Forbearance Any forbearance by Xxxxxx in exercising any right or remedy under this Note, the Security Instrument, or any other Loan Document or otherwise afforded by applicable law, shall not be a waiver of or preclude the exercise of that or any other right or remedy. The acceptance by Lender of any payment after the due date of such payment, or in an amount which is less than the required payment, shall not be a waiver of Lender's right to require prompt payment when due of all other payments or to exercise any right or remedy with respect to any failure to make prompt payment. Enforcement by Lender of any security for Borrower's obligations under this Note shall not constitute an election by Xxxxxx of remedies so as to preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy available to Lender.
Forbearance Agreement Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) the Forbearance Agreement is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that on and after the date hereof (A) all references in the Forbearance Agreement to "this Forbearance Agreement ", "hereto", "hereof", "hereunder" or words of like import referring to the Forbearance Agreement shall mean the Forbearance Agreement as amended and modified by this Amendment, and (B) all references in the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document to the " Forbearance Agreement ", "thereto", "thereof", "thereunder" or words of like import referring to the Forbearance Agreement shall mean the Forbearance Agreement as amended and modified by this amendment. This Amendment shall be effective only in the specific instances and for the specific purposes set forth herein and does not allow for any other or further departure from the terms and conditions of the Forbearance Agreement or the Financing Agreement which terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect.
Forbearance Not Waiver Sponsor’s failure or neglect to enforce any of its rights under this Grant Contract shall not be deemed to be a waiver of Sponsor's rights.
Forbearances During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as set forth in the CBC Disclosure Schedule or the SCB Disclosure Schedule, as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or as required by Law, neither CBC nor SCB shall, and neither CBC nor SCB shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) other than (i) federal funds borrowings and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, in each case with a maturity not in excess of six (6) months, (ii) deposits, (iii) issuances of letters of credit, (iv) purchases of federal funds, (v) sales of certificates of deposit and (vi) entry into repurchase agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than indebtedness of CBC or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to CBC or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or of SCB or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to SCB or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the other hand), or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity;
(i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any shares of capital stock;
(ii) make, declare, pay or set a record date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, except, in each case, (A) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of CBC and SCB to CBC or SCB or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, and (B) the acceptance of shares of CBC Common Stock or SCB Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;
(iii) grant any stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, restricted stock units, performance stock units, phantom stock units, restricted shares or other equity-based awards or interests, or grant any Person any right to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of CBC or SCB or any of their respective Subsidiaries;
(iv) issue, sell, transfer, encumber or otherwise permit to become outstanding any shares of capital stock or voting securities or equity interests or securities convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time of the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into, or exercisable for, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any securities of CBC or SCB or their respective Subsidiaries, or any options, warrants, or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any securities of CBC or SCB or their respective Subsidiaries, except pursuant to the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards outstanding as of the date hereof or granted after the date hereof to the extent authorized under this Agreement, in each case accordance with their terms;
(c) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its material properties or assets to any individual, corporation or other entity other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary, or cancel, release or assign any indebtedness to any such Person or any claims held by any such Person, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business, or pursuant to contracts or agreements in force at the date of this Agreement;
(d) except for foreclosure or acquisitions of control in a fiduciary or similar capacity or in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in good faith in the ordinary course of business, make any material investment in or acquisition of (whether by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, merger or consolidation, or formation of a joint venture or otherwise) any other Person or the property or assets of any other Person, in each case, other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of CBC or SCB, as applicable;
(e) in each case except for transactions in the ordinary course of business, terminate, materially amend, or waive any material provision of, any CBC Contract or SCB Contract, as the case may be, or make any change in any instrument or agreement governing the terms of any of its securities, other than normal renewals of contracts without material adverse changes of terms with respect to CBC or SCB, or enter into any contract that would constitute a CBC Contract or SCB Contract, if it were in effect on the date of this Agreement;
(f) except as required under applicable Law or the terms of any CBC Benefit Plan or SCB Benefit Plan existing as of the date hereof, as applicable, (i) enter into, establish, adopt, amend or terminate any CBC Benefit Plan or SCB Benefit Plan, or any arrangement that would be a CBC Benefit Plan or a SCB Benefit Plan if in effect on the date hereof, other than with respect to broad-based welfare benefit plans (other than severance) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and as would not reasonably be expected to materially increase the cost of benefits under any such CBC Benefit Plan or SCB Benefit Plan, as the case may be, (ii) increase the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former employee, director or individual consultant, other than increases for current employees with an annual base salary below $150,000 in connection with a promotion (permitted hereunder) or change in responsibilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and to a level consistent with similarly situated peer employees, (iii) accelerate the vesting of any equity-based awards or other compensation or benefits, (iv) enter into any new, or amend any existing, employment, severance, change in control, retention, collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the parties may enter into offer letters with new hires in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not provide for enhanced or change in control severance, (v) fund any rabbi trust or similar arrangement, or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any CBC Benefit Plan or SCB Benefit Plan, as the case may be, or (vi) hire or promote any employee with an annual base salary equal to or in excess of $150,000, or significantly change the responsibilities assigned to any such employee;
(g) settle any material claim, suit, action or proceeding, except involving solely monetary remedies in an amount and for consideration not in excess of $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate and that would not impose any material restriction on, or create any adverse precedent that would be material to, the business of it or its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries;
(h) take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;
(i) amend its articles of incorporation, its bylaws or comparable governing documents of its Significant Subsidiaries;
(j) materially restructure or materially change its investment securities, derivatives, wholesale funding of bank owned life insurance portfolio or its interest rate exposure, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;
(k) implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods, other than as may be required by GAAP;
(l) enter into any new line of business or, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, change in any material respect its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating, hedging, securitization and servicing policies (including any change in the maximum ratio or similar limits as a percentage of its capital exposure applicable with respect to its loan portfolio or any segment thereof), except as required by applicable Law, regulation or policies imposed by, or recommendation of, any Governmental Entity;
(m) merge or consolidate itself or any of its Significant Subsidiaries with any other Person, or restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate or dissolve it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
(n) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, change an annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method, file any material amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement with respect to a material amount of Taxes, or settle any material Tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute or surrender any material right to claim a refund of Taxes;
(o) other than in prior consultation with the other party to this Agreement, except for loans or extensions of credit approved and/or committed as of the date of this Agreement, (i) make any loan greater than $7,500,000, make any sponsored finance loan greater than $3,000,000, purchase a participation in any loan or pool of loans, or renew any loan greater than $7,500,000, or (ii) renew for more than 12 months any loans greater than $1,000,000 rated “special mention” or worse; or
(p) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors or similar governing body in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 4.02.
Forbearance Period If an Event of Default of the type referred to in Section 16.1(h) occurs, Vitol agrees that, for a period of up to sixty (60) consecutive calendar days thereafter (the “Forbearance Period”), it shall forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under Section 16.2 to the extent it is otherwise entitled to do so based on such occurrence; provided that:
(a) at all times during the Forbearance Period, either the Cover Exposure shall equal zero or the aggregate amount of Undrawn Letters of Credit shall exceed the Cover Exposure; and
(b) at no time during the Forbearance Period shall any other Event of Default have occurred. The Forbearance Period shall end on the earlier to occur of (i) the sixtieth (60th) day following the occurrence of the Specified Indebtedness Event of Default or (ii) the time as of which the condition in either clause (a) or (b) of Section 16.4 is no longer satisfied. During the Forbearance Period, Vitol shall continue to supply Crude Oil to Coffeyville pursuant to the provisions hereof. From and after the end of the Forbearance Period, Vitol shall be entitled to exercise any and all of the rights and remedies it may have (including under Section 16.2) based on the occurrence of such Event of Default as if no Forbearance Period had occurred (regardless of whether such Event of Default has been remedied or waived during such Forbearance Period).
Forbearance Fee In consideration of the Lender’s agreements set forth herein, Obligors agree to pay the Lender a non-refundable forbearance fee in the amount of $12,500.00 (the “Forbearance Amendment Fee”). The Forbearance Amendment Fee shall be: (i) fully earned by the Lender as of the Forbearance Amendment and Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, (ii) retained by the Lender as a fee under all circumstances and shall not be applied in reduction of any other of the Obligations, and (iii) paid to the Lender in good and collected upon the execution of this Agreement.
Forbearance Not a Waiver If a Holder or the Representative delays in exercising or fails to exercise any of its rights under a Note or this Revenue Sharing Agreement, that delay or failure shall not constitute a waiver of any rights or of any breach or default. No waiver by a Holder or the Representative shall be effective unless the waiver is expressly stated in a writing signed by the Holder or the Representative, as the case may be.
Amendment and Waiver; Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived by the parties from and after the date that is one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the initial filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, (i) no provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by a written instrument signed by both parties hereto and (ii) no provision of this Agreement may be waived other than in a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. No failure or delay in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
Waivers, Amendment and Remedies No course of dealing by the Collateral Agent and no failure by the Collateral Agent to exercise, or delay by the Collateral Agent in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy or power of the Collateral Agent. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and no consent to any departure by Debtor therefrom, shall, in any event, be effective unless contained in a writing signed by the Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. The rights, remedies and powers of the Collateral Agent, not only hereunder, but also under any instruments and agreements evidencing or securing the Obligations and under applicable law are cumulative, and may be exercised by the Collateral Agent from time to time in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect.
Company Forbearances During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule and except as required by Law or as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, the Company will not, and will not permit any of the Company Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Parent:
(a) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than indebtedness of the Company or any of the wholly owned Company Subsidiaries to the Company or any of the wholly owned Company Subsidiaries or between wholly owned Company Subsidiaries) in excess of $25 million in the aggregate, 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) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any of the Company's capital stock;
(c) make, declare or pay any dividend, or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock 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 capital stock (except (i) dividends paid by any of the wholly owned Company Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, (ii) regular quarterly dividends with respect to shares of Company Common Stock not to exceed $0.09 per share per quarter for the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2005 and any subsequent fiscal quarters of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 that are completed prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) the acceptance of shares of Company Common Stock as payment for the exercise price of Company Stock Options or for withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of Company Stock Options, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements);
(d) grant any stock appreciation right, any Company Stock Options or any other right to acquire any shares of its capital stock or other Company Stock-Based Awards, other than as required by employment agreements with the Company as in effect on the date hereof;
(e) issue any additional shares of capital stock, any Company Voting Debt or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any warrants or options to acquire, any such shares or Company Voting Debt, except (i) pursuant to the exercise of Company Stock Options or the satisfaction of any Company Stock-Based Awards, in each case, outstanding and in accordance with the terms and conditions in effect as of the date of this Agreement or issued hereafter in compliance with this Agreement or (ii) for issuances by a wholly owned Company Subsidiary of capital stock to such Subsidiary's parent or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary;
(f) notwithstanding any other provision hereof, increase, decrease, change or exchange any Company Common Stock for a different number or kind of shares or securities as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in capitalization;
(g) other than as required to comply with applicable Law (including Section 409A of the Code) or a Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date hereof or collective bargaining or similar labor union or other agreement the existence of which does not breach this Agreement, (i) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, increase the wages, salaries, compensation, bonus, pension or other benefits or perquisites payable to any current or former director, officer or employee, (ii) grant or increase any severance, change of control, termination or similar compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, officer or employee, (iii) except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, pay any bonus, (iv) adopt, enter into, terminate or amend in any material respect any Company Benefit Plan or any collective bargaining or similar labor union agreement, (v) except for the provision of indemnification pursuant to indemnification agreements in effect on the date hereof, enter into any Company S-K 404 Arrangement, other than in connection with the appointment or election of new directors or the hiring or promotion of new officers in the ordinary course of business, or (vi) accelerate the time of payment or vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, or fund or otherwise secure the payment of, any compensation or benefits under any Company Benefit Plan; provided, however, that in no event may any such acceleration of vesting, lapse of restrictions or funding be as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless required to comply with applicable Law;
(h) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets that are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in any transaction or series of transactions, to any Person other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary, or cancel, release or assign to any such Person any indebtedness or any claims held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(i) enter into any new line of business that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(j) make any material acquisition or investment either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or by purchase of any property or assets of any other Person, or make any capital expenditures, in each case other than (i) investments in wholly owned Subsidiaries or (ii) acquisitions of assets used in the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(k) amend its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or similar organizational documents, or amend, or redeem the rights issued under, the Company Rights Agreement, or otherwise take any action to exempt any Person (other than as required pursuant to Section 3.19(b) of this Agreement), or any action taken by any such Person, from the Company Rights Agreement or any Takeover Statute or similarly restrictive provisions of its organizational documents, or terminate, amend or waive any provisions of any confidentiality or standstill agreements in place with any third parties;
(l) settle any material claim, action or proceeding, except (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) settlements to the extent subject to and not in excess of reserves that relate to the matter being settled existing as of June 30, 2005 in accordance with GAAP;
(m) take any action that is intended or would be reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VII not being satisfied, except as may be required by applicable Law;
(n) implement or adopt any material change in its tax accounting or financial accounting policies, practices or methods, other than as may be required by applicable Law, GAAP or regulatory guidelines;
(o) amend in any material respect, waive any of its material rights under, or enter into any contract or binding agreement that would be a Company Contract;
(p) take, or agree to take, any action that would prevent the Merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;
(q) except in the ordinary course of business, sell, assign, abandon, license, or otherwise dispose of any Intellectual Property that is used in the conduct of, or is otherwise material to, the business of Company and the Company Subsidiaries;
(r) pay or agree to pay to the Company's Advisors any investment banking or fairness opinion fees in connection with the Merger or related transactions contemplated by this Agreement in excess of the amount set forth on Section 5.2(r) to the Company Disclosure Schedule; or
(s) agree or commit to take any of the actions prohibited by this Section 5.2.
