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.
SALARY SACRIFICE ARRANGEMENTS 34.1 Employees covered by this Agreement will have access to salary sacrifice arrangements in addition to the compulsory arrangement detailed above. The requirements of any such arrangements shall ensure that: (a) Accessing a salary sacrifice arrangement is a voluntary decision to be made by the individual Employee. (b) An Employee wishing to enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement will be required to notify their Employer in writing of the intention to do so and have sought expert advice in relation to entering into such an arrangement. (c) The Employer shall meet the cost of implementing the administrative and payroll arrangements necessary for the introduction of salary sacrifice to the Employees under the Agreement. (d) The co-contribution of superannuation payments referred to herein shall be made by way of salary sacrifice arrangements.
Individual Flexibility Arrangements 38.1 Where the Employer wants to enter into a individual flexibility arrangement (IFA) it must provide a written proposal to the Employee. Where the Employee’s understanding of written English is limited, the Employer must take measures, including translation into an appropriate language, to ensure the Employee understands the proposal. 38.2 The Employer and an Employee covered by this Agreement may agree to make an IFA to vary the effect of terms of the Agreement if: (a) it deals with one or more of the following matters: (i) Time between which ordinary hours are worked; (ii) Salary sacrifice Agreements; (iii) Reduction in ordinary hours; (iv) Increase in annual leave accrual each year; (v) Increase in rate of accrual of Rostered days off; (vi) Increase in wages; (vii) Increase in training leave (Union or otherwise); (b) The IFA meets the genuine needs of the Employer and the Employee covered by this Agreement in relation to one or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) above; and (c) The IFA is genuinely agreed to by the Employer and the Employee. 38.3 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the IFA: (a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the FW Act; and (b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the FW Act; and (c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no IFA was made. 38.4 The Employer must also ensure that any such IFA is: (a) in writing (including details of the terms that will be varied, how the IFA will vary the effect of the Enterprise Agreement terms, how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the IFA, and the day on which the IFA commences); (b) includes the name of the Employer and Employee; (c) signed by the Employer and the Employee, and if the Employee is under 18, by a parent or guardian of the Employee; and (d) provided to the Employee within 14 days after it is agreed to. 38.5 The Employer or Employee may terminate the IFA by either the Employer or Employee giving written notice of not more than 28 days, or at any time by both parties agreeing in writing. 38.6 Where any of the requirements of ss 202 and 203 of the FW Act are not met, the IFA is of no effect.
Implementation Arrangements Institutional Arrangements
Flexibility Arrangements 10.1 The Employer and an Employee may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary a term of the Agreement if the arrangement: (a) only varies the effect of (i) clause 47 Parental Leave (ii) clause 44 Compassionate Leave (iii) clause 46 Jury Service (b) meets the genuine needs of the Employer and Employee in relation to the matter mentioned in clause 10.1 (a) above: (i) is genuinely agreed to by the Employer and Employee; and (ii) is not inconsistent with section 55 of the Fair Work Act. 10.2 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement: (a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the Fair Work Act; (b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the Fair Work Act; and (c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no arrangement was made. 10.3 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement: (a) is in writing; (b) includes the name of the Employer and the Employee; (c) is signed by the Employer and the Employee (if the Employee is under the age of 18, signed by a parent or guardian of the Employee; (d) includes details of: (i) the terms of this Agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; (ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; (iii) how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and (iv) states the day on which the arrangement commences. 10.4 The Employer must give the Employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within fourteen (14) days. 10.5 Upon request by the relevant Employee/s, the Employer must provide copies of all flexibility arrangements made under this clause to the Union/Union Delegate/Employee Representative. 10.6 The Employer or Employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement by giving not more than twenty-eight (28) days’ written notice to the other Party to the arrangement; or if the Employer and Employee agree in writing at any time.
Compensation Arrangements (a) Following receipt of an RoU Claim Notice in respect of a Type 2 Restriction of Use, Network Rail and the Train Operator shall (if they have not already done so) commence negotiations in respect of the RoU Direct Costs compensation to be paid by one party to the other in respect of such Type 2 Restriction of Use and, subject to paragraph 10, shall continue such negotiations in good faith until they are concluded. (b) Once the compensation referred to in paragraph 6.1(a) has been agreed or determined (and has been compared against any amounts calculated under paragraph 4 together with any other amounts paid or due to the Train Operator from Network Rail in relation to such Restriction of Use) then, in the event of: (i) a shortfall for the Train Operator, the compensation to be paid by Network Rail to the Train Operator shall be the full amount of the RoU Direct Costs actually incurred by the Train Operator less any amounts calculated under paragraph 4 which have already been paid or are due for such Restriction of Use and any other amounts in respect of any RoU Direct Costs received by the Train Operator from Network Rail in respect of such Restriction of Use; or (ii) an overpayment by Network Rail to the Train Operator, the compensation to be paid by the Train Operator to Network Rail shall be the difference between the amount received by the Train Operator which was calculated under paragraph 4 and the RoU Direct Costs actually incurred by the Train Operator in respect of such Restriction of Use. (c) Network Rail shall include in the statement provided by it in respect of each Period under paragraph 13.1(a) details of the compensation agreed or determined under this paragraph 6 and paragraph 10 to be payable in respect of any Type 2 Restriction of Use taken in that Period and that compensation shall be due and payable by the relevant party to the other in accordance with paragraph 13.1.
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.
Management Arrangements 9.1. The Management Arrangements set out the arrangements for the strategic management of the relationship between the Authority and the Contractor, including arrangements for monitoring of the Contractor’s compliance with the Statement of Requirements, the Service Levels, the Award Procedures and the terms of this Framework Agreement. 9.2. The Authority may by notice to the Contractor suspend the Contractor’s appointment to provide Services to Framework Public Bodies for a notified period of time: 9.2.1. if the Authority becomes entitled to terminate this Framework Agreement under clause 42 (Termination Rights) or 43 (Termination on Insolvency or Change of Control); or 9.2.2. in any other circumstance provided for in the Management Arrangements. 9.3. Suspension under clause 9.2 shall terminate upon cessation of all of any circumstances referred to in subclauses 9.2.1 and 9.2.2. 9.4. The Contractor must continue to perform existing Call-off Contracts during any period of suspension under clause 9.2.
Escrow Arrangements The Parties shall take all action required to cause the Escrow Agent to hold all funds deposited with or held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, including the Escrow Deposit and any interest or earnings accrued thereon (the "Escrow Funds"), until such time as they are to be released to the parties in accordance with this Section 3.4. The fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent shall be borne equally by the Sellers on the one hand and Buyer on the other hand. The Parties shall promptly execute and deliver such instructions and other documents and take all other action as may be required to cause the Escrow Agent to release the Escrow Funds to the Parties as follows: (a) Except as set forth in Section 3.4(d), within one Business Day after the earlier of (i) the date upon which a binding settlement or compromise of the Subject Litigation has been reached, which settlement or compromise provides for an unconditional release of the Company or any successor in interest identified by Buyer to Sellers (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) from any liability or obligation arising with respect to the Subject Litigation or (ii) the date upon which a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction has been entered to the effect that the Company or any such successor in interest is not subject to liability in respect of the Subject Litigation, the Escrow Agent shall release to the Sellers (to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Seller Representative) an amount equal to $7,000,000, plus one half of all interest or earnings included in the Escrow Funds (or, if less, the total amount of remaining Escrow Funds not previously released in accordance with this Section 3.4) (the "Litigation Escrow Amount"); (b) Within one Business Day after the date upon which (A) Buyer, the Company or any such successor in interest to the Company pays or becomes unconditionally obligated to pay (whether as a result of any final judgment or arbitral award or as a result of any settlement to which the Sellers have granted their consent in accordance with Section 12.3) any Losses for which it is entitled to receive indemnification from Sellers under Section 12.1 arising from a Third Party Claim, including in respect of the Subject Litigation, or (B) Sellers become unconditionally obligated to pay to Buyer (whether by agreement of the Parties or as a result of an arbitral award entered in favor of Buyer) any Losses for which Buyer is entitled to receive indemnification from Sellers under Section 12.1 arising from a Claim other than a Third Party Claim, the Escrow Agent shall release to the Buyer (to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Buyer) an amount equal to such Losses; and (c) Except as set forth in Section 3.4(d), immediately upon the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall release to the Sellers (to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Seller Representative) all remaining Escrow Funds, other than the Litigation Escrow Amount (which may only be released in accordance with the terms of Section 3.4(a) above). (d) Notwithstanding Sections 3.4(a) and (c) above, the parties shall not be required to take action to cause the Escrow Agent to release Escrowed Funds to the Sellers in accordance with such provisions if Buyer shall have asserted good faith claims for indemnity under Section 12.1 which have not been finally resolved (the "Pending Claims"), to the extent that, after the release of such funds by the Escrow Agent as contemplated by Sections 3.4(a) or (c), the remaining Escrowed Funds held by the Escrow Agent would be insufficient to pay the amount necessary to cover Sellers' indemnification obligations in respect of such Pending Claims. (e) If, in order to secure the release of any Escrowed Funds in accordance with this Section 3.4, it is necessary for Buyer on the one hand or Sellers on the other hand to commence arbitration proceedings in accordance with Section 14.9, the arbitrator may, if it determines that the other party or parties (the "Nonconsenting Party") failed or refused to take action to release all or part of the Escrowed Funds to the other party (the "Other Party") as required by this Agreement and did not have a good faith basis for such failure or refusal, order the Nonconsenting Party to pay to the Other Party an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued on the portion of the Escrowed Funds that would have been released but for the failure or refusal on the part of the Nonconsenting Party, at a rate at 10% per annum, for each day from and after the commencement of such failure or refusal until the date upon which applicable portion of the Escrowed Funds was actually released to the Other Party.
Brokerage Arrangements The Purchaser has not entered (directly or indirectly) into any agreement with any Person that would obligate the Seller or any of their Affiliates to pay any commission, brokerage or “finder’s fee” or other similar fee in connection with this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby.
