Covenant Not to Merge Sample Clauses

A Covenant Not to Merge is a contractual provision that prohibits one or more parties from merging with another entity during the term of the agreement. This clause typically applies to business entities involved in joint ventures, partnerships, or other collaborative arrangements, and it prevents them from combining with outside companies or each other without prior consent. By restricting mergers, the clause helps maintain the original structure and intent of the business relationship, ensuring that the parties' interests and obligations remain stable and predictable throughout the duration of the contract.

Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Enter into a Share Exchange, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions. The Company covenants that it will not merge, consolidate or enter into a share exchange with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (1) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement by one or more supplemental agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent by such corporation; and (2) the Company or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger, consolidation or share exchange, or such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any covenant or condition hereunder, under any of the Securities or under the Pledge Agreement.

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Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Enter into a Share Exchange, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions................................................................56 Section 9.2. Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation.....................................................56 Section 9.3. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent..................57 ARTICLE X COVENANTS Section 10.1. Performance Under Purchase Contracts...........................................................57 Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................................57 Section 10.3. Company to Reserve Common Stock................................................................58 Section 10.4. Covenants as to Common Stock...................................................................58 Section 10.5. Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default............................................58 Section 10.6. ERISA..........................................................................................58 EXHIBITS EXHIBIT A Form of Corporate Unit Certificate EXHIBIT B Form of Treasury Unit Certificate EXHIBIT C Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent EXHIBIT D Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Holders (Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event) EXHIBIT E Notice to Settle by Cash EXHIBIT F Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee (Settlement of Purchase Contract through Remarketing) EXHIBIT G Notice from Holder to Indenture Trustee (Election to Tender for Purchase Senior Notes in the Remarketing) PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, 200_, between KEYSPAN CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Company"), and __________, a ______, acting as purchase contract agent for the Holders of Securities from time to time (the "Purchase Contract Agent").

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Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions...................

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Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except under Certain Conditions. So long as Debt Securities are outstanding, the Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless: (a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or which purchases or acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; (b) upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Issuer shall have been merged, or which shall have acquired such property; and (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Enter into a Share Exchange, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions........

Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Sell or ------------------------------------------- Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions. The Company covenants that it ------------------------------------------------ will not merge, consolidate or consummate any other business combination with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless (a) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation or the successor Person or its parent entity shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement and the Pledge Agreement by one or more supplemental agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Agent and the Collateral Agent by such corporation, and (b) the Company or such successor Person or its parent entity, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger, consolidation or other business combination, or such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, be in default of its payment or other material obligations under this Agreement, including its obligations to deliver PCS Common Stock (or other property) on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or any Early Settlement Date, the Remarketing Agreement, the Purchase Contracts or the Pledge Agreement.

Covenant Not to Merge. Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions The Company covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless (i) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement by one or more supplemental agreements in form satisfactory to the Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Agent and the Collateral Agent by such corporation, and (ii) the Company or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any covenant or condition hereunder, under any of the Securities or under the Pledge Agreement.

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Covenant Not to ▇▇▇ Each Party hereby covenants and agrees that none of it, the members of such Party’s Group or any Person claiming through it shall bring suit or otherwise assert any claim against any Indemnitee, or assert a defense against any claim asserted by any Indemnitee, before any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative agency anywhere in the world, alleging that: (a) the assumption of any Varex Liabilities by Varex or a member of the Varex Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; (b) the retention of any Parent Liabilities by Parent or a member of the Parent Group on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements is void or unenforceable for any reason; or (c) the provisions of this Article IV are void or unenforceable for any reason.

Covenant Not to S▇▇ The parties covenant that under no conditions will any party or any affiliate file any action against the other (except only requests for injunctive or other equitable relief) in any forum other than before the American Arbitration Association, and the parties agree that any such action, if filed, shall be dismissed upon application and shall be referred for arbitration hereunder with costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party.

Release and Covenant Not to ▇▇▇ Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s descendants, ancestors, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, and successors, and each of them, hereby covenants not to ▇▇▇ and fully releases, acquits, and discharges CORNELL, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, past, present, future and each of them, as well as its owners, trustees, directors, officers, agents, servants, employees, stockholders, representatives, assigns, and successors, and each of them (collectively referred to as “CORNELL Releasees”) with respect to and from any and all claims, wages, demands, assistance, support, rights, liens, agreements, contracts, covenants, actions, suits, rights to appeal, entitlements and notices, causes of action, obligations, debts, costs, expenses, interests, attorneys’ fees, contributions, damages, judgments, orders and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, and whether or not concealed or hidden, which Employee has at any time heretofore owned or held against said CORNELL Releasees, including, without limitation, those arising out of or in any way connected with Employee’s employment relationship with CORNELL or Employee’s termination or any other transactions, occurrences, acts or omissions or any loss, damage or injury whatever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, resulting from any of them, committed or omitted prior to the date of this Agreement, and including, without limitation, claims for breach of contract, libel, slander, wrongful discharge, intentional infliction of emotional harm, or other tort, discrimination or harassment based upon any federal, state, or municipal statute or local ordinance relating to discrimination in employment, and/or any other claim arising out of any federal, state, or municipal statute or local law to which CORNELL Releasees may have been subject with regard to Employee.

Release and Covenant Not to Sue 7.1. As of the Settlement Effective Date, the Plan (subject to Independent Fiduciary approval as required by Section 2.1) and the Class Members (and their respective heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators, estates, past and present partners, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, and assigns), on their own behalf and on behalf of the Plan, shall fully, finally, and forever settle, release, relinquish, waive, and discharge all Released Parties from the Released Claims, whether or not such Class Members have received or will receive a monetary benefit from the Settlement, whether or not such Class Members have actually received the Settlement Notice, whether or not such Class Members have filed an objection to the Settlement or to any application by Class Counsel for an award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, and whether or not the objections or claims for distribution of such Class Members have been approved or allowed. 7.2. As of the Settlement Effective Date, the Class Representatives, the Class Members and the Plan (subject to Independent Fiduciary approval as required by Section 2.1), expressly agree that they, acting individually or together, or in combination with others, shall not sue or seek to institute, maintain, prosecute, argue, or assert in any action or proceeding (including but not limited to an IRS determination letter proceeding, a Department of Labor proceeding, an arbitration or a proceeding before any state insurance or other department or commission), any cause of action, demand, or claim on the basis of, connected with, or arising out of any of the Released Claims. Nothing herein shall preclude any action to enforce the terms of this Settlement Agreement in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Settlement Agreement. 7.3. Class Counsel, the Class Representatives, Class Members, or the Plan may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those that they know or believe to be true with respect to the Released Claims. Such facts, if known by them, might have affected the decision to settle with the Released Parties, or the decision to release, relinquish, waive, and discharge the Released Claims, or the decision of a Class Member not to object to the Settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Class Member and the Plan shall expressly, upon the entry of the Final Order, be deemed to have, and, by operation of the Final Order, shall have fully, finally, and forever settled, released, relinquished, waived, and discharged any and all Released Claims. The Class Representatives, Class Members and the Plan acknowledge and shall be deemed by operation of the Final Order to have acknowledged that the foregoing waiver was bargained for separately and is a key element of the Settlement embodied in this Settlement Agreement of which this release is a part. 7.4. Each Class Representative, each Class Member, and the Plan hereby stipulate and agree with respect to any and all Released Claims that, upon entry of the Final Order, the Class Members shall be conclusively deemed to, and by operation of the Final Order shall, settle, release, relinquish, waive, and discharge any and all rights or benefits they may now have, or in the future may have, under any law relating to the releases of unknown claims pertaining specifically to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which provides: A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party. Also, the Class Representatives, Class Members and the Plan shall, upon entry of the Final Order with respect to the Released Claims, waive any and all provisions, rights and benefits conferred by any law or of any State or territory within the United States or any foreign country, or any principle of common law, which is similar, comparable or equivalent in substance to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code.

Covenant Not to Compete (a) The Executive hereby acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of Main and of the Bank and accordingly agrees that, during and for the applicable period set forth in Subsection (c), the Executive will not: (i) be engaged, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise of, any person, firm, corporation, or enterprise engaged, in (A) the banking, or financial services industry, or (B) any other activity in which Main or any of its subsidiaries is engaged during the Employment Period, in either case (A) or (B) in any county in which, at any time during the Employment Period or at the date of termination of the Executive's employment, a branch, office or other facility of Main or any of its subsidiaries is located, or in any county contiguous to such a county, including contiguous counties located outside of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the "Non- Competition Area"); and (ii) provide financial or other assistance to any person, firm, corporation, or enterprise engaged in (A) the banking or financial services industry, or (B) any other activity in which Main or any of its subsidiaries is engaged during the Employment Period, in the Non-Competition Area. (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that, although the Executive, Main and the Bank consider the restrictions contained in Subsection (a) reasonable for the purpose of preserving for Main and its subsidiaries their goodwill and other proprietary rights, if a final judicial determination is made by a court having jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in Subsection (a) is an unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the provisions of Subsection (a) will not be rendered void but will be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such other extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be reasonable. (c) The provisions of this section will be applicable commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending as follows: (i) at the termination of the payments and benefits provided under Section 6; provided, however, that this clause will not apply in the event Executive's termination of employment occurs following a Change in Control; (ii) one year following the termination of Executive's employment, in the case of a voluntary termination without Good Reason; or (iii) in all other cases, the date of Executive's termination of employment.

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