Feasibility Period (a) For a Feasibility Period of ninety (90) days from the date hereof (the "Feasibility Period"), Buyer is granted the right to conduct physical inspections, tests and investigations of the Premises in such a manner as not to inconvenience the tenants and to review copies of the Leases, Service Contracts, bills for calendar years 1994 and 1995 for real estate taxes, utilities (water, sewer, gas and electric) insurance premiums and trash removal pertaining to the Premises. At any time during said Feasibility Period, Buyer shall have the right, for any reason whatsoever, to cancel and terminate this Agreement by serving written notice thereof upon Seller on or before the expiration of said Feasibility Period; if Buyer elects to terminate this Agreement as permitted herein, then this Agreement shall be cancelled and terminated and the Deposit, together with interest earned thereon, shall be returned to Buyer and neither party hereunder shall have any further liability or obligation to the other hereunder except with respect to the indemnifications contained in this Xxxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxxxx 5(e) and Paragraph 22; if Buyer fails to exercise its right to terminate this Agreement as permitted herein, then said right shall automatically lapse, terminate and become null and void. Buyer shall indemnify and save harmless the Seller from any liability, loss, cost or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) arising from or in connection with such inspection and/or entry upon the Premises; said indemnification shall survive Closing and/or termination of this Agreement."
3. All references in the Agreement of Sale to the "Extended Feasibility Period" are hereby deleted.
4. Except as specifically set forth herein, the Agreement of Sale remains effective in accordance with its terms.
Break Period All employees working in full time (7 or 7.5 hour) positions shall be permitted a fifteen (15) minute rest period both in the first half and the second half of a shift.
Study Period (a) The Buyer shall have the right, upon prior reasonable written notice to the Seller to examine the books and records relating to the Property, to enter upon the Land and to perform, at the Buyer’s expense, such economic, surveying, engineering, environmental, topographic and marketing tests, studies and investigations as the Buyer may deem appropriate, taking care to cause minimal interference with the business conducted on the Property; provided that (i) no invasive testing may be conducted without the Seller’s prior written consent, which may be withheld by the Seller in its sole discretion, and (ii) none of the Buyer or any of its representatives, lender, consultants and agents shall (x) cause any damage or make any physical changes to any of the Property or (y) intentionally or unreasonably interfere with the rights of Hotel guests or others who may have a legal right to use or occupy the Property or (z) otherwise intentionally or unreasonably interfere with the operation of the Property. The Seller or its representatives shall have the right to be present to observe any testing or other inspection performed on any of the Property. If for any reason, or no reason, the Buyer notifies the Seller, in writing, prior to 5:00 p.m. Central Time on the last day of the Study Period that it has determined not to proceed to Closing, this Agreement automatically shall terminate, the Xxxxxxx Money shall be immediately returned to the Buyer, and, upon return of the Xxxxxxx Money, the Buyer and the Seller shall have no further rights, liabilities or obligations hereunder (except as expressly survive the termination of this Agreement).
(b) Promptly after the Effective Date, and throughout the term of this Agreement as any of the materials listed in Schedule B become available to the Seller or are amended or updated, (to the extent not previously provided or made available to the Buyer) the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer, copies of such materials which are in, or come into, the Seller’s possession or control.
(c) Buyer hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Seller, and its employees, guests, contractors, tenants, manager and their respective invitees harmless from all personal injury or property damage suffered or incurred by or claimed against the foregoing arising directly out of any due diligence activities conducted or the entry upon the Land by any of Buyer, its representatives, lenders, consultant or agents, provided, however, such indemnity shall not cover liability arising from pre-existing conditions unless such pre-existing conditions are exacerbated by the Buyer or its consultants, agents, contractors, employees or representatives, in which case the Buyer shall be liable for and to the extent of the exacerbated condition and not the pre-existing condition. The Buyer, at its own expense, shall restore any damage to the Property caused by any of the tests or studies made by the Buyer, or its agents or contractors, but specifically excluding restoring or correcting any environmental or other damage to the Real Property that is discovered as a result of such tests or studies. The Buyer and any of its agents and contractors shall maintain at all times during their entry upon any of the Property for the purpose of conducting any due diligence activities, commercial general liability insurance with limits of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) combined single limit, bodily injury, death and property damage insurance per occurrence. Upon the Seller’s request, Buyer (or its agents or contractor) will deliver a certificate issued by the insurance carrier of each such policy to the Seller prior to any entry upon any Property.
(d) The Buyer’s obligations under this SECTION 3.1 shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the Closing of the transaction contemplated herein.
Exclusivity Period During the Exclusivity Period, each Party:
(a) shall and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives to, work exclusively with the other Parties to implement the Transaction, including to (i) evaluate the Target; (ii) formulate any amendments to the terms of the Proposal, if applicable; (iii) prepare and submit to the Target the Merger Agreement; (iv) conduct negotiations, prepare and finalize the Documentation in the forms to be agreed by the Parties and (v) vote, or cause to be voted, at every shareholder meeting (whether by written consent or otherwise) all Securities against any Competing Proposal or matter that would facilitate a Competing Proposal and in favor of the Transaction;
(b) shall not, without the written consent of the other Parties, directly or indirectly, either alone or with or through any of its Affiliates or Representatives: (i) make a Competing Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of any Competing Proposal (including through any rollover investment therein); (ii) provide any information to any third party with a view to the third party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue a Competing Proposal; (iii) finance or offer to finance any Competing Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt finance, or contribution of Securities or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Competing Proposal; (iv) enter into any written or oral agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether legally binding or not) regarding, or do, anything which is directly inconsistent with the Transaction as contemplated under this Agreement; (v) acquire (other than pursuant to share incentive plans of the Target) or dispose of any Securities, or directly or indirectly (A) sell, offer to sell, give, pledge, encumber, assign, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise transfer or dispose of, or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of, an interest in any Securities (“Transfer”) or permit the Transfer by any of their respective Affiliates of an interest in any Securities, in each case, except as expressly contemplated under this Agreement and the Documentation, (B) enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to a Transfer or limitation on voting rights of any of the Securities, or any right, title or interest thereto or therein, or (C) deposit any Securities into a voting trust or grant any proxies or enter into a voting agreement, power of attorney or voting trust with respect to any Securities, (vi) take any action that would have the effect of preventing, disabling or delaying the Party from performing its obligations under this Agreement; or (vii) solicit, encourage, facilitate, induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any other person regarding the matters described in Section 5.01(a) or (b);
(c) shall immediately cease and terminate, and cause to be ceased and terminated, all existing activities, discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications (whether conducted by it or any of its Affiliates or Representatives) with all persons conducted heretofore with respect to a Competing Proposal; and
(d) shall promptly notify the other Parties if it, its Affiliates or any of its Representatives receives any approach or communication with respect to any Competing Proposal, promptly disclose to the other Parties the identity of any other persons involved and the nature and content of such approach or communication and promptly provide copies of any such written Competing Proposal.
Work Period The normal work period shall consist of forty (40) hours of work within a seven (7) day period or eighty (80) hours of work within a fourteen (14) day period.
Duty-Free Lunch Period All teachers shall be entitled to a thirty-five (35) minute duty free lunch period.
Duty Year A. The duty year for teachers shall not exceed 187 days, including days for professional activities.
B. Except when school is delayed due to inclement weather, all bargaining unit members shall be released two and one-half (2.5) hours early on the workdays preceding the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
C. Bargaining unit members shall be provided with time within the work year for the following duties and responsibilities: Parent Conferences:
1. Two (2) days for parent conferences 2. Staff Development:
a. Two (2) days prior to the start of school shall be used for professional and staff development activities, as determined by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
b. Half-days within the workday and throughout the work year, as determined by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
week period If an employee fails to return at the end of the family care or medical leave, the CSU may require repayment of insurance premiums paid during the unpaid portion of the leave. The CSU shall not require repayment of premiums if the employee's failure to return is due to his/her serious health condition or due to circumstances beyond the employee's control.
Inspection Period Purchaser shall have a period of time commencing on the Effective Date and expiring at 5:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas time on June 17, 1998 (the "Inspection Period") within which to examine the Property and to conduct its feasibility study thereof. Seller agrees that, during the Inspection Period, Seller will allow Purchaser and Purchaser's agents access to the Property during normal business hours to conduct soil and engineering, hazardous waste, marketing, feasibility, zoning and other studies or tests and to otherwise determine the feasibility of the Property for Purchaser's intended use; provided, however, that prior to conducting any invasive testing with respect to the Land or Improvements, or any tests or studies which could cause any damage to the Land or Improvements, Purchaser must advise Seller in writing (which notice shall state in reasonable detail the nature and extent of such proposed testing) of its intent to conduct such tests or studies and Seller may, in its reasonable discretion, refuse to approve any such tests or studies, in which event Purchaser's sole remedy shall be to terminate this Contract pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof and receive a refund of the Xxxxxxx Money Deposit, all as provided in said Section 5.2. Seller agrees that, during the Inspection Period, Seller will allow Purchaser and Purchaser's agents to conduct interviews with the Tenants set forth on Schedule 5.1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and with those certain Tenants which Purchaser notifies Seller in writing during the Inspection Period that Purchaser desires to conduct interviews and which Seller consents to, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that such interviews shall take place during normal business hours after reasonable notice (which may be by telephone) to Seller, and such interviews shall be conducted only in the presence of one of Seller's representatives. Not withstanding the foregoing, (a) the costs and expenses of Purchaser's investigation shall be borne solely by Purchaser, (b) prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period, Purchaser shall restore the Property to the condition which existed prior to Purchaser's entry thereon and investigation thereof to the extent the condition of the Property was affected by or as a result of the actions of Purchaser or its agents, contractors or representatives, (c) Purchaser shall not, in Seller's reasonable opinion, materially interfere, interrupt or disrupt the operation of Seller's business on the Property and, further, such access by Purchaser and/or its agents shall be subject to the rights of Tenants under Tenant Leases, (d) in the event the transaction contemplated by this Contract does not close for any reason, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a descriptive listing of all tests, reports and inspections conducted by Purchaser with respect to the Property and deliver copies thereof to Seller (excluding, however, any proprietary development or marketing materials), (e) Purchaser shall not permit any mechanic's or materialman's liens or any other liens to attach to the Property by reason of the performance of any work or the purchase of any materials by Purchaser or any other party on Purchaser's behalf in connection with any studies or tests conducted pursuant to this Section 5.1, (f) Purchaser shall give notice (which may be by telephone) to Seller a reasonable time prior to entry onto the Property and shall permit Seller to have a representative present during all investigations and inspections conducted with respect to the Property, and (g) Purchaser shall take all reasonable actions and implement all protections necessary to ensure that all actions taken in connection with the investigations and inspections of the Property, and all equipment, materials and substances generated, used or brought onto the Property pose no material threat to the safety of persons or the environment and cause no damage to the Property or other property of Seller or other persons. All information made available by Seller to Purchaser in accordance with this Contract or obtained by Purchaser in the course of its investigations shall be treated as confidential information by Purchaser, and, prior to the purchase of the Property by Purchaser, Purchaser shall use its best efforts to prevent its agents and employees from divulging such information to any third parties except (i) as reasonably necessary to third parties engaged by Purchaser for the limited purpose of analyzing and investigating such information for the purpose of consummating the transaction contemplated by this Contract, including Purchaser's attorneys and representatives, prospective lenders and engineers or (ii) as may required by applicable law, unless such information is generally available to the public or is disclosed by a party other than Purchaser or its agents. Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless for, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, liens, losses, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) incident to, resulting from or in any way arising out of any of Purchaser's and its agents', contractors' and representatives' activities on the Property, including, without limitation, any tests or inspections conducted by Purchaser or its agents, contractors or representatives on the Property. The agreements contained in this Section 5.1 shall survive the Closing and not be merged therein and shall also survive any termination of this Contract.
Probation Period It is understood and agreed that the first ninety days of employment shall constitute a probationary period during which period the Employer may, in its absolute discretion, terminate the Employee's employment, for any reason without notice or cause.
