Time Off for Union Business (a) Leave of absence without pay shall be granted upon request for the reasons set out below unless it would unduly interrupt the Employer's operations: (1) to an elected or appointed representative of the Union to attend conventions of the Union and bodies to which the Union is affiliated, to a maximum of 21 days per occurrence; (2) for elected or appointed representatives of the Union to attend to union business which requires them to leave their general work area; (3) for employees who are representatives of the Union on a bargaining committee. (b) Long-term leave of absence without pay shall be granted to employees designated by the Union to transact union business for specific periods of not less than 21 days unless this would unduly interrupt the operation of the department. Such requests shall be made in writing sufficiently in advance to minimize disruption of the department. Employees granted such leave of absence shall retain all rights and privileges accumulated prior to obtaining such leave. Seniority shall continue to accumulate during such leave and shall apply to such provisions as annual vacations, increments and promotions. (c) When leave of absence without pay is granted pursuant to Part (a) or (b), the leave shall be given with pay and the Union shall reimburse the Employer for salary and benefit costs, including travel time incurred, within 60 days of receipt of the invoice. It is understood that employees granted leave of absence pursuant to this clause shall receive their current rates of pay while on leave of absence. Leave of absence granted under this clause shall include sufficient travel time. The pay and benefits received by the employee and reimbursed by the Union under this article shall be based on the number of hours to which the Union indicates, in writing, the employee is entitled. This provision does not apply to employees on extended leaves of absence who are employed by the Union on a full-time basis. (d) Leave of absence with pay and without loss of seniority will be granted to an employee called to appear as a witness before an arbitration board, provided the dispute involved the Employer. On application, the Arbitration Board may determine summarily the amount of time required for the attendance of any witness. (e) The Union shall provide the Employer with reasonable notice to minimize disruption of the operation and shall make every reasonable effort to give a minimum of 14 days’ notice prior to the commencement of leave under (a) or (b) above. The Employer agrees that any of the above leaves of absence shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Corporate Separateness (a) Satisfy, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries to satisfy, customary corporate and other formalities, including, as applicable, the holding of regular board of directors’ and shareholders’ meetings or action by directors or shareholders without a meeting, in each case, to the extent required by law and the maintenance of corporate offices and records. (b) Ensure that (i) no payment is made by it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to a creditor of any Unrestricted Subsidiary in respect of any liability of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) no bank account of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be commingled with any bank account of the Borrowers, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, and (iii) any financial statements distributed to any creditors of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall clearly establish or indicate the corporate separateness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary from the Borrowers, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Time Off for Union Activities The employer agrees to grant the necessary time off, without discrimination or loss of seniority rights and without pay, to any employee designated by the Union to attend a labor convention provided that there is two-week notice of any union convention. Due consideration shall be given to the number of personnel affected in order that there shall be no disruptions of employer's operations due to lack of available employees.
Chief Executive Office and Principal Place of Business The chief executive office and principal place of business of Seller is located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000.
Transfer to Directors and Senior Officers (1) You may transfer escrow securities within escrow to existing or, upon their appointment, incoming directors or senior officers of the Issuer or any of its material operating subsidiaries, if the Issuer’s board of directors has approved the transfer. (2) Prior to the transfer the Escrow Agent must receive: (a) a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer approving the transfer; (b) a certificate signed by a director or officer of the Issuer authorized to sign, stating that the transfer is to a director or senior officer of the Issuer or a material operating subsidiary and that any required approval from the Canadian exchange the Issuer is listed on has been received; (c) an acknowledgment in the form of Schedule “B” signed by the transferee; (d) copies of the letters sent to the securities regulators described in subsection (3) accompanying the acknowledgement; and (e) a transfer power of attorney, completed and executed by the transferor in accordance with the requirements of the Issuer’s transfer agent. (3) At least 10 days prior to the transfer, the Issuer will file a copy of the acknowledgement with the securities regulators in the jurisdictions in which it is a reporting issuer.
Ownership and Operations of Merger Sub Parent owns beneficially and of record all of the outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions, has engaged in no other business activities and has conducted its operations only as contemplated hereby.
Registered Office and Resident Agent The Registered Office and Resident Agent of the Company shall be as designated in the initial Articles of Organization/Certificate of Organization or any amendment thereof. The Registered Office and/or Resident Agent may be changed from time to time. Any such change shall be made in accordance with the Statutes, or, if different from the Statutes, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. If the Resident Agent shall ever resign, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor agent.
Maintenance of Corporate Separateness Each Borrower will cause each of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to satisfy customary corporate formalities, including, as applicable, the holding of regular board of directors’ and shareholders’ meetings or action by directors or shareholders without a meeting and the maintenance of corporate offices and records. No Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any payment to a creditor of any Unrestricted Subsidiary in respect of any liability of any Unrestricted Subsidiary except pursuant to any guaranty given by such Borrower or Subsidiary to such creditor pursuant to Section 9.04(xiv), and no bank account or similar account of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be commingled with any bank account or similar account of Silgan or any of its Subsidiaries. Any financial statements distributed to any creditors of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall clearly establish or indicate the corporate separateness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary from Silgan and its Subsidiaries. Finally, neither Silgan nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, which is likely to result in the corporate existence of Silgan or any of its Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries being ignored, or in the assets and liabilities of Silgan or any of its Subsidiaries being substantively consolidated with those of any other such Person or any Unrestricted Subsidiary in a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding.
The Closings The Closings shall take place as follows: (a) The initial closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on September 23, 2013, or such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Initial Closing Date”), in each case, so long as all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Initial Closing as set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Initial Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Initial Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Initial Closing). At the Initial Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests of those Companies that own or have the right to use (or that own Purchased Subsidiaries which own or have the right to use) (i) any Unencumbered Property or (ii) any Encumbered Property in respect of which, in the case of this clause (ii), all Required Lender Consents and Required Tenant Waivers have been obtained, and all JV Redemptions have been effected, as of the Initial Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that any Company or any Purchased Subsidiary to be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing owns or has the right to use (or owns one or more Purchased Subsidiaries that collectively own or have the right to use) both (A) Unencumbered Property and (B) any Encumbered Property that will not be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), the Parties shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary prior to the Initial Closing to (1) cause such Company or Purchased Subsidiary to transfer the applicable Encumbered Property to another Company or Purchased Subsidiary, which other Company or Purchased Subsidiary will be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing or the Third Closing or (2) amend this Agreement to provide for additional sellers hereto, such that any such Company or Purchased Subsidiary may transfer applicable Subsidiary Equity Interests to Buyer directly. The Initial Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Initial Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Initial Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Initial Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Initial Closing Date. (b) The second closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Second Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on December 6, 2013, which date may be extended for up to 45 days by Seller in its sole discretion, by providing written notice to Buyer of such extension at least five (5) Business Days prior thereto, or otherwise such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Second Closing Date”), in each case, so long as all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Second Closing as set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Second Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Second Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Second Closing). At the Second Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests of those Companies that own or have the right to use (or that own Purchased Subsidiaries which own or have the right to use) any Encumbered Property which was not transferred to Buyer in connection with the Initial Closing and in respect of which, all Required Lender Consents and Required Tenant Waivers have been obtained, and all JV Redemptions have been effected, as of the Second Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that any Company or any Purchased Subsidiary to be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing owns or has the right to use (or owns one or more Purchased Subsidiaries that collectively own or have the right to use) any Encumbered Property that will not be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Parties shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary prior to the Second Closing to (i) cause such Company or Purchased Subsidiary to transfer the applicable Encumbered Property to another Company or Purchased Subsidiary, which other Company or Purchased Subsidiary will be transferred to Buyer at the Third Closing or (ii) amend this Agreement to provide for additional sellers hereto, such that any such Company or Purchased Subsidiary may transfer applicable Subsidiary Equity Interests to Buyer directly. The Second Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Second Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Second Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Second Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Second Closing Date. (c) Subject to Section 2.5(d), the third closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Third Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Third Closing as set forth in Article VII (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Third Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Third Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Third Closing) or such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Third Closing Date”). At the Third Closing, Seller shall, subject to Section 2.5(d), sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests that were not sold, assigned transferred and conveyed to Buyer at the Initial Closing or the Second Closing. The Third Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Third Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Third Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Third Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Third Closing Date. (d) In the event that all of the conditions to the Third Closing set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of the Outside Date, other than any of the Lender Condition, the Tenant Condition and/or the JV Condition as a result of the failure to obtain any Required Lender Consent or Required Tenant Waiver or the failure to effect any JV Redemption, respectively, then the Parties shall cause the Third Closing to occur on the Outside Date but shall exclude from such Third Closing (i) any Lender Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such Lender Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) which is subject to any unobtained Required Lender Consent. (ii) any Tenant Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such Tenant Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) which is subject to any unobtained Required Tenant Waiver and (iii) any JV Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such JV Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) with respect to which a JV Redemption has not been effected (any of the Lender Encumbered Properties, Tenant Encumbered Properties or JV Encumbered Properties (or any of the Companies or Purchased Subsidiaries that owns or has the right to use any of the foregoing) which is excluded from the Third Closing pursuant to the foregoing clauses, (i), (ii) or (iii), together with any Real Property excluded from any Closing pursuant to Sections 2.9(c) or 2.11, a “Withheld Property”), in which event, (A) any such Withheld Property shall not be transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, (B) Buyer and Seller shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement relating to any such Withheld Property and (C) any such Withheld Property shall cease to be considered “Real Property”, a “Company” or a “Purchased Subsidiary” hereunder, as applicable. (e) The Parties hereby acknowledge that each Lender that provides a Lender Consent may do so upon such terms and conditions (including with respect to timing and schedule), as are agreed upon between the Parties and such Lender. Notwithstanding any difference between the provisions of this Agreement and the timing and scheduling terms and conditions of any Lender Consent, the Parties agree to cooperate with each other and to use Reasonable Efforts to cause the Closings to occur on the Closing Dates provided for in this Section 2.5 and otherwise as expeditiously as practicable. In the event that any Lender requires that a Closing with respect to the applicable Lender Encumbered Property take place on a date other than the Closing Dates provided for in this Section 2.5, the Parties will agree to hold a Closing on such date and all applicable provisions of this Agreement shall apply to such Closing mutatis mutandis. (f) The Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are for the purchase and sale of the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries and that it is intended that such entities do not own or lease (directly or indirectly) any real property other than the Real Property and certain assets related thereto. If the Parties determine at any time prior to the applicable Closing that any Company or Purchased Subsidiary owns or has the right to use any asset or property (including any real property) other than the Real Property and assets related specifically to same (including any Defected Property that is intended to be excluded from this Agreement), the Parties shall take such actions as are necessary (including by amending, modifying or supplementing this Agreement, the annexes or exhibits hereto or the Disclosure Schedule, whether to provide for additional Sellers, Companies or Purchased Subsidiaries hereto, or otherwise) in order to provide that the Companies and Purchased Subsidiaries conveyed to Buyer at the Closings only own or have the right to use the Real Property that are to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement and are required to meet the obligations of such Company or Purchased Subsidiary as landlord under the applicable Property Lease and no other asset or property (including any real property). In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (including anything in Section 6.1), but subject to the prior written approval of Buyer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), prior to the applicable Closing (it being agreed and understood that Buyer hereby consents to Seller taking the actions set forth in Section 2.5(f) of the Disclosure Schedule), Seller, the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries shall be expressly permitted to take such actions as are necessary and effect such internal restructurings as are necessary (including by distributing, dividending, assigning or otherwise transferring any assets, property (including real property), Persons or equity interests) in order to ensure that the only assets owned by the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries are the Real Property that are to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement and the Persons (or the equity interests in such Persons) that own or have the right to use such Real Property. (g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the term “Closing”, as it is used in this Agreement, shall refer to any of the Initial Closing, the Second Closing or the Third Closing, as applicable, and (ii) the term “Closing Date” shall refer to any of the Initial Closing Date, the Second Closing Date or the Third Closing Date, as applicable.
Corporate Services This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions for the provision by PROVIDING PARTY to RECEIVING PARTY of various corporate services and products, as more fully described below and in Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto (the Scheduled Services, the Omitted Services, the Resumed Services and Special Projects (as defined below), collectively, the “Corporate Services”).