Transactions with Interested Persons Unless prohibited by the charter ------------------------------------ documents of any Member and unless entered into in bad faith, no contract or transaction between the Company and one or more of its Managers or Members, or between the Company and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its Managers or Members have a financial interest or are directors, partners, Managers or officers, shall be voidable solely for this reason or solely because such Manager or Member was present or participated in the authorization of such contract or transaction if: (a) the material facts as to the relationship or interest of such Manager or Member and as to the contract or transaction were disclosed or known to the other Managers (if any) or Members and the contract or transaction was authorized by the disinterested Managers (if any) or Members; or (b) the contract or transaction was fair to the Company as of the time it was authorized, approved or ratified by the disinterested Managers (if any) or Members; and no Manager or Member interested in such contract or transaction, because of such interest, shall be considered to be in breach of this Agreement or liable to the Company, any Manager or Member, or any other person or organization for any loss or expense incurred by reason of such contract or transaction or shall be accountable for any gain or profit realized from such contract or transaction.
Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any shareholder owning more than 5% of the common stock of the Borrower, Affiliate of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries on terms that are less favorable to the Borrower or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a shareholder or Affiliate; provided, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between the Borrower and any Guarantor or between Guarantors; (b) any transaction between Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, (c) any transaction permitted by Section 6.8(a), (d) reasonable or customary indemnification and compensation arrangements for members of the board of directors (or similar governing body), officers and other employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, transaction-specific director fees and retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans and arrangements, provided that in the case of the officers and directors, a majority of the disinterested directors or a committee of the board of directors composed entirely of disinterested directors shall approve such transaction; (e) management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses payable to Yucaipa or one of its Affiliates in an aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year not in excess of the sum of (i) $1,000,000 in respect of annual management fees, plus (ii) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (i) above originally), plus (iii) 1.0% of the value of transactions with respect to which Yucaipa or its Affiliates provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (iv) the amount of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related thereto and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods, and (f) transactions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.
Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with or for the benefit of any Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) unless such transaction or series of related transactions is entered into in good faith and in writing and (1) such transaction or series of related transactions is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that would be available in a comparable transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a party who is not an Affiliate of the Company, (2) with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate value in excess of $20,000,000, (i) the Company delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such transaction or series of related transactions complies with clause (1) above, and (ii) such transaction or series of related transactions has been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of the Company, or in the event there is only one Disinterested Director, by such Disinterested Director, or (3) with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate value in excess of $40,000,000, the Company delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of an investment banking firm of national standing or other recognized independent expert with experience appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an opinion is required stating that the transaction or series of related transactions is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to: (1) employee benefit arrangements with any officer or director of the Company, including under any employment agreement, stock option or stock incentive plans, and customary indemnification arrangements with officers or directors of the Company, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business, (2) the payment of reasonable and customary fees to directors of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company or any Affiliate, (3) any Permitted Investments, Restricted Payments or Permitted Payments made in compliance with Section 4.07, (4) sales of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates of the Company, (5) in the case of contracts for purchase of drilling equipment or sale of oil field service supplies or natural gas or other operational contracts, any such contracts are entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms substantially similar to those contained in similar contracts entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and third parties, or if neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a similar contract with a third party, that the terms are no less favorable than those available from third parties on an arm’s-length basis, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, (6) any customary agreements with stockholders of the Company providing for preemptive, voting, tag-along and similar rights to certain stockholders of the Company, provided that such agreements are approved in advance by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, and (7) any transactions undertaken pursuant to any contracts in existence on the Issue Date (as in effect on such date) and any renewals, replacements or modifications of such contracts (pursuant to new transactions or otherwise) on terms no less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than those in effect on the Issue Date.
Communications with Shareholders Any notices, reports, statements, or communications with Shareholders of any kind required under this Declaration, including any such communications with Shareholders or their counsel or other representatives required under Section 9.8 hereof, or otherwise made by the Trust or its agents on behalf of the Trust shall be governed by the provisions pertaining thereto in the Bylaws.
Shareholder Transactions Ultimus shall provide the Trust with shareholder transaction services, including: 1.1. process shareholder purchase, redemption, exchange, and transfer orders in accordance with conditions set forth in the applicable Fund’s prospectus(es) applying all applicable redemption or other miscellaneous fees; 1.2. set up of account information, including address, account designations, dividend and capital gains options, taxpayer identification numbers, banking instructions, automatic investment plans, systematic withdrawal plans and cost basis disposition method, 1.3. assist shareholders making changes to their account information included in 1.2; 1.4. issue trade confirmations in compliance with Rule 10b-10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”); 1.5. issue quarterly statements for shareholders, interested parties, broker firms, branch offices and registered representatives; 1.6. act as a service agent and process income dividend and capital gains distributions, including the purchase of new shares, through dividend reimbursement and appropriate application of backup withholding, non-resident alien withholding and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) withholding; 1.7. record the issuance of shares and maintain pursuant to Rule 17Ad-10(e) of the 1934 Act a record of the total number of shares of each Fund which are authorized, based upon data provided to it by the Trust, and issued and outstanding; 1.8. perform such services as are required to comply with Rules 17a-24 and 17Ad-17 of the 1934 Act (the “Lost Shareholder Rules”); 1.9. provide cost basis reporting to shareholders on covered shares (shares purchased after 1/1/2012), as required; 1.10. withholding taxes on non-resident alien accounts, pension accounts and in accordance with state requirements; 1.11. produce, print, mail and file U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099 and other appropriate forms required by federal authorities with respect to distributions for shareholders; 1.12. administer and perform all other customary services of a transfer agent, including, but not limited to, answering routine customer inquiries regarding shares; and 1.13. process all standing instruction orders (Automatic Investment Plans (“AIPs”) and Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWPs”)) including the debit of shareholder bank information for automatic purchases.