Absence of Control It is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that in no event shall the Purchasers, by reason of any of the Transaction Documents, be deemed to control, directly or indirectly, the Company, and the Purchasers shall not exercise, or be deemed to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Company.
Absence of quotations Subject to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
Quorum; Vote Required for Action At all meetings of the Board of Directors the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Quorum; Required Vote At any meeting of the Members, the holders of a majority of the Voting Shares entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum unless any such action by the Members requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of Voting Shares entitled to vote, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. The submission of matters to Members for approval shall occur only at a meeting of the Members duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present; provided, however, that the Members present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Shares entitled to vote specified in this Agreement. Any meeting of Members may be adjourned from time to time by the chairman of the meeting to another place or time, without regard to the presence of a quorum.
Absence of Suit No action, suit or proceedings before any court or any governmental or regulatory authority shall have been commenced or threatened and, no investigation by any governmental or regulatory authority shall have been commenced, against the Shareholders, the Company or any of the affiliates, associates, officers or directors of any of them, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated hereby, or questioning the validity or legality of any such transactions, or seeking damages in connection with any of such transactions.
Absence of Change Since the date of the balance sheet, there has not been any change in the financial condition or operations of the ISSUER, except changes in the ordinary course of business, which changes have not, in the aggregate, been materially adverse.
Absence of Sensitive Payments The Company has not, nor has any ----------------------------- Subsidiary, or, to the Company's knowledge, any of its or any Subsidiary's officers, directors, employees or Representatives, (a) made any contributions, payments or gifts to or for the private use of any governmental office, employee or agent where either the payment or the purpose of such contribution, payment or gift is illegal under the laws of the United States or the jurisdiction in which made, (b) established or maintained any unrecorded fund or asset for any purpose or made any false or artificial entries on its books, or (c) made any payments to any person with the intention or understanding that any part of such payment was to be used for any purpose other than that described in the documents supporting the payment.
Absence of Changes Since the Balance Sheet Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.25, there has not been:
Absence of Material Change From the date of this Agreement to the Closing, there has not occurred any event, change, effect, act, discovery, or occurrence (or any combination of the forgoing) (whether or not referred to or described herein or in any Exhibit or Schedule hereto) that individually or in the aggregate would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Absence of Duty Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to assure that the Collateral covered by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents exists or is owned by Borrower or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered or that the Liens granted to Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, herein or pursuant hereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, enforced or maintained or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent in this Section 13.1(h) or in any of the Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral covered by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event related thereto, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its discretion, given Agent’s own interest in Collateral covered by this Agreement or the Loan Documents as one of Lenders and Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any of the other Lenders; provided, that Agent shall exercise the same care which it would in dealing with loans for its own account.