Borrower’s Covenants 3.1 As and when he becomes, and for so long as he remains a shareholder of Borrower Company, Borrower covenants irrevocably that during the term of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause Borrower Company:
3.1.1 to strictly abide by the provisions of the Exclusive Option Agreement and the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (“Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement”) to which the Borrower Company is a party, and to refrain from any action/omission that may affect the effectiveness and enforceability of the Exclusive Option Agreement and Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement.
3.1.2 at the request of Lender (or a party designated by Lender), to execute contracts/agreements on business cooperation with Lender (or a party designated by Lender), and to strictly abide by such contracts/agreements;
3.1.3 to provide Lender with all of the information on Borrower Company’s business operations and financial condition at Lender’s request;
3.1.4 to immediately notify Lender of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to Borrower Company’s assets, business or income;
3.1.5 at the request of Lender, to appoint any persons designated by Lender as directors of Borrower Company;
3.2 Borrower covenants that during the term of this Agreement, he shall:
3.2.1 endeavor to keep Borrower Company to engage in its principle businesses;
3.2.2 abide by the provisions of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement (“Equity Interest Pledge Agreement”) and the Exclusive Option Agreement to which the Borrower is a party, perform his obligations under this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Option Agreement, and refrain from any action/omission that may affect the effectiveness and enforceability of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Option Agreement;
3.2.3 not sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of in any other manner the legal or beneficial interest in Borrower Equity Interest, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest or the encumbrance, except in accordance with the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement;
3.2.4 cause any shareholders’ meeting and/or the board of directors of Borrower Company not to approve the sale, transfer, mortgage or disposition in any other manner of any legal or beneficial interest in Borrower Equity Interest, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, except to Lender or Lender’s designated person;
3.2.5 cause any shareholders’ meeting and/or the board of directors of the Borrower Company not to approve the merger or consolidation of Borrower Company with any person, or its acquisition of or investment in any person, without the prior written consent of Lender;
3.2.6 immediately notify Lender of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to Borrower Equity Interest;
3.2.7 to the extent necessary to maintain his ownership of the Borrower Equity Interest, execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions and file all necessary or appropriate complaints or raise necessary and appropriate defense against all claims;
3.2.8 without the prior written consent of Lender, refrain from any action /omission that may have a material impact on the assets, business and liabilities of Borrower Company;
3.2.9 appoint any designee of Lender as director of Borrower Company, at the request of Lender;
3.2.10 to the extent permitted by the laws of China, at the request of Lender at any time, promptly and unconditionally transfer all of Borrower Equity Interest to Lender or Lender’s designated representative(s) at any time, and cause the other shareholders of Borrower Company to waive their right of first refusal with respect to the share transfer described in this Section;
3.2.11 to the extent permitted by the laws of China, at the request of Lender at any time, cause the other shareholders of Borrower Company to promptly and unconditionally transfer all of their equity interests to Lender or Lender’s designated representative(s) at any time, and Borrower hereby waives his right of first refusal (if any) with respect to the share transfer described in this Section;
3.2.12 in the event that Lender purchases Borrower Equity Interest from Borrower in accordance with the provisions of the Exclusive Option Agreement, use such purchase price obtained thereby to repay the Loan to Lender; and
3.2.13 without the prior written consent of Lender, not to cause Borrower Company to supplement, change, or amend its articles of association in any manner, increase or decreases its registered capital or change its share capital structure in any manner.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) by the Administrative Agent:
Conditions Precedent/Effectiveness Conditions This Amendment shall be effective upon the date of satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the “Effective Date”):
(a) Agent shall have received this Amendment fully executed by the Borrowers;
(b) Agent shall have received updated schedule to the Loan Agreement, if any;
(c) Agent shall have received a Guaranty, fully executed by the New Guarantor;
(d) Agent shall have received a Pledge Agreement, fully executed by the New Guarantor;
(e) Agent shall have received a copy of the Asset Transfer Agreement;
(f) Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, of the board of directors or managers of New Guarantor, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Guaranty, and any related agreements, instruments, or documents to which New Guarantor is a party, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of New Guarantor;
(g) Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of New Guarantor as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of New Guarantor executing this Amendment the Guaranty, and any related agreements, instruments, or documents to which New Guarantor is a party, together with evidence of the incumbency of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
(h) Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate for each Borrower identifying all authorized officers with specimen signatures, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(i) Agent shall have received copies of the bylaws and memorandum of association of New Guarantor, together with a certificate of good standing or equivalent certification in the jurisdiction of formation of New Guarantor;
(j) Agent shall have received the results of UCC, tax lien, and judgment searches against New Guarantor;
(k) Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel of New Guarantor;
(l) Agent shall have received updated certificates of insurance naming New Guarantor as an additional insured with respect to liability insurance and lender loss payee with respect to property insurance;
(m) Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Guarantor Restructuring shall be consummated; and
(n) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Loan Agreement.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or substantially simultaneous satisfaction) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Agent shall have received all fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent) required to be paid on the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each Fee Letter and the Annex thereto.
(b) The Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:
(i) This Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Seller and the Servicer;
(ii) The Receivables Sale Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator, together with:
(A) Proper financing statements naming each Originator as debtor, the Seller as secured party and the Agent, as assignee, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Seller’s interests created or purported to be created by the Receivables Sale Agreement;
(B) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Related Security, Collections or Contracts previously granted by any Originator;
(C) The Consent and Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator; and
(D) A Subordinated Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the Receivables Sale Agreement, payable to the order of each Originator, and duly executed by the Seller;
(iii) The Equistar Undertaking, duly executed and delivered by Equistar;
(iv) (x) A Lock-Box Agreement with each Lock-Box Bank, executed by such Lock-Box Bank, the Agent and the Seller, the Servicer or an Originator, as applicable, and (y) a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, with each depository bank maintaining any other Restricted Account, executed by such depository bank, the Agent, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable;
(v) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by each party thereto;
(vi) Good standing certificates (or equivalent) issued by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Transaction Party;
(vii) A copy of the articles or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of each Transaction Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or equivalent body) of the state of organization of such Transaction Party;
(viii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Transaction Party certifying (A) the names and true signatures of each officer of such Transaction Party that has been authorized to execute and deliver any Transaction Document or other document required hereunder to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Transaction Party, (B) the by-laws (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (C) the resolutions of such Transaction Party’s Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (D) that there have been no changes in the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party from the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) delivered pursuant to clause (vii) above;
(ix) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each Transaction Party certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 3.1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (h) have been satisfied;
(x) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each of the Seller and Originators stating that such Transaction Party is Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents;
(xi) Proper financing statements naming the Seller, as debtor, and the Agent, as secured party, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the ownership interests created or purported to be created by the Transactions Documents;
(xii) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Pool Receivables, Contracts, Related Security or Collections previously granted by the Seller or any Originator; and
(xiii) Favorable opinions of (A) Xxxxxx X. X’Xxxxx, General Counsel of Equistar, in substantially the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, (B) Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel to the Transaction Parties, in substantially the forms of Exhibit I-1 and I-3 hereto as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation (1) a “true sale” opinion with respect to the sale of Receivable Assets under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement from each Originator to the Seller, (2) an opinion with respect to the non-substantive consolidation of the Seller with each other Transaction Party or any of its Affiliates in a case under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and (3) an opinion relating to the enforceability of the Transaction Documents, compliance with all laws and regulations (including Regulation U of the Board), the perfection of all ownership and other interests purported to be granted under the Transaction Documents, and no conflicts with material agreements, and (C) special counsel to the Agent, as the Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Each of the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer shall have received all necessary governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (without the imposition of any conditions that are not reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers) and shall remain in effect, and all applicable governmental filings (except for the UCC financing statements referred to in this Section 3.1) shall have been made and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without in either case any action being taken by any competent authority; and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the judgment of the Purchasers that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
(d) The Purchasers shall have received and be satisfied with (i) audited financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2002 by independent nationally-recognized public accountants which statements shall be unqualified, (ii) interim unaudited quarterly financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, through the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2003, and (iii) the financial projections of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries covering the Fiscal Years ending in 2003 through 2007, inclusive, that are included in the Confidential Information Memorandum.
(i) All obligations for outstanding capital, accrued and unpaid yield and fees and other amounts then due and payable under the Existing Program shall have been concurrently satisfied, (ii) all documentation relating to the Existing Program shall have been concurrently terminated on terms satisfactory to the Agent and (iii) the Agent shall have received evidence of such termination in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(f) The ABF Agreement shall be in full force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder.
(g) The Agent shall be satisfied with the results of a field examination of the Originators conducted by CUSA’s internal auditors no more than 3 months prior to the Closing Date.
(h) Total Excess Availability (after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Agreement and the ABF Agreement) shall be at least $300,000,000 on the Closing Date. The Agent shall promptly notify the Seller, the Servicer and the Purchasers of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
Pledgor’s Covenants At its own expense and until the Secured Obligations are fully discharged, Pledgor hereby undertakes as follows:
(a) To give the Pledgor 10 (ten) day prior notice of any call for a Company shareholders' and/or board of directors' meeting and subscribe, fully pay in and give the Pledgor, within three (3) days of issuance, all certificates evidencing new shares issued by the Company which are subject to the Pledge granted hereby. Should the Pledgor fail to perform a share subscription obligation, Pledgor shall notify the Pledgee of such circumstance by means of the abovementioned notice, in order to enable the Pledgee, to exercise such rights in the name and on behalf of the Pledgor.;
(b) Not to convey, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose by any cause or title of the Pledged Stock;
(c) Not to grant further property rights in, pledges, liens and/or encumber the Pledged Stock or otherwise affect them to restrictions or charge them in any manner without the prior written consent of the Pledgee;
(d) To furnish to the Pledgee all documents requested by it or by such other person as the Pledgee may appoint for perfection of the Pledge granted hereby, and do and perform such other acts as may prove necessary to maintain the perfected security interest;
(e) Not to take or fail to take any action if such action might negatively affect any of the rights granted to the Pledgee hereunder, including, without limitation, any action or omission that may result in the Pledgor's interest participation decreasing to less than 80% (eighty per cent) of the capital of and voting rights in the Company;
(f) Should Pledgor vote for or take any other action to obtain an increase in the capital of the Company, Pledgor shall subscribe and pay in such number of shares as may be appropriate in proportion to its respective interest participation in the Company's capital.
(g) Not to call any meeting or vote on shareholders' meeting decisions aimed at effecting a merger, spin-off, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or an increase of its capital, issuance of new shares or exchange of existing ones, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee.
(h) Not to approve, propose or vote the declaration and/or payment of distributions or dividends of the Company without the prior written consent of the Pledgee.
(i) To ensure that the Company shall comply with all statutes, executive orders, ordinances and regulations applicable to it and to obtain and maintain in full force and effect all permits, licenses, certificates, and authorizations necessary for any activities and or transactions to be carried out by it.
(j) Not to amend the Company's by-laws or other governing and constitutive documents without the prior written consent of the Pledgee.
(k) Not to execute shareholders' agreements or voting trusts agreements or otherwise restrict the voting rights of the Pledged Stock, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction in full or waiver by all Lenders of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which all such conditions shall have been satisfied being herein called the “Amendment Effective Date”):
Further Assurances Covenants (a) The Company will not change its name, taxpayer identification number, organizational number, identity, jurisdiction of organization or corporate structure in any manner unless it shall have given the Holder thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof, executed and delivered to the Holder all financing statements and financing statement amendments which the Holder may request in connection therewith.
(b) The Company will not merge or consolidate into, or transfer any of the Collateral to, any other Person other than another Company, without the prior written consent of the Holder.
(c) The Company hereby authorizes Holder, its counsel or its representative, at any time and from time to time, to file financing statements and amendments that accurately describe the Collateral covered by such financing statements in such jurisdictions as Holder may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the security interests granted by Company under the Agreement. The Company will, from time to time, at its expense, execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document, agreement or other paper and take any other action that from time to time may be necessary, or that the Holder may request, in order to create, preserve, upgrade in rank (to the extent required hereby), perfect, confirm or validate the security interest granted hereunder or to enable the Holder to obtain the full benefits of the Agreement, or to enable the Holder to exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any of the Collateral. To the extent permitted by law, Company hereby authorizes the Holder to execute and file financing statements, financing statement amendments or continuation statements without Company's signature appearing thereon. The Company agrees that a carbon, photographic, photostatic or other reproduction of the Agreement or of a financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement. The Company shall pay the costs of, or incidental to, any recording or filing of any financing statements, financing statement amendments or continuation statements concerning the Collateral.
(d) The Company will not permit any of its tangible assets which are part of the Collateral to be in the possession of any other Person, except to the extent that any tangible assets (for example, computer servers) are being managed by a third party as a part of the ordinary course of business of the Company.
(e) The Company will not (A) sell, transfer, lease, exchange, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option, warrant or other right with respect to, any Collateral except the sale of inventory in the ordinary course or the sale or disposal of obsolete equipment; or (B) create, incur or suffer to exist any lien with respect to any Collateral, except for the permitted liens set forth on Schedule 3(e) hereof (the "Permitted Liens").
(f) The Company will, promptly upon request, provide to the Holder all information and evidence it may reasonably request concerning the Collateral, to enable the Holder to enforce the provisions of the Agreement.
(g) The Company will not file any amendment to or termination of a financing statement naming any Company as debtor and Holder as secured party, or any correction statement with respect thereto, in any jurisdiction.
Continued Effectiveness The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder); and (ii) the date as of which no Holder holds Registrable Securities (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”). Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.
Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Notes Claimholders may continue, at any time and without notice to any Agent or any other Person, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of any Grantor in reliance hereon. The US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, and the Notes Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Notes Claimholders, hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for any Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:
(a) with respect to the US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Revolving Credit Obligations, on the date of the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations, subject to the rights of the US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders under Section 6.4; and
(b) with respect to the Notes Collateral Agent, the Notes Claimholders and the Notes Obligations, on the date of the Discharge of Notes Obligations, subject to the rights of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Notes Claimholders under Section 6.4.
Effectiveness, Continuation, Termination and Amendment This Plan has been approved by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called on April 19, 2006 for the purpose of voting on this Plan. Unless terminated as hereinafter provided, it shall continue in effect until renewed by the Board in accordance with the Rule and thereafter from year to year or as the Board may otherwise determine but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance. This Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of payments to be made under this Plan, without approval of the Class C Shareholders at a meeting called for that purpose and all material amendments must be approved by a vote of the Board and of the Independent Trustees. This Plan may be terminated at any time by a vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Xxxx'x xutstanding Class C voting shares. In the event of such termination, the Board and its Independent Trustees shall determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the Service Fee and/or the Asset-Based Sales Charge in respect of Shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination.
