Customer Relations A. Actively promote DCP Holding Company in all Marketing, Sales, Public Relations, and Community activity.
Investor Relations Provide fair and accurate analysis of Dominion and its operating subsidiaries and its outlook within the financial community. Enhance Dominion’s position in the energy industry. Balance and diversify shareholder investment in Dominion through a wide range of activities. Provide feedback to Dominion and its operating subsidiaries regarding investor concerns, trading and ownerships. Hold periodic analysts meetings, and provide various operating data as requested or required by investors.
Labor Relations No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Customer Relationships The Executive understands and acknowledges that the Company has expended significant resources over many years to identify, develop, and maintain its clients. The Executive additionally acknowledges that the Company’s clients have had continuous and long-standing relationships with the Company and that, as a result of these close, long-term relationships, the Company possesses significant knowledge of and confidential information about its clients and their needs. Finally, the Executive acknowledges the Executive’s association and contact with these clients is derived solely from Executive’s employment with the Company. The Executive further acknowledges that the Company does business throughout the United States and that the Executive personally has significant contact with the Company’s clients and customers solely as a result of Executive’s relationship with the Company.
Labor Relations; Compliance No Acquired Company has been or is a party to any collective bargaining or other labor contract or agreement, and there has not been, there is not presently pending or existing, and there is not Threatened, (a) any strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, or employee grievance process, (b) any Proceeding against or affecting any Acquired Company relating to the alleged violation of any Legal Requirement pertaining to labor relations or employment matters, including any charge or complaint filed by an employee or union with the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any comparable Governmental Body, organizational activity, or other labor or employment dispute against or affecting any of the Acquired Companies or their premises, except as described in Part 3.21 of the Disclosure Letter, or (c) any application for certification of a collective bargaining agent. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that could provide the basis for any work stoppage or other labor dispute. There is no lockout of any employees by any Acquired Company, and no such action is contemplated by any Acquired Company. Each Acquired Company has complied in all respects with all Legal Requirements relating to employment, equal employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits, collective bargaining, the payment of social security and similar taxes, occupational safety and health, and plant closing. No Acquired Company is liable for the payment of any compensation, damages, Taxes, fines, penalties, or other amounts, however designated, for failure to comply with any of the foregoing Legal Requirements.
Investor Relations Firm Promptly after the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, the Company shall retain an investor relations firm with the expertise necessary to assist the Company both before and after the consummation of the Business Combination for a term to be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative.
Other Relationships No relationship created hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall in any way affect the ability of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to enter into or maintain business relationships with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates beyond the relationships specifically contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Advertising and Marketing The Retailer shall, commencing no later than October 1, 1999, and continuing during the Term, and any extensions thereof, at no cost to GSI provide for Complete URL Integration in its advertising and marketing by:
Labor Relations; Employees (i) The Company employs a total of approximately 20 employees, and Phase Three employs a total of approximately 220 employees. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (A) neither the Company, Phase Three nor SWI is delinquent in payments to any of its employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other direct compensation for any services performed by them to date or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees, (B) upon termination of the employment of any such employees, neither the Company, any subsidiary, Parent, Acquisition Sub nor the Surviving Corporation will by reason of anything done prior to the Closing be liable to any of such employees for so-called "severance pay" or any other payments, (C) there is no unfair labor practice complaint against the Company pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable Governmental Authority, and none of the Company's or any subsidiary's employment policies or practices is currently being audited or investigated by any federal, state or local government agency, (D) there is no labor strike, dispute, claim, charge, lawsuit, proceeding, labor slowdown or stoppage pending or threatened against or involving the Company, Phase Three or SWI, (E) no labor union has taken any action with respect to organizing the employees of the Company, Phase Three or SWI, (F) neither any grievance nor any arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending and no claim therefor has been asserted against the Company, Phase Three or SWI, and (G) no employee has informed any officer of the Company or Phase Three that such employee will terminate his or her employment or engagement with the Company, Phase Three or the Surviving Corporation. To the best knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any employee of the Company, Phase Three or SWI is in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement or any other contract or agreement relating to the relationship of such employee with the Company, Phase Three or SWI or any other party because of the nature of the business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, Phase Three or SWI. All individuals considered by the Company, Phase Three or SWI to be independent contractors are, and could only be reasonably considered to be, in fact "independent contractors" and are not "employees" or "Common law employees" for tax, benefits, wage, labor or any other legal purpose.
Independent Contractor Relationship Consultant and the Company are independent contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to place them in the relationship of partners, principal and agent, employer/employee or joint ventures. Neither party shall have the power or right to bind or obligate the other party, nor shall it hold itself out as having such authority.
