Other Undertakings To protect the interests of the Company and its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries (individually, an “IMS Company” and collectively, the “IMS Companies”), including the confidential information of the IMS Companies and the confidential information of their respective customers, data suppliers, prospective customers and other companies with which the IMS Companies have a business relationship, and in consideration of the covenants and promises and other valuable consideration described in this Agreement, the Company and the Participant agree as follows:
(a) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is bound by the confidentiality and other covenants contained in one or more restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements that he or she has executed with an IMS Company, which covenants and agreements are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive any exercise, expiration, forfeiture or other termination of this Agreement or the SARs issuable hereunder. The Participant also acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be an affiliate for purposes of such restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements.
(b) The Participant acknowledges that the opportunity to participate in the Plan and the financial benefits that may accrue from such participation, is good, valuable and sufficient consideration for the following:
(i) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is and will remain bound by the non-competition, non-solicitation and other covenants contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that he or she has executed with any of the IMS Companies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(ii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees that the period during which the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in such agreement(s) will apply following a termination of Employment shall be extended from twelve (12) months to eighteen (18) months; provided, however, that the remedies available for breach of any non-competition or non-solicitation covenants during such extended six-month period shall be limited to the following: (x) to the extent then outstanding, the forfeiture of the SARs for no consideration, and (y) to the extent the SARs have been exercised on or after the date that is 18 months before Participant’s cessation of Employment, with respect to the shares of Stock issued upon such exercise (including shares withheld for taxes), the Participant shall pay to the Company an amount equal to (A) the aggregate fair market value of such shares of Stock as of the date of exercise, plus (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate proceeds of all sales of such shares of Stock over the amount described under subsection (A) above. (For this purpose, the Participant’s earliest sales of shares following such exercise will be deemed sales of the shares acquired upon such exercise.) The Company shall also be entitled to the foregoing remedies in the event of a material breach of any confidentiality, non-disclosure or other similar covenant contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that the Participant has executed with an IMS Company.
(iii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees to the Company’s application, implementation and enforcement of (a) such policy set forth in Section 8(b)(ii) of this Agreement and (b) any provision of applicable law or Company policy relating to cancellation, recoupment, rescission or payback of compensation and expressly agrees that the Company may take such actions as are necessary to effectuate such policy (as applicable to the Participant) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by the Participant. For purposes of the foregoing, the Participant expressly and explicitly authorizes the Company to issue instructions, on the Participant’s behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party administrator engaged by the Company to hold Participant’s shares of Stock and other amounts acquired under the Plan to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such shares of Stock and/or other amounts to the Company. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement and such policy conflict, the terms of such policy shall prevail.
(iv) By accepting the SARs, the Participant consents to one or more deductions from any amounts any IMS Company owes the Participant from time to time in an aggregate amount equal to all amounts described in subsection (ii) above, to the extent such deductions are permitted by applicable law. Any such deduction from an amount that constitutes a deferral of compensation under Code Section 409A may only take place at the time the amount would otherwise be payable to the Participant, except to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.
Further Undertakings The Parties agree to promptly execute the documents which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement, and to take further actions which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement.
Negative undertakings The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, they will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks):
8.3.1 Negative pledge permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist, arise or be created or extended over all or any part of their respective present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues to secure or prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or obligation of any Relevant Party or any other person;
Financial Undertakings The Borrower will not enter into or remain liable upon, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to enter into or remain liable upon, any Financial Undertaking, except to the extent required to protect the Borrower and its Subsidiaries against increases in interest payable by them under variable interest Indebtedness.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
COMPLIANCE UNDERTAKINGS 6.1. The Fund undertakes to comply with Subchapter M and Section 817(h) of the Code, and all regulations issued thereunder.
6.2. The Company shall amend the Contracts Registration Statements under the 1933 Act and the Account's Registration Statement under the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect the continuous offering of the Contracts or as may otherwise be required by applicable law. The Company shall register and qualify the Contracts for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.3. The Fund shall amend the Fund Registration Statement under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect for so long as Fund shares are sold the continuous offering of Fund shares as described in the then currently effective Fund Prospectus. The Fund shall register and qualify Fund shares for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.4. The Company shall be responsible for assuring that any prospectus offering a Contract that is a life insurance contract where it is reasonably possible that such Contract would be deemed a "modified endowment contract," as that term is defined in Section 7702A of the Code, will describe the circumstances under which a Contract could be treated as a modified endowment contract (or policy).
6.5. To the extent that it decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund undertakes to have a Fund Board of Directors, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the Fund, formulate and approve any plan under Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution expenses.
(a) When appropriate in order to inform the Fund of any applicable state-mandated investment restrictions with which the Fund must comply, the Company shall arrange with the Fund to amend Schedule 3, pursuant to the requirements of Article XI.
(b) Should the Fund become aware of any restrictions which may be appropriate for inclusion in Schedule 3, the Company shall be informed immediately of the substance of those restrictions.
Positive Undertakings At all times until full discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Issuer covenants with the Security Trustee that it shall:
(a) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of the occurrence of any event which results in any of the representations and warranties contained in Clause 5 (Representations and Warranties) hereof being untrue or inaccurate;
(b) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of any attachment (Pfändung) in respect of the Pledged Bonds or any part thereof, or any other event which may impair or jeopardise the Security Trustee's rights relating to the Pledged Bonds. In the event of any such attachment, the Issuer shall provide the Security Trustee without undue delay with a copy of the attachment order (Pfändungsbeschluss) and all other documents which are requested by the Security Trustee and which are necessary or expedient for a defence against such attachment. In addition, the Issuer shall inform the attaching creditor of the existence and effect of this Agreement;
(c) notify the Depo Bank without undue delay about the Pledge, by sending a notice by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), requesting the Depo Bank to acknowledge receipt of the notification by sending to the Security Trustee an acknowledgement, and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) within five Business Days after the date of this Agreement; such notification about, and acknowledgement of, the Pledge can also be made as part of any relevant agreement to which the Depo Bank is a party;
(d) if so requested by the Security Trustee, notify Clearstream within 5 Business Days after such request, or procure that Clearstream is notified by the Depo Bank within 5 Business Days after such request, of the Pledges over the Pledged Bonds and the pertinent co-ownership interests in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand), and in particular, the assignment of any claims against Clearstream for delivery of the certificates (Abtretung des Herausgabeanspruchs) representing such bonds by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) without undue delay; and
(e) use reasonable efforts to procure that, with respect to and/or in connection with the Pledged Bonds, the respective pertinent co-ownership interests of the Issuer in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand) and the Issuance Account, the Depo Bank waives or subordinates any right of retention and any right of set-off as well as any existing pledges, including, without limitation, any pledge existing by operation of the general business conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen) of the Depo Bank or otherwise in respect of the Issuance Accounts, if any, so that the Pledge will rank ahead of all other pledges affecting the Issuance Accounts, and to inform the Security Trustee accordingly.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
Additional Undertakings Pledgor will not, without the prior written consent of Pledgee:
(a) enter into any agreement amending, supplementing or waiving any provision of any Pledged Interests (including any Organizational Documents or regulations to which such Pledged Interests relate) or compromising or releasing or extending the time for payment of any obligation of the maker thereof, provided that the foregoing shall not be deemed to prohibit any amendment to an Organizational Documents which would not result in impairment of any Collateral or which would not have a material adverse effect;
(b) take or omit to take any action the taking or the omission of which would result in any impairment or alteration of (i) any obligation in respect of any Pledged Interests constituting Collateral or (ii) any other instrument constituting Collateral;
(c) cause or permit any change to be made in its name, identity, corporate structure or state of incorporation or formation, or any change to be made to a jurisdiction other than as represented in (i) the location of any Collateral, (ii) the location of any records concerning any Collateral or (iii) in the location of its place of business (or, if it has more than one place of business, its chief executive office), unless Pledgor shall have notified Pledgee of such change at least 5 business days prior to the effective date of such change, and shall have first taken all action, if any, reasonably required by Pledgee for the purpose of further perfecting or protecting the security interest in favor of Pledgee in the Collateral;
(d) permit the issuance of (i) any additional stock, membership, partnership or other equity interests or units of any class of additional stock, membership, partnership or other equity interests or units of any Pledged Interests Issuer (unless immediately upon such issuance the same are pledged and delivered to Pledgee pursuant to the terms hereof), (ii) any securities convertible voluntarily by the holder thereof or automatically upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any additional stock, membership, partnership or other equity interests or units of any Pledged Interests Issuer (unless immediately upon such issuance the same are pledged and delivered to Pledgee pursuant to the terms hereof) or (iii) any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments entitling any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such interests or units; or
(e) enter into any agreement creating, or otherwise permit to exist, any restriction or condition upon the transfer, voting or control of any Pledged Interests, except as contained in the Organizational Documents in effect as of the date hereof, or restrictions on transfers imposed by federal and state securities laws.
Covenants and Undertakings The Customer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and undertakes as follows:
(a) it shall promptly, after the occurrence thereof, give notice to the Bank of any Event of Default or event which with the passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, including the nature thereof and the steps being taken by the Customer to remedy or mitigate the effect of the Event of Default;
(b) it will not use any Account or carry out any Investments or Transactions for the purposes of money laundering, terrorist financing, drug trafficking or other illegal purposes or from funds/assets being proceeds of a predicate offence or obtained from other illicit, criminal or illegal activities, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
(c) it shall forward to the Bank such information or documents that the Bank may require from time to time, including but not limited to (where the Customer is a corporation) a copy of its audited financial statements immediately after they are issued but in any event within 5 months after the close of each of the Customer’s financial year;
(d) it further undertakes to notify the Bank immediately in the event that any order or warrant is issued against the Customer or any of its assets or (where the Customer is a trustee of the Trust) any of the assets of the Trust under the applicable AML/CFT laws and regulations;
(e) it shall obtain all the requisite regulatory and governmental approvals (if any) in connection with each Agreement, deliver a copy of the same to the Bank, including without limitation, the requisite exchange controls approvals to purchase foreign currencies to make a payment in respect of the Facilities or Indebtedness (if such approvals are required);
(f) it shall notify the Bank forthwith in writing of any changes in the information supplied in or in connection with the Agreement (including without limitation, information relating to itself or any Authorised Persons, and any change of address or of any appointment or revocation of the authority of any Authorised Persons);
(g) it shall notify the bank forthwith in writing of any or any intended, threatened or pending Insolvency Event in respect of any Obligor or (where the Customer is a trustee of the Trust) the Trust, or Associated Company;
(h) it shall be solely and fully responsible for the Customer’s tax affairs, filings, duties and obligations (including but not limited to its own tax filings and tax duties and obligations in the country of its residence/ incorporation or to any country which might consider it to be liable for taxes). The Customer shall ensure the accuracy of all information it provides to any tax authorities or governmental authorities (whether pursuant to any law, regulatory requirement, guidelines, directives or otherwise). The Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Bank shall not be responsible for the accuracy of such information whether provided by the Customer or not, including without limitation, any omission by the Customer to answer correctly and fully to its tax duties in the country of its residence/incorporation or to any country which might consider it as being liable for taxes; and
(i) it shall at all times comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. In particular but without limitation, the Customer acknowledges that it shall be responsible for ensuring that it complies with any applicable position reporting regulations.
