Management Contracts The Recipient agrees that from the date hereof until the date on which none of the Infrastructure Bonds, of which the proceeds were used to pay or reimburse the costs of the Project, remain outstanding (the "Agreement Term"):
a. The Recipient will not contract with any Private Person to manage the Project or any portion thereof unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) at least 50% of the compensation of the Private Person is based on a periodic, fixed fee that contains no incentive adjustments, and no amount of compensation is based on a share of net profits; (B) the compensation is reasonable in relation to the services performed; (C) the term of the contract does not exceed five (5) years (including any renewal option periods provided for in the contract); (D) if the term of the contract exceeds three (3) years, the Recipient is able to cancel the contract without penalty or cause at the end of each three-year period of the contract; (E) any automatic increases in the periodic, fixed fee may not exceed the percentage increases determined by an external standard set forth in the contract for computing increases; and (F) any new contract with a Private Person which is subject to this subparagraph F.2. will be subject to the requirements of (A) through (F) of this subparagraph F.2.a.; and
b. If the Recipient is subject to subparagraph F.2.a. above and it enters into contracts with Private Persons described in subparagraph F.2.a., and the Governing Body of the recipient numbers five (5) or more members, no more than one (1) member of the Governing Body of the Recipient may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Private Person. If the Governing Body of the Recipient numbers less than five (5), no member of the Governing Body of the Recipient may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Private Person. Similarly, if the Governing Body of the Private Person numbers five (5) or more members, no more than one (1) of those members may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Recipient. However, in no event may a member or employee of both the Recipient and Private Person be the Chief Executive Officer or its equivalent of the Recipient or the Private Person. Members of the Governing Body of the Recipient may not own a controlling interest in the Private Person.
Business Contracts (a) Schedule 1.1(d) lists each agreement (whether written or oral and including all amendments and supplements thereto) relating to the Business to which Sellers are a party or beneficiary or by which Sellers (in respect of the Business) or any of the Assets is bound or otherwise obligated for which Sellers have provided staffing services at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on the Closing Date, including all customer contracts, purchase orders and statements of work (collectively, the “Customer Contracts”). Each Customer Contract represents the entire agreement between Sellers and the other party or parties thereto. Subject to obtaining any necessary third Person consents pursuant to Section 4.8, each Customer Contract will continue to be binding in accordance with its terms following the Closing Date, and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and will not result in an actual or potential default, or require the payment of any sum of money, under any Customer Contract (with or without the lapse of time or giving of notice, or both).
(b) Schedule 2.14(b) lists a generic description of each of the employment-related agreements and policies applicable to Billable Personnel (collectively, the “Billable Personnel Contracts”). Each Temporary Personnel Contract represents the entire agreement between Sellers and the other party or parties thereto. Subject to obtaining any necessary third Person consents pursuant to Section 4.8, each Billable Personnel Contract will continue to be binding in accordance with its terms following the Closing Date and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and will not result in an actual or potential default, or require the payment of any sum of money not contemplated by Section 4.3(c), under any Billable Personnel Contract (with or without the lapse of time or giving of notice, or both).
(c) Schedule 1.1(f) lists each agreement (whether written or oral and including all amendments and supplements thereto) relating to the Business to which Sellers are a party or beneficiary or by which Sellers (in respect of the Business) or any of the Assets is bound or otherwise obligated relating to the Billable Staffing Independent Contractors who are providing billable services on the date hereof (collectively, the “Billable Staffing Independent Contractor Contracts”). Each Billable Staffing Independent Contractor Contract represents the entire agreement between Sellers and the other party or parties thereto. Subject to obtaining any necessary third Person consents pursuant to Section 4.8, each Billable Staffing Independent Contractor Contract will continue to be binding in accordance with its terms following the Closing Date and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and will not result in an actual or potential default, or require the payment of any sum of money, under any Billable Staffing Independent Contractor Contract (with or without the lapse of time or giving of notice, or both).
(d) Schedule 2.14(d) lists the following currently effective agreements (whether written or oral and including all amendments and supplements thereto) relating to the Business to which Sellers are a party or beneficiary or by which Sellers (in respect of the Business) or any of the Assets is bound or otherwise obligated, which is not listed in any other Schedule (collectively with the agreements and policies listed in the other Schedules, the “Business Contracts”): (i) real estate leases; (ii) agreements evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness for which Sellers are, directly or indirectly, liable; (iii) capital or operating leases or conditional sales agreements relating to vehicles, equipment or other Assets that are material to the Business; (iv) agreements pursuant to which Sellers are entitled or obligated to either acquire any assets from, or sell any assets to, a third Person; (v) insurance policies; (vi) employment, consulting, noncompetition, separation, collective bargaining, union or labor agreements or arrangements; and (vii) agreements with or for the benefit of the Selling Person, or any director, manager, officer or employee of Sellers employed in the Business, or any Affiliate or immediate family member thereof.
(e) Sellers have delivered to Buyer a true, correct and complete copy of each written Business Contract and a written, detailed summary of each material term of each oral Business Contract. Each Business Contract is valid, binding and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a Proceeding at law or in equity). Sellers have performed all of their material obligations under each Business Contract, and there exists no breach or default (or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default) on the part of Sellers or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, on the part of any other Person under any Business Contract. There has been no termination or notice of default or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, any threatened termination under any Business Contract. To the Knowledge of Sellers, no party to any Business Contract intends to alter its relationship with the Business as a result of or in connection with the acquisition contemplated by this Agreement.
Limited Contracts 1. All bargaining unit members employed in the Bellefontaine City Schools will be employed according to the following procedures:
a. All bargaining unit members new to the Bellefontaine City School system shall be hired for one (1) year.
b. Upon re-employment after the first contract, the new contract shall be for one (1) year.
c. Upon re-employment after the second one-year contract, the unit member's contract shall be for two (2) years.
d. Upon re-employment after the first two-year contract, the unit member's contract shall be for three (3) years.
e. Upon re-employment after the three-year contract, the unit member's contract shall be for five (5) years and subsequent renewal thereof shall be for five (5) year periods, except that the Board may offer a one-year extended contract before any five (5) year contract if, prior to the expiration of the last contract, a decision based only upon the written evaluation instrument of the system so warrants it. No extended one- year contract may be offered two (2) or more years in succession.
f. The Board may grant a continuing contract, provided service and certification/licensure requirements are met by the unit member.
g. The usual term of contracts for unit members with continuous service in Bellefontaine shall follow the sequence of one (1) year, one (1) year, two (2) years, three (3) years, five (5) years until eligible for a continuing contract, except as defined in Paragraph e. Effective with the 2007-08 school year, all newly-employed bargaining unit members who are hired with a One-Year Supplemental Teaching License will be limited to a one (1) year contract renewal each year until a multi-year license has been attained.
h. A unit member who resigns or is non-renewed and who is subsequently rehired within nine calendar months shall be eligible for multi-year contracts, subject to the provision of paragraph e.
i. A unit member who resigns or is non-renewed and who is subsequently rehired after nine calendar months have expired shall not be eligible for multi-year contracts and will be treated as a unit member new to the system.
j. This section does not apply to supplemental contracts.
Project Contracts Prior to the delivery of this Lease, the Company may have entered into a contract or contracts with respect to the acquisition and/or construction of the Improvements. Those contracts, and any such contracts entered into by the Company after delivery of this Lease are hereinafter referred to as the “Project Contracts.” Prior to the delivery hereof, certain work has been or may have been performed on the Improvements pursuant to said Project Contracts or otherwise. Subject to the Lender’s rights in the Project Contracts, the Company hereby conveys, transfers and assigns to the Issuer all of the Company’s rights in, but not its obligations under the Project Contracts and the Issuer hereby designates the Company as Issuer’s agent for the purpose of executing and performing the Project Contracts. After the execution hereof, the Company shall cause the Project Contracts to be fully performed by the contractor(s), subcontractor(s) and supplier(s) thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof, and the Company covenants to cause the Improvements to be acquired, constructed and/or completed in accordance with the Project Contracts. Any and all amounts received by the Issuer, the Trustee or the Company from any of the contractors or other suppliers by way of breach of contract, refunds or adjustments shall become a part of and be deposited in the Project Fund.
Gas Contracts No Credit Party, as of the date hereof or as disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing, (a) is obligated in any material respect by virtue of any prepayment made under any contract containing a “take-or-pay” or “prepayment” provision or under any similar agreement to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from or allocated to any of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas Properties at some future date without receiving full payment therefor at the time of delivery or (b) except as has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, has produced gas, in any material amount, subject to balancing rights of third parties or subject to balancing duties under Legal Requirements.
Operating Contracts Subject to the rights of the Timeshare Owners’ Association as set forth in the Timeshare Documents, no Operating Contract shall be modified, extended, terminated or entered into, without the prior written approval of Agent, if any such modification, extension, termination or new agreement could have a material adverse impact on the operation of the Resorts or the Collateral.
Construction Contracts Item A: Enter the total dollar amount of all contacts awarded on the project/ program. Item B: Enter the total dollar amount of contracts connected with this project/program that were awarded to Section 3 businesses.
Contracts (a) Section 4.13(a) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and correct list of all of the following Contracts, in effect as of the date of this Agreement, to which a Transferred Entity is a party, is bound by or subject to, or pursuant to which the BGI Business is conducted (the “Specified Contracts”):
(i) any Contract for the placement, distribution or sale of shares, units or other ownership interests of a Fund that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or provide for payments from, a Transferred Entity in excess of $5,000,000 in 2009;
(ii) any administration agreement or any other Contract for the provision of administrative services that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or provide for payments from a Transferred Entity in 2009 in excess of $10,000,000 and by its terms is not terminable without penalty by a Transferred Entity upon notice of 180 days or less;
(iii) any Contract, other than a Benefit and Compensation Arrangement, that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or provide for payments from, a Transferred Entity in excess of $10,000,000 in 2009;
(iv) any Contract prohibiting or materially restricting the ability of any Transferred Entity to conduct its business, to engage in any business or operate in any geographical area or to compete with any Person;
(v) any Contract for any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership or similar arrangement involving a sharing of profits or expenses or payments based on revenues, profits, or assets under management of any Affiliate of Parent or any Fund that is reasonably expected to account for revenue to the BGI Business in 2009 in excess of $10,000,000 on an annual (or annualized) basis or that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole;
(vi) any Contract relating to any Indebtedness of a Transferred Entity in an amount in excess of $5,000,000, other than: (A) any mortgage or similar Indebtedness secured by specific property owned by or on behalf of a Client; (B) any Indebtedness solely between Transferred Entities; or (C) any Indebtedness for which no Transferred Entity will be liable following the Closing;
(vii) any Contract (including any so-called take-or-pay or keep well agreements) under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any Transferred Entity in respect of the BGI Business that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole, or (B) a Transferred Entity has directly or indirectly guaranteed or otherwise agreed to be responsible for Indebtedness or liabilities of any Person (other than any Transferred Entity) in each case in excess of $10,000,000;
(viii) any Contract that provides for earn-outs or other similar contingent obligations that would reasonably be expected to result in annual payments in 2009 of $5,000,000 or more;
(ix) any Contract entered into since January 1, 2007 for the acquisition or disposition of a Person or a division of a Person, or for the acquisition or sale of any assets (including Intellectual Property), properties, equity interests or rights, other than any such sale or acquisition in the ordinary course of business or any such sale or acquisition that would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole; and
(x) any BGI Affiliate Arrangement that will be in effect after the Closing.
(b) Seller has made available to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement a complete and correct copy of each written Specified Contract (except in certain instances such Specified Contracts or portions thereof have been withheld as described in Seller’s Disclosure Schedules or redacted) and accurate and complete descriptions of all material terms of each oral Specified Contract, including all material amendments, modifications and supplements thereto as in effect on the date of this Agreement. Each (i) Specified Contract, (ii) Investment Advisory Arrangement which accounts for more than $1,000,000 of revenue to the BGI Business on an annualized basis and (iii) Contract that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to a Transferred Entity in excess of $1,000,000 in 2009 that contains key person provisions pertaining to employees of a Transferred Entity ((i), (ii) and (iii) being the “Significant Contracts”) is in full force and effect, and is valid and binding on the Transferred Entity that is a party thereto, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, on each other party thereto. There exists no breach or default of any Significant Contract on the part of any Transferred Entity which (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole. No Transferred Entity has received any written notice of an intention to terminate, not to renew or to challenge the validity or enforceability of any Significant Contract, the termination, failure to renew or challenge of which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole.
(c) As of the date hereof, no Transferred Entity has entered into and is bound by or subject to any of the following:
(i) other than investment management and distribution Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, any Contract providing for the indemnification of any Person with respect to liabilities, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise that would reasonably be expected to result in aggregate indemnification payments by a Transferred Entity in excess of $10,000,000;
(ii) other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, any type of Contract to cap fees, share fees or other payments, share expenses, waive fees or to reimburse or assume any or all fees or expenses thereunder that in any such case would be material to the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole; or
(iii) other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, any Contract requiring any Transferred Entity (A) to co-invest with any other Person, (B) to provide seed capital or similar investment or (C) to invest in any investment product, in each case in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall Specified Contracts include any Investment Advisory Arrangement.
(e) Attached as Section 4.13(e) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedules is a description of any “most favored nation” provision in any Investment Advisory Arrangement which provided revenue to Seller and its Affiliates in excess of (i) $1,000,000 in 2008 for Investment Advisory Arrangement with U.S.-based clients and (ii) $5,000,000 in 2008 for all other Investment Advisory Arrangements.
(f) Attached as Section 4.13(f) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedules is a description of any “key person” provision pertaining to employees of a Transferred Entity in any Contract that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to a Transferred Entity in excess of $10,000,000 in 2009.
(g) Seller has made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of its form of counterparty security lending (borrower default) indemnity Contract and its forms of cash fund capital support Contracts, in each case provided to certain funds and clients of the securities lending or short-term cash businesses of the BGI Business, and none of the Contracts used by the Transferred Entities for such purposes materially deviates from such standard forms.
SUB-CONTRACTS (a) The Administrator may sub-contract or delegate the performance of all or any of its powers and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (but subject to Clause 3.2(b) herein):
(i) the prior written consent of the Mortgages Trustee and Funding to the proposed arrangement (including, if Funding considers it necessary after consulting with the Security Trustee, approving any contract which sets out the terms on which such arrangements are to be made) has been obtained, the Security Trustee has been consulted and notification has been given to each of the Rating Agencies;
(ii) where the arrangements involve the custody or control of any Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds relating to the Mortgage Portfolio for the purpose of performing any delegated Services, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed an acknowledgement in writing acceptable to Funding and the Security Trustee to the effect that any such Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds are and will be held to the order of the Mortgages Trustee (as trustee for the Beneficiaries);
(iii) where the arrangements involve or may involve the receipt by the sub-contractor or delegate of monies belonging to the Beneficiaries which, in accordance with this Agreement, are to be paid into the relevant Collection Account, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed a declaration in writing acceptable to the Beneficiaries that any such monies held by it or to its order are held on trust for the Beneficiaries and will be paid forthwith into the relevant Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed;
(iv) any such sub-contractor or delegate has executed a written waiver of any Security Interest arising in connection with such delegated Services (to the extent that such Security Interest relates to the Mortgage Portfolio or any amount referred to in (iii) above); and
(v) neither the Mortgages Trustee, the Security Trustee nor the Beneficiaries shall have any liability for any costs, charges or expenses payable to or incurred by such sub-contractor or delegate or arising from the entering into, the continuance or the termination of any such arrangement.
(b) The provisos to Clause 3.2(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) herein shall not apply:
(i) to the engagement by the Administrator of:
(1) any receiver, solicitor, insurance broker, valuer, surveyor, accountant, estate agent, insolvency practitioner, auctioneer, bailiff, debt counsellor, tracing agent, property management agent, licensed or qualified conveyancer or other professional adviser acting as such; or
(2) any locksmith, builder or other contractor acting as such in relation to a Mortgaged Property, in any such case being a person or persons whom the Administrator would be willing to appoint in respect of its own mortgages in connection with the performance by the Administrator of any of its obligations or functions or in connection with the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; or
(ii) to any delegation to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller from time to time.
(c) The Mortgages Trustee and/or Funding and the Security Trustee may require the Administrator to assign to the Mortgages Trustee any rights which the Administrator may have against any sub-contractor or delegate arising from the performance of services by such person in association with any matter contemplated by this Agreement and the Administrator acknowledges that such rights assigned to the Mortgages Trustee will be exercised by the Mortgages Trustee as trustee for the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed.
(d) Notwithstanding any sub-contracting or delegation of the performance of the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Administrator shall not thereby be released or discharged from any liability hereunder;
(ii) the Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of the obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement;
(iii) the performance or non-performance or the manner of performance of any sub-contractor or delegate of any of the Services shall not affect the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) any breach in the performance of the Services by any sub-contractor or delegate shall, subject to the Administrator being entitled for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of notice of the breach to remedy such breach by any sub-contractor or delegate, be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Administrator; and
(v) the Security Trustee shall have no liability for any act or omission of the sub-contractor or delegate and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any such sub-contractor or delegate.
Service Contracts (a) The Trustees may, at any time and from time to time, contract for exclusive or nonexclusive advisory, management and/or administrative services for the Trust or for any Series with any Person; and any such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine, including without limitation, authority for the Investment Adviser to determine from time to time without prior consultation with the Trustees what investments shall be purchased, held, sold or exchanged and what portion, if any, of the assets of the Trust shall be held uninvested and to make changes in the Trust's investments, and such other responsibilities as may specifically be delegated to such Person.
(b) The Trustees may also, at any time and from time to time, contract with any Persons, appointing such Persons exclusive or nonexclusive distributor or Principal Underwriter for the Shares of one or more of the Series or other securities to be issued by the Trust. Every such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine.
(c) The Trustees are also empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons, appointing such Person(s) to serve as custodian(s), transfer agent and/or shareholder servicing agent for the Trust or one or more of its Series. Every such contract shall comply with such terms as may be required by the Trustees.
(d) The Trustees are further empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons to provide such other services to the Trust or one or more of the Series, as the Trustees determine to be in the best interests of the Trust and the applicable Series.
(e) The fact that:
(i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees, or officers of the Trust is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, Manager, adviser, Principal Underwriter, distributor, or affiliate or agent of or for any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract, or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made, or that
(ii) any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made also has an advisory, management or administration contract, or principal underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other service contract, or has other business or interests with any other Person, shall not affect the validity of any such contract or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or executing the same, or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders, provided approval of each such contract is made pursuant to the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act.
