Conduct of Parent From the date hereof until the Effective Time, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall conduct their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and shall use their reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their business organizations and relationships with third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as contemplated by this Agreement, from the date hereof until the Effective Time Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and senior officers.
Capitalization and Subsidiaries Borrower’s capitalization as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 5.14 annexed hereto. Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other securities of any Person, except for Permitted Investments. Attached as Schedule 5.14, as may be updated by Borrower in a written notice provided after the Closing Date, is a true, correct and complete list of each Subsidiary.
Conduct of Business of Parent Except as contemplated by this Agreement, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, Parent will not do, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to do, any of the following without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed):
Ownership of the Subsidiaries The Partnership directly or indirectly owns the partnership interests, membership interests and capital stock, as applicable, in the Subsidiaries as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except as may arise under the Credit Agreement or as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
Reorganization of Company and Subsidiaries The existence of the Restricted Stock shall not affect in any way the right or power of Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of Company or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares of Restricted Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
Ownership of the Operating Subsidiaries Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Partnership indirectly owns the respective percentages of the outstanding capital stock, membership interests or partnership interests, as the case may be, of each of the Operating Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule II; all such capital stock, membership interests and partnership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in the case of a corporation, certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, in the case of a limited liability company, certificate of limited partnership and limited partnership agreement, in the case of a limited partnership, or partnership agreement, in the case of a general partnership, of each Operating Subsidiary (collectively, the “Operating Subsidiaries Operative Documents”) and (other than the general partnership interest in Xxxxxxx Pipeline Company, a Michigan general partnership (“Xxxxxxx Pipeline”)) are fully paid (to the extent required in the applicable Operating Subsidiaries Operative Documents) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act or Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act, as the case may be, or any corollary provision of any other applicable state of organization’s statutes); and, in the case of a limited liability company, each of the owners of such membership interest is not required to make any further payments for its purchase of such membership interest, will not be required to make any contributions to an Operating Subsidiary solely by reason of its ownership of such membership interest or its status as a member of such Operating Subsidiary, and have no personal liability for the debts, obligations, and liabilities of such Operating Subsidiary, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a member of such Operating Subsidiary, except in each case as provided in the applicable Operating Subsidiaries Operative Documents and except for its obligation to repay any funds wrongfully distributed to it as provided in Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act. The owners of the Operating Subsidiaries own all such capital stock, membership interests and partnership interests listed on Schedule II free and clear of all Liens (except (i) restrictions on transferability as set forth in the Operating Subsidiaries Operative Documents or described in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus and (ii) Liens created pursuant to the Credit Agreement).
Conduct of Business by Parent (a) From and after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, and except (i) as may be required by applicable Law, (ii) as may be consented to in writing by the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) as may be contemplated or required by this Agreement or (iv) as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent covenants and agrees with the Company that the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in, and such entities shall not take any action except in, the ordinary course of business, and Parent and its Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to (A) keep available the services of current officers, key employees and consultants of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries, (B) preserve Parent’s business organization intact and maintain its existing relations and goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors and lessors, (C) maintain insurance policies or replacement or revised policies in such amounts and against such risks and losses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as are currently in effect and (D) comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws; provided, however, that no action by Parent or its Subsidiaries with respect to matters specifically addressed by any provision of Section 5.2(b) shall be deemed a breach of this sentence unless such action would constitute a breach of such other provision.
Investments and Subsidiaries The Borrower will not make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make any investment or acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person or Affiliate, including any partnership or joint venture, nor purchase or hold beneficially any stock or other securities or evidence of indebtedness of any other Person or Affiliate, except:
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries (a) Schedule 5.4 is (except as noted therein) a complete and correct list of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary.
