AWARD OF SUBCONTRACTS AND OTHER CONTRACTS FOR PORTIONS OFTHE WORK
5.2.1 The Parties agree that it is in the best interests of both the Contractor and the State to determine and select subcontractors as soon as possible after the Contractor has been awarded the Project. Therefore, the Contractor agrees, to furnish to the State and the Architect in writing the names of the persons or entities (including those who are to furnish materials or equipment fabricated to a special design) proposed for each of the principal portions of the Work within Ten (10) working days of award of the Project to Contractor. The State will reply within Ten (10) working days to the Contractor in writing stating whether or not the State, after due investigation, has reasonable objection to any such proposed person or entity.
5.2.2 The Contractor shall not contract with any such proposed person or entity to whom the State has made reasonable objection under the provisions of Subparagraph 5.2.1 of these General Conditions. The Contractor shall not be required to contract with anyone to whom he has a reasonable objection.
5.2.3 If the State has reasonable objection to any such proposed person or entity, the Contractor shall submit a substitute to whom the State has no reasonable objection, and the Contract Sum shall be increased or decreased by the difference in cost occasioned by such substitution and an appropriate Change Order shall be issued; however, no increase in the Contract Sum shall be allowed for any such substitution unless the Contractor has acted promptly and responsively in submitting names as required by Subparagraph 5.2.1. of these General Conditions.
5.2.4 The Contractor shall make no substitution for any Subcontractor, person or entity previously selected if the State makes a reasonable objection to such substitution.
Contracts and Other Agreements Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of the following contracts and other agreements to which the Company is a party or by or to which any of its assets, properties or securities are bound or subject (each, a "Material Contract"):
(a) any agreement or series of related agreements requiring aggregate payments by or to the Company of more than $50,000;
(b) any agreement with or for the benefit of any current or former officer, director, holder of any security, employee or consultant of the Company under which the Company has any obligations as of the date hereof;
(c) any agreement with any labor union or association representing any employee of the Company;
(d) any agreement for the purchase or sale of materials, supplies, equipment, merchandise or services that contains an escalation clause or that obligates the Company to purchase all or substantially all of its requirements of a particular product or service from a supplier or to make periodic minimum purchases of a particular product or service from a supplier, which is not terminable on not more than 30 days notice (without penalty or premium);
(e) any agreement for the sale of any of the assets or properties of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business or for the grant to any person of any options, rights of first refusal, or preferential or similar rights to purchase any such assets or properties;
(f) any agreement of surety, guarantee or indemnification, other than agreements in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations in an aggregate amount not in excess of $50,000;
(g) any agreement which contains covenants of the Company not to compete in any line of business, in any geographic area or with any Person or covenants of any other Person not to compete with the Company or in any line of business of the Company;
(h) any agreement with customers or suppliers for the sharing of fees, the rebating of charges or other similar arrangements;
(i) any agreement obligating the Company to deliver maintenance services or future product enhancements or containing a "most favored nation" pricing clause;
(j) any agreement relating to the acquisition by the Company of any operating business or the capital stock of any other Person;
(k) any agreement requiring the payment to any Person of a brokerage or sales commission or a finder's or referral fee (other than arrangements to pay commissions or fees to employees in the ordinary course of business);
(l) any agreements, notes or other instruments relating to or evidencing outstanding indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money (including capitalized lease obligations);
(m) any lease, sublease or other agreement under which the Company is lessor or lessee of any real property or equipment or other tangible property;
(n) any agreement with a change of control provision or otherwise requiring any consent, approval, waiver or other action by any Person in connection with the Merger;
(o) any stock option agreement, restricted stock agreement, employment or severance agreement, phantom stock plan or bonus, incentive or similar agreement, arrangement or understanding;
(p) any agreement involving the assignment, transfer, license (whether as licensee or licensor) or pledge or encumbrance of any Company Intellectual Property;
(q) any distribution or sales representative agreement or agreement appointing any agent; and
(r) any other material agreement whether or not made in the ordinary course of business. True and complete copies of all Material Contracts (and all amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto) have been furnished or made available to the Buyer. Each Material Contract is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect, binding upon the Company and, to the Company's knowledge, the other parties thereto in accordance with their terms, and the Company is not in default under any of them, nor, to the Company's knowledge, is any other party to any Material Contract in default thereunder, nor, to the Company's knowledge, does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except, in each of the foregoing cases, such defaults as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, have, or be reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Contracts and Other Collateral The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.
Equipment and Other Tangible Property The Company or one of its Subsidiaries owns and has good title to, and has the legal and beneficial ownership of or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use by license or otherwise, all material machinery, equipment and other tangible property reflected on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All material personal property and leased personal property assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries are structurally sound and in good operating condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear expected) and are suitable for their present use.
Contracts and Other Commitments The Company does not have and is not bound by any contract, agreement, lease, commitment, or proposed transaction, judgment, order, writ or decree, written or oral, absolute or contingent, other than (i) contracts for the purchase of supplies and services that were entered into in the ordinary course of business and that do not involve more than $50,000, and do not extend for more than one (1) year beyond the date hereof, (ii) sales contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) contracts terminable at will by the Company on no more than thirty (30) days' notice without cost or liability to the Company and that do not involve any employment or consulting arrangement and are not material to the conduct of the Company's business. For the purpose of this paragraph, employment and consulting contracts and contracts with labor unions, and license agreements and any other agreements relating to the Company's acquisition or disposition of patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights or technology (other than standard end-user license agreements) shall not be considered to be contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.