Private Label Products. (a) If any Travelers Insurer is the provider of a Private Label Product to a Domestic Parent Distributor on the date of this Agreement, such Travelers Insurer shall have the right to be the provider of such Private Label Product during the Term. (b) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.4(b), if, prior to the seventh anniversary of the date of this Agreement, any Domestic Parent Distributor desires to distribute, as a Private Label Product, a life insurance product (other than term life insurance) or annuity product that it does not distribute as a Private Label Product on the date of this Agreement, Parent shall cause such Domestic Parent Distributor (a "PLP Distributor") to notify Purchaser no later than the time of notification of any Third Party Insurer. If the PLP Distributor does not select a Purchaser Insurer as the provider of the new Private Label Product and the PLP Distributor desires to continue to seek a Third Party Insurer, as the provider, Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to include the Purchaser Insurers in the process for selection of such provider (whether by formal request for proposals or otherwise) to provide such Private Label Product prior to selecting a Third Party Insurer. Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to entertain in good faith, and on terms no less favorable than those extended to any other proposed provider, proposals from the Purchaser Insurers to provide such new Private Label Product. Such PLP Distributor (i) shall have exclusive discretion in determining the process for selection of, and the criteria for evaluation of, potential providers of any such Private Label Product and (ii) shall make a good faith determination of the relative suitability of proposals from potential providers for satisfying the requirements of such Private Label Product (it being understood that if such PLP Distributor determines that a proposal from a Purchaser Insurer satisfies such requirements, considered as a whole, at least as well as the most favorable proposal or proposals of the other potential providers, such Purchaser Insurer's proposal shall be selected); provided, however, that such PLP Distributor shall not be required to select any such proposal. The rights granted to the Purchaser Insurers under this Section 3.4(b) shall not apply with respect to any new Private Label Product if an insurance company not Affiliated with Parent or Purchaser contacts or approaches the Domestic Parent Distributor, without solicitation by such Domestic Parent Distributor relating to such Private Label Product, about developing or the possibility of developing such Private Label Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 3.5, nothing in this Section 3.4 shall be construed to limit such Domestic Parent Distributor's ability to offer Products substantially the same as any Private Label Product on a non-private label basis.
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Samples: Acquisition Agreement (Metlife Inc), Acquisition Agreement (Metlife Inc), Domestic Distribution Agreement (Metlife Inc)
Private Label Products. (a) If any Travelers Insurer is the provider of a Private Label Product to a Domestic an International Parent Distributor in any Covered Country on the date of this Agreement, such Travelers Insurer shall have the right to be the provider of such Private Label Product in such Covered Country during the Term.
(b) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.4(b), if, prior to the seventh anniversary of the date of this Agreement, any Domestic International Parent Distributor or any other Affiliate of Parent that distributes life insurance or annuity products desires to distribute, as a Private Label ProductProduct in any Covered Country or Supplemental Country, a life insurance product (other than term life insurance) or annuity product that it does not distribute as a Private Label Product in such country on the date of this Agreement, Parent shall cause such Domestic International Parent Distributor or other Affiliate of Parent (a "PLP Distributor") to notify Purchaser no later than the time of notification of any Third Party Insurer. If the PLP Distributor does not select a Purchaser Insurer as the provider of the new Private Label Product and the PLP Distributor desires to continue to seek a Third Party Insurer, as the provider, Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to include the Purchaser Insurers in the process for selection of such provider (whether by formal request for proposals or otherwise) to provide such Private Label Product prior to selecting a Third Party Insurer. Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to entertain in good faith, and on terms no less favorable than those extended to any other proposed provider, proposals from the Purchaser Insurers to provide such new Private Label Product. Such PLP Distributor (i) shall have exclusive discretion in determining the process for selection of, and the criteria for evaluation of, potential providers of any such Private Label Product and (ii) shall make a good faith determination of the relative suitability of proposals from potential providers for satisfying the requirements of such Private Label Product (it being understood that if such PLP Distributor determines that a proposal from a Purchaser Insurer satisfies such requirements, considered as a whole, at least as well as the most favorable proposal or proposals of the other potential providers, such Purchaser Insurer's proposal shall be selected); provided, however, that such PLP Distributor shall not be required to select any such proposal. In the event a proposal from a Purchaser Insurer is selected by a PLP Distributor, Parent shall cause such PLP Distributor, and Purchaser shall cause such Purchaser Insurer, to negotiate in good faith an appropriate written selling agreement with respect thereto upon terms and conditions to be mutually agreed by the parties thereto. The rights granted to the Purchaser Insurers under this Section 3.4(b) shall not apply with respect to any new Private Label Product if an insurance company not Affiliated with Parent or Purchaser contacts or approaches the Domestic International Parent Distributor, without solicitation by such Domestic International Parent Distributor relating to such Private Label Product, about developing or the possibility of developing such Private Label Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 3.5, nothing in this Section 3.4 shall be construed to limit such Domestic International Parent Distributor's ability to offer Products substantially the same as any Private Label Product on a non-private label basis.
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Samples: International Distribution Agreement (Metlife Inc), International Distribution Agreement (Metlife Inc)
Private Label Products. (a) If any Travelers Insurer is the provider of a Private Label Product to a Domestic an International Parent Distributor in any Covered Country on the date of this Agreement, such Travelers Insurer shall have the right to be the provider of such Private Label Product in such Covered Country during the Term.
(b) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.4(b), if, prior to the seventh anniversary of the date of this Agreement, any Domestic International Parent Distributor or any other Affiliate of Parent that distributes life insurance or annuity products desires to distribute, as a Private Label ProductProduct in any Covered Country or Supplemental Country, a life insurance product (other than term life insurance) or annuity product that it does not distribute as a Private Label Product in such country on the date of this Agreement, Parent shall cause such Domestic International Parent Distributor or other Affiliate of Parent (a "PLP Distributor") to notify Purchaser no later than the time of notification of any Third Party Insurer. If the PLP Distributor does not select a Purchaser Insurer as the provider of the new Private Label Product and the PLP Distributor desires to continue to seek a Third Party Insurer, as the provider, Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to include the Purchaser Insurers in the process for selection of such provider (whether by formal request for proposals or otherwise) to provide such Private Label Product prior to selecting a Third Party Insurer. Parent shall cause the PLP Distributor to entertain in good faith, and on terms no less favorable than those extended to any other proposed provider, proposals from the Purchaser Insurers to provide such new Private Label Product. Such PLP Distributor (i) shall have exclusive discretion in determining the process for selection of, and the criteria for evaluation of, potential providers of any such Private Label Product and (ii) shall make a good faith determination of the relative suitability of proposals from potential providers for satisfying the requirements of such Private Label Product (it being understood that if such PLP Distributor determines that a proposal from a Purchaser Insurer satisfies such requirements, considered as a whole, at least as well as the most favorable proposal or proposals of the other potential providers, such Purchaser Insurer's proposal shall be selected); provided, however, that such PLP Distributor shall not be required to select any such proposal. The rights granted to the Purchaser Insurers under this Section 3.4(b) shall not apply with respect to any new Private Label Product if an insurance company not Affiliated with Parent or Purchaser contacts or approaches the Domestic Parent Distributor, without solicitation by such Domestic Parent Distributor relating to such Private Label Product, about developing or the possibility of developing such Private Label Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 3.5, nothing in this Section 3.4 shall be construed to limit such Domestic Parent Distributor's ability to offer Products substantially the same as any Private Label Product on a non-private label basis.the
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Samples: Acquisition Agreement (Metlife Inc), Acquisition Agreement (Metlife Inc)