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.
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.
Compensation Upon Termination (i) If Executive's employment is terminated by the Company pursuant to subsection 5(f), or if Executive shall terminate his employment pursuant to subsection 5(d)(i), 5(d)(ii) or 5(d)(iii), then the Company shall pay to Executive, within 30 days of such termination (or, if there is a dispute regarding such termination, within 30 days of the date such dispute is resolved) the following amounts, and in lieu of any further salary and bonus or other incentive compensation payments to Executive for periods subsequent to the date of termination, an amount (the "Severance Payment") equal to the aggregate salary payments (based on the Base Salary in effect on the termination date) that would have been paid to Executive from the date of termination to the end of the Term then in effect, plus the bonus that would have been payable to Executive for the bonus year in which such termination occurs (which shall not be discounted to take into account present value), and the Executive shall be entitled to continue to participate in all Company Benefit Plans on the same basis as the Company's executive employees through the end of the fiscal year in which such termination occurs; provided, that if (A) (i) the period from the date of Executive's termination for reasons described in this Section 6(a)(i) to the end of the Term then in effect (the "Severance Period") is less than two years or (ii) the Company gives notice under Section 2 that the term will not be beyond the last year of the term then in effect (the last day of such term is referred to as the "Nonrenewal Date") and (B) Executive is not engaged in regular employment (whether as an employee or as a self-employed person) at the end of the Severance Period or at the Nonrenewal Date, then at the end of the Severance Period, or on the Nonrenewal Date as the case may be the Company shall begin making additional monthly severance payments ("Supplemental Severance Payments") to Executive (based on Executive's Base Salary at the time of termination, payable in arrears, pro rated for the months in which such payments begin and end and otherwise calculated and paid in accordance with the Company's payroll practices for its executive employees) until the earlier of (1) if clause (A)(i) of this proviso applies, the second anniversary of the date of such Executive's termination, or if clause (A)(ii) of this proviso applies, the first anniversary of the Nonrenewal Date and (2) the date that the Executive finds regular employment, whether as an employee or as a self-employed person, provided that the Company may at any time, in the discretion of the Company's chief executive officer, elect not to pay, or elect to discontinue payment of any, Supplemental Severance Payments, if at the time of such election, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. If Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx is not then Chief Executive Officer, such election shall be made by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx so long as Vestar Equity Partners, L.P., together with its general partner and their respective affiliates, own, or have the power to vote or direct the voting of, shares of the capital stock of the Company sufficient to elect a majority of the Company's Board of Directors. The provision in clause (A)(ii) of the foregoing proviso relating to continuing payments after the Nonrenewal Date on account of the Company's failure to extend the Term shall not be applicable if Executive's employment is terminated prior to the Nonrenewal Date.
(ii) If Executive's employment terminates for any reason other than pursuant to subparagraph 5(f), 5(d)(i), 5(d)(ii) or 5(d)(iii), Executive shall receive compensation and benefits through the end of the calendar month in which termination occurs (or, if earlier, the end of the Term then in effect) and shall thereafter receive no other compensation or, except as required by law, any benefits of any kind whatsoever; it being understood that no bonus shall be payable for the year in which such termination occurs.
(iii) Any sums due pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 6(a) shall be reduced by any sums payable to Executive pursuant to any severance or termination pay program maintained by the Company.
(b) Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 6 by seeking other employment or otherwise.
