Personal Liability of Directors for Breach of Duty Sample Clauses

Personal Liability of Directors for Breach of Duty. In discharging their duties, Directors of the Corporation are required by law to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation, and they may incur personal liability if they breach such duties. Directors may incur personal liability if they fail to meet certain standards of performance - the general requirement being that Directors must exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. In addition, Directors have potential statutory liability under certain provincial statutes, such as the Employment Standards Act, 2000. The Corporation maintains Director & Officer Liability Insurance to provide coverage for Directors related to claims brought with respect to the discharge of their duties, however, the Ontario Corporations Act specifically provides that such insurance coverage is not to be available " . . . where the liability relates to the person's failure to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation".
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Personal Liability of Directors for Breach of Duty. In discharging their duties, Directors of the Corporation are required by law to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation, and they may incur personal liability if they breach such duties. Directors may incur personal liability if they fail to meet certain standards of performance - the general requirement being that Directors must exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. In addition, Directors have potential statutory liability under certain provincial statutes, such as the Employment Standards Act, 2000. The Corporation purchases and maintains Director & Officer Liability Insurance to provide coverage for Directors against liability incurred in the discharge of their duties. However, the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 provides that a corporation shall not indemnify an individual unless: (a) the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation or other entity, as the case may be; and, (b) if the matter is a criminal or administrative proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

Related to Personal Liability of Directors for Breach of Duty

  • Personal Liability of Shareholders As provided by applicable law, no Shareholder of the Trust shall be personally liable for the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to, the Trust or any Portfolio (or Class) thereof. Neither the Trust nor the Trustees, nor any officer, employee, or agent of the Trust shall have any power to bind personally any Shareholder or to call upon any Shareholder for the payment of any sum of money or assessment whatsoever other than such as the Shareholder may at any time personally agree to pay by way of subscription for any Shares or otherwise. The Shareholders shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to the same limitation of personal liability as is extended under the Delaware General Corporation Law to stockholders of private corporations for profit. Every note, bond, contract or other undertaking issued by or on behalf of the Trust or the Trustees relating to the Trust or to any Portfolio shall include a recitation limiting the obligation represented thereby to the Trust and its assets or to one or more Portfolios and the assets belonging thereto (but the omission of such a recitation shall not operate to bind any Shareholder or Trustee of the Trust or otherwise limit any benefits set forth in the Delaware Act that may be applicable to such Persons).

  • No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers Employees and Stockholders No director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Noteholder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

  • Limitation of Liability of Manager As an inducement to your undertaking to render services pursuant to this Agreement, the Trust agrees that you shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect you against any liability to the Trust, the Fund or its shareholders to which you would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of your duties, or by reason of your reckless disregard of your obligations and duties hereunder.

  • Limitation on Liability of Manager Unless arising as a result of their gross negligence, the Manager and the Institution shall not be liable to the Resident for any loss or damage, however caused to the Resident, the property of the Resident or to the property of the Resident’s guest(s) while in the Residence or on the lands on which the Residence is situated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such property includes and is not limited to, personal property of the Resident (including their vehicle(s) and their contents) and damage includes and is not limited to; damage caused by the failure of the plumbing or heating system or any other building system, defects in the structure of the Building, water or snow penetration, exterior weather conditions, damage arising from any cause beyond the control of the Manager or Institution, and any damage or injury arising from the activities of employees, contractors or agents of the Manager and the Institution. The Resident agrees that by executing the Agreement and residing in the Residence, they are acknowledging that they understand and freely assume the risks associated with communal living, including but not limited to risks of potential exposure to physical, mental or emotional harm or injury, communicable diseases and other contagious viruses. Accordingly, the Resident on their own behalf and on behalf of their successors, beneficiaries and next of kin hereby waives their right to demand or make any claim against (and indemnifies, releases and covenants and agrees to hold harmless each of) the Manager, the Institution, their agents, contractors, officers, directors, governors, management, successors, assigns, students and employees from or in relation to any and all damages, physical or other harm, death, liability, claims, expenses or loss due to any cause whatsoever, including negligence, breach of contract, or breach of any statutory or other duty of care (collectively, “Claims”) arising under or related to this Student Residence Agreement and the provision of services or accommodation, including but not limited to exposure to communicable diseases and contagious viruses. The Resident further agrees to take all reasonable precautions and follow recommendations by public health authorities to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases while living in the Residence community. Failure to follow the Student Residence Agreement and measures related to said communicable diseases (including but not limited to Covid-19), or failure to follow directions from staff regarding communicable disease related rules or measures may result in standards action up to and including eviction from residence.

  • No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Trustees, etc No Shareholder of the Trust 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. Shareholders shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to stockholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law. No Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person, save only liability to the Trust or its Shareholders arising from bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard for his duty to such Person; and, subject to the foregoing exception, all such Persons shall look solely to the Trust Property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust. If any Shareholder, Trustee or officer, as such, of the Trust, is made a party to any suit or proceeding to enforce any such liability, subject to the foregoing exception, he shall not, on account thereof, be held to any personal liability. Any repeal or modification of this Section 5.1 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Trustee or officer of the Trust existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

  • Liability of Manager The Manager will not be liable to you for any act or omission, except for obligations expressly assumed by the Manager in the applicable AAU.

  • NON-LIABILITY OF MANAGER 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 Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.

  • Limitation of Liability of the Adviser The Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission in the execution and management of the Fund, except for willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder. As used in this Article 6, the term "Adviser" shall include Directors, officers and employees of the Adviser as well as that corporation itself.

  • Limitation on Personal Liability All parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that the Trust is a series trust and all debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series shall be enforceable against the assets held with respect to such series only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or against the assets held with respect to any other series and further that no Trustee, officer or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust shall be personally liable for any of the foregoing.

  • No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

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