Election Procedures (a) Each record holder of Shares (other than Dissenting Shares, if any, Shares owned by Textron and shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 3.1(b)) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to submit a request specifying the portion of such record holder's Shares which such record holder desires to have converted into (i) the Cash Consideration (a "Cash Election"), (ii) the Stock Consideration (a "Stock Election") or (iii) the Mixed Consideration (a "Mixed Election"), or to indicate that such record holder has no preference as to the receipt of Cash Consideration, Stock Consideration or Mixed Consideration for such Shares (a "Non-Election"). Shares in respect of which a Non-Election is made (including Shares in respect of which such an election is deemed to have been made pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.1(g)) (collectively, "Non-Election Shares") shall be deemed to be Shares in respect of which a Cash Election has been made. (b) Elections pursuant to Section 3.2(a) shall be made on the form of letter of transmittal and form of election (the "Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election") to be provided by the Paying Agent (as defined in Section 3.3(a)) to holders of record of Shares, together with instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates for payment therefor, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. The Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates transmitted therewith shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent. Elections shall be made by mailing to the Paying Agent a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election in accordance with Section 3.3(b). To be effective, a Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election must be (i) properly completed, signed and submitted to the Paying Agent at its designated office and (ii) accompanied by the Certificates representing the Shares as to which the election is being made (or by an appropriate guarantee of delivery of such Certificates by a commercial bank or trust company in the United States or a member of a registered national security exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., provided such Certificates are in fact delivered to the Paying Agent within eight Trading Days after the date of execution of such guarantee of delivery). The Company shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, which authority it may delegate in whole or in part to the Paying Agent, whether any Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election has been properly completed, signed and submitted or revoked. The decision of the Company (or the Paying Agent, as the case may be) in such matters shall be conclusive and binding. Neither the Company nor the Paying Agent will be under any obligation to notify any person of any defect in a Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election submitted to the Paying Agent.
NEGOTIATION PROCEDURES A. At least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement, the parties will begin negotiations for a new Agreement covering wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment of employees covered by this Agreement. B. In any negotiations described in this article, neither party shall have control over the selection of the negotiating representatives of the other party and each party may select its representatives from within or outside the school district. It is recognized that no final Agreement between the parties may be executed without ratification by the Board and the Association. The parties mutually pledge that representatives selected by each shall be clothed with necessary power and authority to make proposals and concessions in the course of negotiations, subject only to such ultimate ratification. C. If the parties fail to reach an agreement in any such negotiations, either party may invoke the procedures established under Public Act 379 as amended. D. Members of the Association’s negotiating team and/or consultants thereto, who are employees of the Employer, shall be released from their normal duties without loss of salary when meetings of the two negotiating teams are scheduled during their normal working hours. E. The parties hereby agree that their Teams shall meet at least quarterly during the school year to attempt to resolve problems. The topics for these meetings shall be established by the group at the previous quarter’s meeting whenever possible. Topics will remain on the agendas until resolved or until deleted by mutual agreement. F. Prior to the establishment of any new position in the bargaining unit, the Employer shall notify the Association of such a contemplated action, and meet with the Association to negotiate workload for the position. This provision does not preclude the Employer’s ability to create and post positions. If the timing of the decision to establish the position precludes such a meeting, the Employer shall meet with the Association as soon as possible. The parties may agree that the position should be allowed to operate without a defined workload for some defined period of time to determine what a reasonable workload might be. G. By mutual consent of both parties any section of this agreement may be reopened.
Auction Procedures (a) In connection with an Auction, the Borrower will provide notification to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Term Loan Lenders of the applicable Facility with respect to which such notice relates) of the Auction (an “Auction Notice”), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit L. Each Auction Notice shall contain (i) the total cash value of the bid, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 with minimum increments of $1,000,000 (the “Auction Amount”), unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, (ii) the name of the relevant Facility or Facilities (which for the avoidance of doubt must be in respect of Term Loans) to which the Auction relates (the “Applicable Term Loan Facility”), (iii) the discount to par, which may be a single percentage or a range of percentages (the “Discount Range”) of the par principal amount of the Term Loans of each Applicable Term Loan Facility that represents the purchase price or range of purchase prices that could be paid in the Auction with respect to such Applicable Term Loan Facility and (iv) the date by which the Term Loan Lenders of the Applicable Term Loan Facility are required to indicate their election to participate in the Auction (the “Reply Date”), which shall be not less than five Business Days after delivery of the Auction Notice. (b) In connection with any Auction, each Term Loan Lender of the Applicable Term Loan Facility or Applicable Term Loan Facilities may, in its sole discretion, participate in such Auction and may provide the Administrative Agent with a notice of participation (the “Return Bid”) on or before the Reply Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit M, which shall specify (i) a discount to par for Term Loans in the Applicable Term Loan Facility that must be expressed as a price (the “Reply Discount”), which must be within the Discount Range, and (ii) a principal amount of Term Loans in the Applicable Term Loan Facility that such Lender is willing to offer for sale at its Reply Discount which must be in increments of $500,000 (the “Reply Amount”). A Term Loan Lender in the Applicable Term Loan Facility may avoid the minimum increment amount condition solely when submitting a Reply Amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s entire remaining amount of such Term Loans. Term Loan Lenders may only submit one Return Bid per Auction per Applicable Term Loan Facility but each Return Bid may contain up to three component bids only one of which can result in a Qualifying Bid (as defined below). Each Return Bid submitted to the Administrative Agent shall be irrevocable. In addition to the Return Bid, the participating Lender must execute and deliver, to be held in escrow by the Administrative Agent, an Assignment and Acceptance. The Borrower will not have any obligation to purchase any Term Loans at any price. The processing and recordation fees as set forth in Section 12.6 hereof shall not be applicable to any Auctions (it being understood and agreed that other fees may be applicable in connection with any Auction). (c) Based on the Reply Discounts and Reply Amounts received by the Administrative Agent (who shall reasonably promptly provide the Borrower with a copy of all Reply Discounts), the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, will calculate the applicable discount (the “Applicable Discount”) for the Auction with respect to each Applicable Term Loan Facility, which will be the highest Reply Discount that is within the Discount Range and, in the event the Auction Amount cannot be paid in full at the highest Reply Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the highest Reply Discount reducing in order to the lowest Reply Discount that is within the Discount Range which yields a prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (i) the Auction Amount and (ii) the sum of all Reply Amounts. The Borrower shall purchase Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) of the Applicable Term Loan Facility from each relevant Term Loan Lender with a Reply Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“Qualifying Bids”) first to Qualifying Loans specifying the highest Reply Discount, then filling orders going to the next highest Reply Discount and then pro rata at the clearing level. If a Term Loan Lender in the Applicable Term Loan Facility has submitted a Return Bid containing multiple bids at different Reply Discounts, only the bid with the highest Reply Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount will be deemed the Qualifying Bid of such Term Loan Lender. Each participating Term Loan Lender will receive notice of a Qualifying Bid as soon as reasonably practicable but in no case later than five Business Days from the date the Return Bid was due. (d) The Borrower may withdraw an Auction at any time. In connection with any Auction, upon submission by a Term Loan Lender of a Return Bid, such Term Loan Lender (each, a “Qualifying Lender”) will be obligated to sell the entirety or its allocable portion of the Reply Amount, as the case may be, at the Applicable Discount. (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.19, the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, may amend or modify the procedures, notices, bids and Assignment and Acceptance Agreement in connection with any Auction (including, solely with Borrower’s consent), (i) any term to the extent Borrower’s commercial interests will be materially adversely affected by such amendment or modification and (ii) the economic terms to the extent no Term Loan Lenders have validly tendered Term Loans requested in an offer, but excluding economic terms of an auction after any Term Loan Lenders in the Applicable Term Loan Facility have validly tendered Term Loans requested in an offer, other than to increase the Auction Amount or raise the Discount Range; provided that no such amendments or modifications may be implemented after 24 hours prior to the date and time return bids are due. (f) All parties to the relevant repurchases shall render customary “big-boy” disclaimer letters or any such disclaimers shall be incorporated into the terms of the Assignment and Assumption.
Arbitration Procedures In the event that the teacher and the School Board are unable to resolve any grievance, the grievance may be submitted to arbitration as defined herein: 1. Request: A request to submit a grievance to arbitration must be in writing signed by the aggrieved party, and such request must be filed in the office of the superintendent within ten (10) days following the decision in Level III of the grievance procedure.
Notification Procedures To address non-compliance, the receiving Competent Authority would notify the providing Competent Authority pursuant to Article 5 of the IGA. The notification procedures would differ depending upon whether the receiving Competent Authority seeks to address administrative or other minor errors or significant non-compliance.