PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure solely to the benefit of, the CEDING COMPANY and the REINSURER. This Agreement shall not and is not intended to create any legal relationship between the REINSURER and any third party, including without limitation, annuitants, contract owners, certificate owners, beneficiaries, applicants or assignees under any ACTIVE CONTRACT. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & ACE Tempest GMIB 6
Terms of the Agreement Each Party shall treat the terms of this Agreement as the Confidential Information of other Party, subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 7.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party acknowledges that the other Party may be obligated to file a copy of this Agreement with the SEC, either as of the Effective Date or at some point during the Term. Each Party shall be entitled to make such a required filing, provided that it requests confidential treatment of certain commercial terms and sensitive technical terms hereof to the extent such confidential treatment is reasonably available to it. In the event of any such filing, the filing Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of the Agreement marked to show provisions for which the filing Party intends to seek confidential treatment and shall reasonably consider and incorporate the other Party’s comments thereon to the extent consistent with the legal requirements governing redaction of information from material agreements that must be publicly filed. The other Party shall promptly provide any such comments.
Scope of the Agreement The text of this Agreement and all Exhibits, Schedules and Amendments are considered to be the entire agreement between the parties. There are no other understandings or agreements between the parties regarding the policies reinsured other than as expressed in this Agreement. The parties may make changes or additions to this Agreement, but they will not be considered to be in effect unless they are made by means of a written amendment that has been signed and dated by both parties.
LIFE OF THE AGREEMENT 8.1. Unless otherwise terminated by operation of law or by acts of the parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, this Agreement will be in force from the Effective Date and will remain in effect for the life of the last-to-expire patent licensed under this Agreement, or until the last patent application licensed under this Agreement is abandoned, or in the event no patent issues, for a period of fifteen (15) years from market introduction for the last to be introduced Proprietary Product in the United States.
OTHER TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with their respective terms.
Amendment of the Agreement The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
Amendment to the Agreement The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
Modifications to the Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties on the subjects covered. The Employee expressly warrants that he or she is not executing this Agreement in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. Modifications to this Agreement or the Plan can be made only in an express written contract executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT Except to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act or the rules or regulations thereunder or pursuant to exemptive relief granted by the SEC, this Agreement may be amended by the parties only if such amendment, if material, is specifically approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio (unless such approval is not required by Section 15 of the Investment Company Act as interpreted by the SEC or its staff or unless the SEC has granted an exemption from such approval requirement) and by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The required shareholder approval shall be effective with respect to the Portfolio if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio vote to approve the amendment, notwithstanding that the amendment may not have been approved by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of any other Portfolio affected by the amendment or all the Portfolios of the Trust.
Effective Date of the Agreement This Agreement will incept on the date hereof, to be effective as of 12:01 A.M., December 15, 2003 and will cover policies effective on and after that date. In addition, THE REINSURER agrees to accept reinsurance coverage for policies backdated to save age up to six months prior to the effective date of this Agreement. The reinsurance coverage for any backdated policies will be effective as of the policy effective date.
