Regular Course of Business Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, as from the date hereof and until Closing, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to conduct its operations in accordance with the regular course of its business and refrain from taking any acts that may materially affect Sinqia’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses or operations. Moreover, as from the date hereof until Closing, Sinqia shall not perform nor approve that its Subsidiaries perform the acts below, except if authorized by Evertec BR, which authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(i) call any shareholders’ meeting of Sinqia to resolve on any matter whatsoever, except for the Sinqia’s GSM;
(ii) approve any distribution of dividends, profits or juros sobre capital próprio, except for the payment of the JCP Sinqia 2023;
(iii) redeem, repurchase, issue or sell any shares, securities convertible into or exchangeable into shares, options, warrants, purchase rights or any other form of acquisition right relating to the shares issued by Sinqia or any of its Subsidiaries, except as a result of the Sinqia’s Stock Plans as provided in Section 2.4(iv), as the case may be;
(iv) approve or effect the acquisition (including by merger, merger of shares, acquisition of shares or assets, or in any other way) of any interest in assets or any business or Person;
(v) approve or effect the entry into partnerships or joint venture agreements, or any type of similar business relationship;
(vi) approve or effect the execution of new compensation and benefit plans (or amend existing plans), as well as pay bonuses, commissions, incentives or any type of compensation for shares outside the regular course of business and which are not provided for, in the present date, in the existing compensation and benefit plans, except if so determined by any Applicable Law or regarding Sinqia’s Stock Plans as provided for herein;
(vii) directly or indirectly get involved in any transaction, or enter into any agreement with any Related Party;
(viii) promote any change in its accounting policies and practices, except if required by Applicable Law;
(ix) except in relation to actions to be taken under existing agreements and in relation to new agreements with clients and service providers in the ordinary course of business, undertake any new obligation or responsibility or enter into new relevant agreements, involving Relevant Assets, including agreements for the purchase or sale of any Relevant Assets;
(x) Lien any tangible or intangible asset, or offer them as collateral, except if so required due to guarantees relating to labor or tax proceedings in which Sinqia and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, are defendants and that involve total amounts not exceeding five million Reais (R$ 5,000,000.00), individually or in a series of related transactions in a twelve (12) month period;
(xi) take out any loan, issue debt securities, enter into any type of financing agreement or change the terms of existing financing agreements or debt instruments, except for those entered into in the ordinary course of Sinqia's business and that in any case do not increase Sinqia’s consolidated indebtedness in more than five million Reais (R$ 5,000,000.00), individually or in a series of related transactions in a twelve (12) month period;
(xii) guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any Person;
(xiii) enter into, amend, modify or in any way alter the terms of the existing contracts entered into by Sinqia and/or its Subsidiaries in order to accelerate payments due under those agreements, except (a) as set forth in Section 7.3(xvii) below and (b) after Sinqia’s GSM, anticipate the release of lock-up obligations of Sinqia’s shares owned by sellers of entities acquired by Sinqia as set forth in the agreements entered into before the date hereof;
(xiv) donate or freely assign any asset, right, or any form of property, to any Person;
(xv) enter into any collective bargaining agreement or promote any relevant changes to the terms and conditions of the current employment contracts to which they are a party, except the agreements to be entered into with labor union Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Processamento de Dados e Tecnologia da Informação do Estado de São Paulo - SINDPD;
(xvi) engage in new lines of business;
(xvii) anticipate the vesting periods of the options, or continuance of the plan, granted under the Sinqia’s Stock Plans, except for vesting acceleration set forth in Section 2.4(iv) of this Agreement;
(xviii) approve (a) the hiring of new employees of coordination, managerial or higher hierarchical level or administrators of any level, outside the normal course of business; (b) the dismissal of employees outside the normal course of business; or (c) the implementation of any voluntary termination or dismissal program for employees;
(xix) incur in costs that exceed the consolidated and global amount of sixty million Reais (R$ 60,000,000.00) for the hiring of advisors for the Transaction and preparation of financial statements mentioned in Section 3.7, provided that Sinqia is allowed to pay waiver fees required to obtain third parties’ consents in relation to the Transaction, in accordance with Section 7.4; or
(xx) agree, promise or undertake to perform any of the acts described above.
Accommodations of Spiritual or Cultural Observances Where an employee observes a cultural/spiritual day other than those listed above, the employee shall submit their request in January of each year for the twelve (12) month period following March 1st, identifying the required date they need off.
Course Reimbursement 1. Teachers will be eligible for reimbursement for courses that will enhance the Teacher’s ability to improve student academic performance.
2. To be eligible for reimbursement, courses must be approved by the Professional Growth Committee (employing the program of staff development mandated by the state as an integral part of the Teacher’s recertification process) prior to taking the course; advance approval from the Superintendent of Schools is required.
3. Upon successful completion of the course with a grade of “B” or better, and submission of a transcript or signed official grade report and verification of tuition payment to the Superintendent, the Teacher will be reimbursed for the cost of tuition and registration fees.
4. Payment of course reimbursement is for tuition and related fees only. An individual is entitled to receive 2/3 reimbursement cost for 6 graduate level credits during each year of this contract not to exceed the New Hampshire resident UNH graduate level dollar amount plus any related fees. However, in no event shall the District expend more than $20,000 per contract year for course reimbursement. In the event that requests for course reimbursement exceed $20,000 in a contract year, the following lottery system will apply: Reimbursement will be available in two (2) reimbursement periods. Employees may apply for up to six (6) credits during period 1 after June 30th and prior to October 1st. Employees may apply for up to six (6) during period 2 starting December 1st. The disbursement of funds in period 1 shall not exceed half of the yearly agreed upon amount. Any sums not used during period 1 shall be rolled into period 2. Anyone applying during period 1 who has met the period 1 deadline will have their application considered. If the total of the requests is more than the designated monetary amount, then a lottery system will ensue to determine which applications receive the money. Those whose applications were not selected in period 1 will be eligible to submit again during period 2. If the total of the requests for period 2 is more than the designated monetary amount, then a lottery system will ensue to determine which applications receive the money. The disbursement in period 2 shall not exceed the total agreed upon amount. Applications for reimbursement in period 2 may not have received any previous reimbursement during period 1 unless there are unexpended funds in period 2. Also, if an applicant received funds in period 1, that application may not cause a lottery to occur in period 2.
5. Advance Payment Plan - The District will prepay for any course that has been approved by the Professional Growth Committee (employing the program of staff development mandated by the state as an integral part of the Teacher's recertification process). Each participating Teacher will enter into an Agreement with the District to submit receipts, grades, and other paperwork for the course that was prepaid. The Teacher will agree in writing to keep his/her advanced payment account records up- to-date. If the Teacher fails to fulfill the requirements of the advanced payment plan, the Teacher agrees that the District will withhold any balance due the District from the last paycheck under the Teacher's contract.
Litigation and Contingent Liabilities No litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration proceeding or governmental investigation or proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in Schedule 9.6. Other than any liability incident to such litigation or proceedings, no Loan Party has any material contingent liabilities not listed on Schedule 9.6 or permitted by Section 11.1.
Payment And Billing Arrangements A. When the initial service is ordered by Reseller, the Company will establish an accounts receivable master account for Reseller.
B. The Company shall ▇▇▇▇ Reseller on a current basis all applicable charges and credits.
C. Payment of all charges will be the responsibility of Reseller. Reseller shall make payment to the Company for all services billed. The Company is not responsible for payments not received by Reseller from Reseller’s customer. The Company will not become involved in billing disputes that may arise between Reseller and its customer. Payments made to the Company as payment on account will be credited to an accounts receivable master account and not to an end user’s account.
D. The Company will render bills each month on established ▇▇▇▇ days for each of Reseller’s accounts.
E. The Company will ▇▇▇▇ Reseller, in advance, charges for all services to be provided during the ensuing billing period except charges associated with service usage, which charges will be billed in arrears. Charges will be calculated on an individual end user account level, including, if applicable, any charges for usage or usage allowances. BellSouth will also ▇▇▇▇ all charges, including but not limited to 911 and E911 charges, telecommunications relay charges, and franchise fees, to Reseller.
F. The payment will be due by the next ▇▇▇▇ date (i.e., same date in the following month as the ▇▇▇▇ date) and is payable in immediately available funds. Payment is considered to have been made when received by the Company.
1. If the payment due date falls on a Sunday or on a Holiday which is observed on a Monday, the payment due date shall be the first non-Holiday day following such Sunday or Holiday. If the payment due date falls on a Saturday or on a Holiday which is observed on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, the payment due date shall be the last non-Holiday day preceding such Saturday or Holiday. If payment is not received by the payment due date, a late payment penalty, as set forth in I. following, shall apply.
G. Upon proof of tax exempt certification from Reseller, the total amount billed to Reseller will not include any taxes due from the end user. Reseller will be solely responsible for the computation, tracking, reporting and payment of all federal, state and/or local jurisdiction taxes associated with the services resold to the end user.
H. As the customer of record, Reseller will be responsible for, and remit to the Company, all charges applicable to its resold services for emergency services (E911 and 911) and Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) as well as any other charges of a similar nature.
I. If any portion of the payment is received by the Company after the payment due date as set forth preceding, or if any portion of the payment is received by the Company in funds that are not immediately available to the Company, then a late payment penalty shall be due to the Company. The late payment penalty shall be the portion of the payment not received by the payment due date times a late factor. The late factor shall be as set forth in Section A2 of the General Subscriber Service Tariff and Section B2 of the Private Line Service Tariff.
J. Any switched access charges associated with interexchange carrier access to the resold local exchange lines will be billed by, and due to, the Company. No additional charges are to be assessed to Reseller.
K. The Company will not perform billing and collection services for Reseller as a result of the execution of this Agreement. Requests by the Reseller for assistance with billing services should be referred to the appropriate entity or operational group within the Company.
L. Pursuant to 47 CFR Section 51.617, the Company will ▇▇▇▇ Reseller end user common line charges identical to the end user common line charges the Company bills its end users.
M. In general, the Company will not become involved in disputes between Reseller and Reseller’s end user customers over resold services. If a dispute does arise that cannot be settled without the involvement of the Company, Reseller shall contact the designated Service Center for resolution. The Company will make every effort to assist in the resolution of the dispute and will work with Reseller to resolve the matter in as timely a manner as possible. Reseller may be required to submit documentation to substantiate the claim.