Common use of Adjustment of PIT and BAT Settlement Payment Amounts; Termination Clause in Contracts

Adjustment of PIT and BAT Settlement Payment Amounts; Termination. a. One year prior to the expiration of the Amended Term, the Parties shall commence good faith negotiations to establish PIT and BAT Settlement Payment amounts for APS to run concurrently with any extension of the Leases and Grants. If the Parties are not able to reach agreement upon new PIT and BAT Settlement Payment amounts before expiration of the Amended Term, the Parties will either continue this Restated Agreement in effect with the PIT and BAT Settlement Payment amounts set forth in Section 1 above, or either Party may elect to terminate this Restated Agreement. b. The Parties recognize and agree that, upon termination or expiration of this Restated Agreement for any reason, (i) each Party has preserved all of its rights and arguments regarding the question of the jurisdictional authority of the Navajo Nation and ONTC to tax the Facilities and/or APS and its successors and assigns based on ownership interests in and operation of the Facilities; (ii) this Restated Agreement shall not in any way be deemed a waiver or amendment of any provisions of any agreement between the Navajo Nation, APS and/or any of the Participants, including but not limited to the Leases and Grants; and (iii) neither Party may assert any claim, demand, damages, action, cause of action, or suit of whatsoever kind and nature, whether known or unknown to the Parties, or whether asserted or unasserted, related, either directly or indirectly, to any and all PIT and BAT tax assessments and taxes, and interest and penalties thereon, that arose or may have arisen while this Restated Agreement was in effect.