Hearings The Hearing Officer shall hold hearings on a quarterly basis unless there are no appeals to hear or the parties agree to pend any open appeals. All materials considered in the position review shall be submitted to the Hearing Officer prior to the hearing and neither party will submit evidence at the hearing that was not submitted during the position review. The Hearing Officer shall endeavor to hold multiple hearings each day, and shall issue a concise decision which shall be final and binding. The Hearing Officer shall have no authority to alter the terms and conditions of this contract. Employees may be represented at the hearing and will be released from work with no loss of pay to attend the hearing. The Hearing Officer's fees and expenses shall be shared equally by the parties.
Meetings and Hearings All meetings and hearings under this procedure shall not be conducted in public and shall include only such parties in interest and their designated or selected representatives, heretofore referred to in this Article.
Arbitration Hearing An Arbitration Hearing will be held within thirty (30) days after the Administrative Conference if no discovery is taken, or within thirty (30) days after the close of discovery, unless all parties and the Panel agree to extend the Arbitration Hearing date, or unless the parties agree in writing to waive the Arbitration Hearing. The parties may mutually agree on the location of the Arbitration Hearing. If the parties fail to agree, the Arbitration Hearing shall be held in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other location determined by the Presiding Arbitrator to be most convenient to the participants. The Panel will determine the date(s) and time(s) of the Arbitration Hearing(s) after consultation with all parties and shall provide reasonable notice thereof to all parties or their representatives.
Filings; Other Actions; Notification (a) The Company and Parent shall, subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement and applicable Laws and Orders to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as possible, including (i) preparing and filing all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (and in any event, by filing within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement the notifications, filings and other information required to be filed under the HSR Act and as promptly as practicable in the case of all other filings required under any Foreign Competition Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, which are set forth Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter) and to obtain as expeditiously as possible all consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) satisfying the conditions to consummating the Merger, (iii) defending any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, (iv) obtaining (and cooperating with each other in obtaining) any consent, approval of, waiver or any exemption by, any non-governmental third party, in each case, to the extent necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the Merger and (v) executing and delivering any reasonable additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to Section 6.6(c), in the event that the parties receive a request for information or documentary material pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws (a “Second Request”), unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to submit an appropriate response to, and to certify compliance with, such Second Request as promptly as practicable, and counsel for both parties will closely cooperate during the entirety of any such Second Request review process. Neither Party shall agree to extend any waiting period under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity to delay the transactions contemplated hereby except with prior written consent of the other Party. None of the Parties shall knowingly take, cause or permit to be taken or omit to take any action which such party reasonably expects is likely to materially delay or prevent consummation of the contemplated transactions, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties. As used in this Agreement, the term “Antitrust Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act of 1914, the HSR Act and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and other Laws and Orders that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or competition.
Filings; Other Actions Each of NAPW, PDN and Merger Sub shall use reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken such actions as may be required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal securities Laws, any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws and any stock exchange requirements in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC the Information Statement; provided, however, that prior to the filing of the Information Statement, PDN shall consult with NAPW with respect to such filings and shall afford NAPW and its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. The parties hereto shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Information Statement to be mailed to PDN’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date on which the Information Statement is cleared by the SEC. NAPW shall provide PDN with any information for inclusion in the Information Statement that may be required under applicable Law or that is reasonably requested by PDN. PDN shall notify NAPW of the receipt of comments from the SEC and of any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Information Statement or for additional information, and will promptly supply to NAPW and its counsel copies of all correspondence between PDN or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Information Statement. Each of NAPW, PDN and Merger Sub shall use reasonable best efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Information Statement and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. Each of NAPW, PDN and Merger Sub agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Information Statement which shall have become false or misleading in any material respect. NAPW will promptly notify PDN if at any time prior to the Closing any event should occur which is required by applicable Law to be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Information Statement. In such case, the parties will cooperate to promptly prepare and file such amendment or supplement with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law and will mail such amendment or supplement to PDN’s stockholders to the extent required by applicable Law; provided, however, that prior to such filing, each party shall consult with each other party with respect to such amendment or supplement and shall afford each such party and its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the forgoing, no party shall have any obligation to notify the other parties of any matters to the extent that its board of directors or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that to do so would be inconsistent with the directors’ exercise of their fiduciary obligations to its stockholders under applicable Law.
Filings; Other Action (a) The Company shall cooperate with APP to promptly prepare and file with the SEC the Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form S-4 (or other appropriate Forms) to be filed by APP in connection with its Initial Public Offering and offering of the shares of APP Common Stock to the Target Interest Holders pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Agreements (including the prospectus constituting parts thereof, the "Registration Statements"). APP shall obtain all necessary state securities law or "Blue Sky" permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall cooperate with APP in the preparation of the Registration Statements and shall furnish all information concerning the Company and NewCo as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action in a timely manner.
(b) The Company and APP and each separately represent and warrant that (i) in the case of the Company, none of the written information or documents supplied or to be supplied by it specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statements, by exhibit or otherwise and (ii) in the case of APP, will, at the time the Registration Statements and each amendment and supplement thereto, if any, becomes effective under the Securities Act, none of them contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company shall be entitled to review the Registration Statements and each of the amendments thereto, if any, prior to the time each becomes effective under the Securities Act. The Company shall have no responsibility for information contained in the Registration Statements except for information provided by the Company specifically for inclusion therein. The Company's review of the Registration Statements shall not diminish or otherwise affect the representations, covenants and warranties of APP contained in this Agreement.
(c) The Company shall, upon request, furnish APP with all information concerning itself, its subsidiaries, directors, officers, partners, Stockholders and NewCo, and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by APP in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statements and each of the amendments or supplements thereto, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of each such party or any of its subsidiaries to any governmental entity in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Printing of Contract Each party agrees to assume the responsibility and associated costs of printing of their contract, unless the parties mutually agree to do otherwise.
Settlement Discussions This Agreement is part of a proposed settlement of matters that could otherwise be the subject of litigation among the Parties hereto. Nothing herein shall be deemed an admission of any kind. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any applicable state rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating thereto shall not be admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than to prove the existence of this Agreement or in a proceeding to enforce the terms of this Agreement.
Litigation History There shall be no consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the Tenderer, in the last (Specify years). All parties to the contract shall furnish the information in the appropriate form about any litigation or arbitration resulting from contracts completed or ongoing under its execution over the year’s specified. A consistent history of awards against the Tenderer or any member of a JV may result in rejection of the tender.
Corporate Documents; Proceedings; etc (a) On the Effective Date, the Agents shall have received a certificate, with sufficient copies for each Bank, dated as of the Effective Date, signed by an Authorized Officer and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each Credit Party, together with copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of such Credit Party and the resolutions of such Credit Party referred to in such certificate, and the foregoing shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agents.
(b) All corporate and legal proceedings and all material instruments and agreements in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agents and the Required Banks, and the Agents shall have received all information and copies of all documents and papers, including records of corporate proceedings, governmental approvals, good standing certificates and bring-down telegrams or facsimiles, if any, which the Agents reasonably may have requested in connection therewith, such documents and papers where appropriate to be certified by proper corporate or Governmental Authorities.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received from Holdings and each Credit Party an incumbency certificate, dated as of the Effective Date and signed by the Authorized Officers, giving the name and bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall sign, in the name and on behalf of each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, each of the Credit Documents and related agreements.
