No Solicitation of Transactions The Shareholder, subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.3, agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the Termination Date, the Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly, nor, in case the Shareholder is a corporation or other entity, shall it authorize or permit any of its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the "REPRESENTATIVES") to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate or encourage (including by means of furnishing nonpublic information), or take any other action to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to, or that reasonably may be expected to lead to a proposal or offer for, any Competing Transaction (as defined in the Merger Agreement), or enter into or maintain or continue discussions or negotiate with any person or entity in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a Competing Transaction, or agree to or endorse any Competing Transaction, other than with Parent or an affiliate of Parent. The Shareholder shall promptly (but in any event within 24 hours) notify Parent if any proposal or offer, or any inquiry or contact, constituting or regarding a Competing Transaction is made, and the Shareholder shall promptly inform Parent as to the material details of any such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact, including the identity of the party making any such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact, and, if in writing, promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent a copy of such proposal, offer, inquiry or contact and any other written material reasonably relating thereto. The Shareholder immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to a Competing Transaction. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.3, a Shareholder who is also a director or officer of the Company may take any action in his capacity as such (including complying with or exercising his fiduciary duties as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company) as is not limited by the terms of the Merger Agreement.
Non-Solicitation of Transfer Agent Employees The Fund shall not attempt to hire or assist with the hiring of an employee of the Transfer Agent or of its affiliated companies or encourage any employee to terminate their relationship with the Transfer Agent or its affiliated companies.
Consummation of Transaction Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to use its best efforts to cause all conditions precedent to his or its obligations (and to the obligations of the other parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby) to be satisfied, including, but not limited to, using all reasonable efforts to obtain all required (if so required by this Agreement) consents, waivers, amendments, modifications, approvals, authorizations, novations and licenses; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to modify any of the absolute obligations imposed upon any of the parties hereto under this Agreement or any agreement executed and delivered pursuant hereto.
Consummation of Transactions Each party shall use all commercially ---------------------------- reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable and consistent with applicable law to carry out all of their respective obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, which efforts shall include, without limitation, the following:
No Solicitation of Customers During the Executive’s employment with the Employer and for a period of 12 months thereafter, the Executive shall not (except on behalf of or with the prior written consent of the Employer), either directly or indirectly, on the Executive’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit, divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, or (B) attempt to solicit, divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, any person or entity that is or was a customer of the Employer or any of its Affiliates at any time during the 12 months prior to the date of termination and with whom the Executive has had material contact.
Disclosure of Transaction The Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City Time, on or prior to the first business day after the date of this Agreement, file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the Exchange Documents, to the extent they are required to be filed under the 1934 Act, that have not previously been filed with the SEC by the Company (including, without limitation, this Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided up to such time to the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents or as otherwise disclosed in the 8-K Filing, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Holder or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor the Holder shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Holder, to make a press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith or (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) the Holder shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion), except as required by applicable law, the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of the Holder in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise.
Authorization of Transaction The Buyer has full power and authority (including full corporate power and authority) to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions.
Closing of Transaction The sale of the Share by Seller to Purchaser under the Shareholder Agreement shall be coordinated with and shall occur simultaneously with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement and the Remaining Agreements. Within one business day after the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to Seller the cash portion of the purchase price as set forth in the Shareholder Agreement. The cash portion of the purchase price for all outstanding shares of limited liability company interest may be transferred by wire transfer to the Company's US dollar account, for immediate distribution to the Seller and the other sellers of such limited liability company interests. Within 30 days after the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a stock certificate representing the preferred stock of the Purchaser to which the Seller shall be entitled hereunder and under the Shareholder Agreement.
Limitation of Transactions So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if (a) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (b) the Guarantor shall have selected an Extension Period as provided in the Declaration and such period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then the Guarantor may not (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor's capital stock or (y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than (i) payments under this Guarantee, (ii) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Guarantor (A) in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors, or consultants, (B) in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Guarantor (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default or the applicable Extension Period, (iii) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Guarantor) for any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock or of any class or series of the Guarantor's indebtedness for any class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock, (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (v) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder's rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (vi) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock).
No Solicitation (a) Prior to the Expiration Date, each Shareholder (in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company) shall not, and shall cause (if applicable) each of its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers or employees not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, or knowingly facilitate any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal, or the making or consummation thereof, (ii) other than to inform any Person of the existence of the provisions contained in this Section 2.1, enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any information in connection with, or enter into any Contract or other agreement or understanding with respect to, any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing; provided that nothing herein shall prohibit any Shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Representatives from participating in any discussions or negotiations with respect to such Shareholder’s willingness to enter into a voting agreement in connection with an Acquisition Proposal to the extent that the Company becomes permitted to take the actions set forth in clause (i) and clause (ii) of Section 5.02(b) of the Merger Agreement with respect to such Acquisition Proposal. Other than subject to the proviso in the foregoing sentence, from and after the execution of this Agreement, each Shareholder shall, and shall cause (if applicable) each of its Affiliates and direct its and their respective Representatives to immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal, offer or request for information that would reasonably be expected to lead to or result in an Acquisition Proposal.
