(b) Fiduciary Advice. A Plan Fiduciary may employ one or more persons to render advice with regard to any fiduciary responsibility he or she may have under the Plan.
(c) Capacity as Fiduciary. Any person may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity under the Plan.
(d) Exclusive Benefit. A Plan Fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties with respect to the Plan solely in the interest of the Participants and Beneficiaries for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to such persons and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plan, and with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims.
(e) Co-Fiduciary Liability. Except to the extent required by ERISA § 405, no Fiduciary shall be liable for any act or omission of another person in carrying out any fiduciary responsibility where such fiduciary responsibility is allocated to such other person by or pursuant to the Plan.
18.6 | Limitation on Liability |
(a) In no event shall a Participating Employer’s liability to pay benefits to a Participant under the Plan exceed the value of the amounts credited to the Participant’s Account.
(b) Neither a Participating Employer, the Plan Administrator, Transamerica nor any other party shall be liable for losses arising from depreciation or shrinkage in the value of any investments acquired under the Plan.
(c) Unless otherwise expressly agreed by a Plan service provider, no service provider to the Plan (including, without limitation, a Funding Agent) shall be considered a party to the Plan for any purpose, nor in any way responsible for its performance, validity or sufficiency. Such service provider will only be obligated by the terms of the service contract or arrangement entered into by such service provider. A service provider will be fully protected in accepting and acting upon the request, advice or representation of, or any instrument executed by, the Trustee, the Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any Named Fiduciary without ascertaining the accuracy of such request, advice or representation or the authority of the Trustee, the Employer, the Plan Administrator or the named Fiduciary to so act. A service provider shall be fully protected in dealing with the Trustee, Employer, Plan Administrator or Named Fiduciary, as designated by the latest written notification received by the service provider at its principal office from the Trustee, Employer, Plan Administrator or Named Fiduciary. The Recordkeeper and/or Trustee shall be fully discharged from liability for any amount paid to a service provider, or to any other person, in accordance with the direction of the Employer, Plan Administrator or Named Fiduciary, or for any change made or action taken upon such direction; nor will it be obligated to see to the proper application of funds paid to a service provider or to any other person.
(d) To the extent permitted by law, no Plan Administrator nor any person who is or was a director, officer, or Employee of an Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, will be personally liable for any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the administration of the Plan. To the extent not indemnified or saved harmless under any liability insurance or other indemnification arrangement with respect to the Plan, any Employee of the Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, to whom the Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, has delegated any portion of its responsibilities under the Plan, and any person who is or was a director or officer of the Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, will, to the extent permitted by law, be indemnified and saved harmless by the Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, from and against any and all liability or claims of liability (including, without limitation, any investigatory actions, judicial proceedings, judgments, losses, damages, civil penalties, excise taxes, interest and any other form of liability of any kind) to which they may be subjected by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in connection with the administration of the Plan or the investment of the Trust Fund, including all expenses reasonably incurred in their defense if the Sponsoring Employer or Participating Employer, as applicable, fails to provide such defense after having been requested to do so in writing.
(a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board, the Plan Administrator, the Trustee, Transamerica, and the employees, directors, and officers of each Participating Employer (“Covered Persons” for purposes of this Subsection) from and against any and all claims of liability arising in connection with the exercise of their duties and responsibilities to the Plan, including all expenses reasonably incurred in their defense, unless:
(i) It shall be established by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such act or omission involved a violation of the duties imposed by Part 4 of Title I of ERISA or gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Covered Person; or
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