Deadlock has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
Specified Matter means any Amendment of a Portfolio Investment that (a) reduces the principal amount of such Portfolio Investment, (b) reduces the rate of interest payable on such Portfolio Investment, (c) postpones the due date of any scheduled payment or distribution in respect of such Portfolio Investment, (d) alters the pro rata allocation or sharing of payments or distributions required by any related underlying instrument in a manner adverse to the Company, (e) releases any material guarantor of such Portfolio Investment from its obligations, (f) terminates or releases any lien on a material portion on the collateral securing such Portfolio Investment, (g) changes any of the provisions of any such underlying instrument specifying the number or percentage of lenders required to effect any of the foregoing or (h) materially changes any financial maintenance covenant.
Excluded Matter means any one or more of the following: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which such Person or its Subsidiaries operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, international or national political conditions, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) (A) any changes in applicable Laws (including in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic) or accounting rules (including U.S. GAAP) or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof, or (B) new pronouncements or interpretations by the SEC or other U.S. federal regulators with respect to prior accounting rules; (vi) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (vii) any natural or man-made disaster, acts of God, epidemics, or pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic (including any action taken or refrained from being taken in response to COVID-19), or the worsening thereof; (viii) any failure by a party to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise an Excluded Matter may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect); (ix) the taking of any action expressly required to be taken under this Agreement; or (x) the impact on the Company of any action taken by, or at the request of, Parent or Merger Sub or the impact on Parent and/or Merger Sub or Parent of any action taken by, or at the request of, the Company; provided, however, that the exclusions provided in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), and clause (vii) shall not apply to the extent that Parent and Merger Sub, taken as a whole, on the one hand, or the Company Group, taken as a whole, on the other hand, is disproportionately affected by any such exclusions or any change, event or development to the extent resulting from any such exclusions relative to all other similarly situated companies that participate in the industry in which they operate.
transitional matter means a matter that needs to be dealt with for the purpose of effecting the transition from the provisions of the Acts amended by this Act as in force before this Act comes into operation to the provisions of those Acts as in force after this Act comes into operation.
foreign matter means anything that is not part of the cotton plant.
Agreement Disputes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
Collaborative matter means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution, including a dispute, claim, or issue in a proceeding, that is described in a collaborative law participation agreement and arises under the family or domestic relations law of this state, including any of the following:
Dispute Board (DB) means the person or persons named as such in the SCC appointed by agreement between the Procuring Entity and the Contractor to make a decision with respect to any dispute or difference between the Procuring Entity and the Contractor referred to him or her by the Parties pursuant to GCC Sub-Clause 46.1 (Dispute Board) hereof.
Formal Dispute means a written objection by an Interested Party to any of the following:
i. A solicitation or other request by OGS for offers for a contract for the procurement of commodities, services or technology.
ii. The cancellation of the solicitation or other request by OGS.
iii. An award or proposed award of the Contract by OGS.
iv. A termination or cancellation of an award of the Contract by OGS.
v. Changes in the scope of the Centralized Contract by the Commissioner.
vi. Determination of “materiality” in an instance of nonperformance or contractual breach.
vii. An equitable adjustment in the Centralized Contract terms and/or pricing made by the Commissioner during a Force Majeure event.
Reserved Matter means any proposal to change any date fixed for payment of principal or interest in respect of the Notes, to reduce the amount of principal or interest payable on any date in respect of the Notes, to alter the method of calculating the amount of any payment in respect of the Notes or the date for any such payment, to change the currency of any payment under the Notes or to change the quorum requirements relating to meetings or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution;
Technical Dispute has the meaning specified in Section 12.2;
Legal Dispute means any action, suit or proceeding between or among the Parties arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any related document.
Excluded Matters has the meaning given in Section 6.3.
JSC has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Impasse means that the representatives of the County and a Recognized Employee Organization have reached a point in their meeting and conferring in good faith where their differences on matters to be included in a Memorandum of Understanding, and concerning which they are required to meet and confer, remain so substantial and prolonged that further meeting and conferring would be futile.
Labor dispute as used here, means a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute between the Employer and its Employees, during which time the Employee is not paid by the Employer.
Joint Remediation Committee has the meaning set forth in Section II.A.2.
Consensus Policies are those policies established (1) pursuant to the procedure set forth in ICANN’s Bylaws and due process, and (2) covering those topics listed in Section 1.2 of this Specification. The Consensus Policy development process and procedure set forth in ICANN’s Bylaws may be revised from time to time in accordance with the process set forth therein.
JMC has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
Dispute means any dispute, controversy, claim or difference of whatever nature arising out of, relating to, or having any connection with this Agreement, including a dispute regarding the existence, formation, validity, interpretation, performance or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity and also including any dispute relating to any non-contractual rights or obligations arising out of, relating to, or having any connection with this Agreement.
Particular matter means any judicial or other proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, decision, determination, finding, but excluding enactment of general legislation by the general court and petitions of cities, towns, counties and districts for special laws related to their governmental organizations, powers, duties, finances and property. G.L. c. 268A, § 1(k).
Released Matters MEANS ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, DAMAGES, DEBTS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, COSTS, EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ AND ACCOUNTANTS’ FEES AND EXPENSES), ACTIONS AND CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, ARISING ON OR PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, THAT SUCH SELLING PARTY NOW HAS, OR AT ANY TIME PREVIOUSLY HAD, OR SHALL OR MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE, AS A STOCKHOLDER, OFFICER, DIRECTOR, CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, ARISING BY VIRTUE OF OR IN ANY MATTER RELATED TO ANY ACTIONS OR INACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE; PROVIDED THAT RELEASED MATTERS SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY RIGHT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS DELIVERED HEREUNDER, ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY DIRECTOR AND OFFICER FIDUCIARY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES OR ANY RIGHTS UNDER EARNED BUT UNPAID COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THE BENEFIT PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TERMS. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE SELLING PARTIES IN EXECUTING THIS RELEASE, AND IN GIVING AND RECEIVING THE CONSIDERATION CALLED FOR HEREIN, THAT THE RELEASE CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 11.12 SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS A FULL AND FINAL ACCORD AND SATISFACTION AND GENERAL RELEASE OF AND FROM ALL RELEASED MATTERS AND THE FINAL RESOLUTION BY SUCH SELLING PARTY AND THE RELEASED PARTIES OF ALL RELEASED MATTERS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN OR OTHERWISE TO THE CONTRARY, THE RELEASE CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 11.12 WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE SO AS TO BENEFIT A PARTICULAR RELEASED PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY MATTER OR EVENT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A RELEASED MATTER, BUT INVOLVED FRAUD OR THE BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW ON THE PART OF SUCH RELEASED PARTY. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PART OF THIS SECTION 11.12 SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS SECTION 11.12, WHICH SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
Resolve and the correlative terms, “Resolved”, “Resolving” and “Resolution” each means that the Services are restored to a point where the Customer can perform their job. In some cases, this may only be a work around solution until the root cause of the Error or Unplanned Disruption is identified and corrected (the need for restoration of normal service supersedes the need to find the root cause of the incident).
JCC has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
Third Party Acquisition has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).
Disagreement means a difference of opinion between personnel of a reporting issuer responsible for finalizing the reporting issuer’s financial statements and the personnel of a predecessor auditor responsible for authorizing the issuance of audit reports on the reporting issuer’s financial statements or authorizing the communication of the results of the auditor’s review of the reporting issuer’s interim financial report, if the difference of opinion