Termination by Seller Subject to any limitations imposed by Law, Seller may terminate this Agreement for any of the following grounds. (1) Buyer’s failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement, which provision is both reasonable and of material significance to the relationship under this Agreement; (2) Buyer’s failure to exert good faith efforts to carry out the provisions of this Agreement; (3) The occurrence of an event which is relevant to the relationship under this Agreement and as a result of which termination of this Agreement is reasonable, including, without limitation, the following events: (i) Buyer’s fraud or criminal misconduct relevant to the operation of Buyer’s business, Buyer’s Marketing Premises, or Buyer’s Outlets; (ii) Buyer’s declaration of bankruptcy or judicial determination of insolvency of Buyer; (iii) Buyer’s continuing severe physical or mental disability if Buyer is an individual, or if Buyer is a partnership or corporation, the disability of any individual who is currently in “control” of the ownership interest (“control” being the authority to direct the operations of Buyer and to have or exercise management responsibility) of at least 3 months that renders Buyer unable to provide for the continued proper operation of Buyer’s Marketing Premises or Buyer’s Outlets; (iv) Loss of Seller’s right to grant the right to use the Identifications, which are the subject of the franchise; (v) Buyer’s failure to pay to Seller in a timely manner when due all sums to which Seller is legally entitled; (vi) Buyer’s failure to operate Buyer’s Marketing Premises for 7 consecutive days, or such lesser period which under the facts and circumstances constitutes an unreasonable period of time; (vii) Buyer’s willful adulteration, mislabeling, or misbranding of motor fuels or other trademark violations; (viii) Buyer’s knowing failure to comply with the Laws relevant to the operation of Buyer’s business, Buyer’s Marketing Premises, or Buyer’s Outlets; (ix) Buyer’s conviction of any felony involving moral turpitude; (x) Subject to Article 22(b), Buyer’s death if Buyer is an individual, or if Buyer is a partnership or corporation, the death of any individual who is currently in “control” of the ownership interest of Buyer (“control” being the authority to direct the operations of Buyer and to have or exercise management responsibility); and (xi) Buyer’s failure to comply with Buyer’s obligations relating to Insurance set forth in Article 21. (4) A determination is made by Seller in good faith and in the normal course of business to withdraw from marketing of motor fuel through retail outlets in the relevant geographic market area in which Buyer’s Outlets are located; (5) Termination by Seller for cause of any other agreement between Buyer and Seller pertaining to this facility. (6) Any other ground for which termination is provided for in this Agreement or is otherwise allowed by the PMPA or other applicable Law.
Termination by Purchaser (i) This Agreement may be terminated by Purchaser at any time prior to the Closing, if (A) Seller shall have breached or failed to comply, in any material respect, with any of Seller’s covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or (B) there shall have been a breach of or inaccuracy in any material respect when made with one or more of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement and, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, such breach, failure or inaccuracy would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.01 to be satisfied, which breach, failure or inaccuracy is not cured (if capable of being cured prior to the Closing) within thirty (30) days (or by the Outside Date, if sooner) after receiving notice thereof from Purchaser; provided, that Purchaser may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(b)(ii) only if at the time of termination (x) Purchaser is not in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement and (y) Purchaser has satisfied those conditions set forth in Section 7.02 required to be satisfied by it (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied by actions taken at the Closing, each of which is capable of being satisfied at the Closing). (ii) This Agreement may be terminated by Purchaser if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Outside Date; provided, however, that (A) Purchaser may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(b)(ii) only if at the time of termination (x) Purchaser is not in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement and (y) Purchaser has satisfied those conditions set forth in Section 7.02 required to be satisfied by it (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied by actions taken at the Closing, each of which is capable of being satisfied at the Closing) and (B) Purchaser may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(b)(ii) during the pendency of any Legal Proceeding brought by Seller for specific performance of Purchaser’s obligation to consummate the Closing pursuant to Section 10.15. (iii) This Agreement may be terminated by Purchaser at any time prior to the Closing, if a final, non-appealable Closing Legal Impediment shall be in effect; provided, that Purchaser may not rely upon this Section 9.01(b)(iii) to terminate this Agreement if Purchaser’s failure to fulfill any obligation or condition under this Agreement materially contributed to the cause of such Closing Legal Impediment.
Termination by Parent This Agreement may be terminated and the Mergers may be abandoned at any time prior to the First Effective Time by action of the Board of Directors of Parent if: (a) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have made a Company Change in Recommendation; provided, however, that Parent will not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.04(a) if the Company Requisite Vote has been obtained; or (b) there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company in this Agreement, or any such representation and warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, such that Sections 6.02(a) or 6.02(b) would not be satisfied and such breach or failure to be true is not curable or, if curable, is not cured following notice to the Company from Parent of such breach or failure by the earlier of (x) the 30th day following such notice and (y) the Termination Date; provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.04(b) if Parent is then in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement in a manner such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.03(a) or Section 6.03(b) would not be satisfied (unless capable of being cured within 30 days). (c) at any time prior to the Parent Requisite Vote being obtained, (i) if the Board of Directors of Parent authorizes Parent, to the extent permitted by and subject to complying with the terms of Section 5.03, to enter into an Alternative Parent Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Parent Superior Proposal that did not result from a material breach of this Agreement, (ii) concurrently with the termination of this Agreement, Parent, subject to complying with the terms of Section 5.03, enters into an Alternative Parent Acquisition Agreement providing for a Parent Superior Proposal that did not result from a material breach of this Agreement and (iii) prior to or concurrently with such termination, Parent pays to the Company in immediately available funds any fees required to be paid pursuant to Section 7.05(c).
Investigation by Purchaser (a) Each Buyer Party acknowledges that it and its representatives have been permitted reasonable access to the Books and Records, facilities, equipment, Tax Returns, Contracts, insurance policies (or summaries thereof) and other Properties of the Acquired Companies, and that it and its representatives have had a reasonable opportunity to meet with the officers and employees of the Acquired Companies to discuss the Business. Each of the Buyer Parties further acknowledges that, except as set forth in this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the Schedules and the certificates to be delivered at the Closing, (i) none of Seller, the Acquired Companies or any other Person has made any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the Acquired Companies or the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Acquired Companies furnished or made available to the Buyer Parties and their respective representatives, (ii) neither Buyer Party has relied on any representation or warranty from Seller, the Acquired Companies or any other Person in determining to enter into this Agreement, and (iii) neither Seller nor any other Person shall have or be subject to any liability to the Buyer Parties or any other Person resulting from the distribution to the Buyer Parties or any other Person, or the Buyer Parties’ or any other Person’s use of, any information, documents or material made available to the Buyers Parties’ or any other Person in any “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions. (b) As of the date of this Agreement, the Buyer Parties and their respective Affiliates do not have any actual knowledge that the representations and warranties of Seller made in this Agreement qualified as to materiality are not true and correct, or that those not so qualified are not true and correct in any material respect. The Buyer Parties do not have any actual knowledge of any material errors in, or omissions from, any Schedule.
Termination by Buyer This Agreement may be terminated by Buyer and the purchase and sale of the Station abandoned, if Buyer is not then in material default, upon written notice to Seller, upon the occurrence of any of the following:
Investigation by Buyer Buyer has undertaken an independent review and analysis of the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Business and has performed all due diligence that it has deemed necessary to perform concerning the Business, the Purchased Assets, and the Assumed Obligations in connection with its decision to enter into this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and acknowledges that Buyer and Buyer’s Representatives have been provided access to the personnel, properties, premises and records of Seller for such purpose. In entering into this Agreement, Buyer has relied solely upon its own investigation and analysis, and Buyer: (a) acknowledges that none of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of Seller’s Representatives makes or has made any representation or warranty, of any kind or nature whatsoever, oral or written, express or implied (including, but not limited to, any relating to (a) projections, estimates or budgets delivered or made available to Buyer (or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or representatives) of, except as set forth in Section 5.4, the future results of operations (or any component thereof), cash flows or financial condition (or any component thereof), of the Business; (b) future business, operations, revenues or profits of the Business; (c) maintenance, repair, condition, design, performance, value, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose of the Purchased Assets; or (d) as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information provided or made available to Buyer or Buyer’s Representatives), except for those representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article V of this Agreement (as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedules), and Seller hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties; (b) agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, that none of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of Seller’s Representatives shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever to Buyer on any basis based upon any information provided or made available, or statements made, to Buyer or Buyer’s Representatives (including any forecasts or projected information), except that the foregoing limitations shall not apply with respect to Seller to the extent Seller has liability for indemnification pursuant to Article IX for the breach of the specific representations and warranties set forth in Article V of this Agreement (as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedules), but always subject to the limitations and restrictions contained herein; (c) acknowledges that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, there are no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Obligations; and (d) none of Seller, its Affiliates or Seller’s Representatives shall have any liability or responsibility based upon any information provided or made available or statements made or omissions therefrom to Buyer, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, except as and only to the extent expressly set forth in Article V of this Agreement (as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedules).
Indemnification by Sellers Subject to the other terms and conditions of this ARTICLE 10 and the terms and conditions set forth in ARTICLE 13, Sellers, severally and not jointly (pro rata in accordance with the portion of the Purchase Price received by each Seller), shall indemnify, defend, reimburse and hold harmless Buyer, its Affiliates, successors and assigns and the respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and stockholders of the foregoing (the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Losses incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, such Buyer Indemnified Party based upon, arising out of, with respect to, relating to or by reason of: (a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Sellers contained in ARTICLE 2 hereunder or the Company in ARTICLE 3, provided that no Seller shall have any obligation hereunder with respect to any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations and warranties of any other Seller; (b) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Sellers pursuant to this Agreement; (c) any Company Transaction Expenses or Indebtedness outstanding as of the Closing to the extent not paid or satisfied by the Company or Sellers at or prior to the Closing; (d) any Taxes for the Pre-Closing Tax Period (including the pre-Closing portion of any Straddle Period) to the extent not included in the computation of Company Transaction Expenses or Closing Net Working Capital (collectively, “Pre-Closing Taxes”), to the extent that such Taxes have not been reimbursed under a claim made under the R&W Insurance Policy; or (e) any of the matters set forth on Section 10.1(e) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule. Any claims arising out of clauses (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this Section 10.1 are referred to herein as “Excluded Claims.”
Closing Deliveries by Seller At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer: (a) all such instruments of sale, assignment, conveyance and transfer, as the parties agree are customary and reasonably necessary to assign and transfer the Shares to Buyer; (b) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by Seller, as required by Section 7.01; (c) a certificate, duly completed and executed by Seller pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) certifying that Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code, and a validly completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 from each Person receiving funds pursuant to Section 2.02(b); (d) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, as to (i) the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the completeness and lack of amendments to the Organizational Documents; and (iii) the effectiveness of any resolutions of such Company passed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; (e) the written consents of the third Persons, as set forth on Section 3.02(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the change of control of the Company that will occur upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or any deemed assignment of any Contract that will result therefrom (and all such consents and waivers shall be in full force and effect); (f) payoff letters for the Repaid Indebtedness to the effect that, upon receipt of payment under such payoff letters, the lender shall have been paid in full for such Repaid Indebtedness and any Liens relating thereto shall be released; (g) resignations, effective as of the Closing Date, of the directors and officers of the Company, as requested by Buyer at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing; (h) the organizational record books, minute books and company seal of Company; (i) a release in the form of Exhibit A, effective as of the Closing Date, duly executed by Seller; (j) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by Seller, setting forth (i) the aggregate balances of cash and cash-equivalents of the Company as of the Closing after the Estimated Pre-Closing Tax Obligation has been determined (the “Retained Cash”), and (ii) the aggregate balance of the Repurchase Reserve; and (k) all other documents required to be entered into by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or reasonably requested by Buyer to convey the Shares or to otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Indemnification by Seller As an inducement to Buyer to enter into this Agreement and the Related Documents, and acknowledging that Buyer is relying on the indemnification provided in this Section 7 in entering into this Agreement and the Related Documents, Seller and Parent, jointly and severally, agree, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its affiliates, parent corporation and subsidiaries, and their respective employees, officers, directors, representatives, agents, counsel, successors and assigns (collectively, "Buyer Affiliates"), from and against any claims, losses, liability, obligations, lawsuits, judgments, settlements, governmental investigations, deficiencies, damages, costs or expenses of whatever nature, whether known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise including, without limitation, interest, penalties, attorneys' fees, costs of investigation and all amounts paid in defense or settlement of the foregoing, reduced by and to the extent of any insurance proceeds received with respect to any of the foregoing (collectively "Claims and Losses"), suffered or incurred by Buyer or Buyer Affiliates as a result of or in connection with the following: (i) any and all debts, liabilities and obligations of Seller or related to the Assets (other than the Assumed Liabilities), whether known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to the business and operations of Seller or related to the Assets prior to or on the Closing Date or which arise after the Closing Date but which are based upon or arise out of any act, transaction, circumstance, state of facts or other condition which occurred or existed on or before the Closing Date, whether or not then known, accrued, due or payable; (ii) a breach of any obligation, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Seller or Parent in this Agreement or any Related Document, or because any representation or warranty by Seller and Parent contained in this Agreement or any Related Document, in any document furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement by Seller or Parent to Buyer or any of its representatives, or any documents furnished to Buyer in connection with the Closing hereunder, shall be false; (iii) any litigation arising out of or based upon events or operative facts occurring prior to or on the Closing Date, in connection with the Seller or the Assets, whether or not disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule, including claims, without limitation, made by employees or former employees of Seller or Parent; (iv) any and all claims, including legal, administrative or creditor claims or actions, in connection with the Seller or the Assets or the transfer of Assets hereunder, if any fact material to any such claim or cause of action pleaded or stated there occurred prior to or on the Closing Date; and (v) costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by Buyer in connection with any demand, action, suit, proceeding, demand, assessment or judgment incident to any of the foregoing (collectively, "Buyer's Damages").
Closing Deliveries by the Purchaser At the Closing, the Purchaser shall execute, where necessary or appropriate, and deliver to the Shareholder each and all of the following: (i) Payment of the Purchase Price in the manner set forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement; (ii) A certificate in the form of EXHIBIT C hereto signed by a duly authorized officer of the Purchaser, and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement (as modified by the Schedules and any Supplement(s)) and in any document, instrument and/or agreement to be executed and delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing and the Purchaser has performed and complied with all of its covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement which are to be performed and complied with by the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) A copy certified by the Secretary of the Purchaser of the duly adopted resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser approving this Agreement, including the Ancillary Documents, and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the Ancillary Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (iv) A duly executed written opinion letter by counsel for the Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Shareholder, as contemplated by Section 8.3 of this Agreement; (v) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Shareholder that the performance and other bonds required by Section 5.25 have been secured in accordance with the provisions of such section; (vi) A certificate of good standing of the Purchaser dated within five (5) days of the Closing Date issued by the Secretary of State of the Purchaser's state of incorporation; and (vii) Such other documents and items as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or which may be customary under local law.