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Operations Pending Closing Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as (a) set forth in this Agreement or the Option Exercise Agreement, (b) contemplated by the applicable subsection of Schedule 5.01, or (c) required by applicable Law or the regulations or requirements of any regulatory organization applicable to WTGS TV, the Seller or the LIN Companies, as the case may be, unless Buyer otherwise consents in writing which request for consent shall be directed to and promptly considered in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 5.01 by Buyer and which consent shall (i) not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed in the case of clauses (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (l), (n), (r), (s), (t), (u) or (w), and (ii) which may otherwise be withheld in Buyer’s sole discretion, the LIN Companies shall, and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause WTGS TV and, prior to the Merger Closing, the LIN Companies to, and the Seller shall, following the Merger Closing and prior to the Closing: (a) operate the Station in the ordinary course and in all material respects in accordance with the Communications Laws, the FCC Licenses and with all other applicable Laws; (b) not cause or permit, or agree or commit to cause or permit, by act or failure to act, any of the FCC Licenses to expire or to be revoked, suspended or adversely modified, or take or fail to take any action that would cause the FCC or any other Governmental Authority to institute proceedings (other than proceedings of general applicability) for the suspension, revocation or adverse modification of any of the FCC Licenses listed on Schedule 3.04(a); (c) other than in the ordinary course of business or for the purpose of disposing of obsolete or worthless assets, not (i) sell, lease, license or dispose of or agree to sell, lease, license or dispose of any material assets unless replaced with similar items of substantially equal or greater value and utility or (ii) create, assume or permit to exist any Liens upon their assets, except for Permitted Liens; (d) not dissolve, liquidate, merge or consolidate with any other entity; (e) maintain, repair and replace the Tangible Personal Property, including any Tangible Personal Property which has been damaged prior to Closing, and maintain, repair and replace the Real Property, including any improvements thereon, which has been damaged prior to Closing, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (i) upon reasonable written advance notice, give Buyer and its representatives reasonable access at reasonable, mutually agreed-upon times during normal business hours to the Station, and furnish Buyer with information relating to the Business that Buyer may reasonably request, provided, however, that such access rights shall not be exercised in a manner that interferes with the Business and (ii) otherwise provide such reasonable assistance and cooperation as may be requested by Buyer from time to time prior to the Closing Date to reasonably facilitate the transition of the Business, including facilities, operations and applicable data, to Buyer upon and effective as of the Effective Time; (g) except as otherwise required by Law, not enter into, renew or renegotiate any employment agreement with a Transferred Employee providing for annual compensation in excess of $100,000, any severance agreement or any labor, or union agreement or plan, including any Collective Bargaining Agreement, that will be binding upon Buyer after the Closing; (h) not hire or terminate the employment of any Station general manager or any other Transferred Employee with annual aggregate non-equity compensation, including target bonuses, in excess of $100,000, excluding any terminations for “cause” as reasonably determined by Sellers; (i) except in the ordinary course of business, not (i) materially increase the compensation or benefits payable to any Transferred Employee, or (ii) modify any severance policy applicable to any Transferred Employee that would result in any material increase in the amount of severance payable to any such Transferred Employee (or would materially expand the circumstances in which such severance is payable); (j) not sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any Station Asset except (i) pursuant to or in accordance with existing Assumed Contracts or (ii) immaterial Station Assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (k) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Station’s MVPD carriage existing as of the date of this Agreement; (l) except for agreements and contracts which can be terminated by WTGS TV, the Seller or LIN Companies, as applicable, without penalty upon notice of ninety (90) days or less, not (i) enter into any agreement or contract that would have been a Material Contract were WTGS TV, the Seller or LIN Companies, as applicable, a party or subject thereto on the date of this Agreement unless such agreement or contract (x) is entered into in the ordinary course of business and (y) does not involve payments by WTGS TV, the Seller or LIN Companies, as applicable, of greater than $250,000 during any twelve (12) month period, (ii) amend in any material respect any Material Contract unless such amendment (x) is effected in the ordinary course of business, (y) does not increase the amount of payments to be made by WTGS TV, the Seller or LIN Companies, as applicable, during any twelve (12) month period by $250,000 or more or (iii) terminate or waive any material right under any Material Contract other than in the ordinary course of business (excluding the expiration of any Material Contract in accordance with its terms) (it being understood that if any such entry into, or amendment or termination of any such agreement or contract is permitted pursuant to this Section 5.1(k) as a result of the references to acts taken in the ordinary course of business, but such action would otherwise be prohibited by any other provision of this Section 5.1, then this Section 5.1(k) shall not be interpreted to permit such action without the prior written consent of Buyer as contemplated hereby); (m) not enter into any Contract constituting a Sharing Agreement with respect to the Station; (n) not change any accounting practices, procedures or methods (except for any change required under GAAP or applicable law) or maintain its books and records, in each case in a manner other than in the ordinary course of business; (o) not make or agree or commit to make any capital expenditure, except (i) for capital expenditures equal to or less than $200,000 in connection with any particular project or equal to or less than $500,000 in the aggregate, and (ii) for emergency commitments or expenditures; (p) maintain its qualifications to hold the FCC Licenses with respect to the Station and not take any action that will materially impair such FCC Licenses or such qualifications; (q) promote the programming of the Station (both on-air and using third party media) in the ordinary course of business, taking into account inventory availability; (r) not adopt, enter into or become bound by any new Employee Plan or amend, modify or terminate any Employee Plan, except (i) to comply with applicable Law, (ii) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices without any additional post-Closing material liability to WTGS TV, the Seller or LIN Companies, as applicable, or (iii) as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement; (s) keep in full force and effect the material insurance policies set forth on Schedule 3.12 (or other insurance policies comparable in amount and scope); (t) not make or rescind any election relating to Taxes, settle or compromise any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes, for any taxable period ending on or after September 30, 2012, or change any of its methods of reporting income or deductions on its Income Tax Returns, or the classifications of its existing property and assets, in each case, to the extent such action would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect Buyer or its Affiliates after the Closing; (u) not (i) enter into or agree or commit to enter into any new Tradeout Agreement relating to the Station with a value in excess of $40,000, and $200,000 in the aggregate, prior to Closing that will not be fully performed prior to the Closing or (ii) make any guarantee of commercial ratings other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (i) utilize the Program Rights only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) not sell or otherwise dispose of any such Program Rights; (w) not extend credit to advertisers other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (x) timely make retransmission consent elections with all MVPDs located in or serving the Station’s Markets; (y) not enter into any retransmission consent agreement relating to the Station other than as set forth on Schedule 5.01(y); (z) not enter into any Contract with any Affiliate or Subsidiary of Seller that survives the Closing; and (aa) not agree, commit or resolve to take any actions inconsistent with the foregoing.
Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Closing Date shall be April 27, 2007, or such other date as the parties may agree. All acts taking place at the closing of the transactions provided for in this Agreement (Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the close of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The close of business on the Closing Date shall be as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or such later time on that date as the Acquired Funds net asset value and/or the net asset value per share of each class of shares of the Acquiring Fund is calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 and after the declaration of any dividends. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP or at such other time and/or place as the parties may agree. 3.2 The Acquired Entity shall direct State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian) to transfer ownership of the Assets from the accounts of the Acquired Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquired Fund to the accounts of the Acquiring Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquiring Fund and to deliver to the Acquiring Entity, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) the Assets of the Acquired Fund have been so transferred as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets of the Acquired Fund, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made. 3.3 The Acquired Entity shall direct PFPC Inc., in its capacity as transfer agent for the Acquired Fund (Transfer Agent), to deliver to the Acquiring Entity at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the name and address of each Acquired Fund Shareholder and the number and percentage ownership of each outstanding class of Acquired Fund Shares owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall deliver to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing that (a) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Funds account on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1 prior to the actions contemplated by paragraph 1.5 and (b) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the accounts of the Acquired Fund Shareholders on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.5. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other party such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as the other party or its counsel may reasonably request. 3.4 In the event that on the Valuation Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund or the Acquired Fund (each, an Exchange) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund or the Acquiring Fund is impracticable (in the judgment of the Acquiring Entity Board with respect to the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Entity Board with respect to the Acquired Fund), the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first Friday (that is also a business day) after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
Initial Closing In consideration for each applicable Lender’s payment of its pro rata share of the aggregate purchase price (the “Closing Note Purchase Price”) of the Notes to be purchased by the Lenders at the Closing (as defined below), which is set forth opposite such Lender’s name in column four (4) of the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto, the Borrower shall issue and sell to such Lender on the Closing Date (as defined below), and each applicable Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Borrower on the Closing Date, a Note, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and in the aggregate principal amount as is set forth opposite such Lender’s name in column four (4) of the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto. The closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing Date by the Borrower and the purchase thereof by the applicable Lenders shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date hereof, subject to notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 5.1 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent). On the Closing Date, (i) each Lender shall pay its pro rata share of the Closing Note Purchase Price to the Borrower for the Notes to be issued and sold to such Lender at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, as more fully set forth on the Schedule of Lenders and (ii) the Borrower shall deliver to each Lender the Notes (in the denominations as such Lender shall have requested prior to the Closing) which such Lender is then purchasing, duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and registered in the name of such Lender or its designee.
First Closing The First Closing shall have occurred.
Closing and Closing Documents 7 4.1 Closing...................................................................................... 7 4.2 Seller's Deliveries.......................................................................... 7 4.3 Purchaser's Deliveries....................................................................... 8 4.4 Fees and Expenses; Closing Costs............................................................. 8 4.5 Adjustments.................................................................................. 8 ARTICLE V Miscellaneous......................................................................................... 9
Additional Closing To the extent that, upon the First Tranche Closing, the First Tranche Financing Amount is less than the Financing Amount, then the Company shall be permitted, at any time during the sixty (60) day period following the First Tranche Closing, to offer and sell 2015 Notes equal to the Remaining Financing Amount pursuant to this Agreement to purchasers that the Company and Requisite Lenders mutually agree upon (each such holder, an “Additional Lender” and collectively, the “Additional Lenders”). The closings of such sales shall be referred to herein as the “Additional Closings” and shall occur on a date determined by the Company and each Additional Lender, provided such date is prior to the end of the sixty (60) day period after the First Tranche Closing. All sales made at the Additional Closings (a) shall be made on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (b) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3 hereof shall speak as of the First Tranche Closing and (c) the representations and warranties of the Additional Lenders in Section 5 hereof shall speak as of the Additional Closing. The Schedule of Lenders may be amended by the Company without the consent of the Lenders to include any Additional Lenders in the Additional Closings upon the execution by such Additional Lender of a counterpart signature page hereto and of the other agreements and documents contemplated herein. The Additional Closings shall also take place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP or at such other place and at such time as the Company and each Additional Lender may agree in writing. Any notes sold pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to be “2015 Notes”, for all purposes under this Agreement and any Additional Lenders thereof shall be deemed to be “Lenders” for all purposes under this Agreement.
Covenants Pending Closing (a) From the date hereof until the Closing, each Contributor agrees that with respect to itself and not to any other Contributor, it shall not: (i) Sell, transfer (or agree to sell or transfer) or otherwise dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or disposition of (or agree to do any of the foregoing) all or any portion of its Company Interests; or (ii) Mortgage, pledge or encumber (or permit to become encumbered) all or any portion of its Company Interests. (b) From the date hereof through the Closing, each Contributor shall, to the extent within his or its control, cause the Company and the Entity to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and shall, to the extent within his or its control, not permit the Company or the Entity, without the prior written consent of Acquirer, to: (i) Enter into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business of such entity: (ii) Except as contemplated by the Second Contribution Agreement, sell, transfer or dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or disposition of (or agree to do any of the foregoing) any assets of such entity, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iii) Mortgage, pledge or encumber (or permit to become encumbered) any assets of such entity, except (A) liens for taxes not due, (B) purchase money security interests in the ordinary course of such entity's business, and (C) mechanics' liens being disputed by such entity in good faith and by appropriate proceeding in the ordinary course of such entity's business (provided such mechanics liens are released prior to or on the Closing Date at no cost to the Acquirer); (iv) Amend, modify or terminate any Lease, contract or other instruments relating to the Property to which such entity is a party, except in the ordinary course of the entity's business consistent with past practice; (v) Cause or permit the Entity to change the existing use of the Property; (vi) Cause or permit any entity to enter into any new Lease or terminate any existing Lease except in the ordinary course of the entity's business consistent with past practice; (vii) Cause or take any action that would render any of the representations or warranties regarding the Property as set forth herein untrue in any material respect; (viii) Terminate or amend any existing insurance policies affecting the Property that results in a material reduction in insurance coverage for the Property; (ix) Knowingly cause or permit the entity to violate or fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure any violation of any applicable laws; (x) Materially alter the manner of keeping such entity's books, accounts or records or the accounting methods therein reflected; or (xi) Make any distribution to its members except in the ordinary course of business of such entity, or as is contemplated by the Second Contribution Agreement. (c) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, the Contributors will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of the Acquirer access to all of the Company's and the Entity's books and records and will furnish the Acquirer with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the Company and the Entity as the Acquirer may from time to time reasonably request. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any failure by an Contributor to comply with or fulfill the covenants contained in this Section 3.1 shall not constitute an indemnifiable claim under Section 3.4 of this Agreement, but shall constitute an unfulfilled condition precedent pursuant to Section 5.1, provided such failure is identified to or otherwise becomes known to the Acquirer prior to Closing.
Closing The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions: (i) All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty); (ii) All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such Agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof; (iii) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement; (iv) The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination; (v) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date; (vi) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement; (viii) Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms; and (ix) The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement. (x) Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification (the “Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Certification”) to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB. Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.
Operations Prior to the Closing Date (a) From the ------------------------------------ date hereof through the Closing Date, Parent shall cause the Companies to operate and carry on the Business in the ordinary course in accordance with past practice and in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including Environmental Laws. Consistent with the foregoing, Parent shall cause each of the Companies to use its reasonable efforts consistent with good business practice to (i) maintain the business organization of the Companies intact, (ii) keep available the services of any key employees of the Companies and (iii) preserve the goodwill and beneficial relationships of the suppliers, contractors, licensors, employees, customers, distributors and others having business relations with the Companies. (b) Notwithstanding Section 7.4(a), except as set forth in Schedule -------------- -------- 7.4, except as contemplated by this Agreement or except with the express written --- approval of Buyer (which, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (ix), (x) and (xviii), Buyer agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Parent shall cause each of the Companies not to: (i) make any material change in the Business or its operations, except such changes as may be required to comply with any applicable Requirements of Law; (ii) make any capital expenditure or enter into any contract or commitment therefor, other than in the ordinary course of the Business, which is in excess of $50,000; (iii) other than in the ordinary course of the Business, enter into any contract, agreement, undertaking or commitment which would have been required to be set forth in Schedule 5.14(a) or 5.14(b) if in effect on the ---------------- ------- date hereof or amend any Business Agreement in any material respect; (iv) enter into any contract that contains a "change of control" provision that would give the other party a right to terminate such contract upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or under which the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby would constitute a default; (v) enter into any contract for the purchase of real property or exercise any option to extend a lease listed in Schedule 5.9; ------------ (vi) sell, lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of (including any transfers to any of its Affiliates), or mortgage or pledge, or impose or suffer to be imposed any Encumbrance on, any of its properties, rights or assets, other than inventory and minor amounts of personal property sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice and other than Permitted Encumbrances; (vii) cancel any debts owed to or claims held by it or pay, settle or discharge any claims/litigation, proceedings, actions or liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (viii) create, incur or assume, or agree to create, incur or assume, any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (other than money borrowed or advances from any of its Affiliates in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice) or enter into, as lessee, any capitalized lease obligations (as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13); (ix) accelerate or delay collection of any notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (x) delay or accelerate payment of any account payable or other liability beyond or in advance of its due date or the date when such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (xi) make, or agree to make, any distribution of assets (other than cash) to Parent or any of its Affiliates; (xii) institute any increase in any benefit provided, or loan or advance any money or property, to any present or former director, officer, consultant or employee of any of the Companies, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice or as required by any Company Plan, Parent Plan or Requirements of Law; (xiii) make any material change in the compensation of its employees, other than changes made in accordance with normal compensation practices of the Companies or pursuant to existing contractual commitments and consistent with past compensation practices, or grant any severance or termination pay to any of its employees or amend the form of retention and severance agreement contained in Schedule 7.4; ------------ (xiv) establish, adopt, enter into, amend or terminate any Company Plan, or any plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, fund or other arrangement that would be a Company Plan if it were in existence on the date hereof, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice or as required by any Company Plan, Parent Plan or Requirement of Law; (xv) make any material change in the accounting policies applied in the preparation of the Interim Financial Statements, unless such change is required by GAAP; (xvi) make any change in its charter, by-laws or other organizational document or issue any capital stock (or securities exchangeable, convertible or exercisable for capital stock); (xvii) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or partnership or membership interests or declare, set aside or pay any dividends or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or other property) in respect of such shares or interests, except for cash dividends and distributions payable by a Conveyed Companies Subsidiary to any of the Companies, Parent or Affiliates of Parent; (xviii) except as required by law, and except in cases where doing so would not have a material adverse consequence to Buyer Group Members with respect to taxable years or periods beginning after the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date, file any Tax Return in a manner inconsistent with past practice or take any position, make any election, or adopt any method that is inconsistent with positions taken, elections made or methods used in prior periods in filing Tax Returns (including any such position, election or method which would have the effect of deferring income to periods for which Buyer is liable or accelerating deductions to periods for which Parent is liable); (xix) amend any Tax Returns or settle or compromise any proceeding relating to Tax liabilities of any Company, in either case if doing so would, or would reasonably be expected to, materially adversely affect any Buyer Group Member with respect to taxable years or periods beginning after the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date; (xx) enter into or amend any aviation, manufacturing or transportation customer contract, other than new contracts with existing customers and amendments to existing contracts, in each case, where the terms of such new contract or amendment are not materially less favorable to the Companies than existing contracts with such customers; (xxi) enter into any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement or acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture association or other business organization or division thereof; (xxii) merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or dissolve or liquidate; or (xxiii) authorize, commit or agree, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.
