Parent Forbearances. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including the Parent Disclosure Schedule) or with the prior written consent of the Company, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Exchange Effective Time, Parent and Parent Texas Sub shall not, and shall not permit any Parent Subsidiary to, (a) amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision of the Parent Articles or the Parent By-laws in a manner that would materially adversely affect the Company, the stockholders of the Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Reincorporation Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, (ii) prevent the Share Exchange and the Third Step Merger, taken together, from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) or (iii) result in gain recognition to the holders of Company Virginia Sub Common Stock in the Share Exchange and Third Step Merger pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code, (c) take any action that is intended or may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Transaction set forth in Article IX not being satisfied, or (d) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 7.3.
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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.), Transaction Agreement (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.), Transaction Agreement (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.)
Parent Forbearances. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including the Parent Disclosure Schedule) or with the prior written consent of the Company, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Exchange Effective Time, Parent and Parent Texas Sub shall not, and shall not permit any Parent Subsidiary to, (a) amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision of the Parent Articles or the Parent By-laws in a manner that would materially adversely affect the Company, the stockholders of the Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Reincorporation Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, (ii) prevent the Share Exchange and the Third Step Merger, taken together, from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) or (iii) result in gain recognition to the holders of Company Virginia Sub Common Stock in the Share Exchange and Third Step Merger pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code, (c) take any action that is intended or may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Transaction set forth in Article IX not being satisfied, or (d) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its board of directors in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 7.3.. 50
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