Vendor Contracts (a) THIRD-PARTY ASO CONTRACTS.
Shared Contracts (a) Except as set forth on Schedule VIII, the Parties shall, and shall cause the members of their respective Groups to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to work together (and, if necessary and desirable, to work with the third party to such Shared Contract) in an effort to divide, partially assign, modify or replicate (in whole or in part) the respective rights and obligations under and in respect of any Shared Contract, such that (a) a member of the SpinCo Group is the beneficiary of the rights and is responsible for the obligations related to that portion of such Shared Contract relating to the SpinCo Business (the “SpinCo Portion”), which rights shall be a SpinCo Asset and which obligations shall be a SpinCo Liability, and (b) a member of the Nuance Group is the beneficiary of the rights and is responsible for the obligations related to such Shared Contract not relating to the SpinCo Business (the “Nuance Portion”), which rights shall be a Nuance Asset and which obligations shall be a Nuance Liability. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the division, partial assignment, modification or replication of a Shared Contract unless and until any necessary Consents are obtained or made, as applicable. If the Parties, or their respective Group members, as applicable, are not able to enter into an arrangement to formally divide, partially assign, modify or replicate such Shared Contract prior to the Distribution as contemplated by the previous sentence, then the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Group members to, cooperate in any reasonable and permissible arrangement to provide that, following the Distribution, a member of the SpinCo Group shall receive the interest in the benefits and obligations of the SpinCo Portion under such Shared Contract and a member of the Nuance Group shall receive the interest in the benefits and obligations of the Nuance Portion under such Shared Contract, it being understood that no Party shall have Liability to the other Party for the failure of any third party to perform its obligations under any such Shared Contract.
Third Party Contracts From the Effective Date through and including the Closing Date, Seller agrees to enter into only those third-party contracts which are necessary to carry out its obligations under Section 5.2, which shall be on market terms and cancellable on thirty (30) days written notice or less, without payment of any fee or penalty. Copies of all such contracts so entered into by Seller shall be promptly provided by Seller to Purchaser.
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.
Customer Contracts 6.2.1 The Redistributor should ensure that its contracts with its Customers give it all necessary rights to control and monitor Data use.
Business Contracts All Contracts (other than the Real Property Leases, the Personal Property Leases and the Accounts Receivable) to which Seller is a party, which are utilized in the conduct of the Business, including Contracts relating to suppliers, sales representatives, distributors, purchase orders, marketing arrangements and manufacturing arrangements and which are listed in SECTION 1.01(a)(vi) OF THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE (the "Business Contracts");
Transferred Contracts As of the date hereof, except for Excluded Contracts, the Contracts listed on Schedule 1.1(bbbb) are all of the Contracts between Seller and any third party. Except for copies of purchase orders entered into by Seller in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices that have not been provided to Buyer, true and complete copies of all Contracts listed on Schedule 1.1(bbbb) (including all amendments, schedules and exhibits thereto) have been delivered to Buyer. Each Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement is in full force and effect and Seller is not in breach thereof, nor to Seller’s Knowledge is any party obligated to Seller pursuant to any such Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement in breach thereof. Seller has neither breached, violated nor defaulted under, nor received notice that Seller has breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement. Seller has obtained, or will obtain prior to the Closing, all necessary consents, waivers and approvals of parties to any Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement as are required thereunder in connection with the Closing, or for any such Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement to remain in full force and effect without limitation, modification or alteration after the Closing. Following the Closing, Buyer will be permitted to exercise all of the rights Seller had under the Transferred Contracts without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which Seller would otherwise be required to pay pursuant to the terms of such Transferred Contracts had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Collateral Agreements not occurred. Seller has not received any notice regarding any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation or breach of, or default under, any Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement. Seller has not waived any right under any Transferred Contract. To the Knowledge of Seller, each Person against whom Seller has or may acquire any rights under any Transferred Contract is able to satisfy all of such Person’s current and future monetary obligations and other obligations and liabilities thereunder. No Person is renegotiating, or has the right to renegotiate, any amount paid or payable to Seller or owed by Seller under any Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement or any other term or provision of any Transferred Contract or Lease Agreement. Seller has not guaranteed or otherwise agreed to cause, insure or become liable for, nor pledged any of its assets to secure, the performance or payment of any obligation or other liability of any other Person.
Major Contracts 42 3.15 Taxes.................................................................43 3.16
Seller Contracts All contracts and agreements, other than ---------------- Governmental Permits and those relating to Real Property, pertaining to the ownership, operation and maintenance of the Assets or the Business or used or held for use in the Business, as described on SCHEDULE 5.6 or, in the case of contracts and agreements relating to Real Property, on SCHEDULE 5.7.
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.
