Limitations of Liability of Shareholders. (a) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Declaration (including, without limitation, Article II, Section 12(h) regarding damages) and the Bylaws, Shareholders shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to shareholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated in the State of Delaware and no Shareholder shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with Trust Property or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Trust or any Series. (b) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Declaration (including, without limitation, Article II, Section 12(h) regarding damages) and the Bylaws, if any Shareholder or former Shareholder of any Series shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of a claim or demand relating to such Person being or having been a Shareholder, and not because of such Person’s acts or omissions, the Shareholder or former Shareholder (or such Person’s heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives or in the case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or other general successor) shall be entitled to be held harmless from and indemnified against all loss and expense arising from such claim or demand, but only out of the assets held with respect to the particular Series of Shares of which such Person is or was a Shareholder and from or in relation to which such liability arose. The Trust, on behalf of the applicable Series, may, at its option, assume the defense of any such claim made against such Shareholder. Neither the Trust nor the applicable Series shall be responsible for satisfying any obligation arising from such a claim that has been settled by the Shareholder without the prior written notice to, and consent of, the Trust and Series, as applicable.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bexil Investment Trust), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Dividend & Income Fund), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Dividend & Income Fund)
Limitations of Liability of Shareholders. (a) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Declaration (including, without limitation, Article II, Section 12(h) regarding damages) and the Bylaws, Shareholders shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to shareholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated in the State of Delaware and no Shareholder shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with Trust Property or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Trust or any Series.
(b) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Declaration (including, without limitation, Article II, Section 12(h) regarding damages) and the Bylaws, if any Shareholder or former Shareholder of any Series shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of a claim or demand relating to such Person being or having been a Shareholder, and not because of such Person’s 's acts or omissions, the Shareholder or former Shareholder (or such Person’s 's heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives or in the case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or other general successor) shall be entitled to be held harmless from and indemnified against all loss and expense arising from such claim or demand, but only out of the assets held with respect to the particular Series of Shares of which such Person is or was a Shareholder and from or in relation to which such liability arose. The Trust, on behalf of the applicable Series, may, at its option, assume the defense of any such claim made against such Shareholder. Neither the Trust nor the applicable Series shall be responsible for satisfying any obligation arising from such a claim that has been settled by the Shareholder without the prior written notice to, and consent of, the Trust and Series, as applicable.
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Samples: Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Dividend & Income Fund), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Dividend & Income Fund), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Dividend & Income Fund)