Standstill Period (a) Each member of the Barington Group agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders for its 2008 fiscal year (the “2008 Annual Meeting”) and December 15, 2008 (such period, the “Standstill Period”), without the prior written consent of the Board specifically expressed in a written resolution adopted by a majority vote of the entire Board, neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates under its control or direction will, and it will cause each of its Affiliates and Associates under its control not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner: (i) engage in any solicitation of proxies or consents to vote any voting securities of the Company or become a participant in any election contest with respect to the Company, in each case, with respect to the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting, and, in each case, except in accordance with Section 5(c) above; (ii) seek to influence any person with respect to the voting or disposition of any securities of the Company at the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, except in accordance with Section 5(c) above; provided, however, that any member of the Barington Group and any Affiliate or Associate of any such member may disclose, publicly or otherwise, how it intends to vote or act with respect to any securities of the Company, any stockholder proposal or other matter to be voted on by the stockholders of the Company (other than the election of directors) and the reasons therefor; (iii) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to influence the management, the Board or policies of the Company or initiate or take any action to obtain representation on the Board, except as permitted expressly by this Agreement; or (iv) enter into any agreements with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing, except in each case, as contemplated by this Agreement, it being understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the ability of any member of the Barington Group and any Affiliate or Associate of any such member to form a “group” pursuant to Rule 13d-5 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act with, or acquire additional shares of Common Stock from, any party.
Standstill Provision Through the second anniversary of the Date of Termination, Executive and his Representatives (as defined below) shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Board: (a) acquire or offer or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase or otherwise, more than five percent (5%) of any outstanding class of voting securities or securities convertible into voting securities of the Corporation, (b) propose to, or attempt to induce any other individual or entity to, enter into, directly or indirectly, any merger, consolidation, business combination, asset purchase (other than routine purchases in the ordinary course of business of product offered for sale by the Corporation) or other similar transaction involving the Corporation or any of its affiliates, (c) make, or in any way participate in any solicitation of proxies to vote, execute any consent as a Corporation shareholder, act to call a meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders, make a proposal to be acted upon by the Corporation’s shareholders or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting or not voting of any securities of the Corporation, (d) form, join or in any way participate in a partnership, syndicate, joint venture or other “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)), with respect to any voting securities of the Corporation or transfer Executive’s voting rights with respect to any securities of the Corporation (by voting trust or otherwise), (e) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management, Board or policies of the Corporation or seek a position on the Board, (f) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing, or (g) advise, assist or encourage any other persons in connection with any of the foregoing. If Executive has initiated any of the foregoing activities prior to the Date of Termination, Executive shall cease, terminate and otherwise refrain from conducting such activities and shall take any and all necessary steps to effect the foregoing and any proposals made by Executive as a shareholder of the Corporation on or before the Date of Termination, are hereby withdrawn. As used herein, the term “Representative” shall include Executive’s employees, agents, investment bankers, advisors, affiliates and associates of any of the foregoing and persons under the control of any of the foregoing (as the term “affiliate,” “associate” and “control” are defined under the 1934 Act). Executive also agrees during such period not to request the Corporation or its representatives, directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 5 (including this sentence) to take any action which might require the Corporation to make a public announcement regarding the possibility of a merger, consolidation, business combination or other transaction of any kind with the Executive or any affiliate of the Executive.
Lock-Up Period Participant hereby agrees that Participant shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company or enter into any swap, hedging or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by Participant (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of any registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act (or such other period as may be requested by the Company or the underwriters to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in NASD Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto). Participant agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriter which are consistent with the foregoing or which are necessary to give further effect thereto. In addition, if requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, Participant shall provide, within ten (10) days of such request, such information as may be required by the Company or such representative in connection with the completion of any public offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act. The obligations described in this Section 4 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred and eighty (180) day (or other) period. Participant agrees that any transferee of the Option or shares acquired pursuant to the Option shall be bound by this Section 4.
Standstill Provisions (a) Starboard agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) the date that is fifteen (15) business days prior to the deadline for the submission of stockholder nominations for the 2021 Annual Meeting pursuant to the Bylaws or (y) the date that is one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the 2020 Annual Meeting (the “Standstill Period”), Starboard shall not, and shall cause each of its controlled Affiliates and Associates not to, in each case directly or indirectly, in any manner:
Forbearance Period Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and in reliance upon the Loan Parties’ representations, acknowledgments, agreements and warranties herein contained, including, without limitation, the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described in Section 5 herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that during the Forbearance Period they will forbear from exercising remedial rights against the Collateral under the Credit Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents solely in respect of the Specified Defaults. The Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ agreement to forbear is temporary and limited in nature and shall not be deemed: (i) to preclude or prevent the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or any other Secured Party from exercising any rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise arising on account of (A) any Default or Event of Default other than the Specified Defaults, (B) the Specified Defaults from and after the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 3 hereof or (C) the right to seek payment of attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and in connection with the negotiation, documentation and analysis of any proposed “work out”, restructuring, funding or amendment to the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents prior to or after the date of this Agreement and the exercise of the rights and remedies described under Section 3; (ii) to effect any amendment of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, all of which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms; (iii) to constitute a waiver of the Specified Defaults or any other Default or Event of Default (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) (each Default or Event of Default other than any Specified Default, an “Other Default”) or any term or provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; or (iv) to establish a custom or course of dealing among the Borrower, any other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or any other Secured Party. The Loan Parties further acknowledge and agree that interest on the Obligations will continue to accrue in accordance with Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement.
Term SOFR Transition Event Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, if a Term SOFR Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (1) the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting (the “Secondary Term SOFR Conversion Date”) and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (2) Loans outstanding on the Secondary Term SOFR Conversion Date bearing interest based on the then-current Benchmark shall be deemed to have been converted to Loans bearing interest at the Benchmark Replacement with a tenor approximately the same length as the interest payment period of the then-current Benchmark; provided that, this paragraph (vii) shall not be effective unless the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term SOFR Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver a Term SOFR Notice after a Term SOFR Transition Event and may do so in its sole discretion.
During the Employment Period (i) Executive shall devote Executive's full time and energy solely and exclusively to the performance of Executive's duties described herein, except during periods of illness or vacation periods.
Extension of Restriction Period The Restriction Period shall be tolled for any period during which the Executive is in breach of any of Sections 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 hereof.
Noncompetition Period For the purpose of Section 9 of this Section, “Noncompetition Period” shall mean the period of employment hereunder and the period commencing on the date of termination of employment and ending 12 months thereafter. If employee is found to have violated the covenants contained herein during the Noncompetition Period such Noncompetition Period shall be extended for a period equal to the amount of time the Employee is found to have been in non-compliance.
Termination Period This Option shall be exercisable for three (3) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, unless such termination is due to Participant’s death or Disability, in which case this Option shall be exercisable for twelve (12) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in no event may this Option be exercised after the Term/Expiration Date as provided above and this Option may be subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.
