Conciliation Procedure. If a dispute arises in connection with this Shareholders' Voting Rights Agreement (and without prejudice to the deadlock procedure provided in Section 6), any Party may invoke the conciliation procedure set forth below by providing written demand for resolution to the other Parties describing the nature of such dispute in reasonable detail, provided that the conciliation procedure may not be invoked to overrule or change the vote of any of the Parties in relation to any matter subject to the unanimous vote provision of Section 5 above. A meeting of the senior management of the Parties shall be scheduled to attempt to resolve such disagreements within 20 (twenty) days as of the receipt of the demand for resolution. At such meeting, the Parties shall conduct friendly deliberations with the goal of resolving the dispute. This meeting shall be held in the head offices of the Company. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 (thirty) days as of the date of the first meeting of the Parties, the Parties shall jointly nominate an independent and neutral mediator who shall submit, within 30 (thirty) days, a non-binding proposal to resolve the dispute. The Parties acknowledge that refusal to participate in the conciliation procedure described above may be construed as evidence of bad faith in connection with the dispute at issue.
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Samples: Shareholders' Voting Rights Agreement (InBev Corporate Holdings Inc.), Shareholders' Voting Rights Agreement (American Beverage Co Ambev)
Conciliation Procedure. 10.1. If a dispute arises in connection with this Shareholders' Voting Rights Agreement (and without prejudice to the deadlock procedure provided in Section 6), any Party may invoke the conciliation procedure set forth below by providing written demand for resolution to the other Parties describing the nature of such dispute in reasonable detail, provided that the conciliation procedure may not be invoked to overrule or change the vote of any of the Parties in relation to any matter subject to the unanimous vote provision of Section 5 above.
10.2. A meeting of the senior management of the Parties shall be scheduled to attempt to resolve such disagreements within 20 (twenty) days as of the receipt of the demand for resolution. At such meeting, the Parties shall conduct friendly deliberations with the goal of resolving the dispute. This meeting shall be held in the head offices of the CompanyCompany or at any other place as the Parties may agree from time to time.
10.3. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 (thirty) days as of the date of the first meeting of the Parties, the Parties shall jointly nominate an independent and neutral mediator who shall submit, within 30 (thirty) days, a non-binding proposal to resolve the dispute.
10.4. The Parties acknowledge that refusal to participate in the conciliation procedure described above may be construed as evidence of bad faith in connection with the dispute at issue.
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Samples: Shareholder Agreement (BRC S.a.R.L.)
Conciliation Procedure. If a dispute arises in connection with this Shareholders' ’ Voting Rights Agreement (and without prejudice to the deadlock procedure provided in Section 6), any Party may invoke the conciliation procedure set forth below by providing written demand for resolution to the other Parties describing the nature of such dispute in reasonable detail, provided that the conciliation procedure may not be invoked to overrule or change the vote of any of the Parties in relation to any matter subject to the unanimous vote provision of Section 5 above. A meeting of the senior management of the Parties shall be scheduled to attempt to resolve such disagreements within 20 (twenty) days as of the receipt of the demand for resolution. At such meeting, the Parties shall conduct friendly deliberations with the goal of resolving the dispute. This meeting shall be held in the head offices of the Company. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 (thirty) days as of the date of the first meeting of the Parties, the Parties shall jointly nominate an independent and neutral mediator who shall submit, within 30 (thirty) days, a non-binding proposal to resolve the dispute. The Parties acknowledge that refusal to participate in the conciliation procedure described above may be construed as evidence of bad faith in connection with the dispute at issue.
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