You must comply with the terms as 'stated' [='written, specified'] in the contract.
Their 'stated' [='declared'] intention/goal is to settle the dispute quickly.
For the reasons 'stated' above, I hereby withdraw from the competition.
(..) Attention! The drumhead Court-Martial has found the sub-lieutenant Jan Svoboda guilty of desertion crime and espionage crime stated in Paragraph no. of the military justice code. For this, the Supreme HQ according to the exceptional disposal no., degrades him by condemning to death by hanging. (..)1965 Forest of the Hanged