Successors; Binding Agreement, Assignment (a) The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business of the Company, by agreement to expressly, absolutely and unconditionally assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a material breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company or such successor for Good Reason immediately prior to or at any time after such succession. Upon and following the assumption of this Agreement by a successor, “Company,” as used in this Agreement, shall mean (i) the Company (as defined above), and (ii) any successor to all the stock of the Company or to all or substantially all of the Company’s business or assets which executes and delivers an agreement provided for in this Section 13(a) or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, including any parent or subsidiary of such a successor.
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributes, devisees and legatees. If the Executive should die while any amount would be payable to the Executive hereunder if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s estate or designated beneficiary. Neither this Agreement nor any right arising hereunder may be assigned or pledged by the Executive.
EFFECTIVE AND BINDING AGREEMENT CHSI and OIG agree as follows:
A. This CIA shall become final and binding on the date the final signature is obtained on the CIA.
B. This CIA constitutes the complete agreement between the parties and may not be amended except by written consent of the parties to this CIA.
C. OIG may agree to a suspension of CHSI’s obligations under this CIA based on a certification by CHSI that it is no longer providing health care items or services that will be billed to any Federal health care program and that it does not have any ownership or control interest, as defined in 42 U.S.C. §1320a-3, in any entity that bills any Federal health care program. If CHSI is relieved of its CIA obligations, CHSI will be required to notify OIG in writing at least 30 days in advance if CHSI plans to resume providing health care items or services that are billed to any Federal health care program or to obtain an ownership or control interest in any entity that bills any Federal health care program. At such time, OIG shall evaluate whether the CIA will be reactivated or modified.
D. The undersigned CHSI signatories represent and warrant that they are authorized to execute this CIA. The undersigned OIG signatories represent that they are signing this CIA in their official capacities and that they are authorized to execute this CIA.
E. This CIA may be executed in counterparts, each of which constitutes an original and all of which constitute one and the same CIA. Facsimiles of signatures shall constitute acceptable, binding signatures for purposes of this CIA. Community Health Systems, Inc. Corporate Integrity Agreement /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx July 23, 2014 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx DATE Sr. Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx July 23, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq. DATE Counsel for CHSI Community Health Systems, Inc. Corporate Integrity Agreement /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx July 28, 2014 XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX DATE Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs Office of Inspector General U. S. Department of Health and Human Services /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx July 24, 2014 XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX DATE Senior Counsel Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Community Health Systems, Inc. Corporate Integrity Agreement This Appendix contains the requirements relating to the Independent Review Organization (IRO) required by Section III.E of the CIA.
Assignment; Successors; Binding Agreement 1. Executive may not assign, pledge or encumber his interest in this Agreement or any part thereof.
2. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, operation of law or by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Executive, to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
3. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributee, devisees and legatees. If Executive should die while any amount is at such time payable to him hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive's devisee, legates or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to his estate.
Assignment; Binding Agreement Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder shall be assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns.
Assignment and Binding Effect This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Executive and the Executive’s heirs, executors, personal representatives, assigns, administrators and legal representatives. Because of the unique and personal nature of the Executive’s duties under this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be assignable by the Executive. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors, assigns and legal representatives.
Successors; Binding Agreement This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
Assignment Without Prior Consent If the Interconnection Agreement between the Wholesale Market Participant and the Transmission Owner, as referenced in section 3.1.4 herein, provides that such Interconnection Agreement may be assigned, and such Interconnection Agreement was assigned, then the Wholesale Market Participant may assign its rights or delegate its duties under this WMPA without the Transmission Owner’s or Transmission Provider’s prior consent to any Affiliate or person that purchases or otherwise acquires, directly or indirectly, all of the Participant Facility, provided that prior to the effective date of any such assignment: (1) the assignee shall demonstrate that, as of the effective date of the assignment, the assignee has the technical and operational competence to comply with the requirements of this WMPA; and (2) in writing to the Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider, assignee assumes all rights, duties, and obligations of Wholesale Market Participant arising under this WMPA. However, any assignment described herein shall not relieve or discharge the Wholesale Market Participant from any of its obligations hereunder absent the written consent of the Transmission Provider, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Valid and Binding Agreement This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes, and each other agreement, instrument, or document executed or to be executed by Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party has been, or when executed will be, duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes, or when executed and delivered will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except that such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (b) equitable principles which may limit the availability of certain equitable remedies (such as specific performance) in certain instances.
Valid and Binding Agreements The Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the Operative Agreements to which it is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by WTC and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties thereto, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, and are enforceable against WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with the respective terms thereof, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
Authorization; Valid and Binding Agreement (a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other certificate, agreement, document and instrument to be executed and delivered by the Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Parent Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof and thereof, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject in the case of the consummation of the Merger to the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub (which shall occur immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement). All corporate action on the part of Parent, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the Parent Transactions Documents and the performance of all obligations of Parent hereunder and thereunder has been taken, subject only to the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub (which shall occur immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement). This Agreement and each of the Parent Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub or, in the case of the Parent Transaction Document to be executed and delivered hereafter, each such Parent Transaction Document will have been duly executed and delivered as of the Closing Date. This Agreement and each of the Parent Transaction Documents each constitute or, in the case of any Parent Transaction Documents to be executed hereafter, each such Parent Transaction Document will constitute a legal valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, will be enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. As of the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub has approved, adopted and declared advisable the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation by each of Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 4.3(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Parent Transaction Documents by Parent or Merger Sub nor the consummation of the Merger by Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both), (i) require any consent, approval or other action of any Person under any Parent Contract, (ii) (A) violate, result in a breach of, conflict with or entitle any Governmental Entity or any other Person to accelerate the maturity or performance under, amend, call a default under, exercise any remedy under, modify, rescind, suspend or terminate or (B) create any material obligation on the part of Parent or Merger Sub that it was not obligated to perform immediately before such Parent Transaction Document was executed under, any term of any such Parent Contract or any Law, (iii) violate or result in the material breach of any term of the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents or resolution of the Board of Directors, any committee of the Board of Directors, stockholders or comparable bodies of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (iv) result in the amendment, creation, imposition or modification of any Lien other than a Permitted Lien upon or with respect to any of the material properties or assets that Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries owns, uses or purports to own or use.
