Assignment Entire Agreement Amendment This Agreement may be assigned only by Employer, and is freely assignable by Employer. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior understandings, communications and agreements concerning such subject matter; provided that, to the extent there is any conflict between this Agreement and any stock option grant agreement or plan, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. Neither this Agreement, nor any of its terms, can be changed, added to, waived or supplemented except in a written document signed by Executive and Employer, except that Employer may adopt or change any vacation, benefit, rules or other policy generally applicable to employees or a group or class of employees in its discretion.
Additional Covenants Agreements and Acknowledgements a. [Intentionally Omitted].
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7.05 and Article 8 of the Indenture.
Reliance Upon Documents and Instructions The Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice or other instrument in writing received by it and reasonably believed by it to be genuine. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon any Written Instructions actually received by it pursuant to this Agreement.
Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waiver This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto and the terms and conditions hereof may be waived only by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto, or, in the case of a waiver, by an instrument signed on behalf of the party waiving compliance.
Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers This Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits hereto) represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and can be amended, supplemented or changed, and any provision hereof can be waived, only by written instrument making specific reference to this Agreement signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver is sought. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
Hold-Back Agreements If and whenever the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act, whether or not for its own account (other than pursuant to a Special Registration), or is required to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company, NCP-SBG and the other parties thereto (the "Registration Rights Agreement")) under the Securities Act pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 3.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement, each party hereto, if required by the managing underwriter in an underwritten offering, agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company for 90 days (or 180 days, if the managing underwriter so requires) after, and during the 20 days prior to, the effective date of such registration, to the extent timely notified in writing by the Company or the managing underwriter, and the Company agrees to cause each holder of any Equity Security, or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Equity Security, of the Company purchased from the Company at any time other than in a Public Offering to enter into a similar agreement with the Company. The Company further agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any registration statement (other than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the 20 days prior to, and for 90 days (or 180 days, if the managing underwriter so requires) after, the effective date of such registration if required by the managing underwriter.
Amendments to Note Purchase Agreement Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth herein and in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants of the Companies set forth herein and in the Note Purchase Agreement, each party hereto hereby agrees that the Note Purchase Agreement be and hereby is, amended as follows:
Filing of Amendments and 1934 Act Documents The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto (including the Post-Effective Amendment) at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers (a) This Agreement and the other Debt Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior understandings (whether written, verbal or implied) with respect to such subject matter. Section headings contained in this Agreement have been included for convenience only, and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(b) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Debt Document, or any consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Borrower and Lenders having more than (x) 60% of the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders or (y) if such Commitments have expired or been terminated, 60% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (the “Requisite Lenders”); provided, however, that so long as a party that is a Lender hereunder on the Closing Date does not assign any portion of its Commitment or Term Loan, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Requisite Lender. Except as set forth in clause (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders.
(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Debt Document shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase or decrease any Commitment of any Lender or increase or decrease the Total Commitment (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Obligation or the amount of any fees payable hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on any Term Loan, or any fees hereunder, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, except as otherwise expressly permitted in the Debt Documents, (v) subordinate the lien granted in favor of the Agent securing the Obligations, (vi) release Borrower from its obligations hereunder and under the other Debt Documents or any guarantor from its guaranty of the Obligations or (vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive Section 8.4 or 10.8(b) or (c).
(d) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 10.8 to the contrary, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting or modifying the rights or obligations of Agent hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Borrower, Agent and Requisite Lenders.
(e) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.8, if Agent receives a written notice from Borrower requesting the consent of the Requisite Lenders to a proposed acquisition by Borrower that is not permitted under Section 7.5 or requesting the consent of the Requisite Lenders to a proposed amendment, modification or waiver of the Maxygen License Agreement to the extent required under Section 7.11(a), then, on or before the 15th day after the date on which Agent receives such notice (the “Response Date”), Agent shall advise Borrower in writing whether the consent of the Requisite Lenders to such acquisition or such amendment, modification or waiver has been obtained (the “Response”); provided that if Borrower does not receive a Response from Agent on or prior to the Response Date, Agent and all Lenders shall be deemed to have not consented to such acquisition or such amendment, modification or waiver.