Extension and Conversion The Borrower shall have the option, on any Business Day, to extend existing Loans into a subsequent permissible Interest Period or to convert Loans into Loans of another Type; provided, however, that (i) except as provided in Section 3.7, Eurodollar Loans may be converted into Prime Rate Loans only on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) Eurodollar Loans may be extended, and Prime Rate Loans may be converted into Eurodollar Loans, only if no Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date of extension or conversion, (iii) Loans extended as, or converted into, Eurodollar Loans shall be subject to the terms of the definition of "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1 and shall be in such minimum amounts as provided in Section 2.l(b)(ii) and (iv) any request for extension or conversion of a Eurodollar Loan which shall fail to specify an Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one month. Each such extension or conversion shall be effected by the Borrower by giving a Notice of Extension/Conversion in the form of Exhibit 3.2 (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Agent prior to 10:30 A.M. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin time) on the Business Day of, in the case of the conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into a Prime Rate Loan and on the third Business Day prior to, in the case of the extension of a Eurodollar Loan as, or conversion of a Prime Rate Loan into, a Eurodollar Loan, the date of the proposed extension or conversion, specifying the date of the proposed extension or conversion, the Loans to be so extended or converted, the Types of Loans into which such Loans are to be converted and, if appropriate, the applicable Interest Periods with respect thereto. Each request for extension or conversion shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), and in (c) or (d), of Section 5.
Casual Conversion A casual Employee, who has been engaged by the Employer on a regular and systematic basis for a period in excess of six-weeks, thereafter, will have their contract of employment converted to permanent employment unless otherwise agreed in writing between the parties. Regular and systematic shall be defined as an average of 4 days or more, per week, over 6 weeks. Eligible current employees will be transitioned to full time no later than 6 weeks from the date of approval of this agreement.
Certain Conversion Restrictions (A) A Holder may not convert this Debenture or receive shares of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent such conversion or receipt of such interest payment would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.9% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of interest on, this Debenture held by such Holder after application of this Section. Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Obligor the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 4.9% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which portion of the principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for a principal amount of this Debenture that, without regard to any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Obligor shall notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum principal amount permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance with the periods described in Section 3(a)(i)(A) and, at the option of the Holder, either retain any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder for future conversions or return such excess principal amount to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Obligor. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.
Side Letter The letter from the Borrower to the Agent dated July 17, 2000 that was executed in connection with the Second Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall be a Loan Document.
Effect of Conversion All shares of Preferred Stock which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Conversion Time, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor, to receive payment in lieu of any fraction of a share otherwise issuable upon such conversion as provided in Subsection 5.2 and to receive payment of any dividends declared but unpaid thereon. Any shares of Preferred Stock so converted shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock accordingly.
Mechanics and Effect of Conversion No fractional shares of the Company’s capital stock will be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company will pay to the Holder in cash the amount of the unconverted principal and interest balance of this Note that would otherwise be converted into such fractional share. Upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 2, the Holder shall surrender this Note, duly endorsed, at the principal offices of the Company or any transfer agent of the Company. At its expense, the Company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver to such Holder, at such principal office, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares to which such Holder is entitled upon such conversion, together with any other securities and property to which the Holder is entitled upon such conversion under the terms of this Note, including a check payable to the Holder for any cash amounts payable as described herein. Upon conversion of this Note, the Company will be forever released from all of its obligations and liabilities under this Note with regard to that portion of the principal amount and accrued interest being converted, including without limitation the obligation to pay such portion of the principal amount and accrued interest.
Standstill Agreement (A) During the Standstill Period, and, if this Agreement is terminated prior to Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(a), for the one year period after the end of the Standstill Period (such one year period, the "Post Termination Standstill Period"), unless the Company shall have materially breached its obligation to nominate Investor Nominees or to appoint any Fully Independent Director pursuant to Section 5 (provided that, with respect to any such material breach that does not concern a Pre-Approved Person, a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order that the Company has so materially breached its obligations), the Investor shall not, shall cause each other member of the Investor Group not to, and shall use reasonable commercial efforts to cause other Affiliates and Associates of the Investor not members of the Investor Group ("Other Investor Affiliates") not to, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others:
(a) acquire, offer or propose to acquire or agree to acquire, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other 13D Group or otherwise, Beneficial Ownership of any Voting Securities, Derivative Securities or any other securities of the Company or any rights to acquire (whether currently, upon lapse of time, following the satisfaction of any conditions, upon the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing) any Voting Securities, other than (i) the purchase of Shares or other Voting Securities expressly permitted by this Agreement, (ii) the acquisition of Voting Securities as a result of any stock split, stock dividends or other distributions, recapitalizations or offerings made available by the Company to holders of Voting Securities generally or (iii) in a transaction in which the Investor or a Subsidiary of the Investor acquires a previously unaffiliated business entity that, to the knowledge of the Investor after reasonable inquiry, owns shares of Common Stock that represents less than 4% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock and less than 10% of the unaffiliated entity's assets; provided, that all such Voting Securities shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, however, that in the event of a transaction as contemplated by clause (iii) hereof, the Investor will transfer, or cause such Subsidiary to transfer, in a manner consistent with Section 6.3, such shares of Common Stock previously owned by the unaffiliated entity within twelve months following the consummation of such transaction and all such shares of Common Stock, pending their transfer, shall be voted by the Investor or such Subsidiary in accordance with the requirements of clauses (w) through (z) of Section 6.2 and on any other matter in the same proportion as the votes cast by or on behalf of all holders of the Company's Voting Securities other than the Investor Group and Other Investor Affiliates;
(b) propose or seek to effect any merger, business combination, restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the sale or other disposition outside the ordinary course of business of any material portion of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof;
(c) deposit any Voting Securities in a voting trust or subject any Voting Securities to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Voting Securities except pursuant to Section 8.8 hereof;
(d) seek election to, seek to place a representative on, or seek the removal of any member of, the Board, except pursuant to Section 5 hereof;
(e) engage in any "solicitation" (within the meaning of rule 14a-1 under the Exchange Act) of proxies or consents (whether or not relating to the election or removal of directors) with respect to the Company, or become a "participant" in any "election contest" (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act) or, unless the execution by the Investor, member of the Investor Group or Other Investor Affiliate is first approved by the Board, execute any written consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of any class of Voting Securities that is solicited by or on behalf of any shareholder of the Company;
(f) call or seek to have called any meeting of the shareholders of the Company (except for the exercise by the Investor of its rights pursuant to Section 5.1(d));
(g) initiate, propose or otherwise solicit shareholders for the approval of any shareholder proposal (as described in Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise) with respect to the Company;
(h) form, join or in any way participate in or assist in the formation of a 13D Group with respect to any Voting Securities, other than any such "group" consisting exclusively of the Investor and other wholly-owned United States Subsidiaries of the Investor who have acquired Voting Securities in accordance with Section 2.2(b) or Section 6.3(a);
(i) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek control or influence the management, the Board or the policies of the Company in a manner designed or having the deliberate effect of circumventing the restrictions otherwise imposed under this Section 6.1(A);
(j) disclose or publicly announce any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing;
(k) advise, assist or encourage or finance any other persons in connection with any of the foregoing types of activities; or
(l) request the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents) to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Section 6.1(A) shall limit any rights of the members of the Investor Group under the Joint Venture Agreement or the Research Alliance Agreement, or (I) prohibit any individual who is serving as a Director of the Company, solely in his or her capacity as such Director and provided no public disclosure thereof by the Company would be required, from (x) taking any action or making any statement at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, (y) making any statement to any Representative of the Company, or (z) making any statement or disclosure required under federal securities laws or other applicable Law, (II) restrict any private communications not requiring public disclosure between the Investor and any Investor Nominee, (III) restrict any disclosure or statements required to be made by any member of the Investor Group under applicable Law to the extent any such requirement does not arise from actions by the Investor Group inconsistent with this Agreement, or (IV) limit the rights of the Investor Group pursuant to Section 6.2, Section 6.9 or Section 8.2.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement is terminated prior to Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(a), the provisions of paragraph (A) of this Section 6.1 (other than the provisions of clauses (a) (except as to proposals to the Company as to the matters in clause (b)) and (h) thereof and the provisions of (i), (j), (k) and (l) thereof to the extent such provisions relate to the acquisition of Voting Securities or other securities of the Company) shall cease to apply during the Post-Termination Standstill Period if (i) the Company enters into an agreement contemplating a Change in Control Transaction or a Competing Investment or the Company makes any filing with respect to, or seeks expiration of the waiting period under, the HSR Act with respect to a Change in Control Transaction or Competing Investment; (ii) the Board of Directors publicly announces its intention to solicit or publicly solicits any Proposal or publicly approves, accepts, authorizes or recommends to shareholders of the Company their approval of or the conveyance of shares pursuant to a Change in Control Transaction or Competing Investment; (iii) during or prior to the pendency of a bona fide tender or exchange offer made by any Person or 13D Group (other than a member of the Investor Group), the Board of Directors determines or resolves to, or announces its intention to, or is ordered or directed by any Governmental Entity to, redeem, amend or modify (to render inapplicable (including by taking action to cause a Section 11(a)(ii) Event or Section 13 Event (each as defined in the Amended Rights Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), not to occur that, absent such action, would otherwise have occurred, or to redeem the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) thereto or otherwise exempt therefrom) the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights or the Amended Rights Agreement (or a Substantially Similar Agreement) or; (iv) any Person other than the Investor or an Excluded Person acquires or agrees to acquire 20% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities or Common Securities.
Optional Conversion To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "Conversion Date"), the Holder shall (A) transmit by email, facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, NY Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Conversion Notice") to the Company. On or before the third Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall (A) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock pursuant to the then existing provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144”) and provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company's ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (B) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required pursuant the Rule 144. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock upon the transmission of a Conversion Notice.
Installation and Conversion State Street and the Fund shall be responsible for the technical installation and conversion (“Installation and Conversion”) of the Designated Configuration. The Fund shall have the following responsibilities in connection with Installation and Conversion of the System:
(i) The Fund shall be solely responsible for the timely acquisition and maintenance of the hardware and software that attach to the Designated Configuration in order to use the Data Access Services at the Designated Locations, and
(ii) State Street and the Fund each agree that they will assign qualified personnel to actively participate during the Installation and Conversion phase of the System implementation to enable both parties to perform their respective obligations under this Addendum.
Lock-Up Agreement The Underwriters shall have received all of the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4 and the Lock-Up Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.
