Business; etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage directly or indirectly in any business other than the businesses engaged in by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and reasonable extensions and developments thereof and businesses reasonably similar, ancillary or complimentary thereto.
Argentina Caja de Valores S A. Australia Austraclear Limited Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System Austria Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Wertpapiersammelbank Division) Belgium Caisse Interprofessionnelle de Depots et de Virements de Titres, S.A. Banque Nationale de Belgique Brazil Companhia Brasileira de Liquidacao e Custodia Sistema Especial de Liquidacao e de Custodia (SELIC) Central de Custodia e de Liquidacao Financeira de Titulos Privados (CETIP) Bulgaria Central Depository AD Bulgarian National Bank Canada Canadian Depository for Securities Limited Chile Deposito Central de Valores S.A. People's Republic Shanghai Securities Central Clearing & of China Registration Corporation Shenzhen Securities Central Clearing Co., Ltd. Colombia Deposito Centralizado de Valores Costa Rica Central de Valores S.A. Croatia Ministry of Finance National Bank of Croatia Sredisnja Depozitarna Agencija d.d. STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Czech Republic Stredisko cennych papiru Czech National Bank Denmark Vaerdipapircentralen (Danish Securities Center) Egypt Misr for Clearing, Settlement, and Depository Estonia Eesti Vaartpaberite Keskdepositoorium Finland Finnish Central Securities Depository France Euroclear France Germany Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt Greece Bank of Greece, System for Monitoring Transactions in Securities in Book-Entry Form Apothetirion Titlon AE - Central Securities Depository Hong Kong Central Clearing and Settlement System Central Moneymarkets Unit Hungary Kozponti Elszamolohaz es Ertektar (Budapest) Rt. (KELER) India National Securities Depository Limited Central Depository Services India Limited Reserve Bank of India Indonesia Bank Indonesia PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia Israel Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. (TASE Clearinghouse) STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Italy Monte Titoli S.p.A. Ivory Coast Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Jamaica Jamaica Central Securities Depository Japan Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC) Bank of Japan Net System Kazakhstan Central Depository of Securities Kenya Central Bank of Kenya Republic of Korea Korea Securities Depository Latvia Latvian Central Depository Lebanon Custodian and Clearing Center of Financial Instruments for Lebanon and the Middle East (Midclear) S.A.L. Banque du Liban Lithuania Central Securities Depository of Lithuania Malaysia Malaysian Central Depository Sdn. Bhd. Bank Negara Malaysia, Scripless Securities Trading and Safekeeping System Mauritius Central Depository and Settlement Co. Ltd. Bank of Mauritius Mexico S.D. INDEVAL (Instituto para el Deposito de Valores) Morocco Maroclear STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Netherlands Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V. (NECIGEF) New Zealand New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited Nigeria Central Securities Clearing System Limited Norway Verdipapirsentralen (Norwegian Central Securities Depository) Oman Muscat Depository & Securities Registration Company, SAOC Pakistan Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited State Bank of Pakistan Palestine Clearing Depository and Settlement, a department of the Palestine Stock Exchange Peru Caja de Valores y Liquidaciones, Institucion de Compensacion y Liquidacion de Valores S.A Philippines Philippine Central Depository, Inc. Registry of Scripless Securities (ROSS) of the Bureau of Treaxxxx Poland National Depository of Securities (Krajowy Depozyt Papierow Wartosciowych SA) Central Treasury Bills Registrar Portugal Central de Valores Mobiliarios Qatar Central Clearing and Registration (CCR), a department of the Doha Securities Market STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Romania National Securities Clearing, Settlement and Depository Company Bucharest Stock Exchange Registry Division National Bank of Romania Singapore Central Depository (Pte) Limited Monetary Authority of Singapore Slovak Republic Stredisko cennych papierov National Bank of Slovakia Slovenia Klirinsko Depotna Druzba d.d. South Africa Central Depository Limited Share Transactions Totally Electronic (STRATE) Ltd. Spain Servicio de Compensacion y Liquidacion de Valores, S.A. Banco de Espana, Central de Anotaciones en Cuenta Sri Lanka Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited Sweden Vardepapperscentralen VPC AB (Swedish Central Securities Depository) Switzerland SegaIntersettle AG (SIS) Taiwan - R.O.C. Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. Thailand Thailand Securities Depository Company Limited Tunisia Societe Tunisienne Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation et de Depots des Valeurs Mobilieres STATE STREET SCHEDULE B GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK DEPOSITORIES OPERATING IN NETWORK MARKETS COUNTRY DEPOSITORIES Turkey Takas ve Saklama Bankasi A.S. (TAKASBANK) Central Bank of Turkey Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine United Kingdom Central Gilts Office and Central Moneymarkets Office Venezuela Banco Central de Venezuela Zambia LuSE Central Shares Depositxxx Limited Bank of Zambia TRANSNATIONAL Euroclear Clearstream Banking AG SCHEDULE C MARKET INFORMATION PUBLICATION/TYPE OF INFORMATION BRIEF DESCRIPTION (FREQUENCY) THE GUIDE TO CUSTODY IN WORLD MARKETS An overview of safekeeping and (annually) settlement practices and procedures in each market in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services. GLOBAL CUSTODY NETWORK REVIEW Information relating to the (annually) operating history and structure of depositories and subcustodians located in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services, including transnational depositories. GLOBAL LEGAL SURVEY With respect to each market in which (annually) State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services, opinions relating to whether local law restricts (i) access of a fund's independent public accountants to books and records of a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, (ii) the Fund's ability to recover in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, (iii) the Fund's ability to recover in the event of a loss by a Foreign Sub-Custodian or Foreign Securities System, and (iv) the ability of a foreign investor to convert cash and cash equivalents to U.S. dollars. SUBCUSTODIAN AGREEMENTS Copies of the subcustodian contracts (annually) State Street Bank and Trust Company has entered into with each subcustodian in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers subcustody services to its US mutual fund clients. Network Bulletins (weekly): Developments of interest to investors in the markets in which State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services. Foreign Custody Advisories (as With respect to markets in which necessary): State Street Bank and Trust Company offers custodial services which exhibit special custody risks, developments which may impact State Street's ability to deliver expected levels of service. [STATE STREET ICON] STATE STREET Saving Institutional Investors Worlwide(SM) FUNDS TRANSFER AGREEMENT OPERATING GUIDELINES --------------------
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Company has developed and implemented a contingency planning program to evaluate the effect of significant events that may adversely affect the customers, assets, or employees of Company and Company Bank. To Company’s Knowledge, such program ensures that Company can recover its mission critical functions, and complies in all material respects with the requirements of the FFIEC and the FDIC.
S&P Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies.
Operation of the Company’s Business (a) Except in each case (x) as specifically required by any other provision of this Agreement or specifically set forth in Part 5.2(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, (y) as required by any applicable Legal Requirement, or (z) with the prior written consent of Parent, during the Pre-Closing Period: (i) the Company shall conduct its business and operations (A) in the ordinary course and in accordance with past practices and (B) in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Legal Requirements and the requirements of all Company Contracts that constitute Material Contracts; (ii) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers and other employees and maintain its relations and goodwill with all suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees, distributors, resellers, employees and other Persons having business relationships with the Company; (iii) the Company shall keep in full force all insurance policies referred to in Section 3.19 (other than any such policies that are immediately replaced with substantially similar policies); and (iv) the Company shall promptly notify Parent of (A) any written notice or other communication of which the Company has Knowledge from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, and (B) any Legal Proceeding commenced, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting the Company that relates to the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions. Except in each case (x) as specifically required by any other provision of this Agreement, (y) as required by any applicable Legal Requirement, or (z) with the prior written consent of the Company, during the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of (A) any written notice or other communication of which Parent has Knowledge from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, and (B) any Legal Proceeding commenced, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting Parent or Acquisition Sub that relates to the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions.
Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits If Executive’s employment with the Bank is subject to a Termination, then, to the extent that Executive or any of Executive’s dependents may be covered under the terms of any medical, dental or vision plans maintained for active employees of the Bank or any Affiliate, the Bank shall provide Executive and those dependents with coverage equivalent to the coverage received while Executive was employed with the Bank for as long as Executive is eligible for and elects coverage under the health care continuation rules of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). Executive will be required to pay the same amount as Executive would pay if Executive continued in active employment with the Bank during such period. Such coverage shall be provided only to the extent that it does not result in any additional tax or other penalty being imposed on the Bank or any Affiliate. The coverage under this Section 4(e) may be procured directly by the Bank (or any Affiliate, if appropriate) apart from and outside of the terms of the respective plans, provided that Executive and Executive’s dependents comply with all of the terms of the substitute medical, dental or vision plans, and provided, further, that the cost to the Bank shall not exceed the cost for continued COBRA coverage. In the event Executive or any of Executive’s dependents is or becomes eligible for coverage under the terms of any other medical, dental or vision plan of a subsequent employer with plan benefits that are comparable to Bank (or any Affiliate) plan benefits, the Bank’s obligations under this Section 4(e) shall cease with respect to the eligible Executive and dependents. Executive and Executive’s dependents must notify the Bank (or any Affiliate) of any subsequent employment and eligibility for such comparable coverage.
Business and Travel Expenses Upon presentation of reasonable substantiation and documentation as the Company may specify from time to time, the Employee shall be reimbursed in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy, for all reasonable out-of-pocket business and travel expenses incurred and paid by the Employee during the Employment Term and in connection with the performance of the Employee’s duties hereunder.
Interim Operations (a) The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time (unless Parent shall otherwise approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)), and except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or as required by a Governmental Entity or applicable Laws, the business of it and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their business organizations substantially intact, maintain satisfactory relationships with Governmental Entities, NERC, PJM, customers and suppliers having significant business dealings with them and keep available the services of their key employees; provided, however, that no action taken by the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to matters specifically addressed by clauses (i)-(xx) of this Section 6.1(a) shall be deemed a breach of this sentence unless such action would constitute a breach of such other provision. In furtherance of the foregoing, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except (A) as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, (B) as Parent may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (C) as is required by applicable Law or any Governmental Entity or (D) as set forth in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company will not and will not permit its Subsidiaries to:
Partnerships, Etc To enter into joint ventures, general or limited partnerships and any other combinations or associations;
No Control of the Company’s Business Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its subsidiaries’ operations.
