Common use of Participant Representations Clause in Contracts

Participant Representations. (a) The Participant represents, warrants and agrees that it will not make any representations concerning any Fund, the applicable Trust, the Creation Units or the Shares other than those consistent with the Fund's then current Prospectus or any promotional or sales literature furnished to the Participant by the Distributor or the applicable Trust or Fund, or any such materials permitted by clause (b) of this Section 6. (b) The Participant agrees not to furnish or cause to be furnished by Participant or its employees to any person or to display or publish any information or materials relating to a Trust or any Fund (including, without limitation, promotional materials and sales literature, advertisements, press releases, announcements, statements, posters, signs or other similar materials, but not including any materials prepared and used for Participant's internal use only, any brokerage communications between employees of Participant and customers or any communications prepared and directed to registered broker-dealers) ("Marketing Materials"), except (i) such Marketing Materials as may be furnished to the Participant by the Distributor or the applicable Trust or Fund and (ii) such other Marketing Materials as are consistent with the applicable Fund's then current Prospectus or otherwise approved by the Distributor or the Trust; provided that such Marketing Materials clearly indicate that such Marketing Materials are prepared and distributed by Participant and, upon request, a copy is forwarded to the Distributor as soon as practicable. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Participant and its affiliates may prepare and circulate in the regular course of their businesses (i) research reports that include information, opinions or recommendations relating to Shares; and (ii) without reference to a Fund or its Prospectus, data and information relating to the various indices to which the Funds are benchmarked.