Termination by ICANN (a) ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if: (i) Registry Operator fails to cure (A) any fundamental and material breach of Registry Operator’s representations and warranties set forth in Article 1 or covenants set forth in Article 2, or (B) any breach of Registry Operator’s payment obligations set forth in Article 6 of this Agreement, each within thirty (30) calendar days after ICANN gives Registry Operator notice of such breach, which notice will include with specificity the details of the alleged breach, (ii) an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction has finally determined that Registry Operator is in fundamental and material breach of such covenant(s) or in breach of its payment obligations, and (iii) Registry Operator fails to comply with such determination and cure such breach within ten (10) calendar days or such other time period as may be determined by the arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction. (b) ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if Registry Operator fails to complete all testing and procedures (identified by ICANN in writing to Registry Operator prior to the date hereof) for delegation of the TLD into the root zone within twelve (12) months of the Effective Date. Registry Operator may request an extension for up to additional twelve (12) months for delegation if it can demonstrate, to ICANN’s reasonable satisfaction, that Registry Operator is working diligently and in good faith toward successfully completing the steps necessary for delegation of the TLD. Any fees paid by Registry Operator to ICANN prior to such termination date shall be retained by ICANN in full. (c) ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if (i) Registry Operator fails to cure a material breach of Registry Operator’s obligations set forth in Section 2.12 of this Agreement within thirty (30) calendar days of delivery of notice of such breach by ICANN, or if the Continued Operations Instrument is not in effect for greater than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days at any time following the Effective Date, (ii) an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction has finally determined that Registry Operator is in material breach of such covenant, and (iii) Registry Operator fails to cure such breach within ten (10) calendar days or such other time period as may be determined by the arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction. (d) ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if (i) Registry Operator makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar act, (ii) attachment, garnishment or similar proceedings are commenced against Registry Operator, which proceedings are a material threat to Registry Operator’s ability to operate the registry for the TLD, and are not dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days of their commencement, (iii) a trustee, receiver, liquidator or equivalent is appointed in place of Registry Operator or maintains control over any of Registry Operator’s property, (iv) execution is levied upon any material property of Registry Operator, (v) proceedings are instituted by or against Registry Operator under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to the relief of debtors and such proceedings are not dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days of their commencement, or (vi) Registry Operator files for protection under the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101, et seq., or a foreign equivalent or liquidates, dissolves or otherwise discontinues its operations or the operation of the TLD. (e) ICANN may, upon thirty (30) calendar days’ notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 2 of Specification 7 or Sections 2 and 3 of Specification 11, subject to Registry Operator’s right to challenge such termination as set forth in the applicable procedure described therein. (f) ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if (i) Registry Operator knowingly employs any officer who is convicted of a misdemeanor related to financial activities or of any felony, or is judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, or is the subject of a judicial determination that ICANN reasonably deems as the substantive equivalent of any of the foregoing and such officer is not terminated within thirty (30) calendar days of Registry Operator’s knowledge of the foregoing, or (ii) any member of Registry Operator’s board of directors or similar governing body is convicted of a misdemeanor related to financial activities or of any felony, or is judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, or is the subject of a judicial determination that ICANN reasonably deems as the substantive equivalent of any of the foregoing and such member is not removed from Registry Operator’s board of directors or similar governing body within thirty (30) calendar days of Registry Operator’s knowledge of the foregoing. (g) ICANN may, upon thirty (30) calendar days’ notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement as specified in Section 7.5. (h) [Applicable to intergovernmental organizations or governmental entities only.] ICANN may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.16.
Termination by Xxxxxx This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger Transactions abandoned at any time before the Acceptance Time by Parent: (a) if the Company breaches any of its representations or warranties, or fails to perform any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, and which breach or failure (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in paragraph (d), (e) or (f) of Annex I and (ii) by its nature cannot be cured or has not been cured by the Company by the earlier of (A) the Outside Date and (B) the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of written notice of such breach from Parent, but only so long as neither Parent nor Merger Sub are then in material breach of their respective representations or warranties or materially failing to perform their respective covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement in a manner that would allow the Company to terminate this Agreement under Section 7.4(b); or (b) (i) upon prior written notice to the Company if the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee), the Special Committee or any other duly authorized committee of disinterested members of the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse Recommendation Change (provided that, any written notice, including pursuant to Section 5.3(d), of the Company’s intention to make an Adverse Recommendation Change in advance of making an Adverse Recommendation Change shall not result in Parent having any termination rights pursuant to this Section 7.3(b)(i) unless such written notice otherwise constitutes an Adverse Recommendation Change); provided, however, that Parent shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.3(b)(i) unless the notice of termination pursuant to this Section 7.3(b)(i) is delivered by Parent to the Company within five (5) Business Days following the occurrence of the event giving rise to Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.3(b)(i), (ii) if the Company shall have materially breached any of its obligations under Section 5.3, (iii) if the Company shall have failed, within ten (10) Business Days of a tender or exchange offer that constitutes a Takeover Proposal relating to securities of the Company having been commenced, to publicly recommend against such tender or exchange offer or (iv) if the Company shall have failed to publicly reaffirm its recommendation of the Offer and the Merger within ten (10) Business Days after a request to do so by Parent following the date any Takeover Proposal or any material modification thereto is first commenced, publicly announced, distributed or disseminated to the Company’s stockholders (provided that Parent may only make such request once with respect to each Takeover Proposal and each material modification thereto).
