Representative Access (A) The state agrees that designated Union Representatives shall have access to state controlled premises where employees are employed.
(B) If any area of the state’s premises is otherwise restricted to the public, permission must be requested to enter such area and such permission shall not be unreasonably denied. Access shall be during the regular working hours of the employee and only for the purpose of investigating an employee’s grievance.
Representative The employee, administrator, or School Board may be represented during any step of the procedure by any person or agent designated by such party to act in their behalf.
REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES 5.01. The Borrower’s Representative is the Minister of Finance.
5.02. The Borrower’s Address is: Ministry of Finance Sanlihe Beijing 100820 People’s Republic of China Facsimile: (00-00) 00 00 00 00 5.03. The Bank’s Address is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: Telex: Facsimile: INTBAFRAD Washington, D.C. 248423(MCI) or 64145(MCI) 0-000-000-0000 AGREED at Beijing, People’s Republic of China, as of the day and year first above written. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Staff Representatives A. The Union will provide the Employer with a written list of staff representatives and the bargaining unit for which they are responsible. The Union will provide written notice to the Employer of any changes within thirty (30) calendar days of the changes.
B. Staff representatives may have access to the Employer’s offices or facilities to carry out representational activities. The representatives will notify the Employer prior to their arrival and will not interrupt the normal operations of the Employer. The staff representative may meet with bargaining unit employees in non-work areas during the employee’s meal periods, rest periods, and before and after the employee’s shift.
C. The Employer’s written Board of Trustee or administrative policies pertaining to employees represented by the Union will be made available to staff representatives.
Union Representative Visits The Union shall inform the Employer in advance whenever the designated representatives of the Union intend to visit the Employer’s premises for the purpose of conducting Union business. Such visits shall not interfere with the normal operations of the worksite. Reasonable accommodation will be made to allow the Presidents of the Unions to have access to union members to conduct union business.
Notice of Union Representative Visits The Union shall inform the Company when any representative of the Union intends to visit the worksite for the purpose of conducting Union business. Such visits will not disrupt employees working without the supervisor/manager’s permission.
Purchaser Representative (a) The Purchaser, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative, as each such Person’s agent, attorney-in-fact and representative, with full power of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Person, to act on behalf of such Person from and after the Closing in connection with: (i) bringing, managing, controlling, defending and settling on behalf of an Indemnified Party any indemnification claims by any of them under Article VI; (ii) acting on behalf of such Person under the Escrow Agreement; (iii) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of such Person any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which the Purchaser Representative is a party or otherwise has rights in such capacity (together with this Agreement, the “Purchaser Representative Documents”); (iv) signing on behalf of such Person any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under any Purchaser Representative Documents; (v) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Purchaser Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Purchaser Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vi) incurring and paying reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other out-of-pocket fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any indemnification claim; and (vii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any such Persons under any Purchaser Representative Documents, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of such Person; provided, that the Parties acknowledge that the Purchaser Representative is specifically authorized and directed to act on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the holders of Purchaser Securities (other than the Seller or the Seller Stockholders immediately prior to the Effective Time and their respective successors and assigns). All decisions and actions by the Purchaser Representative, including any agreement between the Purchaser Representative and the Company, the Seller Representative, the Seller or any Indemnifying Party relating to the defense or settlement of any claims for which an Indemnifying Party may be required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to Article VI, shall be binding upon the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and neither they nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 9.16 are irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Purchaser Representative xxxxxx accepts its appointment and authorization as the Purchaser Representative under this Agreement.
(b) The Purchaser Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted under any Purchaser Representative Document as the Purchaser Representative while acting in good faith and without willful misconduct or gross negligence, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser Representative from and against any and all Losses incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Purchaser Representative (in its capacity as such) and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Purchaser Representative’s duties under any Purchaser Representative Document, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Purchaser Representative. In no event shall the Purchaser Representative in such capacity be liable under or in connection with any Purchaser Representative Document for any indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages. The Purchaser Representative shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice, demand, certificate or document that it in good faith believes to be genuine, including facsimiles or copies thereof, and no Person shall have any Liability for relying on the Purchaser Representative in the foregoing manner. In connection with the performance of its rights and obligations hereunder, the Purchaser Representative shall have the right at any time and from time to time to select and engage, at the cost and expense of the Purchaser, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors, consultants and clerical personnel and obtain such other professional and expert assistance, maintain such records and incur other out-of-pocket expenses, as the Purchaser Representative may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. All of the indemnities, immunities, releases and powers granted to the Purchaser Representative under this Section 9.16 shall survive the Closing and continue indefinitely.
(c) The Person serving as the Purchaser Representative may resign upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Purchaser and the Seller Representative, provided, that the Purchaser Representative appoints in writing a replacement Purchaser Representative. Each successor Purchaser Representative shall have all of the power, authority, rights and privileges conferred by this Agreement upon the original Purchaser Representative, and the term “Purchaser Representative” as used herein shall be deemed to include any such successor Purchaser Representatives.
Reports to the Representative For a period of five years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated or is no longer required to file reports under the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish to the Representative and its counsel copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities, and promptly furnish to the Underwriters, (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be required to file with the Commission, (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs that was released by the Company, (iii) a copy of each current Report on Form 8-K or Schedule 13D, 13G, 14D-1 or 13E-4 received or prepared by the Company, (iv) two (2) copies of each registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission under the Act, and (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and its counsel in connection with the Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its XXXXX system shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section.
Recipient’s Representative; Addresses 6.01. The Recipient’s Representative referred to in Section 7.02 of the Standard Conditions is its Recipient’s Minister responsible for finance.
6.02. The Recipient’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs The Quadrangle Banjul Republic of The Gambia Facsimile: (000) 0000-000
6.03. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INDEVAS Washington, D.C. 248423 (MCI) or 64145 (MCI) 0-000-000-0000 AGREED at the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA By INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (acting as administrators of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Food Price Crisis Response Core) By The objective of the Project is to generate and accelerate adoption of improved technologies in the Participating Countries’ top agricultural commodity priority areas that are aligned with the sub-region’s top agricultural commodity priorities as outlined in the ECOWAP. The Project constitutes part of the first phase of the Program, and consists of the following parts: Part 1: Enabling Conditions for Sub-Regional Cooperation in Generation, Dissemination and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies Carrying out of a program to strengthen the mechanisms and procedures for generation, dissemination and adoption of improved agricultural technologies and tools by the Recipient so as to allow the Recipient and the ECOWAS member countries to benefit from the said technologies within the framework of a sub-regional technical and scientific cooperation, encompassing the provision of goods, consultants’ services, training, and the financing of operational costs required for:
1. the development of a sustainable financing mechanism for the existing Competitive Agricultural Research Grant (CARG) systems and an appropriate institutional arrangement for the generation, dissemination and adoption of improved and resilient agricultural technologies, through: (i) the development of suitable legislation harmonized with legislation of the other Participating Countries; (ii) the preparation of similarly harmonized manuals of procedures for such financing mechanism’s effective, transparent, and participatory management; and (iii) the setting up of suitable monitoring and evaluation systems adequate to supervise and, thereby, ensure the profitable performance of the financing mechanism and its accompanying institutional arrangements;
2. the strengthening of CORAF’s knowledge management, information and communication systems through: (i) the establishment of an efficient communication and information network system linking the Participating Countries; (ii) the upgrading of skills in information and communications technology and knowledge management, the consolidation of information available in various other data bases both at the national and sub-regional levels, and the provision to end-users of easy access to appropriate responses in real time; (iii) the development of a data base on agricultural research skills; and (iv) the carrying out of studies and the delivery of workshops to establish a food security hub for the Mano River Union;
3. the establishment of sub-regional regulations on genetic materials and agrochemicals through: (i) the development and adoption of regulations on fertilizer use and handling under preparation by ECOWAS which are harmonized with regulations of the other Participating Countries and the dissemination of the existing regulations on pesticide and genetic materials management; (ii) the evaluation of existing policies, rules and procedures on the exchange of technologies; and (iii) the delivery of workshops and seminars designed to ensure the participation of producers and agro-industrials in the formulation of regulations;
4. the establishment and/or strengthening of the national regulatory bodies to ensure the effective release of genetic materials, pesticides, and fertilizers and the management of intellectual property rights (IPR), through: (i) the revision, as necessary, of the Recipient’s procedures thereon in order to align them with sub- regional directives; (ii) the implementation of these procedures for the release, dissemination and adoption of new technologies, including the preparation and carrying out of a dissemination action plan; (iii) the documentation and the recording of the characteristics of technologies and the constitution of catalogues for proven and released technologies; (iv) the promotion of these technologies through various media; (v) the strengthening of the harmonization of procedures and analysis of IPR issues; and (vi) the promotion and the facilitation of access by non Participating Countries to improved technologies developed in the Participating Countries; and
5. the development by CORAF of a strategy to mainstream climate change considerations in research and development programs carried out by the Participating Countries, including: (i) the organization of a training program for researchers on climate change; (ii) the adoption of a screening tool for the CARG schemes to ensure research proposals take into account climate change issues;
Designees (a) Upon the closing of the IPO, the Board shall consist of 8 directors, including Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx “Xxx” XxXxxx, Xxxx Spender, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx. The Board will be divided into three classes of directors, with each class as equal in number as possible, serving staggered three-year terms as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, and such directors will be removable only for “cause” as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
(b) Following the closing of the IPO, BCP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of designees equal to at least: (i) a majority of the Total Number of Directors, so long as BCP Beneficially Owns 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; (ii) 40% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that BCP Beneficially Owns 40% or more, but less than 50%, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; (iii) 30% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that BCP Beneficially Owns 30% or more, but less than 40%, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; (iv) 20% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that BCP Beneficially Owns 20% or more, but less than 30%, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; and (v) 10% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that BCP Beneficially Owns 5% or more, but less than 20%, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. If BCP Beneficially Owns less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, it shall not be entitled to designate a nominee. For purposes of calculating the number of directors that BCP is entitled to designate pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, any fractional amounts shall automatically be rounded up to the nearest whole number (e.g., one and one quarter (11/4) directors shall equate to two (2) directors), and any such calculations shall be made after taking into account any increase in the Total Number of Directors.
(c) In the event that BCP has nominated less than the total number of designees BCP shall be entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 2.1(b), BCP shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which it is entitled, in which case the Company and the directors shall take all Necessary Action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law (including with respect to fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to (x) enable BCP to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals, whether by increasing the size of the Board or otherwise, and (y) designate such additional individuals nominated by BCP to fill such newly-created vacancies or to fill any other existing vacancies. Each such individual whom BCP shall actually nominate pursuant to this Section 2.1 and who is thereafter elected to the Board to serve as a director shall be referred to herein as a “BCP Director.”
(d) CEP Holdings shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx to the Board for so long as CEP Holdings Beneficially Owns at least 10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx holds the title of Chief Executive Officer of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights granted to BCP to designate members of the Board are additive to, and not intended to limit in any way, the rights that BCP or its Affiliates may have to nominate, elect or remove directors under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to take all Necessary Action to effectuate the above by; (A) including the persons designated pursuant to this Section 2.1 in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (B) nominating and recommending each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, (C) soliciting proxies or consents in favor thereof, and (D) without limiting the foregoing, otherwise using its reasonable best efforts to cause such nominees to be elected to the Board, including providing at least as high a level of support for the election of such nominees as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a director. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) nominated pursuant to Section 2.1(b) as a BCP Director pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) At any time the members of the Board are allocated among separate classes of directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the BCP Directors shall be in different classes of directors to the extent practicable and (ii) the Company shall consult with BCP regarding the class or classes of directors to which the BCP Directors shall be designated and the Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action, including using their reasonable best efforts, to cause the BCP Directors to be designated to the class or classes requested by BCP.
(f) So long as BCP is entitled to designate one or more nominees pursuant to Section 2.1(b), BCP shall have the right to request the removal of any BCP Director (with or without cause) nominated by BCP, from time to time and at any time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company, and the Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause such removal.
(g) So long as BCP Beneficially Owns at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause any committee of the Board to include in its membership at least one BCP Director, except to the extent that such membership would violate applicable securities laws or stock exchange or stock market rules.
(h) Nothing in this Section 2.1 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, regulation, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule.
(i) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by the death, disability, resignation or removal (whether by BCP or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as either may be amended or restated from time to time) of a BCP Director, BCP shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as the total number of persons that will serve on the Board as BCP Directors immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of persons BCP is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(b) on the date of such replacement designation. The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause such replacement BCP Director to become a member of the Board.
(j) In the event that the number of nominees that BCP is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(a) decreases below the number of BCP Directors then on the Board, to the extent requested by the nominating and corporate governance committee, BCP shall promptly cause a number of BCP Directors to resign from service on the Board (and all committees thereof on which such BCP Director serves) so that the number of BCP Directors is no greater than the number of nominees BCP is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(b), and promptly thereafter the Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to cause the size of the Board to decrease by such number and to remove such BCP Director from office.