COMPLIANCE UNDERTAKINGS 6.1. The Fund undertakes to comply with Subchapter M and Section 817(h) of the Code, and all regulations issued thereunder.
6.2. The Company shall amend the Contracts Registration Statements under the 1933 Act and the Account's Registration Statement under the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect the continuous offering of the Contracts or as may otherwise be required by applicable law. The Company shall register and qualify the Contracts for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.3. The Fund shall amend the Fund Registration Statement under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect for so long as Fund shares are sold the continuous offering of Fund shares as described in the then currently effective Fund Prospectus. The Fund shall register and qualify Fund shares for sale to the extent required by applicable securities laws of the various states.
6.4. The Company shall be responsible for assuring that any prospectus offering a Contract that is a life insurance contract where it is reasonably possible that such Contract would be deemed a "modified endowment contract," as that term is defined in Section 7702A of the Code, will describe the circumstances under which a Contract could be treated as a modified endowment contract (or policy).
6.5. To the extent that it decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund undertakes to have a Fund Board of Directors, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the Fund, formulate and approve any plan under Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution expenses.
(a) When appropriate in order to inform the Fund of any applicable state-mandated investment restrictions with which the Fund must comply, the Company shall arrange with the Fund to amend Schedule 3, pursuant to the requirements of Article XI.
(b) Should the Fund become aware of any restrictions which may be appropriate for inclusion in Schedule 3, the Company shall be informed immediately of the substance of those restrictions.
Other Undertakings To protect the interests of the Company and its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries (individually, an “IMS Company” and collectively, the “IMS Companies”), including the confidential information of the IMS Companies and the confidential information of their respective customers, data suppliers, prospective customers and other companies with which the IMS Companies have a business relationship, and in consideration of the covenants and promises and other valuable consideration described in this Agreement, the Company and the Participant agree as follows:
(a) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is bound by the confidentiality and other covenants contained in one or more restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements that he or she has executed with an IMS Company, which covenants and agreements are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive any exercise, expiration, forfeiture or other termination of this Agreement or the SARs issuable hereunder. The Participant also acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be an affiliate for purposes of such restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements.
(b) The Participant acknowledges that the opportunity to participate in the Plan and the financial benefits that may accrue from such participation, is good, valuable and sufficient consideration for the following:
(i) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is and will remain bound by the non-competition, non-solicitation and other covenants contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that he or she has executed with any of the IMS Companies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(ii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees that the period during which the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in such agreement(s) will apply following a termination of Employment shall be extended from twelve (12) months to eighteen (18) months; provided, however, that the remedies available for breach of any non-competition or non-solicitation covenants during such extended six-month period shall be limited to the following: (x) to the extent then outstanding, the forfeiture of the SARs for no consideration, and (y) to the extent the SARs have been exercised on or after the date that is 18 months before Participant’s cessation of Employment, with respect to the shares of Stock issued upon such exercise (including shares withheld for taxes), the Participant shall pay to the Company an amount equal to (A) the aggregate fair market value of such shares of Stock as of the date of exercise, plus (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate proceeds of all sales of such shares of Stock over the amount described under subsection (A) above. (For this purpose, the Participant’s earliest sales of shares following such exercise will be deemed sales of the shares acquired upon such exercise.) The Company shall also be entitled to the foregoing remedies in the event of a material breach of any confidentiality, non-disclosure or other similar covenant contained in the restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement(s) that the Participant has executed with an IMS Company.
(iii) The Participant further acknowledges and agrees to the Company’s application, implementation and enforcement of (a) such policy set forth in Section 8(b)(ii) of this Agreement and (b) any provision of applicable law or Company policy relating to cancellation, recoupment, rescission or payback of compensation and expressly agrees that the Company may take such actions as are necessary to effectuate such policy (as applicable to the Participant) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by the Participant. For purposes of the foregoing, the Participant expressly and explicitly authorizes the Company to issue instructions, on the Participant’s behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party administrator engaged by the Company to hold Participant’s shares of Stock and other amounts acquired under the Plan to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such shares of Stock and/or other amounts to the Company. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement and such policy conflict, the terms of such policy shall prevail.
(iv) By accepting the SARs, the Participant consents to one or more deductions from any amounts any IMS Company owes the Participant from time to time in an aggregate amount equal to all amounts described in subsection (ii) above, to the extent such deductions are permitted by applicable law. Any such deduction from an amount that constitutes a deferral of compensation under Code Section 409A may only take place at the time the amount would otherwise be payable to the Participant, except to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.
LICENSEE’S UNDERTAKINGS 7.1 The Licensee shall:
7.1.1 use reasonable efforts to ensure that all Authorized Users are appropriately notified of the importance of respecting the intellectual property rights in the Licensed Materials and of the sanctions which the Licensee imposes for failing to do so;
7.1.2 use reasonable efforts to notify Authorized Users of the terms and conditions of this License and take steps to protect the Licensed Materials from unauthorized use or other breach of this License;
7.1.3 use reasonable efforts to monitor compliance and immediately upon becoming aware of any unauthorized use or other breach, inform the Publisher and take all reasonable and appropriate steps, including disciplinary action, both to ensure that such activity ceases and to prevent any recurrence;
7.1.4 issue passwords or other access information only to Authorized Users and use all reasonable efforts to ensure that Authorized Users do not divulge their passwords or other access information to any third party;
7.1.5 provide the Publisher, within 30 days of the date of this Agreement, with information sufficient to enable the Publisher to provide access to the Licensed Material. Should the Licensee make any significant change to such information, it will notify the Publisher not less than sixty (60) days before the change takes effect.
7.1.6 keep full and up-to-date records of all Authorized Users and their access details and provide the Publisher with details of such additions, deletions or other alterations to such records as are necessary to enable the Publisher to provide Authorized Users with access to the Licensed Materials as contemplated by this License;
7.1.7 use reasonable endeavours to ensure that only Authorized Users are permitted access to the Licensed Materials.
7.2 THE LICENSEE AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, COSTS, LIABILITY AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) ARISING OUT OF ANY CLAIM OR LEGAL ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THE PUBLISHER RELATED TO OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY USE OF THE LICENSED MATERIALS BY THE LICENSEE OR AUTHORIZED USERS OR BY ANY FAILURE OF THE LICENSEE TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO THIS LICENSE.
7.3 The Licensee shall, in consideration for the rights granted under this License, pay the Fee upon receipt of an invoice. Licensee shall be solely liable for any taxes related to the Fee.
Further Undertakings The Parties agree to promptly execute the documents which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement, and to take further actions which are reasonably required or positive for the purpose of implement of this Agreement.
Sublicense Agreements Sublicenses under this Section 2.3 shall be granted only pursuant to written agreements, which shall be subject to and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such Sublicense agreements shall contain, among other things, provisions to the following effect:
2.3.2.1 all provisions necessary to ensure Licensee’s ability to comply with Licensee’s obligation under or not violate the provisions of Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1 and 11.1;
2.3.2.2 a section substantially the same as Article 9 (Indemnification), which also shall state that the Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.1) are intended third party beneficiaries of such Sublicense agreement for the purpose of enforcing such indemnification;
2.3.2.3 in the event of termination of the license set forth in Section 2.1.1 above (in whole or in part (e.g., termination of the license as to a Licensed Product or in a particular country)), any existing Sublicense shall terminate to the extent of such terminated license; provided, however, that, for each Sublicensee, upon termination of the license, if the Sublicensee is not then in breach of the Sublicense agreement such that Licensee would have the right to terminate such Sublicense agreement, such Sublicensee shall have the right to obtain a license from Harvard on the same terms and conditions as set forth herein, which shall not impose any representations, warranties, obligations or liabilities on Harvard that are not included in this Agreement, provided that (a) the scope of the license granted directly by Harvard to such Sublicensee shall be coextensive with the scope of the license granted by Licensee to such Sublicensee, (b) if the Sublicense granted to such Sublicensee was non-exclusive, such Sublicensee shall not have the right to participate in the prosecution or enforcement of the Patent Rights under the license granted to it directly by Harvard and (c) if there are more than one Sublicensee, each Sublicensee that is granted a direct license shall be responsible for a pro rata share of the reimbursement due under Section 6.2.3 of this Agreement (based on the number of direct licenses under the Patent Rights in effect on the date of reimbursement);
2.3.2.4 the Sublicensee shall only be entitled to sublicense its rights under such Sublicense agreement on the terms set forth in this Section 2.3; and
2.3.2.5 the Sublicensee shall not be entitled to assign the Sublicense agreement without the prior written consent of Harvard, except that Sublicensee may assign the Sublicense agreement to a successor in connection with the merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or that portion of its business to which the Sublicense agreement relates; provided, however, that any permitted assignee agrees in writing in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Harvard to be bound by the terms of such Sublicense agreement.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
Negative undertakings The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, they will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks):
8.3.1 Negative pledge permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist, arise or be created or extended over all or any part of their respective present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues to secure or prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or obligation of any Relevant Party or any other person;
License Agreements (a) Each Borrower and Guarantor shall (i) promptly and faithfully observe and perform all of the material terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of the material License Agreements to which it is a party to be observed and performed by it, at the times set forth therein, if any, (ii) not do, permit, suffer or refrain from doing anything that could reasonably be expected to result in a default under or breach of any of the terms of any material License Agreement, (iii) not cancel, surrender, modify, amend, waive or release any material License Agreement in any material respect or any term, provision or right of the licensee thereunder in any material respect, or consent to or permit to occur any of the foregoing; except, that, subject to Section 9.19(b) below, such Borrower or Guarantor may cancel, surrender or release any material License Agreement in the ordinary course of the business of such Borrower or Guarantor; provided, that, such Borrower or Guarantor (as the case may be) shall give Agent not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of its intention to so cancel, surrender and release any such material License Agreement, (iv) give Agent prompt written notice of any material License Agreement entered into by such Borrower or Guarantor after the date hereof, together with a true, correct and complete copy thereof and such other information with respect thereto as Agent may request, (v) give Agent prompt written notice of any material breach of any obligation, or any default, by any party under any material License Agreement, and deliver to Agent (promptly upon the receipt thereof by such Borrower or Guarantor in the case of a notice to such Borrower or Guarantor and concurrently with the sending thereof in the case of a notice from such Borrower or Guarantor) a copy of each notice of default and every other notice and other communication received or delivered by such Borrower or Guarantor in connection with any material License Agreement which relates to the right of such Borrower or Guarantor to continue to use the property subject to such License Agreement, and (vi) furnish to Agent, promptly upon the request of Agent, such information and evidence as Agent may reasonably require from time to time concerning the observance, performance and compliance by such Borrower or Guarantor or the other party or parties thereto with the material terms, covenants or provisions of any material License Agreement.
(b) Each Borrower and Guarantor will either exercise any option to renew or extend the term of each material License Agreement to which it is a party in such manner as will cause the term of such material License Agreement to be effectively renewed or extended for the period provided by such option and give prompt written notice thereof to Agent or give Agent prior written notice that such Borrower or Guarantor does not intend to renew or extend the term of any such material License Agreement or that the term thereof shall otherwise be expiring, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any such non-renewal or expiration. In the event of the failure of such Borrower or Guarantor to extend or renew any material License Agreement to which it is a party, Agent shall have, and is hereby granted, the irrevocable right and authority, at its option, to renew or extend the term of such material License Agreement, whether in its own name and behalf, or in the name and behalf of a designee or nominee of Agent or in the name and behalf of such Borrower or Guarantor, as Agent shall determine at any time that an Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing. Agent may, but shall not be required to, perform any or all of such obligations of such Borrower or Guarantor under any of the License Agreements, including, but not limited to, the payment of any or all sums due from such Borrower or Guarantor thereunder. Any sums so paid by Agent shall constitute part of the Obligations.
(c) No Borrower or Guarantor shall assign, sell, mortgage, lease, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, grant a security interest in or lien upon, encumber, grant an exclusive or non-exclusive license relating to any Intellectual Property, or otherwise dispose of any Intellectual Property, in each case without the prior written consent of Agent, except that any Borrower or Guarantor may, after written notice to Agent, grant a non-exclusive license relating to any Intellectual Property to another Borrower or Guarantor in the ordinary course of business.
WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS 18.1 Each Party warrants to the other that:
(a) subject to Clause 18.2, it has obtained and will maintain at all times during the Term all licences, authorisations, permits, consents and other approvals necessary to enter into this Agreement and to enable it to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) it has negotiated, entered into and executed this Agreement as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise); and
(c) it is and will remain a party to the Network Code for the duration of the Term.
18.2 Where the Service Provider does not hold a gas shipper licence, the Service Provider warrants that it shall use the shipping services of the licensed gas shipper whose Shipper Short Code is specified in Schedule 1 for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. The Service Provider warrants that such licensed gas shipper has and will continue to hold throughout the Term a licence permitting it to ship gas on the NTS, and will ship Natural Gas on the NTS on behalf of the Service Provider for the purposes of the Service Provider’s performance of this Agreement.
18.3 The Service Provider acknowledges that the Customer requires the services provided under this Agreement (and in particular the withdrawal service) to comply with the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996, and that the Customer requires a physical flow of Natural Gas from the Facility at least equal to its Nominated Withdrawal Quantity. Accordingly, the Service Provider warrants to the Customer, subject to Clauses 7, 13 and 14, that it shall ensure that:
(a) the physical flow of Natural Gas from the Facility to the NTS on any Day in respect of which the Customer has submitted a Withdrawal Nomination is not less than the Nominated Withdrawal Quantity plus the Reallocation Quantity (if any) plus the quantity of Natural Gas nominated for withdrawal by other users of the Facility less the quantity of Natural Gas nominated for injection by the Customer and other users of the Facility; and
(b) the Service Provider shall not knowingly or deliberately do anything that would put the Customer in breach of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 and shall fully co-operate with the Customer insofar as such co-operation is required to ensure that the Customer complies with its obligations under the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996. The Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that the provision of the Service is in accordance with its obligation pursuant to Regulation 6(6) of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996.
18.4 The Service Provider warrants to the Customer that, at the Gas Delivery Point, Natural Gas to be withdrawn shall be free from lien, charge, encumbrance or adverse claim (as to title or otherwise) including any claim for any Tax, royalty or other charge arising on or before withdrawal. The Service Provider shall indemnify the Customer and hold it harmless against any loss, liability, damage, claim, action, proceeding, cost, and expense suffered or incurred by or made or brought against the Customer in consequence of a breach of this warranty.
18.5 The Customer warrants to the Service Provider that, at the Gas Delivery Point, Natural Gas to be injected shall be free from lien, charge, encumbrance or adverse claim (as to title or otherwise) including any claim for any Tax, royalty or other charge arising on or before injection. The Customer shall indemnify the Service Provider and hold it harmless against any loss, liability, damage, claim, action, proceeding, cost, and expense suffered or incurred by or made or brought against the Service Provider in consequence of a breach of this warranty.
18.6 The Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Customer from complying with any Legal Requirement and in such regard the Customer shall be able to take any action that it considers to be necessary to comply with any Legal Requirement.
18.7 The Customer warrants to the Service Provider that it is entering into this Agreement for Operating Margins Purposes and in accordance with the requirements of its gas transporter license.
Positive Undertakings At all times until full discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Issuer covenants with the Security Trustee that it shall:
(a) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of the occurrence of any event which results in any of the representations and warranties contained in Clause 5 (Representations and Warranties) hereof being untrue or inaccurate;
(b) inform the Security Trustee without undue delay of any attachment (Pfändung) in respect of the Pledged Bonds or any part thereof, or any other event which may impair or jeopardise the Security Trustee's rights relating to the Pledged Bonds. In the event of any such attachment, the Issuer shall provide the Security Trustee without undue delay with a copy of the attachment order (Pfändungsbeschluss) and all other documents which are requested by the Security Trustee and which are necessary or expedient for a defence against such attachment. In addition, the Issuer shall inform the attaching creditor of the existence and effect of this Agreement;
(c) notify the Depo Bank without undue delay about the Pledge, by sending a notice by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), requesting the Depo Bank to acknowledge receipt of the notification by sending to the Security Trustee an acknowledgement, and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) within five Business Days after the date of this Agreement; such notification about, and acknowledgement of, the Pledge can also be made as part of any relevant agreement to which the Depo Bank is a party;
(d) if so requested by the Security Trustee, notify Clearstream within 5 Business Days after such request, or procure that Clearstream is notified by the Depo Bank within 5 Business Days after such request, of the Pledges over the Pledged Bonds and the pertinent co-ownership interests in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand), and in particular, the assignment of any claims against Clearstream for delivery of the certificates (Abtretung des Herausgabeanspruchs) representing such bonds by registered post with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein), and provide evidence to the Security Trustee in form of a copy of such signed notification and the respective return receipt (Rückschein) without undue delay; and
(e) use reasonable efforts to procure that, with respect to and/or in connection with the Pledged Bonds, the respective pertinent co-ownership interests of the Issuer in the collective custody holdings (Miteigentumsanteile am Girosammelbestand) and the Issuance Account, the Depo Bank waives or subordinates any right of retention and any right of set-off as well as any existing pledges, including, without limitation, any pledge existing by operation of the general business conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen) of the Depo Bank or otherwise in respect of the Issuance Accounts, if any, so that the Pledge will rank ahead of all other pledges affecting the Issuance Accounts, and to inform the Security Trustee accordingly.
