Standard Operating Procedures Over approximately the past eight years, the Parties have been supplying select Products to one another for use in the operation of their respective businesses within the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. The Parties developed and been following certain standard operating procedures in connecting with, among other topics, forecasting, production planning, ordering, delivering and resolving claims on the Products supplied to one another (the “Current SOPs”). The Parties will be updating their respective business systems over the next six months, and the updates to these business systems will require the Parties to modify the Current SOPs. Once the Parties have completed the updates to the business systems and agreed on the necessary modifications to the Current SOPs, the Parties will sign a written amendment to this Agreement appending the updated standard operating procedures (the “Updated SOPs”). Until the Parties have signed a written amendment appending the Updated SOPs, the parties will continue to follow the Current SOPs. The Parties will comply with the applicable SOPs in connection with the purchase and sale of products identified in a Purchase Schedule. The Parties may add terms and conditions to, and amend the terms and conditions of, the SOP in a Purchase Schedule, but any additional and amended terms and conditions in a Purchase Schedule supplementing and modifying the SOP will only apply the specific products identified in that Purchase Schedule for its duration.
Suppliers While employed by the Company, and for one (1) year thereafter, Employee shall not cause or induce, or attempt to cause or induce, any person or firm supplying goods, services or credit to the Company or any of its affiliates to diminish or cease furnishing such goods, services or credit.
PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO CUSTOM BASKETS The Fund has developed custom creation, redemption and other non-typical baskets (the “Custom Baskets”). Custom Baskets are intended to allow the Participant to transact in a Fund and other non-standard baskets using the Custom Basket process. The Custom Basket process allows for cash-in-lieu for certain securities as well as non-typical baskets and continues to settle through the standard CNS process at NSCC. It is the responsibility of the Participant to apply to the NSCC by contacting DTCC Participant Services at 000-000-0000 and the Transfer Agent at 000-000-0000 to allow them to receive Custom Baskets as well as the regular daily standard baskets (the “Standard Baskets”). To ensure proper tracking of a Fund to its benchmark index the following guidelines must be followed when transacting Custom Baskets:
Supplier shall exercise reasonable care in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, but shall be kept indemnified by, and shall be without liability to CMA and/or any Fund for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith without negligence including, without limitation, acting in accordance with any Proper Instruction. Supplier shall be entitled to rely on and may act upon the advice of counsel (who may be counsel for CMA or any Fund) on all matters arising in connection with the Services. At any time, Supplier may apply to any officer of CMA or a Fund for instructions and may consult with outside counsel for CMA or the applicable Fund or the independent auditors for the Fund at the expense of the Fund, or other individuals designated in writing by CMA or the Fund, for advice with respect to any matter arising in connection with the Services. Supplier shall not be liable, and shall be indemnified by each Fund or CMA, as applicable, for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon any such instructions or advice or upon any paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by such officers or individuals. Supplier shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any officer or individual until receipt of written notice thereof from the Fund or CMA. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as imposing upon Supplier any obligation to seek such instructions or advice. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, Supplier shall in no event be liable for any loss or damage arising from causes beyond its control including, without limitation, delay or cessation of services hereunder or any damages to CMA or a Fund resulting therefrom as a result of work stoppage, power or other mechanical failure, natural disaster, governmental action, communication disruption or other impossibility of performance.
Suppliers and Customers (a) The Company has adequate sources of supply for its business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company has good relationships with all of its material sources of supply of goods and services and does not anticipate any material problem with any such material sources of supply.
Review Systems; Personnel It will maintain business process management and/or other systems necessary to ensure that it can perform each Test and, on execution of this Agreement, will load each Test into these systems. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that these systems allow for each Review Receivable and the related Review Materials to be individually tracked and stored as contemplated by this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain adequate staff that is properly trained to conduct Reviews as required by this Agreement.
Performance of Services in Accordance with Regulatory Requirements; Furnishing of Books and Records In performing the services set forth in this Agreement, the Manager:
Subcontractors 1. FAS may without further consent on the part of the Investment Company at FAS’s own expense, subcontract for the performance of Administrative Services with a sub-contractor selected by FAS. FAS shall be as fully responsible to the Investment Company for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor as it is for its own acts and omissions.
Notice to Customers Pershing shall, upon the opening of an account pursuant to Paragraph 5 of this Agreement, mail to each customer a copy of the notice to customers required by NYSE Rule 382(c).
Owners Required To Provide Information From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
