Common use of Binding Effect; Assignment; Severability Clause in Contracts

Binding Effect; Assignment; Severability. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees and signed by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, and the obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees or Shareholders of the Trust, but bind only the appropriate property of the Trust, a Fund or Class, as provided in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust. Further, no Fund will be liable or responsible for the acts, omissions or obligations of another Fund. Your rights under this Schedule may not be assigned without our prior written consent. In the event that any provision of this Schedule conflicts with the law under which this Schedule is to be construed or if any such provision is held invalid or unenforceable by a court with jurisdiction over you and us, such provision shall be deemed to be restated to effectuate as nearly as possible the purposes of the Schedule in accordance with Applicable Law. The remaining provisions of this Schedule and the application of the challenged provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each such provision shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

Binding Effect; Assignment; Severability. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the Trust’s 's Board of Trustees and signed by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, and the obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees or Shareholders of the Trust, but bind only the appropriate property of the Trust, a Fund or Class, as provided in the Trust’s 's Declaration of Trust. Further, no Fund will be liable or responsible for the acts, omissions or obligations of another Fund. Your rights under this Schedule may not be assigned without our prior written consent. In the event that any provision of this Schedule conflicts with the law under which this Schedule is to be construed or if any such provision is held invalid or unenforceable by a court with jurisdiction over you and us, such provision shall be deemed to be restated to effectuate as nearly as possible the purposes of the Schedule in accordance with Applicable Law. The remaining provisions of this Schedule and the application of the challenged provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each such provision shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.