Responsibilities 1. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, BNY shall with respect to each Specified Country select an Eligible Foreign Custodian. In connection therewith, BNY shall: (a) determine that assets of the Funds held by such Eligible Foreign Custodian will be subject to reasonable care, based on the standards applicable to custodians in the relevant market in which such Eligible Foreign Custodian operates, after considering all factors relevant to the safekeeping of such assets, including, without limitation, those contained in paragraph (c)(1) of the Rule; (b) determine that the Funds’ foreign custody arrangements with each Eligible Foreign Custodian are governed by a written contract with the Custodian which will provide reasonable care for the Funds’ assets based on the standards specified in paragraph (c)(1) of the Rule; (c) determine that each contract with an Eligible Foreign Custodian shall include the provisions specified in paragraph (c)(2)(i)(A) through (F) of the Rule or, alternatively, in lieu of any or all of such (c)(2)(i)(A) through (F) provisions, such other provisions as BNY determines will provide, in their entirety, the same or a greater level of care and protection for the assets of the Funds as such specified provisions; (d) monitor pursuant to the Monitoring System the appropriateness of maintaining the assets of the Funds with a particular Eligible Foreign Custodian pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of the Rule and the performance of the contract governing such arrangement; and (e) advise the Funds whenever BNY determines under the Monitoring System that an arrangement (including, any material change in the contract governing such arrangement) described in preceding clause (d) no longer meets the requirements of the Rule.
2. For purposes of preceding Section 1 of this Article, BNY’s determination of appropriateness shall not include, nor be deemed to include, any evaluation of Country Risks associated with investment in a particular country. For purposes hereof, “Country Risks” shall mean systemic risks of holding assets in a particular country including but not limited to (a) an Eligible Foreign Custodian’s use of any depositories that act as or operate a system or a transnational system for the central handling of securities or any equivalent book-entries; (b) such country’s financial infrastructure; (c) such country’s prevailing custody and settlement practices; (d) nationalization, expropriation or other governmental actions; (e) regulation of the banking or securities industry; (f) currency controls, restrictions, devaluations or fluctuations; and (g) market conditions which affect the orderly execution of securities transactions or affect the value of securities.
Position and Responsibilities During the term of Executive’s employment hereunder, Executive agrees to serve as an Executive Vice President of the Bank. Executive shall perform administrative and management services for the Bank which are customarily performed by persons in a similar executive officer capacity. During said period, Executive also agrees to serve as an officer and director of any subsidiary of the Bank or the Company, if elected.
Position, Duties and Responsibilities (a) During the Term, Executive will be employed by the REIT Operator and will serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the REIT, reporting directly to the Co-Chief Executive Officers (the “Co-CEOs”) or the board of directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) of the REIT. In this capacity, Executive shall have the duties, authorities and responsibilities as are required by Executive’s position commensurate with the duties, authorities and responsibilities of persons in similar capacities in similarly sized companies, and such other duties, authorities and responsibilities as may reasonably be assigned to Executive as the Co-CEOs of the REIT or the Board shall designate from time to time that are not inconsistent with Executive’s position and that are consistent with the bylaws of the REIT, the limited partnership agreement of the Operating Company, and the limited liability company agreement of the REIT Operator, each as may be amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, managing the affairs of the Company.
(b) During the Term, Executive will, without additional compensation, also serve on the board of directors of, serve as an officer of, or perform such executive and consulting services for, or on behalf of, such subsidiaries of the REIT as the Co-CEOs of the REIT or the Board may, from time to time, request.
(c) During the Term, Executive will serve the Company faithfully, diligently, and to the best of Executive’s ability and will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and attention to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder, and shall have no other employment (including self-employment), whether or not such activity is engaged in for pecuniary profit; provided, that, nothing contained herein shall prohibit Executive from (i) participating in trade associations or industry organizations in furtherance of the Company’s interests, (ii) engaging in charitable, civic, educational or political activities, (iii) engaging in passive personal investment activities for Executive and Executive’s family or (iv) accepting directorships or similar positions, subject to approval in advance by the Board of Directors of the REIT, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld (together, the “Personal Activities”), in each case so long as the Personal Activities do not (x) unreasonably interfere, individually or in the aggregate, with the performance of Executive’s duties to the Company under this Agreement, (y) have an adverse impact on the Company’s business reputation, or (z) violate the Restrictive Covenants (as defined below), in each case as determined by the Board.
(d) During the Term, Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s principal offices located in Dallas, Texas (the “Principal Location”), except for travel to other locations as may be necessary to fulfill Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.
Duties and Responsibilities (a) The Auction Agent is acting solely as agent for the Trust hereunder and owes no fiduciary duties to any other Person by reason of this Agreement.
(b) The Auction Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are set forth specifically in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Auction Agent.
(c) In the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, the Auction Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it, or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Auction Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith unless the Auction Agent shall have been negligent in ascertaining (or failing to ascertain) the pertinent facts.
Scope of Responsibilities The Management Committee shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) Supervision and review of the work of the other ISO Committees;
(b) Review and determination of appeals from actions of the other Committees, and the ability to suspend an action by another Committee pending appeal if the Management Committee determines that such suspension is warranted;
(c) Development of procedures for the consideration and determination of requests for the stay of an action by another Committee;
(d) Development of positions on ISO operations, policies, rules and procedures and provision of recommendations to the other Committees and the Board;
(e) Preparation of the ISO capital and operating budgets for review and approval by the ISO Board; and
(f) Subject to Article 19, proposing changes to the ISO OATT, the ISO Services Tariff and this Agreement, reviewing and making recommendations with respect to tariff changes proposed by the ISO Board;
(g) Adoption of by-laws for the Management Committee and the review and approval of the by-laws of the other ISO Committees and amendments thereto;
(h) Development of procedures and policies for all ISO Committees for the handling of confidential information; and
(i) Such other responsibilities and powers conferred on it by the ISO Board. Decisions by the Management Committee may be appealed to the ISO Board by any Party.
