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General Prohibitions. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 6.02, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees shall, and the Company shall instruct and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ respective investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors (such officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors, collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action to knowingly facilitate or encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions (other than to request clarification of an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal for purposes of assessing whether such Acquisition Proposal is or is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal) or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, otherwise knowingly cooperate in any way with, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by any Third Party in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or an offer, proposal or inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) fail to make, withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation or the Special Committee Recommendation (it being understood that any failure to publicly (A) if a tender or exchange offer for Shares that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal is commenced, recommend against such Acquisition Proposal within ten Business Days after the commencement of such Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation or the Special Committee Recommendation within ten Business Days after written request by Parent to do so will be treated as a withdrawal of the Company Board Recommendation or the Special Committee Recommendation; provided that Parent shall be entitled to make such a written request for reaffirmation only once for each Acquisition Proposal and once for each material amendment to such Acquisition Proposal) or recommend an Acquisition Proposal (any of the foregoi...
General Prohibitions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorize or permit any of its or their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents, advisors or representatives (“Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action to knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or the making of any proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to, the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by any Third Party that has made, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is seeking to make, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) (A) fail to make, withdraw, modify or qualify in any manner adverse to Parent the Company Board Recommendation, or (B) approve, adopt or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, adopt or recommend, an Acquisition Proposal or announce that an Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal (any action described in this clause (A) or (B) being referred to as an “Adverse Recommendation Change”), (iv) agree to or enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement, or other similar Contract providing for, with respect to, or in connection with, any Acquisition Proposal, or (v) grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement to which the Company is a party to any Person. The Company agrees that any violations of the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.03 by any of its Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement (including this Section 6.03) by the Company.
General Prohibitions. The Trust and each Fund, as applicable, shall not:
(a) Borrow money from or loan money to any Unitholder (including the Sponsor);
(b) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, charge, security interest or encumbrance, except (i) liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established, (ii) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws or under unemployment insurance, (iii) deposits or pledges to secure contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) mechanic’s, warehousemen’s, carrier’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith, and for which appropriate reserves have been established if required by generally accepted accounting principles, and liens arising under ERISA, or (v) the deposit of margin or collateral with respect to the initiation and maintenance of Commodity Contract positions; or
(c) Operate the Trust or a Fund in any manner so as to contravene the requirements to preserve the limitation on inter-series liability set forth in Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute.
General Prohibitions. The Trust shall not:
(a) Receive any property other than Index Constituents upon the issuance of Shares;
(b) Hold any property other than Index Constituents, or cash from the sale of Index Constituents or interests in any liquidating trust or other vehicle formed to hold pending distribution of such interests to the Shareholders;
(c) Redeem the Shares other than (i) to satisfy a Redemption Order from an Authorized Participant, (ii) as provided in Section 6.8 or (iii) upon the dissolution of the Trust;
(d) Borrow money from or loan money to any Shareholder (including the Sponsor) or any other Person;
(e) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, pledge conditional sales or other title retention agreement, charge, security interest or encumbrance on or with respect to the Trust Estate, except liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established;
(f) Commingle the Trust Estate with the assets of any other Person;
(g) Permit rebates to be received by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or permit the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition;
(h) Enter into any contract with the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor (A) that, except for selling agreements for the sale of Shares, has a term of more than one year and that does not provide that it may be canceled by the Trust without penalty on sixty (60) days prior written notice or (B) for the provision of services, except at rates and terms at least as favorable as those that may be obtained from third parties in arm’s length negotiations;
(i) Cause the Trust to elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or
(j) Take any action that would result in the Trust being treated other than a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes.
General Prohibitions. The Trust shall not:
(a) Redeem the Units other than to fund a redemption request from a Participant;
(b) Borrow money from or loan money to any Unitholder (including the Managing Owner) or other Person, except that the foregoing is not intended to prohibit (i) the deposit on margin with respect to the initiation and maintenance of Index Instruments and/or Instruments positions, as applicable, or (ii) obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward contracts; provided, however, that the Trust is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis;
(c) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, pledge conditional sales or other title retention agreement, charge, security interest or encumbrance, except (i) the right and/or obligation of a Commodity Broker to close out sufficient Index Instruments, and/or Instruments, as applicable, positions of the Trust so as to restore the Trust’s account to proper margin status in the event that the Trust fails to meet a Margin Call, (ii) liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established, (iii) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws or under unemployment insurance, (iv) deposits or pledges to secure contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business, or (v) mechanic’s, warehousemen’s, carrier’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith, and for which appropriate reserves have been established if required by generally accepted accounting principles, and liens arising under ERISA;
(d) Commingle its assets with those of any other Person, except to the extent permitted under the CE Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder;
(e) Engage in Pyramiding of its Index Instruments and/or positions in Instruments, as applicable; provided, however, that the Managing Owner may take into account open trade equity positions in determining generally whether to require additional Index Instruments and/or positions in Instruments, as applicable;
(f) Permit rebates to be received by the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner, or permit the Managin...
General Prohibitions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorize or permit any of its or their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors (“Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly take any action to facilitate or encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with any Third Party that has made, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is considering making, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) fail to make, withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Parent the Company Board Recommendation (or, subject to the last paragraph of Section 6.03(b), fail to reject an Acquisition Proposal) (any of the foregoing in this clause (iii), an “Adverse Recommendation Change”), (iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal or (v) fail to take all action necessary to enforce, or waive or amend, any confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound.
General Prohibitions. From and after the date hereof until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time or the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article X, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorize any of its or their Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly take any action to facilitate or encourage any inquiries regarding, or the making or submission of any proposal or offer, that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, engage in or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, furnish any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records, work papers and other documents related to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist, participate in, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort by, any Third Party that, to the Company’s knowledge, is seeking to make, or has made, a Company Acquisition Proposal (other than to state the terms of this Agreement prohibit such discussion) (iii) make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or (iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, indication of interest, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other Contract relating to a Company Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement). It is agreed that any violation of the restrictions on the Company set forth in this Section 6.4(a) by any Subsidiary of the Company or any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of Representatives, (x) acting at the direction or (y) to the knowledge of the Company, provided that the Company did not direct such Representatives to cease violating such restrictions reasonably promptly after acquiring such knowledge, shall be a breach of this Section 6.4(a) by the Company.
General Prohibitions. The Trust shall not, and the Sponsor shall not have the power to cause the Trust to:
(a) Receive any property other than ether or cash upon the issuance of Shares;
(b) Hold any property other than (i) ether, Incidental Rights and IR Assets, (ii) cash from the sale of ether, Incidental Rights or IR Assets or received in connection with a Cash Creation Order and (iii) interests in any liquidating trust or other vehicle formed to hold Incidental Rights or IR Assets pending distribution of such interests to the Shareholders;
(c) Hold any cash from the sale of ether, Incidental Rights or IR Assets for more than thirty (30) Business Days prior to using such cash to pay Extraordinary Expenses or satifying Redemption Orders and distributing any remaining cash to the Shareholders;
(d) redeem the Shares other than (i) to satisfy a Redemption Order from an Authorized Participant, (ii) as provided in Section 5.1 or (iii) upon the dissolution of the Trust;
(e) Elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, including Section 6.4(b), take any action that could cause the Trust to be treated other than as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
General Prohibitions. Except as permitted by Section 6.02(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its or their officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors (“Representatives”) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly take any action to knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Third Party regarding an Acquisition Proposal or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Third Party in connection with the foregoing, (iii) withhold, withdraw, amend, qualify or modify in a manner adverse to Parent, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, amend, qualify or modify in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation (or publicly approve, publicly endorse or recommend an Acquisition Proposal) (any of the foregoing in this clause (iii), an “Adverse Recommendation Change”) or (iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement). Any breach of this Section 6.02 by the Company’s officers or directors or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Representatives shall be deemed a breach by the Company.
General Prohibitions. In order to ensure proper use and care of the Premises, Tenant shall not:
a. Keep animals or birds in the Premises.
b. Use the Premises or any rooms therein as sleeping apartments.
c. Allow any sign, advertisement, or notice to be fixed to the Building, inside or outside, without Landlord's written consent.
d. Make improper noises or disturbances of any kind; sing, play or operate any musical instrument, radio or televisions without consent of Landlord; or otherwise do anything which disturbs other tenants or tends to injure the reputation of the Building.
e. ▇▇▇▇ or defile elevators, water closets, toilet rooms, walls, windows, doors, or any other part of the Building.
f. Place anything on the outside of the Building, including roof setbacks, window ledges, and other projections or drop anything from the windows, stairways, or parapets, or place trash or other matter in the halls, stairways, elevators, or light ▇▇▇▇▇ of the Building.
g. Cover or obstruct any window, skylight, doors, or transom that admits light, except with Building standard narrow slot, horizontal venetian blinds, without the prior written approval of Landlord.
h. Interfere with the heating or cooling apparatus.
i. Allow anyone but Landlord's employees or contractor to clean the Premises or at Tenant's option, Tenant may employ its own cleaning contractor subject to Landlord's reasonable rights of approval.
j. Leave the Premises without locking doors, stopping all office machines, and extinguishing all lights except those required for security.
k. Install any shades, blinds, or awnings, except Building standard window coverings, without consent of Landlord.
l. Use any electric heating device without consent of Landlord.
m. Install call boxes, or any kind of wire in or on the Premises or the Building without Landlord's permission and direction.
n. Manufacture any commodity, any foods or beverages, whether by vending or dispensing machines or otherwise, or alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drugs, flowers, or other commodities or articles without the written consent of Landlord except for consumption by Tenant.
o. Secure duplicate keys for Rooms or toilets, except from Landlord, or change the locks of any doors to or in the Premises. Landlord shall have access, however, to the Premises during all reasonable times and emergency situations.
p. Give its employees or other persons permission to go upon the roof of the Building without the written consent of Landlord.
q. Place door mats in public co...