COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE ACQUIRED FUND 5.1 The Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Fund each will operate its business in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Closing Date, it being understood that such ordinary course of business will include customary dividends and distributions.
5.2 The Trust will call a meeting of the Acquired Fund Shareholders to consider and act upon this Agreement and to take all other action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated herein.
5.3 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.4 As promptly as practicable, but in any case within sixty days after the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall furnish the Acquiring Fund, in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits of the Acquired Fund for federal income tax purposes which will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code and which will be certified by the Trust's President and its Treasurer.
5.5 The Acquired Fund will provide the Acquiring Fund with information reasonably necessary for the preparation of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, referred to in paragraph 4.1(o), all to be included in a Registration Statement on Form N-14 of the Acquiring Fund (the "Registration Statement"), in compliance with the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act in connection with the meeting of the Acquired Fund Shareholders to consider approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.
5.6 The Acquiring Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to obtain the approvals and authorizations required by the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act as it may deem appropriate in order to continue its operations after the Closing Date.
5.7 Prior to the Valuation Date, the Acquired Fund shall have declared a dividend or dividends, with a record date and ex-dividend date prior to the Valuation Date, which, together with all previous dividends, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders all of its investment company taxable income, if any, plus the excess of its interest income, if any, excludable from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable periods or years ended on or before December 31, 1996 and for the period from said date to and including the Closing Date (computed without regard to any deduction for dividends paid), and all of its net capital gain, if any, realized in taxable periods or years ended on or before December 31, 1996 and in the period from said date to and including the Closing Date.
The Acquisition At the Closing (as defined below), each Stockholder shall sell to Group 1 and Group 1 shall purchase from each Stockholder that number of shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share of the Company ("Company Common Stock") as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto in exchange for that number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share of Group 1 ("Group 1 Common Stock") set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto (as may be appropriately adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and/or stock dividends). In the event that the Board of Directors of Group 1 approves a reverse stock split upon the recommendation of the Representatives of the Underwriters in connection with the IPO, the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock to be received by the shareholders of the Founding Companies shall be decreased proportionately as a result of the reverse stock split; provided, however, that in the event that the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock resulting from the reverse stock split recommended by the Representatives of the Underwriters is less than the number of shares resulting from a 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split, a 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split shall be implemented and the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock resulting from such 4.444 for 5 reverse stock split to be received by the shareholders of the Founding Companies shall be further decreased proportionately to the number of shares that would have been issued to the shareholders of the Founding Companies had the reverse stock split recommended by the Representatives of the Underwriters been implemented. If the number of shares of Group 1 Common Stock received by a Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement includes a fractional share as a result of a reverse stock split affecting the Group 1 Common Stock, such fractional share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Group 1 Common Stock.
Representations of the Acquired Funds In connection with any investment by an Acquiring Fund in an Acquired Fund in excess of the limitations in Section 12(d)(1)(A), the Acquired Fund agrees to: (i) comply with all conditions of the Rule, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, applicable to Acquired Funds; (ii) comply with its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) promptly notify the Acquiring Fund if such Acquired Fund fails to comply with the Rule with respect to an investment by the Acquiring Fund, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, or this Agreement.
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND The Corporation, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, as follows:
a) The Acquiring Fund is a legally designated, separate series of a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.
b) The Corporation is registered as an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act, and the Trust's registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act is in full force and effect.
c) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Acquiring Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated or necessary to make such statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
d) The Acquiring Fund is not, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not, result in a violation of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or of any material agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease, or other undertaking to which the Acquiring Fund is a party or by which it is bound. e) Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to and accepted by the Acquired Fund, no litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to its knowledge threatened against the Acquiring Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition, the conduct of its business or the ability of the Acquiring Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Acquiring Fund knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and it is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transaction contemplated herein. f) The financial statements of the Acquiring Fund as of April 30, 2003 and for the fiscal year then ended have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Acquired Funds) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund as of such date that are not disclosed in such statements. g) The unaudited financial statements of the Acquiring Fund as of October 31, 2003, and for the fiscal year then ended have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Acquired Fund) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund as of such date that are not disclosed in such statements. h) Since the date of the financial statements referred to in paragraph (g) above, there have been no material adverse changes in the Acquiring Fund's financial condition, assets, liabilities or business (other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business), or any incurrence by the Acquiring Fund of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date such indebtedness was incurred, except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by the Acquired Fund. For the purposes of this paragraph (h), a decline in the net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shall not constitute a material adverse change. i) All federal and other tax returns and reports of the Acquiring Fund required by law to be filed, have been filed. All federal and other taxes shown due on such returns and reports have been paid or provision shall have been made for their payment. To the best of the Acquiring Fund's knowledge, no such return is currently under audit, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to such returns.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRED FUND The obligations of the Acquired Fund to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at its election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
6.1 All representations and warranties of the Successor Company on behalf of the Acquiring Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
6.2 The Successor Company shall have delivered to the Predecessor Company on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by the Successor Company’s President or Vice President and its Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Predecessor Company, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Successor Company made in this Agreement on behalf of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as to such other matters as the Predecessor Company reasonably requests.
6.3 The Successor Company (on behalf of and with respect to the Acquiring Fund) shall have entered into or adopted an investment management agreement with the investment advisers as set forth in Appendix B, an Administrative Services Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“DIMA”), a distribution agreement with DWS Distributors Inc., plans of distribution pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, shareholder services plans, a transfer agency agreement with DWS Investments Service Company, and other agreements necessary for the Acquiring Fund’s operation as a series of an open-end investment company. The investment management agreement and each such agreement and plan shall have been approved by the Successor Board, including, to the extent required by law, those trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the Successor Company or DIMA and who do not have a material interest in such agreement or plan or any related agreement.
Representations of the Acquiring Funds (a) In connection with any investment by an Acquiring Fund in an Acquired Fund in excess of the limitations in Section 12(d)(1)(A), the Acquiring Fund agrees to: (i) comply with all conditions of the Rule, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, applicable to Acquiring Funds; (ii) comply with its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) promptly notify the Acquired Fund if such Acquiring Fund fails to comply with the Rule with respect to its investment in such Acquired Fund, as interpreted or modified by the SEC or its Staff from time to time, or this Agreement.
(b) An Acquiring Fund shall promptly notify an Acquired Fund:
i. of any purchase or acquisition of shares in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 3% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities;
ii. of any purchase or acquisition of shares in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 5% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities;
iii. where an Acquiring Fund and its Advisory Group (as defined in the Rule), individually or in the aggregate, hold more than 25% of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities; and
iv. if at any time an Acquiring Fund no longer holds voting securities of an Acquired Fund in excess of an amount noted in (i), (ii), or (iii) above.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Acquiring Fund that has an “affiliated person” (as defined under the 1940 Act) that is: (i) a broker-dealer, (ii) a broker-dealer or bank that borrows as part of a securities lending program, or (iii) a futures commission merchant or a swap dealer, will: (a) not make an investment in an Acquired Fund that causes such Acquiring Fund to hold 5% or more of such Acquired Fund’s total outstanding voting securities without prior approval from the Acquired Fund, and (b) notify the Acquired Fund if any investment by the Acquiring Fund that complied with (a) at the time of purchase no longer complies.
(d) The requirements set forth in Sections 3(b)(i), 3(b)(ii), and 3(c) shall not apply where the Acquiring Fund’s full portfolio is sub-advised by any affiliate of BlackRock, Inc.
(e) An Acquiring Fund shall provide an Acquired Fund with information regarding the amount of such Acquiring Fund’s investments in the Acquired Fund, and information regarding affiliates of the Acquiring Fund, upon the Acquired Fund’s reasonable request.
(f) Each Acquiring Fund acknowledges that it may not rely on this Agreement to invest in the Ineligible Funds (as defined in Schedule B) and that the Enumerated Funds are subject to certain additional conditions described on the list of Ineligible Funds and Enumerated Funds (the “12d1-4 List”). Each Acquiring Fund acknowledges that the 12d1-4 List is available as described in Schedule B, and further acknowledges that it is an Acquiring Fund’s obligation to review the 12d1-4 List on an ongoing basis for any changes which may occur from time to time.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND 7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to complete the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund's election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
(b) The Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date (i) a statement of the Target Fund's Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) the AML Documentation and (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund;
(c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Acquiring Fund and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as to such other matters as the Acquiring Fund shall reasonably request;
(d) The Target Custodian and the Target Transfer Agent shall have delivered the certificates contemplated by Sections 3.2(b), 3.2(d) of this Agreement, respectively, and the Target Transfer Agent or the Target Fund's President or Vice President shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Section 5.1(f) of this Agreement, each duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian, the Target Transfer Agent, the Target Fund's President or the Target Fund's Vice President, as applicable;
(e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date;
(f) The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund shall have agreed on the number of full and fractional shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto to be issued in connection with the Reorganization after such number has been calculated in accordance with Section 1.2 hereto;
(g) Unless the Target Fund has been advised by the Acquiring Fund that the Acquiring Fund will deliver an opinion of counsel that the Reorganization qualifies as a "reorganization" under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, the Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; and (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and
Where the Academy Trust acquires assets for a nil consideration or at an under value it shall be treated for the purpose of this Agreement as having incurred expenditure equal to the market value of those assets at the time that they were acquired. This provision shall not apply to assets transferred to the Academy Trust at nil or nominal consideration and which were previously used for the purposes of an Academy and/or were transferred from an LA, the value of which assets shall be disregarded.
Purchase and Sale of the Assets Except for the Excluded Assets set forth in Section 2.2 below, at and as of the Effective Time, the Sellers shall Transfer to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase and accept from the Sellers, free and clear of all Liens to the maximum extent provided in the Sale Approval Order, all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the following assets (the “Transferred Assets”):
(a) the Accounts Receivable, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(a) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Accounts Receivable as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets);
(b) the Equipment and Other Personalty whether located at the Transferred Facilities of the Sellers or elsewhere;
(c) the Intellectual Property primarily used in the Business, including, without limitation, the patented or registered Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) and pending patent applications or other applications for the registration of Intellectual Property;
(d) all Inventory, a recent summary schedule of which is attached hereto as Schedule 2.1(d) (it being understood that such schedule does not reflect Inventory as of the Closing Date that will be included in the Transferred Assets);
(e) all rights of the Sellers under Assigned Contracts;
(f) originals or copies of all books, financial and other records and information which has been reduced to written, recorded or encoded form, in each case to the extent related to the Business (collectively, the “Books and Records”);
(g) licenses and permits primarily used in the operation of the Business, to the extent transferable;
(h) subject to the Purchaser’s right to reject any lease of Real Property in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, owned and leased Real Property primarily used in the operation of the Business, each parcel of which is set forth on Schedule 2.1(h);
(i) any warranties of third parties on any Transferred Assets;
(j) all prepaid expenses, security deposits and other credits owed to the Sellers from third parties, to the extent primarily related to the Transferred Assets;
(k) all rights and incidents under policies, contracts or arrangements related to insurance of any Seller to the extent related to Assumed Liabilities or Transferred Assets and to the extent transferable (it being understood that (i) such policies will be cancelled at Closing and the Sellers will be entitled to any refunds upon such cancellation and (ii) the Sellers’ directors and officers insurance policies will constitute Excluded Assets in all respects);
(l) all rights and claims of the Sellers of every kind and description under all non-disclosure, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, assignment of invention and other agreements of a comparable nature with (i) all present and former employees of the Sellers other than Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser to the extent such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets and (ii) all Eligible Employees who are hired by the Purchaser whether or not such agreements relate to the Transferred Assets; and
(m) all other assets primarily related to the Business, other than any Excluded Assets.
Sale and Purchase of the Assets 1.1 Acquired Assets Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell, convey and deliver to Xxxxx and Xxxxx agrees to purchase and acquire from Seller the assets set forth below (the “Assets”) owned by Seller as of 7:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time, on the Closing Date set forth below:
(a) All of Seller’s right, title and interest in all oil and gas leases, including but not limited to those described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (the “Leases”), covering the land and depths described in Exhibit A-1 (the “Land”), together with all the property and rights incident thereto, including without limitation Seller’s rights in, to and under all operating agreements, pooling, communitization and unitization agreements, farmout agreements, joint venture agreements, product purchase and sale contracts, transportation, processing, treatment or gathering agreements, leases, permits, rights-of-way, surface interests easements, licenses, options, declarations, orders, contracts, and instruments in any way relating to Seller’s interest in and in the vicinity of the Leases and Land;
(b) All of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the xxxxx situated on the Leases and Land or otherwise pooled, communitized or unitized therewith, including without limitation the xxxxx described in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (all such xxxxx, the “Xxxxx”);
(c) All of Seller’s overriding royalty interests, net profits interests, operating interests, reversionary interests and other interests or benefits or credits owned by Seller in and to the Land, the Leases or attributable to production therefrom;
(d) All of the oil and gas and associated hydrocarbons (“Oil and Gas”) in and under or otherwise attributable to the Leases, Land or produced from the Xxxxx (subject to Buyer’s obligation to pay for marketable Oil and Gas in storage on the Leases as of the Closing Date as provided in Section 2.1);
(e) All of Seller’s interests in and to all of the assets described in Exhibit A-2 (collectively, the “Equipment”), including, without limitation, producing and non-producing xxxxx, injection xxxxx, disposal xxxxx, well equipment, casing, tubing, tanks, generators, boilers, buildings, pumps, motors, machinery, pipelines, gathering systems, power lines, telephone and telegraph lines, field processing plants, field offices and other furnishings related thereto, equipment leases, trailers, inventory in storage, storage yards, and all other improvements or appurtenances thereunto belonging; and
(f) All of the files, records, and data of Seller relating to the items described in subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) above (the “Records”), including, without limitation, lease records, well records, and division order records; well files; title records (including title opinions and title curative documents); contracts and contract files; correspondence; computer software and data files; geological, geophysical and seismic records, interpretations, data, maps and information; production records, electric logs, core data, pressure data, decline curves and graphical production curves; reserve reports; and accounting records, but excluding files and information relating to internal or external valuations of the Assets and privileged information.
