Agreements of Affiliates GSMS has disclosed in Section 8.11 of the GSMS Disclosure Memorandum all Persons whom it reasonably believes is an "affiliate" of GSMS for purposes of Rule 145 under the 1933 Act. GSMS shall use its reasonable efforts to cause each such Person to deliver to PSS not later than 10 days after the date of this Agreement, a written agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1, providing that such Person will not sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the shares of GSMS Common Stock held by such Person except as contemplated by such agreement or by this Agreement and will not sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the shares of PSS Common Stock to be received by such Person upon consummation of the Merger except in compliance with applicable provisions of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and, because the Merger is to be accounted for by the pooling-of-interests method of accounting, until such time as financial results covering at least 30 days of combined operations of PSS and GSMS have been published within the meaning of Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial Reporting Policies. Because the Merger is to be accounted for using the pooling-of-interests method of accounting, shares of PSS Common Stock issued to such affiliates of GSMS in exchange for shares of GSMS Common Stock shall not be transferable until such time as financial results covering at least 30 days of combined operations of PSS and GSMS have been published within the meaning of Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial Reporting Policies, regardless of whether each such affiliate has provided the written agreement referred to in this Section 8.11 (and PSS shall be entitled to place restrictive legends upon certificates for shares of PSS Common Stock issued to affiliates of GSMS pursuant to this Agreement to enforce the provisions of this Section 8.11). PSS shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act for the purposes of resale of PSS Common Stock by such affiliates. PSS has disclosed in Section 8.11 of the PSS Disclosure Memorandum all Persons whom it reasonably believes is an "affiliate" of PSS. PSS shall use its reasonable efforts to cause each such Person to execute and deliver not later than 10 days after the date of this Agreement, a written agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2, providing that such Person shall not sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of PSS Common Stock until such time as financial results covering at least 30 days of combined operations of PSS and GSMS have been published within the meaning of Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial Reporting Policies.
Use of Affiliated Companies and Subcontractors In connection with the services to be provided by Manager under this Agreement, Manager may, to the extent it deems appropriate, and subject to compliance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, make use of (i) its affiliated companies and their directors, trustees, officers, and employees and (ii) subcontractors selected by Manager, provided that Manager shall supervise and remain fully responsible for the services of all such third parties in accordance with and to the extent provided by this Agreement. All costs and expenses associated with services provided by any such third parties shall be borne by Manager or such parties.
Affiliated Company Affiliated Company" of any Person means any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. As used herein, "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
Affiliated Entities As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall include the Company and each corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity that is controlled by the Company, or is under common control with the Company (in each case "control" meaning the direct or indirect ownership of 50% or more of all outstanding equity interests), provided, however, that the Executive's title need not be identical for each of the affiliated entities nor the same as that for the Company.
Lists of Affiliated Persons The Adviser shall provide the Sub-Adviser with a list of each entity that is both (i) an “affiliated person,” as such term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Adviser and (ii) a broker, dealer, or entity that is engaged in the business of underwriting, or a registered investment adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall provide the Adviser with a list of each person who is an “affiliated person”, as such term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Sub-Adviser. Each of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser agrees promptly to update such list whenever the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser becomes aware of any changes that should be added to or deleted from such list of affiliated persons.
Employment or Retention of Affiliates (a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefor which the General Partner determines to be fair and reasonable.
Agreement of Affiliates FCBS has disclosed in Section 0.9 of the FCBS Disclosure Memorandum each Person whom it reasonably believes is an "affiliate" of FCBS for purposes of Rule 145 under the 1933 Act. FCBS shall use its reasonable efforts to cause each such Person to deliver to Regions not later than 30 days prior to the Effective Time a written agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to this Agreement0"0, providing that such Person will not sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the shares of FCBS Common Stock held by such Person except as contemplated by such agreement or by this Agreement and will not sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the shares of Regions Common Stock to be received by such Person upon consummation of the Merger except in compliance with applicable provisions of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and until such time as financial results covering at least 30 days of combined operations of Regions and FCBS have been published within the meaning of Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial Reporting Policies, except that transfers may be made in compliance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 76 issued by the SEC. Except that transfers may be made in compliance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 76 issued by the SEC, shares of Regions Common Stock issued to such affiliates of FCBS in exchange for shares of FCBS Common Stock shall not be transferable until such time as financial results covering at least 30 days of combined operations of Regions and FCBS have been published within the meaning of Section 201.01 of the SEC's Codification of Financial Reporting Policies, regardless of whether each such affiliate has provided the written agreement referred to in this Section 8.9 (and Regions shall be entitled to place restrictive legends upon certificates for shares of Regions Common Stock issued to affiliates of FCBS pursuant to this Agreement to enforce the provisions of this Section 8.9). Regions shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act for the purposes of resale of Regions Common Stock by such affiliates.
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.
Consolidated Corporate Franchises The Borrower will do, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.
Employees Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its employees. There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Exchange Act Filings or on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any currently effective employment contract, deferred compensation arrangement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan, retirement agreement or other employee compensation plan or agreement. To the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any consultant with whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such individual to be employed by, or to contract with, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and to the Company's knowledge the continued employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its present employees, and the performance of the Company's and its Subsidiaries' contracts with its independent contractors, will not result in any such violation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware that any of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would interfere with their duties to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging that any such violation has occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective employment agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been granted the right to continued employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material compensation following termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, the Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have a present intention to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of employees.
