Conduct of Business of the Sample Clauses

The "Conduct of Business" clause sets out the standards and procedures that a party must follow in carrying out its business activities under the agreement. Typically, this clause requires the party to operate in a lawful, ethical, and professional manner, and may specify compliance with applicable laws, industry standards, or internal policies. For example, it might obligate a supplier to maintain certain quality controls or a service provider to adhere to regulatory requirements. The core function of this clause is to ensure that business operations are conducted responsibly and in accordance with agreed-upon expectations, thereby reducing the risk of misconduct or legal violations.
Conduct of Business of the. Company Except as contemplated by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of Parent, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (x) conduct its operations only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (y) use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its business organization, to retain the services of its current officers and key employees, and to preserve the good will of its customers, suppliers and other Persons with whom it has business relationships, except for relationships the Company determines not to preserve in accordance with prudent business judgment (provided that the Company shall consult with Parent prior to making any such determination regarding any customer listed on Annex II). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to take any of the following actions, without the prior written consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed:
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Conduct of Business of the. Parties Prior to the Closing Date. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, except to the extent (a) expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (b) required by applicable Law or the regulations of any Governmental Authority applicable to a Party, or (c) otherwise consented to by an instrument in writing signed by an authorized representative of the other Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed or withheld), the Parties shall conduct their business in the ordinary course in substantially the same manner heretofore conducted, use their commercially reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact such Party’s existence and shall not: (a) adopt or propose any change to its Organizational Documents; (b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any membership interests, capital stock or other equity securities (c) merge or consolidate with any other Person or acquire any capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest or other equity or other interest in any other Person or purchase any of assets of any other Person or effect any business combination, share exchange, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction; (d) sell, lease or dispose of or make any Contract for the sale, lease or disposition of, or make subject to any Encumbrance, any of its properties or assets, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business; (e) enter into any transaction with, make any payments to or on behalf of, or transfer assets to, or assume, indemnify or incur liabilities for the benefit of, any officer, director, Member or any of their Related Persons or affiliates, except, in each case, for (i) advancements, or obligations to reimburse, expenses or travel allowances and similar items in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) remuneration for services rendered in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice as an employee, manager or officer, and (iii) in the case of the Company, cash distributions made with respect to the payment by any such Person of Taxes with respect to taxable income of the Company allocated to such Person; (f) waive, release or discount any amount or obligation owed to the Party by any Me...
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Conduct of Business of the. Company During the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries will conduct their operations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Further, during such period, the Company shall (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and personnel, preserve in all material respects present business relationships with clients, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others having business dealings with it and goodwill and comply in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements. Further, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the period from the date hereof to the Closing Date, except as may be first approved by Buyer in writing, or as is otherwise expressly permitted or required by this Merger Agreement, the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to): (a) amend its Organizational Documents; (b) (i) increase the compensation payable to, or to become payable to, any of its directors, officers or employees, except for normal periodic increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or take any action with respect to the grant of any severance or termination pay, or stay, bonus or other incentive arrangement that is related to the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement; or (ii) establish, adopt, extend (beyond the Closing Date), enter into, renew or amend any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor organization, union or association or adopt or amend in any material respect an Company Benefit Plan; (c) enter into any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract other than in the ordinary course of business or violate, breach, amend or otherwise modify or waive in a manner adverse to the Company any of the terms of a Material Contract or accelerate, terminate or cancel (or take or fail to take any action that would give the other party the right to accelerate, terminate or cancel) any Material Contract other than in the ordinary course of business and according to its terms; (d) sell, transfer, assign, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties or any other material right, or permit, allow or suffer any of its assets or properties to be subjected to any Liens, other than Permitted Liens; (e) issue, sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any Equity ...
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Conduct of Business of the. Finance Parties a) interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; b) oblige any Finance Party or the Security Trustee to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or to the extent, order or manner of any claim; or c) oblige any Finance Party or the Security Trustee to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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Conduct of Business of the. Finance Parties No provision of this Agreement will: a) interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; b) oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or to the extent, order or manner of any claim; or c) oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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Conduct of Business of the. Company Prior to the Closing. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth in Section 5.1 of the Disclosure Schedule or with the prior written consent of Buyer, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business and operations according to the Company's ordinary and usual course of business and will use all reasonable efforts consistent therewith to preserve intact the Company's properties, assets and business organizations, to keep available the services of the Company's officers and employees and to maintain satisfactory relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors and others having commercially beneficial business relationships with the Company, in each case in the ordinary course of business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, prior to the
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Conduct of Business of the. Division Prior to the Closing. (a) Seller covenants and agrees that, except as described in Schedule 5.1(a) or as contemplated by this Agreement, between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Division shall conduct the Business in the ordinary course consistent with the Division's prior practices. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as described in Schedule 5.1(a) , Seller shall cause the Division to (i) continue its advertising and promotional activities, and pricing and purchasing policies in accordance with past practice; (ii) not shorten or lengthen the customary payment cycles for any of its Receivables or payables, respectively; (iii) use its best efforts to (A) keep available to Purchaser the services of the Division Employees, (B) preserve the Division's current relationships with its customers, suppliers and other Persons with which it has significant business relationships; (iv) exercise, but only after notice to Purchaser any rights of renewal pursuant to the terms of any of the leases or subleases set forth in Schedule 3.15(b) and licenses set forth on Schedule 3.13 which by their terms would otherwise expire; and (v) not engage in any practice, take any action, fail to take any action or enter into any transaction which could cause 51 58 any representation or warranty of Seller in this Agreement to be untrue in any material respect or result in a breach in any material respect of any covenant made by Seller herein. (b) Seller covenants and agrees that, prior to the Closing without the prior written consent of Purchaser, Seller will not do, nor cause the Division to do any of the things which are required to be disclosed on Schedule 3.8 except that Seller may withdraw cash from the Division Subsidiary in order to reduce the cash held by the Division Subsidiary at Closing to not less than $250,000.
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  • Conduct of Business of the Company Except as contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the IPO Transaction or as described on Exhibit B or in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company will and will cause each of its subsidiaries to conduct its operations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and, to the extent consistent therewith, with no less diligence and effort than would be applied in the absence of this Agreement, use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations, keep available the service of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, lessors, creditors, employees, contractors and others having business dealings with it with the intention that its goodwill and ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and except as contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the IPO Transaction or as described on Exhibit B or in Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, prior to the Effective Time, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will, without the prior written consent of AREP Oil & Gas: (a) amend its Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws (or other similar governing instrument); (b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any stock of any class or any other debt or equity securities or equity equivalents (including any stock options or stock appreciation rights); (c) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of its capital stock or otherwise make any payments to stockholders in their capacity as such, or redeem or otherwise acquire any of its securities or any securities of any of its subsidiaries; (d) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than the Merger); (e) alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring or any other fashion the corporate structure of any subsidiary; (f) (i) incur or assume any long-term or short-term debt or issue any debt securities in each case, except for borrowings under lines of credit in the ordinary course of business, or modify or agree to any amendment of the terms of any of the foregoing; (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other person except for obligations of subsidiaries of the Company incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in any other person (other than to subsidiaries of the Company or customary loans or advances to employees in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (iv) pledge or otherwise encumber shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (v) mortgage or pledge any of its material assets, tangible or intangible, or create or suffer to exist any material Lien thereupon; (g) except as may be required by Applicable Law, enter into, adopt or amend or terminate any bonus, special remuneration, compensation, severance, stock option, stock purchase agreement, retirement, health, life, or disability insurance, severance or other employee benefit plan agreement, trust, fund or other arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any director, officer, employee or consultant in any manner or increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any director, officer or employee or pay any benefit not required by any plan and arrangement as in effect as of the date of this Agreement (including the granting of stock appreciation rights or performance units); (h) grant any severance or termination pay to any director, officer, employee or consultant, except payments made pursuant to written agreements outstanding on the date of this Agreement, the terms of which are in all material respects completely and correctly disclosed on Schedule 4.1(h) or as required by applicable federal, state or local law or regulations; (i) acquire, sell, lease, license, transfer, distribute or otherwise dispose of any material assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (j) except as may be required as a result of a change in law or in GAAP, materially change any of the accounting principles, practices or methods used by it; (k) acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any corporation, partnership or other entity or division thereof or any equity interest therein; (l) make any material tax election or settle or compromise any material income tax liability or permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or loss-payable to expire, or to be canceled or terminated, unless a comparable insurance policy reasonably acceptable to AREP Oil & Gas is obtained and in effect; (m) fail to file any tax returns when due (or, alternatively, fail to file for available extensions) or fail to cause such tax returns when filed to be complete and accurate in all material respects; (n) fail to pay any taxes or other material debts when due; (o) settle or compromise any pending or threatened suit, action or claim that (i) relates to the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) the settlement or compromise of which would be material to the Company; (p) take any action or fail to take any action that could reasonably be expected to limit the utilization of any of the net operating losses, built-in losses, tax credits or other similar items of the Company or its subsidiaries under Section 382, 383, 384 or 1502 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder; or (q) take or agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described in Sections 4.1(a) through 4.1(p) (and it shall use all reasonable efforts not to take any action that would make any of the representations or warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) untrue or incorrect).

  • Conduct of Business of Parent Except as set forth in Section 6.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time (unless the Company shall otherwise agree in writing and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement), Parent will conduct its operations according to its ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice and shall use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations, keep available the service of its current officers and employees, maintain its material Permits and Contracts and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 6.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent will not, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld): (i) issue, sell, grant, dispose of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or authorize or propose the issuance, sale, disposition or pledge or other encumbrance of (A) any additional shares of capital stock of any class (including the shares of Parent Common Stock), or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of capital stock, or any rights, warrants, options, calls, commitments or any other agreements of any character to purchase or acquire any shares of capital stock or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for, any shares of capital stock or (B) any other securities in respect of, in lieu of, or in substitution for, shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof; (ii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any of its outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock; (iii) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of Parent Common Stock or declare, set aside for payment or pay any dividend, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of any capital stock of Parent or otherwise make any payments to stockholders in their capacity as such, other than the declaration and payment of regular quarterly cash dividends on the Parent Common Stock in an amount no greater than $.72 per share per annum and in accordance with past dividend policy and other than the declaration and payment of dividends on Parent Preferred Stock pursuant to Parent's Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof and except for dividends by a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent; (iv) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries (other than the Merger), except for Parent Subsidiaries which are not material to the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (v) adopt any amendments to its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring or in any other fashion the corporate structure or ownership of any direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent, except for Parent Subsidiaries which are not material to the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (vi) make, or permit any Parent Subsidiary to make, any material acquisition, by means of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or material disposition, of assets or securities; (vii) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur, or permit any Parent Subsidiary to incur, any material indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness or make any material loans, advances or capital contributions to, or material investments in, any other person other than Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; (viii) change any method of accounting or accounting practice by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, except for any such required change in GAAP or applicable statutory accounting principles; (ix) permit any Parent Insurance Subsidiary to materially change its investment guidelines or policies and approved programs or transactions or conduct transactions in investments except in material compliance with the investment guidelines and policies of such Parent Insurance Subsidiary and all applicable insurance Laws; (x) enter, or permit any Parent Insurance Subsidiary to enter, into any material reinsurance, coinsurance or similar Contract, whether as reinsurer or reinsured, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (xi) (x) take, or agree or commit to take, or permit any Parent Subsidiary to take, or agree or commit to take, any action that would make any representation and warranty of Parent hereunder inaccurate in any material respect at the Effective Time (except for representations and warranties which speak as of a particular date, which need be accurate only as of such date), (y) omit, or agree or commit to omit, or permit any Parent Subsidiary to omit, or agree or commit to omit, to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate in any material respect at the Effective Time (except for representations and warranties which speak as of a particular date, which need be accurate only as of such date), provided however that Parent shall be permitted to take or omit to take such action which can be cured, and in fact is cured, at or prior to the Effective Time or (z) take, or agree or commit to take, or permit any Parent Subsidiary to take, or agree or commit to take, any action that would result in, or is reasonably likely to result in, any of the conditions of the Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied; or (xii) 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.

  • Conduct of Business The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

  • Conduct of Business by Parent Except for matters set forth in Section 8.01 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, required by applicable Law or consented to in writing by Weyerhaeuser, from the date hereof to the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause each Parent Subsidiary to, conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as previously conducted and, to the extent consistent therewith, use all commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, maintain its material Governmental Approvals and Third Party Approvals, keep available the services of its current officers and employees and keep its relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall be unimpaired in any material respect at the Effective Time. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for matters set forth in Section 8.01 of the Parent Disclosure Letter or otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or required by applicable Law, from the date hereof to the Effective Time, Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Parent Subsidiary to, do any of the following without the prior written consent of Weyerhaeuser, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed: (a) (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividends or other distributions in respect of its shares of capital stock or other equity interests, other than dividends and distributions by any direct or indirect wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary to its parent, (ii) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other equity interests, or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its shares of capital stock or other equity interests, other than any such transaction by a direct or indirect wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary which remains a direct or indirect wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary after consummation of such transaction, or (iii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or amend the terms of any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or any rights, warrants, options or other equity awards to acquire, directly or indirectly, any such shares of capital stock or other equity interests; (b) issue, deliver, sell or grant (i) any of its shares of capital stock or other equity interests or (ii) any Voting Parent Debt or Parent Securities, in each case other than (A) the issuance of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent stock options or in connection with other equity-based awards granted pursuant to the Parent Stock Plan and outstanding on the date hereof and in accordance with their terms, (B) the grant of Parent stock options or other equity-based awards in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice relating to no more than 525,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and (C) any such transaction by a wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary which remains a wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary after consummation of such transaction; (c) amend its certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational documents; (d) acquire or dispose of, including by entering any lease or option Contract with respect to, any interests in real property, except for (i) acquisitions or dispositions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) the expiration of any lease or option Contract in accordance with the terms of such Contract; (e) acquire, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, whether by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial equity interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any partnership, corporation, joint venture, limited liability entity or other business organization or division thereof or any other Person (in each case, other than any acquisition of interests in real property permitted under Section 8.01(d)), with a value or purchase price that, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $10,000,000, except for acquisitions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of assets used in the operation or conduct of the Parent Business; (f) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including by entering any license or lease with respect to, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, any property or asset (in each case, other than sales, transfers or dispositions of interests in real property permitted under Section 8.01(d)) with a value or purchase price that, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $10,000,000, except for dispositions of obsolete or worn-out assets that are no longer used or useful in the operation or conduct of the Parent Business; (g) (i) adopt, enter into, terminate, amend, extend or renew any collective bargaining agreement or any Parent Benefit Plan, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) increase in any manner the compensation or benefits of, or pay any bonus to, any Parent Employee, except for increases in base salary or payments of bonuses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) pay or provide to any Parent Employee any benefit not provided for under a Parent Benefit Plan as in effect on the date hereof, other than the payment of base compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as permitted by clause (ii) above, (iv) except to the extent expressly permitted under Section 8.01(b), grant any awards under any Parent Benefit Plan or remove or modify existing restrictions in any Parent Benefit Plan or awards made thereunder, (v) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Parent Benefit Plan, (vi) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefits under any Parent Benefit Plan or (vii) make any material determination under any Parent Benefit Plan that is not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, except in each case (A) as required to ensure that any Parent Benefit Plan in effect on the date hereof is not then out of compliance with applicable Law, (B) as specifically required pursuant to this Agreement or the terms of any Parent Benefit Plan or (C) as would not result in either the Real Estate Business or the Parent Business incurring any material Liabilities; (h) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, issue or sell any debt securities, guarantee or otherwise become contingently liable for any such indebtedness or debt securities of another Person, or enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition of another Person, except for (i) indebtedness solely between or among Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, (ii) borrowings under Parent’s existing credit facilities (as in effect on the date hereof or amended after the date hereof not in contravention of this Agreement) in the ordinary course of business, so long as such borrowings would not reasonably be expected to result in the sum of available funds under the Closing Date Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the New Debt Commitment Letter) together with unrestricted cash on hand of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries being less than $100,000,000 as of immediately prior to the REB Transfer Time, (iii) borrowings that do not exceed the amounts budgeted in the operating plan set forth in Section 8.01(h) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, (iv) short-term borrowings incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (v) letters of credit and surety bonds issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (i) encumber or subject any of its material assets to any Liens, other than Parent Permitted Liens and Liens securing indebtedness that would not be prohibited by Section 8.01(h); (j) (i) make any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or investment in, any Person other than any wholly-owned Parent Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $10,000,000 except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) authorize or make any capital expenditure (other than in respect of any acquisition of interests in real property permitted under Section 8.01(d)) in any fiscal quarter that, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds by more than 20% the amounts budgeted for such fiscal quarter in the operating plan set forth in Section 8.01(h) of the Parent Disclosure Letter; (k) make any material change in its tax accounting or financial accounting methods, principles and practices in effect on the date of the Parent Balance Sheet, except as may be required by a change in GAAP; (l) make any material Tax election inconsistent with past practice or settle or compromise any material Tax liability or refund; (m) adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other material reorganization; (n) adopt or implement any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement; (o) modify, amend, enter into or terminate any Parent Material Contract or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary under any Parent Material Contract, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, other than entry into any Parent Material Contract providing for (i) acquisitions or dispositions that would not be prohibited by Sections 8.01(d), 8.01(e) and 8.01(f), (ii) indebtedness that would not be prohibited by Section 8.01(h), (iii) Liens that would not be prohibited by Section 8.01(i) or (iv) loans, advances, capital contributions, investments or capital expenditures that would not be prohibited by Section 8.01(j) that, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), does not otherwise require consent under this Section 8.01; (p) settle any Action if such settlement would require any payment by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, or would obligate Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to take any material action or restrict Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in any material respect from taking any action; (q) engage in any business other than the Parent Business substantially as currently conducted; or (r) authorize any of, or commit or agree to take any of, the foregoing actions.

  • Conduct of Business by Company Pending the Closing Company agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, unless Parent shall otherwise agree in writing, and except as a result of entering into this Agreement (x) the respective businesses of Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in, and Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall not take any action except in, the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (y) Company shall use all reasonable efforts to keep available the services of such of the current officers, significant employees and consultants of Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to preserve the current relationships of Company and the Company Subsidiaries with such of the corporate partners, customers, suppliers and other persons with which Company or any Company Subsidiary has significant business relations in order to preserve substantially intact its business organization. By way of amplification and not limitation, neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, directly or indirectly, do, or agree to do, any of the following without the prior written consent of Parent and except as a result of entering into this Agreement: (a) amend or otherwise change its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents; (b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license or encumbrance of, (i) any shares of capital stock of Company or any Company Subsidiary of any class, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest (including, without limitation, any phantom interest), of Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than (A) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options theretofore outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or (B) the issuance of options to purchase up to 250,000 shares of Company Common Stock under the Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, 200,000 shares of which may be issued to newly hired management employees and 50,000 shares of which may be issued to existing non-executive employees, or (ii) any property or assets of Company or any Company Subsidiary except entering into alliance agreements or providing products and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (i) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or person or any division thereof; (ii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person (other than Company and Company Subsidiaries) for borrowed money or make any loans or advances, other than routine employee loans to employees other than Company officers (not to exceed $1,000 to any individual), material to the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iii) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree to any material change in, any Company Material Contract or other License Agreement; (iv) make or authorize any capital expenditure, other than capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that have been budgeted for fiscal year 1999 and disclosed in writing to Parent and that are not, in the aggregate, in excess of $3,000,000 for Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (v) enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if fully performed, would not be permitted under this Section 6.01(c); (d) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, except that any Company Subsidiary may pay dividends or make other distributions to Company or any other Company Subsidiary; (e) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock; (f) amend or change the period (or permit any acceleration, amendment or change unless required pursuant to the terms of existing agreements of Company previously provided to Parent) of exercisability of options granted under the Company Stock Plans or authorize cash payments in exchange for any Company Stock Options granted under any of such plans; (g) amend the terms of, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or permit any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its securities or any securities of any Company Subsidiary or propose to do any of the foregoing; (h) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or pursuant to existing agreements of Company previously provided to Parent increase the compensation payable or to become payable to its directors, officers, consultants or employees, grant any rights to severance or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance agreement which provides benefits upon a change in control of Company that would be triggered by the Merger with, any director, officer, consultant or other employee of Company or any Company Subsidiary who is not currently entitled to such benefits from the Merger, establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer, consultant or employee of Company or any Company Subsidiary, except to the extent required by applicable Law or the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, or enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement between Company or any Company Subsidiary and any of Company's directors, officers, consultants or employees; (i) pay, discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice of liabilities reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of Company and the consolidated the Company Subsidiaries dated as of March 31, 1999 included in Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period then ended (the "Company Balance Sheet") and only to the extent reflected or to the extent of such reserves or incurred in the ordinary course of business since March 31, 1999; (j) make any change with respect to Company's accounting policies, principles, methods or procedures, including, without limitation, revenue recognition policies, other than as required by U.S. GAAP; (k) make any material Tax election or settle or compromise any material Tax liability; or (l) authorize or enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing or to take any action which would make any of the representations or warranties of Company contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect in any material respect or result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth herein not being satisfied.