Freedom to Pursue Opportunities Sample Clauses

Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (i) Sponsor and each Sponsor Director (and each Affiliate thereof) has the right to, and shall not have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to (and none of the following shall be deemed to be wrongful or improper), (x) directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (y) directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that Sponsor or a Sponsor Director (or any Affiliate thereof) acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be an opportunity for the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries and Sponsor or any other Person, Sponsor and such Sponsor Director (and any such Affiliate) shall not have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such opportunity to the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Parent Parties, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates or equity holders for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that Sponsor or such Sponsor Director (or such Affiliate thereof), directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to the Parent Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, that any such business, activity or transaction described in this Section 4.14 is not the direct result of Sponsor, its Affiliates or a Sponsor Director using Confidential Information in violation of Section 3.3 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.14, any Sponsor Director may be excluded, by the members of the Board who are not Sponsor Directors, from any discussion or vote on matters in accordance with a conflicts of interest policy of the Board that is adopted by the Board in good faith and is applicable to all of the members of the Board.
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Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. (a) The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable Law: (i) each of the Investors and their respective Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permissible by Law, have no duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (A) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Company or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (B) otherwise competing with the Company or any of its Affiliates; (ii) none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Investor shall have any rights in and to the business ventures of any Investor, its Affiliates, or the income or profits derived therefrom; (iii) each of the Investors and their respective Affiliates may do business with any potential or actual customer or supplier of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or may employ or otherwise engage any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iv) in the event that any Investor or its respective Affiliates acquire knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter or business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Company or any of its Affiliates, such Investor or its respective Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, have no fiduciary duty or other duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate, present or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Company for breach of any fiduciary duty or other duty (contractual or otherwise) as a stockholder, director or officer of the Company solely by reason of the fact that such Investor or its respective Affiliates pursue or acquire such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person, or does not present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates; provided, that the Company does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director of the Company if such opportunity is expressly offered to such Person in his or her capacity as a director of the Company and the provisions of this Section 5.1(a) shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity. (b) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Investor (for itself and on behalf of the Co...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. In recognition that the Advisors and their Affiliates currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which the Advisors or their Affiliates may serve as an advisor, a director or in some other capacity, in recognition that the Advisors and their Affiliates have myriad duties to various investors and partners, in anticipation that the Company, on the one hand, and the Advisors (or one or more Affiliates, associated investment funds or portfolio companies), on the other hand, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company hereunder, and in recognition of the difficulties which may confront any advisor who desires and endeavors fully to satisfy such advisor’s duties in determining the full scope of such duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Section 8(b) are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as they may involve the Advisors. Except as the Advisors may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof: (i) The Advisors and their Affiliates shall have the right: (A) to directly or indirectly engage in any business (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Company and its subsidiaries); (B) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company and its subsidiaries; (C) to take any other action that the Advisor believes in good faith is necessary to or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this Section 8(b); and (D) not to present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunity for themselves, and to direct any such opportunity to another person. (ii) The Advisors and their Affiliates shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present any corporate opportunities to the Company or any of its affiliates or to refrain from any actions specified in Section 8(b)(i) hereof, and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliates, hereby irrevocably waives any right to require the Advisors or any of its Affiliates to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions ...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. In recognition that, except to the extent separately agreed with the Springboard Companies, the Managers, the Manager Designees and their respective Indemnitees currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which the Managers, the Manager Designees or their respective Indemnitees may serve as an advisor, a director or in some other capacity, and in recognition that each Manager, each Manager Designee and their respective Indemnitees have myriad duties to various investors and partners, and in anticipation that the Springboard Companies, on the one hand and each Manager and Manager Designee (or one or more of their respective Indemnitees or portfolio companies), on the other hand, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Springboard Companies hereunder and in recognition of the difficulties which may confront any advisor who desires and endeavors fully to satisfy such advisor’s duties in determining the full scope of such duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Section 6(b) are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Springboard Companies as they may involve the Managers, the Manager Designees or their respective Indemnitees. Except to the extent separately agreed with the Springboard Companies, as the Managers or the Manager Designees may otherwise explicitly agree in writing after the date hereof: (i) The Managers, the Manager Designees and their respective Indemnitees will have the right: (A) to directly or indirectly engage in any business (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Springboard Companies and their subsidiaries) or develop any technology or application, (B) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Springboard Companies and their subsidiaries, (C) to take any other action that a Manager or a Manager Designee believes in good faith is necessary to or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this Section 6(b), and (D) not to present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Springboard Companies or any of their subsidiaries, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. In recognition that the Consultant Related Parties currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which one or more Consultant Related Parties may serve as an advisor or director, or in some other capacity, and in recognition that the Consultant Related Parties have myriad duties to various investors and partners, and in anticipation that the Company and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Consultant Related Parties, on the other hand, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company and its subsidiaries hereunder and in recognition of the difficulties which may confront any advisor who desires and endeavors fully to satisfy such advisor’s duties in determining the full scope of such duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Section 6(b) are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries as they may involve the Consultant Related Parties. Except as Consultant or any Consultant Designee may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof: (i) Each Consultant Related Party will have the right: (A) to directly or indirectly engage in any business (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Company or any of its subsidiaries), (B) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (C) to take any other action that such Consultant Related Party believes in good faith is necessary to or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this Section 6(b) to persons or entities other than the Company and its subsidiaries, and (D) not to communicate or present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunity for itself or any persons or entities other than the Company and its subsidiaries, and to direct any such opportunity to another person or entity. (ii) No Consultant Related Party will have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present any corporate opportunities to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to refrain from any actions specif...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. In recognition that the Manager and its Affiliates currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which the Manager or its Affiliates may serve as an advisor, a director or in some other capacity, and in recognition that the Manager and its Affiliates have a myriad of duties to various investors, and in anticipation that the Company and the Manager (or one or more Affiliates or clients of the Manager) may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company hereunder and in recognition of the difficulties that may confront any manager who desires and endeavors fully to satisfy such manager’s duties in determining the full scope of such duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Section 1.3.2 are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as they may involve the Manager. Except as the Manager may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof: (i) the Manager will have the right: (A) to directly or indirectly engage in any business including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, any of the Company’s, (B) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company, (C) to take any other action that the Manager believes in good faith is necessary to or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this Section 1.3.2, and (D) not to present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Company, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunity for itself, and to direct any such opportunity to another person. (ii) the Manager and its officers, employees, partners, members, other clients, Affiliates and other associated entities will have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present any corporate opportunities to the Company or to refrain from any action specified in Section 1.3.2(i), and the Company on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates, hereby renounces and waives any right to require the Manager or any of its Affiliates to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 1.3.2. (iii) Neither the Manager nor any officer, director, employee, partner, member, stockhold...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (i) each Shareholder, Sponsor Director and Affiliated Officer of the Company has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, (x) directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Company or any of their subsidiaries, or (y) directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that a Shareholder, Sponsor Director or Affiliated Officer of the Company acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Company or any of its subsidiaries and such Shareholder or any other Person, the Shareholder, Sponsor Director and Affiliated Officer of the Company shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of their subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Company, its subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates or Shareholders for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that such Shareholder, Sponsor Director or Affiliated Officer, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. In recognition that the Advisor and its Indemnified Parties currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which the Advisor or its Indemnified Parties may serve as an advisor, a director or in some other capacity, and in recognition that the Advisor and its Indemnified Parties have myriad duties to various investors and partners, and in anticipation that the Company, on the one hand and the Advisor (or one or more affiliates, associated investment funds or portfolio companies, or clients of the Advisor), on the other hand, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company hereunder and in recognition of the difficulties that may confront any advisor who desires and endeavors fully to satisfy such advisor’s duties in determining the full scope of such duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Section 6.2 are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as they may involve the Advisor. Except as the Advisor may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof: (a) The Advisor and its Indemnified Parties will have the right: (i) to directly or indirectly engage in any business (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Company and its subsidiaries) or invest, own or deal in securities of any other person so engaged in any business, (ii) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company and its subsidiaries, (iii) to take any other action that the Advisor believes in good faith is necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this Section 6.2, and (iv) not to present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunity for itself, and to direct any such opportunity to another person. (b) The Advisor and its Indemnified Parties will have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present any corporate opportunities to the Company or any of its affiliates or to refrain from any actions specified in Section 6.2(a), and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliates, hereby...
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. Each of the parties hereto expressly acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the each Purchaser and each Purchaser Representative has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that the Purchaser or any Purchaser Representative acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter (other than to the extent knowledge of such transaction or matter was acquired by such Person solely in their capacity as a director) that may be a corporate opportunity for each of the Company and the Purchaser or any Purchaser Representative, such Person shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Company or its Affiliates for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that the Purchaser, Purchaser Representative, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to the Company.
Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. The Company and the Stockholders acknowledge and understand that TPG and its respective Affiliates, including the TPG Directors, from time to time review the business plans and related proprietary information of many enterprises, including enterprises that may have products or services that compete directly or indirectly with those of the Company, and may trade in the securities of such enterprises. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude or in any way restrict TPG, any of its respective Affiliates, including the TPG Directors, from investing or participating in any particular enterprise, or trading in the securities thereof, whether or not such enterprise has products or services that compete with those of the Company, and the Company and its Stockholders hereby waive, in perpetuity, any and all claims that it now has or may have in the future, and agree not to initiate any litigation or any other cause of action (whether or not in a court of competent jurisdiction) in respect of any such waived claims, or otherwise on the basis of, or in connection with, the doctrine of corporate opportunity (or any similar doctrine).
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