Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates and that FTB or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending written notice to FTB (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified the Managing Member that the New Activity is permissible, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that such Regulatory Approval has been obtained. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the New Activity Notice, FTB must notify the Managing Member in writing (i) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, such New Activity would be permissible for FTB and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (ii) that either (A) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, or (B) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained by FTB and/or its Affiliates. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (B) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB notifies it that such activity is impermissible or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and (ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for the impact or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that the Company may seek to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) to engage (and only to engage) in acquisitions of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company). (ii) Vantiv and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (i) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB or its Affiliates and (ii) providing any information to FTB as may be reasonably requested by FTB or its Affiliates in connection therewith and (iii) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; provided that FTB will exercise reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law. (iii) The obligations of Vantiv, the Company and the Members set forth in this Section 2.4(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect in the event that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed to control Vantiv or the Company under applicable banking Laws, as the Company (acting through its Managing Member) and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (such matter, at the option of FTB, being conclusively demonstrated by a non-control determination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or any other applicable banking regulator).
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement, Limited Liability Company Agreement (Vantiv, Inc.), Limited Liability Company Agreement (Vantiv, Inc.)
Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates and that FTB or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or of its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither If Vantiv, the Company nor or any Subsidiary shall proposes to engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending then (i) the Managing Member shall send a written notice to FTB (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified the Managing Member that prior to engaging in the New Activity is permissibleand (ii) none of Vantiv, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that the Company and any Subsidiary shall engage in such Regulatory Approval New Activity until the Waiting Period applicable thereto has been obtainedexpired. Within thirty forty-five (3045) days after receipt of the New Activity NoticeNotice (or, if later, thirty (30) days after the date Vantiv and the Company have provided FTB with such information as is reasonably required for FTB (x) to make a determination whether Regulatory Approval is required to be sought by it in connection with such New Activity or (y) to obtain such Regulatory Approval), FTB must notify the Managing Member in writing (a “Regulatory Notice”) (i) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, such New Activity would be permissible for FTB and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (ii) that either (A) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, or (B) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained by FTB and/or its AffiliatesAffiliates and whether such approval requires an Exit Transaction or (C) a Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity but has not yet been obtained. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (BC) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB notifies it that such activity is impermissible or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and (ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for the impact or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that the Company may seek to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) to engage (and only to engage) in acquisitions of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company).
(ii) Vantiv and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (i) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB or its Affiliates and (ii) providing any information to FTB as may be reasonably requested by FTB or its Affiliates in connection therewith and (iii) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; provided that FTB will exercise reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law.
(iii) The obligations If, as of Vantivthe date that is forty-five (45) days after receipt by FTB of a New Activity Notice (or, if later, thirty (30) days after the date Vantiv and the Company have provided FTB with such information as is reasonably required for FTB (x) to make a determination whether Regulatory Approval is required to be sought by it in connection with such New Activity or (y) to obtain such Regulatory Approval), FTB either (A) has not delivered a Regulatory Notice to the Managing Member or (B) has delivered a Regulatory Notice pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof which requires an Exit Transaction or (C) has delivered a Regulatory Notice pursuant to clause (C) of the definition thereof, then either FTB or Vantiv may, at any time thereafter, deliver a notice to the other of Vantiv and the Members set forth in this Section 2.4(b) FTB requiring that an Exit Transaction be consummated within 30 calendar days (which shall terminate and be of no further force or effect in the event tolled for each day that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed or Vantiv is not permitted to control Vantiv or effect the Company Exit Transaction under applicable banking Lawssecurities laws) of receipt or delivery by FTB of such Exit Transaction notice (unless FTB earlier notifies Vantiv that the outstanding Regulatory Approval (x) has been received without a required Exit Transaction or (y) is not required). If requested by FTB as part of any Exit Transaction, as Vantiv shall repurchase 50% of the Company greater of (acting through its Managing Memberi) the Minimum Sale Number and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (ii) such matterother number of Class B Units (either, at the option of FTBVantiv, being conclusively demonstrated by as Class B Units or as exchanged into shares of Class A Common Stock of Vantiv) as FTB and its Affiliates may determine to sell in connection with such Exit Transaction, at a non-control determination by price per share of Class A Common Stock (or as applicable, a price per Class B Unit) equal to the Board of Governors Applicable Price.
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Vantiv and the Company may at any time prior to the consummation of the Federal Reserve System and/or any other applicable banking regulator)Exit Transaction withdraw the New Activity Notice and refrain from engaging in the New Activity, in which case, the parties shall not be obligated to effect the Exit Transaction.
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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Vantiv, Inc.), Transaction Agreement (Fifth Third Bancorp)
Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates and that FTB or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the Company’s engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending written notice to FTB (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified the Managing Member that the New Activity is permissible, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that such Regulatory Approval has been obtained). Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the New Activity Notice, FTB must notify the Managing Member Board of Directors in writing (i) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, such New Activity would be permissible for FTB and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (ii) that either (A) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, or (B) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained by FTB and/or its Affiliates. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (B) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB notifies it that such activity is impermissible or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and (ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for the impact or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that the Company may seek to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) to engage (and only to engage) in acquisitions of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company).
(ii) Vantiv and the The Company shall use their its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (i) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB or its Affiliates and (ii) providing any information to FTB as may be reasonably requested by FTB or its Affiliates in connection therewith and (iii) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; provided that FTB will exercise reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law.
(iii) The obligations of Vantiv, the Company and the Members set forth in this Section 2.4(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect in the event that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed to control Vantiv or the Company under applicable banking Laws, as the Company (acting through its Managing Member) and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (such matter, at the option of FTB, being conclusively demonstrated by a non-control determination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or any other applicable banking regulator).
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Fifth Third Bancorp)
Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates and that FTB or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or of its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither If Vantiv, the Company nor or any Subsidiary shall proposes to engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending then (i) the Managing Member shall send a written notice to FTB (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified the Managing Member that prior to engaging in the New Activity is permissibleand (ii) none of Vantiv, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that the Company and any Subsidiary shall engage in such Regulatory Approval New Activity until the Waiting Period applicable thereto has been obtainedexpired. Within thirty forty-five (3045) days after receipt of the New Activity NoticeNotice (or, if later, thirty (30) days after the date Vantiv and the Company have provided FTB with such information as is reasonably required for FTB (x) to make a determination whether Regulatory Approval is required to be sought by it in connection with such New Activity or (y) to obtain such Regulatory Approval), FTB must notify the Managing Member in writing (a “Regulatory Notice”)
(i) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, such New Activity would be permissible for FTB and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (ii) that either (A) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, or (B) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained by FTB and/or its AffiliatesAffiliates and whether such approval requires an Exit Transaction or (C) a Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity but has not yet been obtained. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (BC) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB notifies it that such activity is impermissible or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and (ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for the impact or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that the Company may seek to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) to engage (and only to engage) in acquisitions of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company).
(ii) Vantiv and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (i) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB or its Affiliates and (ii) providing any information to FTB as may be reasonably requested by FTB or its Affiliates in connection therewith and and
(iii) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; provided that FTB will exercise reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law.
(iii) The obligations of Vantiv, the Company and the Members set forth in this Section 2.4(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect in the event that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed to control Vantiv or the Company under applicable banking Laws, as the Company (acting through its Managing Member) and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (such matter, at the option of FTB, being conclusively demonstrated by a non-control determination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or any other applicable banking regulator).
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Samples: Transaction Agreement
Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates and that FTB or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or of its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither If Vantiv, the Company nor or any Subsidiary shall proposes to engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending then (i) the Managing Member shall send a written notice to FTB (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified the Managing Member that prior to engaging in the New Activity is permissibleand (ii) none of Vantiv, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that the Company and any Subsidiary shall engage in such Regulatory Approval New Activity until the Waiting Period applicable thereto has been obtainedexpired. Within thirty forty-five (3045) days after receipt of the New Activity NoticeNotice (or, if later, thirty (30) days after the date Vantiv and the Company have provided FTB with such information as is reasonably required for FTB (x) to make a determination whether Regulatory Approval is required to be sought by it in connection with such New Activity or (y) to obtain such Regulatory Approval), FTB must notify the Managing Member in writing (a “Regulatory Notice”) (i) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, such New Activity would be permissible for FTB and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (ii) that either (A) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, or (B) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained by FTB and/or its AffiliatesAffiliates and whether such approval requires an Exit Transaction or (C) a Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity but has not yet been obtained. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (BC) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB notifies it that such activity is impermissible or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and (ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for the impact or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that the Company may seek to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) to engage (and only to engage) in acquisitions of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company).
(ii) Vantiv and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (i) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB or its Affiliates and (ii) providing any information to FTB as may be reasonably requested by FTB or its Affiliates in connection therewith and (iii) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; provided that FTB will exercise reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law.
(iii) The obligations of Vantiv, the Company and the Members set forth in this Section 2.4(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect in the event that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed to control Vantiv or the Company under applicable banking Laws, as the Company (acting through its Managing Member) and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (such matter, at the option of FTB, being conclusively demonstrated by a non-control determination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or any other applicable banking regulator).
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Samples: Transaction Agreement
Certain Regulatory Restrictions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and the Members acknowledge that FTB FNBO and its Affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight by bank regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions (including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other Government Entities, including the State of Ohio’s Division of Financial Institutions) with jurisdiction over FTB or its Affiliates on an ongoing basis and that FTB FNBO or its Affiliates may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from, or provide notice to, such authorities, prior to, or provide notice to such authorities following, the Company’s engagement by the Company or Vantiv (by virtue or its holding company status or otherwise) or any Subsidiary in certain activities or consummation of certain investments or as a result of such regulatory oversight, review, audit and/or examination by bank regulatory authorities (“Regulatory Approval”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required by the applicable Law or regulatory agency neither Vantiv, the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in any business that may reasonably require FTB or an Affiliate of FTB to seek Regulatory Approval, whether under the Bank Holding Company Act, Ohio Law or other applicable Law new activity not set forth in 12 CFR § 5.34(e)(5)(V) (a “New Activity”), whether by acquisition, investment or organic growth, without first sending written notice to FTB FNBO (the “New Activity Notice”) and FTB having notified ). Activities engaged in by the Managing Member that Business as of the date hereof shall not be considered a New Activity is permissible, and, if dependent upon Regulatory Approval, that such Regulatory Approval has been obtainedActivity. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the New Activity Notice, FTB FNBO must notify the Managing Member Board of Directors in writing (iA) whether, based on the advice of legal counsel, whether such New Activity by the Company or its Subsidiaries would be permissible for FTB FNBO and/or its Affiliates to make or engage in directly under all applicable banking Laws and (iiB) that either (A1) no Regulatory Approval with respect to FTB FNBO and/or its Affiliates is required for such New Activity, Activity by the Company or its Subsidiaries or (B2) any required Regulatory Approval with respect to such New Activity by the Company or its Subsidiaries has been or will within a reasonable amount of time be obtained requested by FTB and/or its AffiliatesFNBO. FTB shall subsequently notify the Managing Member whether any required Regulatory Approval referenced in clause (B) above has been obtained. None of Vantiv, Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall engage in such New Activity if FTB FNBO notifies it that such activity by the Company or its Subsidiaries is impermissible under applicable Law or until required Regulatory Approvals are obtained; , it being understood that a Regulatory Approval shall not be deemed obtained until the expiration of any applicable waiting periods or the receipt of any necessary approval, as applicable.; provided, that if (1) such New Activity relates to an acquisition (whether by contribution or otherwise) of assets or securities or investment in any other Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related acquisitions, for a value exceeding $175,000,000, and (2) the effect of obtaining such Regulatory Approval would materially adversely affect FTB with respect to its regulatory capital or permissible banking activities, or would impose material burdensome regulatory conditions on FTB with respect to its regulatory capital, then such New Activity shall be deemed not to be permissible unless the Company or its subsidiaries (i) use their reasonable best efforts to make accommodations to relieve FTB from the additional material burden of such conditions and
(ii) if such material burden is not removed despite such reasonable best efforts, reimburse FTB for To the impact extent required by the applicable Law or the cost of complying with such conditions, including if applicable, as set forth in the succeeding proviso; provided, further, however, that FTB recognizes that regulatory agency the Company may seek agrees and agrees to establish a “financial subsidiary” (as defined under Federal Reserve Regulation H) cause its Subsidiaries to engage (be subject to supervision and only examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, subject to engage) in acquisitions the limitations and requirements of foreign companies and, with appropriate regulatory authority, such establishment and acquisitions shall be permissible so long as either (1) such acquisition or investment has a value Section 45 of less than $175,000,000 or (2) (a) the Federal Reserve does not impose any conditions upon FTB that are materially more burdensome than the precedent set forth in the applicable regulations with respect to the establishment of such a subsidiary or any acquisition thereby Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831v) and (b) FTB and the Company act in good faith to determine any incremental cost of capital charge for the benefit of FTB appropriate for any net capital deduction by FTB resulting from any acquisition by such subsidiary and reimburse FTB for such incremental cost, it being understood that any expected increase in the value of FTB’s holdings Section 115 of the Company’s shares may offset all or part of such charge Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act (but in no event will result in any payment by FTB to the Company12 U.S.C. 1820a).
(iiiii) Vantiv and the The Company shall shall, at FNBO’s expense, use their its commercially reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable, as promptly as possible, to assist FTB FNBO or its Affiliates in obtaining any Regulatory Approval necessary for FTB FNBO or its Affiliates to qualify or continue its ownership interest in Vantiv and the Company as a permissible investment, including by (iA) making appropriate filings and submissions to any Government Entity required by Law applicable to Vantiv, the Company or the Subsidiaries or FTB FNBO or its Affiliates and Affiliates, (iiB) providing any information to FTB FNBO as may be reasonably requested by FTB FNBO or its Affiliates in connection therewith and (iiiC) executing and delivering additional documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection therewith. FTB FNBO shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain any Regulatory Approval as promptly as possible; , provided that FTB FNBO will exercise commercially reasonable best efforts to minimize disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information relating to the Company and to seek confidential treatment for any such information, in each case, case to the maximum extent allowed under applicable Law.
(iiiiv) The Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 4.09(g), the obligations of Vantiv, the Company and the Members set forth contained in this Section 2.4(b2.04(b)(i)-(iii) shall terminate be deleted and be of no further force and effect following a Large Acquisition or effect when FNBO and its Affiliates hold less than 15% of the outstanding Units, in which case CDEC shall have a right to call FNBO’s Units from FNBO (and FNBO shall be obligated to sell to CDEC (or its Affiliates) all of FNBO’s Units and FNBO shall have the right to put its Units to CDEC (and CDEC (or its Affiliates)) shall be obligated to purchase from FNBO) all of FNBO’s Units for cash in the event that FTB and its Affiliates are no longer deemed to control Vantiv or the Company under determines actual or proposed activities of the Company are regulated, restricted or prohibited by Law due to FNBO’s ownership of the Units or FNBO determines it is in violation of applicable banking Laws, as the Company (acting through Laws due to its Managing Member) and FTB mutually determine in good faith, in consultation with regulators or otherwise (such matter, at the option of FTB, being conclusively demonstrated by a non-control determination by the Board of Governors ownership of the Federal Reserve System and/or Units and such regulation, restriction, prohibition or violation is not resolved within 120 days of such determination. FNBO shall indemnify the Company, CDEC and CDEC’s Affiliates for all Losses resulting out of such regulation, restriction, prohibition or violation during such 120 day period. “Losses” means any other applicable banking regulatorlosses, liabilities, damages and claims and all related costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements and costs of investigation, litigation, settlement, judgment, interest and penalties). The valuation of the Units shall be consistent with the methodology used in Section 4.09(f). Such call and put rights shall begin following such 120 day period and continue for so long as such restriction, regulation, prohibition or violation is occurring.
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Total System Services Inc)