Operation of Business Until the Closing, Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts, except as otherwise required, authorized or restricted pursuant to an Order of the Bankruptcy Court, to operate the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business. Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve intact their respective business organizations, (B) maintain the Business, (C) keep available the services of their respective officers and employees, (D) maintain satisfactory relationships with licensors, licensees, suppliers, contractors, distributors, consultants, customers and others having business relationships with Sellers in connection with the operation of the Business and (E) pay all of their post-petition obligations in the Ordinary Course of Business. Sellers also shall continue to operate the websites that constitute the Purchased Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business until Closing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except (i) as otherwise expressly provided in or contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) required, authorized or restricted pursuant to an Order of the Bankruptcy Court, on or prior to the Closing Date, Sellers may not, without the prior written consent of Buyer: (a) modify in any manner the compensation of any of the Employees, or accelerate the payment of any such compensation (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business or such that the liability associated with such modification is excluded from the Assumed Liabilities); (b) engage any new Employee other than in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise encumber any Purchased Asset (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business); (d) fail to pay any required filing, processing or other fee, and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the validity of Sellers’ rights in, to or under any Purchased Intellectual Property; (e) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all Permits of Sellers, including those used in the operation of the Business; (f) make any unusual or extraordinary efforts to collect any outstanding accounts receivable or intercompany obligation, liability or Indebtedness, give any discounts or concessions for early payment of such accounts receivable or intercompany obligation, liability or Indebtedness, other than the usual discounts given by the Business in the Ordinary Course of Business and make any sales of, or convey any interest in, any accounts receivable or intercompany obligation, liability or Indebtedness to any third party; (g) engage in any transaction with any Affiliate, subsidiary, shareholder, officer or director of any Seller (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business), incur or assume any long term or short term debt with or on behalf of any such Person or guarantee, endorse or otherwise be liable or responsible (whether directly, indirectly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any such Person; (h) make any change in their method of accounting, except in accordance with GAAP; (i) enter into any Contract that would survive the Closing; and (j) agree, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.
Lines of Business Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.
Cessation of Business Any Obligor suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a material part of its business.
Preservation of Business From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Company and the Parent shall operate only in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with their respective past practices (provided, however, that Parent shall not issue any securities without the prior written consent of the Company), and shall use reasonable commercial efforts to (a) preserve intact their respective business organizations, (b) preserve the good will and advantageous relationships with customers, suppliers, independent contractors, employees and other persons material to the operation of their respective businesses, and (c) not permit any action or omission that would cause any of their respective representations or warranties contained herein to become inaccurate or any of their respective covenants to be breached in any material respect.
Terms of Business Capitalised terms used in this API Agreement have the meanings given to them in our Terms of Business, unless the context requires otherwise or unless separately defined in this API Agreement. The same rules of interpretation set out in our Terms of Business apply in this API Agreement. If there is any inconsistency between the provisions of the API Agreement and our Agreement, the Terms of Business will prevail unless the provision relates exclusively to your use of our API, in which case API Agreement will prevail. In all other circumstances.