INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE At any time, State Street may apply to any officer of the Trust for instructions and may consult with its own legal counsel with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by State Street under the terms of this Agreement. At any time, State Street may consult with outside counsel for the Trust or the independent accountants for the Trust (“Trust Advisers”) at the expense of the Trust, provided that State Street first obtains consent of the Trust which shall not be unreasonably withheld, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by State Street under the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity as the Financial Administrator or as the Accounting Agent under the terms of this Agreement, State Street shall not be liable, and shall be indemnified by the Trust or appropriate Portfolio for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith reliance upon any instructions or advice provided to State Street by a Trust Adviser or upon any paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons. State Street shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person until receipt of written notice thereof from the Trust. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as imposing upon State Street any obligation to seek such instructions or advice, or to act in accordance with such advice when received.
Good Faith and Fair Dealing The Parties agree to act in accordance with the principles of good faith and fair dealing in the performance of the Agreement.
Routine Dealings The Custodian will, in general, attend to all routine and mechanical matters in accordance with industry standards in connection with the sale, exchange, substitution, purchase, transfer, or other dealings with Securities or other property of each Fund except as may be otherwise provided in this Agreement or directed from time to time by Instructions from any particular Fund. The Custodian may also make payments to itself or others from the Assets for disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses incidental to handling Securities or other similar items relating to its duties under this Agreement, provided that all such payments shall be accounted for to the appropriate Fund.
Advice of Counsel, No Strict Construction Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Agreement with its counsel. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
Representations and Deliveries (a) The Fund shall deliver or cause the following documents to be delivered to Administrator:
(1) A true and complete copy of the Operating Agreement and all amendments thereto;
(2) Copies of the Fund’s offering documents, as of the date of this Agreement, together with any subscription documents, if any;
(3) A certificate containing the names of the initial Authorized Persons in a form acceptable to Administrator. Any officer of the Fund shall be considered an Authorized Person (unless such authority is limited in a writing from the Fund and received by Administrator) and has the authority to appoint additional Authorized Persons, to limit or revoke the authority of any previously designated Authorized Person, and to certify to Administrator the names of the Authorized Persons from time to time.
(4) All Investor account records in a format acceptable to Administrator, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and at the Fund’s expense.
(5) All other documents, records and information that Administrator may reasonably request in order for Administrator to perform the Services hereunder.
(b) The Fund represents and warrants to Administrator that:
(1) It is a statutory trust duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; it is empowered under applicable laws and by its Operating Agreement to enter into and perform this Agreement; and all requisite legal proceedings have been taken to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement, including any resolutions necessary to appoint Administrator and authorize the execution of this Agreement on behalf of the Fund.
(2) Any officer of the Fund has the authority to appoint additional Authorized Persons, to limit or revoke the authority of any previously designated Authorized Person, and to certify to Administrator the names of such Authorized Persons.
(3) The Fund is authorized to offer and sell Interests in the Fund in reliance on exemptions provided in the 1933 Act and state securities laws for transactions not involving any public offering.
(4) The person signing this Agreement represents and warrants he/she is duly authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Fund.
(5) It is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with any applicable laws and regulations, both state and federal, and has obtained all regulatory approvals necessary to carry on its business as now conducted; there is no statute, rule regulation, order or judgment binding on it and no provision of its Operating Agreement or any contract binding it or affecting its property which would prohibit its execution or performance of this Agreement.
(c) During the term of this Agreement the Fund shall have the ongoing obligation to provide Administrator with the following documents as soon as they become effective: (i) certified copies of all amendments to its Operating Agreement made after the date of this Agreement; and, (ii) a copy of the Fund’s currently effective offering documents, if any. For purposes of this Agreement, Administrator shall not be deemed to have notice of any information contained in any such offering document until a reasonable time after it is actually received by Administrator.
(d) The Manager and Investment Adviser have and retain primary responsibility for all compliance matters relating to the Fund, including but not limited to compliance with all applicable provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, state securities laws, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the policies and limitations of the Fund relating to the portfolio investments as set forth in the Operating Agreement or other documents that govern the Fund’s operations. Administrator’s Services hereunder shall not relieve the Manager and the Investment Adviser of their primary day-to-day responsibility for assuring such compliance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Administrator will be responsible for its own compliance with such statutes insofar as such statutes are applicable to the Services it has agreed to provide hereunder, and will promptly notify the Fund if it becomes aware of any material non-compliance which relates to the Fund.
(e) If the Fund receives notice of any stop order or other proceeding in any such state affecting the sale of Interests, or of any stop order or other proceeding under the federal securities laws affecting the sale of Interests, the Fund will give prompt notice thereof to Administrator.
(f) The Fund agrees that it shall advise Administrator in writing at least thirty (30) days prior (or, if thirty days is not practicable, such shorter period as is reasonably necessary) to affecting any change to its offering documents, if any, or Operating Agreement or adopt any policies that would materially increase or alter the duties and obligations of Administrator hereunder, and shall proceed with such change only if it shall have received the written consent of Administrator thereto.
Exclusive Dealings For so long as this Agreement remains in ------------------ effect, neither Seller nor any person acting on Seller's behalf shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or initiate any offer from, or conduct any negotiations with, any person or entity concerning the acquisition of all or any interest in any of the Purchased Assets or the Stations, other than Buyer or Buyer's permitted assignees.
Other Dealings The Custodian shall otherwise act as directed by Instruction, including without limitation effecting the free payments of moneys or the free delivery of securities, provided that such Instruction shall indicate the purpose of such payment or delivery and that the Custodian shall record the party to whom the payment or delivery is made.
FUND ACCOUNTING's Reliance on Instructions and Advice In maintaining the Portfolio's books of account and making the necessary computations FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and may rely upon, information furnished it by means of Proper Instructions, including but not limited to:
a. The manner and amount of accrual of expenses to be recorded on the books of the Portfolio; b. The source of quotations to be used for such securities as may not be available through FUND ACCOUNTING's normal pricing services; c. The value to be assigned to any asset for which no price quotations are readily available; d. If applicable, the manner of computation of the public offering price and such other computations as may be necessary; e. Transactions in portfolio securities; f. Transactions in capital shares. FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and shall be entitled to rely upon, as conclusive proof of any fact or matter required to be ascertained by it hereunder, a certificate, letter or other instrument signed by an authorized officer of the Fund or any other person authorized by the Fund's Board of Trustees. FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive and act upon advice of Counsel for the Fund at the reasonable expense of the Portfolio and shall be without liability for any action taken or thing done in good faith in reliance upon such advice. FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and may rely upon, information received from the Transfer Agent.
Exclusive Dealing (a) From and after the Agreement Date until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 11 (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Seller Guarantors, the Sellers, NewCo and the Company shall not, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, seek, entertain, knowingly encourage, knowingly facilitate, support or induce the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications (except solely to provide written notice as to the existence of these provisions) or negotiations regarding, or deliver or make available to any Person any non-public information with respect to, or take any other action regarding, any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent or any other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal or (v) submit any Acquisition Proposal to the vote of any Company Shareholder. The Seller Guarantors and the Sellers shall, and shall cause NewCo, the Company, their respective Affiliates and each of their respective Representatives to, promptly following the date hereof and during the Pre-Closing Period, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the date of this Agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. If any Representative or Affiliate of any Seller Guarantor, any Seller or the Company, whether in his or her capacity as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Seller Guarantors or the Sellers are obligated pursuant to this Section 6.1 to cause such Representative or Affiliate not to take, then the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 6.1.
(b) During the Pre-Closing Period, each of the Seller Guarantors, the Sellers, NewCo and the Company shall promptly notify Acquiror in writing after their receipt of, or any of their Affiliates or Representatives receipt of, (i) any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) any other notice that any Person is considering making an Acquisition Proposal or (iv) any request for nonpublic information relating to the Company or for access to any of the properties, books or records of the Company by any Person or Persons other than Acquiror that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. Such notice shall describe (1) the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer, notice or request and (2) the identity of the Person or Group making any such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer, notice or request (except to the extent any of such information is deemed confidential under a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement that is already in place as of the Agreement Date, in which case such notice will disclose the existence of such inquiry, offer, proposal, indication of interest or request and any of such information contained therein that is non-confidential). During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall keep Acquiror fully informed of the status and details of, and any modification to, any such inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer and any correspondence or communications related thereto and shall provide to Acquiror a true, correct and complete copy of such inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer and any amendments, correspondence and communications related thereto, if it is in writing, or a reasonable written summary thereof, if it is not in writing (except to the extent any of such information is deemed confidential under a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement that is already in place as of the Agreement Date, in which case such notice will disclose the existence of such inquiry, offer, proposal, indication of interest or request and any of such information contained therein that is non-confidential).
Right to Request and Act on Instructions Agent may at any time request instructions from Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the Financing Documents Agent is permitted or desires to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly requested, Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Financing Documents until it shall have received such instructions from Required Lenders or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement) and, notwithstanding the instructions of Required Lenders (or such other applicable portion of the Lenders), Agent shall have no obligation to take any action if it believes, in good faith, that such action would violate applicable Law or exposes Agent to any liability for which it has not received satisfactory indemnification in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6.
