Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing Except as contemplated on Schedule 4.1, or with the written consent of Buyer, which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Seller shall (i) conduct the Business in the ordinary course of business, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the Business’s business organization and relationships with third parties (including lessors, licensors, suppliers, distributors and customers) and keep available the service of their present employees and service providers, and (iii) continue to obtain all necessary consents and provide required notices in connection with any Acquired Agreement to be acquired by Buyer in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement or with the prior written consent of Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Seller shall not, during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, directly or indirectly do, or propose or commit to do, or otherwise cause to occur, any of the following with respect to any member of the Company Group: (a) make any change in or amendment to its organizational documents; (b) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, other than distributions paid solely in cash; (i) except in the ordinary course of business, (A) enter into any Contract that, had it been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, would be a Material Contract or an Affiliate Contract, or (B) materially amend, modify, terminate or cancel (x) any existing Material Contract or (y) any Contract that, had it been entered into or amended prior to the date of this Agreement, would be a Material Contract, (ii) fail to perform any of its material obligations under all Contracts relating to or affecting the Assets or Business, or (iii) amend, terminate or cancel any Acquired Agreement, any Acquired IP or Acquired Lease (other than the termination of any such agreement in accordance with its terms); (d) enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any member of the Company Group to engage or compete in any line of business, or enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any member of the Company Group to enter a new line of business; (e) except in the ordinary course of business, discontinue any business material to the Business or sell, lease, license, transfer or otherwise dispose or permit the cancellation, abandonment or dedication to the public domain of any of the material property rights (including Intellectual Property) or assets of the Business, other than as required pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments; (f) acquire (by merger, consolidation, purchase, or other acquisition of equity interests or assets) any Person or any material properties or assets of any Person, except for acquisitions of properties, assets, inventory and equipment in the ordinary course of business; (g) incur any Indebtedness, issue any debt securities, or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any Person; (h) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, or forgive, cancel or compromise any debt or claim, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business; (i) fail to pay its debts, Taxes and other obligations when due; (j) except as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) amend, terminate, enter into or adopt any Company Benefit Plan (or any arrangement that would be a Company Benefit Plan if it was in effect on the date hereof) or any collective bargaining agreement; (B) grant or increase the compensation or benefits or other pay (including base salary or hourly rate, bonus, severance, termination, commissions and incentive compensation) of any Business Employee or other individual service provider of the Business; (C) pay, grant, or increase any severance or termination pay to (or otherwise amend any such existing arrangement with) any current or former Business Employee or other individual service provider of the Business; (D) accelerate the vesting or payment of, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, compensation or benefits under, any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; or (E) grant any new awards, or modify the terms of any outstanding awards under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; (k) hire any employee other than any hourly employee in the ordinary course of business; (l) modify any employment arrangement with any Business Employee or terminate the employment of any Business Employee, other than (y) terminations for cause; (m) implement or announce any group employee layoffs, plant closings, reductions in force, furloughs or temporary layoffs that would trigger notice obligations under the WARN Act; (n) cancel, compromise or settle any material Litigation, or intentionally waive or release any material rights, with respect to the Business; (o) make any changes to its accounting principles or practices, other than as may be required by Law or GAAP; (p) other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices, change in any material respect the policies or practices of the Business with regard to the extension of discounts or credit to customers or collection of receivables from customers; (q) change or revoke any Tax election or change any method of accounting for Tax purposes; in each case with respect to the Business or Assets to the extent such election or method of accounting would be binding on Buyer following the Closing Date; (r) violate any applicable Law or Order; (s) enter into or adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, merger or consolidation or other reorganization; or (t) agree, authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, or enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing.
Exercise Prior to Expiration To the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all of the Shares subject hereto, and if the fair market value of one Share is greater than the Warrant Price then in effect, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 10.2 above (even if not surrendered) immediately before its expiration. For purposes of such automatic exercise, the fair market value of one Share upon such expiration shall be determined pursuant to Section 10.2(c). To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 10.3, the Company agrees to promptly notify the holder hereof of the number of Shares, if any, the holder hereof is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise.
Conduct of Business Prior to Closing Prior to the Closing, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the Sellers agree that they will cause the Transferred Companies to (a) conduct their business in the Ordinary Course of Business and (b) conduct their respective businesses in a manner such that the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 would reasonably be expected to be satisfied. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the prior consent of the Buyer, the Sellers will cause each of the Transferred Companies not to, and each of the Transferred Companies shall not, take any action as a result of which any of the changes or events listed in Section 2.9 (other than any action or event referred to in clause (a) thereof) is likely to occur or enter into any Contract that, if in existence on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be listed in Section 2.14 of the Disclosure Letter (other than any extension or renewal of a Contract listed on Section 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule on terms substantially similar to the terms of such Contract on the date hereof), except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Sellers agree that they shall cause the transfer to Nortek or any of its Affiliates (other than a Transferred Company) prior to Closing of (x) the real estate and facility owned by Napco, Inc. in Butler, PA and (y) all of the stock of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Canada Limited, and (ii) the Sellers shall approve in a timely manner the request for capital expenditures totaling approximately $1,400,000 in respect of the Fair Bluff, NC facility capacity expansion project and shall cause to be spent the portion of such amount scheduled to be spent prior to the Closing in accordance with the schedule set forth on Exhibit 6.2 hereto (it being understood that the Sellers shall not have any responsibility to make any expenditure of the remaining portion of such amount). Buyer acknowledges that the Sellers operate a centralized cash management system and that substantially all of the cash of the Transferred Companies has been, and will continue to be, distributed to the Sellers; provided, however, that the Sellers shall not remove from the Transferred Companies any restricted cash held in connection with any industrial revenue bond financing otherwise than in respect of the payment of capital expenditures in connection with the facility or assets to which such industrial revenue bond financing relates; provided, further, that the amount of any such cash on account with the Transferred Companies as of the Closing Date shall increase the Purchase Price payable under Section 1.2 dollar for dollar.
Termination Prior to Expiration of Term This Section shall govern any termination of this Contract except as specifically provided in the following Section for termination for cause. The City reserves the right to terminate this Contract at any time, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to Consultant, except that where termination is due to the fault of the Consultant, the period of notice may be such shorter time as may be determined by the Contract Officer. In addition, the Consultant reserves the right to terminate this Contract at any time, with or without cause, upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to City, except that where termination is due to the fault of the City, the period of notice may be such shorter time as the Consultant may determine. Upon receipt of any notice of termination, Consultant shall immediately cease all services hereunder except such as may be specifically approved by the Contract Officer. Except where the Consultant has initiated termination, the Consultant shall be entitled to compensation for all services rendered prior to the effective date of the notice of termination and for any services authorized by the Contract Officer thereafter in accordance with the Schedule of Compensation or such as may be approved by the Contract Officer, except as provided in Section 7.3. In the event the Consultant has initiated termination, the Consultant shall be entitled to compensation only for the reasonable value of the work product actually produced hereunder. In the event of termination without cause pursuant to this Section, the terminating party need not provide the non-terminating party with the opportunity to cure pursuant to Section 7.2.
Conduct of Business Prior to the Effective Time Except as expressly permitted herein, set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Schedule of Exceptions, or required by Law, from the Execution Date through the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, the Company shall, and cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in all material respects in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practice and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve substantially intact its business organization and the goodwill of those having business relationships with it. Without limiting the foregoing, and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Schedule of Exceptions, or required by Law, from the Execution Date through the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Parent: (a) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock, other than any such transaction by a wholly-owned Subsidiary of it that remains a wholly-owned Subsidiary of it after consummation of such transaction in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from granting Company Options that are Ordinary Course Grants (as defined below); (b) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, other than repurchases of unvested shares at cost or for de minimis consideration in connection with either the termination of the employment relationship with any employee or upon the resignation of any director or consultant, in each case, pursuant to stock option or purchase agreements in effect on the date hereof; (c) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of capital stock, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or enter into other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue any such securities or rights, other than: (A) issuances of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Options, Company Warrants or other rights of the Company existing on the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or granted pursuant to clauses (B) or (C) hereof, (B) grants of stock options to purchase Company Common Stock granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and on Ordinary Course Terms (as defined below) to new Company employees under the Company Option Plans outstanding on the date hereof, (C) grants of stock options to purchase Company Common Stock granted to existing Company employees (other than to directors and officers), under the Company Option Plans outstanding on the date hereof in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection with annual compensation reviews or ordinary course promotions and in each case on Ordinary Terms, and (D) subject to Section 3.7(b), issuances of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company ESPP; provided, however, that the stock option grants pursuant to clause (C) shall not exceed grants of options to acquire 25,000 shares of Company Common Stock to all such individuals in the aggregate (the grants described, and subject to the limitations, in clauses (B) and (C), the “Ordinary Course Grants”, and for purposes of this Section 6.1, “Ordinary Course Terms” shall mean options to purchase Company Common Stock with the following terms (i) a per share exercise price that is no less than the current market price at the time of grant of a share of Company Common Stock and (ii) a vesting schedule no more favorable than one-quarter (1/4) on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant, and one-forty-eighth (1/48) on each monthly anniversary of the date of grant thereafter;