Partial Termination The Authority is entitled to terminate all or part of this Framework Agreement pursuant to this Clause 26, provided always that the parts of this Framework Agreement not terminated can operate effectively to deliver the intended purpose of this Framework Agreement.
Final Termination Unless terminated at an earlier date by mutual agreement of the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate upon the first to occur of the following: (a) the last Serviced Appointment is terminated, matured or expired under the terms of the applicable Serviced Corporate Trust Contract and all Trust Assets in respect thereof have been fully distributed, (b) the last Serviced Appointment is Transferred to the applicable Purchaser, (c) the applicable Seller has resigned from the last Serviced Appointment if permitted under Section 7.2 below or (d) the applicable Seller is removed from appointment or the applicable Seller’s appointment is terminated with respect to the last Serviced Appointment in accordance with this Agreement, the applicable Serviced Corporate Trust Contract or any other agreement between the parties hereto entered into on or prior to the date hereof. Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 7.1, each party’s further rights and obligations hereunder, other than the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9, shall terminate and be of no further force and effect and no party shall have any liability hereunder, except that neither the Sellers nor the Purchasers shall be relieved or released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its breach of any provision of this Agreement prior to termination.
Term Termination 10.1. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall continue in force until terminated in accordance with the provisions herein.
10.2. This Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) At the option of the Company or the Trust at any time from the date hereof upon 180 days’ notice, unless a shorter time is agreed to by the parties;
(b) At the option of the Company or the Trust, if Fund shares are not reasonably available to meet the requirements of the Variable Contracts. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by the Company. The termination will be effective ten days after receipt of notice unless the Trust makes available a sufficient number of Fund shares to reasonably meet the requirements of the Variable Contracts within the ten-day period;
(c) At the option of the Company, upon the institution of formal proceedings against the Trust, the Distributor or Adviser by the SEC, FINRA, or any other regulatory body, the expected or anticipated ruling, judgment or outcome of which would, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, materially impair the Trust’s, the Distributor’s or the Adviser’s ability to meet and perform their respective obligations and duties hereunder. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by the Company with said termination to be effective upon receipt of notice;
(d) At the option of the Trust, the Distributor or the Adviser, upon the institution of formal proceedings against the Company by the SEC, FINRA, or any other regulatory body, the expected or anticipated ruling, judgment or outcome of which would, in Trust’s reasonable judgment, materially impair the Company’s ability to meet and perform its obligations and duties hereunder. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by Trust with said termination to be effective upon receipt of notice;
(e) At the option of the Company, in the event the Trust’s shares are not registered, issued or sold in accordance with applicable state or federal law, or such law precludes the use of such shares as the underlying investment medium of Variable Contracts issued or to be issued by the Company. Termination shall be effective immediately upon notice to the Trust;
(f) At the option of the Trust if the Variable Contracts cease to qualify as annuity contracts or life insurance contracts, as applicable, under the Code, or if the Trust reasonably believes that the Variable Contracts may fail to so qualify. Termination shall be effective upon receipt of notice by the Company;
(g) At the option of the Company, upon the Trust’s breach of any material provision of this Agreement, which breach has not been cured to the satisfaction of the Company within ten days after written notice of such breach is delivered to the Trust;
(h) At the option of the Trust, upon the Company’s breach of any material provision of this Agreement, which breach has not been cured to the satisfaction of the Trust within ten days after written notice of such breach is delivered to the Company;
(i) At the option of the Trust, if the Variable Contracts are not registered, issued or sold in accordance with applicable federal and/or state law. Termination shall be effective immediately upon such occurrence without notice to the Company;
(j) At the option of the Company in the event that any Fund ceases to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Code or under any successor or similar provision, or if the Company reasonably believes that any Fund may fail to so qualify. Termination shall be effective immediately upon notice to the Trust;
(k) At the option of the Company in the event that any Fund fails to meet the diversification requirements specified in Article II hereof or if the Company reasonably believes that any Fund may fail to meet such diversification requirements. Termination shall be effective immediately upon notice to the Trust; and
(l) In the event this Agreement is assigned without the prior written consent of the Company, the Trust, the Distributor and the Adviser, termination shall be effective immediately upon such occurrence without notice.
10.3. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof, the Trust shall, at the option of the Company, continue to make available additional Fund shares, as provided below, for so long as the Company desires pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for all Variable Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination of this Agreement (“Existing Contracts”). Specifically, without limitation, if the Company so elects to make additional Fund shares available, the owners of the Existing Contracts or the Company, whichever shall have legal authority to do so, shall be permitted to reallocate investments in the Trust, redeem investments in the Trust and/or invest in the Trust upon the payment of additional premiums under the Existing Contracts. In the event of a termination of this Agreement, the Company, as promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, shall notify the Trust, the Distributor and the Adviser whether the Company elects to continue to make Fund shares available after such termination. If Fund shares continue to be made available after such termination, the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect.
10.4. Except as necessary to implement Variable Contract owner initiated transactions, or as required by state insurance laws or regulations, the Company shall not redeem the shares attributable to the Variable Contracts (as opposed to the shares attributable to the Company’s assets held in the Separate Accounts or invested directly), and the Company shall not prevent Variable Contract owners from allocating payments to a Fund that was otherwise available under the Variable Contracts, until thirty (30) days after the Company shall have notified the Trust of its intention to do so.
Employment Termination Date The Employment Termination Date shall be as follows: (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by Executive’s death, the date of Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (the “Employment Termination Date”).
Special Termination A. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Term Article, the Company, at the request of the Insured, in the Insured's sole discretion, will terminate a Subscribing Reinsurer's percentage share in this Contract at any time by giving written notice effective upon receipt to the Subscribing Reinsurer in the event any of the following circumstances occur (each of the following, a "Termination Event"):
1. Either the Subscribing Reinsurer's or the Subscribing Reinsurer's group or holding company's policyholders' surplus (or its equivalent under the Subscribing Reinsurer's or the Subscribing Reinsurer's group or holding company's accounting system), on the effective date of this Contract, has been reduced by 25.0% or more of the amount of surplus (or the applicable equivalent) 12 months prior to that date; or
2. Either the Subscribing Reinsurer's or the Subscribing Reinsurer's group or holding company's policyholders' surplus (or its equivalent under the Subscribing Reinsurer's or the Subscribing Reinsurer's group or holding company's accounting system), at any time during the term of this Contract, has been reduced by 25.0% or more of the amount of surplus (or the applicable equivalent) at the date of the Subscribing Reinsurer's or the Subscribing Reinsurer's group or holding company's most recent financial statement filed with regulatory authorities and available to the public as of the effective date of this Contract; or
3. The Subscribing Reinsurer has become, or has announced its intention to become, merged with, acquired by or controlled by any other entity or individual(s) not controlling the Subscribing Reinsurer's operations previously; or
4. A State Insurance Department or other legal authority has ordered the Subscribing Reinsurer to cease writing business; or
5. The Subscribing Reinsurer has become insolvent or has been placed into liquidation, receivership, supervision or administration (whether voluntary or involuntary), or proceedings have been instituted against the Subscribing Reinsurer for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, rehabilitator, supervisor, administrator, conservator or trustee in bankruptcy, or other agent known by whatever name, to take possession of its assets or control of its operations; or
6. The Subscribing Reinsurer has become involved in a scheme of arrangement or similar proceeding (whether voluntary or involuntary) which enables the Subscribing Reinsurer to settle its claims liabilities, including but not limited to any estimated or undetermined claims liabilities under this Contract, on an accelerated basis (a "Scheme of Arrangement"), invokes or requests any court or governmental authority to assign, novate or transfer its obligations under this Contract to another insurance company, person or entity without the consent of the Company and the Insured (an "Insurance Business Transfer") or proposes or initiates any division of itself into two or more entities, corporations or companies pursuant to a division or plan of division under any statute or regulation pursuant to which assets and liabilities of the Subscribing Reinsurer are divided among newly created entities where any of the resulting entities that assumes the Subscribing Reinsurer's obligations under this Contract does not have a Rating from Standard & Poor's or A.M. Best that is equal to or higher than the Rating of the original Subscribing Reinsurer from such agency immediately prior to such division (a "Statutory Division"); or
7. The Subscribing Reinsurer has reinsured its entire liability under this Contract with an unaffiliated entity or entities without the Company's prior written consent; or
8. The Subscribing Reinsurer has ceased assuming new or renewal treaty reinsurance business; or
9. The Subscribing Reinsurer has hired an unaffiliated runoff claims manager that is compensated on a contingent basis or is otherwise provided with financial incentives based on the quantum of claims paid; or
10. The Subscribing Reinsurer has failed to file annual, audited financial statements, prepared by an independent certified public accountant, with its insurance commissioner on or before June 30 for the year ended December 31 immediately preceding; or
11. The Subscribing Reinsurer has failed to comply with this Contract (and has failed to effectuate a cure for such noncompliance within twenty (20) business days of being notified to do so by the Company or the Insured) or has failed to comply with the funding requirements set forth in the Trust Account Creation and Funding Provisions Article; or
12. With respect to a Subscribing Reinsurer that is assigned an insurer financial strength rating ("Rating") of A- or above by A.M. Best as of the effective date, or during the term of this Contract, such Subscribing Reinsurer's Rating is downgraded below A- by A.M. Best or such Subscribing Reinsurer no longer maintains Ratings with A.M. Best; or With respect to a Subscribing Reinsurer that is assigned a Rating of A- or above by Standard & Poor's as of the effective date, or during the term of this Contract, such Subscribing Reinsurer's Rating is downgraded below A- by Standard & Poor's or such Subscribing Reinsurer no longer maintains Ratings with Standard & Poor's; or With respect to a Subscribing Reinsurer that is not assigned a Rating by A.M. Best as of the effective date, A.M. Best establishes a Rating below A- during this Contract; or With respect to a Subscribing Reinsurer that is not assigned a Rating by Standard & Poor's as of the effective date, Standard & Poor's establishes a Rating below BBB+ during this Contract.
B. The Subscribing Reinsurer will provide (1) quarterly financial statements and (2) annual audited financial statements, which annual audited financial statements shall be prepared by an independent certified public accountant and will also notify the Company if a Termination Event has occurred within five (5) days of such occurrence.
C. Notwithstanding the termination of this Contract for any reason, the provisions of this Contract shall continue to apply indefinitely to all obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred hereunder prior to such termination until all such obligations and liabilities are fully performed and discharged. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, notwithstanding the termination of this Contract for any reason or for no reason, the provisions of this Contract shall continue to apply indefinitely to all obligations and liabilities of the Subscribing Reinsurer for Aggregate Losses (as defined in the Policy), including Losses (as defined in the Policy) on Covered Loans (as defined in the Policy) that Default (as defined in the Policy) on or prior to the date of termination of this Contract.
D. Any termination of this Contract pursuant to this Article or otherwise is in addition to and not in lieu of any other rights, remedies or causes of action which the Company or the Insured may have under this Contract, under any other agreement or pursuant to applicable law.
Non-Renewal Termination If the Agreement expires as set forth in Section 6(g) [Non-Renewal Termination], then, subject to Section 22 [Compliance with Section 409A], in addition to all salary, annual bonuses, expense reimbursements, benefits and accrued vacation days earned by the Executive pursuant to Section 4 through the date of the Executive’s termination of employment, the Executive shall be entitled to the compensation set forth in Sections 8(d)(i) through (v), provided that within sixty days following the Executive’s termination of employment (i) the Executive has executed and delivered the Release to the Company, and (ii) the Release has become irrevocable:
Scheduled Termination Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
Earlier Termination This Agreement may be terminated earlier as hereinafter provided.
Optional Termination The termination of the Trust Fund created hereunder as a result of the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property pursuant to the last sentence of Section 10.01 hereof.
Extension of Termination Date (a) The Borrower may request an extension of the Termination Date in effect at such time by one year from its then scheduled expiration by giving notice of such request (an “Extension Request”) to the Agent. No more than two Extension Requests shall be delivered by the Borrower. Each such Extension Request shall indicate the date by which responses are requested (which shall not be less than ten Business Days after the date of such Extension Request). The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such request, and each Lender shall in turn, in its sole discretion, not later than the date indicated in such Extension Request, notify the Borrower and the Agent in writing as to whether such Lender will consent to such Extension Request. If any Lender shall fail to timely notify the Agent and the Borrower in writing of its consent to any such Extension Request, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Non-Consenting Lender with respect to such request.
(b) If all the Lenders consent in writing to any such request in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, the Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as at the date indicated in the applicable Extension Request (the “Extension Date”), be extended for one year; provided that on each Extension Date the applicable conditions set forth in Article III shall be satisfied. If less than all of the Lenders consent in writing to any such request in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, the Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as at the applicable Extension Date and subject to subsection (d) of this Section 2.19, be extended as to those Lenders that so consented (each a “Consenting Lender”) but shall not be extended as to any other Lender (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”). To the extent that the Termination Date is not extended as to any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.19 and the Commitment(s) of such Lender is not assumed in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section 2.19 on or prior to the applicable Extension Date, the Commitment(s) of such Non-Consenting Lender shall automatically terminate in whole on such unextended Termination Date without any further notice or other action by the Borrower, such Lender or any other Person; provided that such Non-Consenting Lender’s rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04, and its obligations under Section 7.05, shall survive the Termination Date for such Lender as to matters occurring prior to such date. It is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Borrower for any requested extension of the Termination Date.
(c) If less than all of the Lenders consent to any such request pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, the Borrower may arrange for one or more Consenting Lenders or other Eligible Assignees approved by the Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Swing Line Bank as Assuming Lenders to assume, effective as of the Extension Date, any Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitment(s) and all of the obligations of such Non-Consenting Lender under this Agreement thereafter arising, without recourse to or warranty by, or expense to, such Non-Consenting Lender; provided, however, that the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any such Assuming Lender as a result of such substitution shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 unless the amount of the Commitment of such Non-Consenting Lender is less than $5,000,000, in which case such Assuming Lender shall assume all of such lesser amount; and provided further that:
(i) any such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender shall have paid to such Non-Consenting Lender (A) the aggregate principal amount of, and any interest accrued and unpaid to the effective date of the assignment on, the outstanding Advances, if any, of such Non-Consenting Lender plus (B) any accrued but unpaid facility fees owing to such Non-Consenting Lender as of the effective date of such assignment;
(ii) all additional costs reimbursements, expense reimbursements and indemnities payable to such Non-Consenting Lender, and all other accrued and unpaid amounts owing to such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder, as of the effective date of such assignment shall have been paid to such Non-Consenting Lender; and
(iii) with respect to any such Assuming Lender, the applicable processing and recordation fee required under Section 8.07(b) for such assignment shall have been paid; provided further that such Non-Consenting Lender’s rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04, and its obligations under Section 7.05, shall survive such substitution as to matters occurring prior to the date of substitution. At least three Business Days prior to any Extension Date, (A) each such Assuming Lender, if any, shall have delivered to the Borrower and the Agent an Assumption Agreement, duly executed by such Assuming Lender, such Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower and the Agent, (B) any such Consenting Lender shall have delivered confirmation in writing satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent as to the increase in the amount of its Commitment and (C) each Non-Consenting Lender being replaced pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall have delivered to the Agent any Note or Notes held by such Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the payment or prepayment of all amounts referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence, each such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender, as of the Extension Date, will be substituted for such Non-Consenting Lender under this Agreement and shall be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement, without any further acknowledgment by or the consent of the other Lenders, and the obligations of each such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder shall, by the provisions hereof, be released and discharged.
(d) If (after giving effect to any assignments or assumptions pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 2.19) Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments equal to at least 50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Extension Date consent in writing to a requested extension (whether by execution or delivery of an Assumption Agreement or otherwise) not later than one Business Day prior to such Extension Date, the Agent shall so notify the Borrower, and, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions in Article III, the Termination Date then in effect shall be extended for the additional one-year period as described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, and all references in this Agreement, and in the Notes, if any, to the “Termination Date” shall, with respect to each Consenting Lender and each Assuming Lender for such Extension Date, refer to the Termination Date as so extended. Promptly following each Extension Date, the Agent shall notify the Lenders (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender) of the extension of the scheduled Termination Date in effect immediately prior thereto and shall thereupon record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each such Consenting Lender and each such Assuming Lender.
