55C - RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT PUBLIC AGENCY RETIREMENT SVCS

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(d) The Trustee shall have no liability for following proper directions of a fiduciary, the Agency, the Plan Administrator or a Participant when such directions are made in accordance with this Trust Agreement. (e) During such period or periods of time, if any person other than the Trustee, including but not limited to a Participant, is directing the investment and management of Trust Assets, the Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, exchange, subscription or other right relating to any securities purchased on the directions of such person if notice of any such right was given prior to the purchase of such securities. If such notice is given after the purchase of such securities, the Trustee shall notify the Plan Administrator, which shall transmit the notice to the directing party. The Trustee shall have no obligation to exercise any such right unless it is informed of the existence of the right and is instructed to exercise such right, in writing, by a fiduciary or a Participant through the Plan Administrator within a reasonable time prior to the expiration of such right. (0 During such period or periods of time, if the Trustee is directed to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the directing party to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territories or possessions which shall apply, in any manner whatsoever, to such securiti.-s, including, but not limited to, receipt of dividends or interest by the Trustee for such securities. (g) If the Plan and Trust cease to be subject to Sections 457 and 501 of the Code, the Agency shall immediately notify Trustee. Agency shall indemnify the Trustee for any federal or state income taxes, and any federal estate and state estate or inheritance taxes which the Trustee is required to pay as a result of a distribution made at the direction of the Plan Administrator, in which event the Agency shall be subrogated to the right of the Trustee to proceed against such Participant, Beneficiary, the executor of the estate of a deceased Participant or any other person for reimbursement of the amount paid and any taxes due. 8.4 Indemnification of Trustee by Agency. (a) The Trustee shall not be liable for, and the Agency agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from and against any claims, demands, loss or liability imposed on the Trustee, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the Trustee, caused by and related to (i) any acts taken in accordance with any directions (or any failure to act in the absence of such directions) from the Plan Administrator, or any other party to whom Plan Administrator has given authority to direct the Trustee, which the Trustee reasonably believes to have been given by any of them; (ii) the negligence or willful misconduct of the Plan Administrator, or any other person designated to act on Plan Administrator's behalf; or (iii) the Plan Administrator's execution of its duties under this Trust Agreement, except in the event of the Trustee's own negligence or material breach of this Agreement which directly causes the loss to the Trust. (b) The Agency further agrees to indemnify the Trustee for and against any claims, demands or liabilities imposed on the Trustee, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the Trustee, which exceed amounts payable or available from the Trust, arising as a result of claims asserted by a third person or persons, not otherwise described in (a), and whether 16 55C-34