Attachment; Levy; Restraint on Business (a) (i) The service of process seeking to attach, by trustee or similar process, any funds of Borrower or of any entity under the control of Borrower (including a Subsidiary), or (ii) a notice of lien or levy is filed against any of Borrower’s assets by any Governmental Authority, and the same under subclauses (i) and (ii) hereof are not, within ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof, discharged or stayed (whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise); provided, however, no Credit Extensions shall be made during any ten (10) day cure period; or (i) any material portion of Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, levied on, or comes into possession of a trustee or receiver, or (ii) any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents Borrower from conducting all or any material part of its business;
No Restraints No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect, and there shall not be any Legal Requirement enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal.
No Restraint The waiting period under the HSR Act and any applicable foreign statute or regulation shall have expired or been terminated, and no injunction or restraining order shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and be in effect which restrains or prohibits any material transaction contemplated hereby.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESSES PENDING THE MERGER Section 5.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, unless Parent or Acquisition Corp. shall otherwise agree in writing or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement: (a) the business of the Company shall be conducted only in the ordinary course; (b) the Company shall not (i) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock; (ii) amend its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws except to effectuate the transactions contemplated in the Disclosures or (iii) split, combine or reclassify the outstanding Company Common Stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend payable in cash, stock or property or make any distribution with respect to any such stock; (c) the Company shall not (i) issue or agree to issue any additional shares of, or options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, Company Common Stock, except to issue shares of Company Common Stock in connection with any matter relating to the Disclosures; (ii) acquire or dispose of any fixed assets or acquire or dispose of any other substantial assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii) incur additional Indebtedness or any other liabilities or enter into any other transaction other than in the ordinary course of business; (iv) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing or (v) except as contemplated by this Agreement, enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to dissolve, merge, consolidate or enter into any other material business combination; (d) the Company shall use its best efforts to preserve intact the business organization of the Company, to keep available the service of its present officers and key employees, and to preserve the good will of those having business relationships with it; (e) the Company will not, nor will it authorize any director or authorize or permit any officer or employee or any attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it to make, solicit, encourage any inquiries with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below for purposes of this paragraph). The Company will promptly advise Parent orally and in writing of any such inquiries or proposals (or requests for information) and the substance thereof. As used in this paragraph, “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any proposal for a merger or other business combination involving the Company or for the acquisition of a substantial equity interest in it or any material assets of it other than as contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing; and
No Restraint or Litigation No action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened to restrain or prohibit or otherwise challenge the legality or validity of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Authority to Carry on Business The Trustee represents to the Corporation that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture it is authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in each of the provinces and territories of Canada but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 14.14, it ceases to be so authorized to carry on business, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the Debentures issued hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of such event but the Trustee shall, within 60 days after ceasing to be authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in any of the provinces and territories of Canada, either become so authorized or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 14.2.
Carry on Business A Receiver may carry on any business of any Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
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.
Restrictions on Business Activities There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Company or its subsidiaries or to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Company or any of its subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by Company or any of its subsidiaries or the conduct of business by Company or any of its subsidiaries as currently conducted.
No Injunctions or Restraints No Law, injunction, judgment or ruling enacted, promulgated, issued, entered, amended or enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, “Restraints”) shall be in effect enjoining, restraining, preventing or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or making the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal.