Conflicts of Interest. The Contractor represents that he/she/it is free to enter into this Agreement and that this engagement does not violate the terms of any agreement between the Contractor and any third party. Further, the Contractor, in rendering these duties shall not utilize any invention, discovery, development, improvement, innovation, or trade secret in which he/she/it does not have a proprietary interest. During the term of this agreement, the Contractor shall devote as much productive time, energy and abilities to the performance of his/her/its duties hereunder as is necessary to perform the required duties in a timely and productive manner. The Contractor is expressly free to perform services for other parties while performing services for the Company.

Conflicts of Interest. Any person appointed as an expert will be entitled to act and continue to act as an expert even if at the time of his appointment or at any time before he gives his determination, he has or may have some interest or duty which conflicts or may conflict with his appointment if before accepting the appointment (or as soon as practicable after he becomes aware of the conflict or potential conflict) he fully discloses the interest or duty and the parties will, after the disclosure, have confirmed his appointment.

Conflicts of Interest. Provider will maintain procedures and controls to prevent conflicts of interest within its custody, fund accounting, fund administration and transfer agency businesses from adversely affecting the BFA Recipients.

Conflicts of Interest. While employed by Company, Employee shall not engage in any activity or business which impairs or hinders Employee's job duties and responsibilities for Company. Employee shall report to the Company any possible conflicts of interest on the basis of existing or planned activities of Employee or members of Employee's immediate family. A conflict of interest shall be deemed to arise when Employee or a member of Employee's immediate family: # accepts any interest, services, products, commissions, share in profits or other payments, gifts or remuneration from any organization which transacts or is seeking to transact business with one or more [[Company,:Organization]] Companies or which competes with Company's Business; or # serves as director, partner, employee or consultant, or becomes a shareholder of any organization doing business with or seeking to do business with or competitive with one or more [[Company,:Organization]] Companies.

During your employment with the Company you will not:

Conflicts of Interest. During employment with the Company, Employee may not use his or her position, influence, knowledge of Confidential Information or Trade Secrets or the assets of the Company and/or its Affiliates for personal gain, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. A direct or indirect financial interest, including joint ventures in or with a supplier, vendor, customer or prospective customer without disclosure and the express written approval of an officer or Vice President of the Company, is strictly prohibited during employment with the Company.

Conflicts of Interest. You will be expected to devote your full-time business efforts to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may participate in outside charitable, civic, educational, professional, community or industry activities to the extent such activities do not individually or in the aggregate materially interfere with the performance of your duties to the Company as provided in this letter agreement or create an actual or potential conflict of interest with the Company’s business.

The Parties acknowledge that in order to forestall any conflict of interests that may arise because of interlocking directorates and shared officers, Puget hereby agrees to use its best efforts to promptly recruit, elect and or retain qualified personnel to replace Qest’s officers and directors as officers and directors of Puget, and that Messrs. [[Person A:Person]] and [[Person B:Person]]rently officers and directors of both Qest and Puget, have requested that their resignations become effective upon election or retention of their replacements as Puget officers and directors; thereafter continuing to make their services available to Puget through the Original Agreement, as amended hereby.

Conflicts of Interest. Any person appointed as an expert will be entitled to act and continue to act as an expert even if at the time of his appointment or at any time before he gives his determination, he has or may have some interest or duty which conflicts or may conflict with his appointment if before accepting the appointment (or as soon as practicable after he becomes aware of the conflict or potential conflict) he fully discloses the interest or duty and the parties will, after the disclosure, have confirmed his appointment.

In recognition of the fact that the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the members of the Parent Group, separately on the other hand, may currently or in the future engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas and types of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company and its Subsidiaries through their continued contractual, corporate and business relations with the members of the Parent Group (including possible service of directors, officers and employees of the members of the Parent Group as Managers, directors, officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries), the provisions of this [Section 6.6(a)] are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of members of the Parent Group, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as well as its Managers, officers, employees and members in connection therewith. To the fullest extent permitted by law: # each member of the Parent Group shall have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly: # engage or otherwise participate in any manner whatsoever in the same, similar or competing business activities or lines of business as the Company or its Subsidiaries, # do business with any client or customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or # make investments in competing businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and such acts shall not be deemed wrongful or improper; # no member of the Parent Group shall be liable to the Company for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise), including without limitation fiduciary duties, by reason of any such activities or of such Person’s participation therein; and # in the event any member of the Parent Group acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any member of the Parent Group, on the other hand, as the case may be, or any other Person, no member of the Parent Group shall have any duty (contractual or otherwise), including without limitation fiduciary duties, to communicate, present or offer such corporate opportunity to the Company or its Subsidiaries and shall not be liable to the Company or its Subsidiaries for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise), including without limitation fiduciary duties, by reason of the fact that any member of the Parent Group directly or indirectly pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present or communicate such opportunity to the Company or its Subsidiaries, even though such corporate opportunity may be of a character that, if presented to the Company or its Subsidiaries, could be taken by the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company, on behalf of itself and each of its current or future Subsidiaries, hereby renounces any interest, right, or expectancy in any such opportunity not offered to it by the Parent Group, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company, on behalf of itself and each of its current or future Subsidiaries, and each Member hereby waives any claim against each member of the Parent Group and/or any CG Board Member or any of their respective direct or indirect beneficial owners based on the corporate opportunity doctrine, any alleged unfairness to the Company or such Member or otherwise that would require any CG Board Member or any of their respective direct or indirect beneficial owners to offer any opportunity relating thereto to the Company or the Board. Notwithstanding anything in this [Section 6.6(a)] to the contrary, the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing shall continue be applicable to CG Board Members to the limited extent as required by the Delaware Act.