Sales Agreements Distributor is hereby authorized to enter into separate written agreements, on such terms and conditions as Distributor may determine not inconsistent with this Agreement, with one or more organizations which agree to participate in the distribution of Contracts. Such organizations (hereafter "Broker") shall be both registered as a broker/dealer under the Securities Exchange Act and a member of NASD. Broker and its agents or representatives soliciting applications for Contracts shall be duly and appropriately licensed, registered or otherwise qualified for the sale of such Contracts (and the riders and other policies offered in connection therewith) under the insurance laws and any applicable blue-sky laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the Company is licensed to sell the Contracts. Distributor shall have the responsibility for ensuring that Broker supervises its representatives. Broker shall assume any legal responsibilities of Company for the acts, commissions or defalcations of such representatives insofar as they relate to the sale of the Contracts. Applications for Contracts solicited by such Broker through its agents or representatives shall be transmitted directly to the Company, and if received by Distributor, shall be forwarded to Company. All premium payments under the Contracts shall be made by check to Company and, if received by Distributor, shall be held at all times in a fiduciary capacity and remitted promptly to Company.
The Sales Agreement This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
No Other Sale, Grant or Financing Statements Other than the security interest Granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, the Issuer has not sold or Granted a security interest in any of the Collateral. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering any of the Collateral, other than financing statements relating to the security interest Granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax Lien filings against it.