Agreements to Sell and Purchase The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at $ a share (the “Purchase Price”). On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to Additional Shares at the Purchase Price, provided, however, that the amount paid by the Underwriters for any Additional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on such Additional Shares. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
Agreements to Sell and Purchase and Lock-Up Agreements On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a price per Share of $______ (the "PURCHASE PRICE") the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Additional Shares and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to _______ Additional Shares from the Company at the Purchase Price. Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase Additional Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to the Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any such notice on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise and the date for payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be a business day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice has been given (and, in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days after such notice has been given. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Shares. The Company hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
Geographic Area and Sector Specific Allowances, Conditions and Exceptions The following allowances and conditions shall apply where relevant. Where the Employer does work which falls under the following headings, the Employer agrees to pay and observe the relevant respective conditions and/or exceptions set out below in each case.
Sale and Purchase Upon the basis of the warranties and representations and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Fund agrees to sell to the respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Fund the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A attached hereto in each case at a purchase price of $14.325 per Share. The Fund is advised that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Firm Shares as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Firm Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Underwriters may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering to such extent as they may determine. In addition, the Fund hereby grants to the several Underwriters the option to purchase, and upon the basis of the warranties and representations and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Fund, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each of them, all or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares, at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Fund for the Firm Shares. This option may be exercised by you on behalf of the several Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or before the forty-fifth day following the date hereof, by written notice to the Fund. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised, and the date and time when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein referred to as the "Additional Time of Purchase"); provided, however, that the Additional Time of Purchase shall not be earlier than the Time of Purchase (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The number of Additional Shares to be sold to each Underwriter shall be the number which bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Additional Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule A hereto bears to the total number of Firm Shares (subject, in each case, to such adjustment as you may determine to eliminate fractional shares). The Fund also agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to sell to the Investment Manager, and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Fund contained herein, the Investment Manager shall have the right to purchase from the Fund, at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Additional Shares, up to an aggregate of 1,000 Shares (the "Investment Manager Shares").
Agreement to Sell and Purchase (a) The Company and each Selling Shareholder hereby agree to sell to each Underwriter, and upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each Selling Shareholder, at a price of $_____ per share, that number of Firm Shares (rounded up or down as determined by you in your discretion, in order to avoid fractions of a share) obtained by multiplying the number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company or the number of Firm Shares to be sold by each Selling Shareholder as set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder in Schedule I hereto, as the case may be, by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Shares. The difference of $_____ per Firm Share between the initial public offering price and the price at which the Company and each Selling Shareholder will sell the Firm Shares to the Underwriter is the "Underwriters' Discount."
(b) Subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants the Option to the Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 240,000 Option Shares from the Company at the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Shares. The Option may be exercised only to cover overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the 30th day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic notice (the "Option Shares Notice") by the Representatives to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, at least two and no more than five business days before the date specified for closing in the Option Shares Notice (the "Option Closing Date") setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and date for such purchase. On the Option Closing Date, the Company will issue and sell to the Underwriters the number of Option Shares set forth in the Option Shares Notice, and each Underwriter will purchase, severally and not jointly, such percentage of the Option Shares as is equal to the percentage of Firm Shares that it is purchasing.
(c) Certificates in negotiable form for the Firm Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders hereunder have been placed in custody for delivery under this Agreement, under a custody agreement (the "Custody Agreement") made with _________, as custodian (the "Custodian").
Exchange and Transfer Upon surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants and the transfer of Warrants may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates shall evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office, books in which it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office for exchange or registration of transfer, properly completed and duly endorsed and duly signed by the registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be guaranteed (under the Medallion Program) by (a) a bank or trust company, (b) a broker or dealer that is a member of the NASD or (c) a member of a national securities exchange and accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall mutually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificate duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer that will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
Funding Restrictions and Order Quantities The Agency reserves the right to reduce or increase estimated or actual quantities in whatever amount necessary without prejudice or liability to the Agency, if:
12.3.1 Funding is not available;
12.3.2 Legal restrictions are placed upon the expenditure of monies for this category of service or supplies; or,
12.3.3 The Agency’s requirements in good faith change after award of the contract.
Requirements Pertaining Only to Federal Grants and Subrecipient Agreements If this Agreement is a grant that is funded in whole or in part by Federal funds:
Counterparty Share Repurchases Counterparty agrees not to repurchase, directly or indirectly, any Shares if, immediately following such purchase, the Outstanding Share Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.5%. The “Outstanding Share Percentage” as of any day is the fraction (1) the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Number of Shares for this Transaction and the “Number of Shares” under each Additional Equity Derivative Transaction that is a share forward transaction and (2) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.
Payments at Closing Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Parent will deliver or cause to be delivered on the Closing Date and at the Closing:
3.4.1. to the lenders (or the applicable agents therefor), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank accounts designated by the Company in the Closing Statement (or bank accounts designated in any applicable payoff letters with respect to such Debt), an amount necessary to repay, on behalf of the Company, in full the outstanding amount of Debt of the Company and certain of the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to the Term Credit Agreement and Revolving Credit Agreement;
3.4.2. to the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account that has been designated in writing by the Escrow Agent at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Adjustment Escrow Amount, to be held by the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof;
3.4.3. to the Persons to whom such amounts are payable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts that have been designated in writing by the Company to Parent at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date (or bank accounts designated in any applicable invoices with respect thereto), the amounts necessary to pay all Transaction Expenses not paid prior to the Closing Date (provided that the amount of any transaction bonus or similar payments to any employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary shall be paid to an account of the Company designated in writing by the Company to Parent at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date and paid to the applicable employees, in each case, subject to Section 3.9; through the Company’s payroll system in a distribution to occur on the Closing Date or as soon as practicable thereafter);
3.4.4. to the Representative, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account of the Representative designated by the Representative to Parent at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, an amount specified by the Representative to Parent as the initial funding of the Representative Expense Fund;
3.4.5. to Blocker Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of Blocker Seller that has been designated in writing to Parent by Blocker Seller at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the amounts payable to Blocker Seller at the Closing under Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b) and, in each case, subject to Section 3.9;
3.4.6. to each of the Company Members other than Blocker, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts thereof that have been designated in writing to Parent by the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the amounts payable to such Company Members at Closing pursuant to Section 3.1.1(a) and, in each case, subject to Section 3.9; and
3.4.7. to the Company, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of the Company designated in writing to Parent by the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the amounts payable to the Company Optionholders in connection with the Closing pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(i) (for further distribution to each of the Company Optionholders, subject to Section 3.9, through the Company’s payroll system in a distribution to occur on the Closing Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter).
