Client Obligations 3.1 The Client warrants and represents that:
3.1.1 it shall co-operate with Centaur as required for the proper performance of the Services;
3.1.2 it shall provide, for Centaur, its agents, subcontractors, consultants and employees, in a timely manner and at no charge, access to the Client's premises during normal office hours (being Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm), office accommodation, data and other facilities as is reasonably required by Centaur or any of them for the proper performance of the Services;
3.1.3 all information it has provided to Centaur in relation to the Services as at the date of the Order Form is accurate, complete and is not misleading and it shall provide, in a timely manner, such further information and Client Material as Centaur may require for the proper performance of the Services, and ensure that such information and Client Material is accurate, complete and not misleading;
3.1.4 it shall be responsible (at its own cost) for preparing and maintaining the relevant premises for the supply of the Services;
3.1.5 it shall inform Centaur of all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at any of the Client's premises;
3.1.6 it shall only use the Services for internal business purposes and, without prejudice to the foregoing, shall not use the Services, the Deliverables or any Centaur Materials to develop a product or service that competes with any of the products or services provided by Centaur;
3.1.7 the Client Materials shall not infringe any third party rights, including any third party Intellectual Property Rights; and
3.1.8 it shall obtain and maintain all necessary licences and consents and comply with all relevant legislation in relation to the Services, before the date on which the Services are to start.
3.2 If Centaur's performance of its obligations under this Agreement is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Client, its agents, subcontractors, consultants or employees, Centaur shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by the Client that arise directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.
Independent Obligations The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Capital Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 4.3 hereof.
Local Church’s Payment Obligations At Closing or otherwise prior to or on the Disaffiliation Date, Local Church shall pay to the Annual Conference, in a manner specified by Annual Conference, the following:
(a) Local Church shall have the right to retain its Real Property and Personal Property, tangible and intangible property without charge. Any costs relating to Local Church’s retention of its property will be borne by Local Church.
(b) Any unpaid apportionments for the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Disaffiliation Date, as calculated by Annual Conference, totaling Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty and 00/100 Dollars ($15,220.00) (for clarity, any amounts paid within the twelve (12) month period set out above shall be credited to the Local Church at Closing);
(c) An additional twelve (12) months of apportionments, as calculated by Annual Conference, totaling Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty and 00/100 Dollars ($15,220.00);
(d) An amount equal to Local Church’s pro rata share, as determined by Annual Conference, of Annual Conference’s unfunded pension obligations, based on the Annual Conference’s aggregate funding obligations as determined by the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits using market factors similar to a commercial annuity provider, totaling Thirty- Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Seven and 00/100 Dollars ($37,967.00);
(e) If any clergy currently appointed to the Local Church will remain in The United Methodist Church after the Local Church disaffiliation, an amount equal to six (6) months salary, housing (if receiving a housing allowance), and pension/health benefits for the clergy, being Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($38,185.00). The intent of this provision is to provide salary and benefits to the clergy from January 1, 2024 through July 1, 2024, which is a period of time in which the clergy will not have an appointment to a church.
(f) Any unpaid loans (secured or unsecured) owed to the Annual Conference or other United Methodist entities such as The United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina (unless those loans are assigned or transferred per Section 3.2 below), and any investment portfolio needs which require modifications or assignments;
(g) The aggregate amount of any and all grants awarded and paid to Local Church by Annual Conference or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof within the prior ten (10) years; and,
(h) All costs of the transfer of any assets involved hereunder and transactions set out herein, as well as the legal fees of the Annual Conference incurred in connection with this Agreement.
The Companys Payment Obligation The Company’s obligation to make the payments and the arrangements provided for herein will be absolute and unconditional, and will not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other right which the Company may have against the Executive or anyone else. All amounts payable by the Company hereunder will be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company will be final, and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reasons whatsoever. The Executive will not be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Agreement, and the obtaining of any such other employment will in no event effect any reduction of the Company’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Agreement, except to the extent provided in Sections 3.3(e) and (f) herein. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if Severance Benefits are paid under this Agreement, no severance benefits under any program of the Company, other than benefits described in this Agreement, will be paid to the Executive.
Recipient Obligations 2.1 The Recipient agrees to support the Project in accordance with this Agreement.
2.2 In supporting the Project, the Recipient must:
(a) exercise reasonable diligence, care and skill;
(b) administer the Funding in accordance with the Agreement to support the Fellow to complete the Project;
(c) not replace the Fellow named in the Application with another person;
(d) complete the Project Deliverables by the relevant Deliverable due dates. This includes the provision of the required Reports, Financial Acquittal Statements and valid tax invoices;
(e) ensure that the Fellow completes the Project Milestones annually;
(f) ensure it makes the Recipient Contribution to the Project as per the Application and summarised in Item 11 of Schedule 1;
(g) ensure the Partners provide the Partner Contributions to the Project as per the Application and summarised in Item 12 of Schedule 1;
(h) ensure that the Project expenditure is managed in accordance with the project expenditure table in the Application;
(i) notify the Department within 20 Business Days of any matter that may affect the Fellow or Recipient’s eligibility for funding under the Guidelines, including but not limited to:
(i) the Fellow ceasing employment with the Recipient;
(ii) the Fellow moving residence to outside of Queensland;
(iii) the Fellow travelling outside of Queensland for more than six weeks;
(iv) the Fellow taking extended leave or being unable to undertake the Project for an extended period;
(v) the Fellow changing the proportion of their time committed to the Project;
(vi) the Recipient Contributions or Partner Contributions changing;
(vii) the Project Partner organisations changing; and
(viii) the Project expenditure changing.
(j) ensure that (where relevant):
(i) the Project complies with National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines;
(ii) the Project complies with the Code of Ethical Practice for Biotechnology in Queensland;
(iii) the Project is cleared by all relevant ethical committees prescribed by the Recipient organisation’s research rules; and
(iv) evidence of compliance with this clause is provided, if requested by the Department;
(k) not assign, transfer or subcontract its obligations, without prior written consent of the Department;
(l) notify the Department of any breach of these terms or any matter that may affect the performance of the Agreement; and
(m) comply with all relevant laws.
Payment Obligations Absolute The Company’s obligation during and after the Employment Period to pay the Executive the amounts and to make the benefit and other arrangements provided herein shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may have against him or anyone else. Except as provided in Section 15, all amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive, or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever.
Independent Obligation The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of any other Guarantor or the Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor or the Borrower and whether or not any other Guarantor or the Borrower is joined in any such action or actions.
Investment Management Services (a) The Manager shall manage the Fund’s assets subject to and in accordance with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund and any directions which the Trust’s Board of Trustees may issue from time to time. In pursuance of the foregoing, the Manager shall make all determinations with respect to the investment of the Fund’s assets and the purchase and sale of its investment securities, and shall take such steps as may be necessary to implement the same. Such determinations and services shall include determining the manner in which any voting rights, rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to the Fund’s investment securities shall be exercised. The Manager shall render or cause to be rendered regular reports to the Trust, at regular meetings of its Board of Trustees and at such other times as may be reasonably requested by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, of (i) the decisions made with respect to the investment of the Fund’s assets and the purchase and sale of its investment securities, (ii) the reasons for such decisions and (iii) the extent to which those decisions have been implemented.
(b) The Manager, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust’s Board of Trustees may issue from time to time, shall place, in the name of the Fund, orders for the execution of the Fund’s securities transactions. When placing such orders, the Manager shall seek to obtain the best net price and execution for the Fund, but this requirement shall not be deemed to obligate the Manager to place any order solely on the basis of obtaining the lowest commission rate if the other standards set forth in this section have been satisfied. The parties recognize that there are likely to be many cases in which different brokers are equally able to provide such best price and execution and that, in selecting among such brokers with respect to particular trades, it is desirable to choose those brokers who furnish research, statistical, quotations and other information to the Fund and the Manager in accordance with the standards set forth below. Moreover, to the extent that it continues to be lawful to do so and so long as the Board of Trustees determines that the Fund will benefit, directly or indirectly, by doing so, the Manager may place orders with a broker who charges a commission for that transaction which is in excess of the amount of commission that another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction, provided that the excess commission is reasonable in relation to the value of “brokerage and research services” (as defined in Section 28(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided by that broker. Accordingly, the Trust and the Manager agree that the Manager shall select brokers for the execution of the Fund’s transactions from among:
(i) Those brokers and dealers who provide quotations and other services to the Fund, specifically including the quotations necessary to determine the Fund’s net assets, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required in light of such services; and
(ii) Those brokers and dealers who supply research, statistical and other data to the Manager or its affiliates which the Manager or its affiliates may lawfully and appropriately use in their investment management capacities, which relate directly to securities, actual or potential, of the Fund, or which place the Manager in a better position to make decisions in connection with the management of the Fund’s assets and securities, whether or not such data may also be useful to the Manager and its affiliates in managing other portfolios or advising other clients, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required.
(c) The Manager shall render regular reports to the Trust, not more frequently than quarterly, of how much total brokerage business has been placed by the Manager, on behalf of the Fund, with brokers falling into each of the categories referred to above and the manner in which the allocation has been accomplished.
(d) The Manager agrees that no investment decision will be made or influenced by a desire to provide brokerage for allocation in accordance with the foregoing, and that the right to make such allocation of brokerage shall not interfere with the Manager’s paramount duty to obtain the best net price and execution for the Fund.
(e) Decisions on proxy voting shall be made by the Manager unless the Board of Trustees determines otherwise. Pursuant to its authority, the Manager shall have the power to vote, either in person or by proxy, all securities in which the Fund may be invested from time to time, and shall not be required to seek or take instructions from the Fund with respect thereto. The Manager shall not be expected or required to take any action other than the rendering of investment-related advice with respect to lawsuits involving securities presently or formerly held in the Fund, or the issuers thereof, including actions involving bankruptcy. In the case of class action suits involving issuers held in the Fund, the Manager may include information about the Fund for purposes of participating in any settlements.
Development Obligations 1. The College supports the development, production, and dissemination of copyrightable, trademarkable, patentable, and other intellectual properties by its employees.
2. It is understood that intellectual property developed by employees on or off College time, except for those materials for which the College had specifically contracted prior to June 9, 1998, shall remain the property of such employees, but shall continue to be used for the benefit of the College while the employee remains an employee of the College.
Discretionary Investment Management Services The Adviser shall act as investment adviser with respect to each Fund. In such capacity, the Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board, regularly provide each Fund with investment research, advice and supervision and shall furnish continuously an investment program for each Fund, consistent with the respective investment objectives and policies of each Fund. The Adviser shall determine, from time to time, what securities shall be purchased for each Fund, what securities shall be held or sold by each Fund and what portion of each Fund’s assets shall be held uninvested in cash, subject always to the provisions of the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”), as amended and supplemented (the “Declaration of Trust”), Bylaws and its registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) under the 1940 Act, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of each Fund, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect. To carry out such obligations, and to the extent not prohibited by any of the foregoing, the Adviser shall exercise full discretion and act for each Fund in the same manner and with the same force and effect as each Fund itself might or could do with respect to purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other such things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. No reference in this Agreement to the Adviser having full discretionary authority over each Fund’s investments shall in any way limit the right of the Board, in its sole discretion, to establish or revise policies in connection with the management of a Fund’s assets or to otherwise exercise its right to control the overall management of a Fund.
