Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities Sample Clauses

Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Buyer and Seller shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transaction. In exercising the foregoing rights, Seller and Buyer shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Unless otherwise required by applicable Laws, neither Seller nor Buyer shall permit any of its officers or any other representatives or agents to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transaction unless it uses its best efforts to consult with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, give the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, AT&T and Buyer shall (i) jointly determine timing and strategy and be jointly responsible for the final content of any substantive oral or written joint communications with any applicable Governmental Entity, and (ii) jointly coordinate all activities with respect to seeking any Permits or State and Local Operating Authority of any Governmental Entity under any U.S. or non-U.S. Antitrust Laws and the Communications Laws. Xxxxx and AT&T shall have the right to review in advance (subject to, as necessary, redactions of commercially sensitive terms or the privileged information of such party or the exchange of information on an “outside counsel only” and “antitrust counsel only” basis) and, to the extent practicable, each shall consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to Buyer and AT&T, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transaction, provided, however, that in the event of any disagreement between AT&T and Buyer with respect to the matters described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), AT&T and Buyer shall cooperate and consult with one another and seek to resolve such disagreement reasonably and in good faith. In exercising the foregoing rights, Buyer and AT&T shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Neither AT&T nor Buyer shall permit any of its officers or any other representatives or agents to participate in any meeting or substantive communication with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transaction unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Buyer and Seller shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with any filing made with, or substantive written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions. In exercising the foregoing rights, Seller and Buyer shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Seller and Buyer shall (with respect to any in-person or videoconferencing, or previously scheduled telephonic, discussion or meeting), and shall to the extent practicable (with respect to any spontaneous telephonic discussion or meeting), provide the other Party and its counsel with advance notice of and the opportunity to participate in any material discussion or meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transactions, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity. Buyer and Seller shall promptly inform each other of any material communication (written or oral) received from, or given or made to, any Governmental Entity. Neither Buyer nor Seller shall commit to or agree with, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to commit to or agree with, any Governmental Entity to stay, toll or extend any applicable waiting period under any Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws without the prior written consent of the other.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Buyer and Seller shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each shall consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with all the information relating to Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transaction. In exercising the foregoing rights, Seller and Buyer shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Seller and Buyer shall (with respect to any in-person or videoconferencing, or previously scheduled telephonic, discussion or meeting), and shall to the extent practicable (with respect to any spontaneous telephonic discussion or meeting), provide the other Party and its counsel with advance notice of and the opportunity to participate in any material discussion or meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transaction, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity. Buyer and Seller shall promptly inform each other of any material communication (written or oral) received from, or given or made to any Governmental Entity. Neither Buyer nor Seller shall commit to or agree with any Governmental Entity to stay, toll or extend any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act without the prior written consent of the other. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Xxxxx shall determine the strategy to be pursued for obtaining and lead the effort to obtain all necessary actions or nonactions and Permits from the relevant Governmental Entities in connection with the Transaction and Seller shall take all reasonable actions to support Buyer in connection therewith; provided, that Buyer shall consult with Seller on and consider in good faith Seller’s views relating to such strategies and efforts.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, outside counsel for Pabst and Optionor shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, the Parties will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to Pabst or Optionor, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears SC1:4886116.33 in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transaction. In exercising the foregoing rights, Optionor and Pabst shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Except with respect to Tax matters, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, Parent and Purchaser shall (i) jointly determine timing and strategy and be jointly responsible for the final content of any substantive oral or written joint communications with any applicable Governmental Entity, and (ii) jointly coordinate all activities with respect to seeking any Permits of any Governmental Entity under any U.S. or non-U.S. Antitrust Laws or in order to obtain the CFIUS Satisfied Condition. Purchaser and Parent shall have the right to review in advance (subject to, as necessary, redactions of commercially sensitive terms, information pertaining to a Party’s valuation of the Business or NewCo or the privileged information of such party or the exchange of information on an “outside counsel only” basis) and, to the extent practicable, each shall consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to Purchaser and Parent, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transaction, provided, however, that in the event of any disagreement between Parent and Purchaser with respect to the matters described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), Parent and Purchaser shall cooperate and consult with one another and seek to resolve such disagreement reasonably and in good faith. In exercising the foregoing rights, Purchaser and Parent shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Except with respect to Tax matters or as prohibited by applicable Law, neither Parent nor Purchaser shall permit any of its officers or any other Representatives to participate in any meeting or substantive communication with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transaction unless it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and participate thereat (and in the event the other Party is unable or prohibited from participating, the attending Party shall promptly update the other Party with respect to such meeting or substantive communication). Neither Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates (other than NewCo from and after Closing) will be required to pay any fee, penalty or other consideration to any Person (other th...
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, the Parties shall, to the extent practicable, each consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to the Buyer, the Sellers or the Companies, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions. In exercising the foregoing rights, the Parties shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
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Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, the Parties shall, to the extent practicable, each consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all the information relating to the Buyer, the Seller, the Target Companies, General Partner Entities and Sponsored Funds, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions. In exercising the foregoing rights, the Parties shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Buyer shall be entitled to direct any proceedings or negotiations with any Governmental Entity relating to any of the matters addressed in this Section 4.3 (Regulatory Filings/Approvals), provided that the Buyer shall, to the extent permitted, afford the Seller a reasonable opportunity to participate therein.
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Related to Conduct of Interactions with Governmental Entities

  • Governmental Entities 19.1 For those customers, which are government entities, provisions within this agreement will apply to the extent the agency is not legally barred from executing such provisions by State or Federal law.

  • Conduct of the Business (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, or the earlier termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IX, except to the extent described in Schedule 5.01 or otherwise required or specifically permitted by this Agreement, the Company shall: (i) conduct the Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in all material respects (including with respect to capital expenditures, the timely making of any budgeted or emergency capital expenditures or capital expenditures that are required to maintain the Business in compliance with any applicable Laws), unless the Parent shall have otherwise consented in writing (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (ii) maintain in effect the insurance coverage described on Schedule 7.16 (or reasonably equivalent replacement coverage); (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the present relationships of the Business with suppliers, vendors, licensees and other Persons with which the Business has business relations; (iv) maintain in effect the Business Licenses (if any) in accordance with the terms thereof and renew any Business License that would otherwise expire pursuant to the terms thereof between the date of this Agreement and the Closing; (v) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep, or to cause Spoonful to keep, available the services of the Business Employees subject to the normal hiring and firing of Business Employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (vi) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization, value as a going concern and relationships with third parties (including lessors, licensors, suppliers, distributors and customers) and employees. (b) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, or the earlier termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IX, except to the extent described in Schedule 5.01 or otherwise required or specifically permitted by this Agreement or consented to in writing by the Parent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall refrain from: (i) issuing, selling or delivering any of its Company LLC Interests or other Equity Interests or issuing or selling any securities convertible into, or options with respect to, or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for, any of its Company LLC Interests or other Equity Interests (or amending any term of any of the foregoing); (ii) effecting any recapitalization, reclassification, dividend, split or like change in its capitalization other than dividends in the in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and the terms and conditions of the Company’s Organizational Documents; (iii) amending its Organizational Documents; (iv) making any redemption or purchase of any of its of its Company LLC Interests or other Equity Interests; (v) (A) merging, consolidating or combining with any Person or (B) acquiring any material assets, except for acquisitions of inventory, equipment and supplies in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (vi) permitting any of the assets of the Company to become subject to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) or selling, leasing, licensing or otherwise disposing of any assets or securities, including by merger, consolidation, asset sale or other business combination, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (vii) making any loans or advances to, or any investments in, any other Person (in the case of loans or advances to employees, in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate for all such loans and advances); (viii) pledging or otherwise encumbering of its Company LLC Interests or other Equity Interests; (ix) excepting as required or specifically permitted by this Agreement, entering into or amending any Contract with the Manager or any officer of the Company; (x) increasing any benefits under any Employee Benefit Plan or increasing the compensation payable or paid, whether conditionally or otherwise, to any employee, officer, manager or consultant of Company (other than (A) any increase adopted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in respect of the compensation of any employee whose annual base compensation does not exceed $125,000 after giving effect to such increase or (B) any increase in benefits or compensation required by Law or required pursuant to the terms of an existing Employee Benefit Plan); (xi) becoming liable in respect of any guarantee (other than a guarantee by the Company of a Liability of the Company that is made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or incur, assume or otherwise become liable in respect of any Indebtedness; (xii) repaying, prepaying or otherwise discharging or satisfying any Indebtedness or other material Liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or waiving, cancelling or assigning any claims or rights of substantial value other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (xiii) making any capital expenditures that are in the aggregate in excess of $100,000 (other than capital expenditures contemplated by the capital expenditure budget attached to Schedule 5.01, emergency capital expenditures or capital expenditures that are required to maintain the Business in compliance with any applicable Laws); (xiv) making any change in its methods of accounting or accounting practices (including with respect to reserves) or any Tax election; filing any amended Tax Return; electing or changing any method of accounting for Tax purposes; settling any Action or claim in respect of Taxes; or consenting to any extension or waiver of the limitations period for the assessment of any Tax; (xv) settling, agreeing to settle, waiving or otherwise compromising any pending or threatened Actions or claims (A) involving potential payments by or to the Company of more than $100,000 in aggregate, (B) that admit Liability or consent to non-monetary relief, or (C) that otherwise are or would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or the Business; (xvi) entering into, adopt, terminate, modify, renew or amend in any material respect (including by accelerating material rights or benefits under) any Contract unless such Contract requires payments by the Company of less than $10,000 per month and that can be terminated by the Company upon 60 days’ or less notice without penalty; (xvii) writing up or writing down any of its material assets of the Company or revalue its inventory or reserves in respect of its accounts receivable; (xviii) taking any action or failing to take any action that would result in any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement becoming false or inaccurate in any material respect; or (xix) authorizing, agreeing or committing or entering into a Contract to do any of the foregoing.

  • Consents and Approvals of Governmental Authorities No consent, approval, or authorization of, or declaration, filing, or registration with, any governmental or regulatory authority is required to be made or obtained by the Seller in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement or any of the other Acquisition Documents by the Seller.

  • Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations (a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of a Parent Party with respect to such Parent Party’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Ancillary Documents, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a), 15(d) or 16 of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq, (iii) filing of the Certificates of Merger, (iv) the approvals and consents to be obtained by each Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.9, or (v) the Parent Stockholder Approval. (b) Subject to the receipt of the Consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.3(a), neither the execution, delivery or performance by a Parent Party of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Documents to which a Parent Party is or will be a party nor the consummation by a Parent Party of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of the Governing Documents of a Parent Party, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which a Parent Party is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any such Parent Party or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens) of a Parent Party, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of a Parent Party to consummate the Transactions.

  • Conduct of the Parties The parties will not engage in behaviour that is, or may reasonably be considered to be intimidating, bullying, or harassing or commit any act or behaviour which is offensive or abusive in connection with this Agreement.

  • Consents and Approvals; No Violations Except as set forth in Section 3.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, subject to receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, Parent Shareholder Approval and the Required Limited Partners Approval and except (a) for filings, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements of, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or state securities laws, (b) the filing with the SEC of a joint proxy statement in definitive form relating to the meeting of the Company’s stockholders and the meeting of Parent’s stockholders, in each case, to be held in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Proxy Statement”) and of a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a joint prospectus, and declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4, such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various states in connection with the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement and approval of listing of such Parent Common Stock on the NYSE, (c) for (A) the acceptance for record by the SDAT of the Maryland Articles of Merger and (B) the filing of the Delaware Merger Certificate with the DSOS, (d) compliance with the NYSE rules and regulations and (e) such filings as may be required in connection with any transfer Taxes, none of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company and the Operating Partnership, the consummation by the Company and the Operating Partnership of the Mergers or compliance by the Company and the Operating Partnership with any of the provisions hereof will (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the organizational documents of the Company or the comparable governing instruments of any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) require any filing by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with, notice to, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any municipal, local, state or federal government or governmental authority or by any United States or state court of competent jurisdiction (each, a “Governmental Entity”), (iii) require any consent or notice under, result in a violation or breach by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of notice, termination, amendment, cancellation, recapture or acceleration) under, result in the triggering of any payment, or result in the creation of any Lien or other encumbrance on any property or asset of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Material Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its respective properties or assets may be bound or any change in the rights or obligations of any party under any Material Contract or (iv) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, ordinance, requirement, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of its respective properties or assets (collectively, “Laws”), excluding from the foregoing clauses (i) (other than in the case of the Company), (ii), (iii) and (iv) any of the foregoing which, would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and any of the foregoing arising in connection with the Financing or arising as a result of any circumstances or requirements applicable to Parent or any of its Affiliates.

  • Governmental Authorities From the date of this Agreement and until the End Date, the Company shall duly observe and conform in all material respects to all valid requirements of governmental authorities relating to the conduct of its business or to its properties or assets.

  • Compliance with Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations (a) Other than with respect to laws concerning Taxes (which are addressed in Section 3.9), laws concerning employee benefits (which are addressed in Section 3.10), and Environmental Laws (which are addressed in Section 3.14): (i) each Longhorn Entity is, and at all times since January 1, 2010 has been, in compliance in all material respects with each Legal Requirement that is or was applicable to it; (ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) that is reasonably likely to constitute or result in a material violation by any Longhorn Entity of, or a material failure on the part of any Longhorn Entity to comply with, any Legal Requirement applicable to it or (B) that is reasonably likely to give rise to any material obligation on the part of any Longhorn Entity; and (iii) no Longhorn Entity has received, at any time since January 1, 2010, any written or other notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding (A) any actual or alleged violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement applicable it or (B) any actual or alleged material obligation on the part of any Longhorn Entity. (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(b), each Longhorn Entity possesses all material Permits, all such material Permits are in full force and effect, and each Longhorn Entity is and at all times since January 1, 2010 has been in compliance in all material respects with all material Permits. No Longhorn Entity has received any notice to the effect that, or otherwise been advised of (i) any actual or alleged material violation of, or failure to comply with, any material Permits or (ii) any actual or alleged revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or termination of, or any modification to, any material Permit or the commencement or threatened commencement of any proceeding to do any of the foregoing. To the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) is reasonably likely to (i) constitute or result directly or indirectly in a material violation by any Longhorn Entity of, or a failure on the part of any Longhorn Entity to comply with, any material Permits or (ii) result directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or termination of, or any modification to, any material Permit.

  • Compliance; Governmental Authorizations The Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable Federal, state, local or foreign laws, ordinances, regulations and orders. The Seller has all Federal, state, local and foreign governmental licenses and permits necessary in the conduct of the Subject Business the lack of which would have a material adverse effect on the Buyer's ability to operate the Subject Business after the Closing on substantially the same basis as presently operated, such licenses and permits are in full force and effect, no violations are or have been recorded in respect of any thereof and no proceeding is pending or threatened to revoke or limit any thereof. None of such licenses and permits shall be affected in any material respect by the transactions contemplated hereby.

  • Conduct of the Company’s Business During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the Effective Time and the date nominees of Parent or Subsidiary constitute a majority of the members of the board of trustees of the Company (such earlier time, the “Control Time”), except either as consented to in writing (including by email or other electronic transmission) by Parent in response to a written or oral request therefore from the Company (which response shall not be unreasonably delayed), the Company shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries to, conduct its and their business in the ordinary course and use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its and their business relationships with third parties and to keep available the services of their present officers and employees, provided that it does not require additional compensation, and preserve its and their relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with the Company and its subsidiaries, and to maintain the Company’s qualification as a REIT, in each case subject to the terms of or contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, from the date hereof until the Control Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause its subsidiaries not to: (a) (i) authorize, declare or pay any dividends on or make other distributions in respect of any of its stock (except for dividends by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to its parent and except for distributions necessary for the Company to maintain its REIT qualification, avoid the incurrence of any taxes under Section 857 of the Code, avoid the imposition of any excise taxes under Section 4981 of the Code, or avoid the need to make one or more extraordinary or disproportionately larger distributions to meet any of the three preceding objectives), (ii) split, combine or reclassify any of its stock or issue or authorize or propose the issuance of any other securities or (iii) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other securities thereof or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares or other securities; (b) except in accordance with the Share Option Agreement, issue, deliver, sell, pledge or encumber, or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, sale, pledge or encumbrance of, any shares of its beneficial interests, stock or any other security; (c) amend or propose to amend its declaration of trust, certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational documents); (d) (i) acquire or agree to acquire any material assets (including securities) outside the ordinary course or merge or consolidate with any person or engage in any similar transaction or (ii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than to the Company or any wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and other than loans to auto dealers in the ordinary course of business which would, when originated, qualify as Eligible Receivables under the Warehouse Line; (e) sell, lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or any interest therein, other than in the ordinary course (including the disposition of any assets acquired as a result of a foreclosure), or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring or other reorganization; (f) incur or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness, guarantee any debt of others, enter into any “keep-well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition of another person or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, except for borrowings under the Warehouse Line; (g) make or rescind any Tax election or settle or compromise any Tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (h) make or agree to make any capital expenditures other than in amounts of less than $75,000 in the aggregate; (i) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any Claim (whether absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with their terms, of Claims whether recognized or disclosed in the most recent financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the Company included in the Company Filed SEC Documents or incurred since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business except for cash payments (x) paid by any insurer or person other than the Company and any subsidiary of the Company, plus (y) an amount paid by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company not exceeding $100,000 per Claim, liability or obligation or $500,000 for all Claims in the aggregate. (j) (i) modify, amend or terminate any material contract, (ii) waive, release or assign any material rights or claims, (iii) waive the benefits of, or agree to modify in any manner, any confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement, or fail to enforce any such agreement to the fullest extent practicable, including by seeking injunctive relief and specific performance or (iv) except, with respect to this clause (iv), in the ordinary course of business, enter into any material contracts or transactions; (i) increase the compensation or benefits of any director, trustee, officer or employee, except for, in the cases of non-officer employees, increases in the ordinary course that are consistent with past practice, (ii) adopt any material amendment to a Benefit Plan, (iii) enter into, amend or modify any employment, consulting, severance, termination or similar agreement with any director, trustee, officer or employee, (iv) accelerate the payment of compensation or benefits to any director, officer or employee, (v) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Benefit Plan or compensation agreement or arrangement; or change any actuarial or other assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any pension plan or change the timing or manner in which contributions to any pension plan are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined or (vi) take any action that could give rise to severance benefits payable to any officer, trustee, director, or employee of the Company or any subsidiary as a result of consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that nothing in this paragraph (k) shall preclude the payment by the Company of accrued, but unpaid bonuses to employees for 2004 and retroactive salary adjustments in each case as set forth in Section 6.1(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; (l) take any action to exempt or make not subject to or to otherwise waive or cause to be inapplicable (x) the provisions of any Takeover Statute or (y) Section 7.2 of the Declaration of Trust, in each case to any individual or entity (other than Parent or its subsidiaries), or any action taken thereby, which individual, entity or action would have otherwise been subject to the restrictive provisions thereof and not exempt therefrom; (m) take any action to delist the Shares from Nasdaq; (n) make any material change to its methods of accounting in effect on the date hereof, except as required by changes in GAAP as concurred with by the Company’s independent auditors, or change its fiscal year; (o) enter into any transaction with any of its affiliates other than pursuant to arrangements in effect on the date hereof which have been disclosed to Parent; (p) accelerate the collection of receivables or defer the payment of payables, or modify the payment terms of any receivables or payables, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business; (q) securitize, or create any financing arrangements in the nature of a collateralized debt obligation with respect to, any accounts receivable, loans or other assets; (r) amend or modify the existing agreement between Company and Company Financial Advisor; or (s) authorize any of, or commit or agree to take any of, the foregoing actions or any action that would result in a breach of any representation, warranty or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement as of the date when made or as of any future date or would result in any of the conditions to the Merger not being satisfied or in a material delay in the satisfaction of such conditions.

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