Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Buyers: (a) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity; (b) (i) adjust, split, subdivide, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock; (ii) make, declare or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries); (iii) grant any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock, or grant any individual, corporation or other entity any right to acquire any shares of its capital stock; or (iv) issue any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Landamerica Financial Group Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Fidelity National Financial, Inc.)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the The Company Disclosure Schedule, or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller and its Subsidiaries shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of BuyersCBRL, which written consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(ai) incur any indebtedness for borrowed moneydebt, liability or obligation, direct or indirect, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary and usual course of business, or pay any debt, liability or obligation of any kind other than such current liabilities and current maturities of existing long-term debt;
(ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation firm or other entitycorporation, or make any loans or advances to any individual, firm or corporation, except in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(biii) (i) adjustdeclare, split, subdivide, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
(ii) make, declare set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, capital stock or other securities property) with respect to its capital stock, or property), declare or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly any shares of Common Stock, or indirectly split, combine or otherwise similarly change the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or authorize the creation or issuance of or issue or sell any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
(iii) grant any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockfor, or grant giving any individual, corporation or other entity person any right to acquire from it, any shares of its capital stock, or agree to take any such action, except that the Company may issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to its Stock Option Plans prior to the date hereof;
(iv) mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber any material property or asset;
(v) except as set forth on Schedule 7.1(b)(v), sell, lease, transfer or dispose of any of its properties or assets, waive or release any rights of material value, or cancel, compromise, release or assign any indebtedness owed to it or any claims held by it, except in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(vi) make any investment of a capital nature either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers or otherwise, or by the purchase of any property or assets of any other individual, firm or corporation, except in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(vii) enter into or terminate any contract, agreement, plan or lease, or make any change in any of its contracts, agreements, plans or leases other than in the ordinary and usual course of business;
(viii) except for in the ordinary and usual course of business or in accordance with the Company's 1998 Executive Bonus Plan, increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its officers or employees or pay or agree to pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing plan or agreement to any officer or employee other than consistent with past practice, or commit itself to or enter into any employment agreement or any incentive compensation, deferred compensation, profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase, savings, consultant, retirement, pension or other "fringe benefit" plan or arrangement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or other person;
(ix) permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to be canceled or terminated or any of the coverage thereunder to lapse, unless simultaneously with such termination or cancellation replacement policies providing substantially the same coverage (without any gap in coverage) are in full force and effect;
(x) amend the Company Charter or the Company Bylaws or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries;
(xi) enter into any collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization; or
(ivxii) issue enter into an agreement to do any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the things described in clauses (i) through (xi). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of subsections (b) (i),(v),(vi) and (vii), prior written consent of CBRL is not required for material contracts of less that $25,000.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (CBRL Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Logans Roadhouse Inc)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2 or required by law, neither Professional nor the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries toBank shall, without the prior written consent of Buyersthe chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBC (or, with respect to Section 4.2(u) or 4.2(w), the chief credit officer or chief lending officer of SBC), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) except as consistent with past practice, grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on (iv) except for the value issuance of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to any shares of such Company’s Professional Common Stock due to the exercise of Professional Equity Awards prior to the Effective Time or Subsidiary’s capital stockas set forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(i) charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP) or sell (except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any of its portfolio of loans, discounts or financing leases, or (ii) sell any asset held as other real estate or other foreclosed assets for an amount less than its book value;
(e) terminate or allow to be terminated any of the policies of insurance it maintains on its business or property, cancel any material indebtedness owing to it or any claims that it may have possessed, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability;
(f) enter into any new line of business, or materially change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by applicable Laws or any policies imposed on it by any Governmental Authority;
(g) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices: (i) lend any money or pledge any of its credit in connection with any aspect of its business whether as a guarantor, surety, issuer of a letter of credit or otherwise, (ii) mortgage or otherwise subject to any Lien, encumbrance or other liability any of its assets, (iii) except for property held as other real estate owned, sell, assign or transfer any of its assets in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate or (iv) incur any material liability, commitment, indebtedness or obligation (of any kind whatsoever, whether absolute or contingent), or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person, except pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter or transfer, agree to transfer or grant, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property;
(h) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(h), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less)); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person;
(i) other than purchases of investment securities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in consultation with SBC, restructure or change its investment securities portfolio or its gap position, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(j) terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract other than normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms or otherwise amend or modify any material Contract;
(k) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, or grant any bonuses to, any of its officers, employees or directors, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement, retention agreement or severance arrangement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Professional Stock Plan, (v) make any changes to a Benefit Plan that are not required by Law or (vi) hire or terminate the employment of a chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief risk officer, chief credit officer, internal auditor, general counsel or other officer holding the position of senior vice president or above or any employee with annual base salary and annual incentive compensation that is reasonably anticipated to exceed $100,000;
(l) settle any Litigation, except in the ordinary course of business;
(m) revalue any of its or its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or its Subsidiaries, other than changes required by GAAP or the Federal Reserve Board or any Regulatory Authority;
(n) make, change or revoke any tax election; adopt or change any tax accounting method; file any amended Tax Return; settle or compromise any Liability for Taxes; enter into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Law); surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment with respect of Taxes;
(o) knowingly take, or knowingly omit to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 5 not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law; provided, that nothing in this Section 4.2(o) shall preclude Professional from exercising its rights under Sections 4.5(a) or 4.12;
(p) merge or consolidate with any other Person;
(q) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices from any other Person with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $250,000, other than purchase obligations pursuant to Contracts to the extent in effect immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and described in Section 4.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(r) enter into any Contract that is material and would have been material had it been entered into prior to the execution of this Agreement;
(s) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, the Bank shall not make any adverse changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of its deposits or other Liabilities;
(t) close or relocate any existing branch or facility;
(u) make any extension of credit that, when added to all other extensions of credit to a borrower and its affiliates, would exceed its applicable regulatory lending limits;
(v) take any action or fail to take any action that will cause Professional’s Consolidated Tangible Shareholders’ Equity at the Effective Time to be less than $224.50 million (based on loan loss reserve of no less than 0.75%) at the Effective Time;
(w) make any loans, or enter into any commitments to make loans, which vary other than in immaterial respects from its written loan policies, a true and correct copy of such policies has been provided to Seacoast; provided, that this covenant shall not prohibit the Bank from extending or renewing credit or loans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past lending practices or in connection with the workout or renegotiation of loans currently in its loan portfolio; provided further, that from the date hereof, any new individual loan or new extension of credit in excess of $2.5 million that is unsecured, or $5.0 million that is secured, shall require the written approval of the chief executive officer, chief lending officer or chief credit officer of SNB, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the approval or rejection shall be given in writing within two (2) Business Days after the loan package is delivered to SNB;
(x) take any action that at the time of taking such action is reasonably likely to prevent, or would materially interfere with, the consummation of the Merger;
(y) take any action, or refrain from taking any action, where such act or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent either the Merger or the Bank Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; or
(ivz) issue agree or commit to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida), Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v))Agreement, Seller email shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of BuyersParent:
(a) other than in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed moneymoney or any indebtedness that constitutes the deferred purchase price of any property or assets, or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity, or make any loan or advance;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdivide, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
(iic) make, declare or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities cash or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries)stock;
(iiid) grant any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock, rights or grant any individual, corporation or other entity any right to acquire any shares of its capital stock; or;
(ive) issue any additional shares of capital stock;
(f) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its material properties or assets (including, without limitation, cash) to any individual, corporation or other entity, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness to any such person or any claims held by any such person, except in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of this Agreement;
(g) except pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment in, either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets, any other individual, corporation or other entity;
(h) except for transactions in the ordinary course of business, terminate, or waive any material provision of, any contract, or make any change in any instrument or agreement governing the terms of any of its securities, or material lease or contract, other than normal renewals of contracts and leases without material adverse changes of terms;
(i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its employees or pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing plan or agreement to any such employees or become a party to, amend or commit itself to any pension, retirement, profit-sharing or welfare benefit plan or agreement or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any employee other than in the ordinary course of business, or accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, any stock options or other stock-based compensation;
(j) solicit or encourage from any third party or enter into any negotiations, discussions or agreement in respect of, or authorize any individual, corporation or other entity to solicit or encourage from any third party or enter into any negotiations, discussions or agreement in respect of, or provide or cause to be provided any confidential information in connection with, any inquiries or proposals relating to the conveyance, sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or a substantial portion of its business, property or assets, or the acquisition of its capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock, or the merger or consolidation, whether in one transaction or a series of transactions, of it with any corporation or other entity, other than as provided by this Agreement (and each party shall promptly notify the other of all of the relevant details relating to all inquiries and proposals which it may receive relating to any of these matters);
(k) settle any material claim, action or proceeding involving money damages, except in the ordinary course of business;
(l) make any material capital expenditures, make any material changes in its current method of conducting business, or liquidate, dissolve or suffer any liquidation or dissolution;
(m) make any material payment of principal of any debt, with a maturity of more than one year, for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services except at the stated maturity of the debt or as required by mandatory prepayment provisions relating thereto (subject to any subordination provisions applicable thereto);
(n) enter into any material agreement or become liable under any material agreement for the lease, hire or use of any real or personal property, or enter into any material sale/leaseback arrangement with respect to any real or personal property which now owned or hereafter acquired;
(o) incur or make any optional prepayment of, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or amend any provision pertaining to the subordination, or the terms of payment of, any subordinated debt;
(p) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien or encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties, assets, income or profits, whether borrowed or hereafter acquired;
(q) knowingly take any action that would prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code;
(r) amend its articles of incorporation or its by-laws;
(s) take any action that is intended 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 Merger not being satisfied or in a violation of any provision of this Agreement, except, in every case, as may be required by applicable law;
(t) implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods, other than as may be required by general accepted accounting principles or regulatory guidelines; or
(u) 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 7.2.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Realm Productions & Entertainment Inc)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2, the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller Company shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of Buyers:
the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBC, (or, with respect to Sections 4.2(u) or 4.2(w), the chief credit officer or chief lending officer of SBC) (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed): (a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity;
officers; (b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) issue, restricted sharessell, restricted stock unitspledge, deferred equity unitsdispose of, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockgrant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stockstock except pursuant to the exercise of the Company Equity Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities; or
(ivc) issue other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or permitted by this Agreement, make any additional shares investment (either by purchase of capital stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other securities;Person; (d)
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v))Agreement, Seller email shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of BuyersParent:
(a) other than in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed moneymoney or any indebtedness that constitutes the deferred purchase price of any property or assets, or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity, or make any loan or advance;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdivide, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
(iic) make, declare or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities cash or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries)stock;
(iiid) grant any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock, rights or grant any individual, corporation or other entity any right to acquire any shares of its capital stock; or;
(ive) issue any additional shares of capital stock;
(f) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its material properties or assets (including, without limitation, cash) to any individual, corporation or other entity, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness to any such person or any claims held by any such person, except in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of this Agreement;
(g) except pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment in, either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets, any other individual, corporation or other entity;
(h) except for transactions in the ordinary course of business, terminate, or waive any material provision of, any contract, or make any change in any instrument or agreement governing the terms of any of its securities, or material lease or contract, other than normal renewals of contracts and leases without material adverse changes of terms;
(i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its employees or pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing plan or agreement to any such employees or become a party to, amend or commit itself to any pension, retirement, profit-sharing or welfare benefit plan or agreement or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any employee other than in the ordinary course of business, or accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, any stock options or other stock-based compensation;
(j) solicit or encourage from any third party or enter into any negotiations, discussions or agreement in respect of, or authorize any individual, corporation or other entity to solicit or encourage from any third party or enter into any negotiations, discussions or agreement in respect of, or provide or cause to be provided any confidential information in connection with, any inquiries or proposals relating to the conveyance, sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or a substantial portion of its business, property or assets, or the acquisition of its capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock, or the merger or consolidation, whether in one transaction or a series of transactions, of it with any corporation or other entity, other than as provided by this Agreement (and each party shall promptly notify the other of all of the relevant details relating to all inquiries and proposals which it may receive relating to any of these matters);
(k) settle any material claim, action or proceeding involving money damages, except in the ordinary course of business;
(l) make any material capital expenditures, make any material changes in its current method of conducting business, or liquidate, dissolve or suffer any liquidation or dissolution;
(m) make any material payment of principal of any debt, with a maturity of more than one year, for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services except at the stated maturity of the debt or as required by mandatory prepayment provisions relating thereto (subject to any subordination provisions applicable thereto);
(n) enter into any material agreement or become liable under any material agreement for the lease, hire or use of any real or personal property, or enter into any material sale/leaseback arrangement with respect to any real or personal property which now owned or hereafter acquired;
(o) incur or make any optional prepayment of, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or amend any provision pertaining to the subordination, or the terms
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Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement to until the Closing Dateearlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of as otherwise indicated in this Section 7.1(a)(v))4.2, Seller Raindance shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent Consent of Buyers:West (which Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, indemnity agreements with its directors or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property)dividend, or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) except for Permitted Issuances, restricted sharesissue, restricted stock unitssell, deferred equity unitspledge, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockdispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than short-term investments in the ordinary course of business in connection with its treasury or cash management function or pursuant to Contracts in force at the date of or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(d) enter into any new line of business, or materially change its operating policies that are material to it, except as required by applicable Law;
(e) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any material part of its business or any of its material properties or assets to any Person, or otherwise create or incur any material Lien on its assets, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person or transfer, agree to transfer or grant of, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property, except (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of obsolete, worn-out or unneeded equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the grant of non-exclusive out-licenses in connection with ordinary revenue transactions, (ii) as security for any indebtedness permitted by Section 4.2(f), or (ii) pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(e) of its Disclosure Letter;
(f) incur any material amount of indebtedness for borrowed money other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(f), "short-term" shall mean maturities of six months or less) and other than borrowings pursuant to existing credit facilities or pursuant to any modifications, renewals or replacements of such credit facilities so long as the maximum aggregate permitted borrowings for such modifications, renewals or replacements are not increased and do not increase or create any prepayment penalties or premiums, and other than with respect to normal course expense reimbursement commitments to officers, directors and employees; orassume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person; make any loan, capital contribution or advance to any Person (other than travel, business expense and similar advances to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); or grant credit to any customer, distributor or supplier of it or any of its Subsidiaries on terms or in amounts materially more favorable than had been extended to any such Person in the past;
(g) amend (except in a manner favorable to Raindance), terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract that is filed as an exhibit to its SEC Reports or that is listed in Section 3.3(l) of its Disclosure Letter or that is otherwise material to its business, other than (x) in connection with normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms, (y) in connection with the scheduled expiration of a Contract's term or (z) with respect to Contracts with customers, any amendments or waivers of payment provisions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in any one case or $25,000 in the aggregate during any 30 day period;
(h) other than as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 4.2(h) of its Disclosure Letter, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its officers, employees or directors, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, other than: (A) standard offer letters in connection with hiring at-will employees not otherwise prohibited by Section 4.2(i); and (B) Contracts in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice under existing Benefit Plans to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Section 4.2, or (iv) issue accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any additional shares Raindance Stock Plan;
(i) hire any employee (i) other than on an at-will basis or (ii) with annual compensation (including base salary and bonus opportunity) of $200,000 or more;
(j) settle or compromise any material Litigation, other than (x) in connection with enforcing its rights under this Agreement, or (y) for the routine collection of bills in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(k) revalue any of its or any of its Subsidiaries' assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or any of its Subsidiaries (including changes with respect to extending trade receivables or making any changes to its or its Subsidiaries' receivables write-off policies or changing its or its Subsidiaries' payables cycle policies), other than changes required by GAAP and other than changes which would not have a material impact on Raindance or its Subsidiaries;
(l) file or amend any Tax Return except in the ordinary course of business; settle or compromise any material Tax Liability; or make, change or revoke any material Tax election or change any method of Tax accounting, except as required by applicable Law;
(m) merge or consolidate it or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person, except for any such transactions among its wholly owned Subsidiaries that are not obligors or guarantors of third party indebtedness;
(n) acquire assets or spend or commit to spend amounts on capital stock or other securitiesexpenditures in exceess of the amounts set forth in Section 4.2(n) of the Disclosure Letter;
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Samples: Merger Agreement (West Corp)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2, the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller Company shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of Buyers:the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) issue, restricted sharessell, restricted stock unitspledge, deferred equity unitsdispose of, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockgrant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to Contracts in force at the date hereof, or permitted by, this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(i) charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP) or sell (except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any of its portfolio of loans, discounts or financing leases, or (ii) sell any asset held as other real estate or other foreclosed assets for an amount that is more than $100,000 less than its book value;
(e) terminate or allow, after the use of reasonable best efforts, to be terminated any of the policies of insurance it maintains on its business or property, cancel any material indebtedness owing to it or any claims that it may have possessed, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability;
(f) enter into any new line of business, or change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by applicable Laws or any policies imposed on it by any Governmental Authority;
(g) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices: (i) lend any money or pledge any of its credit in connection with any aspect of its business whether as a guarantor, surety, issuer of a letter of credit or otherwise, (ii) mortgage or otherwise subject to any lien, encumbrance or other liability any of its assets, (iii) sell, assign or transfer any of its assets in excess of $50,000.00 in the aggregate or (iv) incur any material liability, commitment, indebtedness or obligation (of any kind whatsoever, whether absolute or contingent), or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person, except (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter or transfer, agree to transfer or grant, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property;
(h) other than in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(f), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person;
(i) other than in consultation with SBC, restructure or change its investment securities portfolio or its gap position, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(j) other than in the ordinary course of business, terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract other than normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms;
(k) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its officers, employees or directors, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Holding Stock Plan or (v) make any changes to a Benefit Plan that are not required by Law;
(l) settle any Litigation, except in the ordinary course of business;
(m) revalue any of its or its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or any of its Subsidiaries, other than changes required by GAAP or the FDIC or any Regulatory Authority;
(n) file or amend any Tax Return except in the ordinary course of business; settle or compromise any Tax Liability; or make, change or revoke any Tax election or change any method of Tax accounting, except as required by applicable Law;
(o) knowingly take, or knowingly omit to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 5 not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law; provided, that nothing in this Section 4.2(o) shall preclude Holding from exercising its rights under Sections 4.5 or 4.12;
(p) merge or consolidate it or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person;
(q) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices from any other Person with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $50,000, other than purchase obligations pursuant to Contracts to the extent in effect immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and described in Section 4.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(r) enter into any Contract that is material and would have been material had it been entered into prior to the execution of this Agreement;
(s) the Bank shall not make any changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of the Bank’s deposits or other Liabilities, except in a manner and pursuant to policies consistent with past practice and competitive factors in the market place; open any new branch or deposit taking facility; or close or relocate any existing branch or facility;
(t) make any extension of credit that, when added to all other extensions of credit to a borrower and its affiliates, would exceed its applicable regulatory lending limits; make any loans, or enter into any commitments to make loans, which vary other than in immaterial respects from its written loan policies, a true and correct copy of such policies has been provided to Seacoast; provided, that this covenant shall not prohibit the Bank from extending or renewing credit or loans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past lending practices or in connection with the workout or renegotiation of loans currently in its loan portfolio; provided further that from the date hereof, any new individual loan or new extension of credit in excess of $1,000,000 shall require the written approval of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Credit Officer of SNB, which approval or rejection shall be given in writing within two (2) Business Days after the loan package is delivered to such individual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right of SNB to approve any loans or extensions of credit shall terminate when the aggregate amount of such loans reviewed by SNB exceeds $11,000,000 from and after the date hereof;
(u) take any action that at the time of taking such action is reasonably likely to prevent, or would materially interfere with, the consummation of the Merger;
(v) knowingly take any action that would prevent or impede the Merger and the Bank Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(ivw) issue agree or commit to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2, the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller Company shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent of Buyers:the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) issue, restricted sharessell, restricted stock unitspledge, deferred equity unitsdispose of, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockgrant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to Contracts in force at the date hereof, or permitted by, this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(i) charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP) or sell (except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any of its portfolio of loans, discounts or financing leases, or (ii) sell any asset held as other real estate or other foreclosed assets for an amount that exceeds 10% or $50,000, whichever is greater, less than its book value, except as provision shall not be applicable to resolving the taking of any real estate by any Governmental Authority by eminent domain proceedings or litigation;
(e) terminate or allow, after the use of reasonable best efforts, to be terminated any of the policies of insurance it maintains on its business or property, cancel any material indebtedness owing to it or any claims that it may have possessed, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability;
(f) enter into any new line of business, or change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by applicable Laws or any policies imposed on it by any Governmental Authority;
(g) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices: (i) lend any money or pledge any of its credit in connection with any aspect of its business whether as a guarantor, surety, issuer of a letter of credit or otherwise, (ii) mortgage or otherwise subject to any lien, encumbrance or other liability any of its assets, (iii) except for property held as other real estate owned, sell, assign or transfer any of its assets in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate or (iv) incur any material liability, commitment, indebtedness or obligation (of any kind whatsoever, whether absolute or contingent), or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person, except (x) in the ordinary course of business or (y) pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter or transfer, agree to transfer or grant, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property;
(h) other than in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(h), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person;
(i) other than purchases of investment securities in the ordinary course of business or in consultation with SBC, restructure or change its investment securities portfolio or its gap position, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(j) other than in the ordinary course of business, terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract other than normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms;
(k) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its officers, employees or directors, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Holding Stock Plan or (v) make any changes to a Benefit Plan that are not required by Law;
(l) settle any Litigation, except in the ordinary course of business or as described in Section 4.2(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(m) revalue any of its or its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or any of its Subsidiaries, other than changes required by GAAP or the FDIC or any Regulatory Authority;
(n) file or amend any Tax Return except in the ordinary course of business; settle or compromise any Tax Liability; or make, change or revoke any Tax election or change any method of Tax accounting, except as required by applicable Law;
(o) knowingly take, or knowingly omit to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 5 not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law; provided, that nothing in this Section 4.2(o) shall preclude Holding from exercising its rights under Sections 4.5 or 4.12;
(p) merge or consolidate it or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person;
(q) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices from any other Person with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $50,000, other than purchase obligations pursuant to Contracts to the extent in effect immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and described in Section 4.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(r) enter into any Contract that is material and would have been material had it been entered into prior to the execution of this Agreement;
(s) the Bank shall not make any changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of the Bank’s deposits or other Liabilities, except in a manner and pursuant to policies consistent with past practice and competitive factors in the market place; open any new branch or deposit taking facility; or close or relocate any existing branch or facility;
(t) make any extension of credit that, when added to all other extensions of credit to a borrower and its affiliates, would exceed its applicable regulatory lending limits; make any loans, or enter into any commitments to make loans, which vary other than in immaterial respects from its written loan policies, a true and correct copy of such policies has been provided to Seacoast; provided, that this covenant shall not prohibit the Bank from extending or renewing credit or loans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past lending practices or in connection with the workout or renegotiation of loans currently in its loan portfolio; provided further that from the date hereof, any new individual loan or new extension of credit in excess of $500,000 and which is unsecured, or $1 million and which is secured, shall require the written approval of the chief executive officer or chief credit officer of SNB, which approval or rejection shall be given in writing within two (2) Business Days after the loan package is delivered to such individual;
(u) take any action that at the time of taking such action is reasonably likely to prevent, or would materially interfere with, the consummation of the Merger;
(v) knowingly take any action that would prevent or impede the Merger and the Bank Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(ivw) issue agree or commit to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2 or required by law, neither Apollo nor the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries toBank shall, without the prior written consent of Buyersthe chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBCF (or, with respect to Section 4.2(u) or 4.2(w), the chief credit officer or chief lending officer of SBC), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) issue, restricted sharessell, restricted stock unitspledge, deferred equity unitsdispose of, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockgrant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stockstock except pursuant to the exercise of Apollo Equity Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(d) (i) charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP) or sell (except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any of its portfolio of loans, discounts or financing leases, or (ii) sell any asset held as other real estate or other foreclosed assets for an amount less than its book value;
(e) terminate or allow to be terminated any of the policies of insurance it maintains on its business or property, cancel any material indebtedness owing to it or any claims that it may have possessed, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability;
(f) enter into any new line of business, or change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by applicable Laws or any policies imposed on it by any Governmental Authority;
(g) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices: (i) lend any money or pledge any of its credit in connection with any aspect of its business whether as a guarantor, surety, issuer of a letter of credit or otherwise, (ii) mortgage or otherwise subject to any Lien, encumbrance or other liability any of its assets, (iii) except for property held as other real estate owned, sell, assign or transfer any of its assets in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate or (iv) incur any material liability, commitment, indebtedness or obligation (of any kind whatsoever, whether absolute or contingent), or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person, except pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter or transfer, agree to transfer or grant, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property;
(h) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(h), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less)); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person;
(i) other than purchases of investment securities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in consultation with SBC, restructure or change its investment securities portfolio or its gap position, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(j) terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract other than normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms or otherwise amend or modify any material Contract;
(k) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement or as set forth in Section 4.2(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, or grant any bonuses to, any of its officers, employees or directors, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement, retention agreement or severance arrangement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Apollo Stock Plan, except pursuant to Section 1.7, (v) make any changes to a Benefit Plan that are not required by Law or (vi) hire or terminate the employment of a chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief risk officer, chief credit officer, internal auditor, general counsel or other officer holding the position of senior vice president or above or any employee with annual base salary and annual incentive compensation that is reasonably anticipated to exceed $100,000;
(l) settle any Litigation, except in the ordinary course of business;
(m) revalue any of its or its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or its Subsidiaries, other than changes required by GAAP or the FDIC or any Regulatory Authority;
(n) make, change or revoke any tax election; adopt or change any tax accounting method; file any amended Tax Return; settle or compromise any Liability for Taxes; enter into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Law); surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment with respect of Taxes;
(o) knowingly take, or knowingly omit to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 5 not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law; provided, that nothing in this Section 4.2(o) shall preclude Apollo from exercising its rights under Sections 4.5(a) or 4.12;
(p) merge or consolidate with any other Person;
(q) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices from any other Person with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $50,000, other than purchase obligations pursuant to Contracts to the extent in effect immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and described in Section 4.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(r) enter into any Contract that is material and would have been material had it been entered into prior to the execution of this Agreement;
(s) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, the Bank shall not make any adverse changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of its deposits or other Liabilities;
(t) close or relocate any existing branch or facility;
(u) make any extension of credit that, when added to all other extensions of credit to a borrower and its affiliates, would exceed its applicable regulatory lending limits;
(v) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, take any action or fail to take any action that will cause Apollo’s Consolidated Tangible Shareholders’ Equity at the Effective Time to be less than $84.6 million;
(w) make any loans, or enter into any commitments to make loans, which vary other than in immaterial respects from its written loan policies, a true and correct copy of such policies has been provided to Seacoast; provided, that this covenant shall not prohibit the Bank from extending or renewing credit or loans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past lending practices or in connection with the workout or renegotiation of loans currently in its loan portfolio; provided further, that from the date hereof, any new individual loan or new extension of credit in excess of $750,000 and which is unsecured, or $3.5 million and which is secured, shall require the written approval of the chief executive officer, chief lending officer or chief credit officer of SNB, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the approval or rejection shall be given in writing within two (2) Business Days after the loan package is delivered to SNB;
(x) take any action that at the time of taking such action is reasonably likely to prevent, or would materially interfere with, the consummation of the Merger;
(y) take any action, or refrain from taking any action, where such act or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger and the Bank Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; or
(ivz) issue agree or commit to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida)
Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 6 or the Closing DateEffective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise indicated in this Section 4.2 or required by law, neither Professional nor the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of Section 7.1(a)(v)), Seller shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries toBank shall, without the prior written consent of Buyersthe chief executive officer or chief financial officer of SBC (or, with respect to Section 4.2(u) or 4.2(w), the chief credit officer or chief lending officer of SBC), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, resolution or assume, guarantee, endorse agreement concerning indemnification of its directors or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property), or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) except as consistent with past practice, grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, deferred equity units, awards based on (iv) except for the value issuance of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to any shares of such Company’s Professional Common Stock due to the exercise of Professional Equity Awards prior to the Effective Time or Subsidiary’s capital stockas set forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(d) (i) charge off (except as may otherwise be required by law or by regulatory authorities or by GAAP) or sell (except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any of its portfolio of loans, discounts or financing leases, or (ii) sell any asset held as other real estate or other foreclosed assets for an amount less than its book value;
(e) terminate or allow to be terminated any of the policies of insurance it maintains on its business or property, cancel any material indebtedness owing to it or any claims that it may have possessed, or waive any right of substantial value or discharge or satisfy any material noncurrent liability;
(f) enter into any new line of business, or materially change its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating policies, except as required by applicable Laws or any policies imposed on it by any Governmental Authority;
(g) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices: (i) lend any money or pledge any of its credit in connection with any aspect of its business whether as a guarantor, surety, issuer of a letter of credit or otherwise, (ii) mortgage or otherwise subject to any Lien, encumbrance or other liability any of its assets, (iii) except for property held as other real estate owned, sell, assign or transfer any of its assets in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate or (iv) incur any material liability, commitment, indebtedness or obligation (of any kind whatsoever, whether absolute or contingent), or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person, except pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter or transfer, agree to transfer or grant, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property;
(h) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(h), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less)); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person;
(i) other than purchases of investment securities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in consultation with SBC, restructure or change its investment securities portfolio or its gap position, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(j) terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract other than normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms or otherwise amend or modify any material Contract;
(k) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, or grant any bonuses to, any of its officers, employees or directors, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement, retention agreement or severance arrangement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Professional Stock Plan, (v) make any changes to a Benefit Plan that are not required by Law or (vi) hire or terminate the employment of a chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief risk officer, chief credit officer, internal auditor, general counsel or other officer holding the position of senior vice president or above or any employee with annual base salary and annual incentive compensation that is reasonably anticipated to exceed $100,000;
(l) settle any Litigation, except in the ordinary course of business;
(m) revalue any of its or its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or its Subsidiaries, other than changes required by GAAP or the Federal Reserve Board or any Regulatory Authority;
(n) make, change or revoke any tax election; adopt or change any tax accounting method; file any amended Tax Return; settle or compromise any Liability for Taxes; enter into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of applicable Law); surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment with respect of Taxes;
(o) knowingly take, or knowingly omit to take, any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 5 not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law; provided, that nothing in this Section 4.2(o) shall preclude Professional from exercising its rights under Sections 4.5(a) or 4.12;
(p) merge or consolidate with any other Person;
(q) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices from any other Person with a value or purchase price in the aggregate in excess of $250,000, other than purchase obligations pursuant to Contracts to the extent in effect immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and described in Section 4.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(r) enter into any Contract that is material and would have been material had it been entered into prior to the execution of this Agreement;
(s) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, the Bank shall not make any adverse changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of its deposits or other Liabilities;
(t) close or relocate any existing branch or facility;
(u) make any extension of credit that, when added to all other extensions of credit to a borrower and its affiliates, would exceed its applicable regulatory lending limits;
(v) take any action or fail to take any action that will cause Professional’s Consolidated Tangible Shareholders’ Equity at the Effective Time to be less than $224.50 million (based on loan loss reserve of no less than 0.75%) at the Effective Time;
(w) make any loans, or enter into any commitments to make loans, which vary other than in immaterial respects from its written loan policies, a true and correct copy of such policies has been provided to Seacoast; provided, that this covenant shall not prohibit the Bank from extending or renewing credit or loans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past lending practices or in connection with the workout or renegotiation of loans currently in its loan portfolio; provided further, that from the date hereof, any new individual loan or new extension of credit in excess of $2.5 million that is unsecured, or $5.0 million that is secured, shall require the written approval of the chief executive officer, chief lending officer or chief credit officer of SNB, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the approval or rejection shall be given in writing within two (2) Business Days after the loan package is delivered to SNB;
(x) take any action that at the time of taking such action is reasonably likely to prevent, or would materially interfere with, the consummation of the Merger;
(y) take any action, or refrain from taking any action, where such act or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent either the Merger or the Bank Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; or
(ivz) issue agree or commit to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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Forbearances. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1 above, during During the period from the date of this Agreement to until the Closing Dateearlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, expressly contemplated or as expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by the Nebraska Department of Insurance or the California Department of Insurance (but without limiting the terms of as otherwise indicated in this Section 7.1(a)(v))4.2, Seller Raindance shall not permit the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries tonot, without the prior written consent Consent of Buyers:West (which Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
(a) incur amend its Organizational Documents or any indebtedness for borrowed money, indemnity agreements with its directors or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entityofficers;
(b) (i) adjust, split, subdividecombine, combine subdivide or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock;
, (ii) make, declare declare, set aside or pay any dividend (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property)dividend, or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly any shares of its capital stock or of any of its Subsidiaries or of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its or their capital stock (except dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of such Company to such Company or to any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
stock, (iii) grant any stock optionsRights, stock appreciation rights(iv) except for Permitted Issuances, restricted sharesissue, restricted stock unitssell, deferred equity unitspledge, awards based on the value of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity-based award with respect to shares of such Company’s or Subsidiary’s capital stockdispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber, or grant any individualauthorize the issuance, corporation sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or other entity any right to acquire encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock, or (v) make any change in any instrument or Contract governing the terms of any of its securities;
(c) other than short-term investments in the ordinary course of business in connection with its treasury or cash management function or pursuant to Contracts in force at the date of or permitted by this Agreement, make any investment (either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or purchase of any property or assets) in any other Person;
(d) enter into any new line of business, or materially change its operating policies that are material to it, except as required by applicable Law;
(e) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any material part of its business or any of its material properties or assets to any Person, or otherwise create or incur any material Lien on its assets, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness of any Person or any claims against any Person or transfer, agree to transfer or grant of, or agree to grant a license to, any of its material Intellectual Property, except (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of obsolete, worn-out or unneeded equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the grant of non-exclusive out-licenses in connection with ordinary revenue transactions, (ii) as security for any indebtedness permitted by Section 4.2(f), or (ii) pursuant to Contracts in force as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 4.2(e) of its Disclosure Letter;
(f) incur any material amount of indebtedness for borrowed money other than short-term indebtedness incurred to refinance short-term indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.2(f), “short-term” shall mean maturities of six months or less) and other than borrowings pursuant to existing credit facilities or pursuant to any modifications, renewals or replacements of such credit facilities so long as the maximum aggregate permitted borrowings for such modifications, renewals or replacements are not increased and do not increase or create any prepayment penalties or premiums, and other than with respect to normal course expense reimbursement commitments to officers, directors and employees; assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any Person; make any loan, capital contribution or advance to any Person (other than travel, business expense and similar advances to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); or grant credit to any customer, distributor or supplier of it or any of its Subsidiaries on terms or in amounts materially more favorable than had been extended to any such Person in the past;
(g) amend (except in a manner favorable to Raindance), terminate or waive any material provision of any Contract that is filed as an exhibit to its SEC Reports or that is listed in Section 3.3(l) of its Disclosure Letter or that is otherwise material to its business, other than (x) in connection with normal renewals of Contracts without materially adverse changes of terms, (y) in connection with the scheduled expiration of a Contract’s term or (z) with respect to Contracts with customers, any amendments or waivers of payment provisions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in any one case or $25,000 in the aggregate during any 30 day period;
(h) other than as required by Benefit Plans and Contracts as in effect at the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 4.2(h) of its Disclosure Letter, (i) increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its officers, employees or directors, (ii) pay any pension or retirement allowance not required by any existing Benefit Plan or Contract to any such officers, employees or directors, (iii) become a party to, amend or commit itself to any Benefit Plan or Contract (or any individual Contracts evidencing grants or awards thereunder) or employment agreement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or director, other than: (A) standard offer letters in connection with hiring at-will employees not otherwise prohibited by Section 4.2(i); and (B) Contracts in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice under existing Benefit Plans to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Section 4.2, or (iv) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, Rights pursuant to any Raindance Stock Plan;
(i) hire any employee (i) other than on an at-will basis or (ii) with annual compensation (including base salary and bonus opportunity) of $200,000 or more;
(j) settle or compromise any material Litigation, other than (x) in connection with enforcing its rights under this Agreement, or (y) for the routine collection of bills in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(k) revalue any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets or change any method of accounting or accounting practice used by it or any of its Subsidiaries (including changes with respect to extending trade receivables or making any changes to its or its Subsidiaries’ receivables write-off policies or changing its or its Subsidiaries’ payables cycle policies), other than changes required by GAAP and other than changes which would not have a material impact on Raindance or its Subsidiaries;
(l) file or amend any Tax Return except in the ordinary course of business; settle or compromise any material Tax Liability; or make, change or revoke any material Tax election or change any method of Tax accounting, except as required by applicable Law;
(m) merge or consolidate it or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person, except for any such transactions among its wholly owned Subsidiaries that are not obligors or guarantors of third party indebtedness;
(n) acquire assets or spend or commit to spend amounts on capital expenditures in exceess of the amounts set forth in Section 4.2(n) of the Disclosure Letter;
(p) enter into any Contract that would be required to be listed in Section 3.3(l)(i) of the Disclosure Letter if entered into prior to the date hereof; or
(ivq) issue agree to take any additional shares of capital stock or other securities;the actions prohibited by this Section 4.2.
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