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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. Except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(b), from and after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 and the Closing Date, the Company shall not (and the Company shall (A) cause its Subsidiaries not to and (B) not authorize or permit and shall instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives and any of its Subsidiaries’ Representatives not to), directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly take any action to facilitate or encourage or assist any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or furnish any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Third Party with respect to inquiries regarding, or the making of, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) qualify, withdraw, or modify or amend in a manner adverse to Parent, the Transaction Committee Recommendation or the Company Board Recommendation (or recommend an Acquisition Proposal), or publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing in this clause (iii), an “Adverse Recommendation Change”), (iv) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into (or agree or publicly propose to do any of the foregoing) any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger or amalgamation agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar instrument relating to an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement with a Third Party to whom the Company is permitted to provide information in accordance with Section 6.4(b)(i)), or (v) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any standstill or confidentiality agreement or any Takeover Statute or similar provision contained in the Company Charter Documents other than a waiver of the obligations of Third Parties existing as of the date of this Agreement not to seek from the Company any waiver of such Third Parties’ standstill obligations and granting a limited waiver if requested solely to enable such Third Parties to make an Acquisition Proposal to the Company Board. The Company shall (and the Company shall (1) cause its Subsidiaries to and (2) instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its...
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 (or the Board of Directors) nor any of the Company’s 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, induce, explore or knowingly take any action to facilitate or encourage the submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiries, proposals or offers that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (including through the furnishing of any information), (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, assist or facilitate any Third Party that is seeking to make, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) fail to make, withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Parent (or publicly propose to withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Parent) the Company Board Recommendation (or approve, recommend, or declare advisable an Acquisition Proposal) (any of the foregoing in this clause (iii), an “Adverse Recommendation Change”) or (iv) approve, recommend, declare advisable or 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 requiring the Company to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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. In order to insure proper use and care of the Buildings, without Landlord's prior written consent, to be withheld or granted in Landlord's sole discretion, Tenant shall not:
a. Allow any sign, advertisement, notice or other marking to be affixed to the interior or exterior of the Buildings, other than any signs which are located within Building 3 and are not visible from outside of Building 3;
b. Make improper noises or disturbances of any kind;
c. ▇▇▇▇ or defile elevators, water-closets, toilet rooms, walls, windows, doors or any other part of the Buildings;
d. Place anything on the outside of the Buildings, including roof setbacks, window ledges and other projections;
e. Use or place any curtains, blinds, drapes or coverings over any windows or upon the window surfaces which are visible from the outside of Building 3;
f. Other than in connection with normal office decoration, fasten any article, drill holes, drive nails or screws into the walls, floors, woodwork, window mullions, or partitions; nor shall the same be painted, papered or otherwise covered or in any way marked or broken;
g. Interfere with the heating or cooling apparatus;
h. Allow anyone but Landlord's employees to clean rooms;
i. Leave Building 3 without locking doors, stopping all office machines (other than those machines required to be operated at all times), and extinguishing all lights;
j. Install any shades, blinds, or awnings;
k. Use any electrical heating device;
l. Install call boxes or any kind of wire in or on the Buildings;
m. Manufacture any commodity, or prepare to dispense any foods or beverages, whether by vending or dispensing machines or otherwise (other than as may be permitted in any kitchenette/vending area(s) located within Building 3 for use by Tenant's employees), or alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drugs, flowers, or other commodities or articles;
n. Secure duplicate keys for rooms, except from Landlord, or change the locks of any doors to or in Building 3;
o. Give its employees or other persons permission to go upon the roofs of the Buildings; or
p. Place door mats in public corridors.