Certain Notifications Until Closing From the Signing Date until the Closing, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any fact, event or circumstance of which it is aware and which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to cause any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement not to be complied with or satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which the Company is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor; provided, further, that a failure to comply with this Section 3.4 shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure of any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless the underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach would independently result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
Conditions of Closing The Closing shall be held at the offices of the Investor or its counsel. The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor herein as of the date hereof and as of the Date of Closing (the "Closing Date") with respect to the Company or the Investor, as the case may be, as if it had been made on and as of such Closing Date; the accuracy on and as of the Closing Date of the statements of the officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof; and the performance by the Company and the Investor on and as of the Closing Date of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following further conditions:
A. Upon the effectiveness of a registration statement covering the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, the Investor and the Placement Agent shall receive the opinion of Counsel to the Company, dated as of the date thereof, which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, their counsel and the Placement Agent.
B. At or prior to the Closing, the Investor and the Placement Agent shall have been furnished such documents, certificates and opinions as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to review or pass upon the matters referred to in this Agreement and the Offering Materials, or in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction of any of the representations, warranties or conditions herein contained.
C. At and prior to the Closing, (i) there shall have been no material adverse change nor development involving a prospective change in the condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Offering Materials; (ii) there shall have been no transaction, not in the ordinary course of business except the transactions pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into by the Company on the date hereof which has not been disclosed in the Offering Materials or to the Placement Agent in writing; (iii) except as set forth in the Offering Materials, the Company shall not be in default under any provision of any instrument relating to any outstanding indebtedness for which a waiver or extension has not been otherwise received; (iv) except as set forth in the Offering Materials, the Company shall not have issued any securities (other than those to be issued as provided in the Offering Materials) or declared or paid any dividend or made any distribution of its capital stock of any class and there shall not have been any change in the indebtedness (long or short term) or liabilities or obligations of the Company (contingent or otherwise) and trade payable debt; (v) no material amount of the assets of the Company shall have been pledged or mortgaged, except as indicated in the Offering Materials; and (v) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, against the Company or affecting any of its properties or businesses shall be pending or threatened before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency, domestic or foreign, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could materially adversely affect the businesses, prospects or financial condition or income of the Company, except as set forth in the Offering Materials.
D. If requested at Closing the Investor and the Placement Agent shall receive a certificate of the Company signed by an executive officer and chief financial officer, dated as of the applicable Closing, to the effect that the conditions set forth in subparagraph (C) above have been satisfied and that, as of the applicable closing, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are true and correct.
E. The Placement Agent shall have no obligation to insure that (x) any check, note, draft or other means of payment for the Common Stock will be honored, paid or enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, or (y) subject to the performance of the Placement Agent's obligations and the accuracy of the Placement Agent's representations and warranties hereunder, (1) the Offering is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act or any applicable state "Blue Sky" law or (2) the Investor is an Accredited Investor.
Conditions Precedent to the Closing The obligations of each Noteholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Required Noteholders on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Noteholders or their counsel shall have received a notice of closing (the “Notice of Closing”) in the form of Schedule 7.2(a) at least five Business Days prior to the Closing, or such shorter period as the Company and the Required Noteholders shall agree.
(b) The Company shall have duly issued and delivered to such Noteholder or their counsel, in accordance with ARTICLE II, the Amended Notes and New Warrants to be delivered to such Noteholder at the Closing.
(c) Each of the Transaction Documents shall be in full force and effect and no term or condition thereof shall have been amended, waived or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the Required Noteholders.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in ARTICLE V shall be true and correct as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing (except where any such representation and warranty speaks by its terms as of a different date, in which case it shall be true and correct as of such date), and such Noteholder shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company to such effect.
(e) The Company shall have performed all obligations required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and such Noteholder shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company to such effect.
(f) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) There is not any litigation or proceeding pending or threatened which seeks to restrain or invalidate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) The Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Noteholders or their counsel, all such other documents and agreements reasonably requested by the Noteholders in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Limitations on Actions Any action brought under this Contract, except an action for breach of warranty, shall be brought within the shorter of the statutory limitations period and the period of three years from the date of final payment without any tolling of this statutory limitations period for any reason whatsoever.
Restrictions on Transfer and Pledge The Option may not be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary, or be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of the Optionee to any other party other than the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary. The Option is not assignable or transferable by the Optionee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Option may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee.
Actions Prior to Closing From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Contributor shall not take any action or fail to take any action the result of which could (1) have a material adverse effect on the Contributed Interests or the Operating Partnership’s ownership thereof, or any Material Adverse Effect on any Contributed Entity or Property after the Closing Date or (2) cause any of the representations and warranties contained in this Section 2.2 to be untrue as of the Closing Date.
Release of Pre-Closing Claims (a) Except as provided in (i) Section 6.1(c), (ii) any exceptions to the indemnification provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 set forth in those Sections and (iii) any Transaction Document and this Agreement, effective as of the Closing Date, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company does hereby for itself and all Persons who at any time prior to the Closing Date have been directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), voluntarily, knowingly unconditionally remise, release and forever discharge Genworth and the other members of the Genworth Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Closing Date have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Genworth Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any contract, tort or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed from the beginning of time up to the Closing Date, including without limitation in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the IPO Transactions, the Initial Public Offering and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Transaction Documents.
(b) Except as provided in (i) Section 6.1(c), (ii) any exceptions to the indemnification provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 set forth in those Sections and (iii) any Transaction Document and this Agreement, effective as of the Closing Date, Genworth does hereby for itself and all Persons who at any time prior to the Closing Date have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of Genworth (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge the Company, the respective members of the Company Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Closing Date have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Company Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any contract, tort or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed from the beginning of time up to the Closing Date, including without limitation in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the IPO Transactions, the Initial Public Offering and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Transaction Documents.
(c) Nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b) shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement or any Transaction Document, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b) shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other Liability of any member of any Group under, this Agreement or any Transaction Document;
(ii) any Liability for the sale, lease, construction or receipt of property or services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business by a member of one Group from a member of the other Group prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) any Liability for unpaid amounts for services or refunds owing on services due on a value-received basis for work done by a member of one Group at the request or on behalf of a member of the other Group; or
(iv) any Liability that Genworth and the Company may have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including for claims brought against Genworth and the Company by third Persons (which third person claims shall be governed by the provisions of this Article VI and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Transaction Documents).
(d) The Company shall not make, and shall not permit any member of the Company Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against Genworth or any member of the Genworth Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 6.1(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 6.1(a). Genworth shall not, and shall not permit any member of the Genworth Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification against the Company or any member of the Company Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 6.1(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 6.1(b).
(e) It is the intent of each of Genworth and the Company, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 6.1, to the fullest extent permitted by law and in furtherance of and without limitation of the releases in Section 6.1(a)-(b), to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Closing Date, between or among the Company or any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and Genworth or any member of the Genworth Group, on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members on or before the Closing Date), except as expressly set forth in Sections 6.1(a), (b) and (c). At any time, at the request of any other Party, each Party shall cause each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.
Limitations on Transfer In addition to any other limitation on transfer created by applicable securities laws, Purchaser shall not assign, encumber or dispose of any interest in the Shares except in compliance with the provisions below and applicable securities laws.
Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date The obligations of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make the initial Credit Extensions on the Closing Date (if any) shall, in each case, be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, facsimiles or “pdf” or similar electronic format (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) executed copies of (x) this Agreement, and (y) each Security Document set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(ii), executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) evidence that all filings under the UCC shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(B) any other documents and instruments as may be necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent valid and subsisting first priority perfected Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Security Documents set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(ii), enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Officer thereof authorized to act as an Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
(iv) an opinion from (A) Milbank LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, and (B) local or other counsel in each of the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 4.01(a)(iv), in each case as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(v) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the compliance with clauses (d), (e), (f) and (h) of this Section 4.01 on the Closing Date from an Officer of the Borrower; and
(vii) if any Loans are to be made on the Closing Date, a Committed Loan Notice pursuant to Section 2.02.
(b) All reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses due and payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent and required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Agency Fee Letter shall have been paid or shall have been authorized to be deducted from the proceeds of the initial funding under the Facilities, so long as any such fees or expenses not expressly set forth in the Agency Fee Letter have been have been invoiced not less than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent requested in writing at least seven Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders reasonably determine is necessary in order to allow the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects.
(e) There has been no change, occurrence or development since September 30, 2020 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) Prior to or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date, (i) the 2026 Senior Secured Notes shall have been issued and (ii) the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid off in full and terminated and all liens thereunder shall have been released pursuant to a customary payoff letter reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Actions at Closing At the Closing, the following actions will take place:
(a) Buyer will pay to GLAR the Purchase Price as described in Section 1.3 of this Agreement by delivery of (i) stock certificates evidencing the ESP Stock, and (ii) the Consulting Agreement referenced in Section 2 of this Agreement, executed by the Buyer.
(b) GLAR will deliver to Buyer copies of necessary resolutions of the Board of Directors of GLAR authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement for GLAR's execution, and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which resolutions have been certified by an officer of GLAR as being valid and in full force and effect.
(c) Buyer will deliver to GLAR copies of corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors of Buyer authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement for Buyer's execution, if any, and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which resolutions have been certified by an officer of Buyer as being valid and in full force and effect.
(d) GLAR and the Company will each deliver to the other party true and complete copies of each party's Certificate of Incorporation and a Certificate of Good Standing from the appropriate official of each party's jurisdiction of incorporation, which certificates and certificates of good standing are dated not more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date.
(e) Each party to the Consulting Agreement shall have executed it and delivered the signed copy to the other party to the Consulting Agreement.
(f) The Board of Directors and executive officers of GLAR will appoint new members of the Board of Directors and new executive officers to replace them, as designated in writing by the Buyer, and will resign simultaneously.
(g) Immediately prior to their resignation, the then directors and executive officers of GLAR will immediately execute all documents and take all action which is necessary or appropriate in order to cause the designees of the Buyer to be the signatories on all GLAR bank accounts.
(h) Any additional documents or instruments as a party may reasonably request or as may be necessary to evidence and effect the sale, assignment, transfer and delivery of the GLAR Stock to the Buyer.
