Contracts and Commitments; No Default (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, the Target:
(i) has no written or oral contract, commitment, agreement or arrangement with any person which (A) requires payments individually in excess of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) annually or in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) over its term (including without limitation periods covered by any option to extend or renew by either party) and (B) is not terminable on thirty (30) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability;
(ii) does not pay any person or entity cash remuneration at the annual rate (including without limitation guaranteed bonuses) of more than Fifty Thousand ($50,000) for services rendered;
(iii) is not restricted by agreement from carrying on its businesses or any part thereof anywhere in the world or from competing in any line of business with any person or entity;
(iv) is not subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any person or entity;
(v) is not party to any agreement, contract, commitment or loan to which any of its directors, officers or shareholders or any Affiliate (or former Affiliate) thereof is a party;
(vi) is not subject to any outstanding sales or purchase contracts, commitments or proposals which is anticipated to result in any loss upon completion or performance thereof;
(vii) is not party to any purchase or sale contract or agreement that calls for aggregate purchases or sales in excess over the course of such contract or agreement of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or which continues for a period of more than twelve months (including without limitation periods covered by any option to renew or extend by either party) which is not terminable on sixty (60) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability at or any time after the Closing; and
(viii) has no distributorship, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise or similar sales contract relating to the payment of a commission.
(b) True and complete copies (or summaries, in the case of oral items) of all items disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.22 have been made available to the Company for review. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, all such items are valid and enforceable by and against the Target in accordance with their respective terms, the Target is not in breach, violation or default, however defined, in the performance of any of its obligations thereunder, and no facts and circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof; and to the best knowledge of the Target, no other parties thereto are in breach, violation or default, however defined, thereunder or thereof, and no facts or circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof.
Provider Obligations A. PROVIDER will perform the Services in accordance with the standards of care, skill, and diligence expected of a qualified, competent and experienced professional in the provision of the type of services required under this Agreement.
B. PROVIDER will obtain, maintain in effect, and pay the cost for all licenses, permits, or certifications that may be necessary for PROVIDER’s performance of this Agreement.
C. PROVIDER represents and warrants that there are no obligations, commitments, third party rights, or impediments of any kind that will limit or prevent PROVIDER’s performance of the Services.
Service Provider Obligations Service Provider shall make the Software and the Services required for provisioning the Software (Software and Services hereinafter together and individually may also be referred to as “Service” or “Services”) available to Customer as described in the Services Description and in the Services Specific Terms (together hereinafter referred to as “Services Description”) referenced in the Order Forms and according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Service Provider may amend the Services from time to time, provided that such amendments shall not materially diminish the overall Service. Service Provider aims to provide the Software access to Customer within two (2) working days upon the Effective Date, unless otherwise set forth in the Services Description. The Software may consist of a web application provided to Customer in form of a software as a service solution and a mobile application to be installed by Customer on its mobile device. The agreed scope and quality of the Services is exclusively set forth in the Services Description. Public statements concerning the Service made by Service Provider or its agents will only take form when expressively confirmed by Service Provider in writing. Notwithstanding section 7.1, information and specifications contained within the Services Description shall not qualify as warranty or guarantee with regards to the Service’s quality or as any other kind of guarantee, unless they have been confirmed as such by Service Provider in writing. Service Provider may update and improve the Services from time to time; any such Updates, meaning software that remedies "Defects" (as defined in section 7.4) in the Services and/or may include minor improvements of the Services, are included in the Agreement. In addition to Updates, Service Provider may offer Upgrades and/or Add-On Services to the Services, where “Upgrades” mean new capabilities or functionalities of the Services and “Add-On Services” either mean (i) new and/or additional functionality packages in form of separate modules to the Services, or (ii) integrations or connection applications with other Hilti or third party software applications. Upgrades and Add-On Services are only subject to the Agreement, if ordered separately and paid for by Customer, where additional terms and conditions may apply.
Agreements and Commitments As of the date of this Agreement the Company is not a party or subject to any oral or written executory contract or, to the extent expressly enumerated in paragraphs below, commitment, that is material to the Company, its financial condition, business or prospects, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Any contract, commitment, letter agreement or purchase order providing for payments by or to the Company in an aggregate amount of (i) $10,000 or more in the Ordinary Course or (ii) $5,000 or more not in the Ordinary Course;
(b) Any license agreement under which the Company is licensor (except for any nonexclusive software license granted by the Company to customers in the Ordinary Course); or under which the Company is licensee (except for standard "shrink wrap" licenses for off-the-shelf software products with a license fee or purchase price of under $5,000 per copy or seat);
(c) Any material agreement by the Company to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect to any material item of the Company Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 3.11 hereof), excluding non-exclusive software licenses;
(d) Any agreement for the sale or lease of real or tangible personal property involving more than $10,000 per year;
(e) Any dealer, distributor, sales representative, original equipment manufacturer, value-added remarketer or other agreement for the distribution of the Company's products;
(f) Any franchise agreement;
(g) Any stock redemption or agreement obligating the Company to purchase its capital stock;
(h) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any other agreement that involves a sharing of profits with other persons or the payment of royalties to any other person, excluding non-exclusive software licenses;
(i) Any instrument evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities, purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee or otherwise, except for trade indebtedness or any advance to any employee of the Company incurred or made in the Ordinary Course, and except as disclosed in the Company Financial Statements;
(j) Any contract containing covenants purporting to limit the Company's freedom to compete in any line of business, market or industry and/or in any geographic area; or
(k) Any contract for the employment of any officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any other type of contract or commitment with any officer, employee or consultant of the Company that is not immediately terminable by the Company without cost or other liability. All agreements, obligations and commitments disclosed in Item 3.10, Item 3.11, Item 3.14.3 or Item 3.14.6 as required by Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.14.3 or Section 3.14.6, as the case may be, are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure to be such would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor to Shareholder's knowledge any other party is in breach of or default under any material term of any such agreement, obligation or commitment nor has such other party threatened such a breach or default. The Company is not a party to any contract or arrangement that Shareholder believes will have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company does not have liability for renegotiation of government contracts or subcontracts that can reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Agreements, Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than any Company Benefit Plans) (each, a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material Contracts”):
(i) each Contract that would be a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act);
(ii) each Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iii) each Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services, or (E) any material non-solicitation provisions applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) each Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;
(v) each Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity;
(vi) each Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) each Contract requiring payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, collaboration, development or other agreement currently in force under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (D) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(viii) each Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(ix) each Company Real Estate Lease;
(x) each Contract with any Governmental Body;
(xi) each Company Out-bound License and Company In-bound License;
(xii) each Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(xiii) any other Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, contract or commitment of more than $200,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Except as set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to a Company Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business or operations. As to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract.
Contracts and Commitments (a) Except (1) for Company Franchise Agreements and (2) as set forth on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules, none of the Acquired Companies is a party to or bound by any executory:
(i) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or other form of deferred compensation plan or Contract;
(ii) Contract or indenture relating to Indebtedness or to mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any portion of the assets of the Acquired Companies;
(iii) guaranty of any obligation for Indebtedness or other guaranty involving more than $100,000;
(iv) lease or Contract under which it is lessee of, or holds or operates any personal property owned by any other party, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000;
(v) lease or Contract under which it is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any of its personal property, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000;
(vi) other than in respect of blanket purchase orders that do not obligate the Company to purchase a minimum amount, Contract or group of related Contracts with the same party for the purchase by any Acquired Company of products or services which provided for annual payments in excess of $100,000 during the trailing twelve-month period ending on the date of the Latest Balance Sheet;
(vii) Contract relating to any future disposition or acquisition of material stock, assets or properties by any Acquired Company, or any merger or business combination with respect to or involving any Acquired Company (other than this Agreement);
(viii) Contract requiring any Acquired Company to purchase its total requirements of any product or services from a third party or that contain “take or pay” provisions;
(ix) broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting or advertising Contract involving more than $100,000 annually;
(x) material license or Contract relating to (i) the use by any Acquired Company of any third-party Intellectual Property or (ii) the use of any Company Intellectual Property other than non-exclusive licenses granted to distributors in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Contract which limits or prohibits or purports to limit or prohibit any Acquired Company from competing or freely engaging in any line of business or with any Person or anywhere in the world or during any period of time or containing any exclusivity, most favored nations, non-solicitation or similar provisions;
(xii) other than with respect to any of the Company’s Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.04 of the Disclosure Schedules, Contract that provides for any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement by any Acquired Company;
(xiii) Contract between or among any Acquired Company on the one hand and any Affiliate of any Acquired Company (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) on the other hand;
(xiv) employment agreement or contract with an independent contractor or consultant (or similar arrangement) to which an Acquired Company is a party and which is not cancellable without material penalty or without more than thirty (30) days’ notice;
(xv) collective bargaining agreement or Contract with any union, works council or labor organization; or
(xvi) any other Contract, the absence of which would cause a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company either has supplied Purchaser with, or has given Purchaser access to, a true and correct copy of all Contracts listed on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules (the “Material Contracts”), together with all material amendments, modifications and supplements thereto.
(c) With respect to each Material Contract: (i) such contract is a valid and binding agreement of an Acquired Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies; (ii) none of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, is in material breach or default, nor has any Acquired Company taken any action which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, as applicable, under such contract; and (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in material breach or default under such contract.
Service Commitment Newly hired nurses and currently employed nurses who voluntarily choose to relocate and receive a relocation allowance may be required to serve for a minimum of two years at their base before they will be considered for transfer to another base. This commitment will not apply when the employer and nurse mutually agree to waive it and when relocation occurs as a result of layoff/rehire.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Commitments and Contracts (1) The Company has Previously Disclosed or provided to the Investor or its representatives, prior to the date hereof, true, correct, and complete copies of each of the following to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or subject (whether written or oral, express or implied) (each, a “Company Significant Agreement”):
(i) any material employment contract or understanding (including any understandings or obligations with respect to severance or termination pay, liabilities or fringe benefits) with any present or former officer, director or employee (other than those that are terminable at will by the Company or such Company Subsidiary);
(ii) any material plan, contract or understanding providing for any bonus, pension, option, deferred compensation, retirement payment, profit sharing or similar arrangement with respect to any present or former officer, director or employee;
(iii) any contract containing covenants that limit the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, the Company or any Company Subsidiary may carry on its business (other than as may be required by law or applicable regulatory authorities), and any contract that would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(iv) any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance or other similar contract (including any franchising agreement, but in any event excluding introducing broker agreements); and any contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any material business or material assets (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets or otherwise), which acquisition or disposition is not yet complete or where such contract contains continuing material obligations or contains continuing material indemnity obligations of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; and
(v) any other contract or agreement which is a “material contract” within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
(2) Each of the Company Significant Agreements is valid and binding on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, and in full force and effect. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance in all material respects with and have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them to date under each Company Significant Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received notice of any violation or default (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or a default) by any party under any Company Significant Agreement. No party to a Company Significant Agreement has provided notice to the Company or any Company Subsidiary that it intends to terminate a Company Significant Agreement or not renew such agreement at the expiration of the current term.
(3) Other than those contemplated by the Transactions, there are no transactions or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, or series of related transactions between the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company, any current or former director or executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any person who beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock (or any of such person’s immediate family members or Affiliates) (other than Company Subsidiaries), on the other hand, except for deposit relationships or loan transactions arising in the ordinary course of business.
Material Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all of the following contracts, agreements and commitments, whether oral or written ("Contracts"), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their material Company Assets is bound, as each such contract or commitment may have been amended, modified or supplemented:
(i) any agreement (including all master commitments and pool purchase contracts) between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any Agency or Investor pursuant to which the Company and its subsidiaries sold more than $175 million in principal amount of Mortgage Loans during fiscal year 1999, and all insurance or guaranty contracts (including contracts with any private mortgage insurer or Pool (as defined herein) insurance provider with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property to or from any Person providing for rent in excess of $100,000 during any twelve-month period;
(iii) any agreement for the lease of real property providing for the payment of rent in excess of $250,000 during any twelve-month period;
(iv) any agreement (or group of related agreements) or indemnity under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any debt including without limitation any indebtedness for borrowed money, warehouse lines of credit, or any capitalized lease or purchase money obligation (except for intercompany obligations);
(v) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has granted a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any of its material assets;
(vi) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has an obligation to indemnify a director, officer or employee;
(vii) any agreement for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or other basis other than oral retainers of professionals terminable at will except for employment agreements of employees with a salary of less than $100,000 who have signed the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' standard form employment agreement (excluding commissioned employees);
(viii) any agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition given by the Company other than those agreements (A) with employees on the Company's standard form employment, (B) related to Company Stock Options, (C) entered into with any Person in connection with the proposed sale of the Company and (D) that do not materially restrict the manner in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct its business;
(ix) any other plan, contract or arrangement, whether formal or informal, which involves direct or indirect compensation (including bonus, stock option, severance, golden parachute, deferred compensation, special retirement, consulting and similar agreements and all agreements and arrangements regarding the Company's net branches) for the benefit of one or more of the current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company (other than Company Employee Plans described in Section 3.12(a));
(x) any guaranty or suretyship, performance bond or contribution agreement;
(xi) any marketing, sales representative or dealership agreement with respect to which the fees paid or payable by the Company are or will be in excess of $100,000; any material agreement relating to e-commerce or agreements related to the Company's "net branches"; and
(xii) any other material contract or commitment.
(b) The Company has heretofore made available to the Parent true and complete copies of all of the Contracts required to be set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each such Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of its subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect (except as set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), except where the failure to be valid and binding and in full force and effect would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default with respect to any such Contract, nor (to the Company's Knowledge) does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default thereunder or permit any other party thereto to terminate such Contract, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company's Knowledge, no other party to any such Contract is in default in any respect with respect to any such Contract, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No party has given any written notice (i) of termination or cancellation of any such Contract or (ii) that it intends to assert a breach of any such Contract, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract identified in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule in response to any item under this Section 3.16 shall be deemed incorporated by reference to all other items in this Section 3.16.
