Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. From the date hereof until the Closing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Seller shall, and shall cause the Company to, (x) conduct the business of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and (y) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact the current organization, business and franchise of the Company and to preserve the rights, franchises, goodwill and relationships of its employees, customers, lenders, suppliers, regulators and others having business relationships with the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, Seller shall:
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. From the date hereof until the Closing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Sellers shall, and shall cause the Company to: (a) conduct the business of the Company in the Ordinary Course of Business; and (b) use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its material business relationships with customers, suppliers, and other Persons having business dealings with it, and to keep available the services of its officers, members and key employees. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 7.1, the Sellers shall:
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 5.1, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, unless the Buyer shall otherwise provide its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, conduct the Business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in all material respects, and the Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve in all material respects (i) the present commercial relationships of Persons having relationships with the Business, (ii) intact their current Business organization and operations, and (iii) the properties and assets included in the Transferred Assets, and (B) comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the conduct of the Business or the ownership and use of the Transferred Assets. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 5.1, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, without the prior consent of the Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, in connection with the Business (provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict in any manner the Seller’s ability to conduct the Retained Business so long as such action or inaction would not affect the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the Business):
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. Except (i) as contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) as described in Schedule 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (iii) to the extent that the Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing, during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Seller Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the operations of the Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, to preserve intact its current business organizations related to the Business, keep available the service of its current officers and employees necessary to operate the Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and to preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, lessors, creditors, employees, contractors and others having business dealings with respect to the Business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and except as described in Schedule 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, from the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Seller Parties shall not, with respect to the Business, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser: 57 CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing an equity interest in or portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division, other than any such transaction that does not involve the Business or the Acquired Assets; except as permitted by clause (d)(iii) below, (i) purchase, acquire or lease any material assets that would constitute Acquired Assets other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or subject to any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) any Acquired Assets except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and, to the extent not otherwise material (individually or in the aggregate) to the Business, obsolete or worn out equipment sold or dispo...
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. (a) The Company and the Stockholders covenant and agree that, except as described in Section 5.01(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, between the date hereof and the time of the Closing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall conduct its business other than in the ordinary course and consistent with the past practice of the Company or such Subsidiary. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as described in Section 5.01(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall and shall cause each Subsidiary to (i) continue its advertising and promotional activities, and pricing and purchasing policies, in accordance with past practice; (ii) not shorten or lengthen the customary payment cycles for any of its payables or receivables; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) preserve intact its business organizations and the business organization of the Business, (B) keep available to the Purchaser the services of the employees of the Company and each Subsidiary, (C) continue in full force and effect without material modification all existing policies or binders of insurance currently maintained in respect of the Company, each Subsidiary and the Business and (D) preserve its current relationships with its customers, suppliers and other persons with which it has significant business relationships; (iv) exercise, but only after notice to the Purchaser and receipt of the Purchaser's prior written approval, any rights of renewal pursuant to the terms of any of the leases or subleases set forth in Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule that by its terms would otherwise expire; and (v) not engage in any practice, take any action, fail to take any action or enter into any transaction that could cause any representation or warranty of the Company or any Stockholder to be untrue in any material respect (or in the case of any representation or and warranty that is qualified as to materiality, that could cause such representation or warranty to be untrue in any respect) or result in a breach of any covenant made by the Company or any Stockholder in this Agreement.
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. The Seller covenants and agrees that, except as described in Section 5.01 of the Disclosure Schedule, from the date hereof until the earlier of the time of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article X, it will conduct the Business in the ordinary course and consistent with prior practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as described in Section 5.01 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller shall (i) continue its advertising and promotional activities, and pricing and purchasing policies, in accordance with past practice; (ii) not shorten or lengthen the customary payment cycles for any of its payables or receivables; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) preserve intact the business organization of their Business (B) continue in full force and effect without material modification all existing policies or binders of insurance currently maintained in respect of the Business, and (C) preserve its current relationships with its employees, customers, suppliers and other persons with which it has had significant business relationships; (iv) exercise any rights of renewal pursuant to the terms of any of the leases or subleases set forth in Section 3.13(b) of the Disclosure Schedule which by their terms would otherwise expire; (v) not engage in any practice, take any action, fail to take any action or enter into any transaction which could cause any representation or warranty of the Seller to be untrue in any material respect or result in a material breach of any covenant made by the Seller in this Agreement and (vi) without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), with respect to the Business, take any action of the type specified in the second sentence of Section 3.07.
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. From the date hereof until the Closing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by 4Front, the Company shall (and the Shareholder shall cause the Company to) (x) conduct the business of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and (y) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact the current organization, business and franchise of the Company and to preserve the rights, franchises, goodwill and relationships of its employees, customers, lenders, suppliers, regulators and others having business relationships with the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, the Company shall (and the Shareholder shall cause the Company to):
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. (a) From the date hereof until the Closing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by Seller (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Buyer shall continue to operate its business in the Ordinary Course of Business; provided, however, that it is understood that Buyer may, without consent of Seller, pursue the execution and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Innovus Merger Agreement.
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. From the Effective Date until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 (the “Pre-Closing Period”), except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), Sellers shall, and shall cause the Company to, use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) conduct the business of the Company in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; and (y) maintain and preserve intact the current organization, business and franchise of the Company and to preserve the rights, franchises, goodwill and relationships of its employees, customers, lenders, suppliers, regulators and others having business relationships with the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, during Pre-the Closing Period, Sellers shall:
Conduct of Business Prior to the Closing. Seller covenants and agrees that, between the date hereof and the time of the Closing, the Seller will conduct its business only in the ordinary and regular course and consistent with prior practice and in compliance with all applicable Law and all Material Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller will (i) preserve intact its current business organization and assets, (ii) continue in full force and effect without material modification all existing policies or binders of insurance currently maintained in respect of the Business, (iii) preserve its current relationships and goodwill with all its customers, suppliers, landlords, creditors, Employees and other persons with which it has had business relationships, (iv) exercise, but only after notice to Buyer and receipt of Buyer's prior written approval, any rights of renewal pursuant to the terms of any of the Material Contracts which by their terms would otherwise expire; (v) not engage in any practice, take any action, fail to take any action or enter into any transaction which could cause any representation or warranty of Seller to be untrue or result in a breach of any covenant made by Seller in this Agreement; and (vi) not take or omit to be taken any action, that is listed or described in Section 2.8 or that would or would be reasonably expected to result in the occurrence of any of the changes or events listed or described in Section 2.8 without the prior written consent of Buyer. In addition, without the prior written consent of Buyer, Seller shall not: (a) acquire or agree to acquire any assets or securities of any business or assets which would be material to the Business; (b) settle, compromise, release or forgive any pending or threatened Action relating to the Business, Purchased Assets, Assumed Liabilities or an Employee or waive any right thereto; (c) grant any severance or termination pay to any Employee other than as provided under an existing agreement or Seller Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms of such agreement or Seller Benefit Plan as currently in effect; (d) enter into any employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or any amendment to any such existing agreement) with any Employee, (e) terminate any Employee (other than for cause) or renew any employment agreement with such Employee, (f) recognize any labor union related to the Business or enter into any collective bargaining agreement related to the Business, (g) adopt a plan of...
