Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 4.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since June 30, 1999, Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and, since such date, there has not been (i) any Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any event that may reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the performance of Company's obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the completion of the Arrangement by Company, (iii) any change by Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, (iv) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of the Company Common Shares or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of Company's securities, (v) any increase in the compensation or benefits or establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officers, directors or employees of Company or any Company Subsidiary, (vi) any issuance or sale of any stock, notes, bonds or other securities other than pursuant to the exercise of outstanding securities, or entering into any agreement with respect thereto, (vii) any amendment to the Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (viii) other than in the ordinary course of business, any (x) purchase, sale, assignment or transfer of any material assets, (y) mortgage, pledge or the institution of any Encumbrance on any material assets or properties, tangible or intangible, except for liens for taxes not yet delinquent and such other Encumbrances which do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (z) waiver of any rights of material value or cancellation or any material debts or claims, (ix) any incurrence of any material liability (absolute or contingent), except for current liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (x) any incurrence of any damage, destruction or similar loss, whether or not covered by insurance, materially affecting the business or properties of Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (xi) any entering into any transaction of a materi...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since January 1, 2006, until the date of this Agreement, (i) except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and (ii) there has not been (a) any change, event or occurrence which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) (A) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution in cash, stock, property or otherwise in respect of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ capital stock; (B) any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any shares of capital stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with the forfeiture or exercise of equity based awards, Options and Restricted Company Common Stock in accordance with existing agreements or terms); (C) except as contemplated by this Agreement (1) any granting by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any of their directors, officers or employees of any material increase in compensation or benefits, except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or that are required under any Company Plan; (2) any granting to any director, officer or employee of the right to receive any severance or termination pay, except as provided for under any plan or agreement in effect prior to January 1, 2006 or (3) any entry by the Company or its Subsidiaries into any employment, consulting, indemnification, termination, change of control or severance agreement or arrangement with any present or former director, officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any amendment to or adoption of any Company Plan or collective bargaining agreement; (D) any material change by the Company in its accounting principles, except as may be required to conform to changes in statutory or regulatory accounting rules or GAAP or regulatory requirements with respect thereto; (E) any material Tax election made by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any settlement or compromise of any material Tax liability by the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (F) any material change in Tax accounting principles by the Company or its Subsidiaries, except insofar as may have been required by applicable Law.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 1998, except as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this Agreement or disclosed in any SEC Report filed since December 31, 1998 and prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and, since December 31, 1998, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (ii) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) with respect to any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (iii) any material change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, with respect to the Company (iv) any revaluation by the Company of any asset (including, without limitation, any writing down of the value of inventory or writing off of notes or accounts receivable), other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any failure by the Company to revalue any asset in accordance with GAAP consistent with past practice, (vi) any entry by the Company or any Subsidiary into any commitment or transaction material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (vii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of any capital stock of the Company or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its securities, (viii) other than as set forth in any contracts (as in effect on the date hereof) referred to in Section 3.10, any increase in or establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officers or key employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, except customary increases in compensation to employees generally incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ix) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any material contract, arrangement or agreement with any affiliate of the Company, or (x) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any contract, arrangeme...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in ------------------------------------ Schedule 2.05 or reflected in the March 31, 2000 Balance Sheet or permitted ------------- or contemplated by this Agreement, since March 31, 2000, the Company has not (a) suffered any material damage, destruction or casualty loss to its physical properties; (b) incurred or discharged any material obligation or liability or entered into any other material transaction except in the ordinary course of business; (c) suffered any material adverse change in the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, prospects, operations or results of operations of the Company; (d) increased the rate or terms of compensation payable or to become payable by the Company to its directors, officers or key employees or increased the rate or terms of any bonus, pension or other employee benefit plan covering any of its directors, officers or key employees, except in each case increases occurring in the ordinary course of business in accordance with its customary practices (including normal periodic performance reviews and related compensation and benefit increases) or as required by any pre-existing Commitment identified in Schedule 2.08; (e) consummated, or agreed to consummate, any sale, lease ------------- or other transfer or disposition of any properties or assets except for the sale of inventory items in the ordinary course of business and except for the sale of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out; (f) incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money; (g) granted any mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance on any of its material properties or assets; (h) entered into, amended or terminated any material Commitment, or waived any material rights thereunder except in the ordinary course of business; or (i) made any grant of credit to any customer or distributor on terms or in amounts materially more favorable than those that have been extended to such customer or distributor in the past. Since March 31, 2000, the Company has been operated in all material respects in the ordinary course in a manner consistent with past practice.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2014, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent's capital stock or any other securities of Parent or its subsidiaries or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities except for repurchases from employees following their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing stock option or purchase agreements, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, (iv) any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits to any of their officers or employees, or any payment by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any bonus to any of their officers or employees, or any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification or amendment of, any currently effective employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any material change or alteration in the policy of Parent relating to the granting of stock options or other equity compensation to its employees and consultants other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vi) entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification, amendment or cancellation of, any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition, distribution or licensing of any material Intellectual Property other than licenses, distribution agreements, advertising agreements, or other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vii) any material change by Parent in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP, or (viii) any material revaluation by Parent of any of its material assets, i...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2017, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the filed Parent SEC Documents or in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, from the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the filed Parent SEC Documents to the date of this Agreement, the Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, and during such period there has not been:
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (the "Company Filed SEC Documents") or in Item 4.07 of the Company Letter, since February 1, 1997, the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only in the ordinary course, and there has not been (i) any material adverse change with respect to the Company, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to its capital stock (other than regular quarterly cash dividends not in excess of $.07 per Share and $.05 per Class B Share with usual record and payment dates and in accordance with the Company's present dividend policy) or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its capital stock, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of its capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, (iv) (x) any granting by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, except in the ordinary course of business (including in connection with promotions) consistent with past practice or as was required under employment agreements in effect as of September 26, 1997, (y) any granting by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any such officer of any increase in severance or termination pay, except as part of a standard employment package to any person promoted or hired, or as was required under employment, severance or termination agreements in effect as of September 26, 1997, or (z) except employment agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with employees other than any executive officer of the Company, any entry by the Company or any of its subsidiaries into any employment, consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such employee or executive officer, (v) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that has or reasonably could be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, (vi) any revaluation by the Company of any of its material assets or (vii) any material change in accounting methods, principles or practices by the Company.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth on Exhibit 5.11, since January 1, 1996, DE has not: (a) suffered any adverse change in, or the occurrence of any events which, individually or in the aggregate, has or have had, or might reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on, DE's financial condition, results of operations or business or the value of the Assets; (b) incurred damage to or destruction of any material Asset or material portion of the Assets, whether or not covered by insurance; (c) incurred any material obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) except (i) current trade or business obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, none of which were entered into for grossly inadequate consideration, (ii) obligations or liabilities under the Commitments to the extent required thereby, and (iii) obligations and liabilities under this Agreement; (d) made or entered into contracts or commitments to make any capital expenditures in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); (e) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or any other encumbrance any of the Assets (except for purchase money liens used in the acquisition of the Assets, as set forth on Exhibit 5.11); (f) sold, transferred or leased any material Asset or material portion of the Assets, or canceled or compromised any debt or material claims, except in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (g) sold, assigned, transferred or granted any rights under or with respect to any licenses, agreements, patents, inventions, trademarks, trade names, copyrights or formulae or with respect to know-how or any other intangible asset including, but not limited to, the Rights; (h) amended or terminated any of the contracts, agreements, leases or arrangements which otherwise would have been set forth on Exhibit 5.15.1 hereto; (i) waived or released any other rights of material value; (j) entered into any transactions not in the ordinary course of business which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the Assets or the business of DE; or (k) done or suffered anything material to invalidate or jeopardize its plant's or products' kosher certification by The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
