Examples of Underlying Intermediary in a sentence
The Intermediary agrees that it will execute, or cause the relevant Underlying Intermediary to execute, any such instructions as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than five Business Days after receipt of the instructions by the Intermediary.
If the Intermediary or any Underlying Intermediary instructs Vanguard or the VVI Fund to remit payments other than to the Intermediary or an Underlying Intermediary and Vanguard or the VVI Fund accepts such instructions, the Intermediary or Underlying Intermediary will be responsible hereunder for complying with all applicable tax laws, rules and regulations concerning such payment, including without limitation any tax reporting and withholding requirements under IRS or Code requirements.
In any such case, such Underlying Intermediaries shall be bound by the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to the Intermediary with respect to such obligations, and any failure by such Underlying Intermediary to comply with the terms of this Agreement with respect to such obligations shall constitute a breach of this Agreement by the Intermediary.
The Intermediary may designate and authorize such Underlying Intermediaries as it deems necessary, appropriate or desirable, to accept Instructions from or on behalf of Policy owners (each such designated and authorized Underlying Intermediary, a “Designated UI”).
This Agreement does not grant the Intermediary or any Underlying Intermediary any right to purchase shares of any VVIF Portfolio (although it does not preclude the Intermediary or an Underlying Intermediary from purchasing any such shares), nor does it constitute the Intermediary or any Underlying Intermediary an agent of Vanguard or the VVI Fund for purposes of selling shares of any VVIF Portfolio to any dealer or the public.
To the extent the Intermediary or any Underlying Intermediary is involved directly or indirectly in the purchase of shares of any VVIF Portfolio under this Agreement, other than with respect to the acceptance of Instructions as described in Section 6(a), such involvement will be on its own behalf or as an agent of Separate Accounts only.
The Intermediary shall be liable for such Underlying Intermediaries’ compliance with the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as if the Intermediary itself had acted or failed to act instead of the Underlying Intermediary.
Neither the Intermediary nor any Underlying Intermediary shall be entitled to rely on any source of net asset value information other than such transmission by Vanguard.
Notwithstanding the authorizations granted by Vanguard under this Section 6, neither the Intermediary nor any Underlying Intermediary shall be, nor hold itself out to the public or engage in any activity as, an agent for Vanguard in respect of or in connection with the distribution or marketing of shares of the VVIF Portfolios..
All Orders submitted to Vanguard pursuant to this Agreement shall be based on: (i) Policy owner-level transactions made by or on behalf of Policy owners which are recorded on the Intermediary’s or an Underlying Intermediary’s record- keeping system; or (ii) other authorized transaction directions received by the Intermediary or an Underlying Intermediary from the Separate Accounts which are recorded on the Intermediary’s or an Underlying Intermediary’s record- keeping system.