Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Acquiring Companies and Seller will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or desirable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller and the Acquiring Companies each agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to vest in Buyer good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets and to prevent Buyer from having any obligation or responsibility with respect to the liabilities of Seller other than Assumed Liabilities.
(b) Seller hereby constitutes and appoints, effective as of the Closing Date, Buyer and its successors and assigns as the true and lawful attorney of such Seller with full power of substitution in the name of Buyer or in the name of such Seller, but for the benefit of Buyer (i) to collect for the account of Buyer any items of Purchased Assets and (ii) to institute and prosecute all proceedings which Buyer may in its sole discretion deem proper in order to assert or enforce any right, title or interest in, to or under the Purchased Assets, and to defend or compromise any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect of the Purchased Assets; provided that Buyer will be responsible for any new liabilities of Seller that result from such actions and Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any such liabilities and from any other Losses arising out of or related to actions of Buyer under this paragraph. Buyer shall be entitled to retain for its own account any amounts collected pursuant to the foregoing powers, including any amounts payable as interest in respect thereof.
Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (and subject to Section 6.3), each of the Parties agrees to use and to cause its Affiliates to use its reasonable best efforts before and, as may be applicable, after the Closing Date, until the earlier to occur of (i) thirty-six (36) months following the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of a Listing Transaction (as defined in the Purchaser Shareholders Agreement), to take or cause to be taken all action, to do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws (other than with respect to Antitrust Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.3, and with respect to the Purchaser Parent Shareholder Approval, which is the subject of Section 6.24) to consummate and make effective, as promptly as practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, including: (a) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the obligations of any of the Parties, (b) the obtaining of all necessary actions, consents, approvals, waivers and other Approvals of all Governmental Authorities under applicable Law (other than with respect to Antitrust Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.3, and with respect to the Purchaser Parent Shareholder Approval, which is the subject of Section 6.24), (c) without limiting the obligations of the Parties set forth in Section 6.3, the defending of any Action, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the performance of the obligations hereunder, (d) the effecting of all registrations, filings and transfers of Governmental Authorizations (including Environmental Permits) that constitute Purchased Assets, and the effecting of all registrations, filings and transfers of any licenses, permits, certificates or other authorizations or approvals which constitute Excluded Assets to be transferred to Seller Parent or any Retained Subsidiary and (e) the executing, acknowledging and delivering of such documents and instruments and the taking of such other actions as may reasonably be requested by the other Party in furtherance of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d); provided that except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement or any Ancillary Implementing Agreement, including Section 6.3, none of Seller Parent, Purchaser Parent or any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to expend any money, commence any litigation or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise) in connection with the foregoing (other than filing and other fees owed to any Governmental Authority in connection with any Filings to be made with or Approvals to be obtained from Governmental Authorities, for which Purchaser shall be responsible and shall reimburse Seller Parent and its Affiliates). Purchaser agrees to provide such reasonable security and assurances as to financial capability, resources and creditworthiness as may be reasonably requested by any Governmental Authority whose Approval is sought in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Without limiting and in furtherance of the provisions of Section 6.4(a), and in order to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements on a timely basis, promptly following the date hereof Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent shall organize a transition team (the “Transition Team”), co-chaired by a representative of Seller Parent and by a representative of Purchaser Parent and including equal representation of Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent, which Transition Team shall, following the Closing, have responsibility for (A) coordinating and directing the efforts of the Parties with respect to (1) the administration and coordination of the Ancillary Agreements following the Closing, (2) subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.2, Section 6.3 and Section 6.4(a), the process for seeking applicable third party consents, Approvals, and Governmental Authorizations and making required filings or notices in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (3) coordinating and directing the efforts of the Parties with respect to Shared Contracts in accordance with Section 2.2 as well as the efforts of the Parties with respect to the assets and liabilities contemplated by Section 2.2, (B) coordinating communications, public relations and investor relations strategy and approach of the Parties regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with this Agreement, and (C) overseeing other business and operational matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with this Agreement, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and (C), subject to applicable Laws, including Laws regarding the exchange of information and Antitrust Laws, and the other provisions of this Agreement, including those regarding access and cooperation (it being understood that this Section 6.4(b) is intended to facilitate the administration of the matters referred to herein and is not intended to expand the scope of or alter the substantive rights and obligations of the Parties under any other provisions of this Agreement).
(c) Purchaser Parent shall develop, in consultation with Seller Parent, a detailed written transition plan (the “Transition Plan”) which shall set forth integration planning goals, activities and processes with respect to the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date and the transition activities to be implemented after the Closing Date. The Transition Plan shall also include reasonably detailed plans in respect of the matters set forth in Section 6.4(c) of the Purchaser Parent Disclosure Letter. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Transition Plan shall be prepared for convenience and informational purposes only, shall not be binding on any Party or its respective Affiliates, and the taking of, or failure to take, any action set forth in the Transition Plan shall in no event be a condition to the obligations of either Party to consummate the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Purchaser Parent shall consult in good faith with Seller Parent prior to the Closing regarding (i) the identity of the initial direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser and (ii) the initial Business Plan (as defined in the Purchaser Shareholders Agreement), including any updates to any draft Business Plan previously provided, to be adopted by Purchaser as of the Closing. If, as part of such consultation, Seller Parent wishes to escalate any matter regarding the foregoing matters, it shall be entitled to convene, on reasonable notice, a meeting between the Chief Executive Officers of Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent to discuss such matters. In the event any disagreements regarding the foregoing matters cannot be resolved by such Chief Executive Officers prior to the Closing, the Chief Executive Officer of Purchaser Parent shall make the final determination with respect thereto.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and applicable law, each of the parties shall act in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, and the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their (and their respective Subsidiaries') directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and representatives, to (i) consult and cooperate with and provide assistance to each other in the preparation and filing with the SEC of the preliminary Proxy Statement, the Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement and all necessary amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) obtain all consents, approvals, waivers, licenses, permits, authorizations, registrations, qualifications or other permissions or actions by, and give all necessary notices to, and make all filings with and applications and submissions to, any Governmental Entity or other Person necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable; (iii) provide all such information concerning such party, its Subsidiaries and its officers, directors, employees, partners and affiliates as may be necessary or reasonably requested in connection with any of the foregoing; (iv) avoid the entry of, or have vacated or terminated, any injunction, decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent, or delay the consummation of the Merger, including but not limited to defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any Person; and (v) take any and all reasonable steps necessary to avoid or eliminate every impediment under any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation law that is asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the consummation of the Merger to occur as expeditiously as possible. Prior to making any application to or filing with a Governmental Entity or other entity in connection with this Agreement (other than filing under the HSR Act), each party shall provide the other party with drafts thereof and afford the other party a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
(b) The Company and the Bidder shall keep the other reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by the Bidder or the Company, as the case may be, or by any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Cooperation; Further Assurances Seller shall cooperate with and assist Purchaser, as reasonably requested, in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement. Seller will cooperate and assist Purchaser, as reasonably requested and at the reasonable expense of Purchaser, in obtaining consents from any Owner as may be required or advisable to assign, transfer, deliver, hypothecate, pledge, subdivide, finance or otherwise deal with the Future Excess Servicing Spread. If Seller is terminated under any Servicing Agreement, Seller shall cooperate fully and at its own expense in transferring such Servicing. If Purchaser assigns all or any portion of its Future Excess Servicing Spread or its other rights under this Agreement to a Third Party Assignee, Seller will cooperate and assist any Third Party Assignee in drafting and entering into a Third Party Future Spread Agreement in accordance with Section 12.15.
Proxy; Further Assurances (a) Contemporaneously with the execution of this Voting Agreement: (i) Stockholder shall deliver to Parent a proxy in the form attached to this Voting Agreement as Exhibit A, which shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent permitted by law (at all times during the Voting Period) with respect to the shares referred to therein (the “Proxy”); and (ii) Stockholder shall cause to be delivered to Parent an additional proxy (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A) executed on behalf of the record owner of any outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that are owned beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), but not of record, by Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Section 3.2, the Proxy shall terminate and be revoked (or shall under no circumstances become effective) with respect to the Subject Securities upon the Expiration Date, without any notice or action by Stockholders or any other person.
(b) Stockholder shall, at Stockholder’s own expense, perform such further acts and execute such further proxies and other documents and instruments as may reasonably be required to vest in Parent the power to carry out and give effect to the provisions of this Voting Agreement.
(c) Stockholder shall not enter into any tender, voting or other agreement, or grant a proxy or power of attorney, with respect to the Subject Securities that is inconsistent with this Voting Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Subject Securities that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Cooperation and Further Assurances Each party will cooperate with the other in fulfilling its obligations under this Plan and will provide such information and documentation as is reasonably requested by the other in carrying out the Plan's terms. Each party will provide such further assurances concerning the performance of its obligations hereunder and execute all documents for or in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition as, with respect to such assurances or documents, the other shall deem necessary or appropriate.
Necessary Acts, Further Assurances The Parties shall at their own cost and expense execute and deliver any further documents and shall take such other actions as may be reasonably required or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation Each of the Parties hereto will use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including adopting plans or plan amendments. Each of the Parties hereto shall cooperate fully on any issue relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the other Party seeks a determination letter or private letter ruling from the IRS, an advisory opinion from the DOL or any other filing, consent or approval with respect to or by a Governmental Authority.
Supplements; Further Assurances Each Pledgor shall take such further actions, and execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such additional financing statements, amendments, assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to create, perfect, preserve and protect the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, to carry into effect the purposes hereof or better to assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral or permit the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral, including the filing of financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement) under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and the execution and delivery of Control Agreements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and in such offices (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office) wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and priority of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and to preserve the other rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, as against third parties, with respect to the Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent from time to time upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent such lists, schedules, descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, copies of warehouse receipts, receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, supplements, additional security agreements, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances or instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may institute and maintain, in its own name or in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may be advised by counsel shall be necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in or the perfection thereof in the Pledged Collateral. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.
Continuity and Further Assurance 5.1 The provisions of the Finance Documents shall, save as amended in this deed, continue in full force and effect.
5.2 The Borrower shall, at the request of the Lenders and at its own expense, do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to give effect to the provisions of this deed.
