Settlement of Actions Neither the Manager nor any other Underwriter party to this Master AAU may settle or agree to settle any Action related to or arising out of the Offering, nor may any other Underwriter settle or agree to settle any such Action without the consent of the Manager, nor may any other Underwriter seek the Manager’s consent to any such settlement agreement, nor may the Manager consent to any such settlement agreement, unless: (A) the Manager, together with such other Underwriters as constitute a majority in aggregate interest based on the Underwriting Percentage of the Underwriters as a whole (including the Manager’s interest), approve the settlement of such Action, in which case the Manager is authorized to settle for all Underwriters, provided, however, that the settlement agreement results in the settlement of the Action against all Underwriters raised by the plaintiffs party thereto; or (B) (i) such settlement agreement expressly provides that the non-settling Underwriters will be given a judgment credit (or credit in settlement) with respect to all such Actions for which the non-settling Underwriters may be found liable (or will pay in subsequent settlement), in an amount that is the greatest of: (x) the dollar amount paid in such initial settlement to settle such Actions, (y) the proportionate share of the settling Underwriter’s fault in respect of common damages arising in connection with such Actions as proven at trial, if applicable, or (z) the amount by which the settling Underwriter would have been required to make contribution had it not settled, under Sections 9.5 and 11.2 hereof in respect of the final non-appealable judgment (or settlement) subsequently entered into by the non-settling Underwriters (such greatest amount of either (x), (y), or (z), the “Judgment Credit”);3 (ii) such settlement agreement expressly provides that in the event that the applicable court does not approve the Judgment Credit as part of the settlement, the settlement agreement will automatically terminate; and (iii) the final judgment entered with respect to the settlement agreement contains the Judgment Credit.
Regular Course of Business Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, as from the date hereof and until Closing, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to conduct its operations in accordance with the regular course of its business and refrain from taking any acts that may materially affect Sinqia’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses or operations. Moreover, as from the date hereof until Closing, Sinqia shall not perform nor approve that its Subsidiaries perform the acts below, except if authorized by Evertec BR, which authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(i) call any shareholders’ meeting of Sinqia to resolve on any matter whatsoever, except for the Sinqia’s GSM;
(ii) approve any distribution of dividends, profits or juros sobre capital próprio, except for the payment of the JCP Sinqia 2023;
(iii) redeem, repurchase, issue or sell any shares, securities convertible into or exchangeable into shares, options, warrants, purchase rights or any other form of acquisition right relating to the shares issued by Sinqia or any of its Subsidiaries, except as a result of the Sinqia’s Stock Plans as provided in Section 2.4(iv), as the case may be;
(iv) approve or effect the acquisition (including by merger, merger of shares, acquisition of shares or assets, or in any other way) of any interest in assets or any business or Person;
(v) approve or effect the entry into partnerships or joint venture agreements, or any type of similar business relationship;
(vi) approve or effect the execution of new compensation and benefit plans (or amend existing plans), as well as pay bonuses, commissions, incentives or any type of compensation for shares outside the regular course of business and which are not provided for, in the present date, in the existing compensation and benefit plans, except if so determined by any Applicable Law or regarding Sinqia’s Stock Plans as provided for herein;
(vii) directly or indirectly get involved in any transaction, or enter into any agreement with any Related Party;
(viii) promote any change in its accounting policies and practices, except if required by Applicable Law;
(ix) except in relation to actions to be taken under existing agreements and in relation to new agreements with clients and service providers in the ordinary course of business, undertake any new obligation or responsibility or enter into new relevant agreements, involving Relevant Assets, including agreements for the purchase or sale of any Relevant Assets;
(x) Lien any tangible or intangible asset, or offer them as collateral, except if so required due to guarantees relating to labor or tax proceedings in which Sinqia and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, are defendants and that involve total amounts not exceeding five million Reais (R$ 5,000,000.00), individually or in a series of related transactions in a twelve (12) month period;
(xi) take out any loan, issue debt securities, enter into any type of financing agreement or change the terms of existing financing agreements or debt instruments, except for those entered into in the ordinary course of Sinqia's business and that in any case do not increase Sinqia’s consolidated indebtedness in more than five million Reais (R$ 5,000,000.00), individually or in a series of related transactions in a twelve (12) month period;
(xii) guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any Person;
(xiii) enter into, amend, modify or in any way alter the terms of the existing contracts entered into by Sinqia and/or its Subsidiaries in order to accelerate payments due under those agreements, except (a) as set forth in Section 7.3(xvii) below and (b) after Sinqia’s GSM, anticipate the release of lock-up obligations of Sinqia’s shares owned by sellers of entities acquired by Sinqia as set forth in the agreements entered into before the date hereof;
(xiv) donate or freely assign any asset, right, or any form of property, to any Person;
(xv) enter into any collective bargaining agreement or promote any relevant changes to the terms and conditions of the current employment contracts to which they are a party, except the agreements to be entered into with labor union Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Processamento de Dados e Tecnologia da Informação do Estado de São Paulo - SINDPD;
(xvi) engage in new lines of business;
(xvii) anticipate the vesting periods of the options, or continuance of the plan, granted under the Sinqia’s Stock Plans, except for vesting acceleration set forth in Section 2.4(iv) of this Agreement;
(xviii) approve (a) the hiring of new employees of coordination, managerial or higher hierarchical level or administrators of any level, outside the normal course of business; (b) the dismissal of employees outside the normal course of business; or (c) the implementation of any voluntary termination or dismissal program for employees;
(xix) incur in costs that exceed the consolidated and global amount of sixty million Reais (R$ 60,000,000.00) for the hiring of advisors for the Transaction and preparation of financial statements mentioned in Section 3.7, provided that Sinqia is allowed to pay waiver fees required to obtain third parties’ consents in relation to the Transaction, in accordance with Section 7.4; or
(xx) agree, promise or undertake to perform any of the acts described above.
Defense of Actions In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party, (ii) counsel to the indemnifying party has informed the indemnifying party that the joint representation of the indemnifying party and one or more indemnified parties could be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or is reasonably likely to be prejudiced by such delay, in any such event the indemnified party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining separate legal counsel). An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). The indemnifying party shall lose its right to defend, contest, litigate and settle a matter if it shall fail to diligently contest such matter (except to the extent settled in accordance with the next following sentence). No matter shall be settled by an indemnifying party without the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, it being understood that the indemnified party shall not be deemed to be unreasonable in withholding its consent if the proposed settlement imposes any obligation on the indemnified party).
No Course of Dealing No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy will preclude any other or further exercise of any right or remedy.
Indemnification Proceedings Any person entitled to indemnification under this Agreement will (i) give prompt (but in no event more than thirty (30) days') notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided, however, that failure to so promptly notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from liability except to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced thereby) and (ii) unless in the indemnified party's reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between the indemnified and indemnifying parties with respect to the claim, permit the indemnifying party, at its expense, to assume the defense of the claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If the indemnifying party does not assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable for any compromise or settlement made without its consent or judgment consented to without its consent, but any such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to or elects not to assume the defense of a claim will not be under an obligation to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by the indemnifying party with respect to the claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between the indemnified party and any other indemnified party with respect to the claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one additional counsel for the indemnified parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be contained in this Section 7.3, the indemnifying party shall not, without the indemnified party's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, settle or compromise any claim or consent to the entry of any judgment in respect thereof which imposes any future obligation on the indemnified party or which does not include, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to the indemnified party, a release from all liability in respect of such claim.