Restricted Actions Prior to the conversion of, or redemption of, the Series D Shares (other than with respect to Section 8.1(e) which shall survive the conversion of the Series D Shares and shall terminate on the date that no Securities are outstanding), without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Series D Shares (other than with respect to Section 8.1(e) which shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Underlying Common Stock), the Company shall not, nor shall the Company suffer or permit any member of the Company Group to, directly or indirectly:
(a) use the proceeds from the sale of the Series D Shares and the Warrants hereunder other than (i) to pay the Closing Fee, the CRP Fee and other fees and expenses associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Documents, (ii) for Permitted Acquisitions and (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes;
(b) prior to the third anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, consummate a Company Sale unless the amount of cash consideration and the Market Price (as of the date of receipt) of any other consideration received by the holders of the Underlying Common Stock, in the aggregate, in such Company Sale, plus the aggregate value of any cash hereafter distributed or issued as a dividend or distribution with respect to any of the Securities is equal to 175% of the aggregate amount of capital invested in the Securities;
(c) incur, create, assume or in any way become liable for any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, Capital Leases or Guarantees unless at the time of and after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence and the application of proceeds therefrom, the ratio of the Company’s Indebtedness for Borrowed Money to EBITDA would be less than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0. Solely for purposes of this Section 8.1(c), (x) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall mean all obligations of the Company Group for borrowed money which should be classified upon the obligor’s balance sheet as liabilities, the present value of any Capital Leases and the amount of all Guarantees (whether or not required to be reflected on such obligor’s balance sheet as liabilities), in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (y) EBITDA shall mean the net income of the Company Group (including in the “Company Group” for all purposes of this Section 8.1(c)(y), MAI Systems Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, for the entire period being measured, regardless of whether such period includes time periods preceding the acquisition of MAI Systems Corporation by the Company), (A) adjusted for the elimination of the following items if, and only if, such items shall never require the expenditure of cash by any member of the Company Group: (1) non-cash interest; (2) non-cash employee compensation expense and (3) nonrecurring non-cash charges, (B) minus any extraordinary gains and other non-recurring gains and (C) plus to the extent deducted from net income (1) income tax expense; (2) depreciation and amortization expense and (3) the aggregate cash interest expense of the Company Group paid, payable or accrued for such period, all of which calculations shall be determined in accordance with GAAP based on the consolidated financial statements of the Company Group for the 12 month period ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter for which the most recent financial statements have been delivered to the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8.3; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1(c), (x) the Company may incur Indebtedness under Capital Leases in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time, and (y) the Company may incur Indebtedness under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and between the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders named therein, and Xxxxx Fargo Foothill, Inc., as Arranger and Administrative Agent in effect on the date hereof (the “Senior Facility”) even though the Ratio will exceed 2.0 to 1.0, if such Indebtedness is incurred to finance Permitted Acquisitions or for working capital and general corporate purposes on or after the date of this Amendment and either
(i) following such incurrence, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Facility does not exceed $23,000,000; or
(ii) such Indebtedness under the Senior Facility (A) is incurred at any time during the period beginning on March 31, 2007 and ending on Xxxxxxxx 00, 0000, (x) does not exceed $30,000,000 and (c) is incurred when the Company’s EBITDA for the twelve month period ended on the most recently ended fiscal quarter equals or exceeds the Minimum EBITDA Targets set forth opposite the date below that corresponds to the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the date of the borrowing: March 31, 2007 $ 9,000,000 June 30, 2007 $ 9,000,000 September 30, 2007 $ 10,701,744 December 31, 2007 $ 11,862,744 (d) from and after the third anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, consummate a Company Sale unless the amount of cash consideration and the Market Price (as of the date of receipt) of any other consideration received by the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock, in the aggregate, in such Company Sale is at least equal to the Series D Redemption Price for all such shares of Series D Preferred Stock;
Alternative Action In the event it shall become impossible for the Bank or the Plan Administrator to perform any act required by this Agreement due to regulatory or other constraints, the Bank or Plan Administrator may perform such alternative act as most nearly carries out the intent and purpose of this Agreement and is in the best interests of the Bank, provided that such alternative act does not violate Code Section 409A.
Subsequent Actions If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either of the Company or Merger Sub acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of either the Company or Merger Sub, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of such corporations or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.
Pre-Closing Collections Within two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date the Seller shall transfer to the account or accounts designated by Ally Auto (or by the Issuing Entity under the Further Transfer Agreements) all collections on the Receivables held by the Seller on the Closing Date, and conveyed to Ally Auto pursuant to Section 2.01.
Derivative Actions In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 3816 of the Delaware Act, a Shareholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the Trust only if the following conditions are met:
(a) The Shareholder or Shareholders must make a pre-suit demand upon the Trustees to bring the subject action unless an effort to cause the Trustees to bring such an action is not likely to succeed. For purposes of this Section 8.9(a), a demand on the Trustees shall only be deemed not likely to succeed and therefore excused if a majority of the Board of Trustees, or a majority of any committee established to consider the merits of such action, is composed of Trustees who are not “independent trustees” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Act);
(b) Unless a demand is not required under paragraph (a) of this Section 8.9, Shareholders eligible to bring such derivative action under the Delaware Act who collectively hold Shares representing ten percent (10%) or more of the total combined net asset value of all Shares issued and outstanding or of the Series or Classes to which such action relates if it does not relate to all Series and Classes, shall join in the request for the Trustees to commence such action; and
(c) Unless a demand is not required under paragraph (a) of this Section 8.9, the Trustees must be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such Shareholder request and to investigate the basis of such claim. The Trustees shall be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors in considering the merits of the request and shall require an undertaking by the Shareholders making such request to reimburse the Trust for the expense of any such advisors in the event that the Trustees determine not to bring such action.
(d) For purposes of this Section 8.9, the Board of Trustees may designate a committee of one Trustee to consider a Shareholder demand if necessary to create a committee with a majority of Trustees who are “independent trustees” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Act). The Trustees shall be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors in considering the merits of the request and may require an undertaking by the Shareholders making such request to reimburse the Trust for the expense of any such advisors in the event that the Trustees determine not to bring such action.
Permitted Actions Anything to the contrary in this Section 3 notwithstanding, any Claimholder may:
(i) if an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, file a claim, proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to (i) in the case of an ABL Claimholder, the ABL Debt, and (ii) in the case of a Term Claimholder, the Term Debt, and in each case, subject in all respects to this Agreement, the Collateral securing such Debt;
(ii) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Priority Collateral held by the Priority Agent with respect thereto, or the rights of the Priority Agent or any other Priority Claimholder to undertake Enforcement Actions with respect thereto) in order to create or perfect its Lien in and to the Collateral;
(iii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of (i) in the case of a claim of an ABL Claimholder in respect of the ABL Debt, the ABL Claimholders, or (ii) in the case of a claim of a Term Claimholder in respect of the Term Debt, the Term Claimholders, in each case including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case, in accordance with the express provisions of this Agreement;
(iv) vote on any plan of reorganization and make any filings and motions that are, in each case, not in contravention of the express provisions of this Agreement, with respect to (A) in the case of an ABL Claimholder, the ABL Debt, and (B) in the case of a Term Claimholder, the Term Debt, and (in each case) the Collateral;
(v) join (but not exercise any control with respect to) any judicial foreclosure proceeding or other judicial lien enforcement proceeding with respect to the Priority Collateral of - 28 - WEIL:\96331350\2\35899.0561 the Priority Agent initiated by such Priority Agent to the extent that any such action could not reasonably be expected, in any material respect, to restrain, hinder, limit, delay for any material period or otherwise interfere with an Enforcement Action by such Priority Agent (it being understood that neither the Junior Agent nor any Junior Claimholder shall be entitled to receive any proceeds from the Priority Collateral unless otherwise expressly permitted herein);
(vi) the Term Agent or any Term Claimholder may exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with the Term Documents after the termination of the ABL Priority Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.1 above; and
(vii) the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder may exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Term Priority Collateral in accordance with the ABL Documents after the termination of the Term Priority Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.2 above.
Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions (a) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to the Indenture or the Notes are as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee shall comply with the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Sections 312(a) and 312(b). Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent to amendment, supplement or waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a Holder (an “act”) may be evidenced by an instrument signed by the Holder delivered to the Trustee. The fact and date of the execution of the instrument, or the authority of the person executing it, may be proved in any manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(2) The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders, which will be binding on all the Holders.
(c) Any act by the Holder of any Note binds that Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the acting Holder, even if no notation thereof appears on the Note. Subject to paragraph (d), a Holder may revoke an act as to its Notes, but only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver or other consequence of the act becomes effective.
(d) The Company may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date (which need not be within the time limits otherwise prescribed by Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c)) for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to act with respect to any amendment or waiver or in any other regard, except that during the continuance of an Event of Default, only the Trustee may set a record date as to notices of default, any declaration or acceleration or any other remedies or other consequences of the Event of Default. If a record date is fixed, those Persons that were Holders at such record date and only those Persons will be entitled to act, or to revoke any previous act, whether or not those Persons continue to be Holders after the record date. No act will be valid or effective for more than 90 days after the record date.
Post-Closing Tax Matters (a) Seller shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, (A) all Tax Returns of the Target Entities that are required to be filed on or before the Closing Date, (B) all income Tax Returns of ASE (including IRS Form 1065) for Tax Periods ending on or prior to the ASE Transfer Date in which ASE had been treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it being understood that any Covered Taxes with respect to such Tax Returns will be the responsibility of Seller and (C) all income Tax Returns of each of the Section 338 Companies for any jurisdiction in which such Section 338 Company is treated as a pass-through entity or S corporation) for Tax Periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, it being understood that any Covered Taxes with respect to such Tax Returns will be the responsibility of Seller. All such Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with past practice, except as otherwise required by Law. Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser any Tax Return described in clause (B) and clause (C) within a reasonable period of time prior to the due date for any such Tax Return so that Purchaser may have an opportunity to review such Tax Return. Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed all other Tax Returns of the Target Entities. Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Seller any income Tax Return described in the previous sentence, to the extent it relates to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, within a reasonable period of time prior to the due date for any such Tax Return (after giving effect to any applicable extensions of time for filing) so that Seller may have an opportunity to review such Tax Return. In the event that Purchaser and Seller are unable to agree on the reporting of any item on any Tax Return provided for the other Party’s review pursuant to this Section 8.3(a), Purchaser and Seller shall mutually choose an independent public accounting firm to resolve such dispute, and the decision of such firm shall be final. In the event of an impasse over such selection, the independent public accounting firm shall be selected by a single arbitrator appointed pursuant to the AAA Appointment Process. Expenses of such independent public accounting firm shall be born evenly between Purchaser and Seller. After the Closing, Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Affiliates to, amend any Tax Returns or change any Tax elections or accounting methods with respect to Target Entities without the prior written consent of Purchaser.
(b) Any Taxes for Straddle Periods shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser in the manner set forth in Section 8.1(b) hereof.
(c) Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate with each other in connection with the filing of any Tax Returns and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other Party’s request) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation, or other proceeding and making their respective employees, outside consultants, and advisors available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder at the cost of the requesting Party. Purchaser and Seller agree (i) to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Target Entities relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Purchaser or Seller, any extensions of the statute of limitations) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax Authority; and (ii) to give the other Party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other Party so requests, Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be, shall allow the other Party to take possession of such books and records.
(d) Purchaser agrees to give prompt notice to Seller of any Taxes or the assertion of any claim, or the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding (a “Tax Proceeding”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought under Section 8.1, provided that Purchaser’s failure to provide such notice to Seller shall not limit Purchaser’s rights under this Article VIII except to the extent Seller are materially prejudiced by such failure. Seller agrees to give prompt notice to Purchaser upon the receipt of any written notice by Seller of any pending or threatened audits or proceedings or other Actions relating to Taxes of the Target Entities. Seller shall have the right to control any Tax Proceeding relating to a Tax Return that was prepared and filed by Seller pursuant to this Section 8.3. All other Tax Proceedings with respect to the Target Entities shall be controlled by Purchaser. Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate in the conduct of any such Tax Proceeding, (ii) the party not controlling such Tax Proceeding shall have the right (but not the obligation) to participate in such Tax Proceeding at their own expense, (iii) the party controlling such Tax Proceeding shall keep the other party reasonably informed of material developments concerning such Tax Proceeding and (iv) the party controlling such Tax Proceeding shall not settle such Tax Proceeding without the written consent of the other party, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller’s rights pursuant to this Section 8.3(d) shall only apply with respect to any Tax Proceeding in respect of which indemnity may be sought from Seller pursuant to Section 8.1.
(e) Seller shall designate a Person as the “partnership representative” of the ASE, in accordance with Section 6223 of the Code and any similar provision under any state or local tax Laws (the “Partnership Representative”) with respect to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 and ending on or before ASE Transfer Date. Seller shall cause the Partnership Representative to make the election provided for in Section 6226 of the Code or any similar provision of any state or local tax Laws with respect to any imputed underpayment determined in connection with any Tax Proceeding in respect of ASE for taxable periods of ASE beginning after December 31, 2017 and ending on or before the Closing Date. No election shall be made to have the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 apply to any taxable period of ASE beginning before January 1, 2018.
Subsequently Acquired Collateral If any Pledgor shall acquire (by purchase, stock dividend or otherwise) any additional Collateral at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, such Collateral shall automatically (and without any further action being required to be taken) be subject to the pledge and security interests created pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof and, furthermore, the Pledgor will promptly thereafter take (or cause to be taken) all action with respect to such Collateral in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, and will promptly thereafter deliver to the Pledgee (i) a certificate executed by a principal executive officer of such Pledgor describing such Collateral and certifying that the same has been duly pledged in favor of the Pledgee (for the benefit of the Secured Creditors) hereunder and (ii) supplements to Annexes A through F hereto as are necessary to cause such annexes to be complete and accurate at such time. Without limiting the foregoing, each Pledgor shall be required to pledge hereunder any shares of stock at any time and from time to time after the date hereof acquired by such Pledgor of any Foreign Corporation, provided that (x) except as provided in Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement, no Pledgor (to the extent that it is the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower) shall be required at any time to pledge hereunder more than 65% of the Voting Stock of any Foreign Corporation and (y) each Pledgor shall be required to pledge hereunder 100% of any Non-Voting Stock at any time and from time to time acquired by such Pledgor of any Foreign Corporation.
Purchaser's Investment Representations The Purchaser hereby represents that it is acquiring the Restricted Securities purchased hereunder or acquired pursuant hereto for its own account with the present intention of holding such securities for purposes of investment, and that it has no intention of selling such securities in a public distribution in violation of the federal securities laws or any applicable state securities laws; provided that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Purchaser and subsequent holders of Restricted Securities from transferring such securities in compliance with the provisions of Section 5 hereof. Each certificate or instrument representing Restricted Securities shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
(a) The securities represented by this certificate were originally issued on May 17, 2000, and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The transfer of the securities represented by this certificate is subject to the conditions specified in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2000 and as amended and modified from time to time, among the Company, the Borrowers, the initial holder hereof and certain investors, who from time to time become parties thereto in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the [Company] [Borrowers] reserve[s] the right to refuse the transfer of such security until such conditions have been fulfilled with respect to such transfer. Upon written request, a copy of such conditions shall be furnished by the [Company][Borrowers] to the holder hereof without charge."
(b) The securities represented by this certificate were originally issued on May 17, 2000, and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The transfer of the securities represented by this certificate is subject to the conditions specified in the Equityholders Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2000 and as amended and modified from time to time, among the Company and the stockholders party thereto, and the [Company] [Borrowers] reserve[s] the right to refuse the transfer of such security until such conditions have been fulfilled with respect to such transfer. Upon written request, a copy of such conditions shall be furnished by the [Company][Borrowers] to the holder hereof without charge."
