Continuing Contracts A. A continuing contract is a contract that remains in effect until the teacher resigns, retires, or until it is terminated or suspended. B. A continuing contract shall be granted only to teachers who have provided notice of their eligibility, by submitting the Continuing Contract Request Form to Human Resources, by the 15th day of September of the year the teacher becomes eligible (the parties agree that “the year the teacher becomes eligible” means this is the third or seventh year depending upon when the initial educator license was issued) for a continuing contract and who have met one of the following criteria: 1. The teacher holds a professional, permanent, or life teacher’s certificate; 2. The teacher meets the following conditions: a. The teacher was initially issued a teacher’s certificate or educator license prior to January 1, 2011. b. The teacher holds a professional educator license issued under O.R.C 3319.22 or 3319.222 or former O.R.C. 3319.22 or a senior professional educator license or lead professional educator license issued under O.R.C. 3319.22. c. The teacher has completed the applicable one of the following: i. If the teacher did not hold a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving a teacher’s certificate under former O.R.C 3319.22 or an educator license, thirty (30) semester hours of coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license, as specified in rules which the state board of education shall adopt; ii. If the teacher held a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving a teacher’s certificate under former O.R.C. 3319.22 or an educator license, six (6) semester hours of graduate coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt. 3. The teacher meets the following conditions: a. The teacher never held a teacher’s certificate and was initially issued an educator license on or after January 1, 2011. b. The teacher holds a professional educator license, senior professional educator license, or lead professional educator license issued under O.R.C. 3319.22. c. The teacher has held an educator license for at least seven (7) years. d. The teacher has completed the applicable one of the following: i. If the teacher did not hold a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, thirty (30) semester hours of coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of that license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt; ii. If the teacher held a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, six (6) semester hours of graduate coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of that license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt. C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to void or otherwise affect a continuing contract entered into prior to October 1, 2012.
Continuing Contract Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent that a member eligible for continuing contract status be re-employed, and approval by the Board of Education, as prescribed and in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code, of the Superintendent’s recommendation, a continuing contract shall be entered into between the Board and the member. Teachers eligible for continuing service status are those teachers qualified as described below, who within the last five years have taught for at least three years in the District, and those teachers who, having attained continuing contract status elsewhere, have served two years in the District. In order to be eligible for the granting of a continuing contract, the bargaining unit member must have on file with the Board by March 20 of the year of tenure eligibility either: a. A Professional, Permanent or Life teacher’s certificate issued upon application submitted to the State Board of Education prior to September 1, 1998 or renewed or upgraded subsequent to September 1, 1998 in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 3319.22; or b. A Professional Educator’s License issued after October 29, 1996 and proof of at least one of the following: i. If a master’s degree was not held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, thirty (30) semester hours of course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license; or ii. If a master’s degree was held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, six (6) semester hours of graduate course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of the teaching certificate or license; or iii. A teacher holding a senior professional educator license or a lead professional educator license issued under the licensure provisions of the ORC. c. For bargaining unit members initially licensed after January 1, 2011, continuing contract eligibility is met if the teacher: i. Holds a professional, senior professional or lead professional license; ii. Has held an educator’s license for at least seven (7) years; and iii. Has completed either of the following: a. If the bargaining unit member did not hold a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, thirty
Material Contracts and Transactions Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there are no material contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, arrangements, commitments, instruments, understandings or contracts, whether written or oral, express or implied, contingent, fixed or otherwise, to which Pubco is a party except as disclosed in writing to Priveco or as disclosed in the Pubco SEC Documents.
Covered Contracts and Contractors If the Contract exceeds $100,000 and the Contractor employed more than 40 full-time employees on a single working day during the previous 12 months in Minnesota or in the state where it has its principle place of business, then the Contractor must comply with the requirements of Minnesota Statute § 363A.36 and Minnesota Rule Parts 5000.3400-5000.3600. A Contractor covered by Minnesota Statute § 363A.36 because it employed more than 40 full-time employees in another state and does not have a certificate of compliance, must certify that it is in compliance with federal affirmative action requirements.
Commitments and Contracts (1) The Company has Previously Disclosed or provided to the Investor or its representatives, prior to the date hereof, true, correct, and complete copies of each of the following to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or subject (whether written or oral, express or implied) (each, a “Company Significant Agreement”): (i) any material employment contract or understanding (including any understandings or obligations with respect to severance or termination pay, liabilities or fringe benefits) with any present or former officer, director or employee (other than those that are terminable at will by the Company or such Company Subsidiary); (ii) any material plan, contract or understanding providing for any bonus, pension, option, deferred compensation, retirement payment, profit sharing or similar arrangement with respect to any present or former officer, director or employee; (iii) any contract containing covenants that limit the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, the Company or any Company Subsidiary may carry on its business (other than as may be required by law or applicable regulatory authorities), and any contract that would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (iv) any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance or other similar contract (including any franchising agreement, but in any event excluding introducing broker agreements); and any contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any material business or material assets (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets or otherwise), which acquisition or disposition is not yet complete or where such contract contains continuing material obligations or contains continuing material indemnity obligations of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; and (v) any other contract or agreement which is a “material contract” within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. (2) Each of the Company Significant Agreements is valid and binding on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, and in full force and effect. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance in all material respects with and have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them to date under each Company Significant Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received notice of any violation or default (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or a default) by any party under any Company Significant Agreement. No party to a Company Significant Agreement has provided notice to the Company or any Company Subsidiary that it intends to terminate a Company Significant Agreement or not renew such agreement at the expiration of the current term. (3) Other than those contemplated by the Transactions, there are no transactions or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, or series of related transactions between the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company, any current or former director or executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any person who beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock (or any of such person’s immediate family members or Affiliates) (other than Company Subsidiaries), on the other hand, except for deposit relationships or loan transactions arising in the ordinary course of business.
Certain Contracts and Arrangements (a) Section 3.7(a) of the Transferor Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list, as of the date hereof, of the following Contracts (including currently effective amendments and modifications thereto), other than commitments to issue owner’s title insurance policies and owner’s title insurance policies, to which the Company is a party, by which any of its properties are bound or that relate to the conduct of the Business (collectively, the “Material Agreements”): (i) agreements involving payments to or from the Company of at least $75,000 per year; (ii) vendor or similar agreements involving payments to or from the Company in excess of $75,000 per year; (iii) Contracts, or a group of related Contracts with the same party, for the purchase, sale or distribution of equipment, supplies, products or services, under which the undelivered balance of such equipment, supplies, products or services has a price in excess of $75,000; (iv) Contracts, loan agreements, letters of credit, repurchase agreements, mortgages, security agreements, guarantees, pledge agreements, trust indentures, promissory notes, lines of credit and similar documents in each case relating to Indebtedness; (v) real property leases calling for payments by the Company of amounts greater than $75,000 per year; (vi) partnership, royalty or joint venture agreements; (vii) Contracts limiting the ability of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area; (viii) Contracts relating to any outstanding commitment for capital expenditures; (ix) (A) Collective Bargaining Agreements between the Company and any Person, (B) Employment Agreements between the Company and any Person, and (C) Contracts between the Company and any Independent Contractor and (D) the Company Plans, in each instance excluding at-will employment or Independent Contract or arrangements that may be terminated by the Company without notice and without Liability; (x) Contracts not entered into in the ordinary course of the Business; (xi) Contracts for the acquisition or disposition of real property, capital stock or other businesses; (xii) Contracts providing for indemnification of any officer, employee, member, manager or director of the Company; (xiii) agency, distributor, dealer, sales, marketing or similar agreements or arrangements with any Person that generates or refers business to the Company; (xiv) all verbal Contracts (excluding at-will employment or Independent Contract or arrangements that may be terminated by the Company without notice and without Liability); and (xv) Contracts not otherwise disclosed in (i) — (xiv) above that are currently in effect and to which the Company or its respective properties are bound that are material to the Business. (b) Except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and provided that any indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions contained in any such Material Agreement may be limited by applicable Laws and public policy, each Material Agreement (i) to the extent that the Company is a party to such Material Agreement, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, (ii) is in full force and effect as of the Execution Date and (iii) will be in full force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (c) There is not under any Material Agreement any default or event, that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to constitute a default on the part of any of the parties thereto, except such events of default and other events as to which requisite waivers or consents have been obtained. (d) The Company has not (i) received written notice of, and there has not occurred, any breach of or violation or default under any Material Agreement or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in such a violation or default under any Material Agreement, or (ii) received written notice of the desire of the other party or parties to any such Material Agreement to exercise any rights such party has to cancel, terminate, renegotiate or repudiate such contract or exercise remedies thereunder. (e) True and complete copies of all Material Agreements to which the Company is a party or is bound have been delivered or made available to HSE by Transferor. The Company is not party to or bound by any Contract (other than the Material Agreements) that cannot be terminated by the Company on less than ninety (90) days notice without penalty.
Vendor Contracts (a) THIRD-PARTY ASO CONTRACTS. (i) ATI shall use its Reasonable Efforts to amend each administrative services only contract with a third-party administrator that relates to any of the ATI Health and Welfare Plans (an "ASO Contract") in existence as of the date of this Agreement to permit Water Pik to participate in the terms and conditions of such ASO Contract from Immediately After the Distribution Date until December 31, 2000. ATI shall use its Reasonable Efforts to cause all ASO Contracts into which ATI enters after the date of this Agreement but before the Close of the Distribution Date to allow Water Pik to participate in the terms and conditions thereof effective Immediately After the Distribution Date on the same basis as ATI. (ii) ATI shall have the right to determine, and shall promptly notify Water Pik of, the manner in which Water Pik's participation in the terms and conditions of ASO Contracts as set forth above shall be effectuated. The permissible ways in which Water Pik's participation may be effectuated include automatically making Water Pik a party to the ASO Contracts or obligating the third party to enter into a separate ASO Contract with Water Pik providing for the same terms and conditions as are contained in the ASO Contracts to which ATI is a party (or such other arrangement as to which ATI and Water Pik shall mutually agree). Such terms and conditions shall include the financial and termination provisions, performance standards, methodology, auditing policies, quality measures, reporting requirements and target claims. Water Pik hereby authorizes ATI to act on its behalf to extend to Water Pik the terms and conditions of the ASO Contracts. Water Pik shall fully cooperate with ATI in such efforts, and Water Pik shall not perform any act, including discussing any alternative arrangements with any third party, that would prejudice ATI's efforts.
Material Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all of the following contracts, agreements and commitments, whether oral or written ("Contracts"), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their material Company Assets is bound, as each such contract or commitment may have been amended, modified or supplemented: (i) any agreement (including all master commitments and pool purchase contracts) between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any Agency or Investor pursuant to which the Company and its subsidiaries sold more than $175 million in principal amount of Mortgage Loans during fiscal year 1999, and all insurance or guaranty contracts (including contracts with any private mortgage insurer or Pool (as defined herein) insurance provider with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (ii) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property to or from any Person providing for rent in excess of $100,000 during any twelve-month period; (iii) any agreement for the lease of real property providing for the payment of rent in excess of $250,000 during any twelve-month period; (iv) any agreement (or group of related agreements) or indemnity under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any debt including without limitation any indebtedness for borrowed money, warehouse lines of credit, or any capitalized lease or purchase money obligation (except for intercompany obligations); (v) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has granted a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any of its material assets; (vi) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has an obligation to indemnify a director, officer or employee; (vii) any agreement for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or other basis other than oral retainers of professionals terminable at will except for employment agreements of employees with a salary of less than $100,000 who have signed the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' standard form employment agreement (excluding commissioned employees); (viii) any agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition given by the Company other than those agreements (A) with employees on the Company's standard form employment, (B) related to Company Stock Options, (C) entered into with any Person in connection with the proposed sale of the Company and (D) that do not materially restrict the manner in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct its business; (ix) any other plan, contract or arrangement, whether formal or informal, which involves direct or indirect compensation (including bonus, stock option, severance, golden parachute, deferred compensation, special retirement, consulting and similar agreements and all agreements and arrangements regarding the Company's net branches) for the benefit of one or more of the current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company (other than Company Employee Plans described in Section 3.12(a)); (x) any guaranty or suretyship, performance bond or contribution agreement; (xi) any marketing, sales representative or dealership agreement with respect to which the fees paid or payable by the Company are or will be in excess of $100,000; any material agreement relating to e-commerce or agreements related to the Company's "net branches"; and (xii) any other material contract or commitment. (b) The Company has heretofore made available to the Parent true and complete copies of all of the Contracts required to be set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each such Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of its subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect (except as set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), except where the failure to be valid and binding and in full force and effect would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default with respect to any such Contract, nor (to the Company's Knowledge) does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default thereunder or permit any other party thereto to terminate such Contract, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company's Knowledge, no other party to any such Contract is in default in any respect with respect to any such Contract, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No party has given any written notice (i) of termination or cancellation of any such Contract or (ii) that it intends to assert a breach of any such Contract, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract identified in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule in response to any item under this Section 3.16 shall be deemed incorporated by reference to all other items in this Section 3.16.
Agreements, Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than any Company Benefit Plans) (each, a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material Contracts”): (i) each Contract that would be a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act); (ii) each Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) each Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services, or (E) any material non-solicitation provisions applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) each Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty; (v) each Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity; (vi) each Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) each Contract requiring payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, collaboration, development or other agreement currently in force under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (D) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (viii) each Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (ix) each Company Real Estate Lease; (x) each Contract with any Governmental Body; (xi) each Company Out-bound License and Company In-bound License; (xii) each Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (xiii) any other Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, contract or commitment of more than $200,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (b) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Except as set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to a Company Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business or operations. As to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract.
SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS; MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND COMMITMENTS The Company has delivered to TCI an accurate list (which is set forth on Schedule 5.15) of all customers (persons or entities) representing 1% or more of the Company's annual revenues for the year ended December 31, 1997; provided, however, that Schedule 5.15 need not set forth more than the Company's 20 largest customers during such period. Except to the extent set forth on Schedule 5.15, none of such customers have canceled or substantially reduced or, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, are currently attempting or threatening to cancel a contract or substantially reduce utilization of the services provided by the Company. The Company has listed on Schedule 5.15 all Material Contracts (as defined below) to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound, other than agreements listed on Schedules 5.10, 5.14 or 5.16, (a) in existence as of the Balance Sheet Date and (b) entered into since the Balance Sheet Date, and in each case has delivered true, complete and correct copies of such agreements to TCI. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Material Contracts" includes contracts between the Company and significant customers (as described above), joint venture or partnership agreements, contracts with any labor organization, strategic alliances, options to purchase land and other contracts which are not terminable on sixty days or less notice and involve payments by the Company in any twelve-month period in excess of $25,000. The Company has also indicated on Schedule 5.15 a summary description of all plans or projects involving the opening of new operations, expansion of existing operations, the acquisition of any personal property, business or assets requiring, in any event, the payment of more than $25,000 by the Company during any 12- month period. To the knowledge of the Stockholders, all of the Material Contracts are in full force and effect and constitute valid and binding agreements of the parties (and their successors) thereto in accordance with their respective terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity.
