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Qualifications of Group Members. Provider shall require and validate that as a condition of their participation as a Group Member under the Agreement, its Group Members maintain all licenses, permits, accreditations, certifications and such other regulatory approvals required by State or Federal law and will submit evidence of such upon request by Lucet. All Group Members of Provider must be credentialed by Lucet prior to rendering Covered Services to Members under this Agreement, unless otherwise required by state or federal law. Should Group Member no longer be employed by or contracted with Provider, Group Member’s credentialing shall be terminated unless Group Member has an individual Participating Provider Agreement to a TIN, EIN, or Group Member’s Social Security Number (SSN) that is different than Provider’s.
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  • Qualifications of Panelists All Panelists shall: (a) have expertise or experience in law, international trade, other matters covered by this Agreement, or the resolution of disputes arising under international trade agreements relevant to the subject matter of the dispute; (b) be chosen strictly on the basis of objectivity, impartiality, reliability, and sound judgment; (c) be independent of, and not be affiliated with or take instructions from, any Party; (d) not delegate their responsibilities to any other person; and (e) comply with the Model Rules of Procedure established in Annex 12 (Model Rules of Procedure).

  • Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc (a) Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing, character or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, validly existing, qualified or in good standing or to have such power or authority, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent has made available to the Company prior to the date of this Agreement a true and complete copy of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws (the “Parent Organizational Documents”) and has made available to the Company prior to the date of this Agreement a true and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents of each of its Subsidiaries, each as amended through the date hereof. Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary of the Parent is in material violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents). (b) Section 4.1(b)(i) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list, as of the date hereof, of each Subsidiary of the Parent and its jurisdiction of organization or formation and the jurisdictions in which they are qualified to do business. Section 4.1(b)(ii) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries and the ownership interest of the Parent in each such Subsidiary, as well as the ownership interest of any other person or persons in each such Subsidiary. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary of the Parent have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 4.1(b)(ii) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary of the Parent are owned by Parent, by one or more Subsidiaries of Parent or by Parent and one or more Subsidiaries of Parent, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Parent Permitted Liens. Except as set forth in Section 4.1(b)(iii) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, except for the capital stock and other equity interests of its Subsidiaries, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interest in any other person (including through participation in any joint venture or similar arrangement), other than the ownership of securities primarily for investment purposes as part of routine cash management or investments of 1% or less in publicly traded companies, and there are no Parent Joint Ventures. “Parent Joint Venture” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity which is not a Subsidiary of Parent and in which (i) Parent, directly or indirectly, owns or controls any shares of any class of the outstanding voting securities or other equity interests (other than the ownership of securities primarily for investment purposes as part of routine cash management or investments of 1% or less in publicly traded companies) or (ii) Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent is a general partner.

  • Interim Operations of the Company The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, except as (w) disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (x) expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (y) required by applicable Law, or (z) agreed to in writing by Parent, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time: (a) the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and goodwill and the business organization and goodwill of its Subsidiaries and keep available the services of their current officers and employees and preserve and maintain existing relations with customers, suppliers, officers, employees and creditors; (b) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) enter into any new line of business, (ii) incur or commit to any capital expenditures, or any obligations or liabilities in connection with any capital expenditures during calendar year 2006 other than (x) capital expenditures and obligations or liabilities incurred or committed to in an amount not greater, in the aggregate, than the amount in the Company’s total capital budget for calendar year 2006 approved by the Company Board on January 26, 2006, which has been furnished to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement, plus (y) any other capital expenditure, obligations, liabilities or commitments made by the Company after the date of this Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not commit to incur any expenditure, obligation, liability or other payment with respect to any capital expenditure related to an exploration well in the event the Company’s share or portion of the initial authorization for expenditure with respect to such exploration well exceeds $3,000,000 plus (z) expenditures (or obligations or liabilities related thereto) in connection with acquisitions so long as such expenditures with respect to any individual acquisition do not exceed $1,000,000 or (iii) during any rolling three (3) month period, incur or commit to any capital expenditures contemplated by the Company’s capital budget described in clause (ii) above in an amount that exceeds, by more than thirty percent (30%) the amounts contemplated by such budget to be incurred or committed to during such three (3) month period; (c) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar organizational documents; (d) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries) to, declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution, whether payable in cash, stock or any other property or right, with respect to its capital stock; (e) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue, grant, sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any additional shares of, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other such securities or agreements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (x) issuances of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company Options or Performance Stock Awards outstanding on the date of this Agreement (y) issuances of Company Stock Options or Company Stock Awards prior to the Effective Time to directors or new employees in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, or (ii) except as required pursuant to the terms of the Company Plans in effect on the date of this Agreement, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any of its capital stock or any other securities or agreements of the type described in clause (i) of this Section 5.1(e) other than pursuant to any “cashless” exercise provisions of existing Company Stock Options; (f) other than (i) as required pursuant to the terms of the Company Plans in effect on the date of this Agreement (ii) as specifically described on Section 5.1(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter or (iii) grants of retention bonuses or adoption of retention plans in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that no such bonuses shall be granted and no awards will be made under any such plans unless the beneficiary thereof agrees to continue his or her employment through the Effective Time and thereafter for a transition period to be determined in the discretion of Parent but not to exceed a time period of 90 days after the Effective Time, and provided further that the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to such grants, awards or plans after the date hereof shall not exceed $250,000, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (x) grant any increase in the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any former or current director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than to non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (y) adopt, enter into, amend or otherwise increase, or accelerate the payment or vesting of the amounts, benefits or rights payable or accrued or to become payable or accrued under, any Company Plan (other than entry into employment agreements with new hires in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided that such employment agreement shall be terminable at will, without penalty to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (z) grant any severance or termination pay to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except termination amounts paid to non-contract employees related to termination of such employee’s employment in the Company’s ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (g) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its methods of accounting (other than Tax accounting, which shall be governed by clause (m) below) in effect as of the date of this Agreement, except in accordance with changes in GAAP as concurred to by the Company’s independent auditors; (h) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (i) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice acquire any Person or other business organization, division or business by merger, consolidation, purchase of an equity interest or assets, or by any other manner, or (ii) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, acquire any assets; (i) other than the sale or consumption of inventory and Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the sale of any assets pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter or the sale of obsolete or other Company Assets that are to be replaced or discontinued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any material Company Assets and shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to sell, lease exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material Company Assets; (j) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, grant any security interest in, or otherwise subject to any other Lien other than Permitted Liens, any of the Company Assets; (k) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) except as set forth in clause (ii) below, and except for payment of current accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, pay, discharge or satisfy any claims (including claims of stockholders), liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) where such payment, discharge or satisfaction would require any payment except for the payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities or obligations in accordance with the terms of agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement or entered into after the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not in violation of this Agreement, in each case to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound and except for any payments, discharges or settlements that do not exceed $2,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) compromise, settle, grant any waiver or release relating to any Litigation, other than settlements or compromises of litigation where the amount paid or to be paid does not exceed $2,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; (l) other than the ordinary advance or reimbursement of expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any transaction with (except pursuant to agreements in effect at the time of this Agreement and set forth in Section 3.9(a) or 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter), or enter into any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with, directly or indirectly, any of the Company’s affiliates; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this clause (l), the term “affiliates” shall not include any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the directors and executive officers thereof; (m) except as set forth in Section 5.1(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or change any material Tax election, change any material method of Tax accounting, grant any material extension of time to assess any Tax or settle any Tax claim, amend any Return in any material respect or settle or compromise any material Tax liability; (n) the Company shall not intentionally, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to intentionally, take any action that would, or could reasonably be expected to, result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement becoming untrue in a manner that would give rise to the failure of the closing condition set forth in Section 6.3(a); (o) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Merger or with respect to an inactive wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company) or any agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal, except as provided for in Section 5.3; (p) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) incur or assume any long-term debt, other than any advances, loans or other obligations under the Company Credit Agreement, (ii) incur or assume any short-term Indebtedness other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any short-term Indebtedness under the Company Credit Agreement, (iii) modify the terms of any Indebtedness to increase the Company’s obligations with respect thereto, provided that the Company may increase the amount outstanding under the Company Credit Agreement and provided further that in addition to any obligations permitted by this section, the Company may incur long-term, short-term or increases in its obligation under existing debt under items (i), (ii) and (iii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000, (iv) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company), except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in no event exceeding $2,000,000 individually, (v) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than to wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company), or by such Subsidiaries to the Company, other than customary loans or advances to employees in accordance with past practice, or (vi) enter into any material commitment or transaction, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and except as otherwise authorized in Sections 5.2(b), 5.2(h) and 5.2(i); (q) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment that materially restrains, limits or impedes the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to compete with or conduct any business or line of business, including geographic limitations on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ activities (other than confidentiality agreements and area of mutual interest agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (r) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, modify or amend in any material respect, or terminate, any material contract to which it is a party or waive in any material respect or assign any of its material rights or claims; (s) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, fail to maintain in full force and effect its existing insurance policies or insurance with respect to its assets and businesses against such liabilities, casualties, risks and contingencies as is customary in the domestic or applicable foreign oil and gas exploration industry; and (t) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into an agreement, contract, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 to the contrary, the Company shall not intentionally, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to intentionally, enter into any transaction or take any other action that would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on, or materially delay, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

  • Professional Qualifications It shall be a condition of continued professional employment that employees must apply for enrolment in their appropriate professional licensing body by the thirtieth day of continuous service.

  • Representations of the Company The Company represents and warrants to the Committee and the Trustee as of the date hereof: (i) The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (ii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued to and accepted by the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock; (iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes a valid legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and except as to the enforceability of the indemnification or contribution provisions contained therein; (iv) The issuance of the Securities to the Trust and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in effect, or Bylaws, as amended, by the Company or the charter or bylaws or similar governing documents of any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties; (v) No commission within the meaning of Section 408(e)(2) of ERISA, brokerage fee or other charge will become due or payable in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the contribution of the Securities; (vi) It is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Trust to register the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state, because the Securities are exempt from such registration; the Securities have not been so registered; and the Company is issuing the Securities to the Trust in reliance upon an exemption from such registrations. (vii) The Securities are qualifying employer securities (as defined in Section 407(d)(5)(B) of ERISA); and (viii) Immediately after the Trust acquires the Securities, the fair market value of the Securities held by the Plan, together with the fair market value of other employer securities and employer real property held by the Plan, does not exceed 10 percent of the fair market value of the assets of the Plan, as required by Section 407(a)(2) of ERISA.