Shares Held by the Company and its Affiliates Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than any Holder or transferees or successors or assigns thereof if such Holder is deemed to be an Affiliate solely by reason of its holdings of such Registrable Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
Company Affiliates No later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to Parent a list of names and addresses of those persons who were, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, on such date, affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 145 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act (each such person being a “Company Affiliate”)) of the Company. The Company shall provide Parent with such information and documents that the Company has in its possession as Parent shall reasonably request for purposes of reviewing such list. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent, prior to the Effective time, an affiliate letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6.08, executed by each of the Company Affiliates identified in the foregoing list and any person who shall, to the knowledge of the Company, have become a Company Affiliate subsequent to the delivery of such list.
No Control of the Company’s Business Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its subsidiaries’ operations.
Association of Company Affiliates Except for the issuance of securities to the Sponsor, no person to whom securities of the Company have been privately issued within the 180-day period prior to the initial confidential submission date of the Registration Statement has any relationship or affiliation or association with any Member.
Capitalization of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (i) 250,000,000 Shares, of which 70,218,397 Shares were issued and outstanding and 3,052 shares of which were held in the Company's treasury, in each case, as of the close of business on May 21, 1999, and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, no shares of which are outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding Shares have been validly issued, and are duly authorized, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive rights. As of May 21, 1999, 5,176,485 Shares were issuable pursuant to awards that have been granted under the Directors Restricted Stock Plan, the Option Plan and the Directors' Option Plan. Except for the Company Rights and as set forth above, as of the date hereof, there are outstanding (i) no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company, (ii) no securities of the Company or its subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (iii) no options or other rights to acquire from the Company or its subsidiaries, and no obligations of the Company or its subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company, and (iv) no equity equivalents, interests in the ownership or earnings of the Company or its subsidiaries or other similar rights (including stock appreciation rights) (collectively, "Company Securities"). There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or its subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities. There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or to which it is bound relating to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company.
Operation of the Company’s Business (a) Except in each case (x) as specifically required by any other provision of this Agreement or specifically set forth in Part 5.2(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, (y) as required by any applicable Legal Requirement, or (z) with the prior written consent of Parent, during the Pre-Closing Period: (i) the Company shall conduct its business and operations (A) in the ordinary course and in accordance with past practices and (B) in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Legal Requirements and the requirements of all Company Contracts that constitute Material Contracts; (ii) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers and other employees and maintain its relations and goodwill with all suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees, distributors, resellers, employees and other Persons having business relationships with the Company; (iii) the Company shall keep in full force all insurance policies referred to in Section 3.19 (other than any such policies that are immediately replaced with substantially similar policies); and (iv) the Company shall promptly notify Parent of (A) any written notice or other communication of which the Company has Knowledge from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, and (B) any Legal Proceeding commenced, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting the Company that relates to the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions. Except in each case (x) as specifically required by any other provision of this Agreement, (y) as required by any applicable Legal Requirement, or (z) with the prior written consent of the Company, during the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of (A) any written notice or other communication of which Parent has Knowledge from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, and (B) any Legal Proceeding commenced, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against, relating to, involving or otherwise affecting Parent or Acquisition Sub that relates to the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions.
Cooperation With Company After Termination of Employment Following termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall fully cooperate with the Company in all matters relating to the winding up of Executive’s pending work including, but not limited to, any litigation in which the Company is involved, and the orderly transfer of any such pending work to such other employees as may be designated by the Company.
Indemnification of the Company and its Directors and Officers The Underwriters agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer, or controlling person, may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Underwriters), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person, for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person, in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters has furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the third and ninth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 9(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Underwriters may otherwise have.
Status of the Parties The status of the parties under this Agreement shall be solely that of independent contractors. No party shall have the right to enter into any agreements on behalf of the other party nor shall it represent to any person that it has such right or authority. The parties, through their duly authorized representatives, and intending to be legally bound, have executed this Agreement, as of the date and year first above written, whereupon it became effective in accordance with its terms. RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED By:_/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President Date: October 25, 2005 SPD CONTROL SYSTEMS CORPORATION By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Chairman Date: October 20, 2005 Schedule A (As of October 25, 2005) LIST OF UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Date Expiration Patents in the United States Issued Date 5,764,402 Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx; Xxxxxx Xxxxx "Optical Cell Control System" 06/09/98 04/24/15 6,804,040 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, et al "Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device"10/12/04 02/13/23 6,897,997 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx "Method and Device for Controlling Voltage Provided to a Suspended Particle Device" 05/24/05 02/13/23 (continuation-in-part of 6,804,040) PENDING UNITED STATES APPLICATIONS Serial Number Filing Date [Confidential Information Omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission] PENDING INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS Serial Number Filing Date [Confidential Information Omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission] Patent Number or Country Serial Number Issued Filed Expiration [Confidential Information Omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission] FOREIGN PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Patent Number or Country Serial Number Issued Filed Expiration