Covenants of the Seller Companies Prior to the Closing Date. From the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Seller Companies shall cause each of the Transferred Subsidiaries to conduct their business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as previously conducted. None of the Seller Companies shall permit any of the Transferred Subsidiaries to enter into any material contracts or other material written or oral agreements prior to the Closing Date, other than such contracts and agreements as have been disclosed to the Partnership prior to the date of this Agreement, without the prior consent of the Partnership (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In addition, the Seller Companies shall not permit any of the Transferred Subsidiaries to take any action that would result in any of the conditions to the contributions, purchases, sales and transfers set forth in Article II not being satisfied. Furthermore, each of the Seller Companies hereby agrees and covenants that it:
