Shortfall of Annual Working Hours There shall be no pay back for shortfall of annual working hours in the shift systems determined in this Agreement.
Evaluation Cycle: Annual Orientation A) At the start of each school year, the superintendent, principal or designee shall conduct a meeting for Educators and Evaluators focused substantially on educator evaluation. The superintendent, principal or designee shall:
Pay for Holidays Worked (a) When an employee is required to work on a designated holiday, the employee shall be paid compensation, or given compensatory time off, for such work at the rate of time and one-half the employee’s regular rate of pay, in addition to regular pay received for all hours worked for the holiday.
Payment for annual leave (a) Before going on annual leave, an employee will be paid the amount of wages they would have received for ordinary time worked had they not been on leave during that period.
Normal Workweek The normal workweek shall consist of five (5) days, eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week. This Article shall not restrict the extension of the regular workday or workweek on an overtime basis when such is necessary to carry on the business of the District.
Proposed Annual Caps The Directors anticipate that the aggregate annual fee payable by the JV Company to Xxxx Xxx under the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement shall not exceed HK$12 million, HK$15 million and HK$18 million for the years ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021, respectively. These annual caps have been estimated by the Directors (i) by reference to the Group’s estimated demand for supply of Products for each of the years ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021, respectively, which were arrived at with reference to the annual amounts under the cooperation in the distribution of the Products in the Territories under the Sole Distributorship Agreement in each of the past three years; (ii) by reference to expected expansion on variety of Products; and (iii) on the assumption that the sourcing costs for the Products will increase at an annual inflation rate of 4%. Historical amounts For the years ended 31 December 2016, 31 December 2017 and 31 December 2018, the aggregate amounts under the cooperation in the distribution of the Products in the Territories under the Sole Distributorship Agreement are set out below: For the year ended 31 December 2016 2017 2018 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 Reasons for and benefits of entering into the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement The Group is principally engaged in the business of trading of grocery food products, trading of consumables and agricultural products, property investment, provision of money lending services, one- stop value chain services and provision of financial services. The Directors are of the view that entering into the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement could provide stable revenue to the grocery food business of the Group. The Directors are also of the view that the provision of the Products could create synergy effect and opportunities with the existing business of the Group and to further expand and develop its scope of business. In addition, due to the steady supply and sales of the Products in the past 3 years, transactions under the Trademark Licence Agreement and the Sole Distributorship Agreement contributed approximately 10% and approximately 13% to the revenue of the Group for each of the years ended 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2017, respectively. The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) are of the view that the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement were entered into on normal commercial terms, and that the terms of the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the annual caps are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. None of the Directors have any material interest in the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement. Shareholding Structure of the JV Company Set out below is the shareholding structure of the JV Company as at the date of this announcement, which also illustrates the relationship between the JV Company and Xxxx Xxx arising from the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement: The Company 100% 51% Maxford Wealth The JV Company Xx. Xxxx Xx. Xxx spouse 49% Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement 90% Xxxx Xxx Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement Information on Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxx is a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability. It is engaged in the business of, inter alia, manufacture, production and distribution and sale of various products including but not limited to the Products. GEM Listing Rules Implications As at the date of this announcement, the equity of the JV Company is held as to 51% by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and 49% by Xx. Xxx, Xxxx Xxx by virtue of being a 30%-controlled company held by Xx. Xxxx (the spouse of Xx. Xxx) is therefore a connected person of the Company at subsidiary level under Rule 20.06(9) of the GEM Listing Rules. The transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the sale and distribution of Products contemplated under the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company. As (i) the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement are conducted on better than normal commercial terms; and (ii) all the percentage ratios are less than 0.1%, the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are fully exempt in accordance with Rule 20.74(1) of the GEM Listing Rules. As (i) the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder constitute connected transactions between the Company and a connected person at the subsidiary level of the Company on normal commercial terms; (ii) the Board has approved the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder; and (iii) the independent non- executive Directors have confirmed that the terms of the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are fair and reasonable, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are on normal commercial terms and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are subject to the reporting, announcement and annual review requirements but exempt from the circular, independent financial advice and shareholders’ approval requirements in accordance with Rule 20.99 of the GEM Listing Rules.
Petition for Annual Conference Session The Local Church acknowledges that pursuant to the governing standing rules of the Annual Conference, petitions for consideration of the legislative body must be submitted to the Secretary of the Annual Conference on or before April 1 of the current Annual Conference year. The Annual Conference will make reasonable efforts to assist the Local Church in completing the required petition, which will include this Disaffiliation Agreement as an attachment thereto making it subject to public review. If the petition is not filed in a timely manner, the Parties will make good faith efforts under the standing rules of the Annual Conference to cooperate to bring the petition to the legislative floor for consideration by appropriate motions to suspend the standing rules for the purposes of considering the petition.
Basic Annual Salary Employees with career appointments before February 15, 2013 shall be paid and earn step increases according to the rates and waiting periods described in Section 9.2A and outlined in Table One. Employees with career appointments on or after February 15, 2013 shall be paid and earn step increases according to the rates and waiting periods described in Section 9.2B and outlined in Table Two. The basic annual salary schedule, with proportional application to hourly rate employees, for all grades and steps for those employees covered under the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be increased as follows: Effective November 26, 2016 – the basic annual salary for each grade and step of Table One and Table Two shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.2% of the basic annual salary for the grade and step in effect on May 20, 2016. Effective November 25, 2017 – the basic annual salary for each grade and step of Table One and Table Two shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.3% of the basic annual salary for the grade and step in effect on May 20, 2016. Effective November 24, 2018 – the basic annual salary for each grade and step of Table One and Table Two shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.3% of the basic annual salary for the grade and step in effect on May 20, 2016.
