BESPOKE CONTRACTS OR ALTERNATIVE AGREEMENTS Sample Clauses

BESPOKE CONTRACTS OR ALTERNATIVE AGREEMENTS. The Authority also recognises that in some instances there will be benefits from allowing traders and distributors to negotiate bespoke contracts, particularly when a retailer proposes to offer an innovative set of services that require different operational contract terms. The Authority’s proposal for a default contract with the ability to negotiate customised operational terms is appropriate in this regard; it will reduce transaction costs for the majority of the industry, but will not prevent new services and contract clauses from emerging. The Authority is needlessly concerned with the form of alternative agreements. In particular, the proposed rule 12A.10 requires that alternative agreements “(a) address only the subject matter of the terms of the default distributor agreement; and (b) relate only to distribution services”. It is important to ask what is the harm that would be caused if this rule was violated, and whether splitting the offending terms into a separate agreement would somehow magically alter the effect of those terms. If a distributor and a retailer negotiate an alternative agreement they do so willingly, and both must perceive a net gain relative to the default alternative (whether or not that is a DDA). If they choose to include terms that are not related solely to distribution services then that is their business and no harm is done. There is also no benefit to requiring the relevant clauses to be contained in a separate agreement. From a practical perspective, alternative agreements are likely to often take the form of a side- letter that records only the variations to the default agreement; in such a case it would be quite normal for the parties would include any non-distribution matters in the same side letter. When alternative agreements take this form (i.e. side letters recording only variations), the variations are much easier for the parties to assess. Differences that are buried within a 70 page contract become more difficult to identify, which in turn means that significantly greater legal expense and time is required. Requiring non-distribution terms to be in a separate agreement could lead to inefficiencies in some instances, as additional comprehensive contracts may need to be negotiated. One example might arise when a distributor is owned by a Consumer Trust, and the distributor wishes to contract with a retailer to pay an annual rebate to those customers who are beneficiaries of the Consumer Trust. The distributor, acti...
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  • Solicitations for Subcontracts, Including Procurement of Materials and Equipment In all solicitations either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by the Local Government for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurement of materials or leases of equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier will be notified by the Local Government of the Local Government’s obligations under this Agreement and the Acts and Regulations relative to Nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.

  • Solicitations for Subcontracts, Including Procurements of Materials and Equipment In all solicitations either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by the Engineer for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurements of materials or leases of equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier shall be notified by the Engineer of the Engineer's obligations under this contract and the Regulations relative to nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.

  • Business Contracts All contracts and other agreements (other than the Real Property Leases and Personal Property Leases and the Accounts Receivable) to which the Seller is a party and which are utilized in the conduct of the Business, including without limitation contracts and other agreements relating to suppliers, sales representatives, distributors, consultants, customers, purchase orders, marketing and purchasing arrangements (the "Business Contracts");

  • Company Material Contracts (a) Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list, and the Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies, of each Contract, including amendments thereto, to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of their respective assets are subject, as of the date of this Agreement, that: (i) is a partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration, co-promotion, profit-sharing, joint research and development or similar arrangement, or provides for or governs the formation, creation, operation, management or control of such arrangement; (ii) provides for the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of or otherwise relates to Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case, for borrowed money; (iii) grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation, exclusivity or other similar rights or options to any person with respect to the sale of any of the material properties or assets (including material Owned Company Intellectual Property) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (iv) provides for the acquisition or disposition (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, or otherwise) of any interest in any person or any business or division thereof, or a material portion of the assets of any person, other than this Agreement, (A) entered into since January 1, 2021 and which involves an asset value in excess of $100,000 or (B) pursuant to which any material earn-out, deferred or contingent payment or indemnification obligations remain outstanding; (v) make any investment in, or loan or capital contribution to, any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) and other than (i) extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) investments in marketable securities in the ordinary course of business; (vi) provides for the settlement of any Proceeding (A) which (x) will involve payment obligations after the date hereof in excess of $50,000 or (y) imposes any continuing material non-monetary obligations on the Company or any Company Subsidiary including any monitoring or reporting obligations to any other person, (B) with respect to which conditions precedent to the settlement have not been satisfied or (C) which materially affects the conduct of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business; (vii) contains any provision or covenant (A) limiting in any material respect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) to (x) sell any products or services of or to any other person or in any geographic region (or subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary to exclusivity obligations), (y) engage in any line of business, or (z) compete with or to obtain products or services from any person, or limiting the ability of any person to provide products or services to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (B) that has any “most favored nations” or similar terms and conditions (including with respect to pricing) granted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (C) that has any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire any assets or securities of another person, (D) that requires any material benefit to be granted to a third party, or material right be lost by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) as a result of competing or engaging in any line of business or with any person or in any geographic area; (viii) involves sole-source or single-source suppliers of material tangible products or services (including any of the Company’s products or services); (ix) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights granted by any other person to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, but excluding Incidental Contracts; (x) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and granted by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to any other person, including any Contracts whereby the Company or a Company Subsidiary is developing any Intellectual Property Rights for any other person, but excluding Incidental Contracts; (xi) any Contract containing covenants limiting the freedom of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to use, assert, enforce, or otherwise exploit any Owned Company Intellectual Property that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, any settlement agreement or co-existence agreement), but excluding Incidental Contracts; (xii) is a Contract between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any sales representative, distributor, original equipment manufacturer, manufacturing, value added, remarketer, reseller, or independent software vendor agreement that is material for the use or distribution of Owned Company Intellectual Property or Company products; (xiii) is a Contract that involves performance of services or delivery of goods, materials, supplies or equipment or development, consulting or other services commitments by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or the payment therefor by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, providing for either (A) recurring annual payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or (B) aggregate payments or potential aggregate payments after the date hereof of $150,000 or more; (xiv) is a collective bargaining Contract or Contract with any labor organization, union or association to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (each, a “CBA”); (xv) is an employment agreement or Contract for the employment or engagement of any officer, individual employee, consultant or other person on a full time, part time, consulting or other basis (A) providing annual compensation (whether cash and/or otherwise) in excess of $100,000, (B) providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) otherwise restricting the Company’s (or any Company Subsidiary’s) ability to terminate the employment or engagement of any employee or consultant at any time or any lawful reason or for no reason without penalty or liability; (xvi) are severance agreements, programs, policies, arrangements or Contracts providing any individual with severance payments and/or benefits in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate; (A) has been entered into with a Governmental Entity or, to the knowledge of the Company, is any material subcontract (at any tier) under or for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or order from a Governmental Entity as the ultimate customer, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Government Contract or Company Government Bid or (B) to the knowledge of the Company, is financed by any Governmental Entity and subject to the rules and regulations of any Governmental Entity concerning procurement; (xviii) relates to any stockholders’, investor rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related arrangement, or any Contract or arrangement relating to the exercise of any voting rights in respect of any Company Securities; (xix) has been entered into between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any officer, director or affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family” members (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act), on the other hand, including any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has an obligation to indemnify such officer, director, affiliate or family member (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Benefit Plans and governing documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary); (xx) contains (A) any provision that requires the purchase of all or a given portion of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s requirements for products or services from a given third party, or any other similar provision (including non-cancelable purchase obligations), (B) any provision that grants material guaranteed availability of supply of Company products for a period greater than twenty-four (24) months, or (C) guarantees priority or prices for a period of greater than twenty-four (24) months; (xxi) contains any provision allowing a “major antenna product distributor” to return product; (xxii) is a lease, sublease, occupancy agreement or other agreement (whether or real or personal property) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party as either lessor or lessee, providing for either (A) annual payments after the date hereof of $50,000 or more or (B) aggregate payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or more; or (xxiii) creates or grants a material Lien, other than Permitted Liens and other than Contracts with customers entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. (b) Each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, whether or not set forth in such section of the Company Disclosure Letter, is referred to in this Agreement as a “Company Material Contract” (with each such Contract listed under the corresponding clause of Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter to which such Contract is relevant). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, with or without notice, or lapse of time, or both, in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with or without notice, or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or material default thereunder by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice of such an event. To the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any Company Material Contract is in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract where such breach or default, individually or together with other such breaches or defaults, would have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of, and is in full force and effect with respect to, the Company and any Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, except for such failure that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of Company Material Contracts.

  • 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.

  • Collective Agreements There are no collective agreements affecting your terms and conditions of employment.

  • Customer Contracts 6.2.1 The Redistributor should ensure that its contracts with its Customers give it all necessary rights to control and monitor Data use. 6.2.2 The Redistributor is obliged to make the contents of this Schedule available to its customers.

  • 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.

  • Other Material Contracts Company has no lease, contract or commitment of any nature affecting the Business and involving consideration or other expenditure in excess of $100,000.00, or involving performance over a period of more than twelve (12) months, or which is otherwise individually material to the operations of the Business, except for purchase orders taken in the ordinary course of business and except as explicitly described in Schedule 5.11(l) or in any other Schedule of the Disclosure Schedule.

  • Critical Infrastructure Subcontracts For purposes of this Paragraph, the designated countries are China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and any countries lawfully designated by the Governor as a threat to critical infrastructure. Pursuant to Section 113.002 of the Business and Commerce Code, Contractor shall not enter into a subcontract that will provide direct or remote access to or control of critical infrastructure, as defined by Section 113.001 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, in this state, other than access specifically allowed for product warranty and support purposes to any subcontractor unless (i) neither the subcontractor nor its parent company, nor any affiliate of the subcontractor or its parent company, is majority owned or controlled by citizens or governmental entities of a designated country; and (ii) neither the subcontractor nor its parent company, nor any affiliate of the subcontractor or its parent company, is headquartered in a designated country. Contractor will notify the System Agency before entering into any subcontract that will provide direct or remote access to or control of critical infrastructure, as defined by Section 113.001 of the Texas Business & Commerce Code, in this state.

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