Formation and Composition Within [ * ] after the Signing Date, the Parties shall establish a Joint Development Committee that shall oversee the Development and Manufacture (for Development) of Collaboration Products in Field in the Territory in accordance with the Development Plans for such Collaboration Products and to coordinate the Development and related Manufacturing activities of the Parties with respect to such Collaboration Products. Each Party shall initially appoint three (3) representatives to the JDC, each of whom will be an officer or employee of such Party and will have knowledge and expertise in the Development or Manufacture of products similar to the Collaboration Products and sufficient seniority within the applicable Party to make decisions arising within the scope of the JDC’s responsibilities. The JDC may change its size from time to time by mutual consent of its members. Each Party may replace its JDC representatives at any time upon written notice to the other Party. The JDC may invite non-members (including consultants and advisors of a Party who are under an obligation of confidentiality consistent with this Agreement) to participate in the discussions and meetings of the JDC, provided that such participants shall have no voting authority at the JDC. The JDC shall have a chairperson. Each Party shall have the right, on an alternating Calendar Year basis, to select from among its JDC representatives a representative to serve as the chairperson of the JDC during such Calendar Year. Such Party shall have the right during such Calendar Year to replace the chairperson of the JDC with one of its other JDC representatives. The initial chairperson shall be designated by [ * ]. The role of the chairperson shall be to convene and preside at meetings of the JDC, to prepare agendas (with due input from the other Party’s representatives), circulate agendas and to ensure the preparation of meeting minutes, but the chairperson shall have no additional powers or rights beyond those held by the other JDC representatives.
Services and Exclusivity of Services The Company and Executive ------------------------------------ recognize that the services to be rendered by Executive are of such a nature as to be peculiarly rendered by Executive, encompass the individual ability, managerial skills and business experience of Executive and cannot be measured exclusively in terms of hours or services rendered in any particular period. Executive agrees to devote Executive's full business time and to use Executive's best efforts, energy and ability exclusively toward advancing the business, affairs and interests of the Company, and matters related thereto.
Duration, Termination and Amendments This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above and shall continue in effect thereafter for two years. This Agreement shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter for so long as its continuance is specifically approved, at least annually, by: (i) a majority of the Board of Trustees or the vote of the holders of a majority of the Portfolio’s outstanding voting securities; and (ii) the affirmative vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance, of a majority of those members of the Board of Trustees (“Independent Trustees”) who are not “interested persons” of the Trust or any investment adviser to the Trust. This Agreement may be terminated by the Trust or by Portfolio Manager at any time and without penalty upon sixty days written notice to the other party, which notice may be waived by the party entitled to it. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing and signed by the party to be bound thereby provided that if the Investment Company Act requires that such amendment be approved by the vote of the Board, the Independent Trustees and/or the holders of the Trust’s or the Portfolio’s outstanding shareholders, such approval must be obtained before any such amendment may become effective. This Agreement shall terminate upon its assignment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “majority of the outstanding voting securities,” “assignment” and “interested person” shall have the meanings set forth in the Investment Company Act.
Formation and Purpose Promptly following the Effective Date, the Parties shall confer and then create the Committees listed in the chart below, each of which shall have the purpose indicated in the chart. To the extent that after conferring both Parties agree that a given Committee need not be created until a later date, the Parties may agree to defer the creation of the Committee until one Party informs the other Party of its then desire to create the so-deferred Committee, at which point the Parties will thereafter promptly create the so-deferred Committee and schedule a meeting of such Committee within one (1) month. Committee Purpose Joint Steering Committee (“JSC”) Establish projects for the Fibroblast Program and establish the priorities, as well as approve budgets for such projects. Approve all subcommittee projects and plans. The JSC shall establish budgets not less than on a quarterly basis. Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls Committee (“CMCC”) Establish project plans and review and approve activities and budgets for chemistry, manufacturing, and controls under the Fibroblast Program. Clinical/Regulatory Committee (“CRC”) Review and approve all research and development plans, clinical projects and publications, and regulatory filings and correspondence under the Fibroblast Program; review and approve itemized budgets with respect to the foregoing. Commercialization Committee (“CC”) Establish project plans and review and approve activities and budgets for Commercialization activities under the Fibroblast Program. Intellectual Property Committee (“IPC”) Evaluate intellectual property issues in connection with the Fibroblast Program; review and approve itemized budgets with respect to the foregoing. Portions herein identified by [*****] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE 12.1 This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until complete satisfaction of the Obligations. The Pledge shall not cease to exist, if the Grantors under the Credit Documents have only temporarily discharged the Obligations.
Subadviser’s Services Are Not Exclusive Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of Subadviser or any of its partners, officers, or employees to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any business, whether of a similar or a dissimilar nature, or limit or restrict Subadviser's right to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other mutual fund, corporation, firm, individual, or association.
Exclusivity of Services The Subadviser shall devote its best efforts and such time as it deems necessary to provide prompt and expert service to Client and the Fund. The services of Subadviser to be provided hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and Subadviser shall be free to provide similar services for its own account and the accounts of other persons and to receive compensation for such services. Client acknowledges that Subadviser and its Affiliates and Subadviser's other clients may at any time, have, acquire, increase, decrease or dispose of positions in the same investments which are at the same time being held, acquired for or disposed of under this Agreement for the Fund. Subadviser shall have no obligation to acquire or dispose of a position in any investment pursuant to this Agreement simply because Subadviser, its directors, members, Affiliates or employees invest in such a position for its or their own accounts or for the account of another client.
Dispute Resolution and Governing Law In the event of any dispute with respect to the interpretation and implementation of this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute. In the event the Parties fail to reach an agreement on the resolution of such dispute within 30 days after the negotiation begins, either Party may submit such dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in accordance with its then effective arbitration rules.
Access to Information and Services ..28 Section 7.01. Provision of Corporate Records......................................................28 Section 7.02. Access to Information...............................................................28 Section 7.03.
Arbitration and Governing Law If a dispute arises out of or relates to this contract, or the breach thereof, and if the dispute cannot be settled through negotiation, the parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Mediation Procedures before resorting to arbitration, litigation, or some other dispute resolution procedure. If they do not reach such solution within a period of 60 days, then, upon notice by either party to the other, all disputes, claims, questions, or differences shall be finally settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules. This Agreement and the legal relations among the Parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law doctrine. The Parties agree that the venue for the resolution of all disputes arising under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein will be the County of Pinellas, State of Florida.