OPERATION IN ORDINARY COURSE The Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Fund will each operate its respective business in the ordinary course between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, it being understood that such ordinary course of business will include customary dividends and shareholder purchases and redemptions.
Regular Course of Business Each Seller Company shall (a) operate its business diligently and in good faith, consistent with past management practices; (b) maintain all of its properties in customary repair, order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted; (c) maintain (except for expiration due to lapse of time) all leases and Contracts in effect without change except as expressly provided herein; (d) comply with the provisions of all Regulations and Orders applicable to such Seller Company and the conduct of the Business; (e) not cancel, release, waive or compromise any debt, Claim or right in its favor having a value in excess of $5,000 other than in connection with returns of inventory for credit or replacement in the ordinary course of business; (f) not alter the rate or basis of compensation of any of its officers, directors, managers or employees other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and immaterial in amount or otherwise adopt or modify any Benefit Plan; (g) maintain insurance coverage up to the Closing Date with the coverage and in the amounts set forth in Schedule 2.24 attached hereto; (h) maintain inventory, supplies and spare parts at customary operating levels consistent with current practices, and replace in accordance with past practice any inoperable, worn out or obsolete assets with modern assets of comparable quality; (i) maintain each Seller Company’s books, accounts and records in accordance with past custom and practice as used in the preparation of the Financial Statements; (j) maintain in full force and effect the existence of all Business Intellectual Property rights; (k) use its reasonable best efforts to preserve the goodwill and organization of the Business and its relationships with its customers, suppliers, employees and other Persons having business relations with it; (l) not take or omit to take any action that would require disclosure under Section 2, or that would otherwise result in a breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants made by Parent or Seller Companies in this Agreement or in any of the agreements contemplated hereby; (m) not sell any of such Seller Company’s assets other than in the ordinary course of business; and (n) not take any action or omit to take any action which act or omission would reasonably be anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Ordinary Course of Business The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Servicer;
Business in Ordinary Course (a) Except as may be required to obtain regulatory approvals or as otherwise may be required by any regulatory authority, after the date of this Agreement, Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld):
Fundamental Changes, Line of Business No Borrower shall amend its organizational documents or change its Fiscal Year or enter into a new line of business materially different from such Borrower's current business unless (i) such actions would not have a Material Adverse Effect on such Borrower; (ii) such actions would not affect the obligations of such Borrower to Lender; (iii) such actions would not affect the interpretation of any of the terms of this Agreement or the Other Agreements and (iv) Lender has received ten (10) days prior written notice of such amendment or change.
Operations Since Balance Sheet Date (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5(A), since the Balance Sheet Date, there has been:
Tax Periods Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date The Company or the Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Returns of the Company for Tax periods that begin before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date. To the extent such Taxes are not fully reserved for in the Company’s financial statements, the Sellers shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the unreserved portion of such Taxes that relates to the portion of the Tax period ending on the Closing Date. Such payment, if any, shall be paid by the Sellers within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice from the Company or the Purchaser that such Taxes were paid by the Company or the Purchaser for a period beginning prior to the Closing Date. For purposes of this Section, in the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a Taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Tax period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Tax period (the “Pro Rata Amount”), and (ii) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. The Sellers shall pay to the Company with the payment of any taxes due hereunder, the Sellers’ Pro Rata Amount of the costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or the Company in the preparation and filing of the Tax Returns. Any net operating losses or credits relating to a Tax period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be taken into account as though the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations shall be made in a reasonable manner as agreed to by the parties.
Events Subsequent to Most Recent Fiscal Year End Since the Most Recent Fiscal Year End, there has not been any material adverse change in the business, financial condition, operations, results of operations, or future prospects of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since that date:
Conduct of Business in Ordinary Course Seller has conducted the business and operations of the Station only in the ordinary course and has not:
Lock-up Period; Lock-up Letters For a period of 60 days from the date of the Prospectus, not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any Common Units or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for Common Units, or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any Common Units or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Units (other than the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the date hereof), or (ii) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such Common Units, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Units or other securities, in cash or otherwise, in each case without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to: (A) the issuance and sale of Common Units by the Partnership to the Underwriters in connection with the public offering contemplated by this Agreement, (B) the issuance and sale of Common Units, phantom units, restricted units and options by the Partnership to employees and directors of EPCO and its affiliates under the EPCO Employee Unit Purchase Plan, the Enterprise Products 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the Enterprise Products GP, LLC 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, including sales pursuant to “cashless-broker” exercises of options to purchase Common Units in accordance with such plans as consideration for the exercise price and withholding taxes applicable to such exercises, (C) the issuance and sale of Common Units issued pursuant to the Partnership’s DRIP or (D) the filing of a “universal” shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including both debt and equity securities, and any amendments thereto, which such registration statement may also include Common Units of selling unitholders; provided, that (1) the Enterprise Parties shall otherwise remain subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 5(i) with respect to any Common Units or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Units registered thereunder, (2) such registration statement and amendments if so filed shall contain only a generic and undetermined plan of distribution with respect to such securities during the aforementioned 60-day period, and (3) any selling unitholders registering Common Units under such registration statement shall agree in writing to be subject to the lock up provisions set forth in the form of letter attached as Exhibit C hereto. Each affiliate, executive officer and director of the General Partner listed on Schedule IV shall furnish to the Underwriters, prior to or on the First Delivery Date, a letter or letters, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
