Common use of Business Trusts Clause in Contracts

Business Trusts. (i) The Fund and the Custodian agree that the obligations of the Fund under this Agreement shall not be binding upon or any member of the Board of Directors or any shareholder, nominee, officer, employee or agent, whether past, present or future, of the Fund individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund or of the appropriate Portfolio(s) thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly authorized by Fund and signed by an authorized officer of the Fund, acting as such, but neither such authorization by the Fund nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any member of the Board of Directors or by any officer or shareholder of the Fund individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the assets and property of the Fund or of the appropriate Portfolio(s) thereof.]