MONITORING FOR MATERIAL IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICTS AVIF agrees that its Board of Directors will monitor for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the Participants in all separate accounts of life insurance companies utilizing AVIF ("Participating Insurance Companies"), including each Account, and participants in all qualified retirement and pension plans investing in AVIF ("Participating Plans"). LIFE COMPANY agrees to inform the Board of Directors of AVIF of the existence of or any potential for any such material irreconcilable conflict of which it is aware. The concept of a "material irreconcilable conflict" is not defined by the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder, but the Parties recognize that such a conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including, without limitation:
Potential Conflicts 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) an administrative or judicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) the manner in which the investments of any Portfolio are being managed; (e) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract and variable life insurance contract owners; or (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof.
Conflicts; Defaults The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the performance by the Company of the transactions and obligations contemplated hereby to be performed by it will not (i) materially violate, conflict with, or constitute a default under any of the terms or provisions of, the Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws, or any provisions of, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any material contract, note, debt instrument, security agreement, or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company, or any of their assets is bound (collectively, the “Material Agreements”); (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Liens or claims upon the Company’s assets or upon the Company’s Common Stock; (iii) assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations in Section 4.2, constitute a material violation of any law, statute, judgment, decree, order, rule, or regulation of a Governmental Authority applicable to the Company; or (iv) constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any of the foregoing. The Company is not presently in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws.
No Defaults or Conflicts (a) Except as provided in Schedule 4.5(a), the Company is not in violation or default in any material respect (and is not in default in any respect regarding any Indebtedness) under any indenture, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound. The Company is not in default in any material respect under any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental authority or arbitrator(s).
POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS 7.1. The Trust agrees that the Board, constituted with a majority of disinterested trustees, will monitor each Portfolio of the Trust for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the variable annuity contract owners and the variable life insurance policy owners of the Company and/or affiliated companies ("contract owners") investing in the Trust. The Board shall have the sole authority to determine if a material irreconcilable conflict exists, and such determination shall be binding on the Company only if approved in the form of a resolution by a majority of the Board, or a majority of the disinterested trustees of the Board. The Board will give prompt notice of any such determination to the Company.
Waiver of Conflicts Recognizing that Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP has acted as legal counsel to certain Sellers and their Affiliates prior to the Closing, and that Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP intends to act as legal counsel to certain Sellers and their Affiliates (which will no longer include the Target Entities) after the Closing, the Buyer and each of the Target Entities hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its Affiliates to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP representing such Sellers and/or their Affiliates after the Closing as such representation may relate to the Buyer, any Target Entity or the transactions contemplated herein. In addition, all communications involving attorney- client confidences between such Sellers and their Affiliates or any Target Entity and Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP in the course of the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be attorney-client confidences that belong solely to such Sellers and their Affiliates (and not the Target Entities). Accordingly, the Target Entities shall not, without such Sellers’ consent, have access to any such communications, or to the files of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP relating to its engagement, whether or not the Closing shall have occurred. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon and after the Closing, (a) such Sellers and their Affiliates (and not the Target Entities) shall be the sole holders of the attorney-client privilege with respect to such engagement, and none of the Target Entities shall be a holder thereof, (b) to the extent that files of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP in respect of such engagement constitute property of the client, only such Sellers and their Affiliates (and not the Target Entities) shall hold such property rights and (c) Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP shall have no duty whatsoever to reveal or disclose any such Attorney-Client Communications or files to any of the Target Entities by reason of any attorney-client relationship between Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and any of the Target Entities or otherwise. The Buyer further agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries (including, after Closing, the Target Entities), that from and after Closing (a) the attorney-client privilege, all other evidentiary privileges, and the expectation of client confidence as to all Attorney-Client Communications belong to certain Sellers and will not pass to or be claimed by the Buyer, any Target Entity or any of their Subsidiaries, and (b) such Sellers will have the
Regulation AB Compliance; Intent of Parties; Reasonableness The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agree to comply with requests made by the Depositor or the Master Servicer in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with the Trust, the Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Master Servicer and the Depositor to deliver to the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor (including its assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information available to such party and reasonably necessary in the good faith determination of the Depositor or the Master Servicer to permit the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Servicer reasonably believed by the Depositor or the Master Servicer to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.
Responsible Contractor A responsible Contractor is a Contractor who has demonstrated the attribute of trustworthiness, as well as quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the contract. It is the County’s policy to conduct business only with responsible Contractors.
Non-responsible Contractor The County may debar a Contractor if the Board of Supervisors finds, in its discretion, that the Contractor has done any of the following: (1) violated a term of a contract with the County or a nonprofit corporation created by the County, (2) committed an act or omission which negatively reflects on the Contractor’s quality, fitness or capacity to perform a contract with the County, any other public entity, or a nonprofit corporation created by the County, or engaged in a pattern or practice which negatively reflects on same, (3) committed an act or offense which indicates a lack of business integrity or business honesty, or (4) made or submitted a false claim against the County or any other public entity.
Conflicts In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the Date of Grant and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. All references herein to the Plan shall mean the Plan as in effect on the Date of Grant.
