Prior Contracts This Contract supersedes and terminates, as of the date hereof, all prior contracts between the Fund and the Custodian relating to the custody of the Fund's assets.
Major Contracts Neither INT'X.xxx nor any Material INT'X.xxx Subsidiary is a party to or subject to:
(a) Any union contract, or any employment contract or arrangement in effect (other than "at-will" employment arrangements) providing for future compensation, written or oral, with any officer, consultant, director, or employee;
(b) Any plan or contract or arrangement, written or oral, providing for non-standard bonuses, pensions, deferred compensation, retirement payments, profit-sharing or the like;
(c) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any other agreement which has involved or is expected to involve a sharing of profits;
(d) Any OEM agreement, reseller or distribution agreement, volume purchase agreement, corporate end user sales or service agreement, reproduction or replication agreement or manufacturing agreement in which the amount involved exceeds annually, or is expected to exceed in the aggregate over the life of the contract, $50,000 or pursuant to which INT'X.xxx has granted or received manufacturing rights, most favored nation pricing provisions, or exclusive marketing, production, publishing or distribution rights related to any product, group of products or territory;
(e) Any agreement, license, franchise, permit, indenture, or authorization which has not been terminated or performed in its entirety and not renewed which may be, by its terms, terminated, impaired, or adversely affected by reason of the execution of this Agreement and all other agreements contemplated hereby, the consummation of the Merger, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;
(f) Except for trade indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business, any instrument evidencing or related in any way to indebtedness incurred in the acquisition of companies or other entities or indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities, purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee, or otherwise which individually is in the amount of $50,000 or more;
(g) Any license agreement in effect, either as licensor or licensee (excluding nonexclusive hardware and software licenses granted to distributors or end-users and commercially available in-licensed software applications);
(h) Any contract or agreement containing covenants purporting to limit INT'X.xxx's or the Material INT'X.xxx Subsidiaries' freedom to compete in any line of business in any geographic area; or
(i) Any contract or agreement not elsewhere specifically disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, involving the payment or receipt by INT'X.xxx of more than $250,000 in the aggregate. For purposes of this Section 3.14, a contract, agreement or arrangement shall be considered "in effect" if INT'X.xxx or any Material Subsidiary shall have any obligations or liabilities pursuant to such contract, agreement or arrangement. All contracts, arrangements, plans, agreements, leases, licenses, franchises, permits, indentures, authorizations, instruments and other commitments which are listed in the INT'X.xxx Disclosure Schedule pursuant to this Section 3.14 are valid and in full force and effect and neither INT'X.xxx nor any Material INT'X.xxx Subsidiary has, nor, to the knowledge of INT'X.xxx and the Material INT'X.xxx Subsidiaries, has any other party thereto, breached any material provisions of, or entered into default in any material respect under the terms thereof. INT'X.xxx has delivered to Parent copies of the contracts or agreements, and descriptions of any verbal agreements or arrangements, referred to in this Section 3.14 as in effect on the Prior Agreement Date.
Vendor Contracts (a) ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements and Letters of Understanding
(1) Before the Distribution Date, PepsiCo shall, in its sole discretion, take such steps as are necessary under each ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, HMO Agreement and letters of understanding and arrangements in existence as of the date of this Agreement to permit TRICON to participate in the terms and conditions of such ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, HMO Agreement or letters of understanding and arrangements from Immediately after the Distribution Date through December 31, 1998. PepsiCo, in its sole discretion, may cause one or more of its ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements and letters of understanding and arrangements into which PepsiCo enters after the date of this Agreement, but before the Close of the Distribution Date, to allow TRICON to participate in the terms and conditions thereof. Nothing contained in this Section 5.5(a) shall preclude PepsiCo from choosing to enter into ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements or other letters of understandings and arrangements with new or different vendors.
(2) PepsiCo shall have the right to determine, and shall promptly notify TRICON of, the manner in which TRICON's participation in the terms and conditions of ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements, letters of understanding and arrangements as set forth above shall be effectuated. The permissible ways in which TRICON's participation may be effectuated include, but are not limited to, automatically making TRICON a party to the ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreement or letters of understanding and arrangements or obligating the third party to enter into a separate ASO Contract, Group Insurance Policy, or HMO Agreement or letters of understanding and arrangements with TRICON providing (to the extent practicable and agreeable to such third party) for the same terms and conditions as are contained in the ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements and letters of understanding and arrangements to which PepsiCo is a party. Such terms and conditions shall include the financial and termination provisions, performance standards, methodology, auditing policies, quality measures, reporting requirements and target claims. TRICON hereby authorizes PepsiCo to act on its behalf to extend to TRICON the terms and conditions of the ASO Contracts, Group Insurance Policies, HMO Agreements and letters of understanding and arrangements. TRICON shall fully cooperate with PepsiCo in such efforts, and, for periods through December 31, 1998, TRICON shall not perform any act, including discussing any alternative arrangements with any third party, that would prejudice PepsiCo's efforts.
SUB-CONTRACTS (a) The Administrator may sub-contract or delegate the performance of all or any of its powers and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (but subject to Clause 3.2(b) herein):
(i) the prior written consent of the Mortgages Trustee and Funding to the proposed arrangement (including, if Funding considers it necessary after consulting with the Security Trustee, approving any contract which sets out the terms on which such arrangements are to be made) has been obtained, the Security Trustee has been consulted and notification has been given to each of the Rating Agencies;
(ii) where the arrangements involve the custody or control of any Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds relating to the Mortgage Portfolio for the purpose of performing any delegated Services, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed an acknowledgement in writing acceptable to Funding and the Security Trustee to the effect that any such Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds are and will be held to the order of the Mortgages Trustee (as trustee for the Beneficiaries);
(iii) where the arrangements involve or may involve the receipt by the sub-contractor or delegate of monies belonging to the Beneficiaries which, in accordance with this Agreement, are to be paid into the relevant Collection Account, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed a declaration in writing acceptable to the Beneficiaries that any such monies held by it or to its order are held on trust for the Beneficiaries and will be paid forthwith into the relevant Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed;
(iv) any such sub-contractor or delegate has executed a written waiver of any Security Interest arising in connection with such delegated Services (to the extent that such Security Interest relates to the Mortgage Portfolio or any amount referred to in (iii) above); and
(v) neither the Mortgages Trustee, the Security Trustee nor the Beneficiaries shall have any liability for any costs, charges or expenses payable to or incurred by such sub-contractor or delegate or arising from the entering into, the continuance or the termination of any such arrangement.
(b) The provisos to Clause 3.2(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) herein shall not apply:
(i) to the engagement by the Administrator of:
(1) any receiver, solicitor, insurance broker, valuer, surveyor, accountant, estate agent, insolvency practitioner, auctioneer, bailiff, debt counsellor, tracing agent, property management agent, licensed or qualified conveyancer or other professional adviser acting as such; or
(2) any locksmith, builder or other contractor acting as such in relation to a Mortgaged Property, in any such case being a person or persons whom the Administrator would be willing to appoint in respect of its own mortgages in connection with the performance by the Administrator of any of its obligations or functions or in connection with the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; or
(ii) to any delegation to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller from time to time.
(c) The Mortgages Trustee and/or Funding and the Security Trustee may require the Administrator to assign to the Mortgages Trustee any rights which the Administrator may have against any sub-contractor or delegate arising from the performance of services by such person in association with any matter contemplated by this Agreement and the Administrator acknowledges that such rights assigned to the Mortgages Trustee will be exercised by the Mortgages Trustee as trustee for the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed.
(d) Notwithstanding any sub-contracting or delegation of the performance of the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Administrator shall not thereby be released or discharged from any liability hereunder;
(ii) the Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of the obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement;
(iii) the performance or non-performance or the manner of performance of any sub-contractor or delegate of any of the Services shall not affect the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) any breach in the performance of the Services by any sub-contractor or delegate shall, subject to the Administrator being entitled for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of notice of the breach to remedy such breach by any sub-contractor or delegate, be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Administrator; and
(v) the Security Trustee shall have no liability for any act or omission of the sub-contractor or delegate and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any such sub-contractor or delegate.
Affiliate Contracts The Company and Sellers will cause the termination, effective no later than the Closing, of the contracts or arrangements set forth on Schedule 10.05 without any further cost or Liability to the Company or its Subsidiaries (or, after the Closing, Buyer or its Affiliates). At or prior to Closing, the Company and Sellers shall provide Buyer with reasonably satisfactory evidence of the termination of all contracts or arrangements required to be terminated pursuant to the preceding sentence.