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Rebates: All rebates, discounts or other financial incentives (whether access, base, Prescription Drug List (PDL), <br /> incentive,market share,volume,or other),and administrative fees which United receives directly or indirectly from <br /> a pharmaceutical manufacturer and which are obtained in connection with prescription drug products dispensed to <br /> Participants under the Plan's pharmacy benefit or the medical benefit. Rebates do not include any purchasing <br /> discounts,provided that United obtains the same Rebates for prescription drugs regardless of where the prescription <br /> is dispensed. Rebates to customers are administered and paid under the medical benefit plan or pharmacy benefit <br /> plan as outlined in this Agreement. <br /> Self-Fund or Self-Funded: Means that Customer, on behalf of the Plan, has the sole responsibility to pay, and <br /> provide funds, to pay for all Plan benefits. United has no liability or responsibility to provide these funds. This is <br /> true even if United or its affiliates provides stop loss insurance to Customer. <br /> Summary Plan Description or SPD: The document(s) Customer provides to Plan Participants describing the terms <br /> and conditions of coverage offered under the Plan. <br /> Systems: Means the systems United owns or makes available to Customer to facilitate the transfer of information in <br /> connection with this Agreement. <br /> Tax or Taxes: A charge imposed,assessed or levied by any federal,state,local or other governmental entity. <br /> Urgent Care Claims: A claim for medical services and supplies which meets ERISA's definition of Urgent Care <br /> Claim. <br /> Section 2—Employee Benefit Plan: Customer Responsibilities <br /> Section 2.1 Responsibility for the Plan. United is not the Plan Administrator of the Plan. Any references in this <br /> Agreement to United"administering the Plan"are descriptive only and do not confer upon United anything beyond <br /> certain agreed upon claim administration duties. Except to the extent this Agreement specifically requires United to <br /> have the fiduciary responsibility for a Plan administrative function, Customer accepts total responsibility for the <br /> Plan for purposes of this Agreement including its benefit design,the legal sufficiency and distribution of SPDs, and <br /> compliance with any laws that apply to Customer or the Plan, whether or not Customer or someone Customer <br /> designates is the Plan Administrator. <br /> Section 2.2 Plan Consistent with the Agreement. Customer represents that Plan documents, including the <br /> Summary Plan Description as described in Exhibit A- Services, are consistent with this Agreement. Nevertheless, <br /> before distributing any communications describing Plan benefits or provisions to Participants or third parties, <br /> Customer will provide United with copies of the Summary Plan Description and Employee communications which <br /> refer to United or United's services prior to distributing these materials to Employees or third parties. Customer will <br /> amend them if United reasonably determines that references to United are not accurate, or any Plan provision is not <br /> consistent with this Agreement or the services that United is providing. <br /> Section 2.3 Plan Changes. Customer must provide United with notice of any changes to the Plan and/or Summary <br /> Plan Description within a reasonable period of time prior to the effective date of the change to allow United to <br /> determine if such change will alter the services United provides under this Agreement.Any change in the services to <br /> be provided by United under this Agreement which would be caused by any aforementioned changes must be <br /> mutually agreed to in writing prior to implementation of such change. United will notify Customer if(i)the change <br /> increases United's cost of providing services under this Agreement or(ii)United is reasonably unable to implement <br /> or administer the change.If the parties cannot agree to a new fee within(30)thirty days of the notice of the new fee <br /> or if United notifies Customer that United is unable to reasonably implement or administer the change,United shall <br /> have no obligation to implement or administer the change, and Customer may terminate this Agreement upon (60) <br /> sixty days written notice. <br /> 2 <br />