AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS 27.1 Each invoice paid by UNDP shall be subject to a post-payment audit by auditors, whether internal or external, of UNDP or by other authorized and qualified agents of UNDP at any time during the term of the Contract and for a period of three (3) years following the expiration or prior termination of the Contract.
27.2 UNDP may conduct investigations relating to any aspect of the Contract or the award thereof, the obligations performed under the Contract, and the operations of the Contractor generally relating to performance of the Contract at any time during the term of the Contract and for a period of three
27.3 The Contractor shall provide its full and timely cooperation with any such inspections, post- payment audits or investigations. Such cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to, the Contractor’s obligation to make available its personnel and any relevant documentation for such purposes at reasonable times and on reasonable conditions and to grant to UNDP access to the Contractor’s premises at reasonable times and on reasonable conditions in connection with such access to the Contractor’s personnel and relevant documentation. The Contractor shall require its agents, including, but not limited to, the Contractor’s attorneys, accountants or other advisers, to reasonably cooperate with any inspections, post-payment audits or investigations carried out by UNDP hereunder.
27.4 UNDP shall be entitled to a refund from the Contractor for any amounts shown by such audits or investigations to have been paid by UNDP other than in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contract. The Contractor also agrees that, where applicable, donors to UNDP whose funding is the source of, in whole or in part, the funding for the procurement of Goods and/or Services which are the subject of this Contract, shall have direct recourse to the Contractor for the recovery of any funds determined by UNDP to have been used in violation of or inconsistent with this Contract.
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.
Corporate Examinations and Investigations Prior to the Closing Date, the parties acknowledge that they have been entitled, through their employees and representatives, to make such investigation of the assets, properties, business and operations, books, records and financial condition of the other as they each may reasonably require. No investigations, by a party hereto shall, however, diminish or waive any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the party under this Agreement.
Access and Investigation During the period from the date hereof through the Closing of the Merger (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause the respective Representatives of the Company and Subsidiaries to: (a) provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with reasonable access to the Acquired Companies’ Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies; (b) provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with such copies of the existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies, and with such additional financial, operating and other data and information regarding the Acquired Companies and their financial condition, as Parent may reasonably request; and (c) fully cooperate with Parent in its reasonable investigation of the businesses of the Acquired Companies. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall furnish promptly to Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by the Company during the Pre-Closing Period with the SEC, and (ii) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. In addition, the Company shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to Parent, and the Parent shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to the Company, if it becomes aware of (A) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (B) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, (C) the occurrence of an event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Annex I impossible or unlikely or that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (D) the commencement of any litigation or Proceeding against the Company, Parent or Acquisition Co. Nothing in this Section 5.1 shall require the Company to provide Parent or Acquisition Co. with any information relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal.
Information and Inspection Pledgor shall (i) promptly furnish Bank any information with respect to the Collateral requested by Bank; (ii) allow Bank or its representatives to inspect and copy, or furnish Bank or its representatives with copies of, all records relating to the Collateral and the Obligation; and (iii) promptly furnish Bank or its representatives with any other information Bank may reasonably request.
Grievance Investigations Where an employee has asked or is obliged to be represented by the Institute in relation to the presentation of a grievance and an employee acting on behalf of the Institute wishes to discuss the grievance with that employee, the employee and the representative of the employee will, where operational requirements permit, be given reasonable leave with pay for this purpose when the discussion takes place in the headquarters area of such employee and leave without pay when it takes place outside the headquarters area of such employee.
Other Information and Inspections In each case subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.3, each Restricted Person will furnish to each Lender any information which Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time request concerning any covenant, provision or condition of the Loan Documents or any matter in connection with Restricted Persons' businesses and operations. In each case subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.3, each Restricted Person will permit representatives appointed by Administrative Agent (including independent accountants, auditors, agents, attorneys, appraisers and any other Persons) to visit and inspect during normal business hours any of such Restricted Person's property, including its books of account, other books and records, and any facilities or other business assets, and to make extra copies therefrom and photocopies and photographs thereof, and to write down and record any information such representatives obtain, and each Restricted Person shall permit Administrative Agent or its representatives to investigate and verify the accuracy of the information furnished to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and to discuss all such matters with its officers, employees and, upon prior notice to Borrower, its representatives. Each of the foregoing inspections shall be made subject to compliance with applicable safety standards and the same conditions applicable to any Restricted Person in respect of property of that Restricted Person on the premises of Persons other than a Restricted Person or an Affiliate of a Restricted Person, and all information, books and records furnished or requested to be furnished, or of which copies, photocopies or photographs are made or requested to be made, all information to be investigated or verified and all discussions conducted with any officer, employee or representative of any Restricted Person shall be subject to any applicable attorney-client privilege exceptions which the Restricted Person determines is reasonably necessary and compliance with conditions to disclosures under non-disclosure agreements between any Restricted Person and Persons other than a Restricted Person or an Affiliate of a Restricted Person and the express undertaking of each Person acting at the direction of or on behalf of any Lender Party to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of Section 10.6 of this Agreement.
Background Investigation The BOARD is prohibited from knowingly employing a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit certain criminal offenses. If the required criminal background investigation is not completed at the time this Contract is signed, and the subsequent investigation report reveals that there has been a prohibited conviction, this Contract shall immediately become null and void.
Compliance Investigations Upon City’s request, Contractor agrees to provide to City, within sixty calendar days, a truthful and complete list of the names of all subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers that Contractor has used in the past five years on any of its contracts that were undertaken within San Diego County, including the total dollar amount paid by Contractor for each subcontract or supply contract. Contractor further agrees to fully cooperate in any investigation conducted by City pursuant to City's Nondiscrimination in Contracting Ordinance. Contractor understands and agrees that violation of this clause shall be considered a material breach of the Contract and may result in Contract termination, debarment, and other sanctions.
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
