Responsibility of the Parties The Parties undertake to indemnify each other for any damage (loss) caused by their partial or complete non-performance or improper performance of the Agreement, and the indemnification of damage (loss) does not relieve the Parties from the performance/payment of their obligations under the Agreement. In addition, the Customer shall be liable for any damage (loss) caused to the Bank by its partial or complete non-performance or improper performance of the Agreement. Inter alia, in the event of a breach of the term specified in the subsection 3.3.6. of Annex N1 to the Bank Guarantee Agreement, Bank is entitled to charge the Customer with additional amount of the respective Interest (as the damage (loss) inflicted) for the period of breach of the term or the Bank shall be entitled to repay the above obligations not later than 14 (fourteen) calendar days after the written application. Indemnification of the damage (loss) does not release the Customer from the performance/payment of the obligations under the Agreement. Notwithstanding the guarantees specified in Sections 5.1 and 5.2. of Annex N1 to the Bank Guarantee Agreement, in order to ensure full and proper performance of the Customer’s obligations under the Agreement, and, respectively, to secure the Bank’s rights and claims, the Customer hereby expressly gives its prior consent that the Bank is fully authorized to: In the case of several debt arrears, determine the sequence and order of payments of Bank Guarantee and the payments under it; Block any Account of the Customer without acceptance in the amount of the payment due and in accordance with its applicable rules until any payment is under the Agreement is fully and duly covered; Write off without acceptance all payments due from the any Account of the Customer, and if the payment due and the amount available on the Account are in different currencies, the Bank itself can perform conversion at the commercial rate of exchange applicable at the Bank on the date of payment or the rate of exchange agreed with the Customer (if any), and write off also the conversion cost without acceptance from the Account, and channel the converted amount to cover the appropriate payments. During the period of Force Majeure, the Bank shall not be liable for complete or partial nonfulfillment or improper fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement. In the event of Force Majeure, the Parties shall be guided by ICC Uniform Rules. Any official communication between the Parties shall be in writing. The written notice intended to the Party may be delivered in person or sent by a courier (including an international courier) or through a post delivery (including by a registered letter). For urgency and subject to the following provisions, except by submitting to the Customer a claim for full performance of its obligations under the Agreement or notifying about the complete or partial termination of the Agreement, it is permissible to notify the other Party by email or other electronic means (including via mobile banking, internet banking) provided that upon request of the other Party, such notice shall also be provided in writing within a reasonable time. The notice shall be deemed to have been accepted by the addressee on the day of its receipt if the receipt of the notice is confirmed by the addressee (including by electronic document, receipt, other appropriate means of notification, etc.). If the receipt of the notice is not confirmed by the addressee, any such notice shall be deemed to have been sent and received accordingly: In case of sending a written message by a courier or registered mail - on the day of confirmation of delivery; In case of sending by email and/or other electronic means - on the second Banking Day after the date of sending; Notice shall be deemed to have been received even if the notice is returned to the notifying Party due to the absence of the addressee of the notification on the sent address/contact data, the addressee refuses to receive the notice or avoids receiving it. The Parties will communicate according to the addresses/contact details specified in the Agreement (or any other address/contact information that one Party will provide in writing to the other). The Party is obliged to notify the other Party on the change of the above address or any of their data in a timely manner, otherwise the communication (notification etc.) carried out to the address indicated by the Party shall be deemed to have been duly performed.
Responsibility of Custodian So long as and to the extent that it is in the exercise of reasonable care, the Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Contract and shall be held harmless in acting upon any notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to be signed by the proper party or parties, including any futures commission merchant acting pursuant to the terms of a three-party futures or options agreement. The Custodian shall be held to the exercise of reasonable care in carrying out the provisions of this Contract, but shall be kept indemnified by and shall be without liability to the Fund for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith without negligence. It shall be entitled to rely on and may act upon written advice of counsel (who may be counsel for the Fund) on all matters, and shall be without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to such advice. Except as may arise from the Custodian’s own negligence or willful misconduct or the negligence or willful misconduct of a sub-custodian or agent, the Custodian shall be without liability to the Fund for any loss, liability, claim or expense resulting from or caused by; (i) events or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian or any sub-custodian or U.S. or Foreign Securities System or any agent or nominee of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, nationalization or expropriation, imposition of currency controls or restrictions, the interruption, suspension or restriction of trading on or the closure of any securities market, power or other mechanical or technological failures or interruptions, computer viruses or communications disruptions, acts of war or terrorism, riots, revolutions, work stoppages, natural disasters or other similar events or acts; (ii) errors by the Fund or the Investment Adviser in their instructions to the Custodian provided such instructions have been in accordance with this Contract; (iii) the insolvency of or acts or omissions by a U.S. or Foreign Securities System; (iv) any delay or failure of any broker, agent or intermediary, central bank or other commercially prevalent payment or clearing system to deliver to the Custodian’s sub-custodian or agent securities purchased or in the remittance or payment made in connection with securities sold; (v) any delay or failure of any company, corporation, or other body in charge of registering or transferring securities in the name of the Custodian, the Fund, the Custodian’s sub-custodians, nominees or agents or any consequential losses arising out of such delay or failure to transfer such securities including non-receipt of bonus, dividends and rights and other accretions or benefits; (vi) delays or inability to perform its duties due to any disorder in market infrastructure with respect to any particular security or U.S. or Foreign Securities System; and (vii) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or order of the United States, or any state thereof, or any other country, or political subdivision thereof or of any court of competent jurisdiction. The Custodian shall be liable for the acts or omissions of a foreign banking institution to the same extent as set forth with respect to sub-custodians generally in this Contract. If the Fund requires the Custodian to take any action with respect to securities, which action involves the payment of money or which action may, in the opinion of the Custodian, result in the Custodian or its nominee assigned to the Fund being liable for the payment of money or incurring liability of some other form, the Fund, as a prerequisite to requiring the Custodian to take such action, shall provide indemnity to the Custodian in an amount and form satisfactory to it. If the Fund requires the Custodian, its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents, to advance cash or securities for any purpose (including but not limited to securities settlements, foreign exchange contracts and assumed settlement) or in the event that the Custodian or its nominee shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this Contract, except such as may arise from its or its nominee’s own negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any property at any time held for the account of the applicable Fund shall be security therefor and should the Fund fail to repay the Custodian promptly, the Custodian shall be entitled to utilize available cash and to dispose of such Fund’s assets to the extent necessary to obtain reimbursement. In no event shall either party be liable to the other for indirect, special or consequential damages.