Absence of Change Since the Statement Date, none of the Group Companies has declared or paid any dividend on its shares or registered capital, and since the Statement Date, except as contemplated by the Principal Agreements and disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule:
(a) each of the Group Companies has (i) conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (ii) used its best efforts to preserve its business, (iii) collected accounts receivable and paid accounts payable and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (iv) not engaged in any new line of business or entered into any agreement, transaction or activity or made any commitment except those in the ordinary course of business;
(b) none of the Group Companies has entered into any transaction in an amount in excess of RMB5,000,000 other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(c) there has been no material adverse change in or affecting the business, financial condition, results, operations or prospects of any of the Group Companies;
(d) there has been no damage to, destruction or loss of physical property (whether or not covered by insurance) materially affecting the business, financial condition, results, operations or prospects of any Group Company;
(e) there has been no waiver of any material right or claim of any Group Company, or the cancellation of any material debt or claim held by any Group Company;
(f) there has been no sale, assignment, exclusive license, Encumbrance upon or transfer of any tangible or intangible assets (including without limitation, Intellectual Property) of any Group Companies other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(g) there has been no satisfaction or discharge of any Encumbrance or payment of any obligation by any of the Group Companies, except such satisfaction, discharge or payment made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that is not material to the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of any Group Company;
(h) there has been no waiver, material change, amendment to or termination of a Material Contract or arrangement by which any of the Group Companies (or any of its assets or properties) is bound or subject, except for changes or amendments which are expressly provided for by the Principal Agreements;
(i) there has not been any incurrence, commitment to incur, assumption or guarantee by any of the Group Companies of any indebtedness other than in the ordinary course of business (such as working capital loans) and in amounts in excess of RMB5,000,000 and on terms consistent with past practice;
(j) there has not been the creation or other incurrence of any material Encumbrance on any asset of any Group Company other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(k) there has not been any loan or advance to, guarantee for the benefit of, or investment in, any Person (including but not limited to any of the employees, officers or directors, or any members of their immediate families, of any Group Company) by any Group Company except for loans, pledges or guarantees made by a Group Company to another Group Company in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with Applicable law;
(l) there has not been any resignation of or termination of the employment relationship of any Key Employee;
(m) there has not been any capital expenditures made by any Group Company that aggregate in excess of RMB75,000,000;
(n) there has not been any change in the nature or organization of, or any material change in the scope of, the business of any Group Company or disposal of the whole or its undertaking or property or substantial part thereof;
(o) there has not been any material acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary, any branch companies, any equity interest in any Person or the whole or any substantial part of the undertaking, assets or business of any other Person or entering into any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, by any Group Company;
(p) there has not been any sale, transfer, lease, or pledge of all or substantially all of the assets by any of the Group Companies, or entry into any consolidation, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement or merger of any Group Company with or into any other Person or other corporate reorganization;
(q) there has not been any sale, transfer, pledge or otherwise disposition of share capital or registered capital of any Group Company;
(r) there has not been any issuances of Common Shares or Preferred Shares and there were options exercisable for 21,060,606 Commons Shares outstanding; and
(s) there has not been any agreement or commitment by any Group Company to do any of the things described in this Section 3.9.
Absence of Changes Since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet:
(a) there has not been any material adverse change in the business, condition, assets, liabilities, operations, financial performance or prospects of the Acquired Corporations taken as a whole, and no event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations;
(b) there has not been any material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material interruption in the use of, any of the assets of any of the Acquired Corporations (whether or not covered by insurance);
(c) none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock, or (ii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of capital stock or other securities;
(d) none of the Acquired Corporations has sold, issued, granted or authorized the issuance or grant of (i) any capital stock or other security (except for Company Common Stock issued upon the exercise of outstanding Company Options or Company Warrants), (ii) any option, call, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security (except for Company Options described in Part 2.3(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;
(e) the Company has not amended or waived any of its rights under, or permitted the acceleration of vesting under, (i) any provision of any of the Company's stock option plans, (ii) any provision of any agreement evidencing any outstanding Company Option or Company Warrant, or (iii) any restricted stock purchase agreement;
(f) except as provided in Part 2.5(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there has been no amendment to the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter or organizational documents of any of the Acquired Corporations, and none of the Acquired Corporations has effected or been a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction;
(g) except as provided in Part 2.5(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) received any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) solicited, initiated, encouraged or induced, or provided any nonpublic information to or entered into any discussions with any Person for the purpose of soliciting, initiating, encouraging or inducing, the making or submission of any Acquisition Proposal;
(h) none of the Acquired Corporations has formed any subsidiary or acquired any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity;
(i) none of the Acquired Corporations has made any capital expenditures which exceed $800,000 in the aggregate;
(j) except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) entered into or permitted any of the assets owned or used by it to become bound by any Material Contract (as defined in Section 2.10), or (ii) amended or prematurely terminated, or waived any material right or remedy under, any Material Contract;
(k) none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) acquired, leased or licensed any material right or other material asset from any other Person, (ii) sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased or licensed, any material right or other material asset to any other Person, or (iii) waived or relinquished any right, except for rights or other assets acquired, leased, licensed or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(l) none of the Acquired Corporations has written off as uncollectible, or established any extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other indebtedness in excess of $25,000 with respect to any single matter, or in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate;
(m) except as set forth on Part 2.5 (m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has made any pledge of any of its assets or otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any Encumbrance, except for pledges of immaterial assets made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(n) except as set forth in Part 2.5(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except for intercompany indebtedness among the Acquired Corporations and relocation and travel advances referred to in Section 2.8(b), none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) lent money to any Person, or (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money;
(o) except as provided in Part 2.5(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has (i) established or adopted any Plan (as defined in Section 2.16(a)), (ii) caused or permitted any Plan to be amended in any material respect, or (iii) paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or materially increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers or employees;
(p) none of the Acquired Corporations has changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any respect;
(q) none of the Acquired Corporations has made any material election with respect to Taxes;
(r) except as set forth in Part 2.5(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has commenced or settled any Legal Proceeding;
(s) none of the Acquired Corporations has entered into any material transaction or taken any other material action that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations; and
(t) except as set forth in Part 2.5(t) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has agreed or committed to take any of the actions referred to in clauses "(c)" through "(s)" above.
Absence of Litigation There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(i) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
Absence of Claims Each Shareholder has no knowledge of any causes of action or other claims that could have been or in the future might be asserted by such Shareholder against the Company or any of its predecessors, successors, assigns, directors, employees, agents or representatives arising out of facts or circumstances occurring at any time on or prior to the date hereof and in any way relating to any duty or obligation of the Company or any Shareholder.
Absence of Proceedings There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Absence of Conflict The Executive represents and warrants that his employment by the Company as described herein shall not conflict with and will not be constrained by any prior employment or consulting agreement or relationship.
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.
No Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes Except ---------------------------------------------- as and to the extent publicly disclosed by the Company in the Company SEC Reports or as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that would be required by generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company (including the notes thereto), other than liabilities and obligations which, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as publicly disclosed by the Company in the Company SEC Reports or as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since September 30, 1998, there have been no events, changes or effects with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries that have had or reasonably would be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as and to the extent publicly disclosed by the Company in the Company SEC Reports or as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since September 30, 1998, the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects only in, and have not engaged in any material transaction other than according to, the ordinary and usual course of such businesses consistent with past practices, and there has not been any (i) change in the financial condition, properties, business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, except for those changes that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; (ii) material damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect to any material asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, not covered by insurance; (iii) declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than wholly-owned subsidiaries) or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iv) amendment of any material term of any outstanding security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (v) incurrence, assumption or guarantee by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any indebtedness for borrowed money other than in the ordinary course of business and in amounts and on terms consistent with past practices; (vi) creation or assumption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any Lien on any material asset other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (vii) loan, advance or capital contributions made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to, or investment in, any person other than (x) loans or advances to employees in connection with business- related travel, (y) loans made to employees consistent with past practices that are not in the aggregate in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), and (z) loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries, and in each case made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (viii) transaction or commitment made, or any contract or agreement entered into, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to its assets or business (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets) or any relinquishment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any contract, agreement or other right, in either case, material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and those contemplated by this Agreement; (ix) labor dispute, other than routine individual grievances, or any activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or threats thereof by or with respect to such employees; or (x) change by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in its accounting principles, practices or methods. Since September 30, 1998, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof or increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, there has not been any increase in the compensation payable or that could become payable by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to (a) officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (b) any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose annual cash compensation is One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more.
Absence of Conflicts The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other document or instrument contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance with the requirements hereof and thereof, will not (a) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on Investor, (b) violate any provision of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which Investor is a party or is subject, or by which Investor or any of its assets is bound, or conflict with or constitute a material default thereunder, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty owed by Investor to any third party, or (d) require the approval of any third-party (that has not been obtained) pursuant to any material contract, instrument, agreement, relationship or legal obligation to which Investor is subject or to which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject.
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.