Satisfaction of Closing Conditions (a) The parties shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary or appropriate to bring about the satisfaction as soon as possible of all the conditions contained in Section 7. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties shall apply for and diligently prosecute all applications for, and shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts promptly to obtain, such consents, authorizations and approvals from such third parties and governmental authorities as shall be necessary to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, making the requisite filings with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice pursuant to the HSR Act and each party will refrain from taking any action which would cause, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to take any action necessary to prevent, any of the representations and warranties made by it in this Merger Agreement not to be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as then made (except with respect to representation and warranties which are made as of a specific date), subject only to exceptions permitted or expressly contemplated by this Merger Agreement. The Company further covenants and agrees, with respect to any threatened or pending judgment, order, injunction, decree or decision of any governmental authority that will adversely affect the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, to use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the entry or promulgation thereof and to defend and cooperate with each other in the defending of any legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative and whether brought derivatively or on behalf of third parties challenging the transaction contemplated hereby as the case may be, it being understood that such efforts shall not include any requirement of the Company to expend material sums of money or grant any material financial or other accommodation.
(b) The Buyer agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the financing necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as possible. The Buyer agrees that any 144A offerings contemplated by the Financing Letters must be consummated prior to October 31, 1998 and that if any such offering is not consummated prior to such date, then the Buyer will be obligated on October 31, 1998 to obtain the bridge loan financing contemplated by the Financing Letter in substitution therefor pursuant to the terms thereof, subject to the conditions for such bridge loan financing set forth in the Financing Letters. The Company agrees to provide, and will cause its subsidiaries and their respective personnel and advisers to provide, all cooperation reasonably requested in connection with the arrangement of such financing, including without limitation, participation in meetings, due diligence sessions, road shows, the preparation of offering memoranda, private placement memoranda, prospectuses and similar documents, the execution and delivery of any commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements, pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents, or other requested certificates or documents, including a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to solvency matters, comfort letters of accountants as may be reasonably requested by Buyer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer agrees that the payment of any expenses relating to providing such cooperation, including fees by the Company in connection with any commitment letters, shall be subject to the occurrence of the Closing.
Closing Conditions (a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
Frustration of Closing Conditions None of the Company, Parent or Sub may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03, as the case may be, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party’s failure to act in good faith or to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as required by and subject to Section 5.03.
Waiver of Closing Conditions Upon the occurrence of the Closing, any condition set forth in this Article V that was not satisfied as of the Closing shall be deemed to have been waived as of the Closing for the applicable Transferred Asset.
Conditions Precedent to Purchaser’s Obligations All obligations of Purchaser hereunder are subject to the fulfillment or waiver of each of the following conditions at or prior to the Closing:
(a) All representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and shall be deemed to have been made again at and as of the date of the Closing, and shall then be true and correct in all material respects.
(b) There shall not have been any breach in any material respect by Seller of any of its covenants, agreements and obligations required by the terms of this Agreement to be performed by Seller at or before the Closing.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, none of the following shall have occurred: (i) improper conduct by Seller or any of its subsidiaries constituting fraud in connection with transactions with a significant supplier of inventory to Seller or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) violations of government contract laws, rules and practices committed by Seller or any of its subsidiaries that both (A) result in a termination or suspension of performance under a government prime or subcontract or debarment and (B) significantly impair the ability of Seller or any of its subsidiaries to conduct business as a government prime contractor or subcontractor.
(d) There shall have been no material adverse change since June 30, 1998 in the Assets or the financial condition, results of operations, prospects or business of the Business taken as a whole; provided that the foregoing shall not include the termination of any Franchise Agreements due to the public announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) There shall be delivered to Purchaser a certificate executed by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Seller, dated the Closing Date, certifying, in their capacities as such officers, that the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 11 have been fulfilled.
(f) Seller shall have obtained evidence in form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser that any Encumbrances on the Assets pursuant to the Credit Agreement have been or will, immediately following the Closing, be released by the lenders thereunder.
(g) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not have been enjoined by any court or federal, state or foreign governmental agency, including, without limitation, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission or the SEC.
(h) Seller shall have filed all reports and satisfied all requests for additional information pursuant to Xxxx-Xxxxx, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired.
(i) The consents set forth on Schedule 11(i) shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect and not subject to any condition that has not been satisfied or waived.
(j) Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Irell & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Seller, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
(k) There shall not be a moratorium on commercial bank lending declared by a federal or New York State regulatory authority or other circumstances or state of facts constituting a disruption in the financial markets causing banks and other financial institutions not to extend credit.
Conditions Precedent to Purchase The Purchase under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that (a) Buyer shall have received on or before the date of such purchase those documents listed on Schedule A and (b) all of the conditions to the initial purchase under the Purchase Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof.
Actions to Satisfy Closing Conditions Each Party shall take all such actions as are within its power to control, and shall use its best efforts to cause other actions to be taken which are not within its power to control, so as to ensure compliance with any conditions set forth in this Agreement which are for the benefit of itself or any other Party.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Loan This effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent and its counsel, of each of the following conditions (unless otherwise waived by Agent):
(a) Agent shall have received this Agreement and each other Loan Document, executed and delivered by each Borrower and each Lender;
(b) Agent shall have received a UCC search from the Secretary of State of the state of each Borrower’s organization, the results of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, and shall have filed a UCC-1 financing statement in such state, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent with respect to each Borrower;
(c) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect each Borrower dated within 20 days of the date of this Agreement, such certificate to be issued by the Secretary of State of the State of the state of each Borrower’s organization, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such state;
(d) Agent shall have received a true and correct copy of (i) the certificate of incorporation of FS CREIT and Charter, and (ii) the certificate of formation of Finance Holdings, in each case, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of the state of each Borrower’s organization within 20 days of the date of this Agreement;
(e) Agent shall have received a true and correct copy of (i) the Bylaws, certified by a Responsible Officer of FS CREIT as being a true, correct and complete copy thereof, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) the operating agreement of Finance Holdings certified by a Responsible Officer of Finance Holdings as being a true, correct and complete copy thereof, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement;
(f) Agent shall have received a true and correct copy of the Advisory Agreements, certified by a Responsible Officer of FS CREIT as being a true, correct and complete copy thereof, as in effect as of the date of this Agreement;
(g) Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers (i) attesting to the written consent of the board of directors or similar governing body of such Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of the Responsible Officers of such Borrower executing on behalf of such Borrower this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(h) Agent shall have received full payment of all of the out-of-pocket fees, costs, and expenses of Agent (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Agent’s counsel) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(i) Agent shall have received the written opinions, dated the date of this Agreement, of counsel to the Borrowers, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and its counsel;
(j) Agent shall have received a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower to the effect that such Borrower has obtained all orders, consents, approvals, and other authorizations and has made all filings and other notifications (governmental or otherwise) as may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(k) no litigation, inquiry, other action or proceeding (governmental or otherwise), or injunction or other restraining order shall be pending or overtly threatened that could reasonably be expected to have, in the reasonable opinion of Agent, a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) Agent shall have received a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Administrative Borrower;
(m) Agent shall have received a Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to the Borrowers at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(n) Agent shall have received a Control Agreement with respect to the Distribution Account; and
(o) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered or executed or recorded and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its counsel.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Conditions to Initial Loan At or prior to the making of the initial Loan hereunder to each Borrower, the following conditions precedent shall also have been satisfied:
(a) the Lender shall have received the following (each to be properly executed and completed) and the same shall have been approved as to form and substance by the Lender:
(i) this Agreement signed by such Borrower;
(ii) a Note signed by such Borrower;
(iii) copies (executed or certified, as may be appropriate) of all legal documents or proceedings taken in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Borrower’s Note and the other Loan Documents by such Borrower; and
(iv) an incumbency certificate containing the name, title and genuine signatures of such Borrower’s authorized representatives;
(v) a copy of such Borrower’s Prospectus;
(b) legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by a Borrower and to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel; and the Lender shall have received the favorable written opinion of counsel for such Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B in the case of a Domestic Borrower and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C in the case of a Cayman Borrower;
(c) the Lender shall have received a good standing certificate (or the equivalent in the case of each Cayman Borrower) for such Borrower (dated as of the date no earlier than 30 days prior to the date of this Agreement) from the offices of the secretary of state of the states of their respective organization or of the applicable office in the case of the Cayman Borrowers; and
(d) the Lender shall be satisfied that the Loans and the use of proceeds thereof comply in all respect with Regulation U, and if required by Regulation U, the Lender shall have received a copy of FR Form U-1 duly executed and delivered by each Borrower.
