Authority; Noncontravention (a) Purchaser has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transaction, have been duly and unanimously authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of Purchaser, and no other corporate action on the part of Purchaser is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transaction. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Seller and the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. The Board of Directors of Purchaser has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, is fair to, and in the best interests of, Purchaser and its shareholders and (ii) adopted resolutions that have approved this Agreement, and such resolutions have not been subsequently rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way.
(b) The execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement or any other documents required hereunder to be executed and delivered by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transaction, will not (i) conflict with, violate or result in a default under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Purchaser, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach, default or violation of, or require a consent under, any Law, Order, Contract, document or Permit to which Purchaser is a party or to which the Purchaser assets are subject, or (iii) require Purchaser to obtain or make any Consent from or with any Person, except, in the case of clause (i) through (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Purchaser has all requisite power and authority and has taken all necessary action in order to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby to which it is or will be a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser and the performance of the Transaction by Purchaser has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action.
(d) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(e) At the Closing, each of the Omnibus Agreement and the Tax Indemnity Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of such documents by any other parties thereto, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with their terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
Authorization; Noncontravention (a) Each Seller has the requisite limited liability company power and authority, and has taken all limited liability company action necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments and agreements to be delivered by such Seller as contemplated hereby and thereby, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance by each Seller of this Agreement and all other instruments and agreements to be delivered by such Seller as contemplated hereby, the consummation by each Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been, and in the case of documents required to be delivered at the Closing will be, duly authorized and approved by all necessary limited liability company, member or other action. This Agreement has been, and all other instruments and agreements to be executed and delivered by each Seller as contemplated hereby will be, duly executed and delivered by each Seller. Assuming that this Agreement and all such other instruments and agreements constitute valid and binding obligations of Purchaser and each other Person (other than Sellers) party thereto, this Agreement and all such other instruments and agreements constitute valid and binding obligations of each Seller enforceable against such Person in accordance with the terms thereof, except to the extent that such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other instruments and agreements to be delivered by each Seller as contemplated hereby do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) conflict with any of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar governance documents of each Seller or the Purchased Companies, in each case as amended to the date of this Agreement, (ii) subject to receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, filings and notices set forth in Section 4.2(b) and Section 4.6 of the Sellers Disclosure Letter, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefits under, any Material Contract or (iii) subject to (x) the applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws and (y) receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, filings and notices referred to in Section 4.2(b) and Section 4.6 of the Sellers Disclosure Letter, contravene any Law or any Order applicable to any Seller or the Purchased Companies, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, filings or notices which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Authority to Enter Agreement Consultant has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to execute, deliver, and perform the Agreement. Each Party warrants that the individuals who have signed this Agreement have the legal power, right, and authority to make this Agreement and bind each respective Party.
Authority; Noncontravention; Consents (a) Each of Parent and Buyer has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which it is a party. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Buyer and the consummation by Parent and Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which Parent and/or Buyer is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company or corporate action on the part of Parent, Buyer and Holdings. The Merger has been approved by Holdings as the sole stockholder of Buyer. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Buyer and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Buyer, enforceable against each of Parent and Buyer in accordance with and subject to its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to creditors' rights and general principles of equity. The Contribution Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with and subject to its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors' rights and general principles of equity.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent and Buyer does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which Parent and/or Buyer is a party and compliance by each of Parent and Buyer with the provisions of this Agreement will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under, (i) the organizational documents of Parent or Buyer or the comparable certificate of incorporation or organizational documents or partnership or similar agreement (as the case may be) of any other Subsidiary of the Parent, each as amended or supplemented to the date of this Agreement, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, reciprocal easement agreement, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or license applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and other matters referred to in the following sentence, any Laws applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, other than, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii), any such conflicts, violations, defaults, rights, loss or Liens that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to (x) have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a Buyer Material Adverse Effect or (y) prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Buyer or the consummation by Parent or Buyer of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for (i) any filings required under the Exchange Act (including Schedule 13E-3), (ii) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Maryland Department, (iii) the filing of a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Partnership Merger, (iv) such filings as may be required in connection with the payment of any Transfer Taxes (as defined in Section 5.6), (v) any filings required under the HSR Act, (vi) the filing of a Form D with the SEC with respect to the transaction contemplated by the Partnership Merger Agreement and (vii) such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations,
Authority; Non-Contravention (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held, unanimously adopted resolutions (i) determining that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for the Company to enter into this Agreement, (ii) adopting the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and approving the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) resolving to recommend that the shareholders of the Company approve this Agreement and the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and directing that this Agreement be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for approval at a duly held meeting of such shareholders for such purpose (the “Company Board Recommendation”). As of the date of this Agreement, such resolutions have not been amended or withdrawn. Except for obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, no other corporate action on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of, and performance by, the Company under this Agreement and the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and the consummation by it of the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (A) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) is subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and neither the consummation by the Company of the Transactions nor compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof will, (i) assuming the Company Shareholder Approval is obtained, conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Charter Documents or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) assuming that each of the consents, authorizations and approvals referred to in Section 3.4 and the Company Shareholder Approval are obtained (and any condition precedent to any such consent, authorization or approval has been satisfied) and each of the filings referred to in Section 3.4 are made and any applicable waiting periods referred to therein have expired or been terminated, violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) assuming that each of the consents and notices specified in Section 3.3(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is obtained or given, as applicable, result in any breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or right to any payment or loss of benefit under, any Company Material Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or any Company Permit, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien), upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Authority and Non-Contravention The Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he has the legal right to enter into this Agreement and to perform all of the obligations on his part to be performed hereunder in accordance with its terms and that he is not a party to any agreement or understanding, written or oral, which could prevent him from entering into this Agreement or performing all of his obligations hereunder.
Noncontravention Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (A) violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental agency, or court to which the Buyer is subject or any provision of its charter or bylaws or (B) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which the Buyer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject.
Authority; Noncontravention; Voting Requirements (a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval in the case of Parent. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, have been duly authorized and approved by Merger Sub and Parent, as its sole member, and by the Board of Directors of Parent, and, except for obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval in the case of Parent, no other entity action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms; provided that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub, nor the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor compliance by Parent and Merger Sub with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, will (i) assuming the Parent Stockholder Approval is obtained, conflict with or violate any provision of the Parent’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws or any of the Organizational Documents of Parent’s material Subsidiaries, (ii) assuming that the authorizations, consents and approvals referred to in Section 4.4 and the Parent Stockholder Approval are obtained and the filings referred to in Section 4.4 are made, (x) violate any Law, judgment, writ or injunction of any Governmental Authority applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, or (y) violate, conflict with, result in the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the respective properties or assets of, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract or Permit to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which they or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or affected or (iii) result in the exercisability of any right to purchase or acquire any material asset of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (ii), for such violations, conflicts, losses, defaults, terminations, cancellations, accelerations or Liens that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(i) The affirmative vote (in person or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power present at the Parent Stockholder Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof to approve the Parent Stock Issuance (the “Parent Stock Issuance Approval”) and (ii) the affirmative vote (in person or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock entitled to vote on the adoption of the Charter Amendment (the “Parent Charter Approval” and, collectively with the Parent Stock Issuance Approval, the “Parent Stockholder Approval”)) are the only votes or approvals of the holders of any class or series of the capital stock of Parent necessary to approve the Parent Stock Issuance, adopt the Charter Amendment and approve and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Board of Directors of Parent has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Charter Amendment and the Parent Stock Issuance and (iii) resolved to submit the Charter Amendment and the Parent Stock Issuance to a vote of Parent’s stockholders and recommend the adoption of the Charter Amendment and approval of the Parent Stock Issuance.
Corporate Authority; Noncontravention Pubco has all requisite corporate and other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Pubco and the consummation by Pubco of the transactions contemplated hereby have been (or at Closing will have been) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Pubco. This Agreement has been duly executed and when delivered by Pubco shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of Pubco, enforceable against Pubco in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof will not, conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of or “put” right with respect to any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or result in the creation of any lien upon any of the properties or assets of Pubco under, (i) its articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other charter documents of Pubco (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or license applicable to Pubco, its properties or assets, or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and other matters referred to in the following sentence, any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or arbitration award applicable to Pubco, its properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, rights, losses or liens that individually or in the aggregate could not have a material adverse effect with respect to Pubco or could not prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of Pubco to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Authority to Bind Each person executing this Stipulated Order in a representative capacity represents and warrants that he or she is authorized to execute this Stipulated Order on behalf of and to bind the entity on whose behalf he or she executes the Stipulated Order.
