Existing Condition Except as otherwise set forth in the SPAR Disclosure Letter, since the Interim SPAR Marketing Balance Sheet Date, no SPAR Marketing Company has:
(a) incurred any liabilities, other than liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, advances under its commitments and lines of credit), the liabilities contemplated under the SPAR Premerger Agreements;
(b) discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance or paid any liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, repayments under its commitments and lines of credit), or failed to pay or discharge when due any liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or where the obligation is being contested in good faith, and the failure to pay or discharge has not caused and would not be reasonably likely to cause any SPAR Material Adverse Effect;
(c) sold, encumbered, assigned or transferred any assets, properties or rights or any interest therein, or made any agreement or commitment or granted any option or right with, of or to any person to acquire any assets, properties or rights of any SPAR Marketing Company or any interest therein, except for sales and dispositions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and except for the transactions contemplated under the SPAR Premerger Agreements and this Agreement;
(d) created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for money borrowed, or mortgaged, pledged or subjected any of its assets to any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, conditional sales contract or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever, other than (i) in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, future advances and floating liens under existing, increased or replacement credit facilities), or (ii) in connection with the financing of the MCI Acquisition;
(e) made or suffered any early cancellation or termination of any Material SPAR Document (other than in the ordinary course of business with a vendor to a SPAR Marketing Company); or amended, modified or waived any substantial debts or claims held by it under any Material SPAR Document other than in the ordinary course of business;
(f) declared, set aside or paid any dividend or made or agreed to make any other distribution or payment in respect of its capital shares or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem, purchase or acquire any of shares of its capital stock or its other ownership interests;
(g) suffered any damage, destruction or loss that has had or will have (i) a SPAR Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) a replacement cost individually or in the aggregate at more than $100,000;
(h) suffered any repeated, recurring or prolonged shortage, cessation or interruption of supplies or utility or other services required to conduct its business and operations;
(i) suffered any material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the SPAR Marketing Companies taken as a whole;
(j) received notice or had knowledge of any actual or overtly threatened organized or coordinated labor trouble, strike or other similar occurrence, event or condition of any similar character that has had or would be reasonably likely to have a SPAR Material Adverse Effect;
(k) increased the salaries or other compensation of, or made any advance (excluding advances for ordinary and necessary business expenses) or loan to, any of its employees or made any increase in, or any addition to, other benefits to which any of its employees are entitled (in each case other than increases in salaries or other compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and that in the aggregate have not resulted in a SPAR Material Adverse Effect);
(l) changed any of the accounting principles followed by it or the methods of applying such principles, other than the contemplated change for certain of the SPAR Marketing Companies from "subchapter s" status to "subchapter c" status for federal income tax purposes (to be effected shortly before the Effective Time) and other changes in implementing the SPAR Premerger Transactions;
(m) except as contemplated by the SPAR Premerger Agreements or this Agreement, entered into any transaction other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(n) except as contemplated by the SPAR Premerger Agreements or this Agreement, changed its authorized capital or its securities outstanding or otherwise changed its ownership interests, or granted any options, warrants, calls, conversion rights or commitments with respect to any of its capital stock or other ownership interests; or
(o) agreed to take any of the actions referred to above.
