Operation of the Business Except as set forth on Section 10.1 of the Sentech Disclosure Schedule, as contemplated by this Agreement or as expressly agreed to in writing by Sensec and Ensec, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, Sentech and its Subsidiaries will conduct their operations only in the ordinary course of business consistent with sound financial, operational and regulatory practice, and will take no action which would materially adversely affect their ability to consummate the Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or except as disclosed in the Sentech Disclosure Schedule, prior to the Effective Time, neither Sentech nor any of its Subsidiaries will, without the prior written consent of Sensec and Ensec:
(a) amend its Charter Documents or bylaws (or similar organizational documents);
(b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, deliver, grant any options for, or otherwise agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver any shares of its capital stock or any other securities, other than pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any Existing Options or Sentech Warrants listed on the Sentech Disclosure Schedule;
(c) recapitalize, split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock; or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its or its Subsidiaries' securities or modify any of the terms of any such securities;
(d) (i) create, incur, assume or permit to exist any long-term debt or any short-term debt for borrowed money other than under existing notes payable, lines of credit or other credit facilities or in the ordinary course of business, or with respect to its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person except its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise may be contractually required and disclosed in the Sentech Disclosure Schedule; or (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person except its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;
(i) amend any Sentech Benefit Plan or (ii) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with usual practice or established policy (a) increase in any manner the rate of compensation of any of its directors, officers or other employees everywhere, except for increases in the ordinary course of business; (b) pay or agree to pay any bonus, pension, retirement allowance, severance or other employee benefit except as required under currently existing Sentech Benefit Plans disclosed in the Sentech Disclosure Schedule or in the ordinary course of business; or (c) amend, terminate or enter into any employment, consulting, severance, change in control or similar agreements or arrangements with any of its directors, officers or other employees;
(f) enter into any material agreement, commitment or contract, except agreements, commitments or contracts for the purchase, sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;
(g) other than in the ordinary course of business, authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to authorize, recommend or propose, or enter into any Contract with respect to, any (i) plan of liquidation or dissolution, (ii) acquisition of a material amount of assets or securities, (iii) disposition or Encumbrance of a material amount of assets or securities, (iv) merger or consolidation or (v) material change in its capitalization;
(h) change any material accounting or Tax procedure or practice;
(i) take any action the taking of which, or knowingly omit to take any action the omission of which, would cause any of the representations and warranties herein to fail to be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such action or omission as though made at and as of the date of such action or omission;
(j) compromise, settle or otherwise modify any material claim or litigation not identified in the Sentech Disclosure Schedule; or
(k) commit or agree to do any of the foregoing.
Operation of Business (a) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or consented to by the Buyer in writing (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article XI hereof (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to, conduct its operations only in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance with all applicable Laws and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its Reasonable Best Efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, vendors and independent contractors and consultants. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, during the Pre-Closing Period the Company shall not, and shall cause each Consolidated Subsidiary not to, without the written consent of the Buyer (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(i) issue or sell any stock or other securities of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary or any options, warrants or rights to acquire any such stock or other securities;
(ii) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock;
(iii) create, incur or assume any Indebtedness in excess of $*** per occurrence or $*** in the aggregate, except accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person; or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iv) except as required to comply with applicable Law or agreements, plans or arrangements existing on the date of this Agreement and listed in the Disclosure Schedule (A) take any action with respect to, adopt, enter into, terminate or amend any Employee Benefit Plan or any collective bargaining agreement (other than matters with respect to lxxxxxxxx unions in Canada, following consultation with Buyer) (B) increase the compensation or benefits of, or pay or promise any bonus to, any director or officer, or materially modify their terms of employment or engagement, (C) amend or accelerate the payment, right to payment or vesting of any compensation or benefits, including any outstanding equity compensation, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, (D) hire any new officers or (except in the Ordinary Course of Business) any new employees, (E) grant any awards under any bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit plan, including the grant of performance units or the removal of existing restrictions in any benefit plans or agreements or awards made thereunder, or (F) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee plan, agreement, contract or arrangement or benefit plan; *** Represents material omitted per the registrant's Confidential Treatment Request and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(v) acquire, sell, lease, license or dispose of any material assets or property (including any shares or other equity interests in or securities of any Consolidated Subsidiary or any other corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof), other than (A) acquisition of capital assets permitted by subsection (xii) below, and (B) sales of obsolete or worn-out inventory or assets in the Ordinary Course of Business and having a fair market value of not more than $*** in the aggregate;
(vi) mortgage or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such property or assets to any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
(vii) amend its charter, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents;
(viii) change the flag or registry of a Vessel;
(ix) change its accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may be required by a generally applicable change in GAAP;
(x) make or change any Tax election, change an annual accounting period, file any amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, waive or extend any statute of limitation with respect to Taxes, settle or compromise any Tax Liability, claim or assessment, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes or take any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax;
(xi) enter into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would constitute a violation of or default under, or waive any rights under, any contract or agreement of a nature required to be listed in Section 5.17 of the Disclosure Schedule, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided, for avoidance of doubt, amendments, modifications and termination of ocean service contracts with customers shall be deemed to be in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xii) make or commit to make any capital expenditures in an aggregate amount exceeding by more than *** the year-to-date budgeted expenditures set forth on Schedule 6.3(a)(xii);
(xiii) institute or settle any material Legal Proceeding, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided for avoidance of doubt, settlements of cargo damage and loss claims by customers and claims of salvors or declaration and settlement of any general average shall be deemed in the Ordinary Course of Business; or
(xiv) agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions. *** Represents material omitted per the registrant's Confidential Treatment Request and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, certain business conducted by the Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries may be in competition with business conducted by one or more subsidiaries of Buyer (such businesses referred to herein as the “Competing Trades”). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict the Company, the Consolidated Subsidiaries or the Buyer and its subsidiaries from continuing to engage in business in competition with each other.
Business Operations Company will provide all necessary equipment, personnel and other appurtenances necessary to conduct its operations. Company will conduct its business operations hereunder in a lawful, orderly and proper manner, considering the nature of such operation, so as not to unreasonably annoy, disturb, endanger or be offensive to others at or near the Premises or elsewhere on the Airport.
Operations As of the date hereof, the Company has not conducted, and prior to the IPO Closing the Company will not conduct, any operations other than organizational activities and activities in connection with offerings of its securities.
Operation of the Company’s Business (a) During the Pre-Closing Period:
(i) the Company shall ensure that each of the Company Entities conducts its business and operations: (A) in the ordinary course and in accordance with past practices; and (B) in material compliance with all applicable Laws and with the requirements of all Contracts of Company Entities that constitute Material Contracts;
(ii) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that each of the Company Entities preserves intact its current business organization, keeps available the services of its current officers and other key employees and maintains its relations and goodwill with all suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees, distributors, resellers, employees and other Persons having material business relationships with the respective Company Entities;
(iii) the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing of (A) any notice from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Transactions and (B) any Legal Proceeding commenced, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting any of the Company Entities that relates to the Merger or any of the other Transactions;
(iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in full force all insurance policies referred to in Section 3.26 (other than any such policies that are immediately replaced with substantially similar policies), provided that if it is unable to do so, it shall notify Parent at least 20 days before such policies terminate or otherwise lapse; and
(v) the Company shall (to the extent requested by Parent and permitted under applicable Law) cause the officers and other key employees of the Company Entities to freely communicate (without limitation) with Parent regarding the Company Entities’ results of operations and material developments.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, except as set forth in Schedule 5.2(b) or with Parent’s prior written consent and except as permitted by Section 6.2(d), the Company (A) shall not, and (B) shall not permit any of the other Company Entities to:
(i) amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational documents or create any new Subsidiaries;
(ii) issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any security of any Company Entity, except for the issuance and sale of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Company Equity Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement upon the exercise or vesting thereof, as applicable;
(iii) directly or indirectly acquire, repurchase or redeem any security of any Company Entity, except in connection with Tax withholdings and exercise price settlements upon the exercise, vesting or issuance of shares under Company Equity Awards;
(iv) (A) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of capital stock, or (B) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of capital stock, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares of capital stock, except for cash dividends made by any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(v) propose or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of any Company Entity, except for this Agreement and the Transactions;
(vi) (A) redeem, repurchase, prepay, defease, cancel, incur, create, assume or otherwise acquire or modify in any material respect any long-term or short-term debt for borrowed monies or issue or sell any debt securities or calls, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities of any Company Entity or enter into any agreement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, except for (1) debt incurred in the ordinary course of business under letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit facilities or arrangements in effect on the date hereof, (2) loans or advances between the Company and any direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or between any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and (3) the issuance of credit to new customers for the purchase of products or services of the Company Entities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person, except with respect to obligations of direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company in place on the date of this Agreement, (C) make any loans, advances (other than any retainer for legal services) or capital contributions to or investments in any other Person (other than the Company or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries), except for travel advances or business expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to employees of the Company Entities, or (D) mortgage or pledge any asset owned or used by any Company Entity, or create or suffer to exist any Encumbrance thereupon (other than Permitted Encumbrances), except pursuant to the terms of any letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit facilities or arrangements, in effect on the date hereof;
(vii) except as may be required by applicable Law or the terms of this Agreement or of any Company Employee Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) enter into, adopt, amend (including acceleration of vesting), modify or terminate any bonus, profit sharing, incentive, compensation, severance, retention, termination, option, appreciation right, performance unit, stock equivalent, share purchase agreement, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, change in control, pension, retirement, collective bargaining or other employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other arrangement for the compensation, benefit or welfare of any Company Associate, (B) increase the compensation payable or to become payable to any Company Associate, pay or agree to pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any Company Associate, or pay or agree to pay any benefit not required by any Company Employee Plan as in effect as of the date hereof, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with respect to any Company Associate who is not a member of the board of directors or officer, (C) hire any employee with an annual base salary in excess of $100,000 or at the level of Vice President, (D) grant or pay any severance or termination pay to (or amend any such existing arrangement with) any current or former member of the board of directors, officer, employee or independent contractor of any Company Entity, except in the ordinary course of business with respect to any employee or independent contractor who is not a member of the board of directors or officer, (E) increase benefits payable under any existing severance or termination pay policies or similar employment agreements, or (F) accelerate the vesting or payment of, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, compensation or benefits under, any Company Employee Plan to the extent not required by the terms of this Agreement or such Company Employee Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement;
(viii) commence any Legal Proceeding or settle any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding, except for the settlement of any Legal Proceeding solely for money damages not in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate and as would not be reasonably likely to have any adverse impact on any other Legal Proceeding;
(ix) except as may be required as a result of a change in applicable Law or in GAAP, make any material change in any of the accounting methods, principles or practices used by it or change an annual accounting period;
(x) (A) make or change any material Tax election, (B) settle or compromise any material federal, state, local or foreign income Tax liability, (C) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for material Taxes, (D) change any annual Tax accounting period or method of Tax accounting, (E) file any materially amended Tax Return, (F) enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax or (G) surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund;
(xi) (A) acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) any other Entity or any material equity interest therein, (B) sell or otherwise dispose of, lease or license any properties or assets of any Company Entity (other than in the ordinary course of business), which are material to the Company Entities, taken as a whole, (C) acquire, lease or license any material right or other asset from any Person (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(xii) make any capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 individually or $200,000 in the aggregate;
(xiii) make any material changes or modifications to any investment or risk management policy or other similar policies (including with respect to hedging), or any cash management policy;
(xiv) other than in the ordinary course of business, enter into, or amend in any material respect, terminate or fail to renew, any Material Contract;
(xv) change any of its product return policies, product maintenance polices, service policies, product modification or upgrade policies in any material respect;
(xvi) enter into any material transaction with any of its Affiliates (other than a Company Entity) other than pursuant to written arrangements in effect on the date of this Agreement and excluding any employment, compensation or similar arrangements otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to this Section 5.2(b);
(xvii) abandon or permit to lapse any right to any material patent or patent application;
(xviii) take any action that is intended or is reasonably likely to result in the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (except after compliance with Section 6.2(d)), 7.5, 7.7, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.15 and 7.16 not being satisfied; or
(xix) agree or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses above in this Section 5.2(b).
(c) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 impossible or unlikely or that has had or could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall promptly advise Parent in writing of any Legal Proceeding or material claim commenced or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or with respect to any of the Company Entities. No notification given to Parent pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) or any information or knowledge obtained pursuant to Section 5.1 shall limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement or any of the remedies available to Parent under this Agreement.
(d) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing if the Company has the right to exercise any right or option to repurchase shares of its capital stock from any Company Associate or other Person upon termination of such Person’s service to any of the Company Entities. The Company shall not exercise any such repurchase right except to the extent directed by Parent in writing.
Operation The ISO shall maintain the safety and the short-term reliability of the NYS Power System, including the implementation of emergency procedures consistent with the Reliability Rules. The ISO shall exercise Operational Control over Transmission Facilities Under ISO Operational Control. The ISO OATT and the ISO Services Tariff will require those entities having a Service Agreement with the ISO to comply with the Reliability Rules and ISO Procedures regarding the reliability of the NYS Power System and to furnish data to the ISO as required. The ISO will require and obtain by contract or tariff sufficient control over Generators, transmission facilities, and other NYS Power System facilities necessary for the reliable and efficient operation of the NYS Power System.
Business Landlord acknowledges that it is not the intent of this Section 30 to prohibit Tenant from using the Premises for the Permitted Use. Tenant may operate its business according to prudent industry practices so long as the use or presence of Hazardous Materials is strictly and properly monitored according to all then applicable Environmental Requirements. As a material inducement to Landlord to allow Tenant to use Hazardous Materials in connection with its business, Tenant agrees to deliver to Landlord prior to the Commencement Date a list identifying each type of Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated on, or released or disposed of from, the Premises and setting forth any and all governmental approvals or permits required in connection with the presence, use, storage, handling, treatment, generation, release or disposal of such Hazardous Materials on or from the Premises (“Hazardous Materials List”). Tenant shall deliver to Landlord an updated Hazardous Materials List at least once a year and shall also deliver an updated list before any new Hazardous Material is brought onto, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated on, or released or disposed of from, the Premises. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord true and correct copies of the following documents (the “Haz Mat Documents”) relating to the use, storage, handling, treatment, generation, release or disposal of Hazardous Materials prior to the Commencement Date, or if unavailable at that time, concurrent with the receipt from or submission to a Governmental Authority: permits; approvals; reports and correspondence; storage and management plans, notice of violations of any Legal Requirements; plans relating to the installation of any storage tanks to be installed in or under the Project (provided, said installation of tanks shall only be permitted after Landlord has given Tenant its written consent to do so, which consent may be withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion); all closure plans or any other documents required by any and all federal, state and local Governmental Authorities for any storage tanks installed in, on or under the Project for the closure of any such tanks; and a Surrender Plan (to the extent surrender in accordance with Section 28 cannot be accomplished in 3 months). Tenant is not required, however, to provide Landlord with any portion(s) of the Haz Mat Documents containing information of a proprietary nature which, in and of themselves, do not contain a reference to any Hazardous Materials or hazardous activities. It is not the intent of this Section to provide Landlord with information which could be detrimental to Tenant’s business should such information become possessed by Tenant’s competitors.
Operations Matters In the conduct its business and operations, Pledgor shall, and shall cause each of the Companies to:
(i) maintain books and records, separate from those of any other Person;
(ii) maintain its bank accounts and all its other assets separate from those of any other Person;
(iii) hold regular member, partnership or shareholder meetings, as appropriate, to conduct its business, and observe all other limited liability company, partnership or corporate formalities, as the case may be;
(iv) hold itself out to creditors and the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person;
(v) prepare separate financial statements, or if part of a consolidated or combined group, then it shall be shown as a separate member of such group, including in a footnote(s) to the relevant financial statements disclosing its separate existence and identity and the existence of its own assets;
(vi) allocate and charge fairly and reasonably any common employee or overhead shared with Affiliates;
(vii) transact all business with Affiliates on an arm's-length basis and to enter into transactions with Affiliates on an arm's-length basis;
(viii) conduct business in its own name;
(ix) with regard to each Company, maintain a sufficient number of employees in light of such Company's contemplated business operations;
(x) correct any misunderstanding regarding its separate identity of which Pledgor has actual knowledge;
(xi) not identify itself in writing as a division of any other Person; and
(xii) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations.
Services to Other Clients; Certain Affiliated Activities (a) The relationship between the Asset Manager and the Series is as described in this Agreement and nothing in this Agreement, none of the services to be provided pursuant to this Agreement, nor any other matter, shall oblige the Asset Manager to accept responsibilities that are more extensive than those set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Asset Manager’s services to the Series are not exclusive. The Asset Manager may engage in other activities on behalf of itself, any other Managing Party and other clients (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include other series of the Company). The Series acknowledges and agrees that the Asset Manager may, without prior notice to the Series, give advice to such other clients. The Asset Manager shall not be liable to account to the Series for any profits, commission or remuneration made or received in respect of transactions effected pursuant to the Asset Manager’s advice to another client and nor will the Asset Manager’s fees be abated as a result.
Continuity of Operations Engage in any business activities substantially different than those in which Borrower is presently engaged, (2) cease operations, liquidate, merge, transfer, acquire or consolidate with any other entity, change its name, dissolve or transfer or sell Collateral out of the ordinary course of business, or (3) pay any dividends on Borrower's stock (other than dividends payable in its stock), provided, however that notwithstanding the foregoing, but only so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the payment of dividends, if Borrower is a "Subchapter S Corporation" (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), Borrower may pay cash dividends on its stock to its shareholders from time to time in amounts necessary to enable the shareholders to pay income taxes and make estimated income tax payments to satisfy their liabilities under federal and state law which arise solely from their status as Shareholders of a Subchapter S Corporation because of their ownership of shares of Borrower's stock, or purchase or retire any of Borrower's outstanding shares or alter or amend Borrower's capital structure.
