BASIS OF CONTRACT 1.1. The Order constitutes Buyer’s offer to Seller to purchase the Goods and/or Services and upon its acceptance by Seller the Contract shall be formed. Acceptance by Seller shall be deemed to occur on the earlier of Seller issuing a written acknowledgement of the Order or Seller doing an act consistent with fulfilling the Order. Any terms whatsoever that may be proposed by Seller in accepting Buyer's Order (including any terms which Seller purports to apply in conjunction with an acknowledgement or confirmation of the Order, a quotation, a specification, a delivery note, invoice or similar document) shall be void and of no effect unless expressly agreed by Buyer in writing.
1.2. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between these T&Cs and the Order, the terms of the Order will prevail.
Service Contract The Parties intend this Agreement to be a "service contract" within the meaning of Section 7701(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Principles of Construction All references to sections and schedules are to sections and schedules in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All uses of the word “including” shall mean “including, without limitation” unless the context shall indicate otherwise. Unless otherwise specified, the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all meanings attributed to defined terms herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined.
Principle The Network User who has to provide a collateral pursuant to:
(i) Article 14.1.1 of this attachment must, five (5) Business Days before the Services Start Date, or latest prior to the start of the Services for Services with a duration less than thirty (30) days, submit a collateral in the form of a cash deposit in accordance with Article 14.2.3(i) or in the form of a Bank Guarantee in accordance with Article 14.2.3(ii); and
(ii) Article 14.1.2 of this Attachment must submit a collateral ten (10) Business Days after the Network User was informed by the TSO.
Principles of Interpretation The following principles of interpretation apply to this Settlement Agreement:
Conflicts and Interpretation In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, any term which is not defined in this Agreement, or any matters as to which this Agreement is silent, the Plan shall govern including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pursuant to which the Committee has the power, among others, to (a) interpret the Plan, (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and (c) make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
Contract As used in this document, “Contract” (whether or not capitalized) shall, unless the context requires otherwise, include this document and all incorporated Exhibits, which set forth the entire understanding of the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements. All modifications to this Contract must be in writing and signed by all Parties. All Contract Exhibits listed below are incorporated in their entirety into, and form part of, this Contract. The Contract document and Exhibits shall have priority in the following order:
a) This Contract document
a) Contract Exhibit A, Scope of Work
b) Contract Exhibit B, Additional Special Contract Conditions
c) Contract Exhibit C, Special Contract Conditions
d) Contract Exhibit D, Contractor’s submitted Executive Summary and Staff Resource Management Plan
e) Contract Exhibit E, Awarded Job Title Pricing from Contractor’s submitted Price Sheet
f) Contract Exhibit F, Resume Self-Certification Form
g) Contract Exhibit G, Contractor Selection Justification Form
h) Contract Exhibit H, Contractor Performance Survey
i) Contract Exhibit I, Preferred Pricing Affidavit
j) Contract Exhibit J, Job Family Descriptions
EXTENT OF CONTRACT This Contract which includes this Agreement and the other documents incorporated herein by reference represents the entire and integrated Agreement between Owner and Contractor and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or agreements, either written or oral. This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by Owner and Contractor. If anything in any document incorporated into this Agreement is inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.
MONITORING FOR MATERIAL IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICTS AVIF agrees that its Board of Directors will monitor for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the Participants in all separate accounts of life insurance companies utilizing AVIF ("Participating Insurance Companies"), including each Account, and participants in all qualified retirement and pension plans investing in AVIF ("Participating Plans"). LIFE COMPANY agrees to inform the Board of Directors of AVIF of the existence of or any potential for any such material irreconcilable conflict of which it is aware. The concept of a "material irreconcilable conflict" is not defined by the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder, but the Parties recognize that such a conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including, without limitation:
(a) an action by any state insurance or other regulatory authority;
(b) a change in applicable federal or state insurance, tax or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax or securities regulatory authorities;
(c) an administrative or judicial decision in any relevant proceeding;
(d) the manner in which the investments of any Fund are being managed;
(e) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract and variable life insurance contract Participants or by Participants of different Participating Insurance Companies;
(f) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of Participants; or
(g) a decision by a Participating Plan to disregard the voting instructions of Plan participants. Consistent with the SEC's requirements in connection with exemptive orders of the type referred to in Section 5.1 hereof, LIFE COMPANY will assist the Board of Directors in carrying out its responsibilities by providing the Board of Directors with all information reasonably necessary for the Board of Directors to consider any issue raised, including information as to a decision by LIFE COMPANY to disregard voting instructions of Participants. LIFE COMPANY's responsibilities in connection with the foregoing shall be carried out with a view only to the interests of Participants.
Law Governing Agreement This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
