Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
MASTER TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
between
TEMPLE INLAND INC.
and
FORESTAR REAL ESTATE GROUP INC.
and
GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
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| ARTICLE I SERVICES |
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Section 1.1
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Initial Services |
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Section 1.2
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Company Groups |
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Section 1.3
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Omitted Services; Additional
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Section 1.4
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Performance of Services |
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Section 1.5
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Changes to Services |
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Section 1.6
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Use of Third Parties to Provide the
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Section 1.7
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Mutual Cooperation |
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Section 1.8
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Internal Controls, Record Retention
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Section 1.9
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Audit Assistance |
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| ARTICLE II CHARGES AND BILLING;
TAXES |
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Section 2.1
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Charges for Transition Services |
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Section 2.2
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Procedure |
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Section 3.3
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Late Payments |
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Section 2.4
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Taxes |
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Section 2.5
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Record-Keeping |
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Section 2.6
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No Set-Off |
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| ARTICLE III TERM AND
TERMINATION |
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Section 3.1
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Term |
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Section 3.2
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Early Termination |
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Section 3.3
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Information Transmission |
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Section 3.4
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Termination Assistance |
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| ARTICLE IV CONFIDENTIALITY |
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Section 4.1
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Protection of Information |
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Section 4.2
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Exclusion of Certain Information |
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Section 4.3
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Non-Public Personal Information |
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Section 4.4
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Security Program |
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Section 4.5
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Notification of Security
Breaches |
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Section 4.6
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Operation of a Secure Site |
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| ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES; COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1
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Authorization |
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Section 5.2
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Non-Infringement |
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Section 5.3
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Compliance with Laws |
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Section 5.4
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Disclaimer of Representations and
Warranties |
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| ARTICLE VI LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
AND INDEMNITY |
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Section 6.1
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Exclusion of Certain Damages |
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Section 6.2
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Provider's Indemnification for Third
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Section 6.3
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Purchaser's Indemnification for Third
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Section 6.4
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Clarification of Indemnification |
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| ARTICLE VII DISPUTE RESOLUTION;
GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 7.1
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Amicable Resolution |
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Section 7.2
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Arbitration |
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Section 7.3
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Governing Law |
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Section 7.4
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Submission to Jurisdiction |
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Section 7.5
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
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| ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 8.1
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Survival |
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Section 8.2
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Title to Intellectual Property |
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Section 8.3
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Force Majeure |
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Section 8.4
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Independent Contractors |
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Section 8.5
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Subrogation |
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Section 8.6
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Entire Agreement; Incorporation of
Schedules and Exhibits |
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Section 8.7
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Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 8.8
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No Implied Waivers; Cumulative
Remedies; Writing Required |
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Section 8.9
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No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 8.10
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Assignment; Binding Agreement |
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Section 8.11
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Responsible Parties |
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Section 8.12
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Notices |
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Section 8.13
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Severability |
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Section 8.14
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Construction |
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Section 8.15
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Counterparts |
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Section 8.16
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Delivery by Facsimile and Other
Electronic Means |
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| SIGNATURE PAGE |
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| EXHIBIT A —
SCHEDULES |
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| EXHIBIT B — GLOSSARY |
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| EXHIBIT C — DISPUTE
RESOLUTION |
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| EXHIBIT D — NOTICE OF EARLY
TERMINATION |
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MASTER TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
Temple-Inland Inc. (“ Temple-Inland ”), Forestar
Real Estate Group Inc. (“ Forestar ”) and
Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (“ Financial Services
”) make this Master Transition Services Agreement (“
Agreement ”) in consideration of the mutual promises
and agreements contained in this Agreement.
RECITATIONS
A. On
the Effective Date, Temple-Inland will distribute to its
shareholders pro rata all of the outstanding stock of Forestar (the
“Forestar Distribution”) and all of the outstanding
stock of Financial Services (the “Financial Services
Distribution” and, collectively with the Forestar
Distribution, the “Distributions”), both corporations
that Temple-Inland currently owns and controls.
B.
Incident to the Distributions, each of the Companies have been
required to plan to disaggregate various shared services and
certain common uses of facilities and equipment. In order to
facilitate separation of the Companies on the Effective Date, the
Companies have agreed that certain shared services and certain
common uses of facilities and equipment should continue for a
transitional period after the Effective Date (together such shared
services and common uses are referred to as the “
Transition Services ”).
C. The
Provider of the Transition Services and each Purchaser of
Transition Services shall agree in a separate Schedule to this
Agreement (“ Schedule ”) upon the scope, scale
and description of each particular Transition Service to be
provided, how long the Transition Service will be provided, early
termination provisions, the price for the Transition Service
expressed either as a fixed unit price or as a fixed periodic
price, payment terms and such special terms and conditions as may
be applicable to the particular Transition Service. Each of the
Transition Services so scheduled shall be provided under the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement as supplemented or
expressly modified by the applicable Schedule. The form of the
Schedules shall be substantially as set forth in
Exhibit A .
D. All
the capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning
either given those terms or incorporated by reference in the
Glossary attached as Exhibit B .
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ARTICLE I
SERVICES
Section 1.1 Initial Services . Commencing on the
Effective Date, the Company designated as the Provider on each
Schedule to this Agreement, shall provide to the Company or
Companies designated as the Purchaser on the Schedule, the services
set forth on that Schedule (“ Initial Services
”) under the terms and upon the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, including the applicable Schedule.
Section 1.2 Company Groups . A Company may designate
one of its Affiliates as the Provider on a Schedule. A Company may
designate one of its Affiliates as the Purchaser on a Schedule. Any
Company’s Affiliate that provides Transition Services and any
Company’s Affiliate that purchases Transition Services shall
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Schedule
under which the Transition Services are provided. Unless otherwise
specifically provided in the applicable Schedule, the Affiliate
designated either as a Provider or a Purchaser and the Company
designating them shall be jointly and severally liable for all
obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Transition
Service provided under the applicable Schedule. As requested by the
other parties to a Schedule, the applicable Company shall cause
each of its Affiliates designated as a Purchaser or a Provider in
that Schedule to execute the Schedule to evidence that the member
is legally obligated by that Schedule and terms of this Agreement,
but a signature by a member so designated is not required to bind
that member.
Section 1.3 Omitted Services; Additional Services . If
during the Term of this Agreement any of the Companies identifies a
service that reasonably should have been included in the Transition
Services, but was inadvertently omitted (“ Omitted
Services ”), then that Company may request the Company
that would have been the Provider of such Omitted Services to
furnish the Transition Services. The Company requested to provide
the Omitted Services shall do so if commercially feasible to
provide the Transition Services under the terms of this Agreement
for a fixed unit fee or fixed periodic fee set by the potential
Provider in an amount reasonably estimated to cover the cost of
providing the Transition Services and other commercially reasonable
terms covered in a Schedule. If the Company requesting the Omitted
Services accepts the terms for provision of the Omitted Services
offered by the potential Provider, those Companies shall enter into
a Schedule that will become part of this Agreement. Companies may
also add additional services (“ Additional Services
”) that are not Omitted Services by entering into a Schedule
that is made part of this Agreement provided that Additional
Services entered under this Agreement must terminate no later than
the end of the term of this Agreement.
Section 1.4 Performance of Services . Provider shall
perform its duties and discharge its obligations under this
Agreement in a commercially reasonable manner based upon its
current practices in providing analogous services for itself or its
Affiliates (or prior practices in the absence of a current
practice) and in accordance with any service levels and performance
obligations specified in the applicable Schedule. This obligation
is subject to and upon the following conditions:
(a) No Provider shall be required to perform any Transition
Service in a manner that would constitute a violation of applicable
law.
(b) No Provider shall be required to perform any Transition
Service for the benefit of any Third Party.
(c) Except as set forth otherwise in an applicable Schedule,
no Provider shall be obligated to (i) hire or train additional
employees, (ii) purchase, lease or license any additional
equipment or software or (iii) pay any cost related to the
transfer or conversion of Information to Purchaser upon termination
of the Transition Services.
(d) Except as set forth otherwise in an applicable Schedule,
Provider shall be solely responsible for maintaining during the
applicable Service Period equipment, software, licenses, personnel,
facilities and other resources reasonably necessary for
Provider’s provision of the Transition Services for which it
is responsible that are substantially equivalent to those resources
that were available to the Provider at the Effective Date.
Section 1.5 Changes to Services. Except as provided in
Section 1.9 below, Provider may make changes from time to time
in the manner of performing the Transition Services, if:
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(a) Provider is making similar changes in performing analogous
services for itself or its Affiliates;
(b) Provider furnishes to Purchaser substantially the same
notice (in content and timing) and right of consultation as
Provider shall furnish to its Affiliates respecting such changes,
provided that if there is no such notice or right of consultation,
then Provider shall give a commercially reasonable notice and right
of consultation to Purchaser;
(c) changes shall not result in any material degradation of
the Transition Services and after the applicable changes, the
Transition Services shall meet the standards imposed by this
Agreement.
Section 1.6 Use of Third Parties to Provide the
Services . Provider may discharge its duties and perform its
obligations under this Agreement through agents, subcontractors or
independent contractors.
Section 1.7 Mutual Cooperation . Purchaser and Provider
shall cooperate with each other in connection with the performance
of the Transition Services, including producing on a timely basis
all Information that is reasonably requested with respect to the
performance of the Transition Services.
Section 1.8 Internal Controls, Record Retention and
Operating Policies . Provider shall maintain and comply with
the internal controls, record retention policies and other
operating policies and procedures that were in place prior to the
Effective Date with respect to each Transition Service or as
otherwise implemented by the Parties to comply with internal
standards and procedures or applicable law. If a Purchaser under a
Schedule requires a change to the internal controls or compliance
policies or requires the implementation of additional internal
controls or compliance policies related to a Transition Service in
order to comply with changes to applicable law or internal
standards and procedures, the Provider shall change or add to the
internal controls or compliance policies related to the Transition
Service as requested by the Purchaser. In connection with a
Provider changing or adding to internal controls or compliance
policies as required by the foregoing, the Purchaser shall pay for
any additional costs for the Transition Service associated with the
implementation or maintenance of the applicable change or addition;
provided, however, that if (i) such change or addition is
required for the compliance of both the Purchaser and the Provider
with a law or policy applicable to both, or (ii) both the
Purchaser and the Provider will benefit from such change or
addition, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith an equitable
sharing of the costs associated with such change or addition.
Section 1.9 Audit Assistance . Provider and Purchaser
shall cooperate with the other in providing such Information as may
be required and access for audits by independent certified public
accountants, internal auditors, regulators, or other persons with
the right of audit. A Party acting as a Purchaser hereunder may
request its third party auditor to perform a SAS 70 Type II audit
or other audit or review of such Provider’s internal controls
and operating environment related to the Transition Services upon
reasonable advance notice, and the Provider shall perform such an
audit or review or assist Purchaser or Purchaser’s third
party auditor in connection with such an audit or review, in each
case at the Purchaser’s expense. At the conclusion of such
audit or review, the Provider shall implement such reasonable
changes to the Transition Services or operating environment to
correct deficiencies identified in the audit report to ensure
compliance with applicable law or that are otherwise necessary for
Provider to comply with Purchaser’s internal policies in
connection with the Transition Services. The Parties shall share
the costs to implement all such changes equally. The Company being
audited shall be responsible for all incremental costs incurred by
other Companies in providing such Information or assistance.
ARTICLE II
CHARGES AND BILLING; TAXES
Section 2.1 Charges for Transition Services . The
charges for the Transition Services shall be established in monthly
units and shall be (a) as set forth in the applicable
Schedules, or (b) determined in accordance with the charging
methodology as set forth in the applicable Schedules (the
“Charges”). Provider shall invoice Purchaser for the
Charges in the manner and at the time provided in the applicable
Schedule. Charges shall be good faith advance estimates of
Provider’s cost of providing the Transition Services and
shall not be corrected retroactively for actual costs. Provider may
change the Charges for future billing at any time to cover a change
in the cost of providing the Transition Service. Provider will give
Purchaser thirty (30) days notice of any such change in
Charges. Annually within 30 days after the anniversary date of
this Agreement, Provider and Purchaser shall review the Charges and
make any adjustments to those Charges going forward to reflect
changes in the cost of providing the Transition
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during the preceding year. Changes for any time period covered as
an extension of service beyond the originally scheduled end date
shall be at market value instead of cost. The market value pricing
will be determined by the Provider and will be equal and equitable
in light of market conditions for services of a like kind and
duration. There will not be any charges for the time period between
the Effective Date and January 1, 2008. The Parties intend
that the Charges will be fair, reasonable and arms length pricing
and in compliance with the affiliate transaction requirements
promulgated from time to time by the regulatory entities having
authority over financial services, including Office of Thrift
Supervision (OTS) Regulations 12 C.F.R. 563.41 and 563.42 and
Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act.
Section 2.2 Procedure . Purchaser shall pay to Provider
the Charges as invoiced by Provider, in the manner and at the time
provided in the applicable Schedule. All amounts due and payable
under this Agreement shall be invoiced and paid in U.S.
dollars.
Section 2.3 Late Payments . Charges not paid when due
in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Schedule shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of Prime Rate
plus two percent (2%) from such date due until the date paid, or
the maximum contractual rate permitted by law.
Section 2.4 Taxes . Purchaser shall pay any and all
Transfer Taxes incurred in connection with the applicable
Provider’s provision of the Transition Services.
Section 2.5 Record-Keeping . Provider shall maintain
complete and accurate records of any invoices and supporting
documentation for all amounts billed to, and payments made by, the
Purchaser under this Agreement, subject to Provider’s usual
record retention policies. Provider shall provide to Purchaser or
its designee documentation and other information relating to each
invoice as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser to verify that
Provider’s charges are accurate, complete, and valid in
accordance with this Agreement.
Section 2.6 No Set-Off . Purchaser’s obligation
to make any required payments under this Agreement shall not be
subject to any unilateral right of offset, set-off, deduction or
counterclaim, however arising.
ARTICLE III
TERM AND TERMINATION
Section 3.1 Term . Unless otherwise terminated pursuant
to Section 3.2 , this Agreement will terminate with
respect to any Transition Service at the close of business on the
last day of the Service Period for such Transition Service
designated in the applicable Schedule. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Purchaser may elect to extend the Service Period for any
Transition Service in accordance with the terms for extension
provided in the applicable Schedule, if any are expressly provided.
Except as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement will
terminate at the close of business on the last day of the last
Service Period in effect (the “Term”).
Section 3.2 Early Termination . (a) Purchaser
shall have the right at any time during the Term of this Agreement
to terminate its obligation to purchase any Transition Service for
future months, upon the giving of an advance written notice to
Provider of (i) not less than the notice period set forth in
the applicable Schedule or, (ii) if the applicable Schedule
does not set forth a number of days, not less than thirty
(30) days. If Purchaser terminates a Transition Service prior
to the expiration of the Service Period for such Transition
Service, the fees for any remaining months of the Service Period
for associated Transition Services shall be decreased to account
for the Transition Services that are terminated and any prepaid
monthly Charges shall be refunded to Purchaser. Upon early
termination of Transition Services under this section, Purchaser
shall pay Provider a termination fee in a reasonable amount set by
Provider to reimburse the Provider for any unreimbursed costs that
directly result from the early termination and to recover any
incurred fees or expenses being amortized over the Service
Period.
(b) In addition, Purchaser shall
have the right at any time during the Term of this Agreement to
terminate its obligations to purchase any Transition Service if
Provider materially breaches a provision with respect to any
particular Transition Service and, if curable, does not cure such
breach within thirty (30) days after being given notice of
such breach. Upon termination for breach, Purchaser shall not be
obligated to pay a termination fee and any prepaid charges shall be
prorated and the unused portion refunded to Purchaser.
(c) Provider shall have the
right at any time during the Term of this Agreement to terminate
its obligation to provide any Transition Service if Purchaser
materially breaches a provision with respect to any particular
Transition
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