Interpretation; Absence of Presumption (a) It is understood and agreed that the specification of any dollar amount in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or the inclusion of any specific item in the Sellers Disclosure Letter is not intended to imply that such amounts or higher or lower amounts, or such items so included or other items, are or are not material, and no Party shall use the fact of the setting of any amount or the fact of the inclusion of any item in the Sellers Disclosure Letter in any dispute or controversy between the Parties as to whether any obligation, item or matter not described in this Agreement or included in the Sellers Disclosure Letter is or is not material for purposes of this Agreement. (b) For the purposes of this Agreement, (i) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires; (ii) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph, Exhibit and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto,” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto; (iv) references to “$” or cash shall mean U.S. dollars; (v) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including without limitation,” unless otherwise specified; (vi) the word “or” shall not be exclusive; (vii) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form; (viii) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions; (ix) Sellers and Purchasers have each participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and if an ambiguity or question of interpretation should arise, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or burdening any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions in this Agreement; (x) a reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns; (xi) any reference to “days” shall mean calendar days unless Business Days are expressly specified; and (xii) when calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of such period is not a Business Day, the period shall end at the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day. (c) If the Closing shall occur, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment obligation of Purchasers hereunder shall be a joint and several obligation of Purchasers and the Transferred Entities.
Absence of Presumption This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
Absence of Unlawful Influence The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, the Offered Securities to any person or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (a) a customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or such affiliate or (b) a journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any such affiliate.
No Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes Except to ---------------------------------------------- the extent publicly disclosed in the Company's SEC Reports or in the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of September 30, 1998, none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries had any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) or which would have a Material Adverse Effect and since such date, the Company has incurred no such liability or obligation. Since December 31, 1997, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports, (a) the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and (b) there has not been (i) any change, event, occurrence or circumstance in the business, operations, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, has a Material Adverse Effect (except for changes, events, occurrences or circumstances (A) with respect to general economic or lodging industry conditions or (B) arising as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby), (ii) any material change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, (iii) any authorization, declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution or capital return in respect of any stock of, or other equity interest in, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iv) any material revaluation for financial statement purposes by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any asset (including, without limitation, any writing down of the value of any property, investment or asset or writing off of notes or accounts receivable), (v) other than payment of compensation for services rendered to the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the grant of Company Stock Options as described in (and in amounts consistent with) Section 3.2, any material transactions between the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any (A) officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) record or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the voting securities of the Company, or (C) affiliate of any such officer, director or beneficial owner, on the other hand, or (vi) other than pursuant to the terms of the plans, programs or arrangements specifically referred to in Section 3.11 or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, any increase in or establishment of any bonus, insurance, welfare, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which increase or establishment, individually or in the aggregate, will result in a material liability.
Absence of Labor Disputes No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Absence of Reliance In signing this Agreement, you are not relying upon any promises or representations made by anyone at or on behalf of the Company.
Absence of Conflict The Executive represents and warrants that his employment by the Company as described herein shall not conflict with and will not be constrained by any prior employment or consulting agreement or relationship.
Notice of Governing Law This award of Restricted Stock Units shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
Absence of Conflicts The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other document or instrument contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance with the requirements hereof and thereof, will not (a) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on Investor, (b) violate any provision of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which Investor is a party or is subject, or by which Investor or any of its assets is bound, or conflict with or constitute a material default thereunder, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty owed by Investor to any third party, or (d) require the approval of any third-party (that has not been obtained) pursuant to any material contract, instrument, agreement, relationship or legal obligation to which Investor is subject or to which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject.
Required Filings; Absence of Certain Commission Actions If filing of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any issuer free writing prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such issuer free writing prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to your satisfaction.