AGREEMENT IN WRITING If there is conflict or discrepancy between any provision added to this Agreement (including any Schedule attached hereto) and any provision in the standard pre-set portion hereof, the added provision shall supersede the standard pre-set provision to the extent of such conflict or discrepancy. This Agreement including any Schedule attached hereto, shall constitute the entire Agreement between Buyer and Seller. There is no representation, warranty, collateral agreement or condition, which affects this Agreement other than as expressed herein. For the purposes of this Agreement, Seller means vendor and Buyer means purchaser. This Agreement shall be read with all changes of gender or number required by the context.
CHANGE IN THE ADVISER'S OWNERSHIP The Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall notify the Trust of any anticipated or otherwise reasonably foreseeable change in the ownership of the Sub-Adviser within a reasonable time prior to such change being effected.
Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of his Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him, or on his behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.
Release of Money or Other Property Upon Written Request The Manager agrees that any money or other property of the Company or Subsidiary held by the Manager under this Agreement shall be held by the Manager as custodian for the Company or Subsidiary, and the Manager’s records shall be appropriately marked clearly to reflect the ownership of such money or other property by the Company or such Subsidiary. Upon the receipt by the Manager of a written request signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company requesting the Manager to release to the Company or any Subsidiary any money or other property then held by the Manager for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary under this Agreement, the Manager shall release such money or other property to the Company or any Subsidiary within a reasonable period of time, but in no event later than sixty (60) days following such request. The Manager shall not be liable to the Company, any Subsidiary, the Independent Directors, or the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s stockholders or partners for any acts performed or omissions to act by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the money or other property released to the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 17. The Company and any Subsidiary shall indemnify the Manager and its members, managers, officers and employees against any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever, which arise in connection with the Manager’s release of such money or other property to the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Section 17. Indemnification pursuant to this provision shall be in addition to any right of the Manager to indemnification under Section 11 of this Agreement.
Agreement in Effect Except as hereby amended, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Agreement in Connection with Public Offering The Participant agrees, in connection with the initial underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, (i) not to sell, make short sale of, loan, grant any options for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock held by the Participant (other than those shares included in the offering) without the prior written consent of the Company or the underwriters managing such initial underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of such registration statement, and (ii) to execute any agreement reflecting clause (i) above as may be requested by the Company or the managing underwriters at the time of such offering.
Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby either the Company transfers, or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers, such property to a Person and either the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary leases it back from such Person (a “Sale/Leaseback Transaction”), unless: (i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could, at the time of entering into such arrangement, incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property involved in the transaction in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Notes as described in Section 2.8; or (ii) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to such property’s fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, and the proceeds are applied within 180 days of the effective date of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction to the repayment of senior indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. (b) The restrictions set forth in (a) above will not apply to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction: (i) entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Notes; (ii) that exists at the time any Person that owns property or assets becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) involving leases for a period of no longer than three years; or (v) in which the lease for the property or asset is entered into within 270 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such property or asset, whichever is latest. (c) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale/Leaseback Transaction; provided that at the time of such transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to Sale/Leaseback Transactions existing at such time that could not have been entered into pursuant to the restrictions in (a) above, together with the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens as permitted by Section 2.8(b), does not at such time exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets.
Termination of the Repurchase Right The Repurchase Right shall terminate with respect to any Unvested Shares for which it is not timely exercised under Paragraph C.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER SECTION 5.1 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger. ----------------------------------------------------- Prior to the Effective Time, except to the extent that Purchaser shall otherwise consent (including by virtue of action by the Board of Directors of the Company approved by all of Purchaser's or Merger Sub's designees, as applicable, at such time as they shall constitute a majority of such Board), the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, conduct their respective businesses in, and shall not take any action except in, the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice; and the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to preserve intact the business organization of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the current officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to preserve the current business relationships of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, with customers, licensors, suppliers, distributors and others with which the Company or any Subsidiary has business relations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, directly or indirectly do, or propose to do, any of the following without the prior written consent of Purchaser (except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement): (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or other distributions in respect of any of its capital stock (other than dividends and distributions by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to its parent), (ii) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize or propose the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock or (iii) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or permit any Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of capital stock; (b) issue, deliver, sell, pledge, dispose or encumber, or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, sale, pledge, disposal or encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock of any class or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants, calls, subscriptions or options to acquire, any such shares or convertible securities, or any other ownership interest other than (i) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of stock options granted under the Company Stock Option Plans outstanding on the date of this Agreement and in accordance with the current terms of such options, (ii) issuances by a Subsidiary of its capital stock to the Company or a Subsidiary so long as the Company will, after such issuance, directly or indirectly own all the outstanding capital stock of the issuing Subsidiary and (iii) the grant of stock options to new hires in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and with the written consent of Purchaser; (c) amend or propose to amend its Certificate of Incorporation or By- Laws; (d) acquire or agree to acquire, including, without limitation, by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial equity interest in or substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof; (e) sell, lease, license, grant a security interest in, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell, lease, grant a security interest in, encumber or otherwise dispose of, any of its material assets other than (i) sales or licenses of its products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) equipment and property no longer used in the operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries' respective businesses and (iii) assets related to any discontinued operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries which operations were discontinued prior to the date hereof; (f) incur (which shall not be deemed to include entering into credit agreements, lines of credit or similar arrangements until borrowings are made under such arrangements) any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or guarantee any debt securities of others, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (i) grant any increase in the compensation of any of its directors, officers or employees, except for increases for employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (ii) grant, pay or agree to pay any pension, retirement allowance or other employee benefit not required or contemplated by any existing employee benefit plan, program, arrangement, agreement or contract (including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan", as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), maintained or contributed to by the Company or any Subsidiary, or with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary could incur liability under Sections 4069, 4212(c) or 4204 of ERISA (the "Company Benefit Plans") as in effect on the date hereof to any director, officer or employee, (iii) enter into any new employment, severance or termination plan, program, arrangement, agreement or contract with any such director, officer or employee or (iv) except as may be required to comply with applicable law, become obligated under any Company Benefit Plan that was not in existence on the date hereof or amend any such plan in existence on the date hereof to enhance the benefits thereunder; (h) make any capital expenditure or expenditures which exceed $250,000 in the aggregate; or (i) authorize any of, or commit or agree to take any of, the actions described in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this Section 5.1.
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless: (i) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Initial Notes; (ii) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries of any Principal Property by the Company or a Subsidiary; (iii) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years); (iv) the Company would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01(b) above; or (v) the Company or any Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other Principal Property used or useful in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business or to the retirement of Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (including the Notes) within 365 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of pari passu Indebtedness, the Company may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company. (b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions (not including Attributable Debt permitted under clauses (i) through (v) of Section 5.02(a) above), together with all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 5.01(c) above, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets.