RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. (b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company. (c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement. (d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder. (e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder. (f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy. (g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. (h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoing. (i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action (j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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Samples: Deferred Compensation Plan (Weingarten Realty Investors /Tx/), Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Weingarten Realty Investors /Tx/), Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan (Weingarten Realty Investors /Tx/)
RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, ; provided, however, that to the extent the Trust corpus is invested in Shares, the Trustee need not satisfy any diversification of investments requirement at law or in equity; and, further provided, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) Plan and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the TrusteeCompany. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the The Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not in the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company which is contemplated by or by, and in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party the Trustee as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified PartyTrustee's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall to be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for the Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(ed) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, Trustee may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(fe) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trusteethe Trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(f) However, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(e) above, the Trustee may loan to the Company the proceeds of any borrowing against an insurance policy held as an asset of the Trust.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section Section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoing.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (Millennium Chemicals Inc), Trust Agreement (Millennium Chemicals Inc)
RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-book- entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall to be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case case, in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (Qep Co Inc)
RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) Agreement and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall to be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by an Authorized Party or a delegate of the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this AgreementAuthorized Party.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants Participant arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s 's control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any the Participant, or between the Company, any the Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s 's attorneys’ ' fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan Agreement other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case case, in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the PlanAgreement, the Plan Trust shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self self-regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or gross misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s 's control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; terrorist activity; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s 's attorneys’ ' fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) Plan and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self self-regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company or its Authorized Agent which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the CompanyCompany including Authorized Agents, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Authorized Agents, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized PartyAgent, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunderhereunder and may rely on any determination made by such agents and information provided to it by the Company.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized PartyAgent, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company Company, Authorized Agent or any Participant, or between the Company, Authorized Agent and, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.,
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Samples: Trust Agreement (TCF Financial Corp)
RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) Agreement and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall to be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, ParticipantsParticipant, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, ParticipantsParticipant, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants Participant arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s 's control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any the Participant, or between the Company, any the Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s 's attorneys’ ' fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan Agreement other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case case, in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the PlanAgreement, the Plan Agreement shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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Samples: Consulting and Separation Agreement (Janus Capital Group Inc)
RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) Plan and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "“Indemnified Parties"”) against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' ’ fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's ’s good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's ’s obligations in the foregoing regard shall be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNITY OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan(s) and this Trust and is given in writing by the Company or in such other manner prescribed by the Trustee. In the absence of direction, request or approval from the Company, the Trustee shall also incur no liability to any person for any failure to perform an act not contemplated by or in conformity with, the terms of this Trust. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and each of its affiliates (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against, and shall hold them harmless from, any and all loss, claims, liability, and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, imposed upon or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a result of any acts taken, or any failure to act, in accordance with the directions from the Company or any designee of the Company, or by reason of the Indemnified Party's good faith execution of its duties with respect to the Trust, including, but not limited to, its holding of assets of the Trust, except the Trustee’s right of indemnification shall not extend to any and all loss, claims, liability or expense arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Company's obligations in the foregoing regard shall to be satisfied promptly by the Company, provided that in the event the loss, claim, liability or expense involved is determined by a no longer appealable final judgment entered in a lawsuit or proceeding to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly on request thereafter return to the Company any amount previously received by the Trustee under this Section 9(b) with respect to such loss, claim, liability or expense. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust without direction from the Company.
(c) The Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action that it or the Custodian as its delegate takes pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or by any other party (including, without limitation, the Recordkeeper and any of its agents) to whom authority to give such directions, requests or approvals is delegated under the powers conferred upon the Company, Participants, the Investment Committee, the Administrator or such other party under this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, at the expense of the Trust or the Company, may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee, upon receipt of the consent of an Authorized Party, may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment advisers, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided herein, provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall not have the power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Participants arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, circumstances beyond the Trustee’s 's control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; governmental, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment or transportation except to the extent any such expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) arises from Trustee’s failure to take commercially reasonable precautions then prevailing with respect to any or all of the foregoingtransportation.
(i) If (1) there is any disagreement or dispute in connection with the Trust or the subject matter hereof, including any dispute between the Trustee, the Company or any Participant, or between the Company, any Participant or any person not a party to the Trust or (2) there are adverse or inconsistent claims or demands upon, or inconsistent with instructions to the Trustee, or (3) the Trustee in good faith is in doubt as to what action to take pursuant to the Trust, the Trustee may at its election refuse to comply with any such claims, demands or instructions, or refuse to take any other action pursuant to this Trust until (i) the rights of all persons involved in the dispute have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Trustee has resolved any such doubts to its good faith satisfaction; or (ii) all disputes have been resolved between the persons involved and the Trustee has received written notice thereof satisfactory to it from all such persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee may at its election interplead the subject matter of this Trust Agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction, or commence judicial proceedings for a declaratory judgment, and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from the Company or the Trust, both collectively and individually, the Trustee’s 's attorneys’ ' fees, expenses and costs in connection with any such interpleader or declaratory judgment action.
(j) The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case case, in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee.
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