Standstill. Except as provided in Section 2.3 below, for a period beginning on date of this Agreement and ending on the Expiration Time, none of the Rollover Shareholder or any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly: (i) acquire, offer to acquire or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase or otherwise, any beneficial ownership in, or direct or indirect rights to acquire any beneficial ownership in, securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (ii) make any public announcement (other than any disclosure on Schedules 13D or 13G to the extent required by U.S. federal or state securities laws or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for the purpose of pursuing the Merger) with respect to, or submit a proposal for or offer of (with or without conditions), any tender or exchange offer, merger, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (iii) seek or propose to influence or control the management or policies of the Company, make or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States) to vote any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting of any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (iv) form, join, become a member of or in any way participate in, or otherwise encourage the formation of, a “group” (other than with the Other Rollover Shareholders (as defined below)) within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, in connection with any of the foregoing; or (v) publicly request the Other Rollover Shareholders to amend or waive any provision of, or take any action challenging the enforceability or validity of, this paragraph (including this sentence). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.2 or any other provision of this Agreement shall prohibit (a) the Rollover Shareholder from acquiring securities of the Company as a result of any share split, combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction in or of the securities of the Company if such share split, combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction has been duly approved by the Company, or (b) Parent and Merger Sub from entering into the Merger Agreement and consummating the Merger.
Standstill. 1. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, no new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already applied be increased, in trade between the Community and Serbia.
Standstill. (a) Each Investor agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the expiration of the Standstill Period, neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates will, and it will cause each of its Affiliates and Associates not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, acting alone or in concert with others:
Standstill. 11.1 For a period of five (5) years after the date hereof (the Standstill Period), Manchester shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, (i) directly or indirectly, acquire, seek to acquire or make an offer to acquire, alone or in concert with others, whether by purchase, gift, business combination or otherwise (a Transaction), any number of Equity Securities such that, after giving effect to such Transaction, the Manchester Group (taken as a whole) would beneficially own, directly or indirectly, an aggregate number of Arsenal Shares representing (as a percentage) more than the lesser of (A) 17% of the then issued and outstanding Arsenal Shares or (B) (1) if the Emerald Closing does occur (but the Contingent Repurchase does not occur), 2% above the Emerald Closing Percentage or (2) if the Contingent Repurchase occurs, 2% above the Contingent Repurchase Closing Percentage (the lesser of (A) or (B) is hereinafter referred to as the Maximum Arsenal Percentage), in each case unless such Transaction is approved by the Audit Committee of the Arsenal Board prior to the consummation thereof, (ii) propose to enter into or seek to effect, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or other business combination involving Arsenal or any of its Subsidiaries or to purchase, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, a material portion of the business or assets of Arsenal or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) for so long as a Manchester Director is serving on the Arsenal Board, initiate or propose any security holder proposal, (iv) make, or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) whether or not such solicitation is exempt under Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act, to vote or act by written consent, or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting of, or the execution of a written consent in respect of any Equity Securities of Arsenal or any of its Subsidiaries or become a “participant” in a “solicitation” of proxies (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act), in each case with respect to the election of directors to the Arsenal Board, or, for so long as a Manchester Director is serving on the Arsenal Board, with respect to any other matter, (v) deposit any Equity Securities into a voting trust or subject any such Equit...
Standstill. None of CSH or its Permitted Transferees or subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly (a) acting alone or in concert with others, seek to effect a change in control of Parent or the business, operations or policies of Parent; (b) initiate or propose any stockholder proposal or make, or in any way, participate in, directly or indirectly, any "solicitation" of "proxies" to vote or intentionally seek in an organized fashion to influence any person with respect to the voting of, any Parent Voting Securities in a manner inconsistent with the position of the board of directors of Parent or become "participant" in a "solicitation" (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof) in opposition to the recommendation of the majority of the directors of Parent with respect to any matter; (c) propose or seek to effect a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization, sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of substantially all assets or other business combination involving, or a tender or exchange offer for securities of, Parent or any of its subsidiaries or any material portion of its or such subsidiary's business or assets, or any similar transaction that has not been approved by the Board of Directors of Parent; (d) join a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (other than a group consisting of CSH, its Permitted Transferees and any of their subsidiaries), or otherwise act in concert with any other person, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Parent Voting Securities, or, otherwise become a "person" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act relating to any of the matters set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d); or (e) request, or induce or encourage any other person to request, that Parent amend or waive any of the provisions of this Section 4.6. The provisions of this Section 4.6 shall cease to apply at such time after the Merger as CSH and its affiliates collectively cease to beneficially own at least 25% of the Parent Common Stock acquired by CSH in the Merger.
Standstill. Neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any new customs duty, on a good originating in the territory of the other Party. This shall not preclude that either Party may:
Standstill. Each of the Vivendi Parties, on behalf of itself and its Controlled Affiliates, hereby agrees, that for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending six months after the first date on which Vivendi and its Controlled Affiliates, in the aggregate, beneficially own less than 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock, none of the Vivendi Parties nor any of their Controlled Affiliates will, in any manner, directly or indirectly: (a) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree or seek to acquire, or solicit the acquisition of, by purchase or otherwise, any Common Stock (or beneficial ownership thereof) or rights or options to acquire any Common Stock (or beneficial ownership thereof) or commence any tender or exchange offer for any Common Stock (or beneficial ownership thereof); provided, however, that this clause (a) shall not (i) apply to Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock issued by the Company to Vivendi or any of its Controlled Affiliates as a dividend, distribution or otherwise in respect of any Common Stock owned by Vivendi and its Controlled Affiliates immediately after giving effect to the Purchase Transaction or (ii) prohibit Vivendi or any of its Controlled Affiliates from purchasing shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to any public offering of Common Stock conducted by the Company; (b) call or seek to call a meeting of the stockholders of the Company or initiate any stockholder proposal for action by stockholders of the Company or engage in the “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or consents to vote any voting securities of the Company, including soliciting consents or taking other action with respect to the calling of a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders; (c) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (as defined under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) with respect to the Company or Common Stock (other than to the extent that Vivendi and its Controlled Affiliates constitute a “group” as of the date hereof); (d) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek representation on or to control or influence the management, board of directors or policies of the Company or to obtain representation on the board of directors of the Company; (e) enter into or agree, offer, propose or seek (whether publicly or otherwise) to enter into, or otherwise be involved in or part of, any acquisition...
Standstill. (a) Except as permitted by Section 11.4(b), for a period of [***] following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of ARIAD US, no Controlled Person shall (or assist or encourage others to) directly or indirectly in any manner: (i) acquire, announce an intention to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase, gift or otherwise, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) or interest in any securities or direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, any securities of ARIAD US; (ii) make, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any “solicitation” of “proxies” to vote (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC promulgated pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act) any securities of ARIAD US with respect to any business combination, restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction; (iii) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act with respect to any voting securities of ARIAD US; (iv) acquire, announce an intention to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, (x) any of the assets, tangible or intangible, of ARIAD US or (y) direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire any assets of ARIAD US, other than in the ordinary course of business; (v) enter into any arrangement or understanding with others to do any of the actions restricted or prohibited under clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 11.4(a); (vi) otherwise act in concert with others, to seek to offer to ARIAD US or any of its stockholders any business combination, restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction to or with ARIAD US, or (vii) take any action to control or influence the management, Board of Directors or policies of ARIAD US.
Standstill. 1. No new customs duties shall be introduced nor shall those already applied be increased in trade between the Parties as from the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
Standstill. Until the "Standstill Termination Date" (as hereinafter defined), Purchaser and its affiliates (which for purposes hereof shall not include Penske or any of its subsidiaries) will not, directly or indirectly, without the express permission of the Corporation's Board of Directors, (A) purchase or offer to purchase any of the Corporation's equity securities (or securities convertible into the Corporation's equity securities), (B) conduct a "proxy contest" to obtain control of the Corporation's Board, or (C) enter into any non-market transaction to sell Common Stock to any person or entity which does not agree in writing (in form reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) to be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Section 4.10; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing herein shall limit the right of the Purchaser and its affiliates to (i) purchase securities pursuant to, and exercise all other rights contemplated by, this Agreement and the "Right of First Refusal Agreement" being executed in connection herewith, (ii) purchase additional Common Stock that does not represent more than 5% of the Corporation's aggregate outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) except to the extent limited by the Right of First Refusal Agreement, vote shares and exercise rights as directors and/or (iv) if and only if Purchaser owns at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation's Common Stock by reason of (A) purchases pursuant to this Agreement on or about the date hereof, and (B) purchases pursuant to the Right of First Refusal Agreement, purchase additional Common Stock that, together with such purchases and purchases made pursuant to the preceding clause (ii), represents in the aggregate not more than 20.5% of the Corporation's aggregate outstanding shares of Common Stock (it being agreed that any purchases pursuant to this item (iv) shall reduce on a one-for-one basis the number of shares that Purchaser is entitled to purchase under the Right of First Refusal Agreement); PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the provisions of this Section 4.10 shall automatically terminate in full if (x) the Corporation enters into a merger, asset purchase, business combination or similar agreement pursuant to which the Corporation's shareholders would own less than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving corporation's capital stock, or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer commences for the Corporation's equity securities. For purposes hereof, "Standstill Termination Date" means the earlier of (A)...
