Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities Clause Samples

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 30 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of BNPP (which consent may be withheld at the discretion of BNPP), sell, offer to sell or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any unsecured debt securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities, except for the Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement and except for exchanges or other similar transactions. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to an issue of debt securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars or to an issue of debt securities at least 90% of which is offered and sold outside the United States.

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any debt securities of or guaranteed by the Company which are substantially similar to the Notes.

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending one year following the date of the Prospectus, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the Representative’s sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act (except as contemplated by the Prospectus) in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Units); provided, however, that the Company may issue shares of its Common Stock or options to purchase its Common Stock, or shares of Common Stock upon exercise of options, in each case, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan, arrangement or contractual obligation described in the Prospectus, but only if the holders of such shares, options, or shares issued upon exercise of such options, agree in writing not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise transfer any such shares or options during such one-year period without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the Representative’s sole discretion).

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on and including the date hereof and ending on and including the 90th day following the effective date of the Registration Statement (as the same may be extended as described below, the “Lock-up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent (which consent may be withheld at the Placement Agent’s sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act, except for a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Company’s employee benefit plans, in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options, rights or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Units) or publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing, other than (i) the issuance of restricted Common Stock, restricted stock units or options to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other equity incentive plans as such plans are in existence on the date hereof and, described in the Disclosure Package, (ii) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise or settlement of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Prospectus and (iii) issuances of securities in connection with the acquisition of, or investment in, technologies, solutions or other businesses, provided that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed 5.0% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and provided, further, that all such recipients of shares of Common Stock shall execute and deliver to you, on or prior to such issuance, a lock-up agreement consistent with this Section 3(o).

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. The Company will not, without the prior written consent of BancBoston ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., for a period of 180 days following the date of the Prospectus, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any other Common Shares or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Shares; provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Shares pursuant to any director or employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the date of the Prospectus and described in the Prospectus so long as none of those shares may be transferred on during the period of 180 days from the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective (the "Lock-Up Period") and the Company shall enter stop transfer instructions with its transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of any such Common Shares and (ii) the Company may issue Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the date of the Prospectus and described in the Prospectus.

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 90 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Banc of America Securities LLC (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Banc of America Securities LLC), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and to register the Exchange Securities).

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of ---------------------------------------------------- 90 days following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open "put equivalent position" within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Common Shares); provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of warrants outstanding on the date hereof and described in the Prospectus, (ii) grant options to purchase Common Stock and issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options, in both cases, pursuant to any stock option plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus, and issue shares of Common Stock to directors in payment of annual directors' fees pursuant to the Company's Directors' Stock Ownership Plan, (iii) issue shares of Common Stock to directors and officers under compensatory arrangements consistent with the Company's prior practices, (iv) issue shares of Common Stock under the DRIP, (v) issue shares of Common Stock to the Company's officers under the Company's incentive award plan, (vi) issue shares of Common Stock in payment of all or a portion of the purchase price for properties acquired from sellers who are not affiliates of the Company; provided that each recipient of such shares enters into a lock-up agreement with terms substantially equivalent to the lock-up agreements delivered to the Representative pursuant to Section 6(i), (vii) issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company's 8% convertible subordinated debentures outstanding on the date hereof, and (viii) issue up to $70 million of the Company's newly issued convertible subordinated debentures due 2009 and/or preferred stock pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-72208) and any amendment or supplement thereto and issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such newly issued convertibl...

Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the Representative’s sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act (except as contemplated by the Prospectus) in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Units); provided, however, that the Company may issue shares of its Common Stock or options to purchase its Common Stock, or shares of Common Stock upon exercise of options, in each case, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan, arrangement or contractual obligation described in the Prospectus.