Common use of Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures Clause in Contracts

Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures. At any time Service Company may apply to any officer of Fund for instructions, and may consult with legal counsel for Fund at the expense of Fund, or with its own legal counsel at its own expense, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the agency; and it will not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of such counsel. Service Company is authorized to act on the orders, directions or instructions of such persons as the Board of Fund shall from time to time designate by resolution. Service Company will be protected in acting upon any paper or document, including any orders, directions or instructions, reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons; and Service Company will not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person so authorized by Fund until receipt of written notice thereof from Fund. Service Company will also be protected in recognizing share certificates that it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of Fund, and the proper countersignature of any former Transfer Agent or Registrar, or of a Co-Transfer Agent or Co-Registrar.

Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures. At any time Service Company may apply to any officer of Fund for instructions, and may consult with legal counsel for Fund at the expense of Fund, or with its own legal counsel at its own expense, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the agency; and it will not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of such counsel. Service Company is authorized to act on the orders, directions or instructions of such persons as the Board of Trustees of Fund shall from time to time designate by resolution. Service Company will be protected in acting upon any paper or document, including any orders, directions or instructions, reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons; and Service Company will not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person so authorized by Fund until receipt of written notice thereof from Fund. Service Company will also be protected in recognizing share certificates that it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of Fund, and the proper countersignature of any former Transfer Agent or Registrar, or of a Co-Transfer Agent or Co-Registrar.

Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures. At any time Service Company may apply to any officer of Fund for instructions, and may consult with legal counsel for Fund at the expense of Fund, or with its own legal counsel at its own expense, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the agency; and it will not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of such counsel. Service Company is authorized to act on the orders, directions or instructions of such persons as the Board of Directors of Fund shall from time to time designate by resolution. Service Company will be protected in acting upon any paper or document, including any orders, directions or instructions, reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons; and Service Company will not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person so authorized by Fund until receipt of written notice thereof from Fund. Service Company will also be protected in recognizing share certificates that it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of Fund, and the proper countersignature of any former Transfer Agent or Registrar, or of a Co-Transfer Agent or Co-Registrar.

Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures. At any time Service Company may apply to any officer of Fund for instructionsinstruc­tions, and may consult with legal counsel for Fund at the expense of Fund, or with its own legal counsel at its own expense, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the agency; and it will not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of such counsel. Service Company is authorized to act on the orders, directions or instructions of such persons as the Board of Fund shall from time to time designate by resolution. Service Company will be protected in acting upon any paper or document, including any orders, directions or instructions, reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons; and Service Company will not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person so authorized by Fund until receipt of written notice thereof from Fund. Service Company will also be protected in recognizing share certificates that it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of Fund, and the proper countersignature of any former Transfer Agent or Registrar, or of a Co-Transfer Agent or Co-Registrar.