Agreements of the Company The Company agrees with you:
(a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm such advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective and (v) of the happening of any event during the period referred to in Section 5(d) below which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.
(b) To furnish to you five photocopies of signed copies of the Registration Statement as first filed with the Commission and of each amendment to it, including all exhibits, and to furnish to you and each Underwriter designated by you such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed and of each amendment to it, without exhibits, as you may reasonably request.
(c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act; during the period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further amendment to the Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised or to which you shall reasonably object after being so advised; provided, that the Company shall have the right to make such further amendments as are required by law to be made and shall forthwith notify you of any such amendment; and, during such period, to prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your reasonable request, any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to become promptly effective.
(d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first business day after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or a dealer, to furnish in New York City to each Underwriter and any dealer as many copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus) as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
(e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to any dealer as many copies thereof as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request in writing.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate with you and counsel for the Underwriters at the expense of the Sellers in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may request, to continue such registration or qualification in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such consents to service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order to effect such registration or qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to register or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general consent to service of process or taxation other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject.
(g) To mail and make generally available to its stockholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000 that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, and to advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(h) During the period of three years after the date of this Agreement, to furnish to you upon your written request copies of all reports or other communications furnished to the record holders of Common Stock or furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed and such other publicly available information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries as you may reasonably request.
(i) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market for a period of three years after the date of this Agreement.
(j) To use its reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(k) If the Registration Statement at the time of the effectiveness of this Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so covered in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement.
Certain Agreements of the Company The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
Existing Obligations Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any obligations of the Parties under this Agreement prior to the date of termination including, but not limited to, completion of all medical records and cooperation with BCBSM with respect to any actions arising out of this Agreement filed against BCBSM after the effective date of termination. This Agreement shall remain in effect for the resolution of all matters pending on the date of termination. BCBSM's obligation to reimburse Provider for any Covered Services will be limited to those provided through the date of termination.
Additional Agreements of the Company (a) Each time the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for (i) in the case of Notes, a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions, amortization schedules or maturities offered on the Notes issued alone or as part of a Unit, (ii) in the case of Units, (x) a change in the exercise price, exercise date or period or expiration of an underlying Warrant or (y) a change in the settlement date or purchase or sale price of an underlying Purchase Contract or (iii) a change you deem to be immaterial), the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered forthwith to you a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 4(c) relating to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate.
(b) Each time the Company furnishes a certificate pursuant to Section 5(a) (other than any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus caused by the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K unless you shall reasonably request based on disclosure included or omitted from such Report), the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to you a written opinion of counsel for the Company. Any such opinion shall be dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, shall be in a form satisfactory to you and shall be of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section 4(b), but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion. In lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to you may furnish to you a letter to the effect that you may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter.)
(c) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information or such amended or supplemental information is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the Company shall cause its independent auditors forthwith to furnish you with a letter, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 4(d), with regard to the amended or supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter; provided that each letter so furnished shall use a "cut-off date" no more than three business days prior to the date of such letter.
Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements; Etc (a) Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would (i) increase the interest rate on such Indebtedness; (ii) accelerate the dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on, or increase the principal amount of, such Indebtedness; (iii) change in a manner materially adverse to the Borrower any event of default or add or make more restrictive any covenant with respect to such Indebtedness; (iv) change in a manner adverse to the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption or put provisions of such Indebtedness; (v) change the subordination provisions thereof (or the subordination terms of any guaranty thereof), if any; or (vi) change or amend any other term if such change or amendment would increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness in a manner adverse to the Borrower or the Lender, except in the case of this Section 7.7(a), if the incurrence of such Indebtedness, upon such amended terms, is not prohibited hereunder.
(b) Except as permitted by Section 7.2, amend, modify or otherwise change its name, jurisdiction of formation or organizational identification number, in each case without providing the Lender not less than five (5) days prior written notice (or such shorter notice as the Lender may consent to in writing in its sole discretion).
(c) Without not less than five (5) days prior written consent of the Lender, change any executive officer of the Borrower.
(d) Amend, modify or otherwise change its Formation Documents or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it, with respect to any of its Equity Interests, or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Equity Interests, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this Section 7.7(d) that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not adverse to the Lender and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Guaranty Agreements Any Guaranty Agreement or any provision thereof shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or valid and binding on or enforceable against any Credit Party or a Credit Party shall so state in writing or bring an action to limit its obligations or liabilities thereunder; or any Credit Party shall fail to perform any of its obligations thereunder; or
Agreements of the Parties (a) If the registration statement relating to the Shares has not yet become effective, the Trust will promptly file the Final Amendment, if not previously filed, with the Commission, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, as soon as the Trust is advised, will advise the Representative when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has become effective. If the Registration Statement has become effective and the Prospectus contained therein omits certain information at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A of the Securities Act Rules, the Trust will file a 430A Prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(h) of the Securities Act Rules as promptly as practicable, but no later than the second business day following the earlier of the date of the determination of the offering price of the Shares or the date the Prospectus is first used after the Effective Date. If the Registration Statement has become effective and the Prospectus contained therein does not so omit such information, the Trust will file a Prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(b) or (j) of the Securities Act Rules as promptly as practicable, but no later than the fifth business day following the date of the later of the Effective Date or the commencement of the public offering of the Shares after the Effective Date. In either case, the Trust will provide the Representatives satisfactory evidence of the filing. The Trust will not file with the Commission any Prospectus or any other amendment (except any post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission 15 after the later of (x) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (y) the date on which distribution of the Shares is completed) or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus unless a copy has first been submitted to the Managing Representative a reasonable time before its filing and the Managing Representative has not objected to it in writing within a reasonable time after receiving the copy.
(b) For the period of three years from the date hereof, the Trust will advise the Representatives promptly (1) of the issuance by the Commission of any order in respect of the Trust or the Investment Adviser which relates to the Trust, or which relates to any material arrangements or proposed material arrangements involving the Trust or the Investment Adviser, (2) of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for, or receipt by the Trust of any notice with respect to, the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the issuance of any order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (3) of receipt by the Trust, or any representative or attorney of the Trust, of any other communication from the Commission relating in any material way to the Trust, the Registration Statement, the Notification, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or to the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement and (4) the issuance by any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental agency or body, whether foreign or domestic, of any order, ruling or decree, or the threat to initiate any proceedings with respect thereto, regarding the Trust, which relates in any material way to the Trust or any material arrangements or proposed material arrangements involving the Trust. The Trust will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if any such order is issued, to obtain its lifting as soon as possible.
(c) If not delivered prior to the date of this Underwriting Agreement, the Trust will deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a signed copy of the registration statement and the Notification and of any amendments (except any post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission after the later of (x) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (y) the date on which the distribution of the Shares is completed) to either the Registration Statement or the Notification (including all exhibits filed with any such document) and as many conformed copies of the registration statement and any amendments thereto (except any post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission after the later of (x) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (y) the date on which the distribution of the Shares is completed) (excluding exhibits) as the Representatives may reasonably request. 16
(d) During such period as a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an underwriter or a dealer, the Trust will deliver, without charge, to the Representatives, the Underwriters and any dealers, at such office or offices as the Representatives may designate, as many copies of the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if any event occurs during such period as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus, in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing when such Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser of Shares, not misleading in any material respect, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act Rules or the Investment Company Act Rules, the Trust promptly will prepare, submit to the Managing Representative, file with the Commission and deliver, without charge, to the Underwriters and to dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Trust) to whom Shares may have been sold by the Underwriters, and to other dealers on request, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in such Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not, in light of the circumstances existing when such Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading in any material respect and will comply with the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act Rules and the Investment Company Act Rules. Delivery by the Underwriters of any such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus will not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 6 hereof.
(e) The Trust will make generally available to holders of the Trust's securities, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the last day of the 18th full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date falls, an earnings statement, if applicable, satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and, at the option of the Trust, Rule 158 of the Securities Act Rules.
(f) The Trust will take such actions as the Representatives reasonably request in order to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably designate; provided that the Trust shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereof to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(g) If the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement are consummated, the Trust shall pay all costs and expenses incident to 17 the performance of the obligations of the Trust under this Underwriting Agreement (to the extent such expenses do not, in the aggregate, exceed $0.03 per Share), including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to
(1) the preparation, printing and filing of the registration statement and exhibits to it, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, (2) the issuance of the Shares and the preparation and delivery of certificates for the Shares, (3) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of the jurisdictions referred to in the foregoing paragraph, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in that connection, and the preparation and printing of preliminary and supplemental "blue sky" memoranda, (4) the furnishing (including costs of design, production, shipping and mailing) to the Underwriters and dealers of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares, the sales materials, the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to the Prospectus, and of the other documents required by this Section to be so furnished, (5) the filing requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review of the financing, including filing fees and the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in that connection, (6) all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the sale and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, (7) the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, (8) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (9) in addition to the foregoing, an aggregate reimbursement of up to [ ] as partial reimbursement of the costs and expenses of the Underwriters. To the extent the foregoing costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Trust under this Underwriting Agreement exceed, in the aggregate, $0.03 per Share, Eatox Xxxxx xx an affiliate will pay all such excess costs and expenses.
(h) If the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement are not consummated, except as otherwise provided herein, no party will be under any liability to any other party, except that (1) if this Underwriting Agreement is terminated by (x) the Trust or the Investment Adviser pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 8 hereof) or (y) by the Representatives or the Underwriters because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the Trust or the Investment Adviser to comply with any material terms or because any of the conditions in Section 6 are not satisfied, Eatox Xxxxx xx an affiliate and the Trust, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of their counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Shares and (2) no Underwriter who has failed or refused to purchase the Shares agreed to be purchased by it under this Underwriting Agreement, in breach of its obli- 18 gations pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, will be relieved of liability to the Trust and the Investment Adviser and the other Underwriters for damages occasioned by its default.
(i) Without the prior written consent of the Representatives, the Trust will not offer, sell or register with the Commission, or announce an offering of, any equity securities of the Trust, within 180 days after the Effective Date, except for the Shares as described in the Prospectus and any issuances of Shares of Beneficial Interest pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan established by the Trust and except in connection with any offering of preferred shares of beneficial interest as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(j) The Trust will use its best efforts to list the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange and comply with the rules and regulations of such exchange.
(k) The Trust will direct the investment of the net proceeds of the offering of the Shares in such a manner as to comply with the investment objective and policies of the Trust as described in the Prospectus.
Certain Post-Closing Obligations As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Effective Date specified in Schedule 5.14 or such later date as the Administrative Agent reasonably agrees to in writing, including to reasonably accommodate circumstances unforeseen on the Effective Date, Holdings, the Parent Borrower and each other Loan Party shall deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 5.14 that would have been required to be delivered or taken on the Effective Date but for the proviso to Section 4.01(f), in each case except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to its authority as set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
Other Indebtedness and Agreements (a) Permit (i) any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment, termination or release of any indenture, instrument or agreement pursuant to which the Second Lien Term Loan or any subordinated Material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is outstanding if the effect of such waiver, supplement, modification, amendment, termination or release would materially increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness in a manner adverse to Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or the Lenders; provided that the Second Lien Term Loan Documents may be amended in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, or (ii) any waiver, supplement, modification or amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or partnership agreement or other organizational documents to the extent any such waiver, supplement, modification or amendment would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
(i) Make any distribution, whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, other than regular scheduled payments of principal and interest as and when due (to the extent not prohibited by applicable subordination provisions), in respect of, or pay, or commit to pay, or directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire for consideration, or set apart any sum for the aforesaid purposes any Indebtedness (other than the Loans), other than in respect of Indebtedness under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, with Declined Proceeds applied in accordance with the mandatory prepayment provisions of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as contemplated by Section 2.13(h), or in the case of Declined Proceeds that are retained by the Borrower after having been declined by (x) the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(f) and (y) the lenders under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement pursuant to the mandatory prepayment provisions thereof, with such Declined Proceeds in accordance with the voluntary prepayment provisions of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, or (ii) pay in cash any amount in respect of any Indebtedness or preferred Equity Interests that may at the obligor’s option be paid in kind or in other securities (other than the Second Lien Term Loans).
Obligations of the Seller The obligations of the Seller under this Agreement will not be affected by reason of any invalidity, illegality or irregularity of the 2024-B Exchange Note or any 2024-B Lease or 2024-B Vehicle allocated to the 2024-B Reference Pool.
