Certain Contracts Except as set forth in the exhibit index for the Company's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 or as permitted pursuant to Section 4.1 or as set forth on Section 3.1(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or bound by (a) any agreement relating to the incurring of indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including sale and leaseback transaction in excess of $2,100,000 and including capitalized lease transactions and other similar financing transactions) including, without limitation, any such agreement which contains provisions which in any non-de-minimis manner restrict, or may restrict, the conduct of business of the issuer thereof as currently conducted (collectively, "Instruments of Indebtedness"), (b) any "material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC), (c) any non-competition agreement or any other agreement or obligation which purports to limit in any respect (i) the ability of the Company or its businesses to solicit customers or (ii) the manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any substantial portion of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, following consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Parent and its subsidiaries, is or would be conducted, (d) any agreement providing for the indemnification by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company of any person, other than customary agreements relating to the indemnity of directors, officers and employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, (e) any joint venture or partnership agreement, (f) any agreement that grants any right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right or that limits or purports to limit the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any material amount of assets or business (other than in connection with securitization or financing transactions or contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business that require that the particular transactions that are the subject thereof to be conducted with the counterparty or counterparties to the contract), (g) any contract or agreement providing for any material future payments that are conditioned, in whole or in part, on a change of control of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (h) any collective bargaining agreement, (i) any employment agreement or any agreement or arrangement that contains any material severance pay or post-employment liabilities or obligations to any current or former employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (any such person, hereinafter, an "Employee"), other than as required under law, (j) any agreement regarding any agent bank or other similar relationships with respect to lines of business, (k) any material agreement that contains a "most favored nation" clause, (l) any material agreement pertaining to the use of or granting any right to use or practice any rights under any Intellectual Property, whether the Company is the licensee or licensor thereunder, (m) any material agreements pursuant to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries leases any real property, and (n) any contract or other agreement not made in the ordinary course of business which is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or which would reasonably be expected to materially delay the consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the agreements, contracts and obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (n) being referred to herein as "Company Material Contracts"). Each Company Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company (or, to the extent a subsidiary of the Company is a party, such subsidiary) and, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto and is in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach or default under any Company Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company knows of, or has received notice of, any violation or default under (nor, to the knowledge of the Company, does there exist any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in such a violation or default under) any Company Material Contract by any other party thereto. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no provisions in any Instrument of Indebtedness that provide any restrictions on, or that require that any financial payment (other than payment of outstanding principal and accrued principal) be made in the event of, the repayment of the outstanding indebtedness thereunder prior to its term.
Certain Post-Closing Obligations As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Effective Date specified in Schedule 5.14 or such later date as the Administrative Agent reasonably agrees to in writing, including to reasonably accommodate circumstances unforeseen on the Effective Date, Holdings, the Parent Borrower and each other Loan Party shall deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 5.14 that would have been required to be delivered or taken on the Effective Date but for the proviso to Section 4.01(f), in each case except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to its authority as set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
Company Lock Up Agreements The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, it will not for a period of thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ADSs, Ordinary Shares or such other shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; or (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18 shall not apply to (i) the ADSs, Ordinary Shares and the Placement Agent’s Warrant, (ii) the issuance by the Company of ADSs upon the exercise of the Placement Agent’s Warrant or a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, or issuable pursuant to currently existing undertakings of the Company, which is disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, provided that such options, warrants, and securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) the issuance by the Company of stock options, shares of capital stock of the Company or other awards under any equity compensation plan of the Company, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period; and (iv) transactions with members of the management and/or the board of directors of the Company, involving the issuance of equity securities of the Company in consideration of cash, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period.
Intercompany Agreements (a) Except as set forth in Section 6.07(b), in furtherance of the releases and other provisions of Section 8.01, Newmark and each member of the Newmark Group, on the one hand, and BGC Partners and each member of the BGC Partners Group, on the other hand, hereby terminate any and all Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings, whether or not in writing, between or among Newmark and/or any member of the Newmark Group, on the one hand, and BGC Partners and/or any member of the BGC Partners Group, on the other hand, effective as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time. No such terminated Contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (including any provision thereof which purports to survive termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Distribution Effective Time. Each Party shall, at the reasonable request of the other Party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.07(a) shall not apply to any of the following Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings (or to any of the provisions thereof): (i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be entered into by any of the Parties or any of the members of their respective Groups or to be continued from and after the Distribution Effective Time); (ii) any Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings listed or described on Schedule 6.07(b)(ii); and (iii) any Contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other than a member of the BGC Partners Group or the Newmark Group is a party thereto.
(c) All of the intercompany accounts payable or accounts receivable between any member of the BGC Partners Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Newmark Group, on the other hand, accrued as of the IPO Closing Date that are reflected in the books and records of the Parties or otherwise documented in writing in accordance with past practices shall, as promptly as practicable after the IPO Closing Date (and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter), be net settled in cash by means of cash payments, a dividend, capital contribution, a combination of the foregoing, or otherwise as determined by BGC Partners in its sole and absolute discretion.
Restrictions on Certain Actions During the earlier of (a) five years from the date of this Agreement or (b) two years after the termination of the Venture Agreement, except as permitted pursuant to Section 5 hereof, Buyer, without the prior consent of the Company's Board of Directors will not, nor will it permit any affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of Regulation 12B under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of Buyer to:
(a) acquire (other than through stock splits or stock dividends), directly or indirectly or in conjunction with or through any other person, by purchase or otherwise, beneficial ownership of any additional shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company entitled to vote generally for the election of directors ("Voting Securities");
(b) directly or indirectly or through any other person, solicit proxies with respect to Voting Securities under any circumstance; or become a "participant" in any "election contest" relating to the election of directors of the Company (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit Buyer from soliciting proxies for the purpose of opposing any increase in the ownership limitation currently contained in the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
(c) deposit any Voting Securities in a voting trust, or subject any Voting Securities to a voting or similar agreement;
(d) directly or indirectly or through or in conjunction with any other person, engage in a tender or exchange offer for the Company's Voting Securities made by any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the Company, or engage in any proxy solicitation with any person or entity relating to the Company;
(e) take any action alone or in concert with any other person to acquire or change the control of the Company or, directly or indirectly, participate in any group seeking to obtain or take control of the Company; or
(f) sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any Voting Securities except (i) as set forth in Section 7 hereof, (ii) to an affiliate of the Buyer, provided that the transferee agrees to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement, or (iii) pursuant to a public offering of the Shares registered under the Securities Act.
Certain Corporate Transactions In the event of certain corporate transactions, this Option shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 of the Plan. In the event of a Change in Control, this Option shall be subject to the provisions of Section 17 of the Plan.
Certain Corporate Matters VSCO is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction in which the character of VSCO’s properties or nature of VSCO’s business requires it to be so licensed or qualified other than such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so licensed or qualified does not, or insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, in the future will not, have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or business. VSCO has full corporate power and authority and all authorizations, licenses and permits necessary to carry on the business in which it is engaged or in which it proposes presently to engage and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. VSCO has delivered to Tianyin true, accurate and complete copies of its certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws, which reflect all restatements of and amendments made thereto at any time prior to the date of this Agreement. The records of meetings of the Shareholders and Board of Directors of VSCO are complete and correct in all material respects. The stock records of VSCO and the Shareholder lists of VSCO that VSCO has previously furnished to Tianyin are complete and correct in all material respects and accurately reflect the record ownership and the beneficial ownership of all the outstanding shares of VSCO’s capital stock and any other outstanding securities issued by VSCO. VSCO is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws in any material respect. VSCO is not in any material default or in violation of any restriction, lien, encumbrance, indenture, contract, lease, sublease, loan agreement, note or other obligation or liability by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject.
Termination of Intercompany Agreements (a) Except as set forth in Section 2.4(b), DevCo, on behalf of itself and each of the other members of the DevCo Group, and SpinCo, on behalf of itself and each of the other members of the SpinCo Group, hereby terminate, effective as of the Effective Time, any and all Intercompany Agreements. No such terminated Intercompany Agreement will be of any further force or effect from and after the Effective Time and all Parties shall be released from all Liabilities thereunder other than the Liability to settle any Intercompany Accounts as provided in Section 2.5. Each Party shall take, or cause to be taken, any and all actions as may be reasonably necessary to effect the foregoing.
(b) The provisions of Section 2.4(a) shall not apply to any of the following agreements (which agreements shall continue to be outstanding after the Effective Time and thereafter shall be deemed to be, for each relevant Party (or the member of such Party’s Group), an obligation to a third party and shall no longer be an Intercompany Agreement) (collectively, the “Surviving Intercompany Agreements”):
(i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement);
(ii) the agreements listed on Schedule 2.4(b)(ii); and
(iii) any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements among any members of either Group.
Acquisition Agreements If the Equipment is subject to any Acquisition Agreement, Lessee, as part of this lease, transfers and assigns to Lessor all of its rights, but none of its obligations (except for Lessee's obligation to pay for the Equipment conditioned upon Lessee's acceptance in accordance with Paragraph 6), in and to the Acquisition Agreement, including but not limited to the right to take title to the Equipment. Lessee shall indemnify and hold Lessor harmless in accordance with Paragraph 19 from any liability resulting from any Acquisition Agreement as well as liabilities resulting from any Acquisition Agreement Lessor is required to enter into on behalf of Lessee or with Lessee for purposes of this lease.
Certain Additional Agreements (a) The Company may require each Selling Holder to furnish to the Company in writing such information required in connection with such registration regarding such Selling Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any Selling Holder who fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(b) Each Selling Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(c)(iii) or (c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; provided, however, that (i) in no event shall such discontinuance exceed the time period set forth in Section 2.1(e) hereof, and (ii) the Company shall extend the time periods under Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained by the amount of time the Holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.
(c) Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.