Investigations and Proceedings The parties to this Agreement agree to cooperate fully in any securities regulatory investigation or proceeding or any judicial proceeding with respect to each party’s activities under this Agreement and promptly to notify the other party of any such investigation or proceeding.
No Proceedings or Litigation No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any governmental authority shall have been commenced, and no investigation by any governmental authority shall have been threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.
Litigation; Governmental Proceedings There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in connection with the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Public Securities on the Exchange.
Proceedings; Orders (a) There is no pending Proceeding and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no Person has threatened to commence any Proceeding:
(i) to which Company is a party or which directly relates to any of the assets owned or used by the Company (whether or not the Company is named as a party thereto) and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that would be reasonably expected to give rise to, or serve as a reasonable basis for, the commencement of any such Proceeding; or
(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Acquisition or the Company’s ability to comply with or perform its obligations and covenants under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Agreements and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that would be reasonably expected to give rise to, or serve as a reasonable basis for, the commencement of any such Proceeding.
(b) Within the last five years, no material Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such Proceeding has been threatened.
(c) There is no Order to which the Company, or any of the assets owned by the Company, is subject.
(d) To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the General Partner nor any officer, employee, or contractor of the Company or of the General Partner, is subject to any Order that prohibits the General Partner, officer, employee or contractor of the Company or the General Partner from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the Company’s business.
(e) There is no proposed Order that, if issued or otherwise put into effect (i) would or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) would otherwise have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Acquisition.
Legal Proceedings; Orders (a) There is no pending Proceeding:
(i) that has been commenced by or against the Acquired Company or that otherwise relates to or may affect the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, the Acquired Company; or
(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated Transactions. To Sellers’ Knowledge, (1) no such Proceeding has been Threatened, and (2) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Proceeding. Seller Parties have made available to Purchaser in the Data Room copies of all pleadings, correspondence, and other documents relating to each Proceeding listed in Part 3.14(a) of the Seller Parties Disclosure Schedule. The Proceedings listed in Part 3.14(a) of the Seller Parties Disclosure Schedule could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There is no Order to which the Acquired Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Acquired Company, is subject.
(c) No officer, director, agent, or employee of the Acquired Company is subject to any Order that prohibits such officer, director, agent, or employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the business of the Acquired Company.
(d) The Acquired Company is, and at all times has been, in full compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each Order to which it, or any of the assets owned or used by it, is or has been subject.
(e) No event has occurred or circumstance exists that may constitute or result in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Order to which the Acquired Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Acquired Company, is subject.
(f) The Acquired Company has not received, at any time, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any term or requirement of any Order to which the Acquired Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Acquired Company, is or has been subject.
No Material Actions or Proceedings Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) which has as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiary and (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.
Legal Proceedings; Governmental Orders (a) There are no Actions pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened (a) against or by the Company affecting any of its properties or assets (or by or against Seller or any Affiliate thereof and relating to the Company); or (b) against or by the Company, Seller or any Affiliate of Seller that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Action.
(b) There are no outstanding Governmental Orders and no unsatisfied judgments, penalties or awards against or affecting the Company or any of its properties or assets.
COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS 1. This article applies to complaints or allegations made externally and not from normal supervisory activities.
2. A department head shall be responsible for ensuring that all allegations of misconduct or other complaints against an employee on which any action is to be taken or a record is to be made shall be investigated. The investigator shall be allowed to interview the complainant prior to notifying the employee.
Investigations 15.1 The Contractor agrees to cooperate fully and faithfully with any investigation, audit or inquiry conducted by a State or City governmental agency or authority that is empowered, directly or by designation, to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine witnesses under oath, or conducted by the Inspector General of a governmental agency that is a party in interest to the transaction, submitted proposal, contract, lease, permit, or license that is the subject of the investigation, audit or inquiry.
15.2 If:
15.2.1 any person who has been advised that her or his statement, and any information from such statement, will not be used against her or him in any subsequent criminal proceeding refuses to testify before a grand jury or other governmental agency or authority empowered directly or by designation to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine witnesses under oath concerning the award of, or performance under, any transaction, agreement, lease, permit, contract, or license entered into with the City, the State, or any political subdivision or public authority thereof, or PANYNJ, or the Owner, or any local development Owner within the City, or any public benefit Owner organized under the laws of the State of New York, or
15.2.2 any person refuses to testify for a reason other than the assertion of her or his privilege against self- incrimination in an investigation, audit or inquiry conducted by a City or State governmental agency or authority empowered directly or by designation to compel the attendance of witnesses and to take testimony under oath, or by the Inspector General of the governmental agency that is a party in interest in, and is seeking testimony concerning the award of, or performance under, any transaction, agreement, lease, permit, contract, or license entered into with the City, the State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the Owner, or any local development Owner within the City, then the commissioner or agency head (each of which is hereinafter referred to as the “Commissioner”) whose agency is a party in interest to the transaction, submitted Proposal, submitted proposal, contract, lease, permit, or license involved in such investigation, audit or inquiry shall convene a hearing, upon not less than five (5) days written Notice to the parties involved, to determine if any penalties should attach for the failure of a person to testify.
15.3 If any non-governmental party to the hearing convened in accordance with the final clause of Section 15.2 requests an adjournment, the Commissioner who convened the hearing or the Owner may, upon the Commissioner granting the adjournment, suspend any contract, lease, permit, or license pending the final determination pursuant to Subsection 15.4.3 below without the City or the Owner incurring any penalty or damages for delay or otherwise.
15.4 The Owner or the City may impose the following penalties after a final determination by the Commissioner that penalties should attach for the failure of a person to testify:
15.4.1 the disqualification for a period not to exceed five (5) years from the date of an adverse determination of any person, or any entity of which such person was a member at the time the testimony was sought, from submitting Proposals for, or transacting business with, or entering into or obtaining any contract, lease, permit or license with or from the City or the Owner, as the case may be; and/or
15.4.2 the cancellation or termination of any and all such existing City or Owner contracts, leases, permits or licenses that the refusal to testify concerns and that have not been assigned as permitted under this Contract, nor the proceeds of which pledged, to an unaffiliated and unrelated institutional lender for fair value prior to the issuance of the Notice scheduling the hearing, without the City or the Owner incurring any penalty or damages on account of such cancellation or termination; monies lawfully due for goods delivered, work done, rentals, or fees accrued prior to the cancellation or termination shall be paid by the City or the Owner, as the case may be.
15.4.3 The Commissioner shall consider and address, in reaching her or his determination, and the Owner and the Commissioner shall consider and address, in assessing an appropriate penalty, the factors in Subsections 15.4.3.1 and
No Actions or Proceedings No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court, governmental agency or legislative body to enjoin, restrain or prohibit, or to obtain damages in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or which, in the Agent's sole discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
