9. Management of the Trust; Regular Trustee.
(a) Subject to the authority to delegate rights and powers as provided herein and except as otherwise herein provided, the Regular Trustee shall have the sole power and authority to manage and conduct the business and affairs of the Trust and each Series and shall have all powers and rights necessary, appropriate, desirable or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes, powers, business and other activities of the Trust and each Series in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Regular Trustee may appoint, employ or otherwise contract with any Persons for the transaction of the business of the Trust (or any Series) or the performance of services for or on behalf of the Trust (or any Series), and the Regular Trustee may delegate to any such Person (who may be designated an officer of the Trust as provided in Section 13) or committee of individuals (as described in Section 9(h) below) such authority to act on behalf of the Trust or any Series as the Regular Trustee may from time to time deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Beneficial Owners shall have the right to vote on, approve, determine or consent to the actions specified herein (or hereafter specified by the Regular Trustee) or required by the Delaware Act to be voted on, approved, determined by or consented to by the Beneficial Owners.
(b) Without limitation of Section 9(a), the powers of the Regular Trustee shall include the power to do or cause the Trust to do any of the following:
(i) expend Trust or Series funds in connection with the operation of the business of the Trust or any Series;
(ii) appoint and remove any and all officers, agents, independent contractors, attorneys and accountants;
(iii) prosecute, settle or compromise all claims against third parties, defend, compromise, settle or accept judgment on claims against the Trust and execute all documents and make all representations, admissions and waivers in connection therewith;
(iv) borrow money or incur indebtedness or guarantee the obligations of others, and secure payment of any such indebtedness or guarantee by mortgage, pledge or assignment of property of the Trust or any Series, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired;
(v) subject to Section 11, deal in and exercise all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to all property of whatever nature held or owned by, or licensed to, the Trust or any Series;
(vi) open, maintain and close bank accounts, money market accounts or investment, custody or other financial accounts and draw checks and other orders for the payment of monies;
(vii) maintain such insurance relating to the business of the Trust, upon such terms, as the Regular Trustee determines are appropriate; and
(viii) enter into, execute, make, amend, supplement, acknowledge, deliver and cause the Trust or any Series to perform any and all contracts, agreements, licenses and other instruments, undertakings and understandings that the Regular Trustee determines are necessary, appropriate or incidental to carrying on the business and affairs of the Trust or such Series.
(c) The act of the Regular Trustee for the purpose of carrying on the business or affairs of the Trust and any Series, including entering into contracts on behalf of the Trust that the Regular Trustee considers desirable, useful or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Trust or such Series, shall bind the Trust and no Person dealing with the Trust or such Series shall have any obligation to inquire into the power or authority of the Regular Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust or such Series. The taking of any lawful action by the Regular Trustee on behalf of the Trust or any Series, including the execution and/or delivery of any instrument, certificate, filing or document by the Regular Trustee on behalf of the Trust, or the adoption by the Regular Trustee of authorizing resolutions with respect to any matter, shall constitute and evidence the due authorization of such action or matter on behalf of the Trust or such Series. In accordance with Section 3805 of the Delaware Act, legal title to any property or asset of the Trust will be held in the name of the Regular Trustee with the same effect as if such property or asset were held in the name of the Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustee may authorize any officer(s) or agent(s) or grant a power of attorney to any Person, to enter into any contract, to execute any instrument or certificate (including any certificate to be filed on behalf of the Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware under the Delaware Act) or to take any other action in the name of and on behalf of the Trust, and this authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Regular Trustee or within the agency power of an officer, and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no officer or agent shall have any power or authority to bind the Trust by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.