Forbearances by Parent. Except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or disclosed in Parent Disclosure Schedule, and except to the extent required by Law or any Governmental Entity, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its and its Subsidiaries business organization, goodwill, relationships with depositors, customers and employees, and maintain its rights and franchises in all material respects, and shall not, nor shall Parent permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the Company: (a) knowingly take any action that would adversely affect or delay (i) the ability to obtain the necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) take any action that is intended to or expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement being or becoming untrue in any material respect at any time prior to the Effective Time, or in any of the conditions to the First-Step Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of this Agreement; (c) take action that would prevent or impede the Integrated Mergers from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the IRC; (d) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.3; or (e) amend, repeal or modify any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or bylaws in a manner which would adversely affect any Company stockholder or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc)
Forbearances by Parent. Except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or disclosed in Parent Disclosure Schedule, and except to the extent required by Law or any Governmental Entity, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its and its Subsidiaries business organization, goodwill, relationships with depositors, customers and employees, and maintain its rights and franchises in all material respects, and shall not, nor shall Parent permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the Company:
(a) knowingly take any action that would adversely affect or delay (i) the ability to obtain the necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) take any action that is intended to or expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement being or becoming untrue in any material respect at any time prior to the Effective Time, or in any of the conditions to the First-Step Merger set forth in Article ARTICLE VII not being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of this Agreement;
(c) take action that would prevent or impede the Integrated Mergers Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the IRC;
(d) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.3; or
(e) amend, repeal or modify any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or bylaws in a manner which would adversely affect any Company stockholder or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Forbearances by Parent. Except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or as disclosed in Parent Disclosure Schedule, and except to the extent required by Law or regulation or any Governmental Entity, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its and its Subsidiaries business organization, goodwill, relationships with depositors, customers and employees, and maintain its rights and franchises in all material respects, and shall not, nor shall Parent permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the Company:
(a) knowingly take any action that would adversely affect or delay (i) the ability to obtain the necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) take any action that is intended to or expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement being or becoming untrue in any material respect at any time prior to the Effective Time, or in any of the conditions to the First-Step Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of this Agreement;
(c) take action that would prevent or impede the Integrated Mergers from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) 368 of the IRC;
(d) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of Directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.3; or
(e) amend, repeal or modify any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or bylaws in a manner which would adversely affect any Company stockholder or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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