Risk Acknowledgment ADVISER does not guarantee the future performance of the Account or any specific level of performance, the success of any investment recommendation or strategy that ADVISER may take or recommend for the Account, or the success of ADVISER’s overall management of the Account. CLIENT understands that investment recommendations for the Account by ADVISER are subject to various market, currency, economic, political and business risks, and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable.
Acknowledgments and Agreements (a) The Borrower acknowledges that on the date hereof all Obligations are payable without defense, offset, counterclaim or recoupment.
(b) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby expressly reserve all of their rights, remedies, and claims under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or relinquishment of (i) any Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, (ii) any of the agreements, terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents, (iii) any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to the Loan Documents, or (iv) the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect the full amounts owing to them under the Loan Documents.
(c) Each of the Borrower, the Guarantors, Administrative Agent, and Lenders does hereby adopt, ratify, and confirm the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and acknowledges and agrees that the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, is and remains in full force and effect, and the Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their respective liabilities and obligations under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Guaranty, are not impaired in any respect by this Agreement.
(d) From and after the Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall mean such Credit Agreement and such Loan Documents as amended by this Agreement.
(e) This Agreement is a Loan Document for the purposes of the provisions of the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, any breach of representations, warranties, and covenants under this Agreement shall be a Default or Event of Default, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement.
Acknowledgments and Stipulations Each Borrower acknowledges and stipulates that the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed by Borrowers are legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrowers that are enforceable against Borrowers in accordance with the terms thereof; all of the Obligations are owing and payable without defense, offset or counterclaim (and to the extent there exists any such defense, offset or counterclaim on the date hereof, the same is hereby waived by each Borrower); and the security interests and liens granted by Borrowers in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, are duly perfected, first priority security interests and liens to the extent provided therein.
Acknowledgments and Affirmations a. Employee affirms that Employee has complied with all laws and regulations applicable to FFB’s operations.
b. Employee affirms that Employee has not filed, caused to be filed, or presently is not a party to any claim against FFB.
c. Employee affirms that Employee has been paid and/or has received all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to which Employee may be entitled.
d. Employee affirms that Employee has been granted any leave to which Employee was entitled under the Family and Medical Leave Act or related state or local leave or disability accommodation laws.
e. Employee affirms that Employee has no known workplace injuries or occupational diseases.
f. Employee affirms that Employee has not divulged any of FFB’s Confidential Information (as defined in the Employment Agreement) and will continue to maintain the confidentiality of such information consistent with statute or common law, FFB’s policies and/or Employee’s agreement(s) with FFB.
g. Employee affirms that he has not violated and will continue to comply with the non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disparagement covenants set forth in the Employment Agreement.
h. Employee affirms that Employee has not been retaliated against for reporting any allegations of wrongdoing by FFB or its officers, including any allegations of corporate fraud.
i. Employee affirms that all of FFB’s decisions regarding Employee’s pay and benefits through the date of Employee’s Severance Date were not discriminatory based on age, disability, race, color, sex, religion, national origin or any other classification protected by law.
j. Employee affirms that any stock options granted to Employee under any FFB option program that have not vested by Employee’s Severance Date shall be considered lapsed, and be forever unexercisable by Employee unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable plan document for those options. At Employee’s Severance Date, any vested stock options will be treated in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan document for those options.
Additional Acknowledgments Executive acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 8 are in consideration of: (i) employment with the Employer, (ii) the issuance of the Carried Shares by the Company and (iii) additional good and valuable consideration as set forth in this Agreement. In addition, Executive agrees and acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Section 7 and this Section 8 do not preclude Executive from earning a livelihood, nor do they unreasonably impose limitations on Executive’s ability to earn a living. In addition, Executive acknowledges (i) that the business of the Company, Employer and their respective Subsidiaries will be international in scope and without geographical limitation, (ii) notwithstanding the state of incorporation or principal office of the Company, Employer or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any of their respective executives or employees (including the Executive), it is expected that the Company and Employer will have business activities and have valuable business relationships within its industry throughout the world, and (iii) as part of his responsibilities, Executive will be traveling in furtherance of Employer’s business and its relationships. Executive agrees and acknowledges that the potential harm to the Company and Employer and their respective Subsidiaries of the non-enforcement of Section 7 and this Section 8 outweighs any potential harm to Executive of its enforcement by injunction or otherwise. Executive acknowledges that he has carefully read this Agreement and has given careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon Executive by this Agreement, and is in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper protection of confidential and proprietary information of the Company and Employer now existing or to be developed in the future. Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that each and every restraint imposed by this Agreement is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and geographical area.
Director’s Representation and Acknowledgment The Director represents to the Company that his execution and performance of this Agreement shall not be in violation of any agreement or obligation (whether or not written) that he may have with or to any person or entity, including without limitation, any prior or current employer. The Director hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement (and any other agreement or obligation referred to herein) shall be an obligation solely of the Company, and the Director shall have no recourse whatsoever against any stockholder of the Company or any of their respective affiliates with regard to this Agreement.
Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment (a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, New Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Original Closing Date, on the First Restatement Date, on the Second Restatement Date, on the Second Amendment and Restatement Joinder Date, on the Third Restatement Date or as of the date of funding of such New Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans.
Mutual Acknowledgment Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that, in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future in certain circumstances to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court for a determination of the Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.
System Acknowledgments Custodian shall acknowledge through the System its receipt of each transmission communicated through the System, and in the absence of such acknowledgment Custodian shall not be liable for any failure to act in accordance with such transmission and the Fund may not claim that such transmission was received by Custodian.
Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Shares (i) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that, in respect of any Shares delivered to Dealer hereunder, such Shares shall be newly issued (unless mutually agreed otherwise by the parties) and, upon such delivery, duly and validly authorized, issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free of any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights and shall, upon such issuance, be accepted for listing or quotation on the Exchange.
(ii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) will hedge its exposure to the Transaction by selling Shares borrowed from third party securities lenders or other Shares pursuant to a registration statement, and that, pursuant to the terms of the Interpretive Letter, the Shares (up to the Initial Number of Shares) delivered, pledged or loaned by Counterparty to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) in connection with the Transaction may be used by Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) to return to securities lenders without further registration or other restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in the hands of those securities lenders, irrespective of whether such securities loan is effected by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer. Accordingly, subject to Paragraph 7(h) below, Counterparty agrees that the Shares that it delivers, pledges or loans to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) on or prior to the final Settlement Date will not bear a restrictive legend and that such Shares will be deposited in, and the delivery thereof shall be effected through the facilities of, the Clearance System.
(iii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that it has reserved and will keep available at all times, free from preemptive or similar rights and free from any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance, authorized but unissued Shares at least equal to the Share Cap, solely for the purpose of settlement under the Transaction.
(iv) Unless the provisions set forth below under “Private Placement Procedures” are applicable, Dealer agrees to use any Shares delivered by Counterparty hereunder on any Settlement Date to return to securities lenders to close out open securities loans created by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer in the course of Dealer’s or such affiliate’s hedging activities related to Dealer’s exposure under the Transaction.
(v) In connection with bids and purchases of Shares in connection with any Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement of the Transaction, Dealer shall use its good faith efforts to conduct its activities, or cause its affiliates to conduct their activities, in a manner consistent with the requirements of the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18, as if such provisions were applicable to such purchases and any analogous purchases under any Additional Transaction, taking into account any applicable SEC no action letters, as appropriate.
