized Participant agrees (i) subject to any privacy obligations or other obligations arising under federal or state securities laws it may have to its customers, to reasonably assist the General Partner in ascertaining certain information regarding sales of Creation Baskets made by or through the Authorized Participant that is necessary for the Fund to comply with such obligations upon written request of the General Partner or (ii) in lieu thereof, and at the option of the Authorized Participant, the Authorized Participant may undertake to deliver Fund Documents to the Authorized Participant’s customers that custody Shares with the Authorized Participant, after receipt from the Fund of sufficient quantities of such Fund Documents to allow mailing thereof to such customers. The expenses associated with such transmissions shall be borne by the General Partner in accordance with usual custom and practice in respect of such communications. The General Partner agrees that the names, addresses and other information concerning the Authorized Participant’s customers are and shall remain the sole property of the Authorized Participant, and none of the General Partner, the Fund or any of their respective affiliates shall use such names, addresses or other information for any purposes except in connection with the performance of their duties and responsibilities hereunder and except to the extent necessary for the Fund to meet its regulatory requirements as set forth in Section 8(b) and in this Section 8(c) of the Agreement.
Representation of Authority Each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto hereby represents and warrants that he or she is, on the date he or she signs this Agreement, duly authorized by all necessary and appropriate action to execute this Agreement on behalf of such party and does so with full legal authority.
Delegation of Authority The General Partner may delegate any or all of its powers, rights and obligations hereunder, and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General Partner may approve.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY The Trust and the Adviser shall furnish to each other from time to time certified copies of the resolutions of their Trustees or Board of Directors or executive committees, as the case may be, evidencing the authority of officers and employees who are authorized to act on behalf of the Trust, the Fund and/or the Adviser.
Confirmation of Authority; Execution of Releases Without in any manner limiting Agent’s authority to act without any specific or further authorization or consent by Lenders or Documentation Agent (as set forth in Section 11.1(h)(i) and (ii)), each Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon request by Agent, the authority to release any property covered by this Agreement or the Loan Documents conferred upon Agent under Section 11.1(h)(ii). So long as no Event of Default exists, upon receipt by Agent of confirmation from the requisite percentage of the Lenders of its authority to release any particular item or types of Property covered by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by Borrower Funds Administrator, Agent shall (and hereby is irrevocably authorized by Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, herein or pursuant hereto upon such Collateral; provided, however, that (A) Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty (other than that such Collateral is free and clear, on the date of such delivery, of any and all Liens arising from such Person’s own acts), and (B) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party in respect of all interests retained by the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, including, without limitation, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Property covered by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents).
Scope of Authority Committee meetings will be used for communications between the parties, to share information and to address concerns. The committee will have no authority to conduct any negotiations or modify any provision of this Agreement. The committee’s activities and discussions will not be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 30.
Proof of Authorization 5.3.1 Each Party shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining Proof of Authorization (POA) as required by applicable federal and state law, as amended from time to time.
5.3.2 The Parties shall make POAs available to each other upon request in the event of an allegation of an unauthorized change in accordance with all Applicable Laws and rules and shall be subject to any penalties contained therein.
Limitation of Authority No person is authorized to make any representations concerning the Funds or the Shares except those contained in the Prospectus of each Fund and in such printed information as the Distributor may subsequently prepare. No person is authorized to distribute any sales material relating to any Fund without the prior written approval of the Distributor.
Reservation of Authority Nothing in this subpart shall limit the authority of the Secretary to take action to enforce conditions or violations of law, including actions necessary to prevent evasions of this subpart.
Evidence of Authority The Custodian shall be protected in acting upon any instructions, notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument or paper believed by it to be genuine and to have been properly executed by or on behalf of the Fund. The Custodian may receive and accept a certified copy of a vote of the Board of Directors of the Fund as conclusive evidence (a) of the authority of any person to act in accordance with such vote or (b) of any determination or of any action by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation as described in such vote, and such vote may be considered as in full force and effect until receipt by the Custodian of written notice to the contrary.
