Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since January 1, 2006, until the date of this Agreement, (i) except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and (ii) there has not been (a) any change, event or occurrence which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) (A) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution in cash, stock, property or otherwise in respect of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ capital stock; (B) any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any shares of capital stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with the forfeiture or exercise of equity based awards, Options and Restricted Company Common Stock in accordance with existing agreements or terms); (C) except as contemplated by this Agreement (1) any granting by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any of their directors, officers or employees of any material increase in compensation or benefits, except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or that are required under any Company Plan; (2) any granting to any director, officer or employee of the right to receive any severance or termination pay, except as provided for under any plan or agreement in effect prior to January 1, 2006 or (3) any entry by the Company or its Subsidiaries into any employment, consulting, indemnification, termination, change of control or severance agreement or arrangement with any present or former director, officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any amendment to or adoption of any Company Plan or collective bargaining agreement; (D) any material change by the Company in its accounting principles, except as may be required to conform to changes in statutory or regulatory accounting rules or GAAP or regulatory requirements with respect thereto; (E) any material Tax election made by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any settlement or compromise of any material Tax liability by the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (F) any material change in Tax accounting principles by the Company or its Subsidiaries, except insofar as may have been required by applicable Law.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 1998, except as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this Agreement or disclosed in any SEC Report filed since December 31, 1998 and prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice and, since December 31, 1998, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (ii) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) with respect to any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, (iii) any material change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, with respect to the Company (iv) any revaluation by the Company of any asset (including, without limitation, any writing down of the value of inventory or writing off of notes or accounts receivable), other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any failure by the Company to revalue any asset in accordance with GAAP consistent with past practice, (vi) any entry by the Company or any Subsidiary into any commitment or transaction material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (vii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of any capital stock of the Company or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its securities, (viii) other than as set forth in any contracts (as in effect on the date hereof) referred to in Section 3.10, any increase in or establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards or restricted stock awards), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, or any other increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officers or key employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, except customary increases in compensation to employees generally incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ix) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any material contract, arrangement or agreement with any affiliate of the Company, or (x) any entering into, renewal, modification or extension of, any contract, arrangeme...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except for liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement, between December 31, 2006 and the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Since December 31, 2006 through the date hereof, except as disclosed in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has not been any damage, destruction or other casualty loss in excess of $1.0 million individually or in the aggregate with respect to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance. Subsequent to December 31, 2006, through the date hereof: (a) there has not been any Material Adverse Effect on the Company; (b) other than the Cash Distribution to be made pursuant to Section 5.12(a) and the repurchase by the Company of 274,776 of its Ordinary Shares, there has not been any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ share capital, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of any of the Company’s share capital or any other securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any options (other than Company Share Options in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities; (c) there has not been any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ share capital; (d) there has not been any change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by changes in GAAP; (e) except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has not been any sale, license or other transfer of any material assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (f) to the Company’s Knowledge, no key employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof has communicated to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (orally, in writing or otherwise) an intent to terminate or otherwise significantly decrease his or her contribution to the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (g) except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has not been any material Tax election made or any material Tax claim, a...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except for liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, since December 31, 2001, each of the Target Companies and their respective subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the ordinary course and there has not been (i) any material adverse change to the Target Companies and no event has occurred or circumstance has arisen that, in combination with any other events or circumstances, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on either of the Target Companies, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of the Target Companies' capital stock, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Target Companies' capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of the Target Companies' capital stock, except for issuances of Target Company Common Stock upon the exercise of the Target Company Options awarded prior to the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or in accordance with the terms of the Target Companies Stock Plans, (iv) (A) any granting by either of the Target Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries to any current or former director, executive officer or other key employee (as defined in Section 10.02) of either of the Target Companies or their respective subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, except for normal increases in the ordinary course of business or as was required under any employment agreements in effect as of May 31, 2002, (B) any granting by either of the Target Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries to any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee of any increase in severance or termination pay, except in the ordinary course of business or as required under any employment agreements in effect as of May 31, 2002, or (C) any entry by either of the Target Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries into, or any amendment of, any employment, deferred compensation, consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee, other than in the ordinary course of business, (v) except as required by a change in generally accepted accounting principles, any change in accounting methods, pri...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2014, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. (a) Since December 31, 2017, no event or events have occurred that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except in connection with this Agreement, the Plans, the Stock Option Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or except as described in Section 3.5 of the Trenwick Disclosure Letter, as disclosed in the Trenwick SEC Reports filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (the "Filed Trenwick SEC Reports") since the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the Filed Trenwick SEC Reports, Trenwick and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and there has not occurred (i) any event or change having individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect on Trenwick, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of Trenwick's outstanding capital stock, other than regular quarterly cash dividends of not more than $0.26 per share on the Trenwick Shares and dividends paid by wholly owned subsidiaries, (iii) (A) any granting by Trenwick or any of its Subsidiaries to any current or former director or officer of Trenwick or its Subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, except for normal increases in the ordinary course of business, (B) any granting by Trenwick or any of its Subsidiaries to any such current or former director or officer of any increase in severance or termination pay or (C) any entry by Trenwick or any of its Subsidiaries into, or any amendments of, any employment, deferred compensation, consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such current or former director or officer, (iv) any tax election that individually or in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect on Trenwick or any of its tax attributes or any settlement or compromise of any material income tax liability, or (v) any change in accounting methods, principles or practices by Trenwick or any of its Subsidiaries materially affecting their assets, liabilities or business, except insofar as may have been required or permitted by a change in applicable accounting principles (including statutory accounting practices ("SAP")).
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent's capital stock or any other securities of Parent or its subsidiaries or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities except for repurchases from employees following their termination pursuant to the terms of their pre-existing stock option or purchase agreements, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of Parent's or any of its subsidiaries' capital stock, (iv) any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits to any of their officers or employees, or any payment by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any bonus to any of their officers or employees, or any granting by Parent or any of its subsidiaries of any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification or amendment of, any currently effective employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) any material change or alteration in the policy of Parent relating to the granting of stock options or other equity compensation to its employees and consultants other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vi) entry by Parent or any of its subsidiaries into, or material modification, amendment or cancellation of, any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition, distribution or licensing of any material Intellectual Property other than licenses, distribution agreements, advertising agreements, or other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vii) any material change by Parent in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP, or (viii) any material revaluation by Parent of any of its material assets, i...
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the filed Parent SEC Documents or in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, from the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the filed Parent SEC Documents to the date of this Agreement, the Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, and during such period there has not been:
Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth on Exhibit 6.13, since October 1, 1996, THI has not: (a) suffered any adverse change in, or the occurrence of any events which, individually or in the aggregate, has or have had, or might reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on, THI's financial condition, results of operations or business; (b) incurred damage to or destruction of any material asset, whether or not covered by insurance; (c) incurred any material obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) except (i) current trade or business obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, none of which were entered into for grossly inadequate consideration, and (ii) obligations and liabilities under this Agreement; (d) made or entered into contracts or commitments to make any capital expenditures in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); (e) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or any other encumbrance any material assets of THI (except for purchase money liens used in the acquisition of the such assets, as set forth on Exhibit 6.13); (f) sold, transferred or leased any material asset, or canceled or compromised any debt or material claims, except in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (g) sold, assigned, transferred or granted any rights under or with respect to any licenses, agreements, patents, inventions, trademarks, trade names, copyrights or formulae or with respect to know-how or any other intangible asset; (h) amended or terminated any material contracts, agreements, leases or arrangements; (i) waived or released any other rights of material value; (j) entered into any transactions not in the ordinary course of business which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the business of THI; or (k) done or suffered anything material to invalidate or jeopardize its kosher certification by Orthodox Rabbinical Board of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
