Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Time Warner Inc), Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 5.11(a) (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan (except to the extent Seller is pursuing 108 or has consummated the 363 Sale and the JV Plan) as expeditiously as possible and, after May 19, 2006 and prior to delivery of the Reversion Notice, to obtain approval of the 363 Sale, the JV Plan and any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan and entry of the 363 Order, in each case, as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares); provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint midpoint, and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion, the 363 Motion and the JV Plan, and any and all exhibits and attachments to the JV Plan, any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan, and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation [Confirmation]Transaction Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent Buyer or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent Buyer or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be be, except in the case of the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, in all material respects reasonably acceptable and, in the case of the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, in all respects reasonably acceptable, in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, ; (B) without limiting clause (A) with respect to the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, [(B)] shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders stakeholders, (E) except to the extent expressly set forth herein, shall not modify, alter, amend or otherwise impair the rights of any of the Buyer JV Partners in their capacity as equity security holders (and not as holders of claims) set forth in the JV Documents or otherwise impair or alter the terms of any Joint Venture Securities and (EF) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation [Confirmation]Transaction Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and 109 that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the 363 Sale, the JV Plan, any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent Buyer or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent Buyer or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates Buyer as is required (or, with respect to Systems to be received by Friendco or its Affiliates in the Exchange, reasonably advisable advisable) to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to Statement or any required disclosure statement for the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities ActJV Plan and is requested by Seller. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Comcast Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 5.11(a) (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares); provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint midpoint, and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent Buyer or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent Buyer or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall 104 not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders stakeholders, (E) except to the extent expressly set forth herein, shall not modify, alter, amend or otherwise impair the rights of any of the Buyer JV Partners in their capacity as equity security holders (and not as holders of claims) set forth in the JV Documents or otherwise impair or alter the terms of any Joint Venture Securities and (EF) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent Buyer or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent Buyer or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates Buyer as is required (or, with respect to Systems to be received by Friendco or its Affiliates in the Exchange, reasonably advisable advisable) to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities ActStatement and is requested by Seller. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Comcast Corp)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 (as amended from time to time in 121 accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) ), and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan (except to the extent Seller is pursuing or has consummated the 363 Sale and the JV Plan) as expeditiously as possible and, after May 19, 2006 and prior to delivery of the Reversion Notice, to obtain approval of the 363 Sale, the JV Plan and any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan and entry of the 363 Order, in each case, as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion, the 363 Motion and the JV Plan, and any and all exhibits and attachments to the JV Plan, any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan, and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation [Confirmation]Transaction Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be be, except in the case of the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, in all material respects reasonably acceptable and, in the case of the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, in all respects reasonably acceptable, in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld[, (B)]; (B) without limiting clause (A) with respect to the 363 Motion and the 363 Order, shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation [Confirmation]Transaction Order, shall contain the 122 finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the 363 Sale, the JV Plan, any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan or JV Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure StatementStatement or any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan and is requested by Seller, including (to the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or any required disclosure statement for the JV Plan will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Time Warner Inc)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shallPromptly following its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Client will apply to the Court for approval of M-III’s retention and the designation of Xx. Xxxxxx as soon as reasonably practicable after Chief Restructuring Officer, nunc pro tunc to the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with of this Agreement and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an order of the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to authorizing the Plan intended to meet retention of M-III and the requirements designation of section 1125(bXx. Xxxxxx as CRO under Section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and upon the terms of this Section 5.13 (Agreement. The Client shall provide a copy of such application and proposed order to M-III for review as amended from time much in advance of filing as is reasonably practicable and such application and order must be acceptable to time the Client and M-III. Following entry of the order authorizing M-III’s retention and the designation of Xx. Xxxxxx as CRO, the Client shall pay all fees and expenses due pursuant to this Agreement, as approved by the Court, as promptly as possible in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other thingsorder of the Court approving the Engagement, the Disclosure Statement (Bankruptcy Code, the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) Bankruptcy Rules and (iii) the Plan. Seller shallapplicable local rules and orders, and will work with M-III to promptly file any and all necessary applications regarding such fees and expenses with the Bankruptcy Court. M-III shall cause each have no obligation to provide services under this Agreement unless M-III’s retention under this Agreement is approved by final order of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court which is acceptable to M-III and otherwise use commercially which approves this Agreement in all material respects. The Client shall reimburse M-III for all reasonable efforts and documented costs and expenses incurred by M-III (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees of counsel to obtain approval M-III) in obtaining such order of the Disclosure Statement Bankruptcy Court. If the order authorizing M- III’s employment is not obtained, or is later reversed, modified or set aside for any reason, then M-III may immediately terminate this Agreement notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 2 hereof, and the Plan as expeditiously as possibleClient shall promptly reimburse M-III for all fees and expenses due pursuant to this Agreement. Seller shall, and The provisions of this Section shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in survive the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events termination or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes expiration of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Letter Agreement
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate 115 Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to the extent 117 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as As soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, hereof (but no not later than 45 days hereafterJanuary 22, 2007 with respect to the Plan and January 23, 2007 with respect to the Disclosure Statement), the Company shall file with the Company Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet meeting the requirements of section Section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Statement”), and (ii) the Plan (it being understood and agreed that, prior to or after the foregoing filings have been made, upon Buyer’s request, the Company shall, within three Business Days following such request, file a motion to approve, among other things, with the Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement Motion”) and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Company Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts binding the Company to all the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Termination Fee). The Company shall take all reasonably necessary actions in order to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Plan as reasonably expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Company Confirmation Order)) shall be reasonably acceptable, in form and any amendment or supplement substance, to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders)Buyer, shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance toconsistent with the transactions contemplated hereunder, and shall not be filed until consented to by, by Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “toggle plan”, (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller The Company shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) the Company relating in any way to the approval of the Disclosure Statement, Statement and the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, Buyer with a reasonable opportunity to review and review, comment on sameand approve such documents. Seller The parties shall consult with Buyer each other prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Company Case or the Buyer Case that could is reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, likely to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any have a material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders)transactions contemplated hereunder. Buyer shall provide Seller the Company with all information concerning Buyer, Parent Buyer and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure Statement. Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, including the Company Confirmation Order shall find and provide, among other things, that (i) the Company Assets shall be transferred to Reorganized Company consistent with this Agreement, (ii) the extent 117 so reasonably advisableonly Liabilities assumed by Reorganized Company shall be the Assumed Liabilities as provided in this Agreement, (iii) none of Reorganized Company, Buyer or their Affiliates is acquiring or assuming the Excluded Assets, Excluded Liabilities or any other Person’s Liabilities, (iv) all information that would Assumed Contracts shall be required assumed by and assigned to Reorganized Company pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and all Cure Amounts in respect thereof shall be set forth the responsibility of the Company Bankruptcy Estate, and Buyer shall have no obligation to pay, or have any Liability for, such Cure Amounts, (v) the Cancellation and Issuance shall be effected, (vi) Buyer be granted the Buyer Claim, (vii) Buyer has acted in a registration statement on Form S-1 under good faith within the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements meaning of section 1125(aSection 363(m) of the Bankruptcy CodeCode and, as such, is entitled to the protections afforded thereby, (viii) the Allowed Claim and the Forward Contract shall be approved and (ix) this Agreement was negotiated, proposed and entered into by the parties without collusion, in good faith and from arm’s length bargaining positions. The Company shall file, within two weeks following the filing of the Disclosure Statement, a motion requesting that the Company Bankruptcy Court establish an Administrative Claim Bar Date and a Cure Claim Bar Date that conform with Sections 1.2, 1.46 and 1.48 of the Plan. Prior to the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan) of the Plan, the parties hereby agree to comply with Sections 1.43, 1.113, 6.5, 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 of the Plan.
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Samples: Stock Purchase and Reorganization Agreement (Mair Holdings Inc)
Bankruptcy Proceedings. (a) Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, but no later than 45 days hereafter, file with the Bankruptcy Court (i) a Disclosure Statement with respect to the Plan intended to meet the requirements of section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and this Section 5.13 (as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “"Disclosure Statement”"), (ii) a motion to approve, among other things, the Disclosure Statement (the “"Disclosure Statement Motion”") and (iii) the Plan. Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, commence appropriate proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court and otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan as expeditiously as possible. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide in the Disclosure Statement a range of values determined by Seller after consultation with Buyer; provided, that the midpoint of such range shall equal the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares; provided, however, that, based on changes, events or circumstances first arising or occurring following the date hereof, Seller may, after consultation with Buyer and its counsel, change the midpoint and the range in order that the statements contained in the Disclosure Statement in respect of the value of the Purchase Shares would not be misleading or result in a violation of any applicable Law by Seller; provided, further, that any such change shall be disregarded for purposes of this Agreement, including the 116 115 amount of the Aggregate Value of the Purchase Shares or Per Share Value of the Purchase Shares. The Plan, any and all exhibits and attachments to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, and the Disclosure Statement Motion and the orders approving the same (including the Confirmation Order), and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (A) to the extent affecting the terms of the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders), shall be in all material respects reasonably acceptable in form and substance to, and shall not be filed until consented to by, Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) shall not otherwise contain any provision (including any provision relating to the allocation of distributable proceeds among Seller’s 's stakeholders), or otherwise have an effect, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction; it being understood that any allocation of distributable proceeds that does not violate the absolute priority rule or any proposed waiver of the absolute priority rule as may be contemplated by the Plan that is reasonably expected to be consented to by the affected classes shall not be deemed to materially impair or materially delay the Transaction, (C) shall not contain any provision providing for an Alternate Plan, including the so-called “"toggle plan”", (D) shall not treat Buyer or its Affiliates, in their capacities as creditors or equityholders, in a discriminatory manner as compared to similarly classified stakeholders and (E) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of the Confirmation Order, shall contain the finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code unless Buyer’s 's actions which have been determined by the Bankruptcy Court to have not been in good faith preclude such a finding. Buyer shall refrain from taking any actions in connection herewith that are not in good faith (as determined by the Bankruptcy Court) and that would preclude a finding that Buyer is a good faith purchaser of the Transferred Assets pursuant to section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code. Seller shall provide Buyer and its counsel with copies of all material motions, applications, supporting papers and notices prepared by Seller (including forms of orders and notices to interested parties) relating in any way to the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the Transaction prior to the filing of such documents and shall provide Buyer, to the extent practicable, with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on same. Seller shall consult with Buyer prior to taking any action in or with respect to the Reorganization Case that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to (x) be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction, (y) materially impair or materially delay the Transaction or (z) relate to any material information provided by Buyer for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement or have an adverse effect on the Transaction, the Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, Parent or its Affiliates (in the case of Parent or its Affiliates, only to the extent related to the Transaction or an interest in the Transferred Joint Venture Parents (other than with respect to Plan distribution matters) and not in their capacity as creditors or, with respect to Plan distribution matters, equityholders). Buyer shall provide Seller with all information concerning Buyer, Parent and its Controlled Affiliates as is required or reasonably advisable to be included in the Disclosure Statement, including (to the extent 117 116 so reasonably advisable) all information that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. Any information delivered by Buyer or Seller for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement will be intended to satisfy the requirements of section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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