Contracts, etc To enter into, make and perform all such obligations, contracts, agreements and undertakings of every kind and description, with any Person or Persons, as the Trustees shall in their discretion deem expedient in the conduct of the business of the Trust, for such terms as they shall see fit, whether or not extending beyond the term of office of the Trustees, or beyond the possible expiration of the Trust; to amend, extend, release or cancel any such obligations, contracts, agreements or understandings; and to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record all written instruments which they may deem necessary or expedient in the exercise of their powers;
PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT FRAUD Contractor represents and warrants that, within the three (3) year period prior to this Contract, neither Contractor nor its principals or affiliates: (a) have been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offence in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, local, or tribal) contract or purchase order under a public contract; (b) have been in violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements or receiving stolen property; (c) have been indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity (federal, state, local, or tribal) with commission of any of the offense enumerated in subsection (b) of this provision; or (d) had one or more public contracts (federal, state, local, or tribal) terminated for cause or default.
Property Contracts Purchaser shall assume at Closing the obligations under the Property Contracts assumed by Purchaser; however, operating expenses shall be prorated under Section 5.4.2.
Service Contracts (a) The Trustees may, at any time and from time to time, contract for exclusive or nonexclusive advisory, management and/or administrative services for the Trust or for any Series with any Person; and any such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine, including without limitation, authority for the Investment Adviser to determine from time to time without prior consultation with the Trustees what investments shall be purchased, held, sold or exchanged and what portion, if any, of the assets of the Trust shall be held uninvested and to make changes in the Trust's investments, and such other responsibilities as may specifically be delegated to such Person.
(b) The Trustees may also, at any time and from time to time, contract with any Persons, appointing such Persons exclusive or nonexclusive distributor or Principal Underwriter for the Shares of one or more of the Series or other securities to be issued by the Trust. Every such contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine.
(c) The Trustees are also empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons, appointing such Person(s) to serve as custodian(s), transfer agent and/or shareholder servicing agent for the Trust or one or more of its Series. Every such contract shall comply with such terms as may be required by the Trustees.
(d) The Trustees are further empowered, at any time and from time to time, to contract with any Persons to provide such other services to the Trust or one or more of the Series, as the Trustees determine to be in the best interests of the Trust and the applicable Series.
(e) The fact that:
(i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees, or officers of the Trust is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, Manager, adviser, Principal Underwriter, distributor, or affiliate or agent of or for any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract, or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made, or that
(ii) any Person with which an advisory, management or administration contract or Principal Underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other type of service contract may be made also has an advisory, management or administration contract, or principal underwriter's or distributor's contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing or other service contract, or has other business or interests with any other Person, shall not affect the validity of any such contract or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or executing the same, or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders, provided approval of each such contract is made pursuant to the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act.
SUBCONTRACTS - ASSIGNMENT Contractor shall not subcontract or assign this Agreement, or any part thereof, or interest therein, directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, to any person without obtaining the prior written consent by County. Contractor remains legally responsible for the performance of all contract terms including work performed by third parties under subcontracts. Any subcontracting will be subject to all applicable provisions of this Agreement. Contractor shall be held responsible by County for the performance of any subcontractor whether approved by County or not. Contractor hereby assigns to the County all rights, title, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Xxxxxxx Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 15) or under the Xxxxxxxxxx Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from the purchase if goods, materials, or services by the Contractor for sale to the County pursuant to this Agreement.
Contracts; No Defaults (a) Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a listing of all of the following Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise has any remaining rights or obligations (other than Company Benefit Plans covering more than one individual):
(i) each Contract that the Company reasonably anticipates will involve annual payments or consideration furnished by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $50,000;
(ii) each Contract relating to Indebtedness, including the borrowing of money, or mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) each Contract for the acquisition of any Person or any business division thereof or the disposition of any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) each lease, rental or occupancy agreement, real property license, installment and conditional sale agreement or other Contract that, in each case, provides for the ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in any real or personal property;
(v) each Contract providing for any royalty, milestone or similar payments by, or owed to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on or after the date hereof;
(vi) each joint venture Contract, partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement with a third party;
(vii) each Contract requiring capital expenditures after the date of this Agreement in an annual amount in excess of $20,000;
(viii) each Contract in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to noncompetition or non-solicitation (other than confidentiality agreements with customers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and set forth in the Company’s standard terms and conditions of sale or standard form of employment agreement, forms of which have previously been made available to Buyer) that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect;
(ix) each (A) employment Contract (excluding offer letters for at-will employment that do not provide for severance or for advance notice of termination or for any change of control, transaction, retention or other special remuneration) ;
(x) each Contract, plan, policy or program providing for severance, termination compensation, retention or stay pay, change in control payments or transaction-based bonuses;
(xi) each settlement Contract settling claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants (including any Contract in connection with which any employment-related claim is settled);
(xii) each Contract which contains any provisions with ongoing obligations requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnify any other party (excluding indemnities contained in Contracts for the purchase, sale or license of products or services entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(xiii) each Contract containing covenants materially limiting (A) the types of business in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or any of its Affiliates) may engage, (B) the geographic locations in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or its Affiliates) may so engage in any business or (C) the products that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or any of its Affiliates) may research, develop, manufacture or commercialize;
(xiv) each Contract entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Affiliate of the Company or with any current or former officer, director or stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof;
(xv) each Contract relating to grants, funding or other forms of assistance received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any Governmental Authority;
(xvi) each Contract relating the research, development, clinical trial, manufacturing, distribution, supply, marketing or co-promotion of any products, product candidates or devices in development by or which has been or which is being researched, developed, marketed, distributed, supported, sold or licensed out, in each case by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(xvii) each Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) licenses from, or has otherwise been assigned, transferred or granted any covenant not to assert by, a third party, any Intellectual Property used in connection with the Exploitation of any Company Regulated Product that is material to the Company’s business (other than (1) (x) click-wrap, shrink-wrap and off-the-shelf software licenses, and (y) any other software licenses that are available on standard terms to the public generally, in each case of (x) and (y) with license, maintenance, support and other fees less than $10,000 per year) and (2) standard employee and consultant assignment agreements in the form made available to Buyer, (B) has licensed, assigned, sold or transferred to a third party, or otherwise granted to a third party, any right or covenant not to assert under any Company Intellectual Property, or (C) has agreed to indemnify a third party against any claim of infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property.
(b) True and complete copies of the Contracts listed (or required to be listed) on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule have been delivered to or made available to Buyer or its representatives. All of the Contracts set forth (or required to be set forth) on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are (i) in full force and effect, subject to the Remedies Exception, and (ii) represent the valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiary or Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, represent the valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in breach of or default under any such Contract. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any claim or notice of breach of or default under any such Contract. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of or a default under any such Contract (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both).
The Contracts (i) will be sold by broker-dealers, or their registered representatives, who are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and who are members in good standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"); (ii) will be issued and sold in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws; and (iii) will be sold in compliance in all material respects with state insurance suitability requirements and NASD suitability guidelines.
Material Contracts and Transactions Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there are no material contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, arrangements, commitments, instruments, understandings or contracts, whether written or oral, express or implied, contingent, fixed or otherwise, to which Pubco is a party except as disclosed in writing to Priveco or as disclosed in the Pubco SEC Documents.
SUB-CONTRACTS (a) The Administrator may sub-contract or delegate the performance of all or any of its powers and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (but subject to Clause 3.2(b) herein):
(i) the prior written consent of the Mortgages Trustee and Funding to the proposed arrangement (including, if Funding considers it necessary after consulting with the Security Trustee, approving any contract which sets out the terms on which such arrangements are to be made) has been obtained, the Security Trustee has been consulted and notification has been given to each of the Rating Agencies;
(ii) where the arrangements involve the custody or control of any Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds relating to the Mortgage Portfolio for the purpose of performing any delegated Services, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed an acknowledgement in writing acceptable to Funding and the Security Trustee to the effect that any such Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds are and will be held to the order of the Mortgages Trustee (as trustee for the Beneficiaries);
(iii) where the arrangements involve or may involve the receipt by the sub-contractor or delegate of monies belonging to the Beneficiaries which, in accordance with this Agreement, are to be paid into the relevant Collection Account, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed a declaration in writing acceptable to the Beneficiaries that any such monies held by it or to its order are held on trust for the Beneficiaries and will be paid forthwith into the relevant Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed;
(iv) any such sub-contractor or delegate has executed a written waiver of any Security Interest arising in connection with such delegated Services (to the extent that such Security Interest relates to the Mortgage Portfolio or any amount referred to in (iii) above); and
(v) neither the Mortgages Trustee, the Security Trustee nor the Beneficiaries shall have any liability for any costs, charges or expenses payable to or incurred by such sub-contractor or delegate or arising from the entering into, the continuance or the termination of any such arrangement.
(b) The provisos to Clause 3.2(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) herein shall not apply:
(i) to the engagement by the Administrator of:
(1) any receiver, solicitor, insurance broker, valuer, surveyor, accountant, estate agent, insolvency practitioner, auctioneer, bailiff, debt counsellor, tracing agent, property management agent, licensed or qualified conveyancer or other professional adviser acting as such; or
(2) any locksmith, builder or other contractor acting as such in relation to a Mortgaged Property, in any such case being a person or persons whom the Administrator would be willing to appoint in respect of its own mortgages in connection with the performance by the Administrator of any of its obligations or functions or in connection with the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; or
(ii) to any delegation to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller from time to time.
(c) The Mortgages Trustee and/or Funding and the Security Trustee may require the Administrator to assign to the Mortgages Trustee any rights which the Administrator may have against any sub-contractor or delegate arising from the performance of services by such person in association with any matter contemplated by this Agreement and the Administrator acknowledges that such rights assigned to the Mortgages Trustee will be exercised by the Mortgages Trustee as trustee for the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed.
(d) Notwithstanding any sub-contracting or delegation of the performance of the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Administrator shall not thereby be released or discharged from any liability hereunder;
(ii) the Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of the obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement;
(iii) the performance or non-performance or the manner of performance of any sub-contractor or delegate of any of the Services shall not affect the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) any breach in the performance of the Services by any sub-contractor or delegate shall, subject to the Administrator being entitled for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of notice of the breach to remedy such breach by any sub-contractor or delegate, be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Administrator; and
(v) the Security Trustee shall have no liability for any act or omission of the sub-contractor or delegate and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any such sub-contractor or delegate.
Assumed Contracts (a) The Assumed Contacts are all of the agreements and contracts in any way relating to or affecting the Business, all of which are assignable to and will be fully and effectively assigned and transferred to Buyer as of the Closing Date without expense to Buyer or imposition of any condition or restriction binding on Buyer. The copies of all Assumed Contracts have been furnished to Buyer, and are full and complete copies, as amended, to the present date.
(b) All Assumed Contracts are now and on the Closing Date shall be in good standing and in full force and effect without amendment thereto (unless such amendments are clearly noted) and Seller is entitled to all benefits thereunder. All of the transactions of Seller with third persons have been conducted on an arms-length basis. All Assumed Contracts are valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms.
(c) No material default or alleged material default exists on the part of Seller, nor, to the knowledge of Seller or its officers, on the part of any other party, under any Assumed Contract and there exists no state of facts, which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or breach in connection with any Assumed Contract. For purposes of this subsection, the word "default" includes, but is not limited to, the failure to comply with any condition precedent under the provisions of any such Assumed Contract. Seller has received no information which might reasonably indicate that any party to a contract or commitment is unable or unwilling to perform under such Assumed Contract.
(d) Seller has no information which might reasonably indicate that any customer or supplier of Seller intends to cease purchasing from, selling to or dealing with Seller, nor has any information been brought to the attention of Seller which might reasonably lead Seller to believe that any customer or supplier intends to alter in any material respect, the amount of such purchases, sales or the extent of dealings with Seller or would alter in any material respect its purchases from, sales to, or dealings with Buyer in the event of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.