Parent A parent, legal guardian or person in parental relation to the Student.
Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
Related Entities If Tenant is a legal entity, the transfer (by one or more transfers), directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, of a majority of the stock or other beneficial ownership interest in Tenant or of all or substantially all of the assets of Tenant (collectively “Ownership Interests”) shall be deemed a voluntary assignment of this Lease; provided, however, that the provisions of this Article 13 shall not apply to the transfer of Ownership Interests in Tenant if and so long as Tenant is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange. For purposes of this Article, the term “transfers” shall be deemed to include (x) the issuance of new Ownership Interests which results in a majority of the Ownership Interests in Tenant being held by a person or entity which does not hold a majority of the Ownership Interests in Tenant on the Effective Date and (y) except as provided below, the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Tenant in one or more transactions and the merger or consolidation of Tenant into or with another business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior consent of Landlord shall not be required with respect to an assignment or sublease to a Related Entity, or to a business entity into or with which Tenant is merged or consolidated, or to which all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets or all or substantially all of Tenant’s stock are transferred, so long as (i) such transfer was made for a legitimate independent business purpose and not for the purpose of transferring this Lease, (ii) the sublessee or assignee (as applicable) has a Net Worth at least equal to the Net Worth of Tenant as of the Effective Date, and (iii) proof satisfactory to Landlord of such Net Worth is delivered to Landlord at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of any such transaction (or promptly thereafter if prior notice is prohibited by any applicable Requirements). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Tenant hereunder succeeds to the interest of Tenant in this Lease in violation of the terms and conditions of this Lease, such Tenant shall have no right to assign this Lease or sublease all or any portion of the Premises without Landlord’s prior written consent notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 13.6.
Legal Action There shall not have been instituted or threatened any legal proceeding relating to, or seeking to prohibit or otherwise challenge the consummation of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or to obtain substantial damages with respect thereto.
Action Action" means any demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international governmental authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.
Contemplated Transactions “Contemplated Transactions” shall mean the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
Agreements; Action (a) Except for agreements explicitly contemplated hereby and agreements between the Company and its employees with respect to the sale of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, there are no agreements, understandings, or proposed transactions between the Company and any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, or any affiliate thereof.
(b) There are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may involve (i) future obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of what is in the “budget” for going public, or (ii) the transfer or license of any patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company (other than licenses by the Company of “off the shelf” or other standard products), or (iii) provisions restricting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Company’s products or services or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights.
(c) The Company has not (i) accrued, declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock, (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) individually in excess of what is contemplated in the “budget” for going public (iii) made any loans or advances to any person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business.
(d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) above, all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions involving the same person or entity (including persons or entities the Company has reason to believe are affiliated therewith) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.
Stockholder Litigation The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company and/or its directors relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without Parent’s prior written consent.
Taking of Necessary Action (a) Each party hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts promptly to take or cause to be taken all action and promptly to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Contingent Value Right Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, including all actions and things necessary to cause all conditions precedent set forth in Article 7 to be satisfied. Each party acknowledges that the Company's stockholders' meeting at which the stockholders will vote on, among other things, the transactions contemplated hereby is anticipated to occur on May 12, 1998.
(b) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof (it being understood that the relevant stockholders' meeting is anticipated to occur on May 12, 1998), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") by which the Company's stockholders will be asked to approve, among other things, the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock contemplated hereby. The Proxy Statement as initially filed with the SEC, as it may be amended and refiled with the SEC and as it may be mailed to the Company's stockholders, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC, and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders at the earliest practicable time. As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall prepare and file any other filings required of the Company or its Subsidiaries under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other federal, state or local laws relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and state takeover laws (the "Other Filings"). The Company and Buyer will notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing or for additional information and will supply each other with copies of all correspondence between each of them or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing. The Proxy Statement and any Other Filing shall comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law. Buyer shall provide the Company all information about Buyer required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing and shall otherwise cooperate with the Company in taking the actions described in this paragraph. Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing, the Company or Buyer, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other party of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, and/or mailing to stockholders of the Company, such amendment or supplement. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.4, the Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of and approve the issuance of Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Company shall call a meeting of its stockholders to be held as promptly as practicable for the purpose of voting upon the transactions (including the issuance of Company Common Stock) contemplated hereby; provided that should a quorum not be obtained at such meeting of the stockholders, the meeting of the stockholders shall be postponed or adjourned in order to permit additional time for soliciting and obtaining additional proxies or votes.
(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the consents set forth in each of Schedules 3.4(d)-A, 3.4(d)-B and 3.4(d)-C.
Independent Entities Business Associate and Covered Entity are independent entities, and this Agreement will not establish any relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency between Business Associate and Covered Entity. Neither Business Associate nor Covered Entity will have the power to bind the other or incur obligations on the other Party’s behalf without the other Party’s prior written consent, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
