Independent Contractors Each Party shall act solely as an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give either Party the power or authority to act for, bind, or commit the other Party in any way. Nothing herein shall be construed to create the relationship of partners, principal and agent, or joint-venture partners between the Parties.
ADVISOR’S PERSONNEL The Advisor shall, at its own expense, maintain such staff and employ or retain such personnel and consult with such other persons as it shall from time to time determine to be necessary to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the staff and personnel of the Advisor shall be deemed to include persons employed or retained by the Advisor to furnish statistical information, research, and other factual information, advice regarding economic factors and trends, information with respect to technical and scientific developments, and such other information, advice and assistance as the Advisor or the Trust’s Board of Trustees may desire and reasonably request and any compliance staff and personnel required by the Advisor.
Partners The name, address and Percentage Interest of each Partner are set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.
Other Ventures The Member may engage in other business ventures of every nature and description, whether or not in competition with the Company, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any right by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby in or to other ventures or activities of the Member or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom.
Joint Venture Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a joint venture, partnership, agency or employment relationship between Plan and Controlled Affiliate or between either and BCBSA.
RELATIONSHIP WITH DIRECTORS Directors, officers and employees of the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor may serve as Directors, officers or employees of the Company, except that no director, officer or employee of the Advisor or its Affiliates who also is a Director shall receive any compensation from the Company for serving as a Director other than reasonable reimbursement for travel and related expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board.
Employees and Independent Contractors Schedule 3.16 is a list of all of the employees of the Acquired Companies and (a) their titles or responsibilities; (b) their social security numbers; (c) their dates of hire; (d) their current salaries or wages and all bonuses, commissions and incentives paid at any time during the past twelve months; (e) their last compensation changes and the dates on which such changes were made; (f) any specific bonus, commission or incentive plans or agreements for or with them; and (g) any outstanding loans or advances made to them. Schedule 3.16 is a list of all sales representatives and independent subcontractors or contractors engaged by the Acquired Companies and (a) their payment arrangements (if not set forth in a Contract listed or described on Schedule 3.15); and (b) brief description of their jobs or projects currently in progress. Except as limited by any Contracts listed on Schedule 3.15 and except for any limitations of general application which may be imposed under applicable employment Laws, each of the Acquired Companies has the right to terminate the employment of each of its employees at will and to terminate the engagement of any of its independent contractors without payment to such employee or independent contractor other than for services rendered through termination and without incurring any penalty or liability other than liability for severance pay and benefits in accordance with such company's disclosed severance pay policy and benefits due terminated employees. Neither the Transactions, nor the termination of the employment of any employees of any of the Acquired Companies prior to or following the consummation of the Transactions could result in any of the Acquired Companies making or being required to make any "excess parachute payment" as that term is defined in Section 280G of the Code. To the knowledge of CTC, each of the Acquired Companies is in full compliance in all material respects with all Laws respecting employment practices. None of the Acquired Companies has ever been a party to or bound by any union, collective bargaining or similar Contract, nor is any such Contract currently in effect or being negotiated by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Companies. Since the respective incorporation or formation dates of each of the Acquired Companies, none of the Acquired Companies has experienced any labor problem that was or is material to it. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16, each of the Acquired Companies' current and past employees has signed an employee or confidentiality agreement which contains certain restrictive covenants substantially in the form attached to Schedule 3.16. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16, each of the Acquired Companies' current and past contractors or consultants has signed agreements with the Acquired Companies containing restrictions that protect the proprietary and confidential information of the Acquired Companies and vest in the Acquired Companies the full ownership of items developed by such contractor. Except as indicated on Schedule 3.16, since January 1, 2000, to the knowledge of CTC, no employee of any of the Acquired Companies having an annual salary of $50,000 or more has indicated an intention to terminate or has terminated his or her employment with such company. To the knowledge of CTC, the Transactions will not adversely affect relations with any material employee of the Acquired Companies.
Related Entities If Tenant is a legal entity, the transfer (by one or more transfers), directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, of a majority of the stock or other beneficial ownership interest in Tenant or of all or substantially all of the assets of Tenant (collectively “Ownership Interests”) shall be deemed a voluntary assignment of this Lease; provided, however, that the provisions of this Article 13 shall not apply to the transfer of Ownership Interests in Tenant if and so long as Tenant is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange. For purposes of this Article, the term “transfers” shall be deemed to include (x) the issuance of new Ownership Interests which results in a majority of the Ownership Interests in Tenant being held by a person or entity which does not hold a majority of the Ownership Interests in Tenant on the Effective Date and (y) except as provided below, the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Tenant in one or more transactions and the merger or consolidation of Tenant into or with another business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior consent of Landlord shall not be required with respect to an assignment or sublease to a Related Entity, or to a business entity into or with which Tenant is merged or consolidated, or to which all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets or all or substantially all of Tenant’s stock are transferred, so long as (i) such transfer was made for a legitimate independent business purpose and not for the purpose of transferring this Lease, (ii) the sublessee or assignee (as applicable) has a Net Worth at least equal to the Net Worth of Tenant as of the Effective Date, and (iii) proof satisfactory to Landlord of such Net Worth is delivered to Landlord at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of any such transaction (or promptly thereafter if prior notice is prohibited by any applicable Requirements). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Tenant hereunder succeeds to the interest of Tenant in this Lease in violation of the terms and conditions of this Lease, such Tenant shall have no right to assign this Lease or sublease all or any portion of the Premises without Landlord’s prior written consent notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 13.6.
Investments; Joint Ventures Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:
Partnerships and Joint Ventures No Loan Party shall become a general partner in any general or limited partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture.
