Legal Process. In the event (i) BNYM directly receives a Legal Process Item (defined immediately below) that has been properly served, (ii) the Fund receives a Legal Process Item that has been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, or (iii) the Fund accepts service of a Legal Process Item that has not been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, BNYM will act in accordance with the applicable Written Instructions or Written Procedures in effect between the Fund and BNYM. “Legal Process Item” means civil and criminal subpoenas, civil or criminal seizure or restraining orders, IRS and state tax authority civil or criminal notices including notices of lien or levy, writs of execution and other functionally equivalent legal process items directed at BNYM or the Fund requiring that a particular action or actions be taken with respect to a current or former shareholder of a Fund or a Fund account of such a shareholder. BNYM may in its reasonable discretion seek to limit or reduce by any reasonable means the scope and coverage of a Legal Process Item and seek extensions of the period to respond.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (KKR Asset-Based Income Fund), Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (Lord Abbett Research Fund Inc), Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (Lord Abbett Investment Trust)
Legal Process. In the event (i) BNYM directly receives a Legal Process Item (defined immediately below) that has been properly served, (ii) the Fund receives a Legal Process Item that has been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, or (iii) the Fund accepts service of a Legal Process Item that has not been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, BNYM will act in accordance with the applicable Written Instructions or Written Procedures in effect between the Fund and BNYM. “"Legal Process Item” " means civil and criminal subpoenas, civil or criminal seizure or restraining orders, IRS and state tax authority civil or criminal notices including notices of lien or levy, writs of execution and other functionally equivalent legal process items directed at BNYM or the Fund requiring that a particular action or actions be taken with respect to a current or former shareholder of a Fund or a Fund account of such a shareholder. BNYM may in its reasonable discretion seek to limit or reduce by any reasonable means the scope and coverage of a Legal Process Item and seek extensions of the period to respond.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (Ark Venture Fund), Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (Touchstone Strategic Trust), Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (Touchstone Variable Series Trust)
Legal Process. In the event (i) BNYM directly receives a Legal Process Item (defined immediately below) that has been properly served, (ii) the Fund receives a Legal Process Item that has been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, or (iii) the Fund accepts service of a Legal Process Item that has not been properly served and delivers the Legal Process Item to BNYM, BNYM will act in accordance with the applicable Written Instructions or Written Procedures in effect between the Fund and BNYM. “”Legal Process Item” means civil and criminal subpoenas, civil or criminal seizure or restraining orders, IRS and state tax authority civil or criminal notices including notices of lien or levy, writs of execution and other functionally equivalent legal process items directed at BNYM or the Fund requiring that a particular action or actions be taken with respect to a current or former shareholder of a Fund or a Fund account of such a shareholder. BNYM may in its reasonable discretion seek to limit or reduce by any reasonable means the scope and coverage of a Legal Process Item and seek extensions of the period to respond.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (KKR US Direct Lending Fund-U)