Conduct Prior to the Closing Date Section 7.1 Conduct of Business by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its respective business organizations and maintain satisfactory relationships with licensors, suppliers, distributors, clients and others having business relationships with them, and conduct its respective operations (including its respective working capital and cash management practices) in the ordinary course of business in all material respects, except: (w) to the extent that SPAC shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (x) as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity) or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures; (y) to the extent of any Emergency Action; or (z) as required, contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement, any Market Access Agreement or the Company Disclosure Letter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as required, contemplated or expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, any Market Access Agreement or the Company Disclosure Letter, or as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity), or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures or to the extent of any Emergency Action, without the prior written consent of SPAC (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, the Company shall not, and shall cause the other Group Companies not to, do any of the following:
Conduct Pending Closing (i) The business of Buyer ------------------------ shall be conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past practices.
Conduct Pending the Closing Acquirer, Target and the Shareholder covenant that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing as to each of them:
Operations Prior to the Closing Date (a) Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, and to cause the Companies to, operate and carry on the Business in the ordinary course and substantially as operated immediately prior to the date of this Agreement. Consistent with the foregoing, Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cause the Companies to use their commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with good business practice, to preserve the goodwill of the suppliers, contractors, licensors, employees, customers, distributors and others having business relations with the Business.
After the Closing Date Buyer shall accept payment of all accounts receivable in the normal course of conducting the Business. Upon payment of any amounts from Delinquent Members, Buyer shall credit such payment first to the amounts owed by such Delinquent Member indicated on the Seller Receivable List, and then for Buyer's account.
ACTION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE The respective parties hereto covenant and agree to take the following actions between the date hereof and the Closing Date:
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of each Bank to make the Loans contemplated by subsections 2.1 and 2.2 and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit contemplated by subsection 3.1 shall be subject to the compliance by the Company with its agreements herein contained and to the satisfaction, on or before October 1, 2004, of the following conditions:
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Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date The obligation of the Lenders to execute this Agreement and make any requested Loans on the Closing Date is subject to the prior satisfaction of each of the following conditions (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of the Lenders):
Covenants of Buyer Prior to Closing Date Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Buyer will use its Best Efforts to cause the conditions in Section 8 to be satisfied.