Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2005 (i) there has not been any change, or, to the knowledge of Company, any event involving a prospective change, in the business, financial condition or results of operations or, to the knowledge of Company, prospects of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in the relationship of Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to their employees, creditors, suppliers, distributors, customers or others with whom they have business relationships, which has had, or would be reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Company, (ii) Company and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in the ordinary course consistent with their past practices and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or entered into any transaction, and, to the knowledge of Company, no event has occurred, that would have required Commerce or Sub's consent pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement if such action had been taken, transaction entered into or event had occurred, in each case, after the date of this Agreement, nor has Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into any agreement, plan or arrangement to do any of the foregoing, (iii) there have been no dividends or other distributions declared, set aside or paid in respect of Company Common Stock, nor has any action with respect to Company Common Stock proscribed by Section 4.1 of this Agreement occurred or been taken, and (iv) Company and its Subsidiaries have not entered into any employment contract with any director, officer or salaried employee, paid any or made any accrual or arrangement for payment of bonuses or special compensation of any kind or any severance or termination pay to any of their officers, employees or directors, increased the rate of compensation, if any, or instituted or made any material increases in any officer's, employee's or director's welfare, retirement or similar plan or arrangement, other than annual and merit increases made in accordance with past practices and procedures.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended to the date of this Agreement, the "Filed SEC Documents") or in Section 4.01(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise expressly contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, since the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the Filed SEC Documents, the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted the Retained Business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and there has not been (i) any event, change or development which individually or in the aggregate has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Retained Companies or on the GBC Companies or would impair the ability of the Retained Companies or the GBC Companies, as the case may be, to consummate the transactions contemplated by, or to satisfy their obligations under, the Transaction Agreements, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of the Company's capital stock, other than regular quarterly cash dividends, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company's capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, (iv) (x) any granting by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any employee who will be a Retained Employee (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) of any increase in compensation, except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (y) any granting by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any such employee of any increase in severance or termination pay, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as was required under any employment, severance or termination agreements in effect as of the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the Filed SEC Documents, or (z) any entry by the Company or any of its subsidiaries into any employment, consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such employee, (v) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Retained Companies or on the GBC Companies or (vi) except insofar as m...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 1998, except as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this Agreement or disclosed in any SEC Report filed since December 31, 1998 and prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and, since December 31, 1998, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (ii) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) with respect to any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (iii) any material change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, with respect to the Company (iv) any revaluation by the Company of any asset (including, without limitation, any writing down of the value of inventory or writing off of notes or accounts receivable), other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any failure by the Company to revalue any asset in accordance with GAAP consistent with past practice, (vi) any entry by the Company or any Subsidiary into any commitment or transaction material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (vii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of any capital stock of the Company or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its securities, (viii) other than as set forth in any contracts (as in effect on the date hereof) referred to in Section 3.10, any increase in or establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officers or key employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, except customary increases in compensation to employees generally incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ix) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any material contract, arrangement or agreement with any affiliate of the Company, or (x) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any contract, arrangeme...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, or as set forth in Section 3.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule or as a consequence of, or as expressly contemplated by, this Agreement, since December 31, 1997, (i) the business of the Company has been carried on only in the ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice, and (ii) there has not occurred any event, development or change which has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that if the Material Adverse Effect results from a lawsuit identified in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, Parent may cure the Material Adverse Effect by contribution to the capital of the Company in an amount sufficient to avoid a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Except as set forth in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement or as listed in Section 3.7(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, and except for liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, since December 31, 1997, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations (i) of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be recognized or disclosed on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or in the notes thereto except for liabilities or obligations which have not resulted in or are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) of any other nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) which exceed in the aggregate three hundred and twenty- five million dollars ($325,000,000), before giving effect to any related reduction in Taxes. The reference to a threshold of $325 million in this Section 3.7(b)(ii) shall not be deemed in any way to define the terms "material" or "Material Adverse Effect" and shall not be construed to limit or qualify in any way the right of Buyer to claim that any other representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement has been inaccurate or has been breached; provided, however, that if the Material Adverse Effect results from a lawsuit identified in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, Parent may cure the Material Adverse Effect by a cash contribution to the capital of the Company in an amount sufficient to avoid a Material Adverse Effect. 3.8
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2014, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent's capital stock or any other securities of Parent or its subsidiaries or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities except for repurchases from employees following their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing stock option or purchase agreements, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, (iv) any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits to any of their officers or employees, or any payment by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any bonus to any of their officers or employees, or any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification or amendment of, any currently effective employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any material change or alteration in the policy of Parent relating to the granting of stock options or other equity compensation to its employees and consultants other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vi) entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification, amendment or cancellation of, any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition, distribution or licensing of any material Intellectual Property other than licenses, distribution agreements, advertising agreements, or other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vii) any material change by Parent in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP, or (viii) any material revaluation by Parent of any of its material assets, i...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2017, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the filed Parent SEC Documents or in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, from the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the filed Parent SEC Documents to the date of this Agreement, the Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, and during such period there has not been:
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, since December 31, 1999, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the ordinary course, and there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any development or combination of developments reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of the Company's capital stock, other than regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.12 per share on the Company's Common Stock, (iii) any split, dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to any of the Company's capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of the Company's capital stock, except for issuances of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Options awarded prior to the date hereof in accordance with their terms, (iv) prior to the date hereof (A) any granting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any current or former director, executive officer or other key employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, except for normal increases in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with past practice or as was required under any employment agreements in effect as of December 31, 1999, (B) any granting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee of any increase in severance or termination pay, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, or (C) any entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into, or any amendments of, any Compensation and Benefit Plan, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (v) except as required by a change in GAAP, any change in accounting methods, principles or practices by the Company materially affecting its assets, liabilities or business or (vi) any tax election that would be Material to the Company or any of its tax attributes or any settlement or compromise of any Material income tax liability (other than any such liability tha...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.11, since January 1, 1996, DE has not: (a) suffered any adverse change in, or the occurrence of any events which, individually or in the aggregate, has or have had, or might reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on, DE's financial condition, results of operations or business or the value of the Assets; (b) incurred damage to or destruction of any material Asset or material portion of the Assets, whether or not covered by insurance; (c) incurred any material obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) except (i) current trade or business obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, none of which were entered into for grossly inadequate consideration, (ii) obligations or liabilities under the Commitments to the extent required thereby, and (iii) obligations and liabilities under this Agreement; (d) made or entered into contracts or commitments to make any capital expenditures in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); (e) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or any other encumbrance any of the Assets (except for purchase money liens used in the acquisition of the Assets, as set forth on Exhibit 5.11); (f) sold, transferred or leased any material Asset or material portion of the Assets, or canceled or compromised any debt or material claims, except in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (g) sold, assigned, transferred or granted any rights under or with respect to any licenses, agreements, patents, inventions, trademarks, trade names, copyrights or formulae or with respect to know-how or any other intangible asset including, but not limited to, the Rights; (h) amended or terminated any of the contracts, agreements, leases or arrangements which otherwise would have been set forth on Exhibit 5.15.1 hereto; (i) waived or released any other rights of material value; (j) entered into any transactions not in the ordinary course of business which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the Assets or the business of DE; or (k) done or suffered anything material to invalidate or jeopardize its plant's or products' kosher certification by The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
