Arbitrable Claims Except as otherwise specified below, all actions, disputes, claims and controversies under common law, statutory law or in equity of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all torts, whether regarding negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, restraint of trade, fraud, conversion, duress, interference, wrongful replevin, wrongful sequestration, fraud in the inducement, usury or any other tort, all contract actions, whether regarding express or implied terms, such as implied covenants of good faith, fair dealing, and the commercial reasonableness of any Collateral disposition, or any other contract claim, all claims of deceptive trade practices or lender liability, and all claims questioning the reasonableness or lawfulness of any act), whether arising before or after the date of this Agreement, and whether directly or indirectly relating to: (a) this Agreement and/or any amendments and addenda hereto, or the breach, invalidity or termination hereof; (b) any previous or subsequent agreement between DFS and Dealer; (c) any act committed by DFS or by any parent company, subsidiary or affiliated company of DFS (the "DFS Companies"), or by any employee, agent, officer or director of a DFS Company whether or not arising within the scope and course of employment or other contractual representation of the DFS Companies provided that such act arises under a relationship, transaction or dealing between DFS and Dealer; and/or (d) any other relationship, transaction or dealing between DFS and Dealer (collectively the "Disputes"), will be subject to and resolved by binding arbitration.
Dispute Resolution Process Any claim, dispute or other matter in question not resolved by the process identified in Paragraph
Dispute a. In the event of any dispute whatsoever in respect of the sale, the Purchaser hereby expressly agrees to resolve the same with the Assignee.
Informal Dispute Resolution Prior to the initiation of formal dispute resolution procedures, the Parties shall first attempt to resolve their Dispute informally, in a timely and cost-effective manner, as follows:
Tax Controversies Subject to the provisions hereof, the General Partner is designated as the Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code) and is authorized and required to represent the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the General Partner to conduct such proceedings.
RESOLVED That the legal opinion delivered pursuant to the partnership agreement of the partnership as described in the proxy statement under "The Mergers -- Legal Opinion for Limited Partners," in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit A to these merger proposals, be and hereby is approved as in form and substance satisfactory to the limited partners of such partnership in their reasonable judgment. EXHIBIT A TO APPENDIX D OPINION OF [OPINION SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE FOLLOWING EFFECT] Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., As Sole or Managing General Partner of 25 Publicly-Held Limited Partnerships Named in the Proxy Statement dated , 1999 1400 Williams Square West 5205 North O'Connor Blvd. Irving, Texas 75039 We are of the opinion that neither the grant nor the exercise of the right to amend each of the partnership agreements allowing each partnership to merge with and into Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. will result in the loss of limited liability of any limited partner or result in any of the partnerships being treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. APPENDIX E FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated , 1999, to be effective as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the "MERGER AGREEMENT"), is entered into by and among Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation ("PIONEER"), Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer ("PIONEER USA"), and each of the limited partnerships referred to below (the "PARTNERSHIPS").
Dispute Resolution Procedure 21.1 All disputes or grievances arising between the Parties shall as far as practical be resolved at the workplace level through consultation. Accordingly the following procedure must be followed: