Other Undertakings To protect the interests of the Company and its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries (individually, an “IMS Company” and collectively, the “IMS Companies”), including the confidential information of the IMS Companies and the confidential information of their respective customers, data suppliers, prospective customers and other companies with which the IMS Companies have a business relationship, and in consideration of the covenants and promises and other valuable consideration described in this Agreement, the Company and the Participant agree as follows:
(a) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is bound by the confidentiality and other covenants contained in one or more restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements that he or she has executed with an IMS Company, which covenants and agreements are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive any exercise, expiration, forfeiture or other termination of this Agreement or the SARs issuable hereunder. The Participant also acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be an affiliate for purposes of such restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements.
(b) The Participant acknowledges that the opportunity to participate in the Plan and the financial benefits that may accrue from such participation, is good, valuable and sufficient consideration for the following:
(i) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is and will remain bound by the non-competition, non-solicitation and other covenants contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that he or she has executed with any of the IMS Companies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(ii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees that the period during which the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in such agreement(s) will apply following a termination of Employment shall be extended from twelve (12) months to eighteen (18) months; provided, however, that the remedies available for breach of any non-competition or non-solicitation covenants during such extended six-month period shall be limited to the following: (x) to the extent then outstanding, the forfeiture of the SARs for no consideration, and (y) to the extent the SARs have been exercised on or after the date that is 18 months before Participant’s cessation of Employment, with respect to the shares of Stock issued upon such exercise (including shares withheld for taxes), the Participant shall pay to the Company an amount equal to (A) the aggregate fair market value of such shares of Stock as of the date of exercise, plus (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate proceeds of all sales of such shares of Stock over the amount described under subsection (A) above. (For this purpose, the Participant’s earliest sales of shares following such exercise will be deemed sales of the shares acquired upon such exercise.) The Company shall also be entitled to the foregoing remedies in the event of a material breach of any confidentiality, non-disclosure or other similar covenant contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that the Participant has executed with an IMS Company.
(iii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees to the Company’s application, implementation and enforcement of (a) such policy set forth in Section 8(b)(ii) of this Agreement and (b) any provision of applicable law or Company policy relating to cancellation, recoupment, rescission or payback of compensation and expressly agrees that the Company may take such actions as are necessary to effectuate such policy (as applicable to the Participant) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by the Participant. For purposes of the foregoing, the Participant expressly and explicitly authorizes the Company to issue instructions, on the Participant’s behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party administrator engaged by the Company to hold Participant’s shares of Stock and other amounts acquired under the Plan to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such shares of Stock and/or other amounts to the Company. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement and such policy conflict, the terms of such policy shall prevail.
(iv) By accepting the SARs, the Participant consents to one or more deductions from any amounts any IMS Company owes the Participant from time to time in an aggregate amount equal to all amounts described in subsection (ii) above, to the extent such deductions are permitted by applicable law. Any such deduction from an amount that constitutes a deferral of compensation under Code Section 409A may only take place at the time the amount would otherwise be payable to the Participant, except to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.
Further Undertakings The Parties agree to promptly execute the documents which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement, and to take further actions which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement.
COMPLIANCE UNDERTAKINGS 6.1. The Fund undertakes to comply with Subchapter M and Section 817(h) of the Code, and all regulations issued thereunder.
6.2. The Company shall amend the Contracts Registration Statements under the 1933 Act and the Account's Registration Statement under the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect the continuous offering of the Contracts or as may otherwise be required by applicable law. The Company shall register and qualify the Contracts for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.3. The Fund shall amend the Fund Registration Statement under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect for so long as Fund shares are sold the continuous offering of Fund shares as described in the then currently effective Fund Prospectus. The Fund shall register and qualify Fund shares for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.4. The Company shall be responsible for assuring that any prospectus offering a Contract that is a life insurance contract where it is reasonably possible that such Contract would be deemed a "modified endowment contract," as that term is defined in Section 7702A of the Code, will describe the circumstances under which a Contract could be treated as a modified endowment contract (or policy).
6.5. To the extent that it decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund undertakes to have a Fund Board of Directors, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the Fund, formulate and approve any plan under Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution expenses.
(a) When appropriate in order to inform the Fund of any applicable state-mandated investment restrictions with which the Fund must comply, the Company shall arrange with the Fund to amend Schedule 3, pursuant to the requirements of Article XI.
(b) Should the Fund become aware of any restrictions which may be appropriate for inclusion in Schedule 3, the Company shall be informed immediately of the substance of those restrictions.
Positive Undertakings At all times until full discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Issuer covenants with the Security Trustee that it shall:
(a) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of the occurrence of any event which results in any of the representations and warranties contained in Clause 5 (Representations and Warranties) hereof being untrue or inaccurate;
(b) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of any attachment (Pfändung) in respect of the Pledged Bonds or any part thereof, or any other event which may impair or jeopardise the Security Trustee's rights relating to the Pledged Bonds. In the event of any such attachment, the Issuer shall provide the Security Trustee without undue delay with a copy of the attachment order (Pfändungsbeschluss) and all other documents which are requested by the Security Trustee and which are necessary or expedient for a defence against such attachment. In addition, the Issuer shall inform the attaching creditor of the existence and effect of this Agreement;
(c) notify the Depo Bank without undue delay about the Pledge, by sending a notice by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), requesting the Depo Bank to acknowledge receipt of the notification by sending to the Security Trustee an acknowledgement, and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) within five Business Days after the date of this Agreement; such notification about, and acknowledgement of, the Pledge can also be made as part of any relevant agreement to which the Depo Bank is a party;
(d) if so requested by the Security Trustee, notify Clearstream within 5 Business Days after such request, or procure that Clearstream is notified by the Depo Bank within 5 Business Days after such request, of the Pledges over the Pledged Bonds and the pertinent co-ownership interests in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand), and in particular, the assignment of any claims against Clearstream for delivery of the certificates (Abtretung des Herausgabeanspruchs) representing such bonds by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) without undue delay; and
(e) use reasonable efforts to procure that, with respect to and/or in connection with the Pledged Bonds, the respective pertinent co-ownership interests of the Issuer in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand) and the Issuance Account, the Depo Bank waives or subordinates any right of retention and any right of set-off as well as any existing pledges, including, without limitation, any pledge existing by operation of the general business conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen) of the Depo Bank or otherwise in respect of the Issuance Accounts, if any, so that the Pledge will rank ahead of all other pledges affecting the Issuance Accounts, and to inform the Security Trustee accordingly.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
Negative undertakings The Borrower will not:
(a) change the nature of its business; or
(b) pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital Provided that the Borrower may make a distribution if:
(i) the Borrower has first submitted to the Agent a Compliance Certificate (with supporting evidence satisfactory to the Agent) which confirms that (A) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing and (B) the making of such distribution will not result in the Borrower being in breach of any of the financial covenants referred to in Clause 12.5 or in the occurrence of an Event of Default; and
(ii) the Agent is satisfied that the Security Cover Ratio referred to in Clause 15.1 is maintained at the time the distribution is made;
(c) provide any form of credit or financial assistance to:
(i) a person who is directly or indirectly interested in the Borrower’s share or loan capital; or
(ii) any company in or with which such a person is directly or indirectly interested or connected, or enter into any transaction with or involving such a person or company on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to the Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms’ length Provided that this shall not prevent or restrict the Borrower from on-lending the Loan to the Owners;
(d) allow any Owner to open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Agent or any other Creditor Party for the purposes of the Finance Documents or other accounts already opened with other banks for the purposes of previous financings;
(e) cause the common units of the Borrower to cease to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market in New York unless the common units of the Borrower are listed instead on any other internationally recognised stock exchange acceptable to the Lenders, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld.
Financial Undertakings The Borrower will not enter into or remain liable upon, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to enter into or remain liable upon, any Financial Undertaking, except to the extent required to protect the Borrower and its Subsidiaries against increases in interest payable by them under variable interest Indebtedness.
Optionee Undertaking The Optionee agrees to take whatever additional actions and execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the express provisions of this Option Agreement.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
Confidentiality Undertaking You undertake (a) to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraph 2 below and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to your own confidential information, and (b) until the Acquisition is completed to use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted Purpose.