General and Administrative 4.1 This Agreement shall be governed in all respects and aspects by the laws of the State of Texas, and the parties hereby agree any legal action concerning this Agreement shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, in Lubbock County, Texas. If counsel is required to enforce terms of this Agreement and/ or corollary agreements, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs.
4.2 If any provision of this Agreement, or its application to any person or circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
4.3 This Agreement and the attachments hereto, contain the entire Agreement of the parties and there are no representatives, inducements, promises, agreements, arrangements, or undertakings, oral or written, between parties other than those set forth and duly executed in writing. No agreement of any kind shall be binding upon either party unless and until the same has been made in writing and duly executed by both parties. The Agreement shall not be modified or amended except by written agreement executed by both parties.
4.4 The parties have reviewed this Agreement in its entirety and acknowledge each has had a full opportunity to negotiate the Agreements terms. Therefore, the parties expressly waive any and all applicable common law and statutory rules of construction any provision of this Agreement should be construed against the Agreement’s drafter, and agree and affirm the Agreement and all provisions thereof shall in all cases be construed as a whole, according to the fair meaning of the language utilized.
4.5 Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants, and conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such terms, covenants, and conditions, nor shall any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power here under at any one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times. No waiver shall be valid unless in writing and signed by all parties.
4.6 The captions of each section are added as a matter of convenience only and shall be considered of no effect in the construction of any provision of this Agreement.
4.7 This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or e-mail attachment and/ or in any number of counterparts, any or all of which may contain the signatures of less than all parties, and all of which shall be construed together as but a single instrument and shall be binding on the parties as though originally executed on one originally executed document. All facsimile and e-mail attachment counterparts shall be promptly followed with delivery of original executed counterparts.
4.8 This Agreement shall become effective upon execution of the Group Contract, Group Itinerary, and Group Package Options form by the parties involved.
Other Agents Nothing in this Agreement is to be interpreted as limiting the Company from employing other personnel on such terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to it.
Management and Administration 5.1 TxDOT Responsibility for Policy Decisions
Officers and Agents The Manager may authorize one or more officers and agents to enter into any contract or to otherwise act on behalf of the Company to the extent that the Manager could take such action. Such authority may be general or be defined to specific instances. Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or by the Manager, no employee, officer, or other agent of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose.
Other Officers and Agents The Board may appoint such other Officers and agents as may from time to time appear to be necessary or advisable in the conduct of the affairs of the Company, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
Brokers and Agents Except as disclosed on Schedule 18.5, each party represents and warrants that it employed no broker or agent in connection with this transaction and agrees to indemnify the other parties hereto against all loss, cost, damages or expense arising out of claims for fees or commission of brokers employed or alleged to have been employed by such indemnifying party.
General and Administrative Costs The Borrower shall ensure that the payment of all the general and administrative costs of the Borrower and the Owners in connection with the ownership and operation of the Ships (including, without limitation, the payment of the management fees pursuant to the Management Agreements) shall be fully subordinated to the payment obligations of the Borrower and the Owners under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents throughout the Security Period.
Management and Administrative Services The Investment Adviser shall perform, or arrange for its affiliates to perform, the management and administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including administering shareholder accounts and handling shareholder relations. The Investment Adviser shall provide the Fund with office space, facilities, equipment and necessary personnel and such other services as the Investment Adviser, subject to review by the Board of Directors, from time to time shall determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Investment Adviser, also on behalf of the Fund, shall conduct relations with custodians, depositories, transfer agents, pricing agents, dividend disbursing agents, other shareholder servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable. The Investment Adviser generally shall monitor the Fund's compliance with investment policies and restrictions as set forth in filings made by the Fund under the federal securities laws. The Investment Adviser shall make reports to the Board of Directors of its performance of obligations hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Fund as it shall determine to be desirable.
Experts, Advisers and Agents The Trustee may:
(a) employ or retain and act and rely on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any solicitor, auditor, valuer, engineer, surveyor, appraiser or other expert, whether obtained by the Trustee or by the Corporation, or otherwise, and shall not be liable for acting, or refusing to act, in good faith on any such opinion or advice and may pay proper and reasonable compensation for all such legal and other advice or assistance as aforesaid; and
(b) employ such agents and other assistants as it may reasonably require for the proper discharge of its duties hereunder, and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it (and shall be entitled to receive reasonable remuneration for all services performed by it) in the discharge of the trusts hereof and compensation for all disbursements, costs and expenses made or incurred by it in the discharge of its duties hereunder and in the management of the trusts hereof and any solicitors employed or consulted by the Trustee may, but need not be, solicitors for the Corporation.
Successor Servicer and Administrator The Administrator shall undertake, as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions of such Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the appointment of a Successor Servicer. Such Successor Servicer shall, upon compliance with the last sentence of Section 8.2(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, become the successor Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall become such successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to perform any obligations or duties or conduct any activities as the successor Administrator that would be prohibited by law and not within the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee; and, provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee as the successor Administrator shall not assume any of the obligations specified in Section 2(a)(ii). In such event, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a sub-administrator to perform such obligations and duties. Any transfer of servicing pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and related succession as Administrator hereunder shall not constitute an assumption by the related successor Administrator of any liability of the related outgoing Administrator arising out of any breach by such outgoing Administrator of such outgoing Administrator’s duties hereunder prior to such transfer.
