Common use of Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property Clause in Contracts

Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property. or to Engage in Business; Authority of Trustees to Permit Others to Do Likewise. The Trustees, in their capacity as Trustees, and (unless otherwise specifically directed by vote of the Trustees) the officers of the Trust in their capacity as such, shall not be required to devote their entire time to the business and affairs of the Trust. Except as otherwise specifically provided by vote of the Trustees, or by agreement in any particular case, any Trustee or officer of the Trust may acquire, own, hold and dispose of, for his own individual account, any property, and acquire, own, hold, carry on and dispose of, for his own individual account, any business entity or business activity, whether similar or dissimilar to any property or business entity or business activity invested in or carried on by the Trust, and without first offering the same as an investment opportunity to the Trust, and may exercise all rights in respect thereof as if he were not a Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trustees shall also have power, generally or in specific cases, to permit employees or agents of the Trust to have the same rights (or lesser rights) to acquire, hold, own and dispose of property and businesses, to carry on businesses, and to accept investment opportunities without offering them to the Trust, as the Trustees have by virtue of this Section 4.7.

Appears in 9 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Van Kampen American Capital Trust), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Van Kampen American Capital Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fun), Trust Agreement (Warburg Pincus New York Intermediate Municipal Fund)

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Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property. or to Engage in Business; Authority of Trustees to Permit Others to Do Likewise. The Trustees, in their capacity as Trustees, and (unless otherwise specifically directed by vote of the Trustees) the officers of the Trust in their capacity as such, shall not be required to devote their entire time to the business and affairs of the Trust. Except as otherwise specifically provided by vote of the Trustees, or by agreement in any particular case, any Trustee or officer of the Trust may acquire, own, hold and dispose of, for his own individual account, any property, and acquire, own, hold, carry on and dispose of, for his own individual account, any business entity or business activity, whether similar or dissimilar to any property or business entity or business activity invested in or carried on by the Trust, and without first offering the same as an investment opportunity to the Trust, and may exercise all rights in respect thereof as if he were not a Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trustees shall also have power, generally or in specific cases, to permit 13 employees or agents of the Trust to have the same rights (or lesser rights) to acquire, hold, own and dispose of property and businesses, to carry on businesses, and to accept investment opportunities without offering them to the Trust, as the Trustees have by virtue of this Section 4.7.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Van Kampen American Capital World Portfolio Series Trust), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Van Kampen American Capital Tax Exempt Trust), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (American Capital Growth & Income Fund Inc)

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Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property. or to Engage in BusinessOR TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS; Authority of Trustees to Permit Others to Do LikewiseAUTHORITY OF TRUSTEES TO PERMIT OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE. The Trustees, in their capacity as Trustees, and (unless otherwise specifically directed by vote of the Trustees) the officers of the Trust in their capacity as such, shall not be required to devote their entire time to the business and affairs of the Trust. Except as otherwise specifically provided by vote of the Trustees, or by agreement in any particular case, any Trustee or officer of the Trust may acquire, own, hold and dispose of, for his own individual account, any property, and acquire, own, hold, carry on and dispose of, for his own individual account, any business entity or business activity, whether similar or dissimilar to any property or business entity or business activity invested in or carried on by the Trust, and without first offering the same as an investment opportunity to the Trust, and may exercise all rights in respect thereof as if he were not a Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trustees shall also have power, generally or in specific cases, to permit employees or agents of the Trust to have the same rights (or lesser rights) to acquire, hold, own and dispose of property and businesses, to carry on businesses, and to accept investment opportunities without offering them to the Trust, as the Trustees have by virtue of this Section 4.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Declaration of Trust (White Elk Funds), Agreement and Declaration of Trust (White Elk Funds)

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