Objectives and Commitments 8.1 The Objectives of the Parties to this Agreement are:
(a) to promote fair, cooperative and productive workplace relations in the building and construction industry;
(b) to provide a detailed set of agreed employment benefits, conditions, rights and obligations via direct employment with the Employer;
(c) to explore the potential for innovation and new technologies;
(d) to consider any benefits of alternative hours of work;
(e) to support the establishment of consultative bodies to consider the impact of climate change on the working conditions in the industry;
(f) to establish practices that support opportunities for a diversified workforce;
(g) to support the implementation of highest possible levels of OHS practices, procedures and training;
(h) to ensure that fair and equitable employment practices are applied in the workplace;
(i) to improve efficiency in the workplace;
(j) to provide for the establishment and observance of an effective disputes settlement procedure that involves Employees and their representatives, when requested, at the earliest stage of any dispute or potential dispute.
8.2 The Parties to this Agreement commit themselves to ensuring that:
(a) the efficiency measures contained in this Agreement are implemented and lead to real gains in productivity.
(b) the principles of industry modernisation are realised during the life of this Agreement (in accordance with Part 11).
(c) productivity gains will not be achieved at the expense of health and safety standards.
(d) the disputes settlement procedures provided herein are strictly adhered to.
(e) employment should wherever possible be direct, full time and on going.
Agreements and Commitments Except as set forth in ITEM 2.11 delivered by ESI to Macromedia herewith, or as listed in ITEM 2.12, ITEM 2.15.3 or ITEM 2.15.6 as required by Section 2.12, Section 2.15.3 or Section 2.15.6, as the case may be, ESI is not a party or subject to any oral or written executory agreement, obligation or commitment that is material to ESI, its financial condition or business or which is described below and is not terminable within 60 days without cost or penalty to ESI, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Any contract, commitment, letter agreement, quotation or purchase order providing for payments by or to ESI in an aggregate amount of (i) $25,000 or more in the ordinary course of business or (ii) $10,000 or more not in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Any license agreement under which ESI is licensor (except for any nonexclusive software license granted by ESI to end-user customers where the form of the license, excluding standard immaterial deviations, has been provided or made available to Macromedia's counsel); or under which ESI is licensee (except for standard "shrink wrap" licenses for off-the-shelf software products);
(c) Any agreement by ESI to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect to any ESI Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 2.12 hereof);
(d) Any agreement for the sale or lease of real or personal property involving more than $25,000 per year;
(e) Any dealer, distributor, sales representative, original equipment manufacturer, value added remarketer or other agreement for the distribution of ESI's products;
(f) Any franchise agreement or financing statement;
(g) Any stock redemption or purchase agreement;
(h) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any other agreement that involves a sharing of profits with other persons or the payment of royalties to any other person;
(i) Any instrument evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities, purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee or otherwise, except for trade indebtedness or any advance to any employee of ESI incurred or made in the ordinary course of business, and except as disclosed in the ESI Financial Statements;
(j) Any contract containing covenants purporting to limit ESI's freedom to compete in any line of business in any geographic area; or
(k) Any contract or commitment for the employment of any officer, employee or consultant of ESI or any other type of contract or understanding with any officer, employee or consultant of ESI that is not immediately terminable by ESI without cost or liability. All agreements, obligations and commitments listed in ITEM 2.11, ITEM 2.12, ITEM 2.15.3 or ITEM 2.15.6 as required by Section 2.11, Section 2.12, Section 2.15.3 or Section 2.15.6, as the case may be, are valid and in full force and effect, and except as expressly noted, a true and complete copy of each has been delivered or made available to Macromedia. Except as noted on ITEM 2.11, neither ESI nor, to the knowledge of ESI, any other party is in breach of or default under any material term of any such agreement, obligation or commitment. ESI has no liability for renegotiation of government contracts or subcontracts which are material to ESI, its financial condition or business.
Service Commitment If Services subject to a Service Commitment are terminated by Customer pursuant to the clause entitled Customer Termination for Convenience or by Verizon pursuant to the clause entitled Termination for Cause or Insolvency, on or after the:
(a) Commencement Date but before the Activation Date, Customer shall pay the Cancellation of Order Charges specified in the Service Attachment (if any) together with any third party termination charges related to such termination as notified by Verizon; or
(b) Activation Date but prior to the expiration of the Service Commitment, Customer shall pay an Early Termination Charge equal to 75% (or other percentage detailed elsewhere in the Agreement) of the Recurring Charges that would have been payable for those Services for the remaining unexpired part of the Service Commitment.
Contracts and Commitments (a) Schedule 5.18 hereto (with paragraph references corresponding to those set forth below) contains a true and complete list of each of the following contracts (true and complete copies or, if none, reasonably complete and accurate written descriptions of which, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, have been delivered or made available to PMCT), to which STH or any of the STH Subsidiaries is a party or by which any Hotel is bound:
(i) all contracts providing for the management of the Hotels;
(ii) all franchise agreements (the "Franchise Agreements");
(iii) all material contracts providing for a commitment of employment or consultation services for a specified or unspecified term;
(iv) all contracts with any person containing any provision or covenant prohibiting or materially limiting the ability of STH or any of the STH Subsidiaries to engage in any business activity or to compete with any person;
(v) all partnership, joint venture, stockholders' or other similar contracts with any person;
(vi) all notes, debentures, bonds and other evidence of indebtedness which are secured or collateralized by mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests in any Hotel or any personal property of STH or any of the STH Subsidiaries;
(vii) all contracts relating to any business combination;
(viii) all contracts between or among STH or any of the STH Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of their stockholders or affiliates, on the other hand;
(ix) all collective bargaining or similar labor contracts; and
(x) all other contracts that involve the annual payment or potential annual payment pursuant to the terms of such contract, by or to STH or any of the STH Subsidiaries of more than $25,000 or aggregate payments in excess of $300,000 that will not (A) be fully performed on or prior to the Effective Time, (B) expire by their terms within 90 days following the Effective Time, or (C) be cancelable by the Surviving Entity, without penalty, upon not more than 30 days notice, including, without limitation, all leases, contracts for purchase and sale of assets, advance booking contracts and banquet contracts.
(b) Each contract required to be disclosed on Schedule 5.18 is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms and, except as disclosed on Schedule 5.18, neither STH, any of the STH Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of STH, any other party to such contract is in violation, breach or default under any such contract (or with notice or lapse of time or both would be in violation, breach or default under any such contract), the effect of which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expect to result in an STH Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Franchise Agreements disclosed on Schedule 5.18 constitute all of the franchise or similar agreements necessary to operate and manage the Hotels and neither STH nor any STH Subsidiary has received any notice or has any knowledge of an event of default or termination or proposed termination under any such Franchise Agreement.
Additional Commitments The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to measures affecting trade in services not subject to scheduling under Article 106 (National Treatment) or Article 107 (Market Access), including those regarding qualifications, standards or licensing matters. Such commitments shall be inscribed in a Party's Schedule.