No Government Review The Purchaser understands that neither the SEC nor any securities commission or other governmental authority of any state, country or other jurisdiction has approved the issuance of the Securities or passed upon or endorsed the merits of this Agreement, the Securities, or any of the other documents relating to the Placement, or confirmed the accuracy of, determined the adequacy of, or reviewed this Agreement, the Securities or such other documents.
No Government Obligor No Receivable is due from the United States or any State or from any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States or any State.
Government or Third Party I also agree to assign all my right, title and interest in and to any particular Company Invention to a third party, including without limitation the United States, as directed by the Company.
No Government Obligors None of the Receivables is due from the United States or any state or local government, or from any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States or any state or local government.
Third Party Payments Neither the Advisor nor any of its officers, directors, employees or stockholders shall receive any commissions, compensation, remuneration or payments whatsoever from any broker with which the Company carries an account for transactions executed in the Company’s account. The parties acknowledge that a familial relationship of any of the foregoing persons may receive floor brokerage commissions in respect of trades effected pursuant to the Advisor’s Trading Approach on behalf of the Company, which payment shall not violate the preceding sentence.
Illegal Payments Neither the Company, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company has, in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Company: (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
No Government Funding No funding, facilities, resources or personnel of any Governmental Entity or any university, college, other educational institution, multi-national, bi-national or international organization or research center was used in connection with the development or creation, in whole or in part, of any Company Owned Intellectual Property or Company Technology.
Reports to Government Entities Nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits the Participant from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the “Regulators”), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of state or federal law or regulation. However, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Participant hereby waives the Participant’s right to receive any individual monetary relief from the Entities resulting from such claims or conduct, regardless of whether the Participant or another party has filed them, and in the event the Participant obtains such monetary relief, the Entities will be entitled to an offset against the award underlying this Agreement. This Agreement does not limit the Participant’s right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for providing information relating to a potential violation of law. The Participant does not need the prior authorization of the Company to engage in conduct protected by this Section, and the Participant does not need to notify the Company that the Participant has engaged in such conduct. The Participant is hereby notified that federal law provides criminal and civil immunity to federal and state claims for trade secret misappropriation to individuals who disclose a trade secret to their attorney, a court, or a government official in certain, confidential circumstances that are set forth at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1833(b)(1) and 1833(b)(2), related to the reporting or investigation of a suspected violation of the law, or in connection with a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of the law. Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Participant will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of the trade secrets of any of the Entities that is made by the Participant (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
Actions Before Governmental Authorities There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental authority now pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or affecting Borrower or its property, that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Sale to Third Party If the Company, after receiving the Sale Notice, fails to exercise its option as provided in Section 3.2, or if it declines to exercise the same, the Participant shall be entitled to transfer the Vested Shares to the third party on the terms contained in the Offer, and shall be entitled to have his Vested Shares transferred on the books of the Company, but only if the third party purchaser agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to Vested Shares. If the Participant fails to close the transfer of his Vested Shares within sixty (60) days after the option of the Company has expired or been waived, the restrictions contained in this Article III shall again apply and must be met prior to effecting any transfer of Vested Shares. Any transfer of Vested Shares by the Participant to any unaffiliated third party shall comply with all applicable securities laws, and the Company may refuse to transfer any Vested Shares unless it receives such assurance and opinions from legal counsel acceptable to the Company that any such transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws.