Operations Prior to the Closing Date (a) From the date of this Agreement until the Closing, Sellers shall, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to in writing by Buyer, operate the Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sellers shall: (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep and maintain the Purchased Assets in good operating condition and repair; (ii) maintain the business organization of the Business intact; (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the goodwill of the regulators, customers, suppliers, contractors, licensors, employees and others having business relations with the Business; (iv) not take or fail to take any action that could result in the occurrence of an “Additional Default Event” (as defined in that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2023, by and between Seller 1 and Vertical Investors, LLC (the “Letter Agreement”)); and (v) use best efforts to comply with the terms and conditions of the Letter Agreement. (b) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or with the express written approval of Buyer, no Seller shall, directly or indirectly: (i) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, license, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, (A) any assets that are material to the Business (other than the Excluded Assets) or (B) any assets to an equity holder of a Seller or any of their respective Affiliates; (ii) declare or make any dividend or payment of cash to, or pay, loan or advance any amount to, any equity holder of a Seller or any of their respective Affiliates; (iii) make any material change in the Business or its operations, acquire (including by merger or consolidation) any business or entity, or otherwise acquire any material asset; (iv) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger or consolidation; (v) amend any of its Organizational Documents; (vi) increase or decrease the level of inventory of the Business or make any change in the inventory purchasing patterns, stocking levels or production practices of the Business; (vii) take actions that may result, or would result, in payments to, or accounts receivable being created for the benefit of, a Seller sooner than is usual in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (viii) grant to any Employee of a Seller any increase in compensation (other than increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to employees that are not in senior management or executive positions) or pay or agree to pay to any Employee of a Seller any bonus, severance or termination payment not previously agreed upon and provided in any Benefit Plan or other written agreements made available to Buyer (or otherwise required by applicable law); (ix) make any material change in the manner in which a Seller extends discounts, credits or warranties; (x) make any capital expenditures or payment in excess of $10,000 (individually or in the aggregate), or enter into any Contract therefor; (xi) enter into, modify, amend, terminate or grant any consent or waiver under any Transferred Contract, or any other Contract involving more than $15,000, except for the renewal of any such Contract upon its expiration in accordance with its terms; (a) make any change in any method of accounting or accounting practice or policy; (xii) fail to preserve intact the Business’s and Sellers’ relationships with their employees, agents, customers, suppliers and other Persons having contacts with a Seller or the Business; (xiii) terminate or fail to renew any Permit or have any Permit revoked or suspended; (xiv) abandon, sell, assign, transfer, covenant not to sue, enter into a coexistence Contract, or grant any exclusive license or with respect to, or otherwise create an Encumbrance with respect to any Company IP; or (xv) enter into any Contract to do any of the things described in subsections (i) through (xv) above or authorize any of, or commit or agree to take any of, such actions.
Cooperation Prior to the Distribution (a) PNX and Spinco shall prepare, and PNX shall mail to the holders of PNX Common Stock, the Information Statement, which shall set forth appropriate disclosure concerning Spinco, the Distribution and any other appropriate matters. PNX and Spinco shall also prepare, and Spinco shall file with the Commission, the Form 10, which shall include the Information Statement. PNX and Spinco shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Form 10 to become effective under the Exchange Act. (b) PNX shall, as the sole shareholder of Spinco, approve and adopt the Spinco employee benefit plans contemplated by the Employee Matters Agreement and PNX and Spinco shall cooperate in preparing, filing with the Commission under the Securities Act and causing to become effective not later than the Distribution Date any registration statements or amendments thereto that are appropriate to reflect the establishment of or amendments to any employee benefit plan of Spinco contemplated by the Employee Matters Agreement, including without limitation, a Form S-8 with respect thereto. (c) PNX and Spinco shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under the securities or blue sky laws of states or other political subdivisions of the United States in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. (d) Spinco shall prepare, file, and use all reasonable efforts to cause to be approved prior to the Record Date, the application to permit listing of the Spinco Common Stock on NASDAQ.
Actions Prior to the Distribution Prior to the Effective Time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Parties shall take, or cause to be taken, the following actions in connection with the Distribution:
Authorization Required Prior to Parallel Operation 2.2.1 The NYISO, in consultation with the Connecting Transmission Owner, shall use Reasonable Efforts to list applicable parallel Operating Requirements in Attachment 5 of this Agreement. Additionally, the NYISO, in consultation with the Connecting Transmission Owner, shall notify the Interconnection Customer of any changes to these requirements as soon as they are known. The NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall make Reasonable Efforts to cooperate with the Interconnection Customer in meeting requirements necessary for the Interconnection Customer to commence parallel operations by the in-service date. 2.2.2 The Interconnection Customer shall not operate its Small Generating Facility in parallel with the New York State Transmission System or the Distribution System without prior written authorization of the NYISO. The NYISO, in consultation with the Connecting Transmission Owner, will provide such authorization once the NYISO receives notification that the Interconnection Customer has complied with all applicable parallel Operating Requirements. Such authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
EXPENSES PRIOR TO CONTRACT EXECUTION The Commissioner and any Authorized User(s) are not liable for any costs incurred by a Vendor, Bidder or Contractor in the preparation and production of a Bid, Mini-Bid, cost proposal revision, or for any work performed prior to Contract execution.
PROJECT FINANCING AND EXPENSES SCHEME The Recipient further designates the Project's estimated financial resources and estimated costs certified to the OPWC under this Agreement for the Project as defined and described in Appendix A of this Agreement to consist of the following components:
Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion Time”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
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Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing Except as contemplated on Schedule 4.1, or with the written consent of Buyer, which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Seller shall (i) conduct the Business in the ordinary course of business, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the Business’s business organization and relationships with third parties (including lessors, licensors, suppliers, distributors and customers) and keep available the service of their present employees and service providers, and (iii) continue to obtain all necessary consents and provide required notices in connection with any Acquired Agreement to be acquired by Buyer in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement or with the prior written consent of Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Seller shall not, during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, directly or indirectly do, or propose or commit to do, or otherwise cause to occur, any of the following with respect to any member of the Company Group: (a) make any change in or amendment to its organizational documents; (b) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, other than distributions paid solely in cash; (i) except in the ordinary course of business, (A) enter into any Contract that, had it been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, would be a Material Contract or an Affiliate Contract, or (B) materially amend, modify, terminate or cancel (x) any existing Material Contract or (y) any Contract that, had it been entered into or amended prior to the date of this Agreement, would be a Material Contract, (ii) fail to perform any of its material obligations under all Contracts relating to or affecting the Assets or Business, or (iii) amend, terminate or cancel any Acquired Agreement, any Acquired IP or Acquired Lease (other than the termination of any such agreement in accordance with its terms); (d) enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any member of the Company Group to engage or compete in any line of business, or enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any member of the Company Group to enter a new line of business; (e) except in the ordinary course of business, discontinue any business material to the Business or sell, lease, license, transfer or otherwise dispose or permit the cancellation, abandonment or dedication to the public domain of any of the material property rights (including Intellectual Property) or assets of the Business, other than as required pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments; (f) acquire (by merger, consolidation, purchase, or other acquisition of equity interests or assets) any Person or any material properties or assets of any Person, except for acquisitions of properties, assets, inventory and equipment in the ordinary course of business; (g) incur any Indebtedness, issue any debt securities, or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any Person; (h) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, or forgive, cancel or compromise any debt or claim, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business; (i) fail to pay its debts, Taxes and other obligations when due; (j) except as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) amend, terminate, enter into or adopt any Company Benefit Plan (or any arrangement that would be a Company Benefit Plan if it was in effect on the date hereof) or any collective bargaining agreement; (B) grant or increase the compensation or benefits or other pay (including base salary or hourly rate, bonus, severance, termination, commissions and incentive compensation) of any Business Employee or other individual service provider of the Business; (C) pay, grant, or increase any severance or termination pay to (or otherwise amend any such existing arrangement with) any current or former Business Employee or other individual service provider of the Business; (D) accelerate the vesting or payment of, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, compensation or benefits under, any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; or (E) grant any new awards, or modify the terms of any outstanding awards under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; (k) hire any employee other than any hourly employee in the ordinary course of business; (l) modify any employment arrangement with any Business Employee or terminate the employment of any Business Employee, other than (y) terminations for cause; (m) implement or announce any group employee layoffs, plant closings, reductions in force, furloughs or temporary layoffs that would trigger notice obligations under the WARN Act; (n) cancel, compromise or settle any material Litigation, or intentionally waive or release any material rights, with respect to the Business; (o) make any changes to its accounting principles or practices, other than as may be required by Law or GAAP; (p) other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices, change in any material respect the policies or practices of the Business with regard to the extension of discounts or credit to customers or collection of receivables from customers; (q) change or revoke any Tax election or change any method of accounting for Tax purposes; in each case with respect to the Business or Assets to the extent such election or method of accounting would be binding on Buyer following the Closing Date; (r) violate any applicable Law or Order; (s) enter into or adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, merger or consolidation or other reorganization; or (t) agree, authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, or enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing.
