Material Agreements Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (i) any agreement to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness.
Material Contracts (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any contract, arrangement, lease, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (i) that is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) to be performed after the date of this Agreement that has not been filed or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, (ii) that contains (A) any non-competition or exclusive dealing agreement, or any other agreement or obligation which purports to limit or restrict in any respect the ability of the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of their Subsidiaries or their businesses or, following consummation of the Transaction and the other transactions contemplated hereby, Parent or its Affiliates, to solicit customers or the manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any portion of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, following consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Parent or its Affiliates, is or would be conducted or (B) any agreement that grants any right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right or that limits or purports to limit the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, following consummation of the Transaction, Parent or its Affiliates, to own or operate any assets or business, (iii) containing a “most favored nation” clause or other similar term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a party (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) that is material to the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iv) between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate, director or officer (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective Affiliates), on the other hand, other than (A) contracts between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, (B) contracts among Subsidiaries of the Company and (C) contracts with Parent or its Affiliates or (v) that, upon the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, requires any consent or other action by any Person under, constitutes a default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, under, or causes or permits the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled and that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the type described in this Section, whether or not set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, is referred to as a “Material Contract”. (b) Except for breaches, violations or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Material Contracts is valid and in full force and effect and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s Knowledge any other party to a Material Contract, has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any action which, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under the provisions of such Material Contract, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Material Contract.