Claims Procedure and Arbitration In the event a dispute arises over benefits under this Executive Plan and benefits are not paid to the Executive (or to the Executive's beneficiary(ies) in the case of the Executive's death) and such claimants feel they are entitled to receive such benefits, then a written claim must be made to the Named Fiduciary and Plan Administrator named above within sixty (60) days from the date payments are refused. The Named Fiduciary and Plan Administrator shall review the written claim and if the claim is denied, in whole or in part, they shall provide in writing within sixty (60) days of receipt of such claim the specific reasons for such denial, reference to the provisions of this Executive Plan upon which the denial is based and any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim. Such written notice shall further indicate the additional steps to be taken by claimants if a further review of the claim denial is desired. A claim shall be deemed denied if the Named Fiduciary and Plan Administrator fail to take any action within the aforesaid sixty-day period. If claimants desire a second review they shall notify the Named Fiduciary and Plan Administrator in writing within sixty (60) days of the first claim denial. Claimants may review this Executive Plan or any documents relating thereto and submit any written issues and comments it may feel appropriate. In their sole discretion, the Named Fiduciary and Plan Administrator shall then review the second claim and provide a written decision within sixty (60) days of receipt of such claim. This decision shall likewise state the specific reasons for the decision and shall include reference to specific provisions of the Plan Agreement upon which the decision is based. If claimants continue to dispute the benefit denial based upon completed performance of this Executive Plan or the meaning and effect of the terms and conditions thereof, then claimants may submit the dispute to an arbitrator for final arbitration. The arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement of the Bank and the claimants. The arbitrator shall operate under any generally recognized set of arbitration rules. The parties hereto agree that they and their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns shall be bound by the decision of such arbitrator with respect to any controversy properly submitted to it for determination. Where a dispute arises as to the Bank's discharge of the Executive "for cause," such dispute shall likewise be submitted to arbitration as above described and the parties hereto agree to be bound by the decision thereunder.
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND ARBITRATION 8.01 Any employee or the Union has the right to lodge a grievance with respect to any matter arising out of the interpretation, application or alleged violation of this Agreement.
8.02 At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her/his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Employer shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Employer also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, it will also notify the Bargaining Unit.
8.03 It is the intent of the parties that complaints of employees shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that the Union has no grievance concerning an individual nurse until the Director of Care or her/his designate has been given an opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with the Director of Care within fifteen (15) working days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred. This discussion may include consultation, advice and assistance from others. If there is no settlement within nine (9) working days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within nine (9) working days in the following manner and sequence: The Union may present the grievance to the Administrator, or her/his designate, who shall render her/his decision within five (5) working days after the presentation of the grievance to her/him. The parties may, if they so desire, meet to discuss the grievance at a time and place suitable to both parties. If the decision is unsatisfactory, then the grievance may be presented in the following manner: Within ten (10) working days after the decision is given at Step No. 1, the aggrieved employee, and/or the Grievance Committee shall meet with a committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Manor to consider the grievance. At this stage the employee and/or the Grievance Committee may be accompanied by a representative of the Union. The decision of the committee of the Board of Directors will be rendered in writing to the Labour Relations Officer and the bargaining unit representative within ten (10) working days following such a meeting.
NATURE AND SCOPE 4.1 This Agreement is an agreement under the terms and conditions of which the Supplier/Service Provider will arrange for the supply/provision to Transnet of the Goods/Services which meet the requirements and specifications of Transnet, the delivery of which is controlled by means of Purchase Orders to be issued by Transnet and executed by the Supplier/Service Provider in accordance with this Agreement.
4.2 Such Purchase Orders and deliveries to Transnet shall be agreed between the Parties from time to time, subject to the terms of the Schedule of Requirements/Work Order.
4.3 Each properly executed Purchase Order forms an inseparable part of this Agreement as if it were fully incorporated into the body of this Agreement.
4.4 During the period of this Agreement, both Parties can make written suggestions for amendments to the Schedule of Requirements/Work Orders in accordance with procedures set out in clause 35 [Amendment and Change Control]. A Party will advise the other Party within 14 [fourteen] Business Days, or such other period as mutually agreed, whether the amendment is acceptable.
4.5 Insofar as any term, provision or condition in the Schedule of Requirements/Work Order conflicts with a like term, provision or condition in this Agreement and/or a Purchase Order, the term or provision or condition in this Master Agreement shall prevail, unless such term or provision or condition in this Master Agreement has been specifically revoked or amended by mutual written agreement between the Parties.
4.6 Time will be of the essence and the Supplier/Service Provider will perform its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the timeframe(s) [if any] set out in the relevant schedule, save that the Supplier/Service Provider will not be liable under this clause if it is unable to meet such obligation within the time required as a direct result of any act or omission by Transnet and it has used its best endeavours to advise Transnet of such act or omission. In the event of such delay, any time deadlines detailed in the relevant schedule shall be extended by a period equal to the period of that delay.
Time Schedule 4.1. A project schedule is included in Appendix A.
4.2. Any delay of services or change in sequence of tasks must be approved in writing by Delaware.
4.3. In the event that Vendor fails to complete the project or any phase thereof within the time specified in the Contract, or with such additional time as may be granted in writing by Delaware, or fails to prosecute the work, or any separable part thereof, with such diligence as will insure its completion within the time specified in this Agreement or any extensions thereof, Delaware shall suspend the payments scheduled as set forth in Appendix A.
SIGNATURE AND DATE The Parties hereby agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and such is demonstrated throughout by their signatures below:
Nature and Scope of Guaranty 1.1 The Guarantor, jointly and severally (if executed by more than one person), irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Lender, its successors and assigns, the payment of the Debt and the payment and performance of all the Obligations, subject to the recourse limitations of Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Note. This Guaranty is a primary and absolute obligation of the Guarantor.
1.2 Guarantor will make all payments hereunder in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds without set-off, counterclaim or defense.
1.3 Guarantor's liability hereunder shall remain unchanged irrespective of any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any other guaranty, pledge, assignment or other security for the Debt or Obligations, and without regard to any claim, counterclaim, set-off or defense which Borrower, any other guarantor, surety or obligor might be privileged to assert with respect to the validity, legality or enforceability of the Debt or Obligations and irrespective of any present or future law or order of any government or any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend or otherwise affect any obligation of the Borrower or of any other guarantor, surety or other obligor or to vary the terms of payment of the Debt or the terms of any of the Obligations. If for any reason whatsoever (including but not limited to ultra xxxxx, lack of authority, illegality, force majeure, act of God or impossibility) the Debt or the Obligations cannot be enforced against Borrower, such unenforceability shall in no manner affect the liability of Guarantor hereunder and Guarantor shall be liable hereunder notwithstanding that Borrower may not be liable for such Debt or such Obligations.
1.4 The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Borrower relative to the Debt and Obligations, and a separate action or actions for payment, damages or performance may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor, or any of them should there be more than one, regardless of whether an action is or could be brought against Borrower, any security for the Debt and/or any of the Obligations or any other party obligated to pay the Debt and/or pay or perform any of the Obligations. Guarantor will not be privileged to assert, and hereby waives the right to assert, in any action(s) by Lender against Guarantor any defense, set-off or counterclaim which Borrower or any other obligor might then be privileged to assert. Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that, as between Guarantor and the Lender, the Debt and Obligations guaranteed hereunder may be declared to be due and payable for purposes of this Guaranty notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition arising from the filing of a voluntary or an involuntary bankruptcy petition by or against Borrower, or otherwise, which may prevent or delay any such declaration as against the Borrower. In addition, in the event that Borrower does not or is unable so to pay the Debt or perform the Obligations for any reason, including, without limitation, liquidation, dissolution, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, sale of all or substantially all assets, reorganization, arrangement, composition, or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings affecting the status, composition, identity, existence, assets or obligations of Borrower, or the disaffirmance or termination of any of the Debt or Obligations in or as a result of any such proceeding, Guarantor shall pay the Debt and perform the Obligations and no such occurrence shall in any way affect Guarantor's obligations hereunder.
1.5 If any claim is ever made upon Lender for repayment or recovery of any amount received by Lender in payment or on account of the Debt and/or any of the Obligations by virtue of such amount having been a preference under applicable bankruptcy laws or for any other reason and Lender repays all or part of said amount pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over Lender or any of its property or any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by Lender with any such claimant (including but not limited to the Borrower or any other guarantor), then any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon the Guarantor, and, notwithstanding any prior satisfaction or cancellation of this Guaranty, of the Note or any other instrument evidencing the Debt and any of the Obligations, this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or shall be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, and the Guarantor shall be and remain liable to Lender hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by Lender. Such amount shall be paid by Guarantor to Lender on demand.
1.6 This Guaranty shall automatically remain in effect for a period of one hundred (100) days after the date on which all of the Debt and Obligations are last fully paid and performed, and, if no bankruptcy petition is filed against Borrower within ninety (90) days after such date, then, in that event this Guaranty shall be deemed to have been canceled as of the aforesaid date on which all of the Debt and Obligations were last fully paid and performed, subject to being automatically reinstated for the reasons stated in Subsection 1.5 above. If, however, a bankruptcy petition is filed by or against the Borrower during said ninety (90) day period, this Guaranty shall continue in effect unless and until a final, non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction has been rendered or an agreement has been entered or reached pursuant to which Lender shall be entitled to retain all monies paid by Borrower to Lender. If Lender is obligated to return to the Borrower, to the estate of the Borrower or to a bankruptcy trustee for the Borrower any monies previously paid by the Borrower, then this Guaranty shall continue in effect and Guarantor, as provided in Subsection 1.5 above, shall continue to be liable to Lender for repayment of such monies.
Annexes, Appendices and Footnotes The annexes, appendices and footnotes to this Agreement constitute an integral part of this Agreement.
Wage Schedules The Parties shall, upon completing a wage adjustment calculation, forthwith prepare, publish, post and distribute a wage schedule resulting therefrom. The final determination of the wage schedules shall be issued no later than the 7th day of March or September, for the May and November adjustments, respectively.
Procedure and Effect of Termination In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the parties so terminating to the other party and this Agreement shall terminate and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned, without further action by Seller, on the one hand, or Buyer and Parent, on the other hand. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof:
(a) Each party shall redeliver all documents, work papers and other materials of the other parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, whether obtained before or after the execution hereof, to the party furnishing the same, and all confidential information received by any party hereto with respect to the other party shall be treated in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement and Section 5.2(c) hereof;
(b) All filings, applications and other submissions made pursuant hereto shall, at the option of Seller, and to the extent practicable, be withdrawn from the agency or other person to which made; and
(c) Each party's right of termination under Section 7.1 is in addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement or otherwise, and the exercise of a right of termination will not be an election of remedies. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, all further obligations of the parties under this Agreement will terminate, except that the obligations in Section 5.5 and 9 will survive; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated by a party because of the breach of the Agreement by the other party or because one or more of the conditions to the terminating party's obligations under this Agreement is not satisfied as a result of the other party's failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the terminating party's right to pursue all legal remedies, including the remedies set forth in Article VIII hereof, will survive such termination unimpaired.
Disclosure and Use 20.2.1 Each Receiving Party agrees that, from and after the Effective Date:
(a) all such Proprietary Information communicated or discovered, whether before, on or after the Effective Date, in connection with this Agreement shall be held in confidence to the same extent as such Receiving Party holds its own confidential information; provided, that such Receiving Party shall not use less than a reasonable standard of care in maintaining the confidentiality of such information;
(b) it will not, and it will not permit any of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates to disclose such Proprietary Information to any other third person;
(c) it will disclose Proprietary Information only to those of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates who have a need for it in connection with the use or provision of services required to fulfill this Agreement;
(d) it will, and will cause each of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates to use such Proprietary Information only to effectuate the terms and conditions of this Agreement and for no other purpose;
(e) it will cause each of its affiliates to execute individual confidentiality agreements containing the same restrictions as this Article XX; and
(f) it will, and will cause each of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents and affiliates, to use such Proprietary Information to create only that Derivative Information necessary for such Receiving Party's compliance with Applicable Law or its performance under the terms of this Agreement.
20.2.2 Any Receiving Party so disclosing Proprietary Information to its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates shall be responsible for any breach of this Agreement by any of its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates and such Receiving Party agrees to use its reasonable efforts to restrain its employees, contractors, consultants, agents or affiliates from any prohibited or unauthorized disclosure or use of the Proprietary Information and to assist the Disclosing Party in its efforts to protect such information from disclosure. Each Receiving Party making such disclosure shall notify the Disclosing Party as soon as possible if it has knowledge of a breach of this Agreement in any material respect.
20.2.3 Proprietary Information shall not be reproduced by any Receiving Party in any form except to the extent (i) necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 20.3 and (ii) reasonably necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement. All such reproductions shall bear the same copyright and proprietary rights notices as are contained in or on the original.
