TERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTOR If the Work is stopped for a period of thirty days under an order of any court or other public authority having jurisdiction, or as a result of an act of government, such as a declaration of a national emergency making materials unavailable, through no act or fault of the Contractor or a Subcontractor or their agents or employees or any other persons performing any of the Work under a contract with the Contractor, or if the Work should be stopped for a period of thirty days by the Contractor because the Architect has not issued a Certificate for Payment as provided in Paragraph 9.7 of these General Conditions or because the State has not made payment thereon as provided in Paragraph 9.7, then the Contractor may, upon seven additional days written notice to the State and the Architect, terminate the Contract and recover from the State payment for all Work executed and for any proven loss sustained upon any materials, equipment, tools, construction equipment and machinery, including reasonable profit and damages.
Cooperation by the Company If any Shareholder shall transfer any Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall cooperate, to the extent commercially reasonable, with such Shareholder and shall provide to such Shareholder such information as such Shareholder shall reasonably request.
Waiver by the Company The Company irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against any Eligible Subsidiary or any other Person.
Conduct of Business by the Company 5.1 Until the earlier of the IPO or the Option Expiration Date (as defined in Section 7.1), the Company and UPC agree to the following: The Company's activities will include, but not be limited to, providing telecommunications services (listed in Exhibit A hereto) to business customers in Europe (defined in Exhibit B hereto), both inside and outside the UPC Affiliate Area. Expansion by the Company outside of Europe, excluding the activities included in the Cignal's current business plan as presented to the Board of Directors of Cignal, will be at the discretion of the Company but will require UPC consent, for which a consideration may be agreed upon at the time of such expansion; provided, however, that the Company shall not in any event be required to conduct any activity if (A) such activity would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (B) such activity would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court, or (C) such activity would constitute a taxable transaction, for which no tax ruling or exemption, satisfactory to UPC, is available; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.2 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company or the Option Expiration Date, the Company and UPC agree to the following: (i) to set up local Company entities identified in Exhibit C and to contribute the existing relevant business customers and associated revenues; and (ii) to the extent legally possible, to grant for value to the Company from its current operations exclusive rights of use on commercial arms-length terms, on an un-encumbered basis (to the explicit exclusion of Mundi Telecom), required to support the Company's subscriber base at the Closing Date; provided, however, that UPC shall not in any event be required to take any of the actions in (i) or (ii) above if (A) such action would result in a breach or violation of any indenture or financing arrangement, among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (B) such activity would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (C) such action would require consent or approval from any municipality, workers council, trade union or shareholder, and such consent or approval is withheld, (D) such activity would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court, or (E) such activity would constitute a taxable transaction, for which no tax ruling or exemption, satisfactory to UPC, is available; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.3 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company or such time when UPC and the Company have entered into a separate agreement with regard to their affiliate relationship, such agreement to be on terms no less favorable than those provided below, UPC and the Company agree to the following: The Company will have the exclusive right (subject to any restriction imposed by applicable laws, including without limitation any law regulating competition) to the use of the existing UPC fiber footprint for a term of seven years for the purpose of the Company's activities. The Company will be UPC's primary vehicle to provide national and international, retail and wholesale, CLEC products and services to business customers throughout Europe for a period of not less than seven years. The Company will have the sales and marketing functions to serve business customers, with the exception of the legacy chello broadband N.V. ("CHELLO") customers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, UPC shall not in any event be required to take any of the actions in this clause 5.3 if such action would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.4 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company or such time when UPC and the Company have entered into a separate agreement with regard to their affiliate relationship, such agreement to be on terms no less favorable than those provided below, UPC and the Company agree to the following: For any acquisitions completed by UPC which extend its existing fiber footprint and in which it has at least a majority ownership interest, UPC will, to the extent legally possible or allowed for pursuant to the transaction documents underlying any such acquisition, grant for value to the Company the rights of use of relevant assets and infrastructure (in the form of either IRU contracts, leasing agreements, distribution contracts and/or other legal contracts and arrangements) on a preferred basis (as described in Exhibit D) without any obligation on the part of the Company to contribute to the associated UPC acquisition costs; provided, however, that UPC shall not in any event be required to make any of the above grants if (A) such grant would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (B) such grant would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court, or (C) such grant would constitute a taxable transaction, for which no tax ruling or exemption, satisfactory to UPC, is available; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.5 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company or such time when UPC and the Company have entered into a separate agreement with regard to their affiliate relationship, such agreement to be on terms no less favorable than those provided below, UPC and the Company agree to the following: For any acquisitions completed by UPC in which all or a material portion of the acquired operations directly relate to the Company's activities and will result in a majority ownership by UPC of that acquired business, UPC will, to the extent legally possible or allowed for pursuant to the transaction documents underlying any such acquisition, offer to transfer, for value, the relevant operations or a material portion thereof; provided, however, that UPC shall not in any event be required to make any of the above transfers if (A) such transfer would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (B) such transfer would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court, or (C) such transfer would constitute a taxable transaction, for which no tax ruling or exemption, satisfactory to UPC, is available; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.6 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company and the Option Expiration Date, UPC will use reasonable efforts to integrate any acquired business customer which falls within the Company's activities; provided, however, that UPC shall not in any event be required to take any of the above actions if (A) such actions would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties, (B) such actions would result in a breach of any law, regulation, government policy, license, governmental or regulatory approval, judgement or order of any court, or (C) such actions would constitute a taxable transaction, for which no tax ruling or exemption, satisfactory to UPC, is available; provided further, however, that UPC and the Company shall use their reasonable efforts to resolve any impediment created under (A), (B) or (C), so long as such efforts do not require the expenditure of cash to third parties, are in accordance with prudent business practices and are not impracticable. 5.7 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company or the Option Expiration Date, UPC and the Company agree that irrespective of the price paid by UPC in the acquisitions described in Article 5.5 above, valuation of such acquisitions will need to be agreed upon by UPC, the Company and the Shareholders Representative, or otherwise through the independent appraisal process described in Article 10.1 of this Agreement. 5.8 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company and the Option Expiration Date, the Company and UPC agree to the following: For any acquisition consummated by the Company directly, any such acquisition may be funded through the incurrence of debt or the issue of stock. The Company will fund its operations in the first instance with debt (including vendor financing) to the extent reasonably practicable; provided, however, that the Company will not be obligated to incur any indebtedness if such incurrence would, in the opinion of the Management Board of the Company, unduly prejudice its operating and financial flexibility. The availability and cost of such debt, as well as the Company's debt capacity, will be determined by the Management Board of the Company in consultation with internationally recognised banks and/or investment banks based on the Company's business plan and the Company's then current financial position; provided, however, that the Company shall not in any event be required to incur such debt if such incurrence would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties. If the Company requires additional funding beyond its determined debt capacity, then such funding shall come from UPC or other parties in the form of equity at the time such funding is provided. 5.9 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company and the Option Expiration Date, the Company and UPC agree that any shareholder loans, including accrued interest, provided by UPC and/or its affiliates to the Company after the date hereof will be repaid by the Company either (a) from available cash or (b) from proceeds of the Company IPO (if consummated), subject to acceptability of such use of proceeds by the IPO underwriters; provided, however, that the Company shall not in any event be required to take any of the above actions if such actions would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties. 5.10 Until the earlier of the IPO of the Company and the Option Expiration Date, the Company and UPC agree to that if for any reason such shareholder loans may not be repaid at the time of the IPO, they will immediately convert to equity in the Company at a price equal to the high end of the initial filing range utilised to market the IPO (the "IPO Filing Price"); provided, however, that UPC and the Company shall not in any event be required to take any of the above actions if such actions would result in a breach or violation of any agreement or contract among UPC, UGC or the Company, respectively, and any third parties. 5.11 The Shareholder agrees that any lawsuit against UPC, the Company or any affiliates of UPC or the Company under this Article 5 can only be brought if it is supported in writing by Shareholders owning directly or indirectly the majority of the aggregate equity interest in the Company owned by all Shareholders. 5.12 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall retain the right to dispose of any assets or operations, without compensation to the Company therefor, at any time, that are unrelated to the Company's activities, including, but not limited to, the disposition of the businesses of Cesky Mobil AS and Priority Wireless Communication Gmbh. 5.13 Notwithstanding the foregoing, UPC retains the right to allow third parties to participate in the Company's or its subsidiaries' activities, as shareholders or otherwise, to the extent that UPC is required, as of the date hereof, to do so pursuant to any agreement or contract among UPC or any affiliate of UPC, or UGC or any affiliate of UGC, respectively, and any such third parties. In addition, until the earlier of the IPO of the Company and the Option Expiration Date, with the consent of the Shareholders Representative, UPC may allow third parties to participate in the Company's or its subsidiaries' activities, as shareholders or otherwise. 5.14 For the purpose of this Article 5:
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Closing The Company covenants and agrees that prior to the Closing Date: (a) the Company shall conduct its business and operations only in the usual and ordinary course of business; (b) Except as contemplated by this Agreement, and as necessary to effect the proposals contained in the Company Proxy Statement to be filed (the “Company Proxy Statement”), the Company shall not directly or indirectly do any of the following: (i) sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any of its assets; (ii) amend or propose to amend its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (iii) split, combine or reclassify any outstanding shares of its capital stock, or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise with respect to shares of its capital stock; (iv) redeem, purchase or acquire or offer to acquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities; (v) create any subsidiaries; (vi) enter into or modify any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; (c) Except as contemplated by this Agreement, and those items contained in the Company Proxy Statement to be filed, the Company shall not (i) issue, sell, pledge or dispose of, or agree to issue, sell, pledge or dispose of, any additional shares of, or any options, warrants, conversion privileges or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, its capital stock; (ii) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division or the material assets thereof; (iii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, issue any debt securities or guarantee any indebtedness to others; or (iv) enter into or modify any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; (d) the Company shall notify ADS promptly of any material adverse event or circumstance affecting ADS (including the filing of any material litigation against the Company or the existence of any dispute with any person or entity which involves a reasonable likelihood of such litigation being commenced); (e) the Company shall comply in all material respects with all legal requirements and contractual obligations applicable to its operations and business and pay all applicable taxes; and