Company Contracts (a) Company has delivered or made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies (and all exhibits and schedules thereto and all amendments, modifications and supplements thereof) of the following Contracts, and all of such Contracts in existence on the date hereof are listed on Part 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, in each case only if such Contract either (x) by its terms requires, or is reasonably likely to require, payment to, or by, Company or the Company Subsidiaries of at least $50,000 over the stated minimum term of the Contract or (y) is material to the business of Company and the Company Subsidiaries (it being understood that any Contract described in clauses (iv), (vii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiii) or (xvi) are deemed to be material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (the “Company Contracts”):
(i) any distributor, supplier, sales, advertising, agency or manufacturer’s representative Contract;
(ii) any license agreement or other written or oral agreement or permission pursuant to which Company has granted to any third party with respect to any IP Assets or Intellectual Property Rights (other than pursuant to Company's standard customer agreements in the ordinary course of business);
(iii) any license, sublicense, agreement or other permission pursuant to which Company uses or otherwise possesses the IP Assets or Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;
(iv) any Contract of Company or any Company Subsidiaries containing any material support or maintenance obligation on the part of Company or any Company Subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of business;
(v) all Contracts with any customer of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (provided that for customers that have executed a standard form of agreement, a copy of such form agreement and a list of the customers that have so executed such form agreement shall be sufficient);
(vi) all Contracts of Company or any Company Subsidiaries relating to indebtedness of Company or any Company Subsidiaries
(vii) any agreement pursuant to which any other party is granted exclusive marketing or other exclusive rights of any type or scope with respect to any of products or services of Company or any Company Subsidiaries;
(viii) any continuing Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, services or capital expenditures by Company or the Company Subsidiaries involving in the case of any such Contract more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) over the life of the Contract;
(ix) all Contracts of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that involve the sale or purchase of any assets of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(x) any Contract pursuant to which Company has any material ownership or participation interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or other business enterprise other than Company’s Subsidiaries;
(xi) all Contracts of Company whereby Company or any Company Subsidiaries is restricted by any “standstill” or similar obligations;
(xii) any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other Contract for the borrowing of money, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging arrangement or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(xiii) any Contract limiting the freedom of Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any other Person;
(xiv) any Contract pursuant to which Company is a lessor of any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures or other personal property that is material to the business of the Company and Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xv) all Company Real Property Leases;
(xvi) any Contract with an officer, director employee, Affiliate or any other Person with whom Company does not deal at arm’s length (other than standard form offer letters under which the officer, director or employee's relationship with Company or the Company Subsidiaries is terminable at will and which letter does not contain any severance provisions or obligations on the part of Company or any Company Subsidiary extending beyond termination of employment or other relationship with Company);
(xvii) all Contracts pursuant to which Company or any Company Subsidiaries has any obligations or liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, or otherwise in respect of any obligation of any Person, or any capital maintenance or similar agreements or arrangements; and
(xviii) all Contracts that are otherwise material to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.
(b) Each Company Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, have performed all of their obligations (except those that have not yet become due) under, and is not in material violation or breach of or default under, any such Company Contract. To the knowledge of Company, the other parties to each Company Contract have performed all of their obligations (except those that have not yet become due) under, and are not in material violation or breach of or default under, any such Company Contract.
SUB-CONTRACTS (a) The Administrator may sub-contract or delegate the performance of all or any of its powers and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (but subject to Clause 3.2(b) herein):
(i) the prior written consent of the Mortgages Trustee and Funding to the proposed arrangement (including, if Funding considers it necessary after consulting with the Security Trustee, approving any contract which sets out the terms on which such arrangements are to be made) has been obtained, the Security Trustee has been consulted and notification has been given to each of the Rating Agencies;
(ii) where the arrangements involve the custody or control of any Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds relating to the Mortgage Portfolio for the purpose of performing any delegated Services, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed an acknowledgement in writing acceptable to Funding and the Security Trustee to the effect that any such Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds are and will be held to the order of the Mortgages Trustee (as trustee for the Beneficiaries);
(iii) where the arrangements involve or may involve the receipt by the sub-contractor or delegate of monies belonging to the Beneficiaries which, in accordance with this Agreement, are to be paid into the relevant Collection Account, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed a declaration in writing acceptable to the Beneficiaries that any such monies held by it or to its order are held on trust for the Beneficiaries and will be paid forthwith into the relevant Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed;
(iv) any such sub-contractor or delegate has executed a written waiver of any Security Interest arising in connection with such delegated Services (to the extent that such Security Interest relates to the Mortgage Portfolio or any amount referred to in (iii) above); and
(v) neither the Mortgages Trustee, the Security Trustee nor the Beneficiaries shall have any liability for any costs, charges or expenses payable to or incurred by such sub-contractor or delegate or arising from the entering into, the continuance or the termination of any such arrangement.
(b) The provisos to Clause 3.2(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) herein shall not apply:
(i) to the engagement by the Administrator of:
(1) any receiver, solicitor, insurance broker, valuer, surveyor, accountant, estate agent, insolvency practitioner, auctioneer, bailiff, debt counsellor, tracing agent, property management agent, licensed or qualified conveyancer or other professional adviser acting as such; or
(2) any locksmith, builder or other contractor acting as such in relation to a Mortgaged Property, in any such case being a person or persons whom the Administrator would be willing to appoint in respect of its own mortgages in connection with the performance by the Administrator of any of its obligations or functions or in connection with the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; or
(ii) to any delegation to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller from time to time.
(c) The Mortgages Trustee and/or Funding and the Security Trustee may require the Administrator to assign to the Mortgages Trustee any rights which the Administrator may have against any sub-contractor or delegate arising from the performance of services by such person in association with any matter contemplated by this Agreement and the Administrator acknowledges that such rights assigned to the Mortgages Trustee will be exercised by the Mortgages Trustee as trustee for the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed.
(d) Notwithstanding any sub-contracting or delegation of the performance of the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Administrator shall not thereby be released or discharged from any liability hereunder;
(ii) the Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of the obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement;
(iii) the performance or non-performance or the manner of performance of any sub-contractor or delegate of any of the Services shall not affect the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) any breach in the performance of the Services by any sub-contractor or delegate shall, subject to the Administrator being entitled for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of notice of the breach to remedy such breach by any sub-contractor or delegate, be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Administrator; and
(v) the Security Trustee shall have no liability for any act or omission of the sub-contractor or delegate and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any such sub-contractor or delegate.
No Other Contracts Other than this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Placement Agent for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Prior Contracts This Contract supersedes and terminates, as of the date hereof, all prior contracts between the Fund and the Custodian relating to the custody of the Fund's assets.
Business Contracts All contracts and other agreements (other than the Real Property Leases and Personal Property Leases and the Accounts Receivable) to which the Seller is a party and which are utilized in the conduct of the Business, including without limitation contracts and other agreements relating to suppliers, sales representatives, distributors, consultants, customers, purchase orders, marketing and purchasing arrangements (the "Business Contracts");
Existing Contracts Billing terms and provisions contained in existing contracting entity agreements (existing as of the date this policy is approved by the Board of Supervisors) shall remain in effect for the life of the contract. However, when these existing contracts are renegotiated, they shall contain the billing provisions as set forth in this policy.
Service Contracts (a) The Trustees may, at any time and from time to time, contract for exclusive or nonexclusive advisory, management and/or administrative services for the Trust or for any Series with any Person; and any such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine, including without limitation, authority for the Investment Adviser to determine from time to time without prior consultation with the Trustees what investments shall be purchased, held, sold or exchanged and what portion, if any, of the assets of the Trust shall be held uninvested and to make changes in the Trust's investments, and such other responsibilities as may specifically be delegated to such Person.
(b) The Trustees may also, at any time and from time to time, contract with any Persons, appointing such Persons exclusive or nonexclusive distributor or Principal Underwriter for the Shares of one or more of the Series or other securities to be issued by the Trust. Every such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine.
(c) The Trustees are also empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons, appointing such Person(s) to serve as custodian(s), transfer agent and/or shareholder servicing agent for the Trust or one or more of its Series. Every such contract shall comply with such terms as may be required by the Trustees.
(d) The Trustees are further empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons to provide such other services to the Trust or one or more of the Series, as the Trustees determine to be in the best interests of the Trust and the applicable Series.
(e) The fact that:
(i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees, or officers of the Trust is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, Manager, adviser, Principal Underwriter, distributor, or affiliate or agent of or for any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract, or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made, or that
(ii) any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made also has an advisory, management or administration contract, or principal underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other service contract, or has other business or interests with any other Person, shall not affect the validity of any such contract or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or executing the same, or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders, provided approval of each such contract is made pursuant to the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act.
Contracts and Agreements The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses (each, a “Governmental Entity”), including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.
Material Contracts and Transactions Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there are no material contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, arrangements, commitments, instruments, understandings or contracts, whether written or oral, express or implied, contingent, fixed or otherwise, to which Pubco is a party except as disclosed in writing to Priveco or as disclosed in the Pubco SEC Documents.
Contracts (a) Other than the contracts or agreements of the Company included as exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 1997, March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998, or any periodic filing made pursuant to the Exchange Act (the "MATERIAL CONTRACTS"), and contracts or agreements between the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or between wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company, each of the following contracts and agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound (contracts and agreements of the types described below being "IDENTIFIED CONTRACTS") has been previously delivered to Purchaser, in each case as such Identified Contract is in effect on the date hereof:
(i) contracts and agreements for the purchase of inventories, goods or other materials by, or for the furnishing of services to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) require payments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000 and (B) have a term of one year or more and are not terminable by the Company or Subsidiary party thereto, as the case may be, on notice of six months or less without penalty;
(ii) contracts and agreements for the sale of inventories, goods or other materials, or for the furnishing of services, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) require payments to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 and (B) have a term of one year or more and are not terminable by the Company or Subsidiary party thereto, as the case may be, on notice of six months or less without penalty;
(iii) manufacturer's representative, sales agency and distribution contracts and agreements that (A) have a term of one year or more and are not terminable by the Company or Subsidiary party thereto, as the case may be, on notice of six months or less without penalty, or (B) are otherwise material;
(iv) contracts and agreements (A) governing the terms of indebtedness, or guarantees of indebtedness, of, or secured by assets of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 principal amount in the aggregate, or (B) governing the terms of "synthetic" or capital leases pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has financial obligations in excess of $100,000, or (C) providing for all obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of interest rate swap or similar agreements, commodity swaps or options or similar agreements or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar agreements or any other derivative instrument;
(v) shareholder, voting trust or similar contracts and agreements relating to the voting of shares or other equity or debt interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
