Authorization; Non-Contravention The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower and any guarantor, as applicable, of this Agreement and other Loan Documents to which it is a party are within its power, have been duly authorized as may be required and, if necessary, by making appropriate filings with any governmental agency or unit and are the legal, binding, valid and enforceable obligations of Borrower and any guarantors; and do not (i) contravene, or constitute (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both) a violation of any provision of applicable law, a violation of the organizational documents of Borrower or any guarantor, or a default under any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon or affecting Borrower or any guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien (other than the lien(s) created by the Loan Documents) on any of Borrower’s or any guarantor’s assets, or (iii) give cause for the acceleration of any obligations of Borrower or any guarantor to any other creditor. Asset Ownership. Borrower has good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected on the balance sheets and financial statements supplied Bank by Borrower, and all such properties and assets are free and clear of mortgages, security deeds, pledges, liens, charges, and all other encumbrances, except as otherwise disclosed to Bank by Borrower in writing and approved by Bank (“Permitted Liens”). To Borrower’s knowledge, no default has occurred under any Permitted Liens and no claims or interests adverse to Borrower’s present rights in its properties and assets have arisen. Discharge of Liens and
Non-Contravention The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Entergy and TransCo, the execution and delivery of the Separation Agreement by each of Entergy, ESI, TransCo and the Utility OpCos and the execution of each Ancillary Agreement by Entergy and any of its Subsidiaries contemplated to be a party thereto does not or will not (as applicable), and the consummation of the Transactions by each of Entergy, TransCo, ESI and each of the Utility OpCos will not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational Documents of Entergy, TransCo, ESI or any Utility OpCo, (ii) subject to obtaining the Entergy Regulatory Approvals, violate or conflict with any Laws or Orders applicable to Entergy, TransCo, ESI or a Utility OpCo or any of their respective Assets, rights or properties or (iii) subject to obtaining the Transmission Land Right Consents, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or trigger any obligation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire indebtedness under, or result in the termination of, loss of a benefit under or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination, cancellation, guaranteed payment or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of any Security Interest upon any of the property or Assets of Entergy, TransCo, ESI or any of the Utility OpCos pursuant to any provisions of any Permit or Contract (including the TransCo Material Contracts) to which Entergy, TransCo, ESI or any Utility OpCo is now a party or by which they or any of their Assets, rights or properties may be bound or have any rights under, or trigger any buy-sell or similar agreements except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above for any breach, violation, termination, loss, default, acceleration, change, conflict or Security Interest that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Transmission Business MAE.
Authorization and Non-Contravention The Company is not in violation of any term or provision of any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or government regulation applicable to it or to which it is a party, except where such violations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement and all documents executed pursuant hereto are valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles, (b) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (c) to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnification provisions herein and in the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable law. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Ancillary Documents”), the sale and delivery of the Series F Preferred Stock and, upon conversion of the Series F Preferred Stock, the issuance of the Conversion Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action of the Company. The execution of this Agreement, the sale and delivery of the Series F Preferred Stock and, upon conversion of the Series F Preferred Stock, the issuance of the Conversion Shares, and the performance of any transaction contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary Documents will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in a default under any contract or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, or any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or cause the creation of any encumbrance upon any of the material assets of the Company; (ii) violate or result in a violation of, or constitute a default (whether after the giving of notice, lapse of time or both) under, any provision of any law, regulation or rule, or any order of, or any restriction imposed by any court or other governmental agency applicable to the Company; (iii) require from the Company any notice to, declaration or filing with, or consent or approval of, any governmental authority or other third party other than pursuant to federal or state securities or blue sky laws, or such other post-closing filings that may be required; or (iv) accelerate any obligation under, or give rise to a right of termination of, any agreement, permit, license or authorization to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
Authority; Non-Contravention (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held, unanimously adopted resolutions (i) determining that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for the Company to enter into this Agreement, (ii) adopting the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and approving the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) resolving to recommend that the shareholders of the Company approve this Agreement and the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and directing that this Agreement be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for approval at a duly held meeting of such shareholders for such purpose (the “Company Board Recommendation”). As of the date of this Agreement, such resolutions have not been amended or withdrawn. Except for obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, no other corporate action on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of, and performance by, the Company under this Agreement and the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement and the consummation by it of the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (A) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) is subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and neither the consummation by the Company of the Transactions nor compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof will, (i) assuming the Company Shareholder Approval is obtained, conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Charter Documents or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) assuming that each of the consents, authorizations and approvals referred to in Section 3.4 and the Company Shareholder Approval are obtained (and any condition precedent to any such consent, authorization or approval has been satisfied) and each of the filings referred to in Section 3.4 are made and any applicable waiting periods referred to therein have expired or been terminated, violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) assuming that each of the consents and notices specified in Section 3.3(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is obtained or given, as applicable, result in any breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or right to any payment or loss of benefit under, any Company Material Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or any Company Permit, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien), upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc The execution, delivery and performance by such party of the Amendment are within its powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do not (i) contravene its organizational documents; or (ii) contravene any contractual restriction, law or governmental regulation or court decree or order binding on or affecting it; and
Authority and Non-Contravention The Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he has the legal right to enter into this Agreement and to perform all of the obligations on his part to be performed hereunder in accordance with its terms and that he is not a party to any agreement or understanding, written or oral, which could prevent him from entering into this Agreement or performing all of his obligations hereunder.
Authorization; Contravention The execution, delivery and performance by the Fund of this Agreement and each Related Document are within the Fund’s powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official except such as have been taken or made and do not violate or contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law, charter, ordinance or regulation or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Fund or result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance on any asset of the Fund.
Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals (a) The Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject to the making of the Merger Filings, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Corporation are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by NDI and the NDI Principal Shareholders, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Corporation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and general principles of equity and applicable state or federal laws which may affect the availability of equitable remedies.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Principals' Agreements, the Escrow Agreement, and the Investor Statement (the Principals' Agreements, the Escrow Agreement and the Investor Statement are collectively referred to herein as the "Ancillary Documents"), by the Corporation, as applicable, does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Corporation, as applicable, will not, violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Corporation under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the respective Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation, (ii) any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, injunction, writ, permit or license of any court or governmental authority, domestic or foreign, applicable to the Corporation or any of its properties or assets or (iii) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, concession, contract, lease or other instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind to which the Corporation is now a party or by which the Corporation or any of its properties or assets may be bound. Excluded from the foregoing sentences of this clause (b) are such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations or creations of liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances that would not, in the aggregate, have a Corporation Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except for the making of the Merger Filings and filings with NASDAQ, no declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, any governmental or regulatory body or authority, domestic or foreign, is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents by the Corporation or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than such declarations, filings, registrations, notices, authorizations, consents or approvals which, if not made or obtained, as the case may be, would not, in the aggregate, have a Corporation Material Adverse Effect, or affect the Corporation's ability to consummate the Merger.
Non-Contravention; Consents Neither
(i) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in this Agreement, nor (ii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any of the provisions of the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other charter or organizational documents of any of the Acquired Corporations, or (ii) any resolution adopted by the shareholders, the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors of any of the Acquired Corporations;
(b) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to challenge the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which any of the Acquired Corporations, or any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, is subject;
(c) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by any of the Acquired Corporations or that otherwise relates to the business of any of the Acquired Corporations or to any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations;
(d) except as set forth in Part 2.25(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Acquired Corporation Contract that is or would constitute a Material Contract, or give any Person the right to (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any such Acquired Corporation Contract, (ii) a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any such Acquired Corporation Contract, (iii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any such Acquired Corporation Contract, or (iv) cancel, terminate or modify any term of such Acquired Corporation Contract; or
(e) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations (except for minor liens that will not, in any case or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of any of the Acquired Corporations). Except as may be required by the Exchange Act, the PBCL, the DGCL and the rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") (as they relate to the S-4 Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as defined in Section 2.28(b)), none of the Acquired Corporations was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the other agreements referred to in this Agreement, or (y) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Non-Contravention; Approvals and Consents (i) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.02(d)(i) hereto, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the Merger-Sub does not, and the performance by the Parent and the Merger-Sub of their obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in, or give to any person any right of payment or reimbursement, termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the respective assets or properties of the Parent or the Merger-Sub under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (x) the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Parent or the Merger-Sub, (y) any Laws or Orders of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority applicable to the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties, or (z) any Contracts to which either the Parent or the Merger-Sub is a party or by which either the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties are bound, excluding from the foregoing clauses (y) and (z) conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, terminations, modifications, accelerations, and creations and impositions of Liens, which individually or in the aggregate, could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent or the Merger-Sub or on their ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) Except (x) for the filing of the Certificate of Merger and other appropriate merger documents required by the DGCL with the Secretary of State of Delaware and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which the Constituent Entities are qualified to do business, and (y) as disclosed in Schedule 3.02(d)(ii) hereto, no consent, approval, or action of, filing with or notice to any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other public or private third party is necessary or required under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Law or Order of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or any Contract to which the Parent or the Merger- Sub is a party or by which the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties is bound for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the Merger-Sub, the performance by the Parent and the Merger-Sub of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for such consents, approvals or actions of, filing with or notices to any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other public or private third party the failure of which to make or obtain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent, the Merger-Sub or the Surviving Corporation or on the Parent's and the Merger-Sub's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
