Receipt, on the one hand, and the Corporation, on the other hand, the Depositary, any
Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent, shall be entitled to act on such claims,
requests or instructions received from the Corporation, and shall be entitled to the
indemnification set forth in Section 5.7 hereof in connection with any action so taken.
From time to time, the Corporation may provide the Depositary, any Depositary’s
Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent with instructions concerning the services performed
by the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement. In addition, at any time, the Depositary, any
Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent may apply to any officer of the
Corporation for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for the Depositary with respect to
any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Depositary,
Depositary’s Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent, as applicable, under this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent and their respective agents and
subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by the Corporation for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by them in reliance upon any written instructions from the
Corporation or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel. None of the Depositary, any
Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent shall be held to have notice of any
change of authority of any Person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Corporation.
The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent and
any stockholder, director, affiliate, officer or employee of such Persons may buy, sell or deal in
any of the securities of the Corporation or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the Corporation may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Corporation or
otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Registrar
or Transfer Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Depositary, any
Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent or any such stockholder, director,
affiliate, officer or employee thereof from acting in any other capacity for the Corporation or for
any other Person.
No provision of this Agreement shall require the Depositary, any Depositary’s
Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its
rights if there are reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer
Agent shall assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust with any of the Holders.
The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent
may rely on, and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act in reliance upon, any
guaranty of signature by an “Eligible Guarantor Institution” that is a member or participant in the
Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable “signature guarantee
program” or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or any Transfer
Agent shall be required to perform any action if such action would cause the Depositary, any