Restrictions of Certain Actions by Marathon and USX Sample Clauses

Restrictions of Certain Actions by Marathon and USX. Each of Marathon and USX covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof through the six-month anniversary of the earlier to occur of (a) the date that Ashland and its Affiliates do not own any Membership Interests, and (b) the date that Marathon and its Affiliates do not own any Membership Interests, it shall not, and it shall cause each of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Employee Benefit Plans of USX, Marathon and their respective Affiliates) not to, singly or as part of a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (as those terms are defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly: (i) acquire, offer to acquire, or agree to acquire, by purchase, gift or otherwise, more than 1% of any class of any Ashland Voting Securities, except (A) pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, rights offering, recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, (B) in connection with the transfer of Ashland Voting Securities to a Marathon or USX Employee Benefit Plan as contemplated by Section 3.1(v) of the Asset Transfer and Contribution Agreement or (C) the ownership by any Employee Benefit Plan of USX, Marathon or any of their respective Affiliates of any interest in any diversified index, mutual or pension fund managed by an independent investment advisor, which fund in turn holds, directly or indirectly, Ashland Voting Securities; provided that not more than 5% of such fund’s assets are comprised of Ashland Voting Securities; (ii) make, or in any way participate in any “solicitation” of “proxies” to vote (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 under the Exchange Act), solicit any consent or communicate with or seek to advise or influence any person or entity with respect to the voting of any Ashland Voting Securities or become a “participant” in any “election contest” (as such terms are defined or used in Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act) with respect to Ashland; (iii) form, join, encourage or in any way participate in the formation of, any “person” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act with respect to any Ashland Voting Securities; (iv) deposit any Ashland Voting Securities into a voting trust or subject any such Ashland Voting Securities to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof; (v) initiate, propose or otherwise solicit shareholders for the approval of one or more shareholder proposals with respect to Ashland as described in Rule 14a-8 under th...
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Related to Restrictions of Certain Actions by Marathon and USX

  • Specifications of Certain Matters Anything referred to in this Annex as being specified in Paragraph 11 also may be specified in one or more Confirmations or other documents and this Annex will be construed accordingly.

  • Waiver of Certain Actions The Stockholder hereby agrees not to commence or participate in, and to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against the Company, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates or successors (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin or delay the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement (including any claim seeking to enjoin or delay the consummation of the Mergers) or (b) alleging a breach of any duty of the Company Board or the Parent Board in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Transactions, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

  • Modifications of Certain Documents The Borrower will not consent to any modification, supplement or waiver of (a) any of the provisions of any agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or relating to any Permitted Indebtedness that would result in such Permitted Indebtedness not meeting the requirements of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” set forth in Section 1.01 of this Agreement, unless following such amendment, modification or waiver, such Permitted Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted under Section 6.01, or (b) either of the Affiliate Agreement or the Custodian Agreement, unless such modification, supplement or waiver is not materially less favorable to the Borrower than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, in each case, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (with the approval of the Required Lenders). Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, freely amend, restate, terminate, or otherwise modify any documents, instruments and agreements evidencing, securing or relating to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(d), including increases in the principal amount thereof, modifications to the advance rates and/or modifications to the interest rate, fees or other pricing terms so long as following any such action such Indebtedness continues to be permitted under Section 6.01(d).

  • Termination of Certain Agreements On and as of the Closing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the Contracts listed on Schedule 6.04 to be terminated without any further force and effect and without any cost or other liability or obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there shall be no further obligations of any of the relevant parties thereunder following the Closing.

  • Survival of Certain Provisions The covenants and agreements set forth in Section 4.1, Section 4.2 and Section 5.2 shall survive the Termination of the Company.

  • Limitations on Services (a) The Parties recognize that certain responsibilities and obligations are imposed by federal and state securities laws and by the applicable rules and regulations of stock exchanges, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in-house "due diligence" or "compliance" departments of Licensed Securities Firms, etc.; accordingly, the Employee agrees that he will not: (1) Release any financial or other material information or data about XStream without the prior written consent and approval of XStream's General Counsel or Securities Counsel; (2) Conduct any meetings with financial analysts without informing XStream's General Counsel and board of directors in advance of the proposed meeting and the format or agenda of such meeting. (b) In any circumstances where the Employee is describing the securities of XStream to a third party, the Employee shall disclose to such person any compensation received from XStream to the extent required under any applicable laws, including, without limitation, Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. (c) In rendering his services, the Employee shall not disclose to any third party any confidential non-public information furnished by XStream or otherwise obtained by it with respect to XStream, except on a need to know basis, and in such case, subject to appropriate assurances that such information shall not be used, directly or indirectly, in any manner that would violate state or federal prohibitions on insider trading of XStream's securities. (d) The Employee shall not xxxx xxx xxxxxx which would in any way adversely affect the reputation, standing or prospects of XStream or which would cause XStream to be in violation of applicable laws. ARTICLE THREE ------------- COMPENSATION ------------

  • Payments on Termination and Survival of Certain Rights and Obligations Payments to the Advisor pursuant to this Section 13.03 shall be subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines to the extent applicable. (i) After the Termination Date, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Company within 30 days after the effective date of such termination (A) all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all earned but unpaid fees payable to the Advisor prior to termination of this Agreement and (B) the Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination, provided that no Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination will be paid if the Company has paid or is obligated to pay the Subordinated Incentive Fee. (ii) The Advisor shall promptly upon termination: (a) pay over to the Company all money collected pursuant to this Agreement, if any, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled; (b) deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board; (c) deliver to the Board all assets and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor; and (d) cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly transition of advisory functions.

  • Notice of Certain Actions by Consent If in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust any action is taken by the Trustees by a written consent of less than all of the Trustees, then prompt notice of any such action shall be furnished to each Trustee who did not execute such written consent, provided that the effectiveness of such action shall not be impaired by any delay or failure to furnish such notice.

  • Modification of Certain Agreements Each Credit Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of, or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to the terms or provisions contained in (a) any Organization Documents of a Credit Party, in each case, other than any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance that could not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (except with the consent of the Required Lenders) or if required by law, (b) any document, agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment or secured by any Liens that have been subordinated in priority to the Liens of Agent unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification is permitted under the terms of the subordination or intercreditor agreement applicable thereto or could not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (it being understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit the refinancing, replacement or exchange of such Indebtedness), or (c) the Acquisition Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) (collectively, the “Acquisition Documents”), in each case, other than any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance that could not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties (except with the consent of the Required Lenders); provided, that, any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification or forbearance of the Acquisition Documents such that any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries become directly or indirectly liable with respect to the Deferred Purchase Price shall be deemed adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties.

  • Waiver of Certain Covenants Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Sections 3.1(22), 9.1(2), 8.1, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

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