Business Opportunities Executive agrees, while he is employed by the Company, to offer or otherwise make known or available to it, as directed by the Board of Directors of the Company and without additional compensation or consideration, any business prospects, contracts or other business opportunities that Executive may discover, find, develop or otherwise have available to Executive in the Company’s general industry and further agrees that any such prospects, contacts or other business opportunities shall be the property of the Company.
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (i) Sponsor and each Sponsor Director (and each Affiliate thereof) has the right to, and shall not have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to (and none of the following shall be deemed to be wrongful or improper), (x) directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (y) directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that Sponsor or a Sponsor Director (or any Affiliate thereof) acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be an opportunity for the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries and Sponsor or any other Person, Sponsor and such Sponsor Director (and any such Affiliate) shall not have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such opportunity to the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Parent Parties, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates or equity holders for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that Sponsor or such Sponsor Director (or such Affiliate thereof), directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, that any such business, activity or transaction described in this Section 4.14 is not the direct result of Sponsor, its Affiliates or a Sponsor Director using Confidential Information in violation of Section 3.3 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.14, any Sponsor Director may be excluded, by the members of the Board who are not Sponsor Directors, from any discussion or vote on matters in accordance with a conflicts of interest policy of the Board that is adopted by the Board in good faith and is applicable to all of the members of the Board.
Loan Opportunities The Company on behalf of each Fund acknowledges and agrees that BTC shall have the right to decline to make any loans of Securities under any Securities Lending Agreement, to discontinue lending or to terminate any loans of Securities under any Securities Lending Agreement in its sole discretion. The Company on behalf of each Fund agrees that it shall have no claim against BTC based on, or relating to, loans made for other customers, or loan opportunities refused hereunder, whether or not BTC has made fewer or more loans for any other customer than for the Fund, and whether or not any loan for another customer, or the opportunity refused, could have resulted in loans made hereunder.
Defined Contribution Plan A plan under which Employee accounts are maintained for each Participant to which all contributions, forfeitures, investment income and gains or losses, and expenses are credited or deducted. A Participant’s benefit under such plan is based solely on the fair market value of his or her account balance.
Other Business Opportunities The Member and any person or entity affiliated with the Member may engage in or possess an interest in other business opportunities or ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others, including, without limitation, businesses that may compete with the Company. Neither the Member or any person or entity affiliated with the Member shall be required to present any such business opportunity or venture to the Company, even if the opportunity is of the character that, if presented to the Company, could be taken by it. Neither the Company nor any person or entity affiliated with the Company shall have any rights in or to such business opportunities or ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom by virtue of this Agreement, notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the Member solely in its capacity as member of the Company and shall not be deemed to modify any contract or arrangement, including, without limitation, any noncompete provisions, otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Member.
Annual Business Plan As soon as available and in any event no later than 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a Business Plan.
Defined Term Section Action Section 5.11(a) ADS Depositary Section 4.3 Affected Employees Section 5.12(a) Affiliate Section 3.27 Agreement Preamble Antitrust Laws Section 5.4(c) Applicable Laws Section 3.5(a) Assumed Option Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Assumed RSU Award Section 2.1(c)(v)(B) Book Entry Share Section 2.1(c)(i) Business Day Section 8.9(k) Cash-Only Shares Section 2.1(c)(i) Certificate of Merger Section 1.1 Class A Ordinary Shares Recitals Class B Ordinary Shares Section 4.3 Closing Section 1.2 Closing Date Section 1.2 Code Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Company Preamble Company Acquisition Proposal Section 5.2(a) Company Adverse Recommendation Change Section 5.2(d)(i) Company Benefit Plans Section 3.11(a) Company Certificate Section 2.1(c)(i) Company Common Stock Recitals Company Disclosure Schedule Article 3 Company ESPP Section 5.12(d) Company Material Adverse Effect Section 3.1 Company Material Contract Section 3.23(a) Company Permits Section 3.5(b) Company Permitted Liens Section 3.21(a) Company Preferred Stock Section 3.3 Company Real Property Section 3.5(d) Company Reports Section 3.7(a) Company Representatives Section 5.2(a) Company Restricted Stock Awards Section 2.1(c)(iv) Company Rights Section 2.5 Company Rights Agreement Section 2.5 Company RSU Awards Section 2.1(c)(v) Company Stockholder Approval Section 3.20 Company Stock Option Section 2.1(c)(iii)(A) Company Superior Proposal Section 5.2(d)(ii) Defined Term Section Competition Action Section 5.4(c) Confidentiality Agreement Section 5.2(a) control Section 3.27 Cutoff Date Section 8.9(e) Definitive Financing Agreements Section 5.13(b) Delaware Sub Preamble Deposit Agreement Section 4.3 Derivative Transaction Section 3.25(a) DGCL Recitals Dissenting Shares Section 2.1(c)(vii) Dissenting Stockholder Section 2.1(c)(vii) DLLCA Recitals Effective Time Section 1.1 Environmental Laws Section 3.13(a) ERISA Section 3.11(a) ERISA Affiliate Section 3.11(c) Equity Compensation Exchange Ratio Section 2.1(c)(i) Exchange Act Section 3.4 Exchange Agent Section 2.2(a) Exchange Fund Section 2.2(a) Exchange Ratio Section 2.1(c)(i) Excluded Shares Section 2.1(c)(ii) FCPA Section 3.5(e) Fee Section 7.5(b) Final Parent Stock Price Section 2.1(c)(i) Financing Section 5.13(a) Financing Commitments Section 5.13(a) Financing Sources Section 5.13(a) Form F-6 Section 5.7(a) Form S-4 Section 5.7(a) GAAP Section 3.7(b) Governmental Entity Section 3.6(b) Governmental Official Section 3.5(e) Hazardous Materials Section 3.13(b) HSR Act Section 3.6(b) Indemnified Party(ies) Section 5.11(a) IRS Section 3.11(a) Liens Section 3.4 Material Adverse Effect Section 8.9(c) Merger Recitals Merger Consideration Section 2.1(c)(i) Merger Sub Preamble New Financing Commitments Section 5.13(a) Non-U.S. Antitrust Laws Section 5.4(a)(i) Non-U.S. Company Benefit Plan Section 3.11(a) vi Defined Term Section Non-U.S. Parent Benefit Plan Section 4.11(a) NYSE Recitals OFAC Section 3.5(f) Parent Preamble Parent ADS Recitals Parent Adverse Recommendation Change Section 5.16(d)(i) Parent Alternative Proposal Section 5.16(a) Parent Benefit Plans Section 4.11(a) Parent Disclosure Schedule Article 4 Parent Material Adverse Effect Section 4.1 Parent Material Contract Section 4.23(a) Parent Options Section 4.3 Parent Permits Section 4.5(b) Parent Permitted Liens Section 4.21(a) Parent Real Property Section 4.5(d) Parent Representatives Section 5.16(a) Parent Reports Section 4.7(a) Parent Shareholder Approval Section 4.20 Parent Superior Proposal Section 5.16(d)(ii) Parent UK Prospectus Section 5.7(d)(i) Per Share Cash-Only Additional Cash Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Per Share Cash Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Per Share Stock Amount Section 2.1(c)(i) Person Section 3.5(e) PFIC Section 4.10(b) Proxy Statement/Prospectus Section 5.7(a) Regulatory Filings Section 3.6(b) Required Jurisdiction Section 6.1(b)(iii) Returns Section 3.10(a) Rule 16b-3 Section 5.9 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Section 3.7(a) SEC Section 3.7(a) Securities Act Section 3.6(b) Significant Subsidiary Section 3.4 Subsidiary Section 8.9(d) Surviving Entity Section 1.1 tax(es) Section 3.10(f) Third Party Provision Section 8.3 to the knowledge of Section 8.9(b) UK FSMA Section 2.2(b)(i) UK Prospectus Rules Section 5.7(d)(i) UKLA Section 5.7(d)(i) U.S. Company Benefit Plan Section 3.11(a) U.S. Parent Benefit Plan Section 4.11(a) AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 6, 2011, is by and among Ensco plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), Pride International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ENSCO Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and ENSCO International Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Delaware Sub”).
Allocation of Registration Opportunities In any circumstance in which all of the Registrable Securities and other shares of the Company with registration rights (the “Other Shares”) requested to be included in a registration contemplated by Section 2(a) cannot be so included as a result of limitations of the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares that may be so included, the number of shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares that may be so included shall be allocated among the Holders and Other Shareholders requesting inclusion of shares pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares held by such Holders and Other Shareholders; provided, however, that such allocation shall not operate to reduce the aggregate number of Registrable Securities and Other Shares to be included in such registration, if any Holder or Other Shareholder does not request inclusion of the maximum number of shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares allocated to such Holder or Other Shareholder pursuant to the above-described procedure, then the remaining portion of such allocation shall be reallocated among those requesting Holders and Other Shareholders whose allocations did not satisfy their requests pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares which would be held by such Holders and Other Shareholders, assuming conversion, and this procedure shall be repeated until all of the shares of Registrable Securities and Other Shares which may be included in the registration on behalf of the Holders and Other Shareholders have been so allocated.
General Business Operations Each of the Loan Parties shall (i) preserve, renew and maintain in full force its legal existence and good standing under the Governmental Rules of the jurisdiction of its organization and each other jurisdiction where the failure to so preserve, renew or maintain could result in a Material Adverse Effect, and all of its rights, licenses, leases, qualifications, privileges franchises and other authority reasonably necessary to the conduct of its business, (ii) conduct its business activities in compliance with all Legal Requirements and Contractual Obligations applicable to such Person, (iii) keep all Property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary and proper repairs, except, in each case, where any failure, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) maintain, preserve and protect all of its rights to enjoy and use material trademarks, trade names, service marks, patents, copyrights, licenses, leases, franchise agreements and franchise registrations (v) conduct its business in an orderly manner without voluntary interruption. The Borrower shall maintain its chief executive office and principal place of business in the United States.
Business Interruption Plan ALPS shall maintain in effect a business interruption plan, and enter into any agreements necessary with appropriate parties making reasonable provisions for emergency use of electronic data processing equipment customary in the industry. In the event of equipment failures, ALPS shall, at no additional expense to the Fund, take commercially reasonable steps to minimize service interruptions.
