Agreements and Commitments Except as described on Schedule 4.16, neither the Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party or subject to, and the Purchased Business or Purchased Assets are not otherwise subject to, the following Contracts (collectively, the “Material Contracts”):
(a) any distributor, sales, advertising, agency, or manufacturer's representative Contract involving an annual commitment or payment reasonably expected to be in excess of $75,000;
(b) any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union or employee association;
(c) any continuing Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment or services with a sale price in excess of $75,000;
(d) any employment or consulting Contract or any other Contract with any director, or officer of the Seller, other than oral Contracts of indefinite hire terminable by the Seller without cause or reasonable notice;
(e) any profit sharing, bonus, stock option, pension, retirement, disability, stock purchase, medical, dental, hospitalization, insurance or similar plan or agreement providing benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or consultant;
(f) any mortgage or promissory note, trust indenture, loan agreement, guarantee or other Contract for the borrowing of money or a leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP;
(g) any commitment for charitable contributions;
(h) any Contracts for capital expenditures;
(i) any Contract for the sale of any assets, other than sales of inventory to customers in the ordinary course of the Purchased Business;
(j) any Contract pursuant to which the Seller is a lessor of any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures or other personal property;
(k) any confidentiality, secrecy or non-disclosure Contract (whether the Seller is a beneficiary or obligor thereunder) relating to any proprietary or confidential information or any non-competition or similar Contract;
(l) any license, franchise or other agreement which relates in whole or in part to any Intellectual Property; or
(m) any agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement of, or any other similar commitment with respect to, the obligations, liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other Person, except for checks endorsed for collection in the ordinary course of the Purchased Business. The Seller and its Subsidiaries have performed all of the material obligations required to be performed by them and are entitled to all benefits under, and are not in material breach or alleged to be in material breach in respect of, any Material Contract. All Material Contracts are in Good Standing and in full force and effect, and, to Seller’s knowledge, no event, condition or occurrence exists which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default under any of the foregoing. The Seller has provided or made available to the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each Material Contract listed or described on Schedule 4.16 and all amendments thereto.
Objectives and Commitments 8.1 The Objectives of the Parties to this Agreement are:
(a) to promote fair, cooperative and productive workplace relations in the building and construction industry;
(b) to provide a detailed set of agreed employment benefits, conditions, rights and obligations via direct employment with the Employer;
(c) to explore the potential for innovation and new technologies;
(d) to consider any benefits of alternative hours of work;
(e) to support the establishment of consultative bodies to consider the impact of climate change on the working conditions in the industry;
(f) to establish practices that support opportunities for a diversified workforce;
(g) to support the implementation of highest possible levels of OHS practices, procedures and training;
(h) to ensure that fair and equitable employment practices are applied in the workplace;
(i) to improve efficiency in the workplace;
(j) to provide for the establishment and observance of an effective disputes settlement procedure that involves Employees and their representatives, when requested, at the earliest stage of any dispute or potential dispute.
8.2 The Parties to this Agreement commit themselves to ensuring that:
(a) the efficiency measures contained in this Agreement are implemented and lead to real gains in productivity.
(b) the principles of industry modernisation are realised during the life of this Agreement (in accordance with Part 11).
(c) productivity gains will not be achieved at the expense of health and safety standards.
(d) the disputes settlement procedures provided herein are strictly adhered to.
(e) employment should wherever possible be direct, full time and on going.
Service Commitment Newly hired nurses and currently employed nurses who voluntarily choose to relocate and receive a relocation allowance may be required to serve for a minimum of two years at their base before they will be considered for transfer to another base. This commitment will not apply when the employer and nurse mutually agree to waive it and when relocation occurs as a result of layoff/rehire.
Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments (a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the sum of the Aggregate Total Exposure would exceed the total Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or another transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(d) If, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Commitments, such Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
Additional Commitments The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to measures affecting trade in services not subject to scheduling under Article 106 (National Treatment) or Article 107 (Market Access), including those regarding qualifications, standards or licensing matters. Such commitments shall be inscribed in a Party's Schedule.
Contracts and Commitments (a) Except as filed with the BPOMS SEC Documents or as set forth in Section 5.16(a) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has, or is party to or is bound by:
(i) any consulting agreement, contract or commitment under which any firm or other organization provides consulting services to BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
(ii) any fidelity or surety bond or completion bond;
(iii) any guaranty of the obligations of a third party;
(iv) any agreement, contract, commitment, transaction or series of transactions for any purpose other than in the ordinary course of BPOMS’ or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries’ business relating to capital expenditures or commitments or long term obligations in excess of $150,000;
(v) any agreement, contract or commitment relating to the disposition or acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise outside the ordinary course of BPOMS’ or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries’ business;
(vi) any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other arrangements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, including capital leases and also guaranties referred to in clause (iii) hereof;
(vii) any purchase order or contract for the purchase of inventory or other materials involving $150,000 or more;
(viii) any assignment, license or other agreement with respect to any form of intangible property, excluding agreements made in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) any agreement, contract or commitment that involves $150,000 or more or is not cancellable without penalty upon 30 days notice, excluding agreements made in the ordinary course of business;
(x) any agreement or contract involving the sharing of profits and losses by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries with any other Person;
(xi) any contract containing covenants that restrict or limit the ability of BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or compete with any person; or
(xii) any “material contracts” within the meaning set forth in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-B promulgated under the Securities Act. The contracts and other documents referred to in (i) through (xii) above and all contracts and documents required to be filed with any BPOMS SEC Documents shall be referred to herein as “BPOMS Contracts”.
(b) Except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect, all BPOMS Contracts are valid and binding on BPOMS and, to the best of the knowledge of BPOMS, on the other parties thereto, and are in full force and effect and enforceable against BPOMS and, to the best of the knowledge of BPOMS, against the other parties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms. Except as disclosed in Section 5.16(b) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, no approval or consent of, or notice to any Person the failure of which to obtain would have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect is needed in order that the BPOMS Contracts shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms without penalty, acceleration or rights of early termination following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except to the extent any of the following would not individually or in the aggregate have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect, BPOMS is not in violation of, breach of or default under any BPOMS Contract nor, to BPOMS’ knowledge, is any other party to any BPOMS Contract. Except as set forth in Section 5.16 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, BPOMS is not in violation or breach of or default under any BPOMS Contract (including leases of real property) relating to non-competition, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness of any other Person, employment, or collective bargaining.
Incremental Commitments (a) The Company may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent that certain of the Lenders designated by the Company and/or that additional lenders shall be added to this Agreement as Incremental Lenders with Commitments for the purpose of increasing the existing Commitments under the Facility (a “Commitment Increase”) by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Loan Activation Notice signed by such Lenders or such additional lenders and specifying (i) the respective Incremental Commitments of such Incremental Lenders and (ii) the applicable Commitment Increase Date; provided, that after giving effect to such Commitment Increase (including the incurrence of any Incremental Loans on the applicable Commitment Increase Date and use of proceeds thereof) (x) no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing and (y) the sum of the Total Commitments then in effect (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Incremental Commitments) shall not exceed $2 billion.
(b) Each Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Loan Activation Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make revolving credit loans (each, an “Incremental Loan”) to the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time on or after the Commitment Increase Date specified in such Incremental Loan Activation Notice in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time up to but not exceeding the amount of the Incremental Commitment of such Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Loan Activation Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Incremental Loan Activation Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.27 shall be construed to obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Loan Activation Notice.
(c) On any Commitment Increase Date, in the event any Loans under the Facility are then outstanding, (i) each relevant Incremental Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine are necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such increased Commitments and the application of such amounts to prepay Loans under the Facility of other relevant Lenders, the Loans under the Facility to be held ratably by all Lenders with Commitments in the Facility in accordance with such Commitments after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all outstanding Loans under this Agreement and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.22 as a result of such prepayment.
COMMITMENT OF THE THREE PARTIES By signing7 this document, the staff member, the sending institution and the receiving institution/enterprise confirm that they approve the proposed mobility agreement. The sending higher education institution supports the staff mobility as part of its modernisation and internationalisation strategy and will recognise it as a component in any evaluation or assessment of the staff member. The staff member will share his/her experience, in particular its impact on his/her professional development and on the sending higher education institution, as a source of inspiration to others. The staff member and the beneficiary institution commit to the requirements set out in the grant agreement signed between them. The staff member and the receiving institution/enterprise will communicate to the sending institution any problems or changes regarding the proposed mobility programme or mobility period. The staff member Name: Signature: Date: The sending institution Name of the responsible person: Signature: Date: The receiving institution/enterprise Name of the responsible person: Signature: Date: 1 Adaptations of this template: In case the mobility combines teaching and training activities, the mobility agreement for teaching template should be used and adjusted to fit both activity types. In the case of mobility between Programme and Partner Countries, this agreement must be always signed by the staff member, the Programme Country HEI as beneficiary and the Partner Country HEI as sending or receiving organisation. In case of mobility from Partner Country HEIs to Programme Country enterprises the last box should be duplicated to include the signature of the Programme Country HEI (the beneficiary) and the receiving organisation (four signatures in total).
Additional Commitment Lenders The Company shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, on or before the applicable Maturity Date for any Non-Extending Lender to replace such Non-Extending Lender with, and add as “Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more financial institutions that are not Ineligible Institutions (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) approved by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures provided in Section 2.19(b), each of which Additional Commitment Lenders shall have entered into an Assignment and Assumption (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04, with the Company or replacement Lender obligated to pay any applicable processing or recordation fee) with such Non-Extending Lender, pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lenders shall, effective on or before the applicable Maturity Date for such Non-Extending Lender, assume a Commitment (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender, its Commitment shall be in addition to such Lender’s Commitment hereunder on such date). Prior to any Non-Extending Lender being replaced by one or more Additional Commitment Lenders pursuant hereto, such Non-Extending Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, by giving irrevocable notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Company (which notice shall set forth such Lender’s new Maturity Date), to become an Extending Lender. The Administrative Agent may effect such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably necessary to provide for any such extensions with the consent of the Company but without the consent of any other Lenders.
Financing Commitment For the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the fifth anniversary hereof, Atlas America and Resource Energy agree to provide to the MLP funding of up to an aggregate of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) per annum to finance the cost of expanding the Gathering System or constructing new additions to the Gathering System. Atlas America and Resource Energy, jointly and severally, commit to provide such funding, upon the MLP's written request therefor, by purchasing Common Units at a price equal to the arithmetic average of the closing prices of the Common Units on the American Stock Exchange, or, if the American Stock Exchange is not the principal trading market for such security, on the principal trading market for such security, for the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the purchase, or, if the fair market value of the Common Units cannot be calculated for such period on any of the foregoing bases, the average fair market value during such period as reasonably determined in good faith by the members of the managing board of the General Partner.