Information Systems Acquisition Development and Maintenance a. Client Data – Client Data will only be used by State Street for the purposes specified in this Agreement.
Exclusivity; Acquisition Proposals Unless and until this Agreement will have been terminated by either party pursuant to Article X hereof and thereafter subject to Section 10.5, INT'X.xxx will not (and will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that none of its officers, directors, stockholders, agents, representatives or affiliates) take or cause or permit any Person to take, directly or indirectly, any of the following actions with any party other than Parent and its designees: (i) solicit, encourage, initiate or participate in any negotiations, inquiries, or discussions with respect to any offer or proposal to acquire all or any significant part of INT'X.xxx's business, assets or capital stock, whether by merger, consolidation, other business combination, purchase of assets, tender or exchange offer or otherwise (each of the foregoing, an "ACQUISITION TRANSACTION"), (ii) disclose, in connection with an Acquisition Transaction, any information not customarily disclosed to any Person other than Parent or its representatives concerning INT'X.xxx's business or properties or afford to any Person other than Parent or its representatives access to its properties, books, or records, except in the ordinary course of business and as required by law or pursuant to a governmental request for information, (iii) enter into or execute any agreement relating to an Acquisition Transaction, or (iv) make or authorize any public statement, recommendation or solicitation in support of any Acquisition Transaction or any offer or proposal relating to an Acquisition Transaction other than with respect to the Merger PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) INT'X.xxx may furnish or cause to be furnished information concerning INT'X.xxx and its businesses, properties or assets to a Person, (b) the Company may engage in discussions or negotiations with such Person, (c) following receipt of a proposal or offer for an Acquisition Transaction, may make disclosure to its stockholders and may recommend such proposal or offer to its stockholders and (d) following receipt of a proposal or offer for an Acquisition Transaction the Board of Directors of INT'X.xxx may enter into an agreement in principle or a definitive agreement with respect to such Acquisition Transaction, but in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) only to the extent that the Board of Directors of INT'X.xxx shall conclude in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel that such action is necessary or appropriate because failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties owed by the Board of Directors to the stockholders of INT'X.xxx under applicable law; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Board of Directors of INT'X.xxx shall not take any of the foregoing actions referred to in clauses (a) through (d) without prior written notice to Parent with respect to such action. In the event that INT'X.xxx is contacted by any third party expressing an interest in discussing an Acquisition Transaction, INT'X.xxx will promptly notify Parent of such contact and the identity of the party so contacting INT'X.xxx.
Acquisition Services (i) Serve as the Company’s investment and financial advisor and provide relevant market research and economic and statistical data in connection with the Company’s assets and investment objectives and policies;
Competing Transactions (a) The Company agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Representatives will, and that it will cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives (including without limitation any investment banker, attorney or account retained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company Board or the Special Committee or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing nonpublic information), or take any other action to knowingly facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including without limitation any proposal or offer to the Company’s shareholders) with respect to, or that may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing Transaction, (ii) enter into, maintain, continue or otherwise engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or provide any non-public information or data concerning the Company or any Subsidiary to, any Person or entity in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction or any proposal or offer that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, (iii) agree to, approve, endorse, recommend, execute, enter into or consummate any Competing Transaction or any proposal or offer that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, or that requires the Company to abandon this Agreement or the Merger or enter into any letter of intent, Contract or commitment contemplating or otherwise relating to any Competing Transaction (other than any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), (iv) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement or Takeover Statutes (and the Company shall promptly take all action reasonably necessary to terminate or cause to be terminated any such waiver previously granted with respect to any provision of any such confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement or Takeover Statute and to enforce each such confidentiality, standstill and similar agreement), or (v) resolve, propose or agree, or authorize or permit any Representative, to do any of the foregoing. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the doing of any of the foregoing by any of its Subsidiaries or any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a breach by the Company of this Section 7.03(a). The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to the execution of this Agreement by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Representatives with respect to a Competing Transaction. Except for any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement executed in accordance with Section 7.03(c), the Company shall promptly request each Person that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement after September 4, 2013 in connection with such Person’s consideration of acquiring (whether by merger, acquisition of share or assets or otherwise) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to return (or if permitted by the applicable confidentiality agreement, destroy) all information required to be returned (or, if applicable, destroyed) by such Person under the terms of the applicable confidentiality agreement and, if requested by Parent, to use reasonable best efforts to enforce such Person’s obligation to do so.
Services to Other Clients; Certain Affiliated Activities (a) The relationship between the Asset Manager and the Series is as described in this Agreement and nothing in this Agreement, none of the services to be provided pursuant to this Agreement, nor any other matter, shall oblige the Asset Manager to accept responsibilities that are more extensive than those set forth in this Agreement.
Business Combination Marketing Agreement The Company and the Representative have entered into a separate business combination marketing agreement substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Business Combination Marketing Agreement”).
Competing Transaction Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 11.1, Seller shall not, directly or indirectly through any officer, director, employee, agent affiliate or otherwise, enter into any agreement, agreement in principle or other commitment (whether or not legally binding) relating to a Competing Transaction or solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of any proposal or offer from any person or entity (including Seller’s officers, partners, employees and agents) relating to any Competing Transaction, nor participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person or entity any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other person or entity to effect a Competing Transaction. Seller shall immediately cease any and all contacts, discussions and negotiations with third parties regarding a Competing Transaction. Seller shall notify Buyer if any proposal regarding a Competing Transaction (or any inquire or contact with any person or entity with respect thereto) is made and shall advise Buyer of the contents thereof (and, if in written form, provide Buyer with copies thereof).
Outside Services Consultant shall not use the service of any other person, entity, or organization in the performance of Consultant’s duties without the prior written consent of an officer of the Company. Should the Company consent to the use by Consultant of the services of any other person, entity, or organization, no information regarding the services to be performed under this Agreement shall be disclosed to that person, entity, or organization until such person, entity, or organization has executed an agreement to protect the confidentiality of the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined in Article 5) and the Company’s absolute and complete ownership of all right, title, and interest in the work performed under this Agreement.
Reorganization and Master/Feeder (a) Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Trustees may, in their sole discretion and without Shareholder approval unless such approval is required by the 1940 Act, (i) cause the Trust to convert or merge, reorganize or consolidate with or into one or more trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations or other business entities (or a series of any of the foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations or other business entities created by the Trustees to accomplish such conversion, merger, reorganization or consolidation) so long as the surviving or resulting entity is an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act, or is a series thereof, to the extent permitted by law, and that, in the case of any trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such conversion, merger, reorganization or consolidation, may (but need not) succeed to or assume the Trust’s registration under the 1940 Act and that, in any case, is formed, organized or existing under the laws of the United States or of a state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States, (ii) cause the Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law, (iii) cause the Trust to incorporate under the laws of a state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States, (iv) sell or convey all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust or any Series or Class to another Series or Class of the Trust or to another trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity (or a series of any of the foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including a trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such sale and conveyance), organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States so long as such trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity is an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act and, in the case of any trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such sale and conveyance, may (but need not) succeed to or assume the Trust’s registration under the 1940 Act, for adequate consideration as determined by the Trustees that may include the assumption of all outstanding obligations, taxes and other liabilities, accrued or contingent of the Trust or any affected Series or Class, and that may include Shares of such other Series or Class of the Trust or shares of beneficial interest, stock or other ownership interest of such trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity (or series thereof) or (v) at any time sell or convert into money all or any part of the assets of the Trust or any Series or Class. Any certificate of merger, certificate of conversion or other applicable certificate may be signed by any one (1) Trustee and facsimile signatures conveyed by electronic or telecommunication means shall be valid.
Excluded Services The parties hereto expressly acknowledge that the provision of all professional services, including but not limited to, dental services by the P.C., shall be separate and independent from the provision of administrative, fiscal and support services by VFD, and the P.C. shall be solely and exclusively responsible for all professional dental services rendered to patients of the Practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that the P.C. shall be solely responsible for setting all professional standards of the Practice and shall be responsible for the employment and discharge of all Professional Personnel.
