Common use of Acceptance of Calculations; Dispute Procedures Clause in Contracts

Acceptance of Calculations; Dispute Procedures. The calculations of the Earn-Out Payments delivered by Purchaser to the Member Representative, with a copy to ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties unless the Member Representative, within 20 days after delivery to the Member Representative of the calculation of the applicable Earn-Out Payment, notifies Purchaser in writing that the Member Representative disputes any of the amounts set forth therein, specifying the nature of the dispute, the basis therefore and the Selling Members’ calculation of any such amount in dispute. The parties shall in good faith attempt to resolve any dispute and, if the parties so resolve all disputes, the calculation of the Earn-Out Payment, as amended to the extent necessary to reflect the resolution of the dispute, shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. If the parties do not reach agreement in resolving the dispute within 20 days after notice is given by the Member Representative to Purchaser pursuant to the second preceding sentence, the parties shall submit the dispute to the Arbiter for resolution. If the parties cannot agree on the independent accounting firm to act as Arbiter, the parties shall request the American Arbitration Association to appoint such a firm, and such appointment shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. Promptly, but no later than 20 days after acceptance of his or her appointment as Arbiter, the Arbiter shall determine (it being understood that in making such determination, the Arbiter shall be functioning as an expert and not as an arbitrator), based solely on written submissions by Purchaser and the Member Representative, and not by independent review, only those issues in dispute and shall render a written report as to the resolution of the dispute and the resulting calculation of the Earn-Out Payment which shall be conclusive and binding on the parties, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.3(a). All proceedings conducted by the Arbiter shall take place in Dallas, Texas. In resolving any disputed item, the Arbiter (x) shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 2.5 and (y) may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such items claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such items claimed by either party. The fees, costs and expenses of the Arbiter shall be allocated to and borne by Purchaser and the Selling Members based on the inverse of the percentage that the Arbiter’s determination (before such allocation) bears to the total amount of the total items in dispute as originally submitted to the Arbiter. For example, should the items in dispute total in amount to $1,000 and the Arbiter awards $600 in favor of the Selling Members’ position, 60% of the costs of its review would be borne by Purchaser and 40% of the costs would be borne by the Selling Members.