Exhibit 10.2
TRANSITION SERVICES
AGREEMENT
between
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING,
INC.
and
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
Dated as of March 29,
2007
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Certain Defined Terms
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1
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1.2
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General Interpretive
Principles
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ARTICLE II
SERVICES
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2.1
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ADP
Services
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2.2
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Terms of the Service Schedules; Fees
& Costs
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2.3
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Services Management
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ARTICLE III TERM AND TERMINATION
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3.1
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Term and Service Terms
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3.2
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Termination by Broadridge or
ADP
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3.3
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE IV
CONFIDENTIALITY
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4.1
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General
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4.2
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No
Disclosure, Compliance with Law, Return or Destruction
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4.3
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Protective Arrangements
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4.4
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Survival
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4.5
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Ownership of Data
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ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION
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5.1
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Indemnification for Third Party
Claims
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5.2
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Procedures for Indemnification of
Third Party Claims
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5.3
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Limitation on Damages
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5.4
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Disclaimer of Warranties
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
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6.1
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Cooperation
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6.2
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Negotiation
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6.3
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Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of
Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
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6.4
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Notices
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6.5
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Entire Agreement
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6.6
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Waivers and Amendments
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6.7
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Governing Law
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6.8
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Binding Effect;
Assignment
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6.9
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Usage
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6.10
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Articles and Sections
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6.11
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Interpretation
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6.12
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Severability of
Provisions
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6.13
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Counterparts
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6.14
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No
Personal Liability
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6.15
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No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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6.16
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Force Majeure
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6.17
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Independent Contractors
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6.18
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Employees
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6.19
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Further Assurances
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Service
Schedules
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Infrastructure
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System Interfaces
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Oracle Financials
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Accounts Payable
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Shared Services
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India Services
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Canada Services
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Tax
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TRANSITION SERVICES
AGREEMENT
TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of
March 29, 2007, between Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ ADP ”), and
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Broadridge ”). ADP and Broadridge
shall be separately referred to herein as a “
Party ” and together as the “
Parties .”
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of
ADP has determined that it is in the best interests of ADP to
separate the “Broadridge Business” (as defined below)
and the “ADP Business” (as defined below) into two
independent public companies (the “ Separation
” ), in order to provide greater flexibility for the
management, capital requirements and growth of the Broadridge
Business and to allow ADP to focus its time and resources on the
development and growth of the ADP Business;
WHEREAS, ADP and Broadridge have
entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of
March 20, 2007 (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated and/or modified from time to time, the “
Separation Agreement ”), in order to carry out,
effect and consummate the Separation (including the distribution,
by dividend, to ADP stockholders of the capital stock of
Broadridge, as more fully defined and described in the Separation
Agreement (the “ Distribution ” ));
and
WHEREAS, the Separation Agreement
requires that Broadridge and ADP enter into this Agreement to
properly document the transitional services to be provided by ADP
and/or “Third Party Service Providers” (as defined
below) to Broadridge (and the other “Service
Recipients”, as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements
entered into herein and in the Separation Agreement, and intending
to be legally bound hereby, ADP and Broadridge agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For all
purposes of this Agreement:
“ Action ”
means any claim, demand, action, cause of action, suit,
countersuit, arbitration, litigation, inquiry, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any
arbitration or mediation tribunal or authority.
“ ADP ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereto.
“ ADP Business
” means all businesses and operations of the ADP Group,
other than the Broadridge Business.
“ ADP Group
” means ADP and each of its Affiliates and Subsidiaries,
and any corporation or other entity that may become part of such
Group from time to time, other than the Broadridge
Group.
“ Affiliate
” means all entities that directly or indirectly control, are
controlled by or are under common with a Party after giving effect
to the Distribution. For this purpose, one entity “
controls ” another entity if it has the power
to direct the management and policies of the other entity (for
example, through the ownership of voting securities or other equity
interest).
“ Agreement
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereto.
“ Ancillary
Agreements ” means the Employee Matters Agreement,
the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement, the Data Center
Outsourcing Services Agreement and the Tax Allocation
Agreement.
“ Broadridge
Business ” means all of the ADP Brokerage
Services’ and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing
Services’ businesses and operations as at the Distribution,
as more fully described in ADP’s Form 10K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2006.
“ Broadridge
Group ” means Broadridge and each of its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates and any corporation or other entity that may become
part of such Group from time to time.
“ Business
” means the Broadridge Business and/or the ADP Business,
as the context requires.
“ Business Day(s)
” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or national
holiday.
“ Companies
” means all direct
and indirect subsidiaries of ADP except for any such subsidiaries
that are to be included within or owned by Broadridge as part of
the Separation.
“ Data Center
Outsourcing Services Agreement ” means the Data
Center Outsourcing Services Agreement, to be entered into by and
between ADP, Inc. and Broadridge, substantially in the form
attached to the Separation Agreement, with such changes as may be
agreed to by such parties and ADP.
“ Dispute Escalation
Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.2 .
“ Distribution
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals
hereto.
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“ Distribution Date
” means the date on
which the Distribution shall be effected, such date to be
determined by, or under the authority of, the Board of Directors of
ADP in its sole and absolute discretion.
“ Effective Time
” means the time at which the Distribution occurs on the
Distribution Date.
“ Employee Matters
Agreement ” means the employee matters agreement to
be entered into by and between ADP and Broadridge, substantially in
the form attached to the Separation Agreement, with such changes as
may be agreed to by the Parties.
“ Fees “
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(b)
.
“ Force Majeure
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.16 .
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any federal, state, local, foreign
or international court, government, department, commission, board,
bureau or agency, or any other regulatory, self-regulatory,
administrative or governmental organization or
authority.
“ Group ”
means the ADP Group and/or the Broadridge Group, as the context
requires.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1 .
“ Indemnifying
Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1 .
“ Information
” means all information of either the ADP Group or the
Broadridge Group, as the context requires, whether or not
patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other
tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including
non-public financial information, studies, reports, records, books,
accountants’ work papers, contracts, instruments, surveys,
discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs,
specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes,
samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes,
computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer
data, communications by or to attorneys, memos and other materials
prepared by attorneys and accountants or under their direction
(including attorney work product), and other technical, financial,
legal, employee or business information or data.
“ Intellectual Property
Transfer Agreement ” means the intellectual property
transfer agreement to be entered into between ADP and Broadridge,
substantially in the form attached to the Separation Agreement,
with such changes as may be agreed to by the Parties.
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“ Law ”
means any applicable foreign, federal, national, state, provincial
or local law (including common law), statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, code or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued
or entered into, or act taken, by a Governmental
Authority.
“ Losses ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1
.
“ Notice ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.2(c)
.
“ Parties
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereto.
“ Person ”
means any natural person, corporation, general or limited
partnership, limited liability company or partnership, joint stock
company, joint venture, association, trust, bank, trust company,
land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a
legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“ Separation
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals
hereto.
“ Separation
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Recitals hereto.
“ Service Recipient
” means Broadridge,
its Affiliates, permitted assignees under the Separation Agreement
and all legal entities owned by Broadridge immediately after the
Distribution.
“ Service
Schedule ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1(a) .
“ Services
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1(a) .
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of
which a Person (either alone or through or together with any other
Subsidiary of such Person) owns, directly or indirectly, a majority
of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are
generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of
directors or other governing body of such corporation or other
legal entity.
“ Tax Allocation
Agreement ” means the tax allocation agreement to be
entered into by and between ADP and Broadridge, substantially in
the form attached to the Separation Agreement, with such changes as
may be agreed to by the Parties.
“ Term ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(a)
.
“ Third Party Service
Providers ” shall mean third parties which are or
will be engaged by ADP or its Affiliates to assist in the delivery
of its obligations under this Agreement.
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“ Transition
” means the transition of the Services from ADP or a Third
Party Service Provider to Broadridge and/or its Affiliates or
Broadridge’s own third party service providers.
1.2 General Interpretive
Principles . (i) Words in the singular shall include the
plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall include the
other gender, in each case, as the context requires, (ii) the
words “ hereof ,” “ herein ,”
“ hereunder ,” and “ herewith
” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated,
be construed to refer to this Agreement and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and references to Article, Section,
paragraph and schedule are references to the Articles, Sections,
paragraphs and schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified, (iii) the word “ including ” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean
“including, without limitation,” unless otherwise
specified and (iv) any reference to any federal, state, local
or non-U.S. statute or Law shall be deemed to also refer to all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context
otherwise requires.
ARTICLE II
SERVICES
2.1 ADP Services.
(a) The term “
Services ” shall mean and refer solely to those
services listed on Schedules 1 through 8 hereto (each a “
Service Schedule ”), that are necessary
(i) for the uninterrupted and continued operations of the
Broadridge Business after the Distribution Date in substantially
the same manner as the Broadridge Business was conducted and
operated immediately prior to the Distribution Date or (ii) to
aid Broadridge in the Transition.
(b) Commencing on the Distribution
Date and continuing throughout the Term, ADP agrees to provide
through the ADP Group and Third Party Service Providers, subject to
changes in applicable Law, the Services in accordance with the
Service Schedules, it being understood by the Parties that (except
as otherwise set forth in the Service Schedules) the Services shall
be provided: (i) only to the extent that services of similar
kind were provided by the ADP Group or Third Party Service
Providers to the Broadridge Business prior to the Distribution
Date; and (ii) consistent with this Agreement and in
substantially the same manner (including, without limitation, as to
level, quality and timeliness) as they had been provided to the
Broadridge Business by the ADP Group and Third Party Service
Providers on or prior to the Distribution Date.
(c) To the extent that any of the
assets required to provide any Services have become the property of
Broadridge pursuant to the Separation, Broadridge hereby grants ADP
a limited, non-exclusive license to use such assets, for a period
not to exceed the Term, for the purpose of providing such Services
and aiding the Transition on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Broadridge and ADP shall use
their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Transition
(including without limitation, in the case of Broadridge,
identifying and recruiting applicable new personnel) as soon as
practicable and in no event later
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then the expiration of the Term and shall commit
and provide sufficient and appropriate resources to timely complete
the Transition. ADP shall also use its best efforts to assist
Broadridge in obtaining licenses and/or consents with or from any
of ADP’s current vendors or service providers who are
providing services, products or licenses to Broadridge or its
Affiliates, or to ADP for the benefit of Broadridge or its
Affiliates, prior to the Distribution Date; provided that in
no event shall such assistance by ADP require or be deemed to
require ADP to incur any additional costs or make any additional
payments to any such vendors or service providers.
(e) Except with respect to
ADP’s applicable efforts obligations under
Section 2.1(d) above, Broadridge acknowledges and
agrees that ADP has no obligation to obtain licenses or consents
with any vendor or service provider in connection with the Services
and that any failure by ADP to obtain any such license or consent
will not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the negligence or
willful misconduct of ADP; provided that failure to obtain
any such license or consent shall not relieve ADP of its
obligations to provide the Services set forth herein.
(f) Unless specifically set forth
elsewhere herein to the contrary, this Agreement does not apply to
the services to be provided by ADP (or any of its subsidiaries) to
Broadridge (or any of its subsidiaries) pursuant to any Ancillary
Agreements.
(g) If, after the execution of this
Agreement, the Parties reasonably determine that a service
(i) that was provided by the ADP Group or a Third Party
Service Provider to the Broadridge Business prior to the
Distribution Date and (ii) is reasonably necessary to the
conduct of the Broadridge Business after the Distribution Date, was
unintentionally omitted from the Service Schedules, then ADP shall
provide such additional service to the Service Recipients (with
such service becoming a Service for purposes of this Agreement) and
a Service Schedule shall be created for such Service, it being
agreed by the Parties that the charges for such additional Services
shall be their actual cost to ADP (unless the exception contained
in Section 2.2(b) , regarding countries other than the
United States, applies).
(h) Broadridge and ADP hereby agree
that ADP is under no obligation to enter into any engagements with
new Third Party Service Providers in connection with this Agreement
unless (i) ADP is entering into such new engagements with
respect to its own internal business or in its ordinary course of
business and (ii) Broadridge is not able to engage its own
third party service providers with respect to the same subject
matter within the applicable timing needs of Broadridge. The
Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
transition Broadridge from the ADP Group and the Third Party
Service Providers to Broadridge or its own third party service
providers.
2.2 Terms of the Service
Schedules; Fees & Costs .
(a) ADP shall provide, and shall
cause any Third Party Service Providers to provide, the Services
with at least the same level of service and degree of quality as
provided by ADP to the Broadridge Business prior to the
Distribution Date.
(b) Each Service Schedule shall, in
addition to the Services to be delivered by ADP, set forth the fees
to be paid by Broadridge for such Services (collectively,
the
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“ Fees ”). If not set
forth in any Service Schedule, the Parties agree that the Fees for
each of the Services are intended to be equal to ADP’s
applicable allocated costs to the Broadridge Business prior to the
Distribution, except to the extent that legal counsel with respect
to any applicable country other than the United States (including,
without limitation, India) has advised that a different fee for the
Services is required or is more appropriate under the applicable
Law of such other country.
(c) Not more than thirty
(30) days following the end of each calendar month during the
Term, ADP (directly or through one or more of its Affiliates) shall
issue a monthly invoice to Broadridge, setting forth the Fees
(itemized by Service) and any applicable taxes payable by
Broadridge for such calendar month.
(d) Except as otherwise provided
herein or in the applicable Service Schedules, the aggregate Fees
under the Service Schedules shall be paid in full by Broadridge
within thirty (30) days following receipt of an invoice from
ADP, unless Broadridge in good faith disputes the amount of Fees
contained in any such invoice, as provided in
Section 2.2(e) below.
(e) If Broadridge, in good faith,
disputes any Fees, it shall promptly submit to ADP written notice
of such dispute and may withhold from its payment of the relevant
invoice only such disputed amounts (except for applicable
taxes).
(f) Broadridge understands that
prior to the date of this Agreement, ADP may have contracted with
Affiliates or Third Party Service Providers to provide services in
connection with all or any portion of the Services. ADP may
subcontract with its present and future Affiliates or Third Party
Service Providers to provide the Services (and may increase the
scope of such engagement of Affiliates or Third Party Service
Providers).
(g) ADP shall promptly correct any
errors or omissions in any of the Services that it has provided to
Broadridge hereunder.
2.3 Services Management
.
(a) Broadridge and ADP have
established transition teams to lead and coordinate the
Transition.
(b) Broadridge and ADP shall support
the activities of their respective transition teams with the intent
of enabling the completion of the Transition as soon as
practicable.
ARTICLE III
TERM AND TERMINATION
3.1 Term and
Service Terms . (a) The term of this Agreement shall commence
on the Distribution Date and end on the first (1
st
) anniversary
thereof, unless earlier terminated in accordance with
Section 3.2 below (the “ Term
”). If the Parties agree (or if required by applicable Law),
the Service Schedules will set forth any shorter periods for which
particular Services will be provided.
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(b) During the Term, each of ADP and
Broadridge shall continue to use their respective commercially
reasonable efforts to timely complete the Transition.
3.2 Termination by Broadridge or
ADP . This Agreement or any Service provided hereunder in
accordance with a Service Schedule, as applicable, may be
terminated as follows:
(a) except as otherwise provided by
Law, by either Broadridge or