Contact with Customers and Suppliers Until the Closing Date, the Buyer shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and direct its other Representatives not to, contact or communicate with the employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or licensors of the Acquired Entities, or any other Persons having a business relationship with the Acquired Entities, concerning the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the foregoing relationships without the prior written consent of the Seller.
No Relationships with Customers and Suppliers No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, 5% or greater stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of the Company’s affiliates on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and which is not so described.
Non-Interference with Business Relationships a. Employee acknowledges that, in the course of employment, Employee will learn about Company’s business, services, materials, programs and products and the manner in which they are developed, marketed, serviced and provided. Employee knows and acknowledges that the Company has invested considerable time and money in developing its product sales and real estate development programs and relationships, vendor and other service provider relationships and agreements, store layouts and fixtures, and marketing techniques and that those things are unique and original. Employee further acknowledges that the Company has a strong business reason to keep secret information relating to Company’s business concepts, ideas, programs, plans and processes, so as not to aid Company’s competitors. Accordingly, Employee acknowledges and agrees that the protection outlined in (b) below is necessary and reasonable.
b. During the Restricted Period, Employee will not, on Employee’s own behalf or on behalf of any other person or Entity, solicit, contact, call upon, or communicate with any person or entity or any representative of any person or entity who has a business relationship with Company and with whom Employee had contact while employed, if such contact or communication would likely interfere with Company’s business relationships or result in an unfair competitive advantage over Company.
Customer Relationships The Executive understands and acknowledges that the Company has expended significant resources over many years to identify, develop, and maintain its clients. The Executive additionally acknowledges that the Company’s clients have had continuous and long-standing relationships with the Company and that, as a result of these close, long-term relationships, the Company possesses significant knowledge of and confidential information about its clients and their needs. Finally, the Executive acknowledges the Executive’s association and contact with these clients is derived solely from Executive’s employment with the Company. The Executive further acknowledges that the Company does business throughout the United States and that the Executive personally has significant contact with the Company’s clients and customers solely as a result of Executive’s relationship with the Company.
Customers and Suppliers (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding material disputes concerning its products and/or services with any customer or distributor who, in the year ended September 30, 2009 or the six (6) months ended March 31, 2010, was one of the ten (10) largest sources of revenues for the Company and its Subsidiaries, based on amounts paid or payable (each, a “Significant Customer”), and the Company has not received any written notice of any material dissatisfaction on the part of any Significant Customer. Each Significant Customer is listed in Schedule 2.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any information from any Significant Customer that such Significant Customer will not continue as a customer of the Company as wholly-owned by the Acquiror or such Subsidiary, after the Closing or that such Significant Customer intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts with the Company as wholly-owned by the Acquiror or such Subsidiary. The Company has not had any of its products returned by a purchaser thereof except for normal warranty returns consistent with past history and those returns that would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) All Company Products sold, licensed, leased or delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary to customers and all services provided by or through the Company or any Subsidiary to customers on or prior to the Closing Date conform in all material respects to applicable contractual commitments, express and implied warranties (to the extent not subject to legally effective express exclusions thereof), and conform in all material respects to packaging, advertising and marketing materials and to applicable product or service specifications or documentation. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Liability (and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no legitimate basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand against the Company or any Subsidiary giving rise to any material Liability relating to the foregoing Contracts) for replacement or repair thereof or other damages in connection therewith in excess of any reserves therefor reflected on the Company Balance Sheet.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding material dispute concerning products and/or services provided by any supplier who, in the year ended September 30, 2009 or the six (6) months ended March 31, 2010, was one of the ten (10) largest suppliers of products and/or services to the Company and its Subsidiaries, based on amounts paid or payable (each, a “Significant Supplier”), and the Company has no knowledge of any material dissatisfaction on the part of any Significant Supplier. Each Significant Supplier is listed in Schedule 2.22(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Other than as set forth in Schedule 2.22(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any information that any such Significant Supplier will not continue as a supplier to the Company as wholly-owned by the Acquiror or such Subsidiary after the Closing or that such Significant Supplier intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts with the Company as wholly-owned by the Acquiror or such Subsidiary. The Company and its Subsidiaries have access, on commercially reasonable terms, to all products and services reasonably necessary to carry on their respective businesses, and the Company has no knowledge of any reason why they will not continue to have such access on commercially reasonable terms.
Significant Customers and Suppliers No customer or supplier which was significant to the Company during the period covered by the Financial Statements or which has been significant to the Company thereafter, has terminated or breached, materially reduced or threatened to terminate, breach or materially reduce its purchases from or provision of products or services to the Company, as the case may be.
Certain Business Relationships Neither Parent nor any of its affiliates is a party to any Contract with any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELATED PERSONS Neither Seller, Acquired Company or any Related Person of each Seller or of either Acquired Company has, or since the first day of the next to last completed fiscal year of any Acquired Company has had, any interest in any property (whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible), used in or pertaining to any Acquired Company’s business. Neither Seller, Acquired Company or any Related Person of each Seller or of any Acquired Company is, or since the first day of the next to last completed fiscal year of any Acquired Company has owned (of record or as a beneficial owner) an equity interest or any other financial or profit interest in, a Person that has (i) had business dealings or a material financial interest in any transaction with any Acquired Company other than business dealings or transactions conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business with any Acquired Company at substantially prevailing market prices and on substantially prevailing market terms, or (ii) engaged in competition with any Acquired Company with respect to any line of the products or services of any Acquired Company (a “Competing Business”) in any market presently served by any Acquired Company except for less than one percent of the outstanding capital stock of any Competing Business that is publicly traded on any recognized exchange or in the over-the-counter market. Neither Seller or any Related Person of each Seller or of any Acquired Company is a party to any Contract with, or has any claim or right against, any Acquired Company.
Customer Agreements 29.1 Trader to include provisions in Customer Agreements: The following clauses apply in respect of the Trader’s Customer Agreements:
(a) in respect of each Customer Agreement that has been entered into prior to the Commencement Date:
(i) at the next review date, or, if the Trader is able to unilaterally vary the Customer Agreement, within 12 months after the Commencement Date (whichever is earlier), the Trader must issue a unilateral variation to the Customer Agreement to include provisions that have substantially the same effect as the provisions required to be included in the Customer Agreement by this Agreement, and those provisions must be expressed to be for the benefit of the Distributor and enforceable by the Distributor in accordance with section 12 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017; or
(ii) if the Trader is unable to unilaterally vary 1 or more Customer Agreements as set out in subparagraph (i), the Trader must:
(A) use all reasonable endeavours to obtain at the next review of each Customer Agreement, or within 12 months, whichever is earlier, the agreement of the Customer to enter into a variation of the Customer Agreement to include the provisions required to be included in the Customer Agreement by this Agreement, and those provisions must be expressed to be for the benefit of the Distributor and enforceable by the Distributor under section 12 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017; and
(B) promptly provide notice to the Distributor if it is unable to obtain the agreement of the Customer required in subparagraph (A); or
(b) in respect of each Customer Agreement that has been entered into after the Commencement Date, include the provisions required to be included in the Customer Agreement by this Agreement, and those provisions must be expressed to be for the benefit of the Distributor and enforceable by the Distributor in accordance with section 12 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017.
Contracts with Subcontractors a. Grantee may enter into contracts with subcontractors unless restricted or otherwise prohibited in the Contract.
b. Grantees are prohibited from subcontracting with for-profit organizations under this Contract.
c. Prior to entering into a subcontract agreement equaling or exceeding $100,000, Grantee will obtain written approval from the System Agency.
d. Grantee will obtain written approval from System Agency before modifying any subcontract agreement to cause the agreement to exceed $100,000.
e. Grantee will establish written policies and procedures for competitive procurement and monitoring of subcontracts and will develop a subcontracting monitoring plan.
f. monitor subcontractors for both financial and programmatic performance and will maintain pertinent records.
g. submit quarterly monitoring reports to the System Agency in a format determined by the System Agency.
h. ensure that subcontracts are fully aware of the requirements placed upon them by state/federal statutes, rules, and regulations and by the provisions of this Contract.
i. ensure all subcontracts, must be in writing and include the following:
1. Name and address of all parties and the subcontractor’s Vendor Identification Number (VIN) or Employee Identification Number (EIN);
2. Detailed description of the services to be provided;
3. Measurable method and rate of payment and total not-to-exceed amount of the contract;
4. Clearly defined and executable termination clause; and
5. Beginning and ending dates that coincide with the dates of the Contract.
j. ensure and be responsible for the performance of the subcontractor(s).
k. not contract with a subcontractor, at any tier, that is debarred, suspended, or excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs or if the subcontractor would be otherwise ineligible to abide by the terms of this Contract.
