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Conduct of the Parties Prior to Closing. 2.01 COVENANTS OF BANK ONE. BANK ONE hereby covenants to Premier that, from the date hereof until the Closing, it will do or cause the following to occur: (a) OPERATION OF THE OFFICES. BANK ONE shall continue to operate the Offices in a manner equivalent to that manner and system of operation employed immediately prior to the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that it is contemplated by the parties that BANK ONE will be terminating certain programs which are currently in effect which allow depositors to access Deposit Accounts through electronic means as of the close of business on the Closing Date with any outstanding transactions subject to post-closing Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as may be required to obtain the required authorizations referred to in Section 2.03 of this Agreement, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, and except as may be otherwise required by a regulatory authority, BANK ONE shall not, without the prior consent of Premier, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld: (i) cause any Office to engage or participate in any material transaction or incur or sustain any obligation which, in the aggregate, is material to its business, condition or operations except in the ordinary course of business; (ii) cause any Office to transfer to BANK ONE's other operations any material amount of Assets, except for (a) supplies, if any, which have unique function in BANK ONE's business and ordinarily would not be useful to Premier, (b) cash and other normal intrabank transfers which may be transferred in the ordinary course of business in accordance with normal banking practices and (c) signs, or those parts thereof, bearing the BANK ONE or affiliate name and/or logo; (iii) cause the Offices to transfer to BANK ONE's other operations any deposits other than deposits securing loans made by BANK ONE (iv) invest in any Fixed Assets on behalf of any Office, except for commitments made on or before the date of this Agreement which are disclosed to Premier on Schedule C of this Agreement and for replacements of furniture, furnishings and equipment and normal maintenance and refurbishing purchased or made in the ordinary course of Office business; (v) enter into or amend any continuing contract (other than Deposit Liabilities and Office Loans) relating to the Offices, which cannot be terminated without cause and without payment of any amounts as a penalty, bonus, premium or other compensation for termination, or wh...
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Conduct of the Parties Prior to Closing. Commencing on the Signing Date and through the Closing Date, except as otherwise contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or approved by the each of the Parties in writing, each of the Parties hereby agrees to refrain from taking or permitting to be taken any action that would render any of the representations or warranties made by such Party in this Agreement inaccurate in any respect as of the Closing Date.
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  • Conduct Prior to Closing 7.1 Conduct of Business by HL, the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms and the Closing (the “Interim Period”), each of HL, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, Parent and Merger Sub shall, except to the extent that HL (in the case of a request by the Company) or the Company (in the case of a request by HL) shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or as set forth in Schedule 7.1 hereto or as contemplated by this Agreement, carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent with past practices, in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements (except as expressly contemplated by Schedule 7.1 hereto) and use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practices and policies to (i) preserve substantially intact its present business organization, (ii) keep available the services of its present key officers and employees, (iii) preserve its relationships with key customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others with which it has significant business dealings. During the Interim Period, HL shall file all Certifications, registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents required to be filed or furnished to the SEC (“Additional HL SEC Reports”), which Additional SEC Reports shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and which will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In addition, except as required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreements, or as set forth in Schedule 7.1 hereto, without the prior written consent of HL (in the case of a request by the Company) or the Company (in the case of a request by HL), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, during the Interim Period, HL, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, Parent, and Merger Sub shall not do any of the following: (a) Waive any share repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or (except as specifically provided for herein) change the period of exercisability of options or restricted stock, or reprice options granted under any employee, consultant, director or other stock plans or authorize cash payments in exchange for any options granted under any of such plans; (b) Grant any material severance or termination pay to (i) any officer or (ii) any employee, except pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements, written agreements outstanding, or Plans or policies existing on the date hereof and as previously or concurrently disclosed or made available to the other Party, or in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries except in connection with the promotion, hiring or firing of any employee in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (c) Abandon, allow to lapse, transfer, sell, assign, or license to any Person or otherwise extend, amend or modify any material rights to any Intellectual Property or enter into grants to transfer or license to any Person future patent rights, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (d) 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 (other than any such dividend or distribution by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another such Subsidiary), 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; (e) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests, except with respect to Converting Shareholders; (f) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber, or agree to any of the foregoing with respect to, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities or other ownership interests, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any such shares, equity securities or other ownership interests or convertible or exchangeable securities, except as contemplated by Section 8.2 hereunder; (g) Amend its Charter Documents in any material respect, except as contemplated by Section 8.2 hereunder; (h) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any equity interest in or a material portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association, or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire outside the ordinary course of business any assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of such Party or enter into any joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, or other arrangements that provide for exclusivity of territory or otherwise restrict such Party’s ability to compete or to offer or sell any products or services to other Persons. For purposes of this paragraph, “material” includes the requirement that, as a result of such transaction, financial statements of the acquired, merged, or consolidated entity be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; (i) Sell, lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets, except (A) sales in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (B) the sale, lease or disposition of property or assets that are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of such Party (measured with all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole); (j) Except incurrences of indebtedness under the Company’s existing credit facilities (and, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries, extensions of credit in the ordinary course with employees and among the Company and its Subsidiaries), incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person or Persons (other than Affiliates), issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing; (k) Except as contemplated by Section 8.15 hereunder, or as otherwise required by applicable Legal Requirements or pursuant to an existing Plan, policy or Company Contract, (i) adopt or materially amend any Plan (including any Plan that provides for severance), or enter into any employment contract or collective bargaining agreement (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (ii) pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director or employee, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or (iii) materially increase the salaries or wage rates or fringe benefits (including rights to severance or indemnification) of its directors, officers, employees or consultants, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (l) (i) Pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), or litigation (whether or not commenced prior to the date of this Agreement) other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction of any claims, liabilities or obligations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or in accordance with their terms, or recognized or disclosed in the most recent Company Financial Statements or in the HL SEC Reports, as applicable, or incurred since the date of such financial statements, (ii) settle any material litigation where the consideration given by the Party is other than monetary or to which an officer, director or employee of such Person is a party in his or her capacity as such, or (iii) waive the benefits of, agree to modify in any material manner, terminate, release any Person from or knowingly fail to enforce any material confidentiality or similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which the Company any of its Subsidiaries is a beneficiary (other than with customers and other counterparties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) or to which HL is a party or of which HL is a beneficiary, as applicable; (m) Except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, modify in any material respect or terminate (other than in accordance with its terms) any Company Material Contract or HL Contract, as applicable, or waive, delay the exercise of, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder; (n) Except as required by law, U.S. GAAP, or IFRS, revalue any of its assets in any material manner or make any material change in accounting methods, principles or practices; (o) Except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, incur or enter into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring such Party to pay in excess of $1,000,000 in any 12-month period; (p) Make or rescind any Tax elections that, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the Tax liability or Tax attributes of such Party, settle or compromise any income Tax liability outside the ordinary course of business or, except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, change any method of accounting for Tax purposes or prepare or file any Return in a manner inconsistent with past practice; (q) Form or establish any subsidiary except in the ordinary course of business consistent with prior practice or as contemplated by this Agreement; (r) Permit any Person to exercise any of its discretionary rights under any Plan to provide for the automatic acceleration of any outstanding options, the termination of any outstanding repurchase rights or the termination of any cancellation rights issued pursuant to such Plans; (s) Make capital expenditures in excess of $500,000; (t) Enter into any material transaction with or distribute or advance any assets or property to any of its officers, directors, partners, shareholders, managers, members or other Affiliates other than (i) the payment of salary and benefits and the advancement of expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with prior practice or (ii) such distributions or advancements by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another such Subsidiary; or (u) Agree in writing or otherwise agree or commit to take any of the actions described in Section 7.1(a) through (t) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 7.1(d), (f), and (g) as set forth above, HL hereby consents to the Company’s adoption of its Amended and Restated Articles of Association, the creation of the Company Class A Shares thereunder, and the issuance of an aggregate of 100 Company Class A Shares to certain Company Shareholders, and waives any noncompliance with such Sections. Nothing in this Section 7.1 shall prohibit a Party from taking any action or omitting to take any action as required by this Agreement.

  • 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.

  • Actions Prior to Closing From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Contributor shall not take any action or fail to take any action the result of which could (1) have a material adverse effect on the Contributed Interests or the Operating Partnership’s ownership thereof, or any Material Adverse Effect on any Contributed Entity or Property after the Closing Date or (2) cause any of the representations and warranties contained in this Section 2.2 to be untrue as of the Closing Date.

  • Operations Prior to Closing (a) Seller agrees to operate the Property between the Execution Date and the Closing Date in the same general manner as Seller has operated the Property during the immediately preceding six (6) month period, paying all costs and expenses as they come due, and in any event prior to Closing, and maintaining all insurance coverage currently in force. (b) Seller shall comply with all of the obligations of landlord under the Leases and all other agreements and contractual arrangements affecting the Real Property by which Seller is bound or to which the Real Property, or any of them, are subject, and which will be binding upon Buyer or a lien upon such Real Property, after the Closing. (c) Seller shall notify Buyer promptly of Seller's receipt of any notice from any party alleging that Seller is in default of its obligations under any of the Leases or any Permit or agreement affecting the Real Property, or any portion or portions thereof. (d) No contract for or on behalf of or affecting the Real Property shall be negotiated or entered into which cannot be terminated by Seller upon the Closing without the payment of a specific charge, cost, penalty or premium for such termination. (e) Except with the prior written consent of Buyer, which Buyer agrees it shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay, Seller shall not enter into any new leases for any portion of the Real Property. Any new lease shall be on Buyer's customary form (which may vary to reflect customary negotiated revisions thereto), or such other form which is reasonably acceptable to Buyer. Further, except with the prior written consent of Buyer, which Buyer agrees it shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay, or as set forth above, Seller shall not amend, extend (except where required under the terms of the Lease in question), terminate (except by reason of a tenant's default), accept surrender of, or permit any assignments or subleases of, any of the Leases (except as may be required under such Lease), nor accept any rental more than one (1) month in advance (exclusive of any security deposit). (f) Seller shall not make or permit to be made any capital improvements or additions to the Real Property, or any portion thereof, without the prior written consent of Buyer, except those made by Seller pursuant to the express requirements of this Agreement, those made by tenants pursuant to the right to do so under their Leases, or by Seller if required by applicable law or ordinance, or as required under any Lease. (g) Seller shall timely ▇▇▇▇ all tenants for all rent billable under Leases, and use commercially reasonable efforts to collect any rent in arrears. (h) Seller shall notify Buyer of any tax assessment disputes (pending or threatened) prior to Closing, and from and after the Due Diligence Expiration Date, Seller not agree to any changes in the real estate tax assessment, nor settle, withdraw or otherwise compromise any pending claims with respect to tax assessments relating to the current or any subsequent year, without Buyer's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If any proceedings shall result in any reduction of assessment and/or tax for the tax year in which the Closing occurs, it is agreed that the amount of tax savings or refund for such tax year, less the reasonable fees and disbursements in connection with such proceedings, shall be apportioned between the parties as of the date real estate taxes are apportioned under this Agreement. All refunds relating to any tax year prior to the Closing shall be the sole property of Seller, and all refunds relating to any year subsequent to the year in which Closing occurs shall be the sole property of Buyer. Each party agrees to promptly remit to the other any refund received by it which is the property of the other. (i) Seller shall notify Buyer promptly of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) Receipt of notice from any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or authority or insurance underwriter relating to the condition, use or occupancy of the Real Property, or any portion thereof; (ii) Receipt of any notice of default from any tenant or from the holder of any lien or security interest in or encumbering the Real Property, or any portion thereof; (iii) Notice of any actual or threatened litigation against Seller or affecting or relating to the Real Property, or any portion thereof which may materially and adversely affect the Real Property or Seller's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iv) Vacancy of any demised Property by a tenant, other than in accordance with a scheduled lease termination.

  • 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.