Absence of Litigation There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(i) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns (i) The Company, if possible, or otherwise the Stockholders shall file or cause to be filed all income Tax Returns (federal, state, local or otherwise) of any Acquired Party for all taxable periods that end on or before the Funding and Consummation Date, and shall permit TCI to review all such Tax Returns prior to such filings. Unless the Company is a C corporation, the Stockholders shall pay or cause to be paid all Tax liabilities (in excess of all amounts already paid with respect thereto or properly accrued or reserved with respect thereto on the Company Financial Statements) shown by such Returns to be due.
(ii) TCI shall file or cause to be filed all separate Returns of, or that include, any Acquired Party for all taxable periods ending after the Funding and Consummation Date, and shall permit the Stockholders a reasonable opportunity to review all such Returns for periods including the Funding and Consummation Date prior to the filing thereof.
(iii) Each party hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to, provide to each of the other parties hereto such cooperation and information as any of them reasonably may request in filing any Return, amended Return or claim for refund, determining a liability for Taxes or a right to refund of Taxes or in conducting any audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes. Such cooperation and information shall include providing copies of all relevant portions of relevant Returns, together with relevant accompanying schedules and relevant work papers, relevant documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing authorities and relevant records concerning the ownership and Tax basis of property, which such party may possess. Each party shall make its employees and independent certified public accountants reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis at its cost to provide explanation of any documents or information so provided. Subject to the preceding sentence, each party required to file Returns pursuant to this Agreement shall bear all costs of filing such Returns.
(iv) Each of the Company, Newco, TCI and each Stockholder shall comply with the Tax reporting requirements of Section 1.351-3 of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, and treat the transaction as a tax-free contribution under Section 351(a) of the Code subject to gain, if any, recognized on the receipt of cash or other property under Section 351(b) of the Code.
Absence of Material Change From the date of this Agreement to the Closing, there has not occurred any event, change, effect, act, discovery, or occurrence (or any combination of the forgoing) (whether or not referred to or described herein or in any Exhibit or Schedule hereto) that individually or in the aggregate would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, the IC agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the Licensee in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall furnish copies of relevant patent-related documents to the Licensee.
7.2 Upon the IC’s written request, the Licensee shall assume the responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish copies of all patent-related documents to the IC. In this event, the Licensee shall, subject to the prior approval of the IC, select registered patent attorneys or patent agents to provide these services on behalf of the Licensee and the IC. The IC shall provide appropriate powers of attorney and other documents necessary to undertake this action to the patent attorneys or patent agents providing these services. The Licensee and its attorneys or agents shall consult with the IC in all aspects of the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents included within the Licensed Patent Rights and shall provide the IC sufficient opportunity to comment on any document that the Licensee intends to file or to cause to be filed with the relevant intellectual property or patent office.
7.3 At any time, the IC may provide the Licensee with written notice that the IC wishes to assume control of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights. If the IC elects to reassume these responsibilities, the Licensee agrees to cooperate fully with the IC, its attorneys, and agents in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and to provide the IC with complete copies of any and all documents or other materials that the IC deems necessary to undertake such responsibilities. The Licensee shall be responsible for all costs associated with transferring patent prosecution responsibilities to an attorney or agent of the IC’s choice.
7.4 Each party shall promptly inform the other as to all matters that come to its attention that may affect the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights and permit each other to provide comments and suggestions with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights, which comments and suggestions shall be considered by the other party.
Absence of Material Changes Without the prior written consent of BRI, the Management Company and each Stockholder shall not, as may be applicable:
(a) Take any action to materially amend the Management Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws;
(b) Issue or transfer any stock, bonds or other corporate securities of the Management Company or grant any option or issue any warrant to purchase or subscribe to any of such securities or issue any securities convertible into such securities;
(c) Incur any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent) relating to the business of the Management Company, except current liabilities incurred and obligations under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Sell, assign, or transfer any of the assets of the Management Company other than the Excluded Assets;
(e) Merge or consolidate with any other entity or permit any other entity to merge into it; acquire any stock or partnership interests; effect any reorganization or recapitalization; or acquire any material assets of any other person, partnership, corporation or business organization;
(f) Make any election or give any consent under the Code or the tax statutes of any state or other jurisdiction or make any termination, revocation or cancellation of any such election or any consent or compromise or settle any claim for past or present tax due;
(g) Waive any rights of material value relating to the business of the Management Company;
(h) Modify, amend, alter or terminate any of its management contracts or other material contracts;
(i) Take or permit any act or omission constituting a breach or default under any Contract;
(j) Fail to (i) preserve the possession and control of its assets and business, (ii) keep in faithful service its present officers and key employees, (iii) preserve the goodwill of its customers and others having business relations with it, and (iv) keep and preserve its business existing on the date hereof until the Closing Date provided that the Management Company and the Stockholders shall only be required to use reasonable efforts to perform the activities described in clause (i) through (iv) of this paragraph (j);
(k) Fail to operate its business and maintain its books, accounts and records in the customary manner and in the ordinary or regular course of business and maintain in good repair its business premises, fixtures, machinery, furniture and equipment;
(l) Except in its capacity as management agent pursuant to the management contracts, enter into any leases, contracts, agreements or understandings other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business calling for payments which in the aggregate do not exceed $50,000 for each such lease, contract, agreement or understanding; or
(m) Commit or agree to do any of the foregoing in the future.
CONTRACT EXHIBIT I PREFERRED PRICING AFFIDAVIT This preferred-pricing affidavit is entered into in accordance with section 216.0113, F.S., and as required by Contract No. 80101507-21-STC-ITSA (“Contract”) between (“Contractor”) and the Department of Management Services. As the person authorized by Contractor to sign this affidavit, I attest that the Contractor is in full compliance with the preferred-pricing clause of the Contract. Contractor’s Name: By: Signature Printed Name/Title Date: STATE OF COUNTY OF Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this day of , by Vendor Name: FEIN# Vendor’s Authorized Representative Name and Title: Address: City, State, and Zip code: Phone Number: ( ) - E-mail: CORPORATE SEAL (IF APPLICABLE) (Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public) [Check One] Personally Known OR Produced the following I.D.
Patent Filings (a) Each Party, at its own cost, shall prepare, file, prosecute and maintain Patents to cover inventions made solely by its own employees or consultants relating to Substance, the Drug Substance, the Drug Product or the Product in the Field (“Inventions”) and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to file initially all such applications in and outside the Territory. If either Party elects not to file, prosecute, or maintain any such Patent in any country, it shall give the other Party notice of this election within a reasonable period prior to allowing such Patent to lapse, become abandoned or become unenforceable, and prior to taking any steps which would render such an Invention unpatentable and assign all rights in this Patent related to such country to the other Party allowing this other Party to file, prosecute, and maintain this Patent in such country. Schering shall have the right to file, prosecute and maintain Joint Patents and to determine the countries in which to file Joint Patents, provided that, in all cases, Schering shall reasonably consult and cooperate with Exhale in connection therewith. Schering shall have the right to direct and control all material actions relating to the prosecution or maintenance of these Joint Patents in any country, including correspondence with patent authorities (Schering’s address being named for services), interference proceedings, reexaminations, reissue, opposition and revocation proceedings. If either Party elects not to participate in any such Joint Patent or to quit its participation therein, it shall give notice of this election to the other Party and assign all rights in this Joint Patent to the other Party allowing this Party to file, prosecute and maintain this Joint Patent as being such Party’s solely owned Patent. Each Party shall keep the other informed of all actions taken under this Section 11.3, and provide to the other Party all necessary declarations and cooperate with the other Party to enable Patents or Joint Patents to be issued or transferred. This Section 11.3 (a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.
(b) The Parties agree to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that any Patent or Joint Patent (on an Invention or Joint Invention) filed outside of the U.S. prior to filing in the U.S. will be in a form sufficient to establish the date of original filing as a priority date for the purposes of a subsequent filing in the U.S. The Parties agree to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that any Patent or Joint Patent (on an Invention or Joint Invention) filed in the U.S. prior to filing outside the U.S. will be in a form sufficient to establish the date of original filing as a priority date for the purpose of a subsequent filing in any contracting state of the Paris Convention.
(c) License Grant. All Inventions by Schering employees or consultants and Schering’s rights in all Joint Inventions relating to the Substance, Drug Substance, Drug Product and/or Product in the Field and the Territory shall be subject to the licenses granted to Exhale in Articles II and VI (as applicable) of this Agreement. Exhale shall grant to Schering a royalty-free, exclusive, sub-licensable license to use these Inventions and any Patents resulting therefrom in connection with the Product in the Field outside the Territory. Furthermore, Exhale shall grant to Schering a royalty-free, exclusive, sub-licensable license to use any Know-how generated by Exhale under this Agreement relating to the Product in the Field in connection with the Product in the Field outside the Territory.
ABSENCE OF LITIGATION AND/OR REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a Material Adverse Effect.
Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that complies with such rule’s disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one creditor;
(b) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Agents under Transaction Documents allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Agents under the Transaction Documents. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Agents under the Transaction Documents out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize any Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Timeline Contractor must perform the Services and deliver the Deliverables according to the following timeline:
