TERMINATION BY MPS - BREACH BY CONTRACTOR If Contractor fails to fulfill its obligations under this Contract in a timely or proper manner, or violates any of its provisions, MPS shall thereupon have the right to terminate it by giving five (5) days written notice before the effective date of termination of the Contract, specifying the alleged violations, and effective date of termination. The Contract shall not be terminated if, upon receipt of the notice, Contractor promptly cures the alleged violation with five (5) days. In the event of termination, MPS will only be liable for services rendered through the date of termination and not for the uncompleted portion, or for any materials or services purchased or paid for by Contractor for use in completing the Contract.
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.
Termination for Material Breach Either Party (the “Terminating Party”) may terminate this Agreement in its entirety, or on a country-by-country and Product-by-Product basis, in the event the other Party (the “Breaching Party”) has materially breached this Agreement, and such material breach has not been cured within sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice of such breach by the Breaching Party from the Terminating Party (the “Cure Period”). The written notice describing the alleged material breach shall provide sufficient detail to put the Breaching Party on notice of such material breach. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall become effective at the end of the Cure Period, unless the Breaching Party has cured any such material breach prior to the expiration of such Cure Period; provided that in the event a claim of material breach is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings hereunder, any termination pursuant to this Section shall not become effective unless and until such material breach has been established in such proceedings and, in the event that, following such establishment, a cure may then be accomplished by the payment of money or the taking of certain actions, such payment or actions are not paid or taken within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of such proceedings. The right of either Party to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 10.3 shall not be affected in any way by such Party’s waiver of or failure to take action with respect to any previous breach under this Agreement.
Termination for Cause by the Company The Company may terminate your employment hereunder for “Cause” at any time after providing a written notice of termination for Cause to you. For purposes of this Agreement, you shall be treated as having been terminated for Cause if and only if you are terminated as a result of the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any willful and wrongful conduct or omission by you that demonstrably and materially injures the Company or its affiliates; (ii) any act by you of fraud, dishonesty, gross negligence, or intentional misrepresentation or embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets of the Company or any affiliate; (iii) you being convicted of, confessing to, pleading nolo contendere to, or becoming the subject of proceedings that provide a reasonable basis for the Company to believe that you have engaged in a felony or any crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (iv) your willful and material violation of any written policies or procedures of the Company, including but not limited to the Company’s code of business conduct, code of ethics and xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policy; (v) your willful and continuous failure to substantially perform your duties or responsibilities hereunder (other than as a result of physical or mental illness), including, but not limited to: (A) significant and/or repeated gross underperformance of the overall area of aggregate responsibilities then under your supervision; or (B) the failure to follow the lawful directions of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, or if you do not report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, of your supervising officer, in a manner consistent with this Agreement; or (vi) your material, and intentional or willful, violation of any restrictive covenant provided for under this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company to which you are a party. For purposes of this Agreement an act or failure to act shall be considered “willful” only if done or omitted to be done without your good faith reasonable belief that such act or failure to act was in the best interests of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be treated as having been terminated as a result of an event described in subsection (i), (iv), (v) or (vi) unless the Company notifies you in writing of the event not more than ninety (90) days after the Company knows, or with the exercise of reasonable diligence would have known, of the occurrence of such event, and you fail within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to cure such event to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company’s failure to notify you of the occurrence of any event constituting Cause, or to terminate you as a result of such event, be construed as a consent to the occurrence of future events, whether or not similar to the initial occurrence, or a waiver of the Company’s right to terminate you for Cause as a result thereof.
Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement at any time for Cause (as defined below) by giving the Executive written notice of termination. Such termination shall become effective upon the giving of such notice. Upon any such termination for Cause, or in the event the Executive terminates his employment with the Company without Good Reason (as defined in Section 6(c)), then the Executive shall have no right to compensation, or reimbursement under Section 4, or to participate in any Executive benefit programs under Section 5, except as may otherwise be provided for by law, for any period subsequent to the effective date of termination. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: (i) the Executive is convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony related to the business of the Company; (ii) the Executive, in carrying out his duties hereunder, has acted with gross negligence or intentional misconduct resulting, in any case, in material harm to the Company; (iii) the Executive misappropriates Company funds or otherwise defrauds the Company including a material amount of money or property; (iv) the Executive breaches his fiduciary duty to the Company resulting in material profit to him, directly or indirectly; (v) the Executive materially breaches any agreement with the Company and fails to cure such breach within 10 days of receipt of notice, unless the act is incapable of being cured; (vi) the Executive breaches any provision of Section 8 or Section 9; (vii) the Executive becomes subject to a preliminary or permanent injunction issued by a United States District Court enjoining the Executive from violating any securities law administered or regulated by the SEC; (viii) the Executive becomes subject to a cease and desist order or other order issued by the SEC after an opportunity for a hearing; (ix) the Executive refuses to carry out a resolution adopted by the Company’s Board at a meeting in which the Executive was offered a reasonable opportunity to argue that the resolution should not be adopted; or (x) the Executive abuses alcohol or drugs in a manner that interferes with the successful performance of his duties.
Termination by the HSP (a) The HSP may terminate this Agreement at any time, for any reason, upon giving 6 months’ Notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the HSP and the Funder) to the Funder provided that the Notice is accompanied by: satisfactory evidence that the HSP has taken all necessary actions to authorize the termination of this Agreement; and a Transition Plan, acceptable to the Funder, that indicates how the needs of the HSP’s clients will be met following the termination and how the transition of the clients to new service providers will be effected within the six-month Notice period. (b) In the event that the HSP fails to provide an acceptable Transition Plan, the Funder may reduce Funding payable to the HSP prior to termination of this Agreement to compensate the Funder for transition costs.
Breach by Employee Employee hereby expressly covenants and agrees that the Company will suffer irreparable damage in the event any provisions of Sections 10, 11 and 12 are not performed or are otherwise breached and that the Company shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction or injunctions and other relief to prevent a breach or violation by Employee and to secure its enforcement of Section 10, 11 and 12 resort to such equitable relief, however, shall not constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies which the Company may have.
Termination by the Executive Without Good Reason The Executive may terminate his employment on his own initiative for any reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Company; provided, however, that during such notice period, the Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company (at no cost to the Executive) in minimizing the effects of such termination on the Company Group. Such termination shall have the same consequences as a termination for Cause under Section 6.2.
Termination Without Cause by the Company During the term of this Agreement and at times following the Company’s successfully consummating its first equity financing of $10 million or more in gross proceeds following the Effective Date (the “First Financing”), if the Company terminates the Executive’s employment without Cause pursuant to Paragraph 4(d) of this Agreement (a “Termination without Cause”), under circumstances that constitute a Involuntary Separation from Service with the Company (as defined for purposes of §409A of the Internal Revenue Code), the Company shall pay the Executive that ratable amount of Annual Compensation which the Executive would earn in 12 months based on Executive’s then-current salary and target bonus level (the “Severance Period”). Executive shall continue to participate in all other benefit plans during the Severance Period, except to the extent prohibited by law or any applicable employee benefit plan. All Stock Options granted to Executive which have vested prior to the final day of Executive’s employment under this Agreement (the “Termination Date”) shall remain vested and exercisable for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement. The Company will continue to vest Stock Options and stock awards during the Severance Period in accordance with the following vesting schedule: (1) If a Termination without Cause occurs during the first year of the term of this Agreement, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the calendar quarter within which the Termination without Cause occurs shall vest and become exercisable on the Termination Date for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement and, in addition, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the calendar quarter after the occurrence of the Termination without Cause also shall vest and become exercisable for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement; and (2) If a Termination without Cause occurs during the second year of the term of this Agreement, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the calendar quarter within which the Termination without Cause occurs shall vest and become exercisable on the Termination Date for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement and, in addition, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the two (2) calendar quarters after the occurrence of the Termination without Cause also shall vest and become exercisable for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement; and (3) If a Termination without Cause occurs during the third year of the term of this Agreement or thereafter, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the calendar quarter within which the Termination without Cause occurs shall vest and become exercisable on the Termination Date for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement and, in addition, all unvested Stock Options that would have vested during the three (3) calendar quarters after the occurrence of the Termination without Cause also shall vest and become exercisable for the exercise period set forth in Executive’s Option Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5(d), if Executive receives a Termination without Cause prior to the First Financing, Executive shall receive no severance. Payment of the Executive’s separation pay benefit under this Section 5(d), if any, shall be made as follows: (i) Payment of the separation pay benefit shall commence as of the 30th day after the Executive’s Separation from Service, and shall continue in monthly installments thereafter until all 6 payments are made. (ii) In the event the value of the separation pay benefit shall exceed two times the lesser of the Executive’s annualized compensation or the maximum amount that may be taken into account for qualified plan purposes (in each case, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A)), the excess shall not be paid as provided in (i), above, but instead shall be paid in 6 equal monthly installments commencing as of the first of the month after the date that is six months after the Executive’s Separation from Service date. (iii) In no event shall payments be accelerated, nor shall the Executive be eligible to defer payments to a later date.
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.
