Certain Business Practices Neither Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any directors, officers, agents or employees of Company or any Company Subsidiary (in their capacities as such) has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity or (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
Unfair Business Practices Contractor represents and warrants that it has not been the subject of allegations of Deceptive Trade Practices violations under Chapter 17 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, or allegations of any unfair business practice in any administrative hearing or court suit and that Contractor has not been found to be liable for such practices in such proceedings. Contractor certifies that it has no officers who have served as officers of other entities who have been the subject of allegations of Deceptive Trade Practices violations or allegations of any unfair business practices in an administrative hearing or court suit and that such officers have not been found to be liable for such practices in such proceedings.
Business Practices 1. Parties recognise that certain business practices of service suppliers, other than those falling under Article 14 (Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers), may restrain competition and thereby restrict trade in services.
2. Each Party shall, at the request of any other Party, enter into consultations with a view to eliminating practices referred to in Paragraph 1. The Party addressed shall accord full and sympathetic consideration to such a request and shall co-operate through the supply of publicly available non- confidential information available to the requesting Party. The requested Party may also provide other information available to the requesting Party, subject to its domestic law and to the conclusion of satisfactory agreement concerning the safeguarding of its confidentiality by the requesting Party.
Changes in Business Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business, taken on a consolidated basis, which would then be engaged in by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.
Ethical Business Practices The Contractor shall work in partnership with the State to ensure a successful and valuable contract, and ethical practices are required of State employees, Contractors, and all parties representing the Contractor. All work performed under this Contract will be subject to review by the Inspector General of the State of Florida, and any findings suggesting unethical business practices may be cause for termination or cancellation.
Absence of Certain Business Practices Neither the Seller, nor any Affiliate of the Seller, nor to the knowledge of the Seller, any agent or employee of the Seller, any other Person acting on behalf of or associated with the Seller, or any individual related to any of the foregoing Persons, acting alone or together, has: (a) received, directly or indirectly, any rebates, payments, commissions, promotional allowances or any other economic benefits, regardless of their nature or type, from any customer, supplier, trading company, shipping company, governmental employee or other Person with whom the Seller has done business directly or indirectly; or (b) directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any gift or similar benefit to any customer, supplier, trading company, shipping company, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Seller (or assist the Seller in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) which (i) may subject the Seller to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, may have had an adverse effect on the Seller or (iii) if not continued in the future, may adversely affect the assets, business, operations or prospects of the Seller or subject the Seller to suit or penalty in any private or governmental litigation or proceeding.
Changes in Business, Management Control, or Business Locations. (a) Engage in or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by Co-Borrowers and such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve; (c) fail to provide notice to Bank of any Key Person departing from or ceasing to be employed by a Co-Borrower within five (5) days after his or her departure from such Co-Borrower; or (d) permit or suffer any Change in Control. No Co-Borrower shall, without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Bank: (1) add any new offices or business locations, including warehouses (unless such new offices or business locations contain less than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in such Co-Borrower’s assets or property) or deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to a bailee at a location other than to a bailee and at a location already disclosed in the Perfection Certificate, (2) change its jurisdiction of organization, (3) change its organizational structure or type, (4) change its legal name, or (5) change any organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of organization. If a Co-Borrower intends to deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to a landlord or bailee, and Bank and such landlord/bailee are not already parties to a landlord/bailee agreement governing both the Collateral and the location to which such Co-Borrower intends to deliver the Collateral, then such Co-Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to have such landlord/bailee execute and deliver a landlord/bailee agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank.
Certain Business Relationships Neither Parent nor any of its affiliates is a party to any Contract with any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
Changes in Nature of Business Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than those businesses conducted by the Parent and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto or representing a reasonable expansion thereof.
Conduct of Business Prior to Closing Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date or the termination date if earlier terminated, unless the Buyer shall otherwise agree in writing, the Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Business to be conducted only in the Ordinary Course of Business, and shall preserve substantially intact the organization of the Business, keep available the services of the current Business Employees and preserve the current relationships of the Business with customers, suppliers and other persons with which the Business has significant business relations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date or the termination date if earlier terminated, the Seller shall not do or propose to do, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Affiliates not to do, any of the following in connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets without the prior written consent of the Buyer:
(a) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise subject to any Encumbrance any Purchased Assets, other than sales or transfers of Inventory for fair market value in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for, the obligations of any Person, or make any loans or advances, in each case affecting the Business or the Purchased Assets, except for any indebtedness that is an Excluded Liability;
(c) amend, waive, modify in any material respect or in a manner adverse to the Business or the Purchased Assets or consent to the termination of any Assumed Contract, or amend, waive, modify in any material respect or in a manner adverse to the Business or the Purchased Assets or consent to the termination of any of the Seller’s rights thereunder, or enter into any Contract in connection with the Business or the Purchased Assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business that, together with any other Assumed Contracts entered into in accordance with this clause, would not be material to the Business or the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole;
(d) authorize, or make any commitment with respect to, any single capital expenditure for the Business that is in excess of $50,000 or capital expenditures which are, in the aggregate, in excess of $150,000 for the Business taken as a whole;
(e) acquire any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or division thereof or any material amount of assets, or enter into any joint venture, strategic alliance, exclusive dealing, noncompetition or similar contract or arrangement in each case with respect to or affecting the Business;
(f) enter into any lease of personal property or any renewals thereof in connection with the Business involving a term of more than one year or rental obligation exceeding $10,000 per year in any single case;
(g) except as may be required by applicable Law or any Employee Plan or except in the Ordinary Course of Business, (A) enter into or increase the benefits provided under any employment agreement with any Business Employee, (B) make or grant, or permit any of their respective Affiliates to make or grant, any bonus or increase the rate or terms of compensation or benefits of any Business Employee, or (C) enter into, amend or terminate any Employee Plan;
(h) enter into any Contract with any Related Party of the Seller in connection with or affecting the Business or the Purchased Assets;
(i) make any change in any method of accounting or accounting practice or policy affecting the financial statements of the Business, except as required by GAAP;
(j) make, revoke or modify any Tax election with respect to the Business or the Purchased Assets, settle or compromise any Tax liability with respect to the Business or the Purchased Assets, or amend any Return relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets other than on a basis consistent with past practice;
(k) pay, discharge or satisfy any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets, other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the Ordinary Course of Business, of liabilities reflected or reserved against on the Balance Sheet or subsequently incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) cancel, compromise, waive or release any right or claim relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business that, together with any other rights or claims cancelled, compromised, waived or released would not be material to the Business or the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole;
(m) permit the lapse of any existing policy of insurance relating to the Business or the Purchased Assets;
(n) permit the lapse of any right relating to Transferred Intellectual Property or any material right relating to any other intangible asset used or held for use in connection with the Business;
(o) accelerate the collection of or discount any Receivables, delay the payment of liabilities that would become Assumed Liabilities or defer expenses, reduce Inventories or otherwise increase cash on hand in connection with the Business, except in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(p) use any Purchased Assets to pay any Transaction Expenses;
(q) commence or settle any Action for an amount in excess of $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities; or
(r) announce an intention, enter into any formal or informal agreement, or otherwise make a commitment to do any of the foregoing.
