Contracts With Service Providers 13 Section 1.
Providers Except in unusual circumstances approved by the Joint --------- Operations Committee and as permitted by law, Manager shall not employ or contract with any Providers for the provision of dental services. All Providers who provide dental services to Group Patients or to Beneficiaries shall be either (i) Employee Providers, (ii) Subcontract Providers or (iii) employees of Subcontract Providers.
Agreements with Other Service Providers Each Fund hereby appoints FSSC as the Fund’s agent to enter into agreements with financial intermediaries that are not registered as broker/dealers under the 1934 Act (each an “Unregistered Intermediary”) to provide Services to their customers that are Shareholders of the Fund. Each Fund agrees to pay Service Fees at an annual rate as set forth in Schedule 1 to this Agreement of up to 0.25% of the average net assets held in Fund accounts for which an Unregistered Intermediary has agreed to provide Services. Any such accounts shall not be treated as FSSC Accounts for purposes of this Agreement.
Third Party Service Providers An Insurer may retain a third-party service provider to perform one or more of the services it is obligated to perform under this Agreement, provided, however, that the retention does not operate to relieve the Insurer of any obligation (including obligations arising from the Insurer’s representations and warranties below) it has to the Company or its affiliates under this Agreement. In addition, retention of unaffiliated third-party service providers is subject the following conditions: • the retention must be pursuant to a written agreement (a “retention agreement”) conforming in substance to the terms of this Agreement (i.e., not inconsistent with any term or provision of this Agreement) and provided to the Company for its approval at least seven (7) days in advance of its execution. • in the event that the Insurer retains a third-party to perform fewer than all of the services provided for herein, any compensation under this Agreement that the Insurer retains must be commensurate with the services it provides under this agreement.
CONTRACTS WITH ELIGIBLE FOREIGN CUSTODIANS The Foreign Custody Manager shall determine that the contract governing the foreign custody arrangements with each Eligible Foreign Custodian selected by the Foreign Custody Manager will satisfy the requirements of Rule 17f-5(c)(2).
Third Party Contractors Tenant shall obtain and deliver to Landlord, Third Party Contractor’s certificates of insurance and applicable endorsements at least seven (7) business days prior to the commencement of work in or about the Premises by any vendor or any other third-party contractor (collectively, a “Third Party Contractor”). All such insurance shall (a) name Landlord as an additional insured under such party’s liability policies as required by Section 10.3.1 above and this Section 10.6, (b) provide a waiver of subrogation in favor of Landlord under such Third Party Contractor’s commercial general liability insurance, (c) be primary and any insurance carried by Landlord shall be excess and non-contributing, and (d) comply with Landlord’s minimum insurance requirements.
Use by Agents, Employees, Subcontractors The parties shall take reasonable measures to prevent its Agents, employees and subcontractors from using or disclosing any Confidential Information, except as may be necessary for each party to perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such measures shall include, but not be limited to, (i) education of such Agents, employees and subcontractors as to the confidential nature of the Confidential Information; and (ii) securing a written acknowledgment and agreement from such Agents, employees and subcontractors that the Confidential Information shall be handled only in accordance with provisions no less restrictive than those contained in this Agreement. This provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Third Party Vendors Nothing herein shall impose any duty upon DST in connection with or make DST liable for the actions or omissions to act of the following types of unaffiliated third parties: (a) courier and mail services including but not limited to Airborne Services, Federal Express, UPS and the U.S. Mails, (b) telecommunications companies including but not limited to AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other delivery, telecommunications and other such companies not under the party’s reasonable control, and (c) third parties not under the party’s reasonable control or subcontract relationship providing services to the financial industry generally, such as, by way of example and not limitation, the National Securities Clearing Corporation (processing and settlement services), Fund custodian banks (custody and fund accounting services) and administrators (blue sky and Fund administration services), and national database providers such as Choice Point, Acxiom, TransUnion or Lexis/Nexis and any replacements thereof or similar entities, provided, if DST selected such company, DST shall have exercised due care in selecting the same. Such third party vendors shall not be deemed, and are not, subcontractors for purposes of this Agreement.
Subcontractors and Unaffiliated Third Parties (a) The Escrow Agent may, without further consent of any party hereto, subcontract with (i) any of its affiliates, or (ii) unaffiliated subcontractors for such services as may be required from time to time (e.g., lost stockholder searches, escheatment, telephone and mailing services); provided, however, that the Escrow Agent (i) shall be fully responsible for the acts and omissions of its affiliate as it is for its own acts and omissions and (ii) shall not be liable for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Escrow Agent in the selection of such subcontractor (each as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
Sub-contractors Transfer Agent may, without further consent on the part of Customer, subcontract with other subcontractors for telephone and mailing services as may be required from time to time; provided, however, that the Transfer Agent shall be as fully responsible to the Customer for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor as it is for its own acts and omissions.
