Closing and Escrow A. The date of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be the date that is thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Due Diligence Period, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by both parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that additional time is needed for Seller to satisfy the Conditions Precedent or to effectuate the 1031 exchange described in Section 18(M), Seller shall have the right upon ten (10) days prior written notice to Buyer, to extend the Closing Date for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. If the Closing has not occurred by the Closing Date, as extended pursuant to the foregoing sentence, then such delay shall constitute a default by Seller under this Agreement and Buyer shall have all rights and remedies set forth in Section 6(B) herein. B. Upon mutual execution of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall deposit an executed counterpart of this Agreement with the Title Company and this Agreement shall serve as instructions to the Title Company (as the escrow holder for consummation of the purchase and sale contemplated hereby). Seller and Buyer agree to execute such additional escrow instructions as may be appropriate to enable the escrow holder to comply with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event any conflict between such additional instructions and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. C. At or before the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer the following documents: (i) a duly executed and acknowledged Deed, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances; (ii) a duly executed Xxxx of Sale; (iii) a duly executed Assignment; (iv) originals of the Service Contracts and any other relevant original Due Diligence Materials not previously delivered to Buyer pursuant to Section 5 above; (v) an affidavit that Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is not subject to withholding under California or U.S. tax law in form reasonably acceptable to Buyer, duly executed by Seller; (vi) such resolutions, authorizations, bylaws or other corporate and/or partnership documents or agreements relating to Seller and its partners and/or shareholders as shall be reasonably required by Buyer and/or the Title Company; (vii) a closing statement in form and content satisfactory to Buyer and Seller; and (viii) any other instruments, records or correspondence called for hereunder which have not previously been delivered or which otherwise may be necessary and appropriate to complete the Closing of the transactions contemplated herein. Buyer may waive compliance on Seller’s part under any of the foregoing items by an instrument in writing. D. At or before the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller the following documents: (i) a duly executed Assignment; (ii) a closing statement in form and content satisfactory to Buyer and Seller; and (iii) the remaining Purchase Price. E. Seller and Buyer shall each deposit such other instruments as are reasonably required by the escrow holder or otherwise required to close the escrow and consummate the purchase of the Property in accordance with the terms hereof. All documents to be delivered at Closing and all payments to be made under this Agreement shall be delivered into escrow with the Title Company. F. The following are to be apportioned as of the Closing Date, as follows:
CLOSING AND SETTLEMENT Seller/Landlord shall determine the title company at which settlement shall occur and shall inform Buyer/Tenant of this location in writing. Buyer/Tenant agrees that closing costs in their entirety, including any points, fees, and other charges required by the third-party lender, shall be the sole responsibility of Buyer/Tenant. The only expense related to closing costs apportioned to Seller/Landlord shall be the pro-rated share of the ad valorem taxes due at the time of closing, for which Seller/Landlord is solely responsible.
Post-Closing Matters Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.14, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule, as such time limits may be extended from time to time by Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Payments of Post-Closing Adjustment Except as otherwise provided herein, any payment of the Post-Closing Adjustment, together with interest calculated as set forth below, shall (A) be due (x) within five (5) Business Days of acceptance of the applicable Closing Working Capital Statement or (y) if there are Disputed Amounts, then within five (5) Business Days of the resolution described in clause (v) above; and (B) be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account(s) as is directed by Buyer or Sellers, as the case may be.
Post-Closing Access (a) Following the Closing Date, Ceding Company and its Affiliates shall: (i) allow Reinsurer, through its Representatives, upon reasonable prior written notice and during normal business hours, the right, at Reinsurer’s sole cost and expense, to examine and make copies of any books and records related to the Business which are retained by Ceding Company or any of its Affiliates (including the Books and Records set forth in Schedule 5.7) for any reasonable business purpose, including the preparation or examination of Reinsurer’s Tax Returns, regulatory and statutory filings, responses to regulatory inquiries and financial statements; (ii) allow Reinsurer, through its Representatives, to interview Ceding Company’s employees for any reasonable business purpose relating to the Business, including the preparation or examination of Tax Returns, regulatory and statutory filings and financial statements and the conduct of any litigation relating to the Business, or the conduct of any regulatory, contract holder, participant or other dispute resolution whether pending or threatened; and (iii) maintain such books and records for Reinsurer’s examination and copying until at least the later of the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date or, with respect to all Tax books and records, until sixty (60) days after the expiration of any period imposed by Applicable Law, after which Ceding Company may destroy such books and records in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time prior to such destruction Ceding Company shall give Reinsurer a reasonable opportunity, at Reinsurer’s expense, to segregate and remove such books and records as Reinsurer may select. Reinsurer shall pay any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Reinsurer’s access to such employees and books and records related to the Business. Access to such employees and books and records shall not unreasonably interfere with Ceding Company’s or any successor company’s business operations. (b) Following the Closing Date, Reinsurer shall: (i) allow Ceding Company, through its Representatives, upon reasonable prior written notice and during normal business hours the right to examine and make copies, at Ceding Company’s expense, of the Books and Records transferred to Reinsurer at the Closing; (ii) allow Ceding Company, through its Representatives to interview Reinsurer’s employees specifically dedicated to the Business in connection with Ceding Company’s preparation or examination of Tax Returns, regulatory and statutory filings, responses to regulatory inquiries and financial statements, or Ceding Company’s conduct of any regulatory, contract holder, participant or other dispute resolution whether pending or threatened; and (iii) maintain such Books and Records for Ceding Company’s examination and copying until at least the later of the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date or, with respect to all Tax books and records, until sixty (60) days after the expiration of any period imposed by Applicable Law after which Reinsurer may destroy such books and records in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time prior to such destruction Reinsurer shall give Ceding Company a reasonable opportunity, at Ceding Company’s expense, to segregate and remove such books and records as Ceding Company may select. Access to such employees and Books and Records shall not unreasonably interfere with the business operations of Reinsurer or its Affiliates. Ceding Company shall pay any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Ceding Company’s access to such employees and Books and Records. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.10, access to any books and records may be denied by either party if such party is required under Applicable Law relating to privacy issues to deny such access, or to protect attorney-client privilege or attorney work product; provided, however, that to the extent that any request by either party for post-Closing access would not violate Applicable Law relating to privacy if a waiver were obtained from a Contract Owner, Ceding Company and Reinsurer shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such a waiver.
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Closing Escrow The Closing shall take place by means of a so called “New York style” escrow (the “Closing Escrow”), and, at or prior to the Closing, the Parties shall enter into a closing escrow agreement with the Escrow Agent with respect to the Closing Escrow in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Seller, Purchaser and the Escrow Agent (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) the Purchase Price to be paid by Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, (ii) all of the documents required to be delivered by Seller and Purchaser at Closing pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with Escrow Agent, and (iii) at Closing, the Purchase Price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.1) and the Xxxxxxx Money shall be disbursed to Seller and the documents deposited into the Closing Escrow shall be delivered to Seller and Purchaser (as the case may be) pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement.
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 The Closing Date shall be December 10, 2004, or such later date as the parties may agree to in writing. All acts necessary to consummation the Reorganization (the "Closing") shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Closing Date unless otherwise provided. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Xxxx xxx Xxxr XXX, 00 Xxxxx Strexx, Boston, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, xx xx xxxx xxxxx xxxxe as the parties may agree. 3.2 Portfolio securities that are held other than in book-entry form in the name of State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Acquired Fund Custodian") as record holder for the Acquired Fund shall be presented by the Acquired Fund to Brown Brothers Harriman & Xx. (the "Acxxxxxxx Fund Custodian") for examination no later than three business days preceding the Closing Date. Such portfolio securities shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund to the Acquiring Fund Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer, in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof in accordance with the custom of brokers, and shall be accompanied by all necessary federal and state stock transfer stamps or a check for the appropriate purchase price thereof. Portfolio securities held of record by the Acquired Fund Custodian in book-entry form on behalf of the Acquired Fund shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian through the Depository Trust Company to the Acquiring Fund Custodian and by the Acquiring Fund Custodian recording the beneficial ownership thereof by the Acquiring Fund on the Acquiring Fund Custodian's records. Any cash shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian transmitting immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Acquiring Fund Custodian the cash balances maintained by the Acquired Fund Custodian and the Acquiring Fund Custodian crediting such amount to the account of the Acquiring Fund. 3.3 The Acquiring Fund Custodian shall deliver within one business day after the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that: (a) the Acquired Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, and (b) all necessary transfer taxes including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid, or provision for payment has been made in conjunction with the delivery of portfolio securities as part of the Acquired Assets. 3.4 If on the Closing Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange is closed to trading or trading thereon shall be restricted or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such exchange or elsewhere is disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the NAV of the Acquiring Fund Shares or the Acquired Fund pursuant to Paragraph 2.1 is impracticable, the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored. 3.5 The Acquired Fund shall deliver at the Closing a list of the names, addresses, federal taxpayer identification numbers and backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding status and certificates of the Acquired Fund Shareholders and the number and percentage ownership of outstanding Acquired Fund Shares owned by each Acquired Fund Shareholder as of the Valuation Time, certified by the President or a Secretary of the Safeco Trust and its Treasurer, Secretary or other authorized officer (the "Shareholder List") as being an accurate record of the information (a) provided by the Acquired Fund Shareholders, (b) provided by the Acquired Fund Custodian, or (c) derived from the Safeco Trust's records by such officers or one of the Safeco Trust's service providers. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund Shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide evidence satisfactory to the Acquired Fund that such Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Fund's account on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, stock certificates, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
Closing Matters (a) Within one business day of the date of this Agreement, Buyer shall deliver the notice attached as Annex I hereto to Continental. (b) Prior to the Closing, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer appropriate instructions for book entry transfers of ownership of the Shares from Seller to Buyer. (c) The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (“Closing”) will occur not later than the first to occur of (i) the first date any funds are disbursed from the Trust Account, except if the Extension is approved, for disbursements to Buyer’s shareholders who exercise their Conversion Rights on or prior to February 12, 2010, (ii) February 18, 2010 if the Extension is not approved, (iii) the fifth business day after the Merger is abandoned, (iv) the third business day after the Merger is not approved by Buyer’s shareholders and (v) February 22, 2010 as such date may be adjourned pursuant to the Escrow Agreement described in Section 6(n) (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, Buyer and Migami shall pay Seller the Aggregate Purchase Price and the cash portion of the Fees by wire transfer. Payments from the Buyer to the Seller shall be made from the Trust Account in immediately available funds in accordance with the Irrevocable Instructions attached as Annex I hereto to an account specified by Seller and Seller shall deliver the Shares immediately thereafter to Buyer electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian) System to an account specified by Buyer. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Irrevocable Instructions to the contrary, if the Merger is not consummated, Buyer shall not be obligated to pay the Seller for each Share more than the pro rata amount held in the Trust Account at the time of Buyer’s liquidation for each such Share. (d) In the event that Seller has not received the Aggregate Purchase Price on a timely basis on the Closing Date, then Migami shall pay to Seller in immediately available funds an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1.0% total amount of, or (ii) the highest lawful rate of, the total Purchase Price Per Share paid by Seller for all of the Shares calculated from the date such payment was required to be made through the date such payment is actually made. (e) Upon the execution of this Agreement, Buyer will deliver to the Investor a legal opinion from Buyer’s counsel in the form annexed hereto as Annex II.
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment 1.9.1 Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”) which shall set forth the Net Working Capital of the Newsprint Business and of Apache as of the Closing Time (which shall be set forth separately for each of the Newsprint Business and Apache, but as aggregated shall be referred to as the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and shall be prepared in accordance with Seller’s past accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures and in the same manner, with consistent classification and estimation methodology, as the Financial Statements were prepared, except that the Excluded Assets and the Newsprint Retained Obligations shall be excluded. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement may not be amended by Seller after it is delivered to Purchaser. 1.9.2 Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement to it, complete its review of the Closing Net Working Capital reflected on the Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If Purchaser wishes to dispute the Closing Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of such disagreement and any reason therefore (“Purchaser’s Objection”), setting forth a specific description of the basis of Purchaser’s Objection and the adjustments to the Closing Net Working Capital that Purchaser believes should be made, on or before the last day of such thirty (30) day period, which Purchaser’s Objection may not be amended by Purchaser after it is delivered to Seller (except to withdraw any such Purchaser’s Objection). Any items on the Closing Net Working Capital Statements not disputed in Purchaser’s Objection shall be irrevocably deemed to be accepted by Purchaser. Seller shall then have thirty (30) days to review and respond to Purchaser’s Objection. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within thirty (30) days following Seller’s receipt of Purchaser’s Objection (the “Negotiation Period”), they shall refer their remaining differences to a mutually agreeable independent accounting firm of national recognition (other than an independent accounting firm utilized by any of Seller, Apache or Purchaser or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing within the past three (3) years) acceptable to both Seller and Purchaser or if Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree as to such third party accounting firm within ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Negotiation Period, either Seller or Purchaser may request that the Chairman of the American Arbitration Association (or the nominated representative of the Chairman) appoint a third party accounting firm meeting the aforementioned requirements to resolve the dispute (the accounting firm selected being referred to as the “CPA Firm”), who shall determine, only with respect to the remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Net Working Capital requires adjustment. The procedure and schedule under which any dispute shall be submitted to the CPA Firm shall be as follows: (a) Within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the end of the Negotiation Period and (ii) the selection of the CPA Firm, Purchaser shall submit any unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Seller), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute a withdrawal by Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Objection with respect to any unresolved element to which such failure relates. (b) Within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s submission of the unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection as specified in sub-clause (a) above, Seller shall submit its response to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Purchaser), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute an acceptance by Seller with respect to any unresolved elements to which such failure relates. (c) The CPA Firm shall deliver its written determination to Purchaser and Seller no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the remaining differences underlying Purchaser’s Objection are referred to the CPA Firm, or such longer period of time as the CPA Firm determines is necessary.