PLAN CHANGES In the event the Employer modifies its current benefit plans, or provides an alternative plan(s), the Employer will review the plan changes with the Union prior to implementation. The Employer shall notify the Union at least ninety (90) days prior to the intended implementation date. The implementation date is the effective date of the new plan.
Product Changes Vocera shall have the right, in its absolute discretion, without liability to End User, to update to provide new functionality or otherwise change the design of any Product or to discontinue the manufacture or sale of any Product. Vocera shall notify End User at least 90 days prior to the delivery of any Product which incorporates a change that adversely affects form, fit or function (“Material Change”). Vocera shall also notify End User at least 90 days prior to the discontinuance of manufacture of any Product. Notification will be made as soon as reasonably practical for changes associated with regulatory or health and safety issues.
Fee Changes On each anniversary date of this Agreement (determined from the “Effective Date” for each Fund as set forth on Appendix IV), the base and/or minimum fees enumerated in Appendix IV attached hereto, may be increased by the change in the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast region (the “CPI”) for the twelve-month period ending with the month preceding such annual anniversary date. Any CPI increases not charged in any given year may be included in prospective CPI fee increases in future years. GFS Agrees to provide the Board prior written notice of any CPI increase.
Critical Accounting Policies The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus accurately and fairly describes (i) the accounting policies that the Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most difficult subjective or complex judgment; (ii) the material judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of critical accounting policies and estimates; (iii) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof; (iv) all material trends, demands, commitments and events known to the Company, and uncertainties, and the potential effects thereof, that the Company believes would materially affect its liquidity and are reasonably likely to occur; and (v) all off-balance sheet commitments and arrangements of the Company and its Controlled Entities, if any. The Company’s directors and management have reviewed and agreed with the selection, application and disclosure of the Company’s critical accounting policies as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and have consulted with its independent accountants with regards to such disclosure.
Interim Changes Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4, since December 31, 2006, there has been no:
BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY In the event of equipment failure, work stoppage, governmental action, communication disruption or other impossibility of performance beyond State Street’s control, State Street shall take reasonable steps to minimize service interruptions. Specifically, State Street shall implement reasonable procedures to prevent the loss of data and to recover from service interruptions caused by equipment failure or other circumstances with resumption of all substantial elements of services in a timeframe sufficient to meet business requirements. State Street shall enter into and shall maintain in effect at all times during the term of this Agreement with appropriate parties one or more agreements making reasonable provision for (i) periodic back-up of the computer files and data with respect to the Trusts; and (ii) emergency use of electronic data processing equipment to provide services under this Agreement. State Street shall test the ability to recover to alternate data processing equipment in accordance with State Street program standards, and provide a high level summary of business continuity test results to the Trusts upon request. State Street will remedy any material deficiencies in accordance with State Street program standards. Upon reasonable advance notice, and at no cost to State Street, the Trusts retain the right to review State Street’s business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, and third-party vendor management processes and programs (including discussions with the relevant subject matter experts and an on-site review of the production facilities used) related to delivery of the service no more frequently than an annual basis. Upon reasonable request, the State Street also shall discuss with senior management of the Trusts any business continuity/disaster recovery plan of the State Street and/or provide a high-level presentation summarizing such plan.”
Management Changes Notify the Agent in writing within thirty (30) days after any change of its executive officers.
Election Changes The Executive may modify the amount of Deferrals annually by filing a new Deferral Election Form with the Employer. The modified deferral shall not be effective until the calendar year following the year in which the subsequent Deferral Election Form is received by the Employer.
Specification Changes Upon any change in the Product Specifications, stability protocols, QC laboratory methods raw material specification or Packaging Specifications (whether initiated by Horizon or made in response to a request by sanofi-aventis that is agreed to by Horizon), including the addition of new packaging configurations, new SKUs, new formulations, or a change in either raw materials or Packaging Component supply, Horizon shall promptly advise sanofi-aventis in writing of such changes, and sanofi-aventis shall promptly advise Horizon as to any scheduling and/or price adjustments which may result from such changes. Prior to implementation of such changes, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an attempt to reach agreement on (a) the new Product Price for any Product which embodies such changes, (b) any amounts to be reimbursed by Horizon to sanofi-aventis as described in the next sentence of this paragraph, and (c) any other amendments to this Agreement which may be necessitated by such changes (i.e., an adjustment to the lead time for purchase orders). Horizon shall reimburse sanofi-aventis for the mutually agreed upon reasonable expenses incurred by sanofi-aventis as a result of such changes, including, but not limited to, reimbursing sanofi-aventis for its mutually agreed validation and development costs, capital expenditure costs, costs for any Packaging Components or other materials rendered unusable as a result of such changes, and cost of required stability to support a change. If during the Term Horizon amends the Product Specifications or Packaging ***Confidential Treatment Requested MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT PAGE 7 Specifications (whether voluntarily or as required by law) so as to render obsolete quantities of the Active Ingredient, Excipients and/or Packaging Components for the Product on hand at sanofi-aventis, Horizon shall (i) accept the return of all such obsolete Active Ingredient and (ii) purchase from sanofi-aventis, at sanofi-aventis’ Acquisition Cost, all such obsolete Excipients and Packaging Components obtained by sanofi-aventis pursuant to its normal procurement policies to manufacture quantities of the Product pursuant to Horizon forecasts under Section 6.1. Sanofi-aventis’ normal procurement policies for purposes of the preceding sentence of this Article 5 shall be considered to be quantities of Excipients and Packaging Components corresponding to the immediately following […***…] months of Horizon’s most recent forecasted Product demand. If a change in Specifications is initiated by sanofi-aventis and approved by Horizon, any cost associated with said change shall be borne by sanofi-aventis. In the event that a change in Specifications is initiated by Horizon or driven by a regulatory or business change, the costs associated with qualification of the change shall be paid by Horizon. The amount of the change shall be reasonable and customary and subject to written approval by Horizon, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Sanofi-aventis, with written agreement and approval from Horizon, will be responsible for the appropriate (cGMP) destruction of any materials covered under this Article 5, and sanofi-aventis shall be reimbursed by Horizon at the reasonable and customary approved rate.
