Initial Closing Date (a) A meeting has taken place on the Initial Closing Date at the offices of Xxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX at which the Seller delivered to the Mortgages Trustee or its representative the following documents:
(i) two originals of the power of attorney dated as at the Initial Closing Date and substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 hereto, duly executed by the Seller;
(ii) a duly executed assignment of all applicable insurance contracts dated as at the Initial Closing Date and in the form of the Assignment of Insurance Contracts substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8;
(iii) a certificate of a duly authorised officer of the Seller dated as at the Initial Closing Date attaching a copy of the board minute of the Seller authorising its duly appointed representatives to agree the sale of the Portfolio and authorising execution and performance of this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party (in any capacity) and all of the documentation to be entered into pursuant to this Agreement and confirming that the resolutions referred to therein are in full force and effect and have not been amended or rescinded as at the date of the certificate;
(iv) a duly executed assignment and assignation of rights against third parties comprised in the Initial Portfolio dated as at the Initial Closing Date and in the form of the Assignment of Third Party Rights substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7;
(v) a solvency certificate from an authorised signatory of the Seller dated the Initial Closing Date in a form acceptable to the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and the Funding 1 Security Trustee (each acting reasonably);
(vi) an updated, complete and accurate list of the Loans and their Related Security in the Initial Portfolio which may be provided in a document stored upon electronic media (including, but not limited to, a CD-ROM) in a form acceptable to the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and the Funding 1 Security Trustee (each acting reasonably);
(vii) a Scottish Declaration of Trust in respect of the Scottish Loans and their Related Security in the Initial Portfolio in the form set out in Schedule 13 and with the annexure thereto duly completed, duly executed by the Seller, the Mortgages Trustee and Funding 1; and
(viii) a duly executed data transfer agreement.
(b) The parties hereto acknowledge that completion on the Initial Closing Date of the sale to the Mortgages Trustee of all of the Seller's rights, titles, interests and benefits in and to the Loans and their Related Security comprised in the Initial Portfolio subject to the terms and provisions of the Mortgages Trust Deed shall occur as indicated in this Clause 3, provided that the matters described in Clause 6 and Clause 7.4 shall not occur until the relevant time indicated in Clause 6 or, as applicable, Clause 7.4.
3.2 The Seller undertakes that from the Initial Closing Date until the perfection of the sale in accordance with Clause 6, the Seller shall hold the Title Deeds and Customer Files relating to the Portfolio that are in its possession or under its control or held to its order to the order of the Mortgages Trustee.
3.3 The Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the sale of the Initial Portfolio on the Initial Closing Date procure that the interest of the Mortgages Trustee is noted by the relevant insurers in relation to each Seller Insurance Policy (applicable at such time).
3.4 Subject to fulfilment of the conditions referred to in Clauses 2.2 and 3.1, the Seller was paid the Initial Purchase Price of £2,505,373,309 by CHAPS transfer (or as the Seller otherwise directed) by the Mortgages Trustee on the Initial Closing Date.
Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
At Closing (1) Seller shall execute and deliver a general warranty deed conveying title to the Property to Buyer and showing no additional exceptions to those permitted in Paragraph 6 and furnish tax statements or certificates showing no delinquent taxes on the Property.
(2) Buyer shall pay the Sales Price in good funds acceptable to the escrow agent.
(3) Seller and Xxxxx shall execute and deliver any notices, statements, certificates, affidavits, releases, loan documents and other documents reasonably required for the closing of the sale and the issuance of the Title Policy.
(4) There will be no liens, assessments, or security interests against the Property which will not be satisfied out of the sales proceeds unless securing the payment of any loans assumed by Buyer and assumed loans will not be in default.
The First Closing Date Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on [•], or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on [•] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.
Closing Date The date and time of the first issuance and sale of the Note pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”) shall be on or about May 15, 2019, or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Closing Date shall be April 27, 2007, or such other date as the parties may agree. All acts taking place at the closing of the transactions provided for in this Agreement (Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the close of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The close of business on the Closing Date shall be as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or such later time on that date as the Acquired Funds net asset value and/or the net asset value per share of each class of shares of the Acquiring Fund is calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 and after the declaration of any dividends. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP or at such other time and/or place as the parties may agree.
3.2 The Acquired Entity shall direct State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian) to transfer ownership of the Assets from the accounts of the Acquired Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquired Fund to the accounts of the Acquiring Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquiring Fund and to deliver to the Acquiring Entity, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) the Assets of the Acquired Fund have been so transferred as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets of the Acquired Fund, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
3.3 The Acquired Entity shall direct PFPC Inc., in its capacity as transfer agent for the Acquired Fund (Transfer Agent), to deliver to the Acquiring Entity at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the name and address of each Acquired Fund Shareholder and the number and percentage ownership of each outstanding class of Acquired Fund Shares owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall deliver to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing that (a) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Funds account on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1 prior to the actions contemplated by paragraph 1.5 and (b) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the accounts of the Acquired Fund Shareholders on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.5. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other party such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as the other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
3.4 In the event that on the Valuation Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund or the Acquired Fund (each, an Exchange) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund or the Acquiring Fund is impracticable (in the judgment of the Acquiring Entity Board with respect to the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Entity Board with respect to the Acquired Fund), the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first Friday (that is also a business day) after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower;
(ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”).
(b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes.
(c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.
At the Closing (i) Echo shall, and the Echo Shareholders shall cause Echo to, contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from Echo, shares of common stock of Echo Holdco representing the Echo Contributed Percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Echo Holdco, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Echo Contribution”). In consideration of the Echo Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (A) issue Units to Echo representing a Membership Percentage equal to 30.0% (before taking into account the Employee Pool), subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and Echo shall accept such Units, and (B) admit Echo as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement (the “Echo Membership Consideration”).
(ii) Each outstanding and unexercised vested (or vesting upon the Closing) Echo Holdco Option with an exercise price less than the Echo Per Share Purchase Price shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled, and the Echo Optionholder thereof (a “Vested Optionholder”) shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) an amount of the Echo Purchase Price (including any additional payments pursuant to Section 2.03(a)) equal to such Vested Optionholder’s pro rata portion (based on such Vested Optionholder’s Echo Deemed Option Shares Outstanding) of the Total Echo Option Cash Amount and (ii) Echo Securities (with equivalent value to such vested (or vesting upon the Closing) Echo Holdco Options other than those Echo Holdco Options receiving a portion of the Echo Purchase Price in clause (i) above) subject to terms to be agreed upon by MCK, Echo and Echo Holdco.
(iii) Each Echo Holdco Option (i) that was outstanding but unvested immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) that was outstanding and vested (or vesting upon the Closing) with an exercise price greater than or equal to the Echo Per Share Purchase Price, shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled and the Echo Optionholder thereof shall be entitled to receive in exchange thereof Echo Securities (with equivalent value to such Echo Holdco Options) subject to terms to be agreed upon by MCK, Echo and Echo Holdco.
(iv) The Echo Shareholders shall sell to the Company, and the Company will purchase from the Echo Shareholders, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), shares of common stock of Echo Holdco (allocated among the Echo Shareholders as determined by Echo Holdco prior to Closing and set forth on the Estimated Echo Closing Statement) representing the Echo Purchase Price Percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Echo Holdco, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Echo Holdco Share Transfer” and, together with the Echo Contribution, the “Echo Contributions and Transfers”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Echo Shareholders, as the aggregate purchase price for the shares transferred to the Company pursuant to the Echo Holdco Share Transfer and Vested Optionholders, an amount equal to the Echo Purchase Price, in immediately available funds by wire transfer to accounts for the benefit of the Echo with a bank in the United States designated by the Echo Representative by notice to the Company, which notice shall be delivered not later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (the “Echo Holdco Sale Consideration” and, together with the Echo Membership Consideration, the “Echo Membership and Sale Consideration”).
(v) MCK shall cause one or more of its wholly-owned, direct or indirect Subsidiaries (each, an “MCK Contributor”) to contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from the MCK Contributors, 100% of the Core MTS Business (including the MCK Licensed Intellectual Property but excluding the MCK IPCo Owned Intellectual Property and the equity interests of certain MCK Contributed Entities (the “MCK DRE Contributed Entities”)), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Non-IP Contribution”). In consideration of the Non-IP Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (i) issue Units to the MCK Contributors representing an aggregate Membership Percentage equal to the Non-IP Initial Percentage, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and MCK shall cause the MCK Contributors to accept such Units, and (ii) admit each MCK Contributor as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement (the “Non-IP Membership Consideration”).
(vi) MCK shall cause MCK IPCo to contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from MCK IPCo, the MCK IPCo Owned Intellectual Property and the equity interests of the MCK DRE Contributed Entities, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “MCK IPCo Contribution” and, together with the Non-IP Contribution, the “MCK Contributions”). In consideration of the MCK IPCo Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (i) issue Units to MCK IPCo representing a Membership Percentage equal to the MCK IPCo Initial Percentage, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and MCK shall cause MCK IPCo to accept such Units, (ii) admit MCK IPCo as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement, and (iii) assume the MCK Promissory Note (the “IPCo Membership Consideration” and, together with the Non-IP Membership Consideration, the “MCK Membership Consideration”). On the Closing Date, the Company shall repay the MCK Promissory Note Principal Amount in full satisfaction thereof in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account of MCK with a bank in New York City designated by MCK, by notice to the Company, which notice shall be delivered not later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (the “MCK Note Payment”).
(vii) Immediately after consummation of the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions, the Company shall contribute all the assets and liabilities from the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions to NewCo Intermediate Holdings, which in turn shall contribute all the assets and liabilities from the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions to NewCo Holdings, in each case for which no additional equity interests of NewCo Intermediate Holdings or NewCo Holdings will be issued.
Operations Prior to the Closing Date (a) From the ------------------------------------ date hereof through the Closing Date, Parent shall cause the Companies to operate and carry on the Business in the ordinary course in accordance with past practice and in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including Environmental Laws. Consistent with the foregoing, Parent shall cause each of the Companies to use its reasonable efforts consistent with good business practice to (i) maintain the business organization of the Companies intact, (ii) keep available the services of any key employees of the Companies and (iii) preserve the goodwill and beneficial relationships of the suppliers, contractors, licensors, employees, customers, distributors and others having business relations with the Companies.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 7.4(a), except as set forth in Schedule -------------- -------- 7.4, except as contemplated by this Agreement or except with the express written --- approval of Buyer (which, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), (vi), (ix), (x) and (xviii), Buyer agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Parent shall cause each of the Companies not to:
(i) make any material change in the Business or its operations, except such changes as may be required to comply with any applicable Requirements of Law;
(ii) make any capital expenditure or enter into any contract or commitment therefor, other than in the ordinary course of the Business, which is in excess of $50,000;
(iii) other than in the ordinary course of the Business, enter into any contract, agreement, undertaking or commitment which would have been required to be set forth in Schedule 5.14(a) or 5.14(b) if in effect on the ---------------- ------- date hereof or amend any Business Agreement in any material respect;
(iv) enter into any contract that contains a "change of control" provision that would give the other party a right to terminate such contract upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or under which the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby would constitute a default;
(v) enter into any contract for the purchase of real property or exercise any option to extend a lease listed in Schedule 5.9; ------------
(vi) sell, lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of (including any transfers to any of its Affiliates), or mortgage or pledge, or impose or suffer to be imposed any Encumbrance on, any of its properties, rights or assets, other than inventory and minor amounts of personal property sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice and other than Permitted Encumbrances;
(vii) cancel any debts owed to or claims held by it or pay, settle or discharge any claims/litigation, proceedings, actions or liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice;
(viii) create, incur or assume, or agree to create, incur or assume, any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (other than money borrowed or advances from any of its Affiliates in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice) or enter into, as lessee, any capitalized lease obligations (as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13);
(ix) accelerate or delay collection of any notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice;
(x) delay or accelerate payment of any account payable or other liability beyond or in advance of its due date or the date when such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice;
(xi) make, or agree to make, any distribution of assets (other than cash) to Parent or any of its Affiliates;
(xii) institute any increase in any benefit provided, or loan or advance any money or property, to any present or former director, officer, consultant or employee of any of the Companies, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice or as required by any Company Plan, Parent Plan or Requirements of Law;
(xiii) make any material change in the compensation of its employees, other than changes made in accordance with normal compensation practices of the Companies or pursuant to existing contractual commitments and consistent with past compensation practices, or grant any severance or termination pay to any of its employees or amend the form of retention and severance agreement contained in Schedule 7.4; ------------
(xiv) establish, adopt, enter into, amend or terminate any Company Plan, or any plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, fund or other arrangement that would be a Company Plan if it were in existence on the date hereof, other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice or as required by any Company Plan, Parent Plan or Requirement of Law;
(xv) make any material change in the accounting policies applied in the preparation of the Interim Financial Statements, unless such change is required by GAAP;
(xvi) make any change in its charter, by-laws or other organizational document or issue any capital stock (or securities exchangeable, convertible or exercisable for capital stock);
(xvii) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or partnership or membership interests or declare, set aside or pay any dividends or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or other property) in respect of such shares or interests, except for cash dividends and distributions payable by a Conveyed Companies Subsidiary to any of the Companies, Parent or Affiliates of Parent;
(xviii) except as required by law, and except in cases where doing so would not have a material adverse consequence to Buyer Group Members with respect to taxable years or periods beginning after the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date, file any Tax Return in a manner inconsistent with past practice or take any position, make any election, or adopt any method that is inconsistent with positions taken, elections made or methods used in prior periods in filing Tax Returns (including any such position, election or method which would have the effect of deferring income to periods for which Buyer is liable or accelerating deductions to periods for which Parent is liable);
(xix) amend any Tax Returns or settle or compromise any proceeding relating to Tax liabilities of any Company, in either case if doing so would, or would reasonably be expected to, materially adversely affect any Buyer Group Member with respect to taxable years or periods beginning after the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date;
(xx) enter into or amend any aviation, manufacturing or transportation customer contract, other than new contracts with existing customers and amendments to existing contracts, in each case, where the terms of such new contract or amendment are not materially less favorable to the Companies than existing contracts with such customers;
(xxi) enter into any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement or acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture association or other business organization or division thereof;
(xxii) merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or dissolve or liquidate; or
(xxiii) authorize, commit or agree, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.
First Closing The First Closing shall have occurred.
