Material Breach or Early Termination Section 9.1. EVENTS CONSTITUTING MATERIAL BREACH OF AGREEMENT. Applicant shall be in Material Breach of this Agreement if it commits one or more of the following acts or omissions:
A. The Application, any Application Supplement, or any Application Amendment on which this Agreement is approved is determined to be inaccurate as to an material representation, information, or fact or is not complete as to any material fact or representation or such application;
B. Applicant failed to have complete Qualified Investment as required by Section 2.5 of this Agreement;
C. Applicant failed to create the number of Qualifying Jobs specified in Schedule C of the Application;
D. Applicant failed to pay the average weekly wage of all jobs in the county in which District’s administrative office is located for all Non-Qualifying Jobs created by Applicant;
E. Applicant failed to provide payments to District sufficient to protect the future District revenues through payment of revenue offsets and other mechanisms as more fully described in Article IV of this Agreement;
F. Applicant failed to provide payments to the District that protect District from the payment of extraordinary education related expenses related to the project, as more fully specified in Article V of this Agreement;
G. Applicant failed to provide such supplemental payments as more fully specified in Article VI of this Agreement;
H. Applicant failed to create and Maintain Viable Presence on and/or with the qualified property as more fully specified in Article VIII of this Agreement;
I. Applicant failed to submit the reports required to be submitted by Section 8.2 to the satisfaction of Comptroller on the dates indicated on the form;
J. Applicant failed to provide the District or Comptroller with all information reasonably necessary for District or Comptroller determine whether Applicant is in compliance with its obligations, including, but not limited to, any employment obligations which may arise under this Agreement;
K. Applicant failed to allow authorized employees of District, Comptroller, the Appraisal District, and/or the State Auditor’s Office to have access to Applicant’s Qualified Property and/or business records in order to inspect the project to determine compliance with the terms hereof or as necessary to properly appraise the Taxable Value of Applicant’s Qualified Property;
L. Applicant failed to comply with a request by the State Auditor’s office to review and audit the Applicant’s compliance with the Agreement;
M. Applicant has made any payments to the District or to any other person or persons in any form for the payment or transfer of money or any other thing of value in recognition of, anticipation of, or consideration for this Agreement for limitation on appraised value made pursuant to Chapter 313of the TEXAS TAX CODE, in excess of the amounts set forth in Articles IV, V and VI, of this Agreement; or
N. Applicant fails either to:
i. Implement a plan to remedy non-compliance as required by Comptroller pursuant to 34 TAC Section 9.1059; or
ii. Pay a penalty assessed by Comptroller pursuant to 34 TAC Section 9.1059.
H4 Consequences of Expiry or Termination Where the Authority terminates the Contract under clause F5.5 (Remedies in the Event of Inadequate Performance) or clause H2 (Termination on Default) and then makes other arrangements for the supply of Services, the Authority may recover from the Contractor the cost reasonably incurred of making those other arrangements and any additional expenditure incurred by the Authority throughout the remainder of the Contract Period. The Authority shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate such additional expenditure. Where the Contract is terminated under clause F5.5 or clause H2 (Termination on Default), no further payments shall be payable by the Authority to the Contractor until the Authority has established the final cost of making those other arrangements.
Termination Upon or Following a Change of Control (a) A Change of Control of the Company (“Change of Control”) shall be deemed to have occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:
(i) the consummation of a transaction that results in the reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more other persons, other than a transaction following which:
(A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company; and
(B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51 % of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company;
(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;
(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan for such liquidation or dissolution;
(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board do not belong to any of the following groups:
(A) individuals who were members of the Board on the Initial Effective Date; or
(B) individuals who first became members of the Board after the Initial Effective Date either:
(I) upon election to serve as a member of the Board by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such Board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first election; or
(II) upon election by the stockholders of the Company to serve as a member of the Board, but only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first nomination; provided, however, that such individual's election or nomination did not result from an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) other than by or on behalf of the Board; or
(v) any event which would be described in Section 11(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term “Association” were substituted for the term “Company” therein or the term “Board of Directors of the Association” were substituted for the term “Board”. In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a result of any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Association, or an affiliate or subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Association, or a subsidiary of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them. For purposes of this Section 11 (a), the term “person” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
(b) In the event of a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to the payments and benefits contemplated by Section 9(b) in the event of his or her termination of employment with the Company under any of the circumstances described in Section 9(a) of this Agreement or under any of the following circumstances:
(i) resignation, voluntary or otherwise, by the Executive at any time during the Employment Period within six (6) months following his or her demotion, loss of title, office or significant authority or responsibility or following any reduction in any element of his or her package of compensation and benefits;
(ii) resignation, voluntary or otherwise, by the Executive at any time during the Employment Period within six (6) months following any relocation of his or her principal place of employment or any change in working conditions at such principal place of employment which the Executive, in his or her reasonable discretion, determines to be embarrassing, derogatory or otherwise adverse;
(iii) resignation, voluntary or otherwise, by the Executive at any time during the Employment Period within six (6) months following the failure of any successor to the Company in the Change of Control to include the Executive in any compensation or benefit program maintained by it or covering any of its executive officers, unless the Executive is already covered by a substantially similar plan of the Company which is at least as favorable to him or her; or
(iv) resignation, voluntary or otherwise, for any reason whatsoever during the Employment Period within six months following the effective date of the Change of Control.
BREACH; TERMINATION Customer/Project Sponsor may terminate this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion by providing notice to the Company not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days before such termination. In the event of breach of any material terms or conditions of this Agreement, if the breach has not been remedied within 30 days following receipt of written notice thereof from the other Party (provided that, if the breaching Party has commenced and is diligently pursuing efforts to cure such breach, then such 30-day period shall be extended until the earlier of (i) 30 additional days or (ii) end of diligent efforts to cure the breach), then the non-breaching party may terminate this Agreement by written notice at any time until cure of such breach occurs. In the event of any proceedings by or against either Party in bankruptcy, insolvency or for appointment of any receiver or trustee or any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, an assignment in accordance with Article XI or other collateral assignment to obtain project financing), the other Party may terminate this Agreement. If the Customer/Project Sponsor increases the capability or the capacity of the Facility to exceed 4.999 MW, this Agreement shall immediately terminate. The Company shall not be liable to the Customer/Project Sponsor for damages resulting from a termination pursuant to this paragraph. If the Customer/Project Sponsor's generating equipment produces zero (0) kilowatt- hours during any period of twelve (12) consecutive Billing Periods after the Commercial Operation Date [Effective Date for existing resources] for a reason other than a force majeure event, the Company may terminate this Agreement.
Consequences of Expiration or Termination (a) Consequences of Termination of this Agreement with Respect to One or More Country(ies) but Not in the Entire Territory. Upon early termination of this Agreement by Licensee pursuant to Section 12.3 (Termination by Licensee) or by Coherus pursuant to Section 12.5 (Termination for Material Breach) with respect to a country (but not all countries in a Territory):
(i) the licenses granted to Licensee pursuant to Section 2.1 (License Grants) and Section 6.3 (Trademarks) with respect to the Product shall terminate in such terminated country, except as otherwise necessary to conduct the activities expressly set forth in Section 12.7(a)(ii);
(ii) promptly after the effective date of such termination, Licensee shall commence winding down its Development and Commercialization activities for such country under the oversight of the JSC, and shall complete any and all such wind-down Development and Commercialization activities within three (3) months after the effective date of such termination;
(iii) Licensee shall and hereby does grant to Coherus, effective as of the effective date of such termination, the exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable license (with full rights to grant sublicenses through multiple tiers), under any Grant-Back IP to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold and import the Product in such country;
(iv) Licensee shall and hereby does assign, at its cost, and shall cause its Affiliates (as applicable) to assign, to Coherus, effective as of the effective date of such termination, all of Licensee’s (or its Affiliate’s) rights, title and interests in and to the Product Trademark and all relevant trademark applications and registrations with respect thereto in such terminated country. Each Party shall execute and deliver or shall cause its Affiliates (as applicable) to execute and deliver to the other Party all documents that are necessary to fulfill the obligations set forth in this Section 12.7(a)(iv);
(v) Licensee shall assign to Coherus or Coherus’ designee its entire right in all clinical and related study data based on use or research on such Product and all Regulatory Filings and Regulatory Approvals relating to such Product in the terminated country, and shall provide reasonable assistance to Coherus or its designee to allow such party to become the holder of such Regulatory Approvals; and
(vi) Licensee shall promptly notify Coherus of any and all agreements between Licensee (and/or its Affiliates) and Third Parties with respect to the conduct of Development and/or Commercialization activities for any and all countries terminated. At Coherus’ request, which request shall be made within three (3) months after the termination of this Agreement with respect to a country, Licensee shall utilize Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assign (or cause its Affiliates to assign) to Coherus, and Coherus shall have the right, but not the obligation, to assume, any and all agreements between Licensee (and/or its Affiliates) and Third Parties with respect to the conduct of Development and/or Commercialization activities in such terminated country, including agreements with CROs, clinical sites and investigators, that relate to Clinical Trials in support of Regulatory Approvals in such country(ies), unless such agreement: (A) expressly prohibits such assignment, (B) covers clinical trials for products in addition to the Product, or (C) covers the Product in a country or countries in respect of which this Agreement has not been terminated. In all cases (A)–(C), Licensee shall cooperate with Coherus in all reasonable respects to facilitate the execution of a new agreement between the Coherus and the Third Party.
Termination by Either Party This Agreement may be terminated upon 60 days written notice without cause or penalty by either the Company (acting through the Conflicts Committee) or the Advisor. The provisions of Articles 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
EVENTS CONSTITUTING MATERIAL BREACH OF AGREEMENT The Applicant shall be in Material Breach of this Agreement if it commits one or more of the following acts or omissions (each a “Material Breach”):
A. The Application, any Application Supplement, or any Application Amendment on which this Agreement is approved is determined to be inaccurate as to any material representation, information, or fact or is not complete as to any material fact or representation or such application;
B. The Applicant failed to complete Qualified Investment as required by Section 2.5.A. of this Agreement during the Qualifying Time Period;
C. The Applicant failed to create and maintain the number of New Qualifying Jobs required by the Act;
D. The Applicant failed to create and maintain the number of New Qualifying Jobs specified in Schedule C of the Application;
E. The Applicant failed to pay at least the average weekly wage of all jobs in the county in which the jobs are located for all New Non-Qualifying Jobs created by the Applicant;
F. The Applicant failed to provide payments to the District sufficient to protect future District revenues through payment of revenue offsets and other mechanisms as more fully described in Article IV of this Agreement;
G. The Applicant failed to provide the payments to the District that protect the District from the payment of extraordinary education-related expenses related to the project to the extent and in the amounts that the Applicant agreed to provide such payments in Article V of this Agreement;
H. The Applicant failed to provide the Supplemental Payments to the extent and in the amounts that the Applicant agreed to provide such Supplemental Payments in Article VI of this Agreement;
I. The Applicant failed to create and Maintain Viable Presence on or with the Qualified Property as more fully specified in Article VIII of this Agreement;
J. The Applicant failed to submit the reports required to be submitted by Section 8.2 to the satisfaction of the Comptroller;
K. The Applicant failed to provide the District or the Comptroller with all information reasonably necessary for the District or the Comptroller to determine whether the Applicant is in compliance with its obligations, including, but not limited to, any employment obligations which may arise under this Agreement;
L. The Applicant failed to allow authorized employees of the District, the Comptroller, the Appraisal District, or the State Auditor’s Office to have access to the Applicant’s Qualified Property or business records in order to inspect the project to determine compliance with the terms hereof or as necessary to properly appraise the Taxable Value of the Applicant’s Qualified Property under Sections 8.5 and 8.6;
M. The Applicant failed to comply with a request by the State Auditor’s office to review and audit the Applicant’s compliance with this Agreement;
N. The Applicant has made any payments to the District or to any other person or persons in any form for the payment or transfer of money or any other thing of value in recognition of, anticipation of, or consideration for this Agreement for limitation on Appraised Value made pursuant to Chapter 313 of the TEXAS TAX CODE, in excess of the amounts set forth in Articles IV, V and VI of this Agreement;
O. The Applicant failed to comply with the conditions included in the certificate for limitation issued by the Comptroller.
DETERMINATION OF BREACH AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT A. Prior to making a determination that the Applicant has failed to comply in any material respect with the terms of this Agreement or to meet any material obligation under this Agreement, the District shall provide the Applicant with a written notice of the facts which it believes have caused the breach of this Agreement, and if cure is possible, the cure proposed by the District. After receipt of the notice, the Applicant shall be given ninety (90) days to present any facts or arguments to the Board of Trustees showing that it is not in breach of its obligations under this Agreement, or that it has cured or undertaken to cure any such breach.
B. If the Board of Trustees is not satisfied with such response or that such breach has been cured, then the Board of Trustees shall, after reasonable notice to the Applicant, conduct a hearing called and held for the purpose of determining whether such breach has occurred and, if so, whether such breach has been cured. At any such hearing, the Applicant shall have the opportunity, together with their counsel, to be heard before the Board of Trustees. At the hearing, the Board of Trustees shall make findings as to:
i. whether or not a breach of this Agreement has occurred;
ii. whether or not such breach is a Material Breach; iii. the date such breach occurred, if any;
Dissolution or Termination Any particular Series shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of the applicable dissolution events set forth in Article VIII, Section 1 hereof. Upon dissolution of a particular Series, the Trustees shall wind up the affairs of such Series in accordance with Article VIII Section 1 hereof and thereafter, rescind the establishment and designation thereof. The Board of Trustees shall terminate any particular Class and rescind the establishment and designation thereof: (i) upon approval by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of the Shareholders of such Class, provided a quorum of Shareholders of such Class are present, or by action of the Shareholders of such Class by written consent without a meeting pursuant to Article V, Section 3; or (ii) at the discretion of the Board of Trustees either (A) at any time there are no Shares outstanding of such Class, or (B) upon prior written notice to the Shareholders of such Class; provided, however, that upon the rescission of the establishment and designation of any particular Series, every Class of such Series shall thereby be terminated and its establishment and designation rescinded. Each resolution of the Board of Trustees pursuant to this Section 6(i) shall be incorporated herein by reference upon adoption.
