Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) ALPS shall be obligated to act in good faith and to exercise commercially reasonable care and diligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) ALPS shall be under no duty to take any action except as specifically set forth herein or as may be specifically agreed to by ALPS in writing. ALPS shall use its best judgment and efforts in rendering the services described in this Agreement. ALPS shall not be liable to the Trust, the Fund or any of the Fund’s stockholders for any action or inaction of ALPS relating to any event whatsoever in the absence of bad faith, reckless disregard, negligence or willful misfeasance in the performance of ALPS’s duties or obligations under this Agreement. Further, ALPS shall not be liable to the Trust, the Fund or any of the Fund’s stockholders for any action taken or failure to act in good faith reliance upon: (i) the advice and opinion of Trust counsel; and (ii) any certified copy of any resolution of the Board; and ALPS shall not be under any duty or obligation to inquire into the validity or invalidity or authority or lack thereof of any statement, oral or written instruction, resolution, signature, request, letter or transmittal, certificate, opinion of counsel, instrument, report, notice, consent, order or any other document or instrument which ALPS reasonably believes in good faith to be genuine.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) In performing all responsibilities delegated to it under this Agreement (including without limitation in regard to its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager), the Custodian agrees to exercise reasonable care, prudence and diligence and shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the Custodian’s performance of or failure to perform its duties under this Agreement except to the extent that such damages are reasonably foreseeable and arise directly out of the Custodian’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or otherwise from a breach of this Agreement.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) Foreside shall be under no duty to take any action except as specifically set forth herein or as may be specifically agreed to by Foreside in writing. Foreside shall use its best judgment and efforts in rendering the services described in this Agreement and shall not be liable to the Fund Company, any Fund or any of the Funds’ shareholders for any action or inaction of Foreside or the CCO or AMLO relating to any event whatsoever in the absence of bad faith, reckless disregard, gross negligence or willful misfeasance. Further, neither Foreside nor the CCO or AMLO shall be liable to the Fund Company, any Fund or any of the Funds’ shareholders for any action taken, or failure to act, in good faith reliance upon: (i) the advice and opinion of Fund Company counsel; and/or (ii) any certified copy of any resolution of the Board. Neither Foreside nor the CCO or AMLO shall be under any duty or obligation to inquire into the validity or invalidity or authority or lack thereof of any statement, oral or written instruction, resolution, signature, request, letter of transmittal, certificate, opinion of counsel, instrument, report, notice, consent, order, or any other document or instrument which Foreside and/or the CCO and/or the AMLO reasonably believe(s) in good faith to be genuine.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) In performing its responsibilities under this Agreement (including without limitation in regard to its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager), the Custodian agrees to exercise reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person having responsibility for the safekeeping of assets of management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act would exercise and shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the Custodian’s performance of or failure to perform its duties under this Agreement except to the extent that such damages are reasonably foreseeable and arise directly out of the Custodian’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or otherwise from a breach of this Agreement.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) In performing its responsibilities under this Agreement (including without limitation in regard to its capacity as Foreign Custody Manager), the Custodian agrees to exercise reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person having responsibility for the safekeeping of assets of management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act would exercise (“Standard of Care”) and shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the Custodian’s performance of or failure to perform its duties under this Agreement except to the extent that such damages arise out of the Custodian’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or otherwise from a breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Custodian shall not be liable for any damages arising out of any matter with respect to which the Custodian is otherwise relieved of liability as provided elsewhere in the Agreement. In no event shall a party to this Agreement be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or lost profits or loss of business, arising under or in connection with this Agreement, even if previously informed of the possibility of such damages and regardless of the form of action.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) The Fund Accounting Agent shall be obligated to exercise in the performance of its duties hereunder reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person having responsibility for the provision of accounting services to management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act would exercise, to act in good faith and to use commercially reasonable efforts in performing services provided for under this Agreement (the “Standard of Care”), and shall not be liable for any damages arising out of its performance of or failure to perform its duties under this Agreement except to the extent that such damages arise out of the Fund Accounting Agent’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or otherwise from a breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Fund Accounting Agent shall not be liable for any damages arising out of any matter with respect to which the Fund Accounting Agent is otherwise relieved of liability or entitled to be held harmless as provided elsewhere in this Agreement. In no event shall a party to this Agreement be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or lost profits or loss of business, arising under or in connection with this Agreement, even if previously informed of the possibility of such damages and regardless of the form of action. For the avoidance of doubt, net asset value (NAV) error losses under the terms of the Fund’s NAV error correction policy (as provided to the Fund Accounting Agent by the Fund) shall be deemed direct damages for purposes of this Agreement and not consequential damages under this Section 7(a).
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) The Fund Accounting Agent shall be obligated to exercise in the performance of its duties hereunder reasonable care, prudence and diligence such as a person having responsibility for the provision of accounting services to management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act would exercise, to act in good faith and to use commercially reasonable efforts in performing services provided for under this Agreement, and shall not be liable for any damages arising out of its performance of or failure to perform its duties under this Agreement except to the extent that such damages are reasonably foreseeable and arise directly out of the Fund Accounting Agent’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or otherwise from a breach of this Agreement.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. (a) Forum shall be under no duty to take any action except as specifically set forth herein or as may be specifically agreed to by Forum in writing. Forum shall use its best judgment and efforts in rendering the services described in this Agreement. Forum shall not be liable to the Trust or any of the Trust's shareholders for any action or inaction of Forum relating to any event whatsoever in the absence of bad faith, willful misfeasance or negligence in the performance of Forum's duties or obligations under this Agreement or by reason of Forum's reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification. The duties of the BISYS shall be confined to those expressly set forth herein, and to its obligations as fund accountant. BISYS shall comply with all laws applicable to it and shall exercise reasonable care in the performance of all of its obligations under this Agreement, but shall not be liable to the Trust for any action taken or omitted by BISYS in the absence of bad faith, willful misfeasance, negligence or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties. BISYS assumes no responsibility hereunder, and shall not be liable, for any damages, loss of data, delay or other loss whatsoever caused by events beyond its reasonable control. The Trust agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BISYS, its employees, agents, directors, officers and nominees from and against any and all claims, demands, actions and suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all judgments, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, fines, assessments, reasonable fees of counsel selected as specified below and other reasonable expenses (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of or in any way relating to BISYS’ performance of Services under this Agreement or based, if applicable, upon reasonable reliance on information, records, instructions or requests given or made to BISYS by the Trust or the investment adviser to the Trust, and on any information provided by any custodian or any Service Provider to the Trust; provided that this indemnification shall not apply to actions or omissions of BISYS in cases of its own bad faith, willful misfeasance, negligence or the reckless disregard of its obligations and duties; and further provided that BISYS shall give the Trust written notice of and reasonable opportunity to defend against any such claim in its own name or in the name of BISYS. BISYS shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trust, its employees, agents, trustees, officers and nominees from and against Losses resulting directly and proximately from BISYS’ willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties with respect to the performance of Services under this Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto. The rights hereunder shall include the right to reasonable advances of defense expenses in the event of any pending or threatened litigation with respect to which indemnification hereunder may ultimately be merited. In order that the indemnification provision contained herein shall apply, ho...
