Conduct of the Business. As of the date hereof through the Closing Date, each Seller shall (a) conduct its business relating to the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent with past practice; (b) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact its relationships generally with its Branch Employees and Customers; (c) take no action which would materially adversely affect or delay the ability of any party hereto to obtain any Regulatory Approval or to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement; (d) not acquire or dispose of any Fixed Assets for the Branches except in the ordinary course of business, other than pursuant to commitments made on or before the date of this Agreement and except for the acquisition and disposition of furniture, fixtures and equipment and normal maintenance and refurbishing in the ordinary course of business; (e) not increase or agree to increase the salary, remuneration or compensation of Branch Employees other than in accordance with Seller’s customary policies and/or bank-wide changes consistent with past practices, or pay or agree to pay any uncommitted bonus to the Branch Employees other than regular bonuses based on historical practice, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit Sellers from paying out in their sole discretion accrued but unearned compensation as of the Closing Date for Branch Employees; (f) not enter into, amend or renew or extend any employment contract; (g) not change any accounting procedures or practices; (h) not take, or instruct its affiliates to take, any action with the specific intent of (A) impairing Purchaser’s rights in any Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities, (B) impairing in any way the ability of Purchaser to collect upon any Loan or Negative Deposits, (C) except in the ordinary course of servicing, waiving any material right, whether in equity or at law, that (x) it has with respect to any Loan or Negative Deposits, or (y) could have a Material Adverse Effect; (i) enter into any contract, commitment, lease or other transaction (other than with respect to the Deposit Liabilities or the Loans) relating to the Branches, which requires aggregate future payments in excess of $50,000; provided, however, that Sellers shall be under no obligation to advertise or promote new or substantially new customer services in the principal market area of, or for the benefit of, the Branches; (j) not make, or enter into any commitment to mak...
Conduct of the Business. Each of the Company and Parent covenants and agrees that:
Conduct of the Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IV, the Company shall, and, shall cause each Company Subsidiary to: (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to carry on its business in the ordinary course of business and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve its and such Company Subsidiary’s business (including its organization, assets, properties, goodwill and insurance coverage) and preserve business relationships with customers, vendors, strategic partners and others having business dealings with it; provided, that nothing in this clause (a) shall require any actions or inaction that the Board of Directors may, in good faith, determine to be inconsistent with their duties or the Company’s obligations under applicable law or imposed by any Governmental Entity; (b) refrain from (1) declaring, setting aside or paying any distributions or dividends on, or making any other distributions (whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of, any of its capital stock; (2) splitting, combining or reclassifying any of its capital stock or issuing or authorizing the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for capital stock or any of its other securities; (3) purchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring any capital stock or any of its other securities or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such capital stock or other securities; (4) issuing, delivering, selling, granting, pledging or otherwise disposing of or encumbering any capital stock, any other Voting Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such capital stock, Voting Securities or convertible or exchangeable securities, other than any issuance of Common Stock on exercise of any compensatory stock options outstanding on the date of this Agreement; or (5) entering into any contract with respect to, or otherwise agreeing or committing to do, any of the foregoing; and (c) to the extent reasonably practicable, shall consult with the Investor prior to taking any material actions outside of the ordinary course of business; provided that the Company shall not consult with the Investor with respect to such material actions or provide any material non-public information to the Investor unless the Company first seeks and obtains the Investor’s prior consent to be so consulted or to receive such information. Addition...
Conduct of the Business. From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Seller shall conduct its Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and use its best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and relationships with third parties and to keep available the services of its present officers and employees. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, Seller shall not:
Conduct of the Business. In connection with the Assets or the Business, Seller agrees to observe each term set forth in this Section 6.01 and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing Date, unless otherwise consented to by Buyer in writing:
Conduct of the Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1, the Company shall, and, shall cause the Bank to: (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to carry on its business in the ordinary course of business and use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve its and the Bank’s business (including its organization, assets, properties, goodwill and insurance coverage) and preserve business relationships with customers, strategic partners, suppliers, distributors and others having business dealings with it; provided, that nothing in this clause (a) shall limit or require any actions that the Board of Directors may, in good faith, determine to be inconsistent with their duties or the Company’s obligations under applicable law or imposed by any Governmental Entity, (b) if the Company shall (1) declare or pay any dividend or distribution (other than ordinary cash dividends consistent with past practices) on any shares of Company capital stock, or (2) take any action that would require any adjustment to be made under the terms of the Securities as if such Securities were issued on the date of this Agreement, make appropriate adjustments with respect to the Investor such that the Investor shall receive the benefit of such transaction as if the Securities to be issued to the Investor at the Closing had been outstanding as of the date of such action and (c) to the extent reasonably practicable, shall consult with the Investor prior to taking any material actions outside of the ordinary course of business. Additionally, except as required pursuant to existing written, binding agreements in effect prior to the date of this Agreement and set forth in Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall and shall cause the Bank to not take any of the following actions: (i) grant or provide any severance or termination payments or benefits to any director, officer or Employee of the Company or the Bank; (ii) increase the compensation, bonus or pension, welfare, severance or other benefits of, pay any bonus to, or make any new equity awards to any director, officer or Employee of the Company or the Bank; (iii) establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Benefit Plan or amend the terms of any outstanding equity-based awards; (iv) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Benefit Plan, to the extent not already provided in any...
Conduct of the Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1 (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to, (i) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and its rights and permits issued by Governmental Entities, keep available the services of its current officers and key employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, Governmental Entities and others having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired and (iii) not take any action that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially delay the receipt of any approvals of any Governmental Entity required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Other Securities Purchase Agreements or materially adversely affect or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Other Securities Purchase Agreements.
Conduct of the Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1 (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to carry on its business in the ordinary course of business and use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve its and such Company Subsidiary’s business (including its organization, assets, properties, goodwill and insurance coverage) and preserve its business relationships with customers, strategic partners, suppliers, distributors and others having business dealings with it; provided, that nothing in this sentence shall limit or require any actions that the Board of Directors may, in good faith, determine to be inconsistent with their duties or the Company’s obligations under applicable Law.
Conduct of the Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to SECTION 5.1 (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause each Group Company to, (i) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and its rights and permits issued by Governmental Entities, keep available the services of its current officers and key employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, Governmental Entities and others having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired, and (iii) not take any action that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Conduct of the Business. (a) From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall conduct the Business only in the ordinary course (including the payment of accounts payable and the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past practices, and shall not enter into any material transactions without the prior written consent of Purchaser, and shall use its best efforts to preserve intact its business relationships with employees, clients, suppliers and other third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, without Purchaser’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company shall not:
