Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability. 9.1 The Transfer Agent shall at all times act in good faith and agrees to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to errors, including encoding and payment processing errors, unless said errors are caused by its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct or that of its employees or agents. The parties agree that any encoding or payment processing errors shall be governed by this standard of care and Section 4-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code is superseded by Section 9 of this Agreement. The Transfer Agent shall provide the Fund, at such times as the Fund may reasonably require, copies of publicly available reports rendered by independent public accountants on the internal controls and procedures of the Transfer Agent relating to the Services provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement. 9.2 The liability of the Transfer Agent hereunder shall be subject to the limits, if any, set forth on Schedule 3.1 attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by mutual written agreement of the parties. 9.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the omission of an express indemnity in favor of the Fund, as to all matters other than intellectual property infringement, shall in no way be construed so as to limit the legal rights, remedies and/or recourse of the Fund against the Transfer Agent, and the Fund does hereby reserve any and all such rights, remedies and recourse, with respect to any breach by the Transfer Agent of any provision of this Agreement.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Federated Core Trust III), Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Federated Core Trust/Pa), Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Federated Equity Funds)
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability. 9.1 The Transfer Agent shall at all times act in good faith and agrees to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to errors, including encoding and payment processing errors, unless said errors are caused by its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct or that of its employees or agents. The parties agree that any encoding or payment processing errors shall be governed by this standard of care and Section 4-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code is superseded by Section 9 of this Agreement. This standard of care also shall apply to Exception Services, as defined in Section 2.3 herein, but such application shall take into consideration the manual processing involved in, and time sensitive nature of, Exception Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transfer Agent's aggregate liability during the Initial Term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the aggregate of the amounts due hereunder to the Transfer Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the six (6) calendar months of the Agreement. After the expiration of the Initial Term, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith a limitation on the Transfer Agent's aggregate liability for the Renewal Term.
9.2 The Transfer Agent shall provide the Fund, at such times as the Fund may reasonably require, copies of publicly available reports rendered by independent public accountants on the internal controls and procedures of the Transfer Agent relating to the Services provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement.
9.2 The liability of the Transfer Agent hereunder shall be subject to the limits, if any, set forth on Schedule 3.1 attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by mutual written agreement of the parties.
9.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the omission of an express indemnity in favor of the Fund, as to all matters other than intellectual property infringement, shall in no way be construed so as to limit the legal rights, remedies and/or recourse of the Fund against the Transfer Agent, and the Fund does hereby reserve any and all such rights, remedies and recourse, with respect to any breach by the Transfer Agent of any provision of this Agreement.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Tamarack Funds Trust), Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Tamarack Funds Trust)
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability. 9.1 The Transfer Agent shall at all times act in good faith and agrees to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under this Agreement, but assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to errors, including encoding and payment processing errors, unless said errors are caused by its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct or that of its employees or agents. The parties agree that any encoding or payment processing errors shall be governed by this standard of care and Section 4-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code is superseded by Section SECTION 9 of this Agreement. The Transfer Agent shall provide the Fund, at such times as the Fund may reasonably require, copies of publicly available reports rendered by independent public accountants on the internal controls and procedures of the Transfer Agent relating to the Services provided by the Transfer Agent under this Agreement.
9.2 The liability of the Transfer Agent hereunder shall be subject to the limits, if any, set forth on Schedule SCHEDULE 3.1 attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time by mutual written agreement of the parties.
9.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the omission of an express indemnity in favor of the Fund, as to all matters other than intellectual property infringement, shall in no way be construed so as to limit the legal rights, remedies and/or recourse of the Fund against the Transfer Agent, and the Fund does hereby reserve any and all such rights, remedies and recourse, with respect to any breach by the Transfer Agent of any provision of this Agreement.
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Samples: Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (Federated MDT Series)