Appointment of USBFS as Transfer Agent The Trust hereby appoints USBFS as transfer agent of the Trust on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and USBFS hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the services and duties set forth in this Agreement. The services and duties of USBFS shall be confined to those matters expressly set forth herein, and no implied duties are assumed by or may be asserted against USBFS hereunder.
Form, Payment and Appointment Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are components of Corporate Units shall be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent. Principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Payments with respect to any Global Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depositary. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, but the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. The Paying Agent and the Debt Security registrar for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee. The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that upon the release by the Collateral Agent of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (other than any release of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes in connection with (i) the creation of Treasury Units by Collateral Substitution, (ii) a Successful Remarketing, (iii) Fundamental Change Early Settlement, (iv) Early Settlement with separate cash or (v) Cash Settlement, in accordance with Section 3.13, Section 5.02, Section 5.03(b), Section 5.05, Section 5.08 or Section 5.03(a) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, as the case may be), the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $50 and integral multiples of $50 in excess thereof, and the Company shall issue Notes in any such denominations if requested by the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of any Holder or Beneficial Owner.
Appointment of Placement Agent (a) You are hereby appointed exclusive Placement Agent of the Company (subject to your right to have Selected Dealers, as defined in Section 1(c) hereof, participate in the Offering) during the Offering Period herein specified for the purposes of assisting the Company in finding qualified Subscribers pursuant to the offering (the "Offering") described in the
Designation and Appointment The Board may, from time to time, employ and retain Persons as may be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the Company’s business (subject to the supervision and control of the Board), including employees, agents and other Persons (any of whom may be a Member or Director) who may be designated as Officers of the Company, with titles including but not limited to “chief executive officer,” “president,” “vice president,” “treasurer,” “secretary,” “general counsel” and “chief financial officer,” as and to the extent authorized by the Board. Any number of offices may be held by the same Person. In the Board’s discretion, the Board may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable. Officers need not be residents of the State of Delaware or a Member. Any Officers so designated shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may, from time to time, delegate to them. The Board may assign titles to particular Officers. Each Officer shall hold office until his successor shall be duly designated and shall have qualified as an Officer or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Board.
Appointment as Proxy Voting Agent Subject to and in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustees hereby appoint Subadviser as the Fund’s proxy voting agent, and hereby delegate to Subadviser discretionary authority to vote all proxies solicited by or with respect to issuers of securities in which the assets of the Fund may be invested from time to time. Subadviser may act as the Fund’s proxy voting agent directly or Subadviser may (in whole or in part) employ a third-party to vote proxies on behalf of the Fund, provided, however, that in either case, Subadviser shall be responsible for voting all proxies on behalf of the Fund. Upon sixty (60) days written notice to Subadviser, the Trustees may at any time withdraw the authority granted to Subadviser pursuant to this Section 1.3 to perform any or all of the proxy voting services contemplated hereby.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy (a) FROM AND AFTER THE DATE HEREOF UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE, THE UNITHOLDERS EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GRANTS TO, AND APPOINTS, XXX X’XXXXXX AND XXXXXXX X. XXXX, AND ANY OTHER PROXY DESIGNEE (AS DEFINED ABOVE), EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AS THE UNITHOLDERS’ PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION) TO VOTE (OR EXERCISE A WRITTEN CONSENT WITH RESPECT TO) THE COVERED UNITS SOLELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2. THIS PROXY IS IRREVOCABLE (UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE AND EXCEPT AS TO ANY PROXY DESIGNEE WHOSE DESIGNATION AS A PROXY DESIGNEE IS REVOKED BY THE TMLP CONFLICTS COMMITTEE OR THE WMLP CONFLICTS COMMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE) AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND EACH UNITHOLDER WILL TAKE SUCH FURTHER ACTION OR EXECUTE SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS PROXY AND HEREBY REVOKES ANY OTHER PROXY PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BY THE UNITHOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE COVERED UNITS (AND EACH UNITHOLDER HEREBY REPRESENTS TO WMLP AND TMLP THAT ANY SUCH OTHER PROXY IS REVOCABLE).
Vacancies and Appointment of Trustees In case of the declination to serve, death, resignation, retirement or removal of a Trustee, or a Trustee is otherwise unable to serve, or an increase in the number of Trustees, a vacancy shall occur. Whenever a vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled, the other Trustees shall have all the powers hereunder and the certification of the other Trustees of such vacancy shall be conclusive. In the case of an existing vacancy, the remaining Trustees may fill such vacancy by appointing such other person as they in their discretion shall see fit, or may leave such vacancy unfilled or may reduce the number of Trustees to not less than two (2)
Notice of Appointment of Dividend and Transfer Agent The Trust agrees to notify the Custodian in writing of the appointment, termination or change in appointment of any Dividend and Transfer Agent.
Appointment of Investment Manager On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby appoints the Investment Manager as investment manager of the Account with discretionary authority to manage the investment and reinvestment of the funds and assets of the Account in accordance with the terms hereof, and the Investment Manager accepts such appointment. In the course of providing the services contemplated by this Agreement, the Investment Manager shall act as a fiduciary and shall discharge its fiduciary duties and exercise each of its powers under this Agreement with the care, skill and diligence that a registered investment adviser, acting in a like capacity and familiar with insurance company matters, would use in the conduct of a like enterprise with like aims, taking into consideration the facts and circumstances then prevailing, and such fiduciary duties shall specifically include a duty (a) to act with good faith; (b) of loyalty to Company; (c) to provide full and fair disclosure of all material facts; (d) to employ reasonable care to avoid misleading Company; and (e) to act in a manner consistent with the Investment Guidelines for the Account as agreed to between Investment Manager and Company.
Appointment of Representative (a) By voting in favor of the adoption of this Agreement, executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement or participating in the Merger and receiving the benefits thereof, each Company Member shall be deemed to have approved the designation of and hereby designates the Representative as the representative of the Company Members and as the attorney-in-fact and exclusive agent for and on behalf of each Company Member with respect to Claims under this Article 10 and the taking by the Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken by the Representative under this Agreement, including the exercise of the power to: (i) give and receive notices and communications (on behalf of itself or any other Company Member) relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby, (ii) authorize Parent and any other applicable Parent Indemnified Party to be indemnified, reimbursed or compensated for Damages, including through the forfeiture by the Company Members of all or any portion of the Holdback Amount (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by permanently withholding the payment or issuance of amounts that would otherwise become subject to the Holdback Amount) or through direct recovery from Company Members, in satisfaction of Claims by Parent or any other Parent Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 10 (including by not objecting to such Claims), (iii) agree to, object to, negotiate, resolve, enter into settlements and compromises of, demand litigation of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to (A) Claims by Parent or any other Parent Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 10 or (B) any dispute between any Parent Indemnified Party and any such Company Member, in each case, relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions or other matters contemplated hereby and (iv) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Representative shall have no obligation to act on behalf of the Company Members, except as expressly provided herein, and for purposes of clarity, there are no obligations of the Representative in any ancillary agreement, schedule, exhibit or the Company Disclosure Letter. The Representative shall have authority and power to act on behalf of each Company Member with respect to the disposition, settlement or other handling of all Claims under this Article 10 and all rights or obligations arising under this Article 10. The Company Members and their respective successors, heirs, estates and assigns shall be bound by all actions taken and documents executed by the Representative in connection with the Representative’s duties under this Agreement, and Parent and the other Parent Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on any action or decision of the Representative. The Company Members recognize and intend that the power of attorney granted in this Section 10.14(a) and the powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Representative Group hereunder: (1) are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable; (2) may be delegated by the Representative; and (3) shall survive the death, incapacity, dissolution, liquidation, bankruptcy or winding up of each of the Company Members and shall be binding on any successor thereto. Each Company Member (x) agrees that all actions taken by the Representative under this Agreement shall be binding upon such Company Member and such Company Member’s successors as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by such Company Member and (y) waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Representative taken in good faith under this Agreement or the Representative Engagement Agreement. The Representative shall only have the duties expressly stated in this Agreement and shall have no other duty, express or implied. The Representative may engage attorneys, accountants and other professionals and experts. The Representative may in good faith (1) rely conclusively upon (x) the Spreadsheet, (y) any signature believed by it to be genuine, and (z) information, reports, statements and opinions prepared or presented by such professionals engaged by the Representative, and any action taken by the Representative based on such reliance shall be deemed conclusively to have been taken in good faith; and (2) reasonably assume that a signatory has proper authorization to sign on behalf of the applicable Company Member or other party. Parent may conclusively rely, without independent verification or investigation, upon any action of the Representative as being the binding decision or action of the Company Members, and Parent shall not be liable to any Company Member or any other Person for any actions taken or omitted from being taken by them or by Parent in accordance with or reliance upon any decision or action of the Representative. The Person serving as the Representative may resign at any time and may be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Merger Consideration payable to the Company Members. No bond shall be required of the Representative. The immunities and rights to indemnification shall survive the resignation or removal of the Representative and the Closing and/or any termination of this Agreement. Notices or communications to or from the Representative shall constitute notice to or from each of the Company Members.
