Rights and discretions of the Agent (a) The Agent may rely on:
(i) any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and
(ii) any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.
(b) The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:
(i) no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 22.1 (Non-payment));
(ii) any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and
(iii) any notice or request made by the Parent (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.
(c) The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
(d) The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.
(e) The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Arrangers are obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
(g) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (f) above, the Agent may disclose the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the other Finance Parties and the Parent and shall disclose the same upon the written request of the Parent or the Majority Lenders.
(h) The Agent may not disclose to any Finance Party any details of the rate notified to the Agent by any Lender or the identity of any such Lender for the purpose of paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 10.2 (Market Disruption).
Rights and discretions (a) The Agent may rely on:
(i) any representation, notice or document (including, without limitation, any notice given by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of Clause 28.2 (Disenfranchisement on Debt Purchase Transactions entered into by Investor Affiliates)) believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and
(ii) any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.
(b) The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:
(i) no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 26.1 (Non-payment));
(ii) any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised;
(iii) any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors; and
(iv) no Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction:
(A) has been entered into;
(B) has been terminated; or
(C) has ceased to be with an Investor Affiliate.
(c) The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
(d) The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.
(e) The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
(f) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (e) above, the Agent may disclose the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the other Finance Parties and the Company and shall disclose the same upon the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, none of the Agent or the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
(h) The Agent is not obliged to disclose to any Finance Party any details of the rate notified to the Agent by any Lender or Base Reference Bank or the identity of any such Lender or Base Reference Bank for the purpose of Clause 14.2(a)(ii) (Market Disruption).
APPOINTMENT OF THE CALCULATION AGENT The Calculation Agent is appointed, and the Calculation Agent agrees to act, as Calculation Agent in respect of each Series of Notes described in the Schedule (the Relevant Notes) for the purposes set out in clause 2 and on the terms of this Agreement. The agreement of the parties that this Agreement is to apply to each Series of Relevant Notes shall be evidenced by the manuscript annotation and signature in counterpart of the Schedule.
Responsibilities of the Parties; Indemnification; Warranties and Disclaimers a. The Trust agrees that it shall be solely responsible for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the compliance testing results, reports, forms or other data or information included in the Money Market Services provided by the Administrator.
b. The Parties acknowledge that the Administrator is required to rely upon data provided by the Trust or third parties (“Data”) in providing the Money Market Services. The Administrator does not own the Data, has not developed the Data, does not control the Data, and has not, and will not make any inquiry into the accuracy of any Data. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent applicable, the Administrator will not be liable for any delays in the transmission of Forms N-MFP, Forms N-CR, reports, market-based NAVs, shareholder inflows/outflows, daily and weekly liquid assets, affiliate sponsor support flows, portfolio holdings or transmission of Data or inaccuracies of, errors in or omission of, Data in connection with the provision of the Money Market Services in each case provided by the Trust or any other third party.
c. To the extent applicable, the Trust represents and warrants to the Administrator that it has the necessary licenses from each nationally recognized statistical ratings organization whose ratings are set forth in its Forms N-MFP as contemplated hereby.
d. To the extent applicable, the Trust is solely responsible for determining and immediately notifying in writing the Administrator of the occurrence of one or more triggering events causing a filing on Form N-CR. The Trust is solely responsible for accurately and timely supplying the Administrator, or causing third parties to accurately and timely supply the Administrator, with all data, information and signatures in respect of each Trust that is required in order for the Administrator to file each Form N-CR, whether or not such information is specifically requested by the Administrator. The Administrator shall be without liability if the Administrator has not received by the submission deadline communicated by the Administrator to the Trust all of the Data, information and signatures it requires to submit such Form N-CR filing.
e. To the extent applicable, the Trust acknowledges that it shall be the Trust’s responsibility to retain for the periods prescribed by Rule 2a-7 (i) the compliance testing results and reports produced by the Administrator; (ii) its Forms N-MFP and Forms N-CR produced by the Administrator; and (iii) information prepared by the Administrator for posting on the Trust’s website.
f. The Trust acknowledges and agrees that the Money Market Services do not constitute advice or recommendations of any kind and the Administrator is not acting in a fiduciary capacity in providing the Money Market Services.
g. The Trust understands that the nature of the Money Market Services provided under this Agreement are distinct from the services provided under any other agreement between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust, including any custody, fund accounting or transfer agency services agreements and, consequently, the terms of this Agreement rather than such other agreements shall govern the delivery of the Money Market Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the standard of care and liability provisions of Section XII of this Agreement shall govern the provision of the Money Market Services.
Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent (a) In addition to the rights and remedies set forth herein or otherwise available at law or in equity, after a collateral event of default (as specified in Section 13.01(b)) hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and the TRADES Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (1) retention of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Treasury Securities and/or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement and/or (2) sale of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Treasury Securities or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in one or more public or private sales.
(b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent or under applicable law, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments to the Company on account of Proceeds of (i) the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, or (iii) the Pledged Treasury Securities as provided in this Agreement in satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holder of the Units of which such Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or such Pledged Treasury Securities are a part under the related Purchase Contracts, the inability to make such payments shall constitute a “collateral event of default” hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall, for the benefit of the Company, have and may exercise, with reference to such Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, Pledged Treasury Securities or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable, any and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted herein or under any applicable law.
(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent or under applicable law, the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to receive, collect and apply to the satisfaction of the Obligations all payments with respect to (i) the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) the Pledged Treasury Securities and (iii) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Agreement, and as otherwise provided herein.
(d) The Purchase Contract Agent and each Holder agrees that, from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of such Holder, shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability to any Holder for executing any documents or taking any such acts requested by the Collateral Agent hereunder, except for liability for its own negligent acts, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.