Conduct of Business of SPAC during the Interim Period. (a) Unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.5, except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law, SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) conduct its business, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business (taking into account COVID-19 and any COVID-19 Measures) consistent with past practices and (ii) preserve intact, in all material respects, its business organization, to keep available the services of its managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of its material assets, in each case consistent with past practice (taking into account COVID-19). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.3, subject to Section 8.24, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict SPAC from extending one or more times, in accordance with the SPAC Charter and the IPO Prospectus, or by amendment to the SPAC Charter, the deadline by which it must complete its Business Combination (each, an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party shall be required in connection therewith. (b) Without limiting the generality of Section 8.3(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law or any COVID-19 Measure, during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.5, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), SPAC shall not: (i) amend, waive or otherwise change its Organizational Documents, other than for administrative or de minimis changes; (ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its shares or other equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third party with respect to such securities; (iii) split, combine, recapitalize, subdivide, reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests (including the SPAC Securities) or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities, except for redemptions from the Trust Account that are required in accordance with the IPO Prospectus; (iv) (A) incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition thereof (directly, contingently or otherwise), (B) make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or (C) guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (A) above of any Person (provided that this Section 8.3(b)(iv) shall not prevent SPAC from borrowing funds in order to obtain the Extension or otherwise borrowing up to $100,000 from the Sponsor to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and other costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the consummation of the Transactions); (v) amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner; (vi) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any material agreement (including any SPAC Material Contract) to which it is a party, or enter into any Contract that would be a SPAC Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof; (vii) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business; (viii) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effect; (ix) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the Transactions), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, SPAC) not in excess of $300,000 (individually or in the aggregate), unless such amount has been reserved in the SPAC Financials; (x) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any of assets of any such Person in each case, if the aggregate amount of consideration paid or transferred by SPAC would exceed $50,000 in the aggregate; (xi) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger); (xii) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting or transfer of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities); (xiii) (A) make, change or rescind any material election in respect of Taxes, (B) settle any material Action in respect of Taxes, (C) make any material change in its accounting or Tax policies or procedures, (D) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return obtained in the ordinary course of business), (E) enter into a Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement, (F) surrender or compromise any right to receive a refund of or credit for material Taxes, (G) file any amended material Tax Return, (H) file any Tax Return which is inconsistent with past practices, or (I) enter into or terminate any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar settlement or other agreement under similar Law), or any other material agreement pertaining to Taxes, with any Governmental Authority; (xiv) (A) hire any employee or (B) adopt or enter into any Benefit Plan (including granting or establishing any form of compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or other individual service provider of SPAC (for the avoidance of doubt, other than consultants, advisors, including legal counsel, or institutional service providers engaged by SPAC)); (xv) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business); or (xvi) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Home Plate Acquisition Corp), Business Combination Agreement (Home Plate Acquisition Corp)
Conduct of Business of SPAC during the Interim Period. (a) Unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.5Period, except as expressly contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(a) 6.3 of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable LawLaw (including COVID-19 measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Authority), SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) conduct its business, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business (taking into account COVID-19 and any COVID-19 Measures) consistent with past practices and practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to SPAC and its business, assets and employees and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact, in all material respects, its business organization, to keep available the services of its managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of its material assets, in each case all as consistent with past practice (taking into account COVID-19). Notwithstanding anything practice; provided, that no action by SPAC with respect to the contrary in this matters specifically prohibited or restricted by any provision of Section 8.3, subject to Section 8.24, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict SPAC from extending one or more times, in accordance with the SPAC Charter and the IPO Prospectus, or by amendment to the SPAC Charter, the deadline by which it must complete its Business Combination (each, an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party 6.3(b) shall be required in connection therewithdeemed a breach of this sentence unless such action would constitute a breach of such relevant provision of Section 6.3(b).
(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 8.3(a6.3(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(b) 6.3 of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law (including COVID-19 measures or as may be requested or compelled by any COVID-19 MeasureGovernmental Authority), during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.5Period, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), SPAC shall not:
(i) amend, waive or otherwise change change, in any respect, its Organizational Governing Documents, other than for administrative or de minimis changes;
(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its shares or other equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or other security interests securities of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third party with respect to such securities;
(iii) split, combine, recapitalize, subdivide, recapitalize or reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests (including the SPAC Securities) or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its shares or other equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities, except for redemptions from the Trust Account that are required in accordance with the IPO Prospectus;
(iv) (A) incur, create, assume assume, prepay or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition thereof (directly, contingently or otherwise), (B) make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or (C) guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (A) above Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person (provided that this Section 8.3(b)(iv) shall not prevent SPAC from borrowing funds in order to obtain the Extension or otherwise borrowing up to $100,000 from the Sponsor to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and other costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the consummation of the Transactions)Person;
(v) amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any mannermanner adverse to SPAC or SPAC’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(vi) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any material agreement (including any SPAC Material Contract) to which it is a party, or enter into any Contract that would be a SPAC Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof;
(vii) fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;
(viiiix) fail make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to use commercially reasonable efforts the extent required to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage comply with respect to its assetsGAAP, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effectafter consulting SPAC’s outside auditors;
(ixx) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the Transactions), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, SPAC) not in excess of $300,000 50,000 (individually or in the aggregate), or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any Liabilities or obligations, unless such amount has been reserved in the SPAC Financials;
(xxi) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of any such Person in each case, if the aggregate amount of consideration paid or transferred by SPAC would exceed $50,000 in the aggregatebusiness;
(xixii) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the MergerMergers);
(xiixiii) voluntarily incur any Liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) (excluding the incurrence of any Expenses) other than pursuant to the terms of a Contract in existence as of the date of this Agreement or entered into in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.3 during the Interim Period;
(xiv) sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise pledge or encumber (including securitizations), or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties, assets or rights;
(xv) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting or transfer of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities);
(xiiixvi) take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents of any Governmental Authority to be obtained in connection with the Transactions;
(Axvii) make, change or rescind any material election in respect of Taxes, relating to Taxes (Bincluding any entity classification election under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3) settle any material Action in respect of Taxes, (C) or make any material change in its accounting or Tax policies or procedures, (D) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return obtained in the ordinary course of business), (E) enter into a Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement, (F) surrender or compromise any right to receive a refund of or credit for material Taxes, (G) file any amended material Tax Return, (H) file any Tax Return which is inconsistent with past practices, or (I) enter into or terminate any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar settlement or other agreement under similar Law), or any other material agreement pertaining to Taxes, with any Governmental Authority;
(xiv) (A) hire any employee or (B) adopt or enter into any Benefit Plan (including granting or establishing any form of compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or other individual service provider of SPAC (for the avoidance of doubt, other than consultants, advisors, including legal counsel, or institutional service providers engaged by SPAC));
(xv) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business); or
(xvixviii) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Rosecliff Acquisition Corp I)
Conduct of Business of SPAC during the Interim Period. (a) Unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.59.5, except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(a9.3(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law, SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) conduct its business, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business (taking into account COVID-19 and any COVID-19 Measures) consistent with past practices and (ii) preserve intact, in all material respects, its business organization, to keep available the services of its managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of its material assets, in each case consistent with past practice (taking into account COVID-19). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.39.3, subject to Section 8.249.24, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict SPAC from extending one or more times, in accordance with the SPAC Charter and the IPO Prospectus, or by amendment to the SPAC Charter, the deadline by which it must complete its Business Combination (each, an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party shall be required in connection therewith.
(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 8.3(a9.3(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(b9.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law or any COVID-19 Measure, during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.59.5, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), SPAC shall not:
(i) amend, waive or otherwise change its Organizational Documents, other than for administrative or de minimis changes;
(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its shares or other equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third party with respect to such securities;
(iii) split, combine, recapitalize, subdivide, reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests (including the SPAC Securities) or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities, except for redemptions from the Trust Account that are required in accordance with the IPO Prospectus;
(iv) (A) incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition thereof (directly, contingently or otherwise), (B) make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or (C) guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (A) above of any Person (Person, provided that this Section 8.3(b)(iv9.3(b)(iv) shall not prevent SPAC from borrowing funds in order borrowing, subject to obtain the Extension or otherwise borrowing Section 9.24, up to $100,000 2,000,000 from the Sponsor to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and other costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the consummation of the Transactions), so long as any such loans are made on a non-interesting bearing basis in a customary manner between Sponsor and SPAC;
(v) amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner;
(vi) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any material agreement (including any SPAC Material Contract) to which it is a party, or enter into any Contract that would be a SPAC Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof;
(vii) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;
(viii) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effect;
(ix) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the Transactions), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, SPAC) not in excess of $300,000 (individually or in the aggregate), unless such amount has been reserved in the SPAC Financials;
(x) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any of assets of any such Person in each case, if the aggregate amount of consideration paid or transferred by SPAC would exceed $50,000 in the aggregate;
(xi) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger);
(xii) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting or transfer of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities);
(xiii) (A) make, change or rescind any material election in respect of Taxes, (B) settle any material Action in respect of Taxes, (C) make any material change in to its accounting or methods of Tax policies or proceduresaccounting, (D) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to resulting from an extension to file any Tax Return obtained in the ordinary course of business), (E) enter into a Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangementContract (other than customary commercial Contracts not primarily related to Taxes), (F) surrender or compromise any right to receive a refund of or credit for material Taxes, (G) file any amended material Tax Return, (H) file any Tax Return which is inconsistent with past practices, or (IG) enter into or terminate any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (comparable, analogous or similar provision under any similar settlement state, local or other agreement under similar non-U.S. Tax Law), or any other material agreement ) pertaining to Taxes, Taxes with any Governmental AuthorityAuthority or (H) change its jurisidiction of tax residence;
(xiv) (A) hire any employee or (B) adopt or enter into any Benefit Plan (including granting or establishing any form of compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or other individual service provider of SPAC (for the avoidance of doubt, other than consultants, advisors, including legal counsel, or institutional service providers engaged by SPAC));
(xv) incur any expenses other than in connection with the implementation of the Transactions;
(xvi) (A) appoint any director to the board of directors of SPAC, (B) hire any employee, (C) enter into or amend any Contract or transaction with any of the foregoing Persons or (D) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business); or
(xvixvii) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.
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Conduct of Business of SPAC during the Interim Period. (a) Unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.56.6, except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(a6.3(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law, SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) conduct its business, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business (taking into account COVID-19 and any COVID-19 Measures) consistent with past practices and (ii) preserve intact, in all material respects, its business organization, to keep available the services of its managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve intact in all material respects the possession, control and condition of its material assets, in each case consistent with past practice (taking into account COVID-19). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.36.3, subject to Section 8.246.25, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict SPAC from extending one or more times, in accordance with the SPAC Charter and the IPO Prospectus, or by amendment to the SPAC Charter, the deadline by which it must complete its the Business Combination (each, an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party shall be required in connection therewith.
(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 8.3(a6.3(a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, or as set forth on Section 8.3(b6.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law or any COVID-19 Measure, during the Interim Period and subject to Section 8.56.6, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), SPAC shall not:
(i) amend, waive or otherwise change its Organizational Documents, other than for administrative or de minimis changes;
(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its shares or other equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities) or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third party with respect to such securities;
(iii) split, combine, recapitalize, subdivide, reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests (including the SPAC Securities) or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities, except for redemptions from the Trust Account that are required in accordance with the IPO Prospectus;
(iv) (A) incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition thereof (directly, contingently or otherwise), (B) make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or (C) guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (A) above of any Person (Person, provided that this Section 8.3(b)(iv6.3(b)(iv) shall not prevent SPAC from borrowing funds in order borrowing, subject to obtain the Extension or otherwise borrowing Section 6.25, up to $100,000 2,000,000 from the Sponsor to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and other costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the consummation of the Transactions), so long as any such loans are made on a non-interesting bearing basis in a customary manner between Sponsor and SPAC;
(v) amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner;
(vi) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any material agreement (including any SPAC Material Contract) to which it is a party, or enter into any Contract that would be a SPAC Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof;
(vii) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;
(viii) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effect;
(ix) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the Transactions), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, SPAC) not in excess of $300,000 (individually or in the aggregate), unless such amount has been reserved in the SPAC Financials;
(x) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any of assets of any such Person in each case, if the aggregate amount of consideration paid or transferred by SPAC would exceed $50,000 in the aggregate50,000;
(xi) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger);
(xii) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting or transfer of its equity securities (including the SPAC Securities);
(xiii) (A) make, change or rescind any material election in respect of Taxes, (B) settle any material Action in respect of Taxes, (C) make any material change in to its accounting or methods of Tax policies or proceduresaccounting, (D) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to resulting from an extension to file any Tax Return obtained in the ordinary course of business), (E) enter into a Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangementContract (other than customary commercial Contracts not primarily related to Taxes), (F) surrender or compromise any right to receive a refund of or credit for material Taxes, (G) file any amended material Tax Return, (H) file any Tax Return which is inconsistent with past practices, or (IG) enter into or terminate any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (comparable, analogous or similar provision under any similar settlement state, local or other agreement under similar non-U.S. Tax Law), or any other material agreement ) pertaining to Taxes, Taxes with any Governmental Authority, or (H) change its jurisdiction of tax residence;
(xiv) (A) hire any employee or (B) adopt or enter into any Benefit Plan (including granting or establishing any form of compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or other individual service provider of SPAC (for the avoidance of doubt, other than consultants, advisors, including legal counsel, or institutional service providers engaged by SPAC));
(xv) incur any expenses other than in connection with the implementation of the Transactions;
(xvi) (A) appoint any director to the SPAC Board, (B) hire any employee, (C) enter into or amend any Contract or transaction with any of the foregoing Persons, or (D) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, provided in the ordinary course of business); or
(xvixvii) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II)