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.
Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
Accounting System Requirement The Contractor shall maintain an adequate system of accounting and internal controls that meets Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or “GAAP.”
Duration of Operating Expense Limit The Operating Expense Limit with respect to the Fund shall remain in effect during the term of this Agreement.
Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, and not as part of the Water Resources Planning Act which comprises this chapter.
Acceptable Accounting System The Contractor shall maintain the acceptable/approved status of their Accounting System and submit updates to the current status
Change in Accounting Principles If, after the date of this Agreement, there shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.5 hereof and such change shall result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the Borrower or the Required Lenders may by written notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, respectively, require that the Lenders and the Borrower negotiate in good faith to amend such covenants, standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made. No delay by the Borrower or the Required Lenders in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting principles. Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with this Section 5.3, financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such change in accounting principles. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of compliance or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a change in accounting principles after the date hereof.
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.
Financial Exigency 14.01 The termination of the employment of any Employee because of financial exigency shall only occur after a declaration of financial exigency by the Board of Governors.
14.02 The Board of Governors shall not declare a state of financial exigency except on bona fide financial grounds.
14.03 If the Board of Governors believes a financial exigency exists it shall give notice to the Union of that belief together with a statement of the financial reasons for that belief and shall establish a financial commission of three (3) persons. The Board of Governors shall consult the Union to establish an agreed list of names from whom these three (3) shall be chosen. The three (3) persons shall be selected by the Board of Governors within thirty (30) days of the decision to establish a financial commission. The terms of reference of the commission shall be:
14.03.1 to assess whether in the light of a full examination of the University's financial situation a bona fide financial exigency exists;
14.03.1.1 the commission shall have access to all that financial information referring to the operations, assets and the ancillary enterprises of the University which is necessary to make a judgment as to whether there is a financial exigency or not;
14.03.1.2 the commission shall invite submissions or written representations from the Union, the faculty and the student representative council;
14.03.1.3 the occurrence of an operating deficit in any given year shall not necessarily constitute a bona fide financial exigency;
14.03.2 to make recommendations, if it sees fit, as to what measures might be taken, whether through reductions of academic staff or other means, to resolve the exigency;
14.03.3 to assess whether a decision to resolve the financial exigency through reductions of academic staff is necessary.
14.04 The report of the commission shall be advisory to the Board of Governors. The report shall be submitted to the Board of Governors within twenty (20) Days of the commission being constituted. After receiving the report the Board shall make a decision as to whether or not a financial exigency exists, and shall promptly communicate this decision to the President, the Senate and the Union. The Board may not unreasonably disagree with the report of the commission. If the Board declares that a state of financial exigency exists it shall make the report of the commission available to the Senate and the Union.
14.05 It is the responsibility of the Senate to recommend the general areas, by discipline, in which reductions are to be made.
14.05.1 Within twenty (20) Days of receiving the commission's report, the Senate shall make its recommendations to the President. If the President does not accept all the recommendations of the Senate he or she shall, within twenty (20) Days of receiving them, convoke a meeting of the Senate to discuss his or her reasons for rejecting or modifying them. Within thirty (30) Days of this meeting the President shall communicate his or her final decisions to the Departments with a statement of all the reasons of which the decisions are based.
14.05.2 The decision of the President shall not be subject to arbitration procedures as set out in Article 15 of this Agreement unless the grievance to be submitted to arbitration is based on an alleged violation of Article 2.04, Article 2.05 or Article
