Actions by Parent. During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly required by this Agreement and the Parent Ancillary Documents, Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, in all material respects carry on its business in, and not enter into any material transaction other than in accordance with, the ordinary course of its business as currently conducted and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, all to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the Parent Ancillary Documents, Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of HIIC:
(i) (A) declare, set aside or pay any dividends (including any stock dividends) on, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distributions or stock splits or similar actions in respect of, any of its capital stock, or otherwise make any payments to its shareholders in their capacity as such; or (B) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or those of any Subsidiary or any other securities thereof or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares or other securities;
(ii) issue, deliver, sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber any shares of its capital stock (other than pursuant to the Funding Agreement), any other voting securities or equity equivalent or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such shares, voting securities, equity equivalent or convertible securities (other than the issuance of Parent Common Shares during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time upon the exercise of Parent Stock Rights, except for the issuance of Parent Common Shares upon conversion of the convertible redeemable preference shares of Parent issued upon the B/E Conversion) unless a number of voting shares of Parent are issued to 12 HIIC upon payment by HIIC of the par value thereof such that such number of shares plus the number of Parent Common Shares into which HIIC's IEL Common Shares are to be c...
Actions by Parent. Actions taken under this Agreement on behalf of Parent will be taken only with the approval of the Special Committee (if such committee is in existence at the time such action is to be taken).
Actions by Parent. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Parent and its subsidiaries shall not take or cause or permit to be taken any action that would disqualify the Company Distribution as a transaction described in Section 355 of 58 54 the Code or disqualify the Merger as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code. Parent shall use reasonable efforts to do everything reasonably necessary to have the Company Distribution and the Merger qualify as aforesaid.
Actions by Parent. Any actions, including without limitation any decisions, waivers, requests or consents, to be taken or made by Parent under this Agreement shall only be made with the prior approval of a special committee of the Board of Directors of Parent, which committee shall be comprised solely of the members of the board of directors of Holdco.
Actions by Parent. As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and conditional upon the Closing, Parent (and its board of directors) shall take all requisite actions and/or adopt such resolutions necessary to authorize Parent to, convert all of the Current Options, other than the Cancelled Options, in accordance with Section 2.11(a). As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the holders of Adjusted Stock Options appropriate documents setting forth such holders’ rights pursuant to the applicable equity compensation plan and the Adjusted Stock Options shall continue in effect on substantially the same terms and conditions (subject to changes in accordance with this Section 2.11 and after giving effect to the Merger).
Actions by Parent. SELLER AND BUYER PRIOR TO THE CLOSING Parent, Seller and Buyer covenant as follows for the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date:
