Tax Implications Without limitation, we do not accept liability for any adverse tax implications of any Transaction whatsoever.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS There are no budget implications. The applicant will be responsible for all costs, expenses, liabilities and obligations imposed under or incurred in order to satisfy the terms of this proposed development agreement. The administration of the proposed development agreement can be carried out within the approved 2019- 2020 budget and with existing resources.
LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS NWD is the controlling shareholder of NWDS and hence a connected person of NWDS. NWD is interested in approximately 57% of the issued share capital of NWSH as at the date of this announcement and NWSH being an associate of NWD is also a connected person of NWDS under the Listing Rules. Members of the CTF Jewellery Group are associates of CTF, which in turn is a substantial shareholder of NWD, a controlling shareholder of NWDS. Accordingly, members of the CTF Jewellery Group are also connected persons of NWD and NWDS under the Listing Rules. Therefore, the Continuing Connected Transactions constitute continuing connected transactions of NWDS under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules. Since NWDS is a subsidiary of NWD and CTF Jewellery is an associate of CTF which is a substantial shareholder of NWD, the transactions contemplated under the Master Concessionaire Counter Agreement also constitute continuing connected transactions of NWD under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules. As the relevant percentage ratios calculated pursuant to Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules in respect of each of the Continuing Connected Transactions are more than 2.5%, each of the Continuing Connected Transactions is subject to the reporting, announcement and independent shareholders’ approval requirements under the Listing Rules so far as NWDS is concerned. In view of the interests of NWD and CTF in the relevant Continuing Connected Transactions, NWD, CTF and their associates will abstain from voting in respect of the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM to approve the Continuing Connected Transactions, the CCT Agreements and the Annual Caps. As the Annual Caps in respect of the Master Concessionaire Counter Agreement are more than HK$1,000,000 but the relevant percentage ratios calculated pursuant to Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules in respect of the Master Concessionaire Counter Agreement are less than 2.5%, the Master Concessionaire Counter Agreement is subject to the reporting and announcement requirements but is exempt from the independent shareholders’ approval requirement under the Listing Rules so far as NWD is concerned. NWDS will convene the EGM for the purpose of seeking approval from the Independent Shareholders on the Continuing Connected Transactions, the CCT Agreements, and the Annual Caps. The Independent Board Committee will be established to consider the terms of the Continuing Connected Transactions, the CCT Agreements and the Annual Caps, and to advise the Independent Shareholders as to whether the Continuing Connected Transactions, the CCT Agreements and the Annual Caps are in the interests of NWDS and the NWDS Shareholders as a whole. An independent financial adviser will be appointed to advise the Independent Board Committee in this regard. A circular of NWDS containing, amongst others, further information on (i) the Continuing Connected Transactions, the CCT Agreements and the Annual Caps; (ii) a letter of recommendation from the Independent Board Committee to the Independent Shareholders; (iii) a letter of advice from the independent financial adviser to the Independent Board Committee; and
LISTING RULES IMPLICATION As the counterparties to the 2025 Xxx Xxxx Master Purchase Agreement, being Xxx Xxxx and Xxx Xxxx Metal Sdn. Bhd. and the counterparties to the 2025 Chye Seng Huat Trading Master Purchase Agreement, being Chye Seng Huat Trading, Chye Seng Huat Sdn. Bhd., Soon Xxx Metal Sdn. Bhd. and Xxxx Xxxx Recycle Sdn. Bhd., are connected with each other, the transactions contemplated under the 2025 Xxx Xxxx Master Purchase Agreement and the 2025 Chye Seng Huat Trading Master Purchase Agreement are aggregated pursuant to Rules 14A.81 and 14A.82 of the Listing Rules. As the counterparties to the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements are connected persons and/or deemed connected persons of the Company, the transactions contemplated under the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements constitute continuing connected transactions on the part of the Company under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules. Each of the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements and their respective proposed annual caps of the transactions thereunder shall be subject to the approval of the Independent Shareholders of the Company by way of ordinary resolutions at the EGM. The EGM will be convened to consider and, if thought fit, to approve (i) the proposed amendments to the Articles and adoption of the New Articles of Association; and (ii) each of the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements and their respective proposed annual caps of the transactions thereunder. The vote of the Shareholders at the EGM shall be taken by poll and the Sia Brothers and their respective associates shall abstain from voting on the ordinary resolutions approving the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements. A circular containing, among other things, the information on the proposed amendments to the Articles and adoption of the New Articles of Association, the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements and their respective proposed annual caps of the transactions thereunder, the letter of advice from South China Capital to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders, the recommendation from the Independent Board Committee together with the notice of the EGM will be published on the Company’s website at xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx and the Stock Exchange’s website at xxx.xxxxxxxx.xx, and will be despatched to the Shareholders as required. The Company proposes to amend the Articles by way of adoption of the New Articles of Association to (i) bring the Articles of Association in line with the latest regulatory requirements in relation to the expanded paperless listing regime and the electronic dissemination of corporate communications by listed issuers and the relevant amendments made to the Listing Rules which took effect on December 31, 2023; and (ii) incorporate other house-keeping amendments to the Articles of Association including to update, modernize or clarify provisions of the Articles of Association where it is considered desirable. The proposed amendments to the Articles and adoption of the New Articles of Association shall be subject to the approval of the Shareholders by way of a special resolution at the EGM and shall take effect upon the close of the EGM. References are made to the announcement and the circular of the Company dated 7 March 2022 and 21 April 2022 respectively in relation to, among others, (a) the 2022 Long Hin Master Purchase Agreement with Long Hin, pursuant to which the Group may, but is not obliged to, purchase scrap ferrous metals and used batteries from Long Hin; (b) the 2022 Xxx Xxxx Master Purchase Agreement with Xxx Xxxx and Xxx Xxxx Metal Sdn. Bhd., pursuant to which the Group may, but is not obliged to, purchase scrap ferrous metals, used batteries and waste paper from Xxx Xxxx and/or Xxx Xxxx Metal Sdn. Bhd.; and (c) the 2022 Chye Seng Huat Trading Master Purchase Agreement with Chye Seng Huat Trading, Chye Seng Huat Sdn. Bhd. and Soon Xxx Metal Sdn. Bhd., pursuant to which the Group may, but is not obliged to, purchase scrap ferrous metals, used batteries and waste paper from Chye Seng Huat Trading, Chye Seng Huat Sdn. Bhd., and/or Soon Xxx Metal Sdn. Bhd. The 2022 Master Purchase Agreements were effective from 1 January 2022 and will be expired on 31 December 2024. In order to renew and update the existing continuing connected transactions contemplated under the 2022 Master Purchase Agreements, on 29 October 2024 (after trading hours), the Company has agreed to enter into the 2025 Xxx Xxxx Master Purchase Agreement and the 2025 Chye Seng Huat Trading Master Purchase Agreement to reflect the terms of the proposed continuing connected transactions and to set the annual caps of the respective transactions thereunder for the period of the three financial years ending 31 December 2025, 2026 and 2027. The 2022 Long Hin Master Purchase Agreement will not be renewed. As the counterparties to the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements are connected persons and/or deemed connected persons of the Company, the transactions contemplated under the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements constitute continuing connected transactions on the part of the Company under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules and are subject to the reporting, announcement and Independent Shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules. The principal terms of the 2025 Master Purchase Agreements are set out below:
Presentation of Potential Target Businesses The Company shall cause each of the Initial Shareholders to agree that, in order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, the Initial Shareholders will present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other person or company, any suitable opportunity to acquire an operating business, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary obligations the Initial Shareholders might have.
Regulatory Limitation In the event, as a result of increases in the value of Alternative Currencies against the Dollar or for any other reason, the obligation of any of the Lenders to make Loans (taking into account the Dollar Amount of the Obligations and all other indebtedness required to be aggregated under 12 U.S.C.A. §84, as amended, the regulations promulgated thereunder and any other Applicable Law) is determined by such Lender to exceed its then applicable legal lending limit under 12 U.S.C.A. §84, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other Applicable Law, the amount of additional Extensions of Credit such Lender shall be obligated to make or issue or participate in hereunder shall immediately be reduced to the maximum amount which such Lender may legally advance (as determined by such Lender), the obligation of each of the remaining Lenders hereunder shall be proportionately reduced, based on their applicable Commitment Percentages to the relevant Credit Facility and, to the extent necessary under such laws and regulations (as determined by each of the Lenders, with respect to the applicability of such laws and regulations to itself), and the Company shall reduce, or cause to be reduced, complying to the extent practicable with the remaining provisions hereof, the Obligations outstanding hereunder by an amount sufficient to comply with such maximum amounts.
Cooperation with Rating Agencies If the ratings assigned to the Offered Notes by the Rating Agencies are conditional on the delivering of documents or the taking of any other actions by the Depositor, the Depositor will deliver those documents and take those actions.
CLEARANCE PATTERNS 7.1 The State shall develop separate clearance patterns for each of the following: Vendor Account Payroll Account AHS-PATH Account Unemployment Insurance Benefits Account Federal Highway Planning & Construction Program (Vendor Account) 7.2 The following shall develop the State's clearance patterns: The State of Vermont-Department of Finance and Management 7.3 The sources of data the State shall use when developing its clearance patterns are as follows: Vendor account-State's central accounting system Unemployment Insurance Benefits Account-Department of Labor bank records All other accounts-Bank files from the State Treasurer's Office 7.4 The State shall use the following methodology when developing its clearance patterns: When developing each clearance pattern, the State shall track at least 99% of the funds disbursed, from issuance to clearance, for a period of at least three months. 7.5 The State shall identify for each check or warrant (hereafter, check) in the population: (1) the date the check was released for payment; (2) the date the check was debited from the State's account, and, (3) the amount of the check. 7.6 The State shall use the following method to calculate the dollar-weighted average day of clearance: To determine the number of days each check was outstanding (clearance time), the issue date shall be subtracted from the date the check cleared the State's account. To determine the percentage of the disbursement paid out each day following issuance, the amount of the checks that clear the State's account each day shall be summed and then divided by the amount of the total disbursement. For each day following issuance, the clearance time of the checks paid out that day shall be multiplied by the percentage of the total disbursement those checks represent. This product is the clearance factor. The dollar-weighted average day of clearance for the disbursement shall be determined by summing the clearance factor of each day following the disbursement. 7.7 The State shall adjust each clearance pattern to reflect the dollar-weighted proportion of funds paid out by EFT/Direct payroll, with the following exceptions: All Accounts - An adjustment is not necessary since the State includes all payments in its clearance pattern calculations, including those paid electronically. The State shall also adjust each clearance pattern to reflect: n/a 7.8 Each of the State's clearance patterns is calculated in calendar days. 7.9 An authorized State official shall certify that each clearance pattern developed by the State accurately corresponds to the clearance activity of the programs to which it is applied. This certification shall be provided to the Fiscal Service prior to the effective date of the Agreement. The State shall recertify its clearance patterns at least every five years. 7.10 The State shall follow the procedures of 31 CFR 205 if it has actual or constructive knowledge, at any time, that a clearance pattern does not correspond to a program's clearance activity.
Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Voluntariness and Consequences of Consent Denial or Withdrawal The Participant’s participation in the Plan and the Participant’s grant of consent is purely voluntary. The Participant may deny or withdraw his or her consent at any time. If the Participant does not consent, or if the Participant withdraws his or her consent, the Participant cannot participate in the Plan. This would not affect the Participant’s salary as an employee or his or her career; the Participant would merely forfeit the opportunities associated with the Plan.