NON-LIABILITY OF MANAGER. (a) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on the part of the Manager, or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder, the Manager shall not be subject to any liability to the Trust or to any shareholder of the Trust for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder. (b) The Manager may rely upon the advice of the Trust or of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust or counsel for the Manager, and upon statements of accountants, brokers and other persons believed by it in good faith to be expert in the matters upon which they are consulted, and the Manager shall not be liable to anyone for any actions taken in good faith upon such statements. (c) The Manager may act upon any oral instruction which it receives and which it believes in good faith was transmitted by the person or persons authorized by the Board of the Trust to give such oral instruction. The Manager shall have no duty or obligation to make any inquiry or effort of certification of such oral instruction. (d) The Manager shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith reliance upon any written instruction or certified copy of any resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and the Manager may rely upon the genuineness of any such document or copy thereof reasonably believed in good faith by the Manager to have been validly executed. (e) The Manager may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any signature, instruction, request, letter of transmittal, certificate, opinion of counsel, statement, instrument, report, notice, consent, order, or other paper document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the Trust or other proper party or parties.
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Samples: Management Contract (Schroder Series Trust), Management Contract (Schroder Series Trust), Management Contract (Schroder Series Trust)
NON-LIABILITY OF MANAGER. (a) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on the part of the Manager, or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder, the Manager shall not be subject to any liability to the Trust or to any shareholder of the Trust for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
(b) The Manager may rely upon the advice of the Trust or of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust or counsel for the Manager, and upon statements of accountants, brokers and other persons believed by it in good faith to be expert in the matters upon which they are consulted, and the Manager shall not be liable to anyone for any actions taken in good faith upon such statements.
(c) The Manager may act upon any oral instruction which that it receives and which that it believes in good faith was transmitted by the person or persons authorized by the Board of the Trust to give such oral instruction. The Manager shall have no duty or obligation to make any inquiry or effort of certification of such oral instruction.
(d) The Manager shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith reliance upon any written instruction or certified copy of any resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and the Manager may rely upon the genuineness of any such document or copy thereof reasonably believed in good faith by the Manager to have been validly executed.
(e) The Manager may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any signature, instruction, request, letter of transmittal, certificate, opinion of counsel, statement, instrument, report, notice, consent, order, or other paper document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the Trust or other proper party or parties.
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Samples: Management Contract (Schroder Global Series Trust), Management Contract (Schroder Series Trust), Management Contract (Schroder Series Trust)