Other Rights of the Fiscal and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) The Fiscal and Paying Agent shall only make payments hereunder to the extent it has actually received funds from the Issuer for such purpose; in paying Subordinated Notes hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be acting as a conduit and shall not be paying Subordinated Notes for its own account or with its own funds, and in the absence of written notice from the Issuer to the contrary, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be entitled to assume that any Subordinated Note presented to it, or deemed presented to it, for payment, is entitled to be so paid; (b) the Fiscal and Paying Agent may become a purchaser, holder, transferor or may otherwise own, hold or transfer any beneficial interest in any Subordinated Notes and may commence or join in any action which a beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note is entitled to take without any conflict with its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement; (c) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be required to invest or pay interest on any funds delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement; (d) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of this Agreement or the correctness of any recital of any party other than of the Fiscal and Paying Agent that is stated herein or in the Subordinated Notes or in any offering materials and makes no representations as to the validity of the Subordinated Notes and shall incur no responsibility in respect thereto; (e) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any notice, order, requisition, request, consent, certificate, order, opinion (including an opinion of counsel, Officer’s Certificate or both), affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document in good faith deemed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons; (f) any action taken by the Fiscal and Paying Agent pursuant to this Agreement upon the request or authority or consent of any person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the holder of any Subordinated Note shall be conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Subordinated Note and all Subordinated Notes issued in exchange therefore or in place thereof; (g) in the event that the Fiscal and Paying Agent is unsure of the course of action to be taken by it hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may request instructions from the Issuer and to the extent the Fiscal and Paying Agent follows such instructions in good faith it shall not be liable to any Person. In the event that no instructions are provided within the time requested by the Fiscal and Paying Agent, it shall have no duty or liability for its failure to take any action or for any action it takes in good faith; and (h) The Fiscal and Paying Agent may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the Issuer, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Fiscal and Paying Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
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Samples: Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement (Valley National Bancorp), Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement (Valley National Bancorp)
Other Rights of the Fiscal and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinin this Agreement,
(a) The the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall only make payments hereunder to the extent it has actually received funds from the Issuer for such purpose; purposes;
(b) in paying Subordinated Notes hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be acting as a conduit and shall not be paying Subordinated Notes for its own account or with its own funds, and in the absence of written notice from the Issuer to the contrary, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be entitled to assume that any Subordinated Note presented to it, or deemed presented to it, for payment, is entitled to be so paid;
(bc) the Fiscal and Paying Agent may become a purchaser, holder, transferor or may otherwise own, hold or transfer any beneficial interest in any Subordinated Notes and may commence or join in any action which that a beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note is entitled to take without any conflict with its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement;
(cd) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be required to invest or pay interest on any funds delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement;
(de) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of this Agreement or the correctness of any recital of any party other than of the Fiscal and Paying Agent that is stated herein or in the Subordinated Notes or in any offering materials and makes no representations as to the validity of the Subordinated Notes and shall incur no responsibility in respect thereto;
(ef) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any notice, order, requisition, request, consent, certificate, order, opinion (including an opinion of counsel, Officer’s Officers’ Certificate (as defined in Section 4.3 hereof) or both), affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document in good faith deemed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons;
(fg) any action taken by the Fiscal and Paying Agent pursuant to this Agreement upon the request or authority or consent of any person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the holder of any Subordinated Note shall be conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Subordinated Note and all Subordinated Notes issued in exchange therefore therefor or in place thereof;
(gh) in the event that if the Fiscal and Paying Agent is unsure of the course of action to be taken by it hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may request instructions from the Issuer and to the extent the Fiscal and Paying Agent follows such instructions in good faith it shall not be liable to any Person. In the event that If no instructions are provided within the time requested by the Fiscal and Paying Agent, it shall have no duty or liability for its failure to take any action or for any action it takes in good faith; and
(hi) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons. The Fiscal and Paying Agent may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the Issuer, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Fiscal and Paying Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
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Samples: Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement (People's United Financial, Inc.), Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement (People's United Financial, Inc.)
Other Rights of the Fiscal and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinin this Agreement,
(a) The the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall only make payments hereunder to the extent it has actually received funds from the Issuer for such purpose; purposes;
(b) in paying Subordinated Notes hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be acting as a conduit and shall not be paying Subordinated Notes for its own account or with its own funds, and in the absence of written notice from the Issuer to the contrary, the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be entitled to assume that any Subordinated Note presented to it, or deemed presented to it, for payment, is entitled to be so paid;
(bc) the Fiscal and Paying Agent may become a purchaser, holder, transferor or may otherwise own, hold or transfer any beneficial interest in any Subordinated Notes and may commence or join in any action which a beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note is entitled to take without any conflict with its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement;
(cd) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be required to invest or pay interest on any funds delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement;
(de) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of this Agreement or the correctness of any recital of any party other than of the Fiscal and Paying Agent that is stated herein or in the Subordinated Notes or in any offering materials and makes no representations as to the validity of the Subordinated Notes and shall incur no responsibility in respect thereto;
(ef) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any notice, order, requisition, request, consent, certificate, order, opinion (including an opinion of counsel, Officer’s Officers’ Certificate (as defined in Section 4.3 hereof) or both), affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document in good faith deemed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons;
(fg) any action taken by the Fiscal and Paying Agent pursuant to this Agreement upon the request or authority or consent of any person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the holder of any Subordinated Note shall be conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Subordinated Note and all Subordinated Notes issued in exchange therefore therefor or in place thereof;
(gh) in the event that the Fiscal and Paying Agent is unsure of the course of action to be taken by it hereunder, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may request instructions from the Issuer and to the extent the Fiscal and Paying Agent follows such instructions in good faith it shall not be liable to any Person. In the event that no instructions are provided within the time requested by the Fiscal and Paying Agent, it shall have no duty or liability for its failure to take any action or for any action it takes in good faith; and
(hi) the Fiscal and Paying Agent shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons. The Fiscal and Paying Agent may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Fiscal and Paying Agent may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the Issuer, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Fiscal and Paying Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
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Samples: Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement (North State Bancorp)