Program Authority and Governance Sample Clauses

Program Authority and Governance. Lumber Liquidators shall implement and maintain a code of business conduct and ethics that affirms that every employee at Lumber Liquidators shall be responsible for compliance with the Lacey Act’s requirements, as with every other regulation to which the Company is subject. Employees in the various business units shall have the primary responsibility to ensure that the Company adheres to laws like the Lacey Act and when there is a question as to whether an action is or is not permitted, it is their duty to consult their counterparts in Legal and Compliance before proceeding. In turn, the leaders of these business units shall be responsible for ensuring that their teams and the third parties they engage follow all necessary compliance procedures. Lumber Liquidators’ Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) shall be responsible for the oversight of the Company’s program to address the requirements of the Lacey Act and related regulations. The CCO shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, shall make periodic (at least semi-annual) reports regarding compliance matters directly to the Board of Directors of the Company or a Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the term “Board” shall mean such Board of Directors or Committee thereof), and shall be authorized to report on such matters to the CEO of the Company and the Board at any time. A team of individuals that focuses on the requirements of the Lacey Act (“Lacey team”) shall report directly to the CCO. At least one member of the Lacey team, which may include the CCO, shall be a U.S.-based employee with at least approximately five years of experience in the timber-product or forestry industry. The Lacey team shall coordinate with other business functions, as appropriate, to meet the requirements of the Lacey Act Compliance Program and its associated processes. Each business function shall have a designated member of the Lacey team that is responsible for liaising with that business function.
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  • Authority and Validity He has the capacity and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all other agreements and documents he is executing or will execute in connection herewith or therewith.

  • Compliance; Governmental Authorizations The Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable Federal, state, local or foreign laws, ordinances, regulations and orders. The Seller has all Federal, state, local and foreign governmental licenses and permits necessary in the conduct of the Subject Business the lack of which would have a material adverse effect on the Buyer's ability to operate the Subject Business after the Closing on substantially the same basis as presently operated, such licenses and permits are in full force and effect, no violations are or have been recorded in respect of any thereof and no proceeding is pending or threatened to revoke or limit any thereof. None of such licenses and permits shall be affected in any material respect by the transactions contemplated hereby.

  • Capacity; Authority; Validity Allseas has all necessary capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform all the obligations to be performed by Allseas’ hereunder; this Agreement and the consummation by Allseas of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of Allseas; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Allseas; and assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against Allseas in accordance with its terms.

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  • Governmental Authority and Licensing The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have received all licenses, permits, and approvals of all federal, state, and local governmental authorities, if any, necessary to conduct their businesses, in each case where the failure to obtain or maintain the same could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No investigation or proceeding which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in revocation or denial of any material license, permit or approval is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.

  • Board Authority The Board and/or the Committee shall have the power to interpret this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Agreement as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules (including, but not limited to, the determination of whether any Options have vested). All interpretations and determinations made by the Board and/or the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon Optionee, the Company and all other interested persons and such determinations of the Board and/or the Committee do not have to be uniform nor do they have to consider whether optionees are similarly situated. No member of the Board and/or the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Agreement.

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