Accounting Standards The Subrecipient agrees to comply with 2 CFR 200 and agrees to adhere to the accounting principles and procedures required therein, utilize adequate internal controls, and maintain necessary source documentation for all costs incurred.
Accounting Principles Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, the same shall be done in accordance with GAAP, to the extent applicable, except where such principles are inconsistent with the requirements of this Agreement.
Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and the respective entities to which such financial statements relate (the “Covered Entities”) at the dates indicated and the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of the Covered Entities for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Any pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus under the Securities Act. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, if any, fairly present the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
Operating Standards (A) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall conduct the operation of their respective businesses related to the resale of the Product(s) in a clean and safe manner and shall otherwise conduct no business which could interfere with the sale of Product(s) or damage the goodwill of the Valero brand or the Marks. Without limiting the foregoing, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, fully comply with VMSC’s then current “Basic Operational Requirements” which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. Furthermore, without limiting any provision to the contrary herein, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall fully comply with VMSC’s “Commitment to Excellence Requirements”, which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. As of the Commencement Date, Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to participate in the Commitment to Excellence Program (“CTE Program”). The CTE Program provides that each Station meets the established Commitment to Excellence Requirements which consists of requirements from each of the following VMSC documents: VMSC’s Basic Image Requirements, Wholesale Branding Manual, and Basic Operational Requirements. VMSC reserves the right to amend, change, or otherwise modify the “Basic Operational Requirements”, “Commitment to Excellence Requirements” and the “CTE Program” from time to time, in VMSC’s sole and absolute discretion.
(B) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall comply with all Laws of any governing authority or agency having jurisdiction or purporting to have jurisdiction relating to the handling, storage, testing, sale, distribution, transportation, and/or use of the Product(s) and shall further comply with all rules, guidelines, and procedures of VMSC in connection with the loading, transportation, handling, storing, testing, selling, dispensing, and/or use of the Product(s).
(C) Subject to Paragraph 12 of this Agreement, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall continuously offer at least three grades of “Valero” branded gasoline at each Station.
(D) Distributor and its Dealer(s) will utilize and maintain updated point of sale systems as required by VMSC. VMSC also reserves the right to install, and Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to utilize, update and maintain, other automated systems, at Distributor’s cost, as required by VMSC, including but not limited, such systems necessary to poll, at frequencies determined by VMSC, each Station’s Product sales.
(E) VMSC may inspect or review compliance by Distributor and its Dealer(s) with the requirements of this Paragraph 8 in any reasonable manner that VMSC determines, including, but not limited to, announced and unannounced visits.
(F) Distributor expressly understands and agrees that a confidential relationship is established between VMSC and Distributor under this Agreement and that, as a result thereof, VMSC will be disclosing and transmitting to Distributor certain confidential and proprietary information in connection with the Distributor’s operation of the Station. Distributor hereby agrees that Distributor shall not, during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, communicate, divulge or use for the benefit of any other person, persons, partnership, association or corporation and, following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, shall not use for the benefit of Distributor, or any of its principals, any confidential information, knowledge or know-how concerning the methods of operation (including pricing) of the Station which may be communicated to Distributor or its principals or of which they may be apprised in connection with the operation of the Station(s) under the terms of this Agreement. Distributor shall divulge such confidential information only to such of Distributor’s employees as must have access to it in order to operate the Station(s). Any and all information, knowledge, know-how, techniques and any materials used in or related to the Station which VMSC provides to Distributor in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed confidential for purposes of this Agreement. Such confidential information does not include information that, at the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, was part of the public domain, nor information that, after the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, became part of the public domain through disclosure, publication or communication by persons other than Distributor or its employees. Distributor shall not at any time, without VMSC’s prior written consent, copy, duplicate, record or otherwise reproduce such materials or information, in whole or in part, nor otherwise make the same available to any unauthorized person.
(G) Distributor acknowledges that strict compliance with the terms and conditions of this Paragraph 8 is a material and important part of the consideration for this Agreement.
Guiding Principles This Agreement shall create a liberal, facilitative, transparent and competitive investment environment in ASEAN by adhering to the following principles:
(a) provide for investment liberalisation, protection, investment promotion and facilitation;
(b) progressive liberalisation of investment with a view towards achieving a free and open investment environment in the region;
(c) benefit investors and their investments based in ASEAN;
(d) maintain and accord preferential treatment among Member States;
(e) no back-tracking of commitments made under the AIA Agreement and the ASEAN IGA;
(f) grant special and differential treatment and other flexibilities to Member States depending on their level of development and sectoral sensitivities;
(g) reciprocal treatment in the enjoyment of concessions among Member States, where appropriate; and
(h) accommodate expansion of scope of this Agreement to cover other sectors in the future.
Financial Accounting Practices The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, make and keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect its transactions and dispositions of its assets and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, (b) transactions are recorded as necessary (i) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and (ii) to maintain accountability for assets, (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Operating Principles During the Term of a Site, Tower Operator shall manage, operate and maintain such Site (including with respect to the entry into, modification, amendment, extension, expiration, termination, structuring and administration of Ground Leases and Collocation Agreements related thereto), (i) in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in compliance with applicable Law in all material respects, (iii) in a manner consistent in all material respects with the manner in which Tower Operator manages, operates and maintains its portfolio of telecommunications tower sites and (iv) in a manner that shall not be less than the general standard of care in the tower industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Term of a Site, except as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, Tower Operator shall not without the prior written consent of the AT&T Lessors (A) manage, operate or maintain such Site in a manner that would (x) diminish the expected residual value of such Site in any material respect or shorten the expected remaining economic life of such Site, in each case determined as of the expiration of the Term of such Site, or (y) cause such Site or a substantial portion of such Site to become “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 2001-28, 2001-1 C.B. 1156 (except, in the case of this clause (y), as required by applicable Law or any Governmental Authority), (B) structure any related Ground Lease in a manner such that the amounts payable thereunder are above fair market value during any period following or upon the expiration of the Term of such Site (without regard to any amounts payable prior to the expiration of the Term of such Site) or (C) structure any related Collocation Agreement in a manner such that the amounts payable thereunder are structured on an initial lump-sum basis (if such amounts payable are not capital contributions or other upfront payments for capital improvements to a Site related to the use of such Site by the collocator under such Collocation Agreement) or are otherwise less than fair market value during any period following or upon expiration of the Term of such Site (without regard to any amounts payable prior to the expiration of the Term of such Site), in each case unless otherwise expressly authorized by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
GAAP Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, all financial information provided to the Bank and all financial covenants will be made under generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
Accounting Treatment For accounting purposes, the Merger is intended to be treated as a "purchase."
Accounting and Financial Reporting 7.1 The Trustee shall maintain separate records and ledger accounts in respect of the Contributions deposited in the Trust Fund account and disbursements to Partner Entities made therefrom.
7.2 The Trustee shall furnish to the Donors current financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars of the Trust Fund with respect to the Contributions via the World Bank’s Trust Funds Donor Center secure website. Within six (6) months after all commitments and liabilities under the Trust Fund have been satisfied and the Trust Fund has been closed, the final financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars of the Trust Fund with respect to the Contributions will be made available to the Donors via the World Bank’s Trust Funds Donor Center secure website.
7.3 The Trustee shall provide to the Donors, within six (6) months following the end of each Trustee fiscal year, an annual single audit report, comprising:
(a) a management assertion together with an attestation from the Trustee’s external auditors concerning the adequacy of internal control over cash-based financial reporting for all cash-based trust funds as a whole; and (b) a combined financial statement for all cash-based trust funds together with the Trustee’s external auditor’s opinion thereon. The cost of the single audit shall be borne by the Trustee.
7.4 If a Donor wishes to request, on an exceptional basis, a financial statement audit by the Trustee’s external auditors of the Trust Fund, the Donor and the Trustee shall first consult as to whether such an external audit is necessary. The Trustee and the Donor shall agree on the appropriate scope and terms of reference of such audit. Following agreement on the scope and terms of reference, the Trustee shall arrange for such external audit. The costs of any such audit, including the internal costs of the Trustee with respect to such audit, shall be paid by the requesting Donor.
7.5 The Trustee shall furnish the Steering Committee and each Donor with: (a) copies of all unaudited or audited financial reports; and (b) any other relevant financial information received from the Partner Entities.