PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT The purpose of this Agreement is to -
2.1 comply with the provisions of Section 57(1)(b), (4A), (4B) and (5) of the Systems Act as well as the employment contract entered into between the parties;
2.2 specify objectives and targets defined and agreed with the Employee and to communicate to the Employee the Employer’s expectations of the Employee’s performance and accountabilities in alignment with the Integrated Development Plan, Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP) and the Budget of the Employer;
2.3 specify accountabilities as set out in a performance plan, which forms an annexure to the performance agreement;
2.4 monitor and measure performance against set targeted outputs;
2.5 use the performance agreement as the basis for assessing whether the Employee has met the performance expectations applicable to his or her job;
2.6 in the event of outstanding performance, to appropriately reward the Employee; and
2.7 give effect to the Employer’s commitment to a performance-orientated relationship with its
SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT 2.1. This Agreement, including Parts A through L, Tables One and Two and exhibits, specifies the rights and obligations of each Party with respect to the establishment, purchase, and sale of Local Interconnection, Collocation, resale of Telecommunications Services and Unbundled Network Elements. Certain terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings defined in PART A – DEFINITIONS, or as otherwise elsewhere defined throughout this Agreement. Other terms used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Act and in the FCC’s and the Commission’s rules, regulations and orders. PART B sets forth the general terms and conditions governing this Agreement. The remaining Parts set forth, among other things, descriptions of the services, pricing, technical and business requirements, and physical and network security requirements.
Objectives of this Agreement The objectives of this agreement are as follows:
i. To maintain and enhance the efficiency and productivity of the company.
ii. To provide for increased pay and conditions of employment for employees.
iii. To engender a cooperative industrial relations environment within the company and between the parties.
iv. To maintain and improve occupational health and safety standards on company projects.
v. To recognise the value of training and provide increased opportunities for employees to upgrade skill levels.
vi. To meet the requirements and structural changes of the principal contractors for which the company are engaged by.
Amendment of this Agreement No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.
Termination and Amendment of this Agreement This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment. This Agreement may be amended only if such amendment is approved (i) by Underwriter, (ii) either by action of the Board of Trustees of the Trust or at a meeting of the Shareholders of the Trust by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares, and (iii) by a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Trust or of Underwriter by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Either the Trust or Underwriter may at any time terminate this Agreement on sixty (60) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the other party.
ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment or in the event that the Investment Management Agreement between the Manager and the Fund shall have terminated for any reason; and this Agreement shall not be amended unless such amendment is approved at a meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Manager or the Portfolio Manager.
DURATION, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement shall become effective on the date first above written and shall govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter, and shall remain in force until December 29, 2002 on which date it will terminate unless its continuance after December 29, 2002 is "specifically approved at least annually" (i) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of the Adviser at a meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Board of Trustees of the Trust, or by "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund. This Agreement may be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty by the Trustees or by "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund, or by the Adviser, in each case on not more than sixty days' nor less than thirty days' written notice to the other party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its "assignment". This Agreement may be amended only if such amendment is approved by "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund.
Terms of this Agreement The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement and all of the respective terms of this Agreement shall be treated as Confidential Information of both Parties.
Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., Minneapolis time, on the first full business day following the effective date of the Registration Statement, or at such earlier time after the effective date of the Registration Statement as you in your discretion shall first release the Notes for sale to the public. For the purpose of this Section 8, the Notes shall be deemed to have been released for sale to the public upon release by you of the publication of a newspaper advertisement relating thereto or upon release by you of telexes offering the Notes for sale to securities dealers, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice as hereinafter specified before the time this Agreement becomes effective, the Underwriters or the Company may prevent this Agreement from becoming effective without liability of any party to any other party, except that the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 4(n) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(b) The Underwriters, shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date (i) if there has been, since the date of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, or in the financial results, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, or (iii) if any other condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, or (iv) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or the escalation of major hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency, war, or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which is such as to make it, in your reasonable judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Notes, or (v) if trading in the Notes has been suspended by the Commission, or if trading generally on either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said Exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal, New York or Nebraska authorities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8(b), such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(n) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in the Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter. If the Company elects to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective, you shall be notified by the Company by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter.
Effective Date of This Agreement and Termination Thereof (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first full business day following the day on which you and the Company receive notification that the Registration Statement became effective.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notifying the Company at any time on or before the Closing Date, if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has in your sole opinion, materially disrupted, or in your sole opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, securities markets; or if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or in the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed; or if a moratorium in foreign exchange trading by major international banks or persons has been declared; or if the Company shall have sustained a loss material or substantial to the Company taken as a whole by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your sole opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Shares; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the conditions of the securities market in general, as in your reasonable judgment would make it inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial or Securities markets, particularly in the over-the-counter market having occurred since the date of this Agreement.
(c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Paragraph 10, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or facsimile, confirmed by letter.
(d) If this Agreement shall not become effective or if this Agreement shall not be carried out within the time specified herein by reason of any failure on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking, or to materially satisfy any condition of this Agreement by it to be performed or satisfied, the sole liability of the Company to the Underwriter, in addition to the obligations assumed by the Company pursuant to Paragraph 8 herein, will be to reimburse the Underwriter for such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the proposed offering of the Shares.
