Competitor Subject to Regulation by the Grantor Sample Clauses

Competitor Subject to Regulation by the Grantor. If at any time during the existence of this Franchise, a competing franchised multi-channel video programming distributor, which operates a Cable System in the Streets of the Grantor, is granted more favorable term(s) than those established for the Grantee under this Franchise (including but not limited to lesser channel capacity, lesser requirements to provide Public, Educational, or Government access, less onerous reporting requirements, less onerous customer notification requirements, less restrictive billing practices, less onerous customer service requirements, or less responsibility to pay a Franchise Fee), then such term(s) shall also be simultaneously extended to the Grantee, upon the written request of the Grantee, so that no provider of multi- channel service shall receive an unfair competitive advantage; provided, however, in considering such request of Grantee, the Authority or their designated agent, shall take into consideration all of the circumstances relevant as to each particular term as such circumstances exist at the time and can be reasonably anticipated to exist in the future, including, but not limited to, any federal, State or local regulation (including the FCC Report and Order) that might stipulate different cable television requirements applicable to cable television entrants, as delineated in the FCC Report and Order, as well as the proportional relationship of the operations (such as size Subscriber base or amount of revenues) at the time and as can be reasonably anticipated in the future. For purposes of this Section 23(B), the term “FCC Report and Order” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission’s Report and Order, FCC 06-180, adopted on December 20, 2006, and released on March 5, 2007 respecting the “Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992”.
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Competitor Subject to Regulation by the Grantor. If at any time during the existence of this Franchise, a competing multi-channel video programming distributor, which operates a Cable System in the Streets and which has been provided a franchise or other type of authorization pursuant to the Cable Act by Grantor, to operate such Cable System in the Streets subject to the Cable Act, is granted more favorable term(s) under such franchise or other type of authorization than those established for the Grantee under this Franchise (including but not limited to lesser channel capacity, lesser requirements to provide Public, Educational, or Government access, less onerous reporting requirements, less onerous customer notification requirements, less restrictive billing practices, less onerous customer service requirements, or less responsibility to pay a Franchise Fee), then such term(s) shall also be simultaneously extended to the Grantee, upon the written request of the Grantee, so that no provider of multi-channel service shall receive an unfair competitive advantage; provided, however, in considering such request of Grantee, the Authority or its designated agent, shall take into consideration the Cable Act and Applicable Law, as well as the proportional relationship of the operations (such as size, subscriber base, and revenue).‌
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  • Traffic Not Subject to Reciprocal Compensation 5.2.1 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to interstate or intrastate Exchange Access (including, without limitation, Virtual Foreign Exchange Traffic (i.e., V/FX Traffic)), Information Access, or exchange services for Exchange Access or Information Access. 5.2.2 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Internet Traffic. 5.2.3 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Toll Traffic, including, but not limited to, calls originated on a 1+ presubscription basis, or on a casual dialed (10XXX/101XXXX) basis. 5.2.4 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Optional Extended Local Calling Area Traffic. 5.2.5 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to special access, private line, or any other traffic that is not switched by the terminating Party. 5.2.6 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Tandem Transit Traffic. 5.2.7 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Voice Information Service Traffic (as defined in Section 5 of the Additional Services Attachment). 5.2.8 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to traffic that is not subject to Reciprocal Compensation under Section 251(b)(5) of the Act. 5.2.9 Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Virtual Foreign Exchange Traffic (i.e., V/FX Traffic). As used in this Agreement, “Virtual Foreign Exchange Traffic” or “V/FX Traffic” is defined as calls in which an Onvoy Customer is assigned a telephone number with an NXX Code (as set forth in the LERG) associated with an exchange that is different than the exchange (as set forth in the LERG) associated with the actual physical location of such Customer’s station. For the avoidance of any doubt, Onvoy shall pay Frontier’s originating access charges for all V/FX Traffic originated by a Frontier Customer, and Onvoy shall pay Frontier’s terminating access charges for all V/FX Traffic originated by an Onvoy Customer.

  • Prevention or Delay of Performance by the Company or the Depositary Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder: (i) if by reason of (A) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or other act of the government of the United States, any State of the United States or any other state or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange; (B) (in the case of the Depositary only) any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof; or (C) any event or circumstance, whether natural or caused by a person or persons, that is beyond the ability of the Depositary or the Company, as the case may be, to prevent or counteract by reasonable care or effort (including, but not limited to, earthquakes, floods, severe storms, fires, explosions, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, criminal acts or outbreaks of infectious disease; interruptions or malfunctions of utility services, Internet or other communications lines or systems; unauthorized access to or attacks on computer systems or websites; or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware or software or other systems or equipment), the Depositary or the Company is, directly or indirectly, prevented from, forbidden to or delayed in, or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing that, by the terms of this Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed; (ii) for any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement (including any determination by the Depositary to take, or not take, any action that this Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary may take); (iii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of this Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or Holders; or (iv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of this Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution to which Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 applies, or an offering to which Section 4.4 applies, or for any other reason, that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners, and the Depositary may not dispose of that distribution or offering on behalf of Owners and make the net proceeds available to Owners, then the Depositary shall not make that distribution or offering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.

  • Continuing Rights of Holder The Issuer will, at the time of or at any time after each exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder hereof, acknowledge in writing the extent, if any, of its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder all rights to which such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, provided that if any such Holder shall fail to make any such request, the failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Issuer to afford such rights to such Holder.

  • Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration In connection with the filing of any Registration Document by the Company, the Company covenants and agrees as follows: (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file the Registration Document on the date indicated in the notice delivered to the Warrant Holder and the holders of the Warrant Securities pursuant to Section 7.2 or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter and shall use its best efforts to have any such Registration Document declared effective at the earliest practicable time. The Company will promptly notify each of the Warrant Holder and holder of Warrant Securities electing to include Warrant Securities in the Registration Document (collectively the “Selling Securities Holders”) and confirm in writing, (i) when such Registration Document becomes effective, (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Document becomes effective and (iii) of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Document or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information. The Company shall furnish to each Selling Securities Holder such number of copies of such Registration Document (or prospectus contained therein) and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Selling Securities Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Warrant Securities included in the Registration Document. (b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding transfer taxes, if any, and fees and expenses of Holder(s)’ counsel and the Holder’s pro-rata portion of the selling discount or commissions), fees and expenses in connection with all Registration Documents filed pursuant to Sections 7.2 hereof including, without limitation, the Company’s legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, blue sky fees and expenses. If the Company shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.4(a), the Company shall, in addition to any other equitable or other relief available to the Selling Securities Holders, be liable for any or all special and consequential damages sustained by the Selling Securities Holders. (c) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Document and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be reasonably necessary to keep such Registration Document effective for at least nine months (or such longer period as permitted by the Act), and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Document during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Selling Securities Holders of the Warrant Securities set forth in such Registration Document. If at any time the SEC should institute or threaten to institute any proceedings for the purpose of issuing a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any such Registration Document, the Company shall promptly notify each Selling Securities Holder and will use all reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or to obtain the withdrawal thereof as soon as possible. The Company will use its good faith reasonable efforts and take all reasonably necessary action which may be required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Securities included in the Registration Document for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states as reasonably are required by the Selling Securities Holders; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business under the laws of any such jurisdiction, nor shall the officers, directors and five percent (5%) or greater shareholder be required to deposit in escrow and securities of the Company owned by them or subject such securities to any form of lockup arrangement in connection with such registration. The Company shall use its good faith reasonable efforts to cause the Warrant Securities covered by such Registration Document to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities of the United States or any State thereof as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Selling Security Holders to consummate the disposition of the Warrant Securities included in the Registration Document. (d) The Company shall indemnify the Selling Securities Holders and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Securities Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement. (e) If requested by the Company prior to the filing of any Registration Document covering the Warrant Securities, each of the Selling Securities Holders and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage or expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from written information furnished by the Selling Securities Holder, or their successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in the Registration Document. (f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Warrant Holder to exercise the Warrants prior to the filing of any Registration Document or the effectiveness thereof. (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.2 of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to effect or cause the registration of any Warrant Securities pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof if, within 30 days after its receipt of a request to include Warrant Securities within the Registration Document (i) counsel for the Company delivers an opinion to the Selling Securities Holder, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel to the Selling Securities Holder, to the effect that the entire number of Warrant Securities proposed to be sold by such Selling Securities Holder may otherwise be sold, in the manner proposed by the Selling Securities Holder, without registration under the Securities Act, or (ii) the SEC shall have issued a no-action position, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Selling Securities Holder, to the effect that the entire number of Warrant Securities proposed to be sold by the Selling Securities Holder may be sold by it, in the manner proposed by the Selling Securities Holder, without registration under the Securities Act.

  • Acquisition of Stock by Third Party Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;