Kennxxx X. Xxxx xxxll be the Tax Matters Partner as that term is defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code provided, that if Kennxxx X. Xxxx xx not a General Partner, the General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner and shall so inform the Internal Revenue Service or, if there is more than one General Partner, the General Partners shall select a General Partner to be the Tax Matters Partner and shall inform the Internal Revenue Service of that selection. In that capacity, in the event of an income tax audit of any Partnership return, to the extent the Partnership is treated as an entity for purposes of the audit, including administrative settlement and judicial review, the Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to act for and represent the Partnership, and to enter into a settlement agreement within the meaning of Section 6224(c)(1) of the Code (or comparable provisions under state or local law) to which each Partner agrees to be bound. All expenses incurred in connection with any such audit shall be expenses of the Partnership. The Tax Matters Partner shall be authorized to carry out on behalf of the Partnership and at the Partnership's expense all acts appropriate to such designation with respect to federal, state and local taxing authorities.
Kennxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, xx their capacities as the President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, respectively, of the Company, confirming the matters set forth in Sections 6(t), 9(a) and 9(b) and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or satisfied by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
Kennxxx X. Xxxxx xx Jamex X. Xxxxxx, xx any of their siblings, lineal descendants, lineal descendants of such siblings, any of their respective spouses or any trust established for any of their benefit, who might otherwise be an Acquiring Person by reason of any deemed beneficial ownership arising from arrangements which have been or may be entered into among members of such family; provided, further, that the acquisition by Messrs. Kennxxx X. Xxxxx xx Jamex X. Xxxxxx xx additional shares of Common Stock in excess of 1% of the then outstanding Common Stock of the Company, exclusive of shares of Common Stock acquired by Messrs. Smitx xx Warrxx xxx their Affiliates and Associates as a result of stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations or similar transactions in which the Company did not receive any consideration for issuing the shares of Common Stock in question and shares of Common Stock acquired by Messrs. Smitx xxx Warrxx xxx their Affiliates and Associates as a result of gifts, devises, bequests and intestate succession, shall cause Messrs. Smitx xxx Warrxx xx become an "Acquiring Person", unless (x) such acquisition occurs solely by reason of subclause (A) or (B) of said clause (v) or (y) such acquisition is accomplished pursuant to the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office, (vii) any such Person who has reported or is required to report such ownership on Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) or on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) which Schedule 13D does not state any intention to or reserve the right to control or influence the management or policies of the Company or engage in any of the actions specified in Item 4 of such Schedule (other than the disposition of the Common Stock) and, within 10 Business Days of being requested by the Company to advise it regarding the same, certifies to the Company that such Person acquired shares of Common Stock in excess of 15% inadvertently or without knowledge of the terms of the Rights and who, together with all Affiliates and Associates, within 45 Days following the date of this Agreement disposes of sufficient shares such that such Person shall be and then remain thereafter a Beneficial Owner of less than 15% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that if the Person requested to so certify fails to do so within 10 Business Days, then such Person shall become an Acquiring Person i...
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Kennxxx X. Xxxxx (SEAL) -------------------------------- KENNXXX X. XXXXX
Kennxxx X. Xxxxxx XVP ------------------------------------- Kennxxx X. Xxxxxx Senior Vice President
Kennxxx X. Xxxxxx xx Shareholder.............................................................17 3.16 Payment of Broker Fee........................................................................17
Kennxxx X. To protect and safeguard the Company's trade secrets and Confidential Information and also the Company's goodwill with its suppliers and clients, for that period of time following the termination of your employment for any reason other than pursuant to Paragraph 2(c) above (i.e., in the event of a termination pursuant to the first paragraph of Paragraph 2(c), the non-compete obligations of this Paragraph 4(c) shall terminate) through the expiration of the Term, you will not, within a 50 mile radius of any location where the Company had an office at any time during the Term hereof or any location where a client or supplier of the Company (which is a material client or supplier at any time during the Term hereof) had an office at any time during the Term hereof, without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, engage in or be interested in (as owner, partner, shareholder, employee, director, agent, consultant or otherwise), any business which is a competitor of the Company, as hereinafter defined. For purposes of this Agreement, a "competitor of the Company" is any entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, trust or any other form of organization or a parent, subsidiary or division of any of the foregoing, which, during such period or the immediately preceding fiscal year of such entity, was engaged in the unregulated marketing, gathering, transportation or processing of natural gas or derivatives of natural gas or other hydrocarbons or electricity. For purposes of this paragraph, the following entities shall not be deemed to be competitors of the Company: (i) a Local Distribution Company ("LDC") to the extent that any purchases or sales by such LDC are only for consumption on its system; (ii) a natural gas producer to the extent that such producer sells only its own production or production of other working interest owners in wellx xx which it owns an interest; (iii) a natural gas pipeline company in the jurisdictional aspects of its business, i.e., other than a nonjurisdictional marketing affiliate or production affiliate (except as to such production affiliate's own production as described in clause (ii) of this Paragraph 4(c)); or (iv) an integrated regulated electric and/or gas utility as long as such utility does not engage in the unregulated marketing of its generation or power trading other than that related to the generation or p...
Kennxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, xxe sole director of Newco, shall be the sole director of the Surviving Corporation. Such director shall hold office subject to the laws of the State of California and the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
Kennxxx X. Xxxxx 0. Jamex X. Xxxxxx, XXI 9. Bob Xxxxxxx 00. J. Patrxxx Xxxxxxx FORM OF OPINIONS OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(a)