Adjustments to Purchase Price The Purchase Price shall be adjusted at the Closing Date and at the Final Settlement Date as follows:
(a) The Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward by the sum of the following, without duplication:
(i) the value of all merchantable allowable Hydrocarbons in storage above the pipeline connection at the Effective Time, and not previously sold, that is credited to the Properties, such value to be the actual sales price for such Hydrocarbons, or if not yet sold or the actual sales price is not known as of the time of preparation of the Closing Settlement Statement, then the market price as of the Effective Time, less taxes, gravity adjustments and other costs deducted by the purchaser of such Hydrocarbons;
(ii) the amount of all Operating Expenses which relate to and were incurred during any period from and after the Effective Time (or, if relating to a period that is in part from and after the Effective Time, that part of such Operating Expenses that relate to the period from and after the Effective Time) and that are paid by or on behalf of Target prior to the Closing Date in connection with the operation and development of the Properties from and after the Effective Time, but excluding any and all Disallowed Expenses;
(iii) an amount equal to all prepaid expenses attributable to the Properties that are paid by or on behalf of Target prior to the Closing Date and that are, in accordance with GAAP (except for Asset Taxes, in which case in accordance with the Tax Allocation Methodology), attributable to the ownership or operation of the Properties during the period from and after the Effective Time (or, if relating to a period that is in part from and after the Effective Time, that part of such expenditures that relates to the period from and after the Effective Time) including, without limitation, prepaid utility charges, prepaid Asset Taxes (but not including Income Taxes, franchise taxes or gross receipts taxes) based upon or measured by the ownership of the Properties or the production of hydrocarbons or the receipt of proceeds therefrom, but excluding any and all Disallowed Expenses;
(iv) any other amount required under this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Buyer and Owners to be added to the Purchase Price.
(b) The Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward by the sum of the following, without duplication:
(i) the amount of all proceeds actually received by or on behalf of Target prior to the Closing Date and attributable to Hydrocarbon production from the Properties from and after the Effective Time, less amounts actually paid by or on behalf of Target as Burdens or as production, gathering, processing and transportation costs, and less any production, severance, sales or excise Taxes not reimbursed to Target by the purchaser of such Hydrocarbon production, to the extent such deductions are not otherwise accounted for in an any upward adjustment to the Purchase Price;
(ii) an amount equal to all Asset Taxes (but not including Income Taxes, franchise taxes or gross receipts taxes) that are (A) unpaid as of the Closing Date, (B) based upon or measured by the ownership of the Properties or the production of Hydrocarbons therefrom (including the receipt of proceeds therefrom) and (C) accruing to the Properties in accordance with the Tax Allocation Methodology prior to the Effective Time, which amount shall, to the extent not actually assessed, be computed based upon such taxes and assessments for the preceding calendar year or, if such taxes or assessments are assessed on other than a calendar year basis, for the tax related year last ended;
(iii) the amount of all Operating Expenses which relate to any period prior to the Effective Time (or, if relating to a period that is in part prior to the Effective Time, that part of such Operating Expenses that relate to the period prior to the Effective Time) and that are unpaid as of the Closing Date, and the amount of all Disallowed Expenses that are unpaid as of the Closing Date; and
(iv) any other amounts required under this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Buyer and Owners.
(c) The Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward by the sum of 100% of the following:
(i) subject to Section 3.07, the Title Benefit Amount with respect to a Title Benefit properly asserted prior to the Title Defect Claim Date; and
(ii) any other amounts required under this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Buyer and Owners.
(d) The Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward by the sum of 100% of the following:
(i) subject to Section 3.07, the Title Defect Amount with respect to Title Defects properly asserted by Buyer prior to the Title Defect Claim Date; and
(ii) any other amounts required under this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Buyer and Owners.
Adjustments to the Purchase Price (a) To determine the Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance in accordance with Section 3.5, the Preliminary Purchase Price shall be reduced or increased (subject to the limitations provided below), as applicable, by the aggregate amount, if any, by which the Adjusted Net Working Capital (as defined below) of the Companies as of the close of business on the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Dissolution is less than or greater than $3,183,257. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Adjusted Net Working Capital" means (i) the sum of ---------------------------- (A) cash, (B) accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, (C) prepaid expenses, and (D) other current assets, less (ii) the sum of (A) accounts payable, (B) accrued expenses, and (C) income tax payable, each component of which will be calculated using the same methodology as was used in preparing the combined consolidating balance sheets of the Companies as of March 31, 1998 in the offering memorandum provided to Seller in connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, with certain agreed upon adjustments. For the purposes of this calculation, amounts relating to gains on the sale or other disposition of assets after December 31, 1998 (whether reflected on the balance sheets of the Companies as an increase in cash or other assets, or a decrease in liabilities, or otherwise) shall be excluded and an amount equal thereto shall be deducted in calculating Adjusted Net Working Capital. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall be credited, as a reduction in the Adjusted Purchase Price, with the positive amount, if any, equal to (i) (A) the amount of Adjusted Net Working Capital on the Closing Date, (B) plus an amount equal to any employee bonuses paid by the Companies after March 31, 1999, (C) plus an amount equal to any payments or charges after March 31, 1999 for attorneys' fees and expenses, accountants' fees and expenses and investment bankers' fees and expenses, including without limitation relating to the Stock Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the settlement of the matter described in Schedule 4.14, item 7, and, without ------------- limitation, any other payments, expenses or charges not in the ordinary course of business or extraordinary in nature after Xxxxx 00, 0000, (X) plus an amount equal to the principal portion of any payments of Indebtedness after March 31, 1999, and (E) minus an amount equal to any increase in Adjusted Net Working Capital resulting from the payment after March 31, 1999 of the receivable from Safety Shorts, Inc. previously thought to be uncollectible, minus (ii) the amount of Adjusted Net Working Capital on March 31, 1999. The purpose of the foregoing sentence is to place the parties in the same economic position as if the Closing had occurred on March 31, 1999.
Adjustment to Purchase Price (a) The Closing Payment shall be increased by the parties' good faith estimate of the Current Assets of Seller and decreased by the parties' good faith estimate of the Current Liabilities of Seller as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Adjustment"), which adjustment shall be subject to final adjustment as provided for in paragraph (c) below.
(b) No later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, or within three (3) days after receipt of the necessary accounting data from the NRTC Central Billing System, whichever is later, Purchaser shall make and deliver to Seller a balance sheet reflecting the Current Assets and Current Liabilities of Seller as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet"), prepared on a basis consistent with GAAP. For purposes of the Closing Adjustment and the Final Closing Adjustment (as hereinafter defined), the amount of Accounts Receivable of Seller to be included in the Closing Date Balance Sheet shall include only Accounts Receivable of Subscribers as reflected on Report 18A (Subscriber Accounts Receivable Aging By Account) of the NRTC Central Billing System Reports less a reserve of six percent (6%) for Accounts Receivable which are not collectible. In addition, the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Final Closing Adjustment shall not include as a Current Asset any accounts receivable arising from Leased Subscriber Equipment. Purchaser may, by providing Seller with written notice at least five (5) days prior to the Closing, elect to purchase all, or certain of, the DSS(TM) subscriber equipment owned by Seller (other than Leased Subscriber Equipment) on the Closing Date; provided, however, Purchaser shall not have the right to acquire any assets attributable to Seller's Electric Business. Any such equipment which is purchased by Purchaser shall be included as Inventory in the Closing Date Balance Sheet. Except as set forth in this Section 4.4(b), no other assets or liabilities shall be included in the Closing Date Balance Sheet. Seller shall make available to Purchaser such documentation, back-up, invoices, and books and records of Seller as Purchaser may reasonably request.
(c) Seller and Purchaser shall negotiate in good faith to reconcile any discrepancies which may arise in connection with the determination of the Closing Date Balance Sheet. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to reconcile such discrepancies, Seller shall have fifteen (15) days from presentment of the Closing Date Balance Sheet by Purchaser to notify Purchaser if Seller wishes to have Purchaser's determination examined. If Seller elects to have Purchaser's determination examined, it shall be submitted to the determination in Atlanta, Georgia, by the Certified Public Accounting firm of KMPG Peat Marwick (or any other independent Certified Public Accounting firm mutually acceptable to Seller and Purchaser), the cost of such examination to be paid fifty percent (50%) by Seller and fifty percent (50%) by Purchaser. The determination by Purchaser shall be final and binding on the parties unless Seller elects to have an examination as provided herein, in which case the results of the examination shall be made within thirty (30) days of such referral, and shall be final and binding on the parties (the "Final Closing Adjustment").
(d) To the extent the Final Closing Adjustment is less than the Closing Adjustment, Seller shall pay the difference in cash to Purchaser within five (5) days after the final determination. In the event the Final Closing Adjustment is greater than the Closing Adjustment, Purchaser shall pay such excess in cash to Seller within five (5) days after the final determination. If, following any payment pursuant to this Section 4.4(d), an error (in billing or reporting by NRTC or otherwise) is thereafter discovered which would have affected the Final Closing Adjustment, the party in whose favor the error was made shall immediately pay in cash the amount of such error to the other party.
Purchase Price Payments (a) On the first Funding Date and ----------------------- on each Purchase Date on which any Receivables are purchased from a Seller by Buyer pursuant to Article I, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this --------- Agreement, Buyer shall pay to such Seller the Purchase Price for the applicable Receivables and Related Assets purchased on such day by Buyer from such Seller as follows:
(i) if such Receivable is then an Ineligible Receivable owned by ALS, ALS shall convey it to Buyer as a capital contribution;
(ii) if such Receivable is then an Ineligible Receivable owned by a Seller other than ALS, such Seller shall convey such Receivable to ALS, which shall in turn convey it to Buyer as a capital contribution;
(iii) if such Receivable is not an Ineligible Receivable at such time, Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price in the following priority:
(A) make a cash payment to such Seller of such Purchase Price, to the extent that Buyer has cash available to make such payment pursuant to Section 3.3; -----------
(B) if Buyer does not have cash available to pay the full Purchase Price, automatically decrease the aggregate amount of then outstanding Purchase Price Credits with respect to such Seller, but not below zero;
(C) if such Purchase Price exceeds the amounts available pursuant to clause (A), by automatically increasing the principal amount of the Purchase Money Note issued by Buyer to ALS by the lesser of (x) the amount of such excess and (y) the Remaining Available Amount under the Purchase Money Note; and
(iv) only if ALS is the Seller, if so elected by ALS, by deeming the remaining amount of such Receivables to constitute a capital contribution to Buyer; provided that no contribution of a Receivable shall be made, and such Receivable shall not be transferred hereunder, in the event that the 75% Test would be violated after giving effect to such contribution. In the event that Buyer has insufficient funds pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) to acquire any Receivables and (x) a Person other than ----------- ---- ALS is the Seller or (y) ALS is the Seller, but ALS does not elect to make the capital contribution described in the foregoing clause (iv), then such ----------- Receivables shall not be transferred to Buyer on such Purchase Date, and such Receivables shall continue to be owned by such Seller. ALS shall maintain a bookkeeping account for the benefit of the Sellers, and shall evidence the obligation of Buyer to pay each Seller the portion of the Purchase Price for such Seller's Receivables that has been allocated to the Purchase Money Note pursuant to clause (iii). ALS shall be responsible for ------------ allocating cash payments and amounts evidenced by the Purchase Money Note among the Sellers and shall maintain sufficient records with respect to the Purchase Money Note such that, on any day, it would be able to identify the amount owed by Buyer to each Seller. ALS and each other Seller agree that, prior to the Seller Maturity Date, Buyer shall be required to make payments in respect of the payment obligations evidenced by the Purchase Money Note only to the extent that it has cash available under Section 3.3, after taking into account amounts ----------- required to be established as reserves pursuant to the applicable Third Party Documents, amounts paid to Third Party Financiers in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such Third Party Financiers and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated Receivables.
(b) If on each Business Day, the Unpaid Balance of a Purchased Receivable is either (w) reduced as a result of any defective goods or services, any cash discount or any adjustment by a Seller (whether individually or in its performance of duties as Servicer), (x) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by any Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction and whether such claim relates to a Seller or any Affiliate thereof), (y) otherwise reduced as a result of any of the factors set forth in the definition of Dilution or (z) determined by the applicable Seller, Buyer or the Servicer to be on any date Ineligible Receivable as of the applicable Purchase Date, then, in such event, Buyer shall be entitled to a credit (each, a "Purchase Price Credit") against the Purchase Price otherwise payable to the applicable Seller hereunder equal to the full amount of such reduction or cancellation. If such Purchase Price Credit exceeds the original Purchase Price for the Receivables to be sold by the applicable Seller hereunder on the date such Purchase Price Credit arises, then the applicable Seller shall pay the remaining amount of such Purchase Price Credit in cash on the next succeeding Business Day. Upon the payment of any Purchase Price Credit relating to returned or repossessed goods, all right, title and interest in and to such goods shall be re-vested in the applicable Seller and Buyer shall have no further interest therein.
Purchase Price Adjustments (a) The Parties agree that, so long as any distributions made are reflected in Closing Working Capital and in any adjustments to the Purchase Price under Section 1.4(c), the Seller shall have the right, at or prior to the Closing, to cause the Company to distribute cash to the Seller or its Affiliates, by one or more dividends and/or other distributions.
(b) Within 90 calendar days following the Closing, the Buyer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to the Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”), in accordance with the Accounting Principles, which shall include (i) a balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date, (ii) a calculation of the total Working Capital of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Working Capital”), (iii) a calculation of the Working Capital Deficit or the Working Capital Excess, as the case may be (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the Buyer’s calculation of the Target Working Capital), (iv) a calculation of Closing Cash, (v) a calculation of Closing Indebtedness, (vi) a calculation of Transaction Expenses and (vii) the Buyer’s determination of the final Purchase Price (the “Final Purchase Price”) resulting therefrom. For purposes of the Buyer’s preparation of the Closing Statement, the Seller shall make available or provide reasonable access to the Buyer and its Representatives, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, all information, books, records, data and working papers created or used in connection with the preparation of the Estimated Working Capital Certificate, to the extent not in the possession of the Company or the Buyer. The Seller shall have a period of 30 calendar days after delivery of the Closing Statement to review (and cause the Seller’s auditors to review) such documents and make any objections it may have in writing to the Buyer. For purposes of the Seller’s evaluation of the Closing Statement, the Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company to, make available or provide reasonable access to the Seller and its Representatives, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, all information, books, records, data and working papers created or used in connection with the preparation of the Closing Statement; and shall permit reasonable access, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, to the facilities and personnel of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Seller and its Representatives to analyze the Closing Statement. If the Seller delivers written objections to the Buyer within such 30-day period, then the Buyer and the Seller shall attempt to resolve the matter or matters in dispute. If no written objections are made by the Seller within such 30-day period, then the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties. If disputes with respect to the Closing Statement cannot be resolved by the Buyer and the Seller within 30 calendar days after timely delivery of any objections thereto, then, at the request of the Buyer or the Seller, the specific matters in dispute (but no others) shall be submitted to such independent accounting firm as may be approved by the Seller and the Buyer (the “Auditors”), which firm shall render its opinion as to such specific matters. If no such referral is made within 45 calendar days after the delivery of the objections, then the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties. If all objections are so resolved between the Parties prior to such time, the Closing Statement with such changes as have been agreed in writing by the Buyer and the Seller shall be final and binding on the Parties. The matters to be resolved by the Auditors shall be limited to the remaining unresolved disputes between the Buyer and the Seller. The Parties shall cooperate with the Auditors during its engagement, and the Auditors shall have access to the books and records of the Company and the Buyer, the personnel of, and work papers prepared by, the Parties’ accountants to the extent that they relate to the unresolved disputes as it may reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing such unresolved disputes, provided, that such access shall be in a manner that does not interfere with the normal business operations of the Buyer, the Company or the Seller. The Auditors shall promptly deliver to the Buyer and the Seller a written report setting forth their resolution of the disputes along with their determination of the Final Purchase Price, which determination shall be made in accordance with the definitions and principles set forth in this Agreement and shall be final and binding on the Parties. As to each disputed item, the Auditors shall be limited to awarding only one or the other of the Buyer’s proposal, on the one hand, or the Seller’s proposal, on the other hand, and shall have no authority to select or propose to the Parties any resolution other than as set forth in one of such two proposals originally submitted to the Auditors. Judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Auditors in any court having jurisdiction over the Party against which such determination is to be enforced. The fees and expenses of the Auditors shall be borne by the Parties as designated by the Auditors, which designation shall be based upon the inverse proportion of the amount of disputed items resolved in favor of such Party (i.e., so that the prevailing Party bears a lesser amount of such fees and expenses). If the Parties refer a dispute to the Auditors and if the Adjustment Escrow Funds exceed the amount by which the Estimated Purchase Price is greater than the Final Purchase Price (as claimed by the Buyer), then the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, promptly instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Seller the amount of such excess out of the Adjustment Escrow Funds, and the remaining balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds shall be paid out pursuant to Section 1.4(c) after the final determination of the Final Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.4.
(c) If the Estimated Purchase Price is greater than the Final Purchase Price, then within two business days following the final determination thereof, the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Buyer the amount of such excess out of the Adjustment Escrow Funds (and if the balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds is less than the amount due to the Buyer pursuant to this Section 1.4, then at the Buyer’s option the Buyer may recover the remaining amount from the Indemnity Escrow Funds or require the Seller to pay such amount to the Buyer by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by the Buyer). If the Final Purchase Price is greater than the Estimated Purchase Price, then within two business days following the final determination thereof, the Buyer will pay to the Seller by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by the Seller the amount of such excess and the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Seller the entire balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds. Any payments pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price by the parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by Law.
Purchase Price Credit Adjustments If on any day:
(a) the Outstanding Balance of a Receivable purchased from any Originator is:
(i) reduced as a result of any defective or rejected or returned goods or services, any cash discounts, any volume discounts or any adjustment or otherwise by such Originator or any Affiliate thereof (other than as a result of a charge-off of such Receivable or cash Collections applied to such Receivable),
(ii) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by any Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction),
(iii) reduced on account of the obligation of such Originator or any Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund, or
(iv) less on the date of its sale then the amount reflected in the applicable Purchase Report, or
(b) any of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1(i), (j), (l), (r), (s), (t), (u) and the second sentence of Section 2.1(q) hereof is not true when made or deemed made with respect to any such Receivable, then, in such event, Buyer shall be entitled to a credit (each, a “Purchase Price Credit”) against the Purchase Price otherwise payable to the applicable Originator hereunder equal to (x) in the case of clauses (a)(i) – (iv) above, the amount of such reduction or cancellation or the difference between the actual Outstanding Balance and the amount reflected in the applicable Purchase Report, as applicable, and (y) in the case of clause (b) above, the amount of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable, which shall be reconveyed by the Buyer to the applicable Originator following receipt of such amount. If such Purchase Price Credit exceeds the Original Balance of the Receivables originated by the applicable Originator on any day, such Originator shall pay the remaining amount of such Purchase Price Credit in cash immediately, provided that if the applicable Termination Date has not occurred, such Originator shall be allowed to deduct the remaining amount of such Purchase Price Credit from any indebtedness owed to it under its Subordinated Note.
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Adjustments to Payments (a) If any payment or benefit Executive would receive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including accelerated vesting of any equity compensation (all such payments and/or benefits hereinafter, “Payment”), would (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be either (x) provided to the Executive in full, or (y) provided to the Executive to such lesser extent which would result in no portion of such Payment being subject to the excise tax, further reduced by $5,000 (including such further reduction, the “Cutback Amount”), whichever of the foregoing amounts, when taking into account applicable federal, state, local and foreign income and employment taxes, such excise tax and other applicable taxes, (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rates), results in the receipt by the Executive, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the Payment, notwithstanding that all or a portion of such Payment may be subject to the excise tax. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting “parachute payments” is necessary so that the Payment equals the Cutback Amount, reduction shall occur in the following order: (A) cash payments shall be reduced first and in reverse chronological order such that the cash payment owed on the latest date following the occurrence of the event triggering such excise tax will be the first cash payment to be reduced; (B) accelerated vesting of performance-based equity awards shall be cancelled or reduced next and in the reverse order of the date of grant for such awards (i.e., the vesting of the most recently granted awards will be reduced first), with full-value awards reduced before any performance-based stock option or stock appreciation rights are reduced; (C) health and welfare benefits shall be reduced and in reverse chronological order such that the benefit owed on the latest date following the occurrence of the event triggering such excise tax will be the first benefit to be reduced; and (D) accelerated vesting of time-based equity awards shall be cancelled or reduced last and in the reverse order of the date of grant for such awards (i.e., the vesting of the most recently granted awards will be reduced first), with full-value awards reduced before any time-based stock option or stock appreciation rights are reduced.
(b) The Company shall appoint a nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder and perform the foregoing calculations. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder. The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and Executive within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on which right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by the Company or Executive). Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and Executive.
Base Purchase Price Buyer agrees to pay for the Assets the total sum of Thirty Million and No/100 Dollars ($30,000,000.00) (“Base Purchase Price”) to be paid by direct bank deposit or wire transfer in same day funds at the Closing, subject only to the price adjustments set forth in this Agreement.
Adjustments to Number of Shares The number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option shall be adjusted to take into account any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization of the Common Stock as provided in the Stock Option Plan.
