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For more information visit our privacy policy.Conduct of Operations The Board of Directors and the General Partner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the business of the Partnership and its Affiliates in a manner that does not require a holder of Common Units to file a tax return in any jurisdiction with which the holder has no contact other than through ownership of Common Units.
Business Operations Company will provide all necessary equipment, personnel and other appurtenances necessary to conduct its operations. Company will conduct its business operations hereunder in a lawful, orderly and proper manner, considering the nature of such operation, so as not to unreasonably annoy, disturb, endanger or be offensive to others at or near the Premises or elsewhere on the Airport.
Conduct of the Business (a) Except as required by applicable Law, Judgment or a Governmental Authority, as expressly contemplated, required or permitted by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or otherwise undertaken to implement this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or the Merger Agreement, or as set forth in Schedule 6.01, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing (or such earlier date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01), unless Purchaser otherwise consents in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (i) Seller shall, and shall cause the other Asset Seller Entities to, use its and their commercially reasonable efforts to carry on the Business in all material respects in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and (ii) to the extent consistent with the foregoing, Seller shall, and shall cause the other Asset Seller Entities to, use its and their commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve the business organizations of the Business substantially intact and (B) preserve existing relations with key customers and distributors of the Business and with other Persons with whom Seller and the other Asset Seller Entities have significant business relationships with respect to the Business, in each case, consistent with past practice. (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as required by applicable Law, Judgment or a Governmental Authority, as expressly contemplated, required or permitted by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 6.01, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing (or such earlier date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01), unless Purchaser otherwise consents in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), Seller shall not, and shall not permit any other Asset Seller Entity to, in each case solely to the extent relating to the Business: (i) incur any Indebtedness that creates or results in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the Purchased Assets, except for Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that (A) constitutes an Excluded Liability, (B) does not result in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on the Purchased Assets that will survive the Closing, or (C) constitutes a letter of credit, bank guarantee, security or performance bond or similar credit support instrument, overdraft facility or cash management program; (ii) sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, to any Person, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, any of the Purchased Assets, except (A) ordinary course dispositions of inventory to customers and distributors consistent with past practice, (B) dispositions consistent with past practice of (1) obsolete, surplus or worn out assets or (2) assets that are no longer used or useful in the Business, or (C) transfers among the Asset Seller Entities; (iii) make any acquisition of, or investment in, any properties, assets, Securities or business for the Business, except for the acquisitions of supplies, inventory, equipment, merchandise or products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iv) grant any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of the Purchased Assets other than (A) to secure Indebtedness and other obligations permitted under Section 6.01(b)(i), or (B) any such Lien that will not survive the Closing and will not (1) require any Consent to be obtained in connection with the Transactions or (2) delay in any material respect the consummation thereof; (A) modify, amend or terminate, or waive, in each case in any material respect, any rights or claims under, any Material Contract or any Restricted Contract other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) enter into any new Contract that (1) would, in the twelve (12)-month period immediately following the entry into such Contract, reasonably be expected to meet the threshold monetary requirement set forth for such type of a Contract in Section 4.11(a)(iii) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, (2) is a Restricted Contract, or (3) contains a change in control or similar provision in favor of the other party or parties thereto that would require a material payment to or would give rise to any material rights of such other party or parties in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with any other event or circumstance), other than pursuant to a tender offer process for Contracts with a Governmental Authority in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; or (vi) authorize any of, or commit or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of, the foregoing actions. (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Purchaser, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Business prior to the Closing, and nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Purchaser at any time, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct any Excluded Businesses. Prior to the Closing, each of Purchaser and Seller shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and with applicable Competition Laws, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.
Conduct of Local Church Operations From the date of this Disaffiliation Agreement through and until the Closing, the Local Church: (a) will conduct its operations substantially in accordance with past practice and will use commercially reasonable efforts, subject to the foregoing, to maintain and preserve its operations and organization consistent with past practice and efficient and economical management, (b) will not take any action that is inconsistent with its charitable purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or that otherwise adversely affects its tax-exempt status, and (c) will not take any action that would cause its representations and warranties in this Disaffiliation Agreement not to remain true and correct as of Closing, except with the prior written consent of the Annual Conference.
Conduct of Logging Unless otherwise specifi- cally provided herein, Purchaser shall fell trees desig- nated for cutting and shall remove the portions that meet Utilization Standards, as provided in B2.2, prior to accep- tance of subdivision for completion of logging under B6.36. Forest Service may make exceptions for occa- sional trees inadvertently not cut or trees or pieces not removed for good reason, including possible damage to forest resources or gross economic impracticability at the time of removal of other timber. Logging shall be con- ducted in accordance with the following, unless C6.4 pro- visions set forth requirements to meet special or unusual logging conditions:
Oil and Gas Properties Borrower will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency all of its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties including, without limitation, all equipment, machinery and facilities, and from time to time will make all the reasonably necessary repairs, renewals and replacements so that at all times the state and condition of its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties will be fully preserved and maintained, except to the extent a portion of such Properties is no longer capable of producing Hydrocarbons in economically reasonable amounts. Borrower will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to promptly: (i) pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be paid and discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties, (ii) perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards, the obligations required by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties, (iii) will and will cause each Subsidiary to do all other things necessary to keep unimpaired, except for Liens described in Section 9.03, its rights with respect to its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties and prevent any forfeiture thereof or a default thereunder, except to the extent a portion of such Properties is no longer capable of producing Hydrocarbons in economically reasonable amounts and except for Transfers permitted by Section 9.18. Borrower will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause such Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance in all material respects with all Governmental Requirements.
Interim Operations Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as consented to in writing by Parent, the Company covenants and agrees that during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time (or until termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 7 hereof): (a) the business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted, and the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be maintained, only in the ordinary course of business and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their current business organizations, keep available the services of their current officers and employees and preserve their relationships with their material customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, advertisers, distributors and other material third parties having business dealings with them and to preserve the goodwill of their respective businesses; (b) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) authorize for issuance, issue, deliver, sell or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise), pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, any other securities or any securities convertible or exercisable into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such shares, securities or convertible securities or any other securities or equity equivalents (including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights or phantom interests), except for issuances of Common Shares upon the exercise of Options outstanding as of the date hereof; (ii) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, securities exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); or (iii) amend, modify or waive any term of any outstanding security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (A) as required by this Agreement, (B) as set forth in Section 5.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, in connection with accelerating the vesting schedules of the Options to the extent required by the Stock Plans or the agreements pursuant to which such Options were granted or (C) in connection with terminating the Options and the Stock Plans; (c) the Company shall not (i) sell, transfer or pledge, or agree to sell, transfer or pledge, any equity interest owned by it in any of its Subsidiaries or alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring or in any other fashion the corporate structure or ownership of any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) amend or otherwise change its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend its articles of incorporation, or bylaws or (iii) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; (d) other than quarterly dividends not in excess of $0.075 per Common Share declared and paid consistent with past practices, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare, set aside or pay any dividends on (whether in cash, stock or other property), or make any other distributions in respect of, any of its capital stock (except for dividends paid by direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries to the Company or to other wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company consistent with past practices); (e) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) grant or agree to any increase in any manner the compensation or benefits of any current or former director, officer or employee, except increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, increases and bonuses expressly required under existing employment agreements, bonus plans and other agreements and arrangements listed or described in Section 5.01(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except in connection with accelerating the vesting schedules of the Options and terminating the Options and the Stock Plans, (ii) enter into any new or materially amend any existing Contract, transaction, commitment or arrangement with any current or former director, officer, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) except as set forth in Section 5.01(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as may be required to comply with applicable Law and as provided or otherwise contemplated in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2.02 hereof), become obligated under any Benefit Plan that was not in existence on the date hereof or amend or modify or terminate, or pay any benefit that is not required by, any Benefit Plan or other employee benefit plan or any agreement, arrangement, plan or policy for the benefit of any current or former director, officer or employee in existence on the date hereof; (f) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (x) enter into any new line of business, or acquire or agree to acquire, including, without limitation, by merging or consolidating with, or purchasing the assets or capital stock or other equity interests of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof other than acquisitions or purchases made with the prior written consent of the Parent (each an “Approved Acquisition”) and other than non-taxable transfers by or among the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries; or (y) establish or acquire (i) any Subsidiary other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries or (ii) Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States and its territorial possessions; (g) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (x) incur, assume, be responsible for or pre-pay any Indebtedness, enter into any agreement to, incur, assume, be responsible for or pre-pay any Indebtedness, guarantee, or agree to guarantee, any such Indebtedness or Liabilities or obligations of another person, issue or sell, or agree to issue or sell, any debt securities or options, warrants or calls or rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities 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; or (y) sell, lease, license or subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease or subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of, any of its properties or assets in excess of $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate other than (i) pursuant to existing contracts and commitments described in Section 5.01(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) immaterial properties or assets (or immaterial portions of properties or assets described in Section 5.01(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), (iii) Permitted Liens, (iv) Liens relating to Taxes that are not yet due and payable or otherwise being contested in good faith and as to which appropriate reserves have been established by the Company in accordance with GAAP and (v) other than non-taxable transfers by or among the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries; (h) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall adopt or put into effect a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any transaction specifically contemplated by this Agreement); (i) except as set forth in Section 5.01(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) enter into, or materially amend, modify or supplement any Contract outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have monetary obligations in excess of $25,000 (except as may be necessary for the Company to comply with its obligations hereunder), or (ii) waive, release, grant, assign, modify or transfer any of its material rights or claims (whether such rights or claims arise under a Contract or otherwise); (j) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, authorize or make any capital expenditures (other than pursuant to commitments prior to the date hereof or other planned capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices disclosed in Section 5.01(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule by category) or make any commitments with respect to capital expenditures or other planned capital expenditures other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate; (k) the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) continue in force insurance with good and responsible insurance companies adequately covering risks of such types and in such amounts as are consistent with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ past practices, (ii) use reasonable best efforts not to permit any insurance policy naming it as beneficiary or loss payable payee to be canceled or terminated, (iii) maintain all Leased Real Property (including, without limitation, the furniture, fixtures, equipment and systems therein) in its current condition in all material respects, subject to reasonable wear and tear and subject to any casualty or condemnation and Permitted Liens, subject to the expiration of real property leases in accordance with their terms, and (iv) pay, prior to the imposition of any Lien or material penalty all taxes, water and sewage rents, assessments and insurance premiums affecting such real property or contest them in good faith; (l) except as set forth in Section 5.01(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) materially amend any currently existing labor or collective bargaining agreement, memorandum or understanding, grievance settlement or any other agreement or commitment to or relating to any labor union, or (ii) enter into any labor or collective bargaining agreement, memorandum or understanding, grievance settlement or any other agreement or commitment to or relating to any labor union which is different in any material respect with any currently existing collective bargaining agreement, memorandum or understanding, grievance settlement or commitment, except, in each case, as required by Law; (m) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change any of the accounting policies, practices or procedures (including tax accounting policies, practices and procedures) used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, except as may be required as a result of a change in applicable Law or in GAAP; (n) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take, or agree or commit to take, any action that would, or is reasonably likely to, make any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement inaccurate in any material respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Effective Time or result in any of the conditions set forth in Article 6 not being satisfied, or omit, or agree to omit, to take any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate in any material respect at any such time or to prevent any such condition from not being satisfied; (o) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or change any material tax election or change an annual accounting period with respect to Taxes, file any amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle or compromise any Tax claim, assessment or liability relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, except as set forth in Section 5.01(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or take any other similar action, or omit to take any action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax, if such election, adoption, change, amendment, agreement, settlement, surrender, consent or other action or omission would have the effect of materially increasing the present or future Tax liability or materially decreasing any present or future Tax benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (p) the Company shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to, prevent the termination of any Contract with any Significant Customer, (ii) not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, amend or modify any Contract with any Significant Customer, other than on terms substantially equivalent to, or more beneficial on balance to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries than, the terms of such Contract prior to the making of such amendment or modification, and (iii) not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, enter into, or materially amend, modify or supplement, any Lease or other Material Contract under which the costs or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries resulting from such amendment, modification or supplement would exceed $25,000 per annum individually or $100,000 per annum for all such amendments, modifications and supplements in the aggregate; and (q) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Certificate of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. During the two years prior to the date hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Conduct of Business The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
Operations and Properties Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, act prudently and in accordance with customary industry standards in managing or operating its assets, properties, business and investments. Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all of its assets and properties which are necessary to the conduct of its business.