Termination Clause Example from Business Contracts

Termination. This Underwriting Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) there shall have occurred, any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so m...aterial and adverse as to make it impractical to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities, (ii) there shall have been, any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., Fitch Ratings Inc. or if such entities no longer are providing such ratings, any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any formal notice given of any intended or contemplated decrease in any such rating, (iii) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (iv) a material disruption 18 shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (vi) there shall have occurred any material outbreak or material escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement subsequent to such event). View More