Acknowledgment and Waiver By accepting this grant of Stock, the Employee acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time unless otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement; (ii) the grant of Stock is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Stock, or benefits in lieu of Stock, even if Stock has been granted repeatedly in the past; (iii) all decisions with respect to future grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company; (iv) the Employee's participation in the Plan shall not create a right to further employment with Employer and shall not interfere with the ability of Employer to terminate the Employee's employment relationship at any time with or without cause and it is expressly agreed and understood that employment is terminable at the will of either party, insofar as permitted by law; (v) the Employee is participating voluntarily in the Plan; (vi) Stock and Stock grants are an extraordinary item that does not constitute compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Company or the Employer, and is outside the scope of the Employee's employment contract, if any; (vii) Stock and Stock grants are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments insofar as permitted by law; (viii) in the event that the Employee is not an employee of the Company, this grant of Stock will not be interpreted to form an employment contract or relationship with the Company, and furthermore, this grant of Stock will not be interpreted to form an employment contract with the Employer or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company; (ix) the future value of the underlying Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; (x) in consideration of this grant of Stock, no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from termination of this grant of Stock or diminution in value of this grant of Stock resulting from termination of the Employee's employment by the Company or the Employer (for any reason whatsoever and whether or not in breach of local labor laws) and the Employee irrevocably releases the Company and the Employer from any such claim that may arise; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen, then, by accepting the terms of this Agreement, the Employee shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived any entitlement to pursue such claim; and (xi) notwithstanding any terms or conditions of the Plan to the contrary, in the event of involuntary termination of the Employee's employment (whether or not in breach of local labor laws), the Employee's right to receive Stock and vest in Stock under the Plan, if any, will terminate effective as of the date that the Employee is no longer actively employed and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under local law (e.g., active employment would not include a period of "garden leave" or similar period pursuant to local law); furthermore, in the event of involuntary termination of employment (whether or not in breach of local labor laws), the Employee's right to vest in this Stock after termination of employment, if any, will be measured by the date of termination of the Employee's active employment and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under local law; the Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Employee is no longer actively employed for purposes of this Stock grant.
Acknowledgment of Default Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Designated Defaults have occurred and are continuing as of the date hereof, each of which constitutes an Event of Default, and, as a result of the Designated Defaults, as well as any other Defaults or Events of Default that may exist, the Control Agent and the other Lenders are entitled to exercise any and all default-related rights and remedies under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and/or applicable law, including without limitation, to accelerate the Obligations (and have done so as set forth in 2.5 of the Forbearance Agreement) or to exercise rights against Collateral and that no Credit Party has any valid defense to the enforcement of such default-related rights and remedies. Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the first to occur of the Designated Defaults occurred no later than January 1, 2015 and have continued to date.
Acknowledgment and Ratification As a material inducement to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to execute and deliver this Amendment, each of the Borrower and the Guarantors (i) consents to the agreements in this Amendment, (ii) agrees and acknowledges that the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment shall in no way release, diminish, impair, reduce, or otherwise affect the respective obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, which Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, and all rights thereunder are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Acknowledgment and Agreement By execution below, the Seller expressly acknowledges and consents to the pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest in the Receivables, the other Transferred Assets and the Issuer’s rights under this Agreement by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement in the event that the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.
Acknowledgement and Waiver 6.1 The Subscriber has acknowledged that the decision to purchase the Shares was solely made on the Company Information. The Subscriber hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any rights of withdrawal, rescission or compensation for damages to which the Subscriber might be entitled in connection with the distribution of any of the Shares.
Acknowledgment of Waiver of Claims under ADEA Executive understands and acknowledges that Executive is waiving and releasing any rights Executive may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), and that this waiver and release is knowing and voluntary. Executive understands and agrees that this waiver and release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise under the ADEA after the Effective Date of this Agreement. Executive understands and acknowledges that the consideration given for this waiver and release is in addition to anything of value to which Executive was already entitled. Executive further understands and acknowledges that Executive has been advised by this writing that: (a) Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement; (b) Executive has 21 days within which to consider this Agreement; (c) Executive has 7 days following Executive’s execution of this Agreement to revoke this Agreement pursuant to written notice to the General Counsel of the Company; (d) this Agreement shall not be effective until after the revocation period has expired; and (e) nothing in this Agreement prevents or precludes Executive from challenging or seeking a determination in good faith of the validity of this waiver under the ADEA, nor does it impose any condition precedent, penalties, or costs for doing so, unless specifically authorized by federal law. In the event Executive signs this Agreement and returns it to the Company in less than the 21 day period identified above, Executive hereby acknowledges that Executive has freely and voluntarily chosen to waive the time period allotted for considering this Agreement.
Acknowledgment of Obligations Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that all Term Loans made prior to the date hereof, together with interest accrued and accruing thereon, and fees, costs, expenses and other charges owing by Borrower to Agent and Lenders under the Loan Agreement and the other Debt Documents, are unconditionally owing by Borrower to Agent and Lenders, without offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description whatsoever except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditor’s rights generally.
Acknowledgment of Debt 1.1 The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is indebted to the Creditor in the amount of the Debt.
Acknowledgment of Rights The Company agrees that, with respect to any Debentures held by the Trust or the Institutional Trustee of the Trust, if the Institutional Trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of Debentures held as the assets of such Trust after the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Trust have so directed such Institutional Trustee, a holder of record of such Capital Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Institutional Trustee's rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest (or premium, if any) or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest (or premium, if any) or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company agrees that a holder of record of Capital Securities of the Trust may directly institute a proceeding against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder directly of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures.
Amendment; Waiver of Past Defaults (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Servicer, the Transferor, the Administrator and the Issuer, by a written instrument signed by each of them, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Collateral Agent or any of the Noteholders; provided that (i) each Transferor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of any such amendment, stating that such Transferor reasonably believes that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and (ii) the Note Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied. Additionally, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be amended by the Servicer, the Administrator and the Issuer at the direction of the Transferor without the consent of the Indenture Trustee or any of the Noteholders to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to enable all or a portion of the Trust (i) to qualify as, and to permit an election to be made to cause the Trust to be treated as, a "financial asset securitization investment trust" as described in the provisions of Section 860L of the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) to avoid the imposition of state or local income or franchise taxes imposed on the Trust's property or its income; provided, however, that (i) each Transferor delivers to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the applicable Collateral Agent an Officer's Certificate to the effect that the proposed amendments meet the requirements set forth in this subsection and (ii) such amendment does not affect the rights, duties, benefits, protections, privileges or immunities of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity) or the applicable Collateral Agent hereunder. This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Servicer, the Transferor, the Administrator and the Issuer by a written instrument signed by each of them, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee or any of the Noteholders and without satisfaction of the Note Rating Agency Condition to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary to satisfy accounting requirements under SFAS 140 and any related or successor accounting interpretations or requirements hereto for off-balance sheet treatment for the Collateral of the Issuer. Any amendments regarding the addition to or removal of Collateral Certificates or Receivables from the Trust as provided in Sections 2.12 and 2.13, executed in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall not be considered amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of subsections 12.01(a) and (b).
