Intercompany Arrangements (a) Except as set forth in Section 5.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and except for this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the agreements specifically referred to therein as remaining outstanding after the Closing, all intercompany and intracompany accounts, indebtedness, transactions or Contracts between the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries or with respect to the TS Business), on the other hand, shall be cancelled, settled, offset, capitalized or otherwise eliminated prior to the determination of Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Cash Purchase Price, without any consideration or further liability to any party and without the need for any further documentation, prior to the Closing.
(b) The Parties recognize and acknowledge that the Enterprise-Wide Contracts set forth in Section 5.5(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules relate to both the TS Business and the Retained Business. All Enterprise-Wide Contracts shall be retained by the Seller. Following the date hereof, to the extent requested by the Buyer, the Seller and the Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate a new Contract for the benefit of the Buyer and its Affiliates (including the Companies and their Subsidiaries) with respect to the matters covered by such Enterprise-Wide Contracts. The terms and conditions of any Contract or arrangement applicable to the TS Business entered into pursuant to this Section 5.5(b) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller shall be under no obligation to obtain alternative Contracts with an equivalent level of pricing or other terms as provided in the Enterprise-Wide Contract sought to be obtained for the benefit of the Buyer. In the event that the Parties are not able to obtain any such new Contract, then the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Transition Services Agreement to include, as a Service (as defined in the Transition Services Agreement), for such time as is reasonably necessary for the TS Business to obtain a new Contract covering such products and services, which period shall be set forth in the Transition Services Agreement, either (x) the products and services provided under such Contract or (y) reasonable alternative arrangements which permit the Buyer to continue operating the TS Business in substantially the same manner as currently conducted. The Buyer shall bear all costs and expenses incurred with Persons (other than the Seller or any of its Affiliates) that are parties to Enterprise-Wide Contracts with respect to any such efforts described in this Section 5.5(b).
(c) From and after the Closing, if either Party receives any (a) funds or any other assets intended for or otherwise the property of the other Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the receiving Party shall promptly (i) notify and (ii) forward such funds or other assets to, the other Party (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge and agree that there is no right of offset with respect to such funds or other assets, whether in connection with a dispute under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or otherwise) or (b) mail, courier package, facsimile transmission, purchase order, invoice, service request or other document intended for or otherwise the property of the other Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the receiving Party shall promptly (i) notify and (ii) forward such mail, packages, transmission, order, invoice, request or other document to, the other Party.
Business Arrangements Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has granted rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that affects the exclusive right of the Company or such subsidiary to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products.
Tax Arrangements 47.1 Where the Contractor is liable to be taxed in the UK in respect of consideration received under this contract, it shall at all times comply with the Income Tax (Earnings and Xxxxxxxx) Xxx 0000 (ITEPA) and all other statutes and regulations relating to income tax in respect of that consideration.
47.2 Where the Contractor is liable to National Insurance Contributions (NICs) in respect of consideration received under this Framework Agreement, it shall at all times comply with the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Xxx 0000 (SSCBA) and all other statutes and regulations relating to NICs in respect of that consideration.
47.3 The Authority may, at any time during the term of this Framework Agreement, request the Contractor to provide information which demonstrates how the Contractor complies with sub-clauses 47.1 and 47.2 above or why those clauses do not apply to it.
47.4 A request under sub-clause 47.3 above may specify the information which the Contractor must provide and the period within which that information must be provided.
Intercompany Agreements (a) Except as set forth in Section 6.07(b), in furtherance of the releases and other provisions of Section 8.01, Newmark and each member of the Newmark Group, on the one hand, and BGC Partners and each member of the BGC Partners Group, on the other hand, hereby terminate any and all Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings, whether or not in writing, between or among Newmark and/or any member of the Newmark Group, on the one hand, and BGC Partners and/or any member of the BGC Partners Group, on the other hand, effective as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time. No such terminated Contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (including any provision thereof which purports to survive termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Distribution Effective Time. Each Party shall, at the reasonable request of the other Party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.07(a) shall not apply to any of the following Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings (or to any of the provisions thereof): (i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be entered into by any of the Parties or any of the members of their respective Groups or to be continued from and after the Distribution Effective Time); (ii) any Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings listed or described on Schedule 6.07(b)(ii); and (iii) any Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other than a member of the BGC Partners Group or the Newmark Group is a party thereto.
(c) All of the intercompany accounts payable or accounts receivable between any member of the BGC Partners Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Newmark Group, on the other hand, accrued as of the IPO Closing Date that are reflected in the books and records of the Parties or otherwise documented in writing in accordance with past practices shall, as promptly as practicable after the IPO Closing Date (and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter), be net settled in cash by means of cash payments, a dividend, capital contribution, a combination of the foregoing, or otherwise as determined by BGC Partners in its sole and absolute discretion.
Escrow Arrangements Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement to be entered into among Millxx, xxe Company, Buyer and the Escrow Agent, the portion of the Remaining Purchase Price specified in SECTION 2.6(c) shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent at Closing in immediately available funds. Such monies (which, together with all interest accrued thereon, is hereinafter referred to as the "ESCROW SUM") shall be held pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement for payment from such Escrow Sum of the amounts, if any, owing by the Company and/or Millxx xx Buyer pursuant to the indemnification provisions of ARTICLE VIII below. At the conclusion of the period ending ten days after completion of the Post Closing AA Review and the resolution of any disputes therein pursuant to SECTION 2.9 below, the Escrow Sum shall be reduced to an amount equal to the sum of $1,000,000 in cash, plus the amount, if any, reserved, but not then paid or resolved, pursuant to claims made against the Escrow Sum by Buyer pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement (such amount of reduction in the Escrow Sum being referred to as the "ESCROW SUM REDUCTION") and (ii) on April 17, 2000 (such period being referred to herein as the "ESCROW PERIOD"), such remaining portion of the Escrow Sum not theretofore claimed by or paid to Buyer in accordance with the terms of Escrow Agreement and this Agreement (together with any interest on such remaining portion of the Escrow Sum) shall be disbursed to the Company or Millxx. Xxe Company, Millxx xxx Buyer agree that each will execute and deliver such reasonable instruments and documents as are furnished by any other party to enable such furnishing party to receive all disbursements pursuant to the Escrow Sum Reduction or at the expiration of the Escrow Period which the furnishing party is entitled under the provisions of the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement.
Closing Arrangements Where each of the Seller and Buyer retain a lawyer to complete the Agreement of Purchase and Sale of the property, and where the transaction will be completed by electronic registration pursuant to Part III of the Land Registration Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter L4 and the Electronic Registration Act, S.O. 1991, Chapter 44, and any amendments thereto, the Seller and Buyer acknowledge and agree that the exchange of closing funds, non-registrable documents and other items (the “Requisite Deliveries”) and the release thereof to the Seller and Buyer will (a) not occur at the same time as the registration of the transfer/deed (and any other documents intended to be registered in connection with the completion of this transaction) and (b) be subject to conditions whereby the lawyer(s) receiving any of the Requisite Deliveries will be required to hold same in trust and not release same except in accordance with the terms of a document registration agreement between the said lawyers. The Seller and Buyer irrevocably instruct the said lawyers to be bound by the document registration agreement which is recommended from time to time by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Unless otherwise agreed to by the lawyers, such exchange of the Requisite Deliveries will occur in the applicable Land Titles Office or such other location agreeable to both lawyers.
Voting Arrangements 1.1. On any matter on which any Shares are entitled to vote, each Class B Stockholder shall vote all of the respective Shares over which such Class B Stockholder has voting control and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such respective Class B Stockholder’s control (including in his or her capacity as a stockholder, trustee or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum and/or execution of written consents in lieu of meetings) to vote all such Shares that may be voted on such matter as follows:
(a) in accordance with the determination of the Xxxxx Family Committee, acting by Majority Vote, except in the case of (i) a vote on a Going-Private Transaction, in which case acting by a Two-Thirds Majority Vote (it being understood and agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require any Class B Stockholder to participate, directly or indirectly, as a buyer in any Going-Private Transaction) and (ii) a vote on a transaction that would result in a Change in Control, in which case acting by a Supermajority Vote; provided that, with respect to any Excluded Trust, the decisions of the Xxxxx Family Committee will be deemed non-binding recommendations and nothing in this Section 1.1(a) shall require the Trustees of the Excluded Trusts to act in accordance with the determination of the Xxxxx Family Committee; and
(b) with respect to any Excluded Trusts, in accordance with the determination of Excluded Trusts holding a majority of the Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts, except in the case of a vote on a Going-Private Transaction or a transaction that would result in a Change of Control, in which case in accordance with the determination of Excluded Trusts holding two-thirds of the Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts, in each case that are voted at a meeting of the Excluded Trusts; provided that (i) at least a majority of the then outstanding Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts is represented at such meeting (including by proxy), (ii) all Excluded Trusts have been duly notified, or have waived notice, of such meeting in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 4.2 (in analogous application thereof), (iii) such meeting may be attended telephonically or by other means by virtue of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and (iv) notwithstanding the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Excluded Trusts may be taken without a meeting if Excluded Trusts representing a majority or, in the case of a Going-Private Transaction or a transaction that would result in a Change of Control, two-thirds of the then outstanding Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts consent thereto in writing.
1.2. In order to secure each Class B Stockholder’s obligation to vote its, his or her Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.1, each Class B Stockholder, other than any Excluded Trust, hereby appoints such person as shall be designated in connection with each vote pursuant to Section 1.1 by the Xxxxx Family Committee (such person, the “Applicable Proxy”), as its, his or her true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to vote all of such Class B Stockholder’s Shares as provided for in Section 1.1. The Applicable Proxy may exercise the irrevocable proxy granted to it hereunder at any time any Class B Stockholder fails to comply with the provisions of Section 1.1. The proxies and powers granted by each Class B Stockholder pursuant to this Section 1.2 are coupled with an interest and are given to secure the performance of the obligations under this Agreement. Such proxies and powers will be irrevocable until terminated as provided in this Section 1.2 or the termination of this Agreement and will survive the death, incompetency and disability of each such Class B Stockholder who is an individual and the existence of each such Class B Stockholder that is a trust or other entity. It is understood and agreed that the Applicable Proxy will not use such irrevocable proxy unless a Class B Stockholder fails to comply with Section 1.1 and that, to the extent the Applicable Proxy uses such irrevocable proxy, it will only vote such Shares with respect to the matters specified in, and in accordance with the provisions of, Section 1.1.
1.3. In the event any action is taken by written consent pursuant to Section 1.1(b), the other Class B Stockholders shall be promptly notified of such written consent and such written consent shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Class B Stockholders.
1.4. The Trustees of the Excluded Trusts will discuss their voting intentions with the Xxxxx Family Committee in advance of any vote by the Class B Stockholders.
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Working Arrangements (i) The former industry practice whereby all Employees on site working in direct sunlight were relocated to shaded or air- conditioned areas when the temperature reached 32°C, will no longer operate.
(ii) At temperatures below 35°C workers are not to be relocated out of direct sunlight unless the work environment creates a serious risk to their health and safety, having regard to the nature of the tasks being undertaken, provided that the task or activity being performed is completed and the penalty provisions as for emergency work under the Award shall apply.
(iii) Once the temperature reaches 35°C work will cease, and workers may leave the site, provided that the task or activity being performed is completed and the penalty provisions as for emergency work under the Award shall apply.
(iv) During periods of hot weather, work in air conditioned environments shall continue as normal. Workers will walk a reasonable distance through the open to and from amenities and the air-conditioned work space, provided it does not pose a serious threat to their health or safety. Alternatively, where the Employer can artificially ventilate covered spaces onsite and reduce the temperature to below 35°C, work may continue as normal subject to consultation and agreement with affected Employees to comply with the provisions of this clause.
(v) By agreement with the OH&S committee and head contractor during periods of inclement weather (heat) the Saturday break roster can be applied to weekday work.
Equity Arrangements On the Change of Control, and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan, the Second Amended and Restated 1996 Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan or the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (or any plans that may become the successors to such plans) and any equity incentive agreements entered into between the Company and the Executive pursuant to such plans or otherwise, cause any unexercisable installments of any equity of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company held by the Executive pursuant to any such equity incentive agreement on the Executive’s last date of employment with the Company that have not expired to become exercisable, or in the case of any then effective restrictions on the vesting of any equity of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company held by the Executive pursuant to any such equity incentive agreement, to cause such restrictions to lapse, as the case may be, on the Change of Control; and
