Obligations of the Consultant Conduct of the Services
Obligations of the Company Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to sixty (60) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;
(f) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and
(j) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus. In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
Obligations of the Company Upon Termination (a) Termination Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability if Employee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Agrees to Cancellation of Change of Control Agreement. If, during the ----------------------------------------------------- Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than for Cause or death or Disability, and, subject to (i) the execution by the Executive of the Release attached as Exhibit A hereto, and (ii) the automatic cancellation of any right the Executive might otherwise have under the Change of Control Agreement previously entered into between the Executive and the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B, the Executive shall be entitled to all of the following:
(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 15 calendar days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts:
A. the sum of (1) the Executive's Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product of (x) the higher of (I) the Minimum Bonus and (II) the Annual Bonus paid or payable, including any bonus or portion thereof, which has been earned but deferred (and annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or during which the Executive was employed for less than twelve full months), for the most recently completed fiscal year during the Employment Period, if any (such higher amount being referred to as the "Highest Annual Bonus") and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, and (3) any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) and any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2), and (3) shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Accrued Obligations"); and
B. an amount equal to the product of (1) three and (2) the highest amount actually paid to the Executive in cash compensation (that is, Annual Base Salary plus bonus(es) actually paid) in any one of the previous three calendar years; and
C. an amount equal to the excess of (a) the actuarial equivalent of the benefit (utilizing actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Executive than those in effect under the Company's qualified defined benefit retirement plan (the "Retirement Plan") and immediately prior to the Effective Date under the Retirement Plan, and any excess or supplemental retirement plan in which the Executive participates (together, the "SERP") which the Executive would receive if the Executive's employment continued for three years after the Date of Termination assuming for this purpose that all accrued benefits are fully vested, and, assuming that the Executive's compensation in each of the three years is that required by Section 3(b)(i) and Section 3(b)(ii), over (b) the actuarial equivalent of the Executive's actual benefit (paid or payable), if any, under the Retirement Plan and the SERP as of the Date of Termination;
(ii) all stock options, restricted stock and other stock-based compensation shall become immediately exercisable or vested, as the case may be, and stock options shall be exercisable for three years thereafter;
(iii) for the Continuation Period (as defined below), the Company shall continue to pay the premium for benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive's dependents equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 3(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive's employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer- provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility, and provided further that the Executive and the Executive's dependents otherwise are and remain eligible for coverage under the federal law COBRA. The Continuation Period shall be three years. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until three years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day of such period;
(iv) the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with reasonable outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his sole discretion; and
(v) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits, other than (x) severance benefits and (y) any benefits or payments under the Change of Control Agreement (Exhibit B), all rights to which the Executive shall have relinquished as partial consideration for the payments and benefits under this Section 5(a), that are required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Other
(b) Termination Other than for Cause, Death or Disability if the Executive ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Does Not Agree to Cancellation of Change of Control Agreement. If, ------------------------------------------------------------- during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than for Cause, death or Disability, and the Executive elects to maintain in effect the Change of Control Agreement previously entered into between the Executive and the Company, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations on the part of the Company to the Executive other than obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his or her Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (y) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive, and (z) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid.
Obligations of the Client 4.1. The client undertakes to inform the company in advance (meaning no later than 2 calendar days) about the dispatch of the goods, by entering the shipment into the Xxxxx.xxx software.
4.1.1. In case of non-compliance with subparagraph 3.2.1 of this agreement, the company has the right to refuse the client in accepting and placing his goods at the warehouse.
4.2. To send goods from the warehouse or to carry out other operations, the client is obliged to provide his client number (client ID) and data of the goods.
Obligations of the Investment Adviser a. The Investment Adviser shall provide (or cause the Trust's custodian to provide) timely information to the Subadviser regarding such matters as the composition of assets in the Fund, cash requirements and cash available for investment in the Fund, and all other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Subadviser to perform its responsibilities hereunder.
b. The Investment Adviser has furnished the Subadviser a copy of the prospectus and statement of additional information of the Fund and agrees during the continuance of this Agreement to furnish the Subadviser copies of any revisions or supplements thereto at, or, if practicable, before the time the revisions or supplements become effective. The Investment Adviser agrees to furnish the Subadviser with minutes of meetings of the Trustees of the Trust applicable to the Fund to the extent they may affect the duties of the Subadviser, and with copies of any financial statements or reports made by the Fund to its shareholders, and any further materials or information which the Subadviser may reasonably request to enable it to perform its functions under this Agreement.
Obligations of the Customer 3.1 The Customer agrees to:
(a) The Customer shall give the Company not less than 14 days prior written notice of any proposed change of ownership of the Customer and or any change in the Customer’s details (including but not limited to, changes in the customer’s name, address, contact phone/fax numbers or business practice). The Customer shall be liable for any loss incurred by the Company as a result of the Customers failure to comply with this clause.
(b) Pay the Company the Price for carrying out the Works in accordance with this agreement;
(c) Provide the Company with all necessary plans, specifications, services and amenities, so as to allow the Company to carry out the Works, provide access to the Location and ensure to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that the Location remains in a state and condition that is safe for the Company and its employees and agents;
(d) Ensure the Location complies with all necessary bylaws and restrictions is structurally sound (in accordance with all legislation governing safety in the workplace);
(e) Not to cause any disruption or obstruction to the carrying out of any Works and to follow any reasonable instructions provided by the Company about the Works;
(f) Where the Works requires co-ordination with other trades then the Customer will supply the Company with a schedule detailing all relevant information so as to allow the Company sufficient time to co-ordinate with the Customer’s other tradespersons;
(g) Permit the Company to attach such reasonable signage as the Company may wish to any Works so as to identify that the Company is carrying out the Works;
(h) In circumstances where it wishes to make a claim against the Company pursuant to the guarantee given in clause 13.2, exclusively permit the Company or its authorised representative to remedy or make good any defects in its Workmanship and not permit any other third party to do so.
3.2 Without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company, if the Customer fails to carry out or perform any of its obligations pursuant to this clause 3 (excepting clause 3.1(g)) then, in addition to any Additional Expenses Charge that may apply, the Company may charge the Customer a Services Delay Charge for each day (or part thereof) that the Company is, in its reasonable opinion, unable and/or not required to carry out or perform the Works as a result of such breach by the Customer.
3.3 Where the Customer requests any Related Work to be carried out, the Company will use its best endeavours to source suppliers and/or contractors to carry out the Related Work, but the Customer is responsible for the commissioning, controlling, and payment for such work.
3.4 The Customer acknowledges that unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Customer and the Company, the Customer shall be responsible for obtaining, paying for and maintaining in force all permits, approvals, authorisations, authorities, licences and consents of all regulatory authorities whatsoever which are or may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Works.
Obligations of the Investors In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Investors shall have the following obligations:
a. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least three (3) business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires from each such Investor.
b. Each Investor, by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statements hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable Securities from the Registration Statements.
c. In the event Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities being registered (with the approval of the Initial Investors) determine to engage the services of an underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such Investor's obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.
d. Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or 3(g), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by the Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in such Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
e. No Investor may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in usual and customary form entered into by the Company, (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all underwriting discounts and commissions and any expenses in excess of those payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5 below.
Interim Operations of the Company The Company covenants and agrees, as to itself and its subsidiaries, that, prior to the Effective Time (unless Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing and except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement):
(a) the business of the Company and its subsidiaries shall be conducted only in the ordinary and usual course and, to the extent consistent therewith, each of the Company and its subsidiaries shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve its business organization intact and maintain
(b) the Company shall not (i) sell or pledge or agree to sell or pledge any stock or other securities owned by it or permit any of its subsidiaries to sell, pledge or agree to sell or pledge any stock or other securities owned by such subsidiary; (ii) amend the Certificate or its bylaws or amend, modify or terminate the Rights Agreement, or redeem the Rights issued pursuant thereto; (iii) split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Shares; or (iv) declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property with respect to the Shares;
(c) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall (i) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any additional shares of, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, any shares of its capital stock of any class of the Company, its subsidiaries or any other property or assets other than, in the case of the Company, Shares issuable pursuant to options outstanding on the date hereof under the Stock Plans and shares issuable pursuant to the Warrants; (ii) transfer, lease, license, guarantee, sell, mortgage, pledge, dispose of or encumber any assets or incur or modify any indebtedness or other liability other than in the ordinary and usual course of business; (iii) acquire directly or indirectly by redemption or otherwise any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iv) authorize capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate or make any acquisition of (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets), or any investment in, assets or stock of any other person or entity (other than acquisitions of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(d) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall grant any severance or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance agreement with any director, officer or other employee of the Company or any such subsidiary; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall establish,
(e) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall settle or compromise any material claims or litigation or, except in the ordinary and usual course of business and with the consent of Purchaser, modify, amend or terminate any of its material Contracts or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims;
(f) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall make any tax election or permit any insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to be canceled or terminated without notice to Purchaser, except in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(g) except as may be required as a result of a change in law or in generally accepted accounting principles, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall change any of the accounting practices or principles used by it;
(h) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization, or other reorganization of the Company (other than the Merger and other than in compliance with Section 9.4(a)); and
(i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will authorize or enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing or take any action that would knowingly cause any of the representations or warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or incorrect or would result in any of the Offer Conditions set forth in Annex A hereto not being satisfied.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER a. The Buyer has furnished to the Company in Exhibit B hereto such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. The Company shall notify the Buyer in writing of any other information the Company reasonably requires from the Buyer in connection with any Registration Statement hereunder. The Buyer will as promptly as practicable notify the Company of any material change in the information set forth in Exhibit B, other than changes in its ownership of the Common Stock.
b. The Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any amendments and supplements to any Registration Statement hereunder.
c. The Buyer agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event or existence of facts of the kind described in Section 3(f) or any notice of the kind described in the first sentence of Section 3(e), the Buyer will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until the Buyer’s receipt (which may be accomplished through electronic delivery) of the copies of the filed supplemented or amended registration statement and/or prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or the first sentence of Section 3(e). In addition, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the kind described in the first sentence of Section 3(e), the Buyer will immediately discontinue purchases or sales of any securities of the Company unless such purchases or sales are in compliance with applicable U.S. securities laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its Transfer Agent to deliver as promptly as practicable shares of Common Stock without any restrictive legend in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which the Buyer has received a Purchase Notice or VWAP Purchase Notice (both as defined in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Buyer’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or the first sentence of Section 3(e) and for which the Buyer has not yet settled.
CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
