Conduct Pending the Merger SECTION 2.1. Conduct of the Company's Business Prior to the Effective Time. Except as expressly provided in this Plan, during the period from the date of this Plan to the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, (i) conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) use its best efforts to maintain and preserve intact its business organization, properties, leases, employees and advantageous business relationships and retain the services of its officers and key employees, (iii) use its best efforts to consummate the Agreement of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of July 21, 1998, by and between the Company, CBE, Inc., and F & M Merger Corporation, as amended on November 30, 1998 (the "CBE Merger Agreement"), (iv) take no action which would adversely affect or delay the ability of the Company, Parent or any subsidiary thereof to obtain any necessary approvals, consents or waivers of any governmental authority required for the transactions contemplated hereby or to perform its covenants and agreements on a timely basis under this Plan and (v) take no action that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 9.1 hereof) on the Company.
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:
Conduct of Business Pending the Closing From and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and until the Closing Date, except as otherwise provided by the prior written consent or approval of the Buyer:
Conduct of the Business Pending the Closing (a) Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Sellers shall, and shall cause the Company to:
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER Section 6.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.
Indemnification in Third Party Proceedings Subject to Section 10 below, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time (but, only to the extent that such amendment permits Indemnitee to broader indemnification rights than the Code permitted prior to adoption of such amendment), if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any proceeding, for any and all expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such proceeding.
Priority on Registrations (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(a) hereof, in the case of an Underwritten Offering by the Company of Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, the managing underwriter or underwriters of the Underwritten Offering may limit the number of Registrable Common Shares included in the Underwritten Offering pursuant to any Registration Statement or qualification if, in its or their reasonable opinion, the number of Registrable Common Shares proposed to be sold in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number that can be sold without materially adversely interfering with the orderly sale and distribution of the securities being offered pursuant to such Registration Statement or qualification. In the event the number is to be so limited in the Underwritten Offering, qualification or registration, a sufficient number of securities shall be eliminated to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such Underwritten Offering, qualification or registration to the amount recommended by such underwriter. In reducing the amount of securities to be included in such Underwritten Offering, qualification or registration, the Company will include in such Underwritten Offering, qualification or registration (A) first, all securities the Company proposes to sell, and (B) second, to the extent not inconsistent with the Stock Purchase Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 13, 1995 by and among the Company, Partners I and Parallel I, as amended, and all documents related thereto, all Registrable Common Shares Beneficially Owned by Holders requested to be included in the Underwritten Offering, qualification or registration and Common Shares requested to be included by other holders of Common Shares who have registration rights in respect thereof pari passu with the registration rights granted hereby, reduced pro rata according to the number of Registrable Common Shares or Common Shares which are Beneficially Owned by Holders and each such other holder, as the case may be, and requested to be included in such registration or qualification in good faith with the bona fide intention of selling the same.
Proceeding Other Than a Proceeding by or in the Right of the Company The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, and excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such a Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that any settlement of a Proceeding must be approved in advance in writing by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Patent Challenge 6.5.1 Licensor may terminate this Agreement, effective immediately upon written notice to Licensee, upon the commencement by Licensee or any of its Affiliates of a Patent Challenge.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE MERGER Section 5.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, unless Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise agree in writing or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
