Allocated Costs. Means the fully allocated cost for providing Services calculated in a manner consistent with past practice, including the following (to the extent allocable to the provision of the Services): (a) the cost of licenses for software or other intellectual property (or other cost associated with obtaining rights to use software or intellectual property), including any termination, transfer, sublicensing, access, upgrade or conversion fees, (b) the cost of maintenance and support, including user
... support, (c) the fully loaded cost of personnel, (d) the cost of equipment, (e) the cost of disaster recovery services and backup services, (f) the cost of facilities and space, (g) the cost of supplies (including consumables), (h) the cost of utilities (HVAC, electricity, gas, etc. ), (i) the cost of networking and connectivity, (j) the cost of legal fees associated with any advice, activities or agreements related to the foregoing areas, (k) any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Supplier with third parties (including Contractors) in connection with the provision of Services (including one-time set-up costs, license fees, costs to enter into third party agreements, costs to exit third party agreements, termination fees, and other costs incurred in connection with Contractors engaged in compliance with this Agreement), and (l) the cost of personnel retained, displaced or transferred (excluding severance costs for Supplier employees). Travel expenses must be reasonable and incurred in accordance with Supplier's normal travel policy. Overhead allocations must be calculated consistently with Supplier's past practice as then generally used by Supplier in its applicable, respective geographic business. Allocated Costs will be subject to a mark-up of five percent, except for (i) materials and services provided by third parties, (ii) fees charged by third parties, and (iii) out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties.
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