Interim Covenants During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Closing, the Seller and the Stockholders each agree (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or to the extent that Buyer shall otherwise consents in writing) that:
Interim Operating Covenants Seller covenants to Purchaser that Seller will:
Ship Covenants The undertakings in this Clause 21 remain in force throughout the Security Period.
Operating Covenants The Issuer covenants with the Indenture Trustee as follows, provided that any of the following covenants with respect to the Portfolio Railcars shall not be deemed to have been breached by virtue of any act or omission of a Lessee or sub-lessee, or of any Person which has possession of a Portfolio Railcar for the purpose of repairs, maintenance, modification or storage, or by virtue of any requisition, seizure, or confiscation of a Portfolio Railcar (other than seizure or confiscation arising from a breach by the Issuer of such covenant) (each, a “Third Party Event”), so long as (i) none of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator has consented to such Third Party Event; and (ii) the Issuer (or the Servicer on its behalf) as the Lessor of such Portfolio Railcar promptly and diligently takes such commercially reasonable actions as a leading railcar operating lessor would reasonably take in respect of such Third Party Event, including, as deemed appropriate (taking into account, among other things, the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Portfolio Railcar is located or operated), seeking to compel such Lessee or other relevant Person to remedy such Third Party Event or seeking to repossess the relevant Portfolio Railcar:
Separateness Covenants Each Originator hereby acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are being entered into in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from such Originator and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, each Originator shall take all reasonable steps necessary to make it apparent to third Persons that the Buyer is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of such Originator and any other Person, and is not a division of such Originator, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, such Originator shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:
Post-Closing Covenants The Parties agree as follows with respect to the period following the Closing.
Certain Post Closing Covenants In addition to the covenants contained in other sections of this Agreement, the Seller hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF SELLER Seller hereby covenants and agrees that, between the date hereof and the Closing, it will comply with the provisions of this Article IV, except to the extent Purchaser may otherwise consent in writing.
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS The Parties agree as follows with respect to the period between the execution of this Agreement and the Closing.
Tax Covenants (a) Contributor and the Operating Partnership shall provide each other with such cooperation and information relating to any of the Contributed Interests, the Contributed Entities, the Subsidiary Entities, the Property Entities or the Properties as the parties reasonably may request in (i) filing any Tax Return, amended Tax Return or claim for tax refund, (ii) determining any liability for taxes or a right to a tax refund, (iii) conducting or defending any proceeding in respect of taxes, or (iv) performing tax diligence, including with respect to the impact of this transaction on the REIT’s tax status as a REIT. Such reasonable cooperation shall include making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Operating Partnership shall promptly notify Contributor upon receipt by the Operating Partnership or any of its affiliates of notice of (i) any pending or threatened tax audits or assessments with respect to the income, properties or operations of any of the Contributed Entities, the Subsidiary Entities, the Property Entities or their subsidiaries or with respect to any Property and (ii) any pending or threatened federal, state, local or foreign tax audits or assessments of the Operating Partnership or any of its affiliates, in each case, which may affect the liabilities for taxes of Contributor with respect to any tax period ending before or as a result of the Closing. Contributor shall promptly notify the Operating Partnership in writing upon receipt by Contributor or any of its affiliates of notice of any pending or threatened federal, state, local or foreign tax audits or assessments relating to the income, properties or operations of any of the Contributed Entities, the Property Entities or the Subsidiary Entities or with respect to any Property. Each of the Operating Partnership and Contributor may participate at its own expense in the prosecution of any claim or audit with respect to taxes attributable to any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date; provided, that Contributor shall have the right to control the conduct of any such audit or proceeding or portion thereof for which Contributor has acknowledged liability (except as a partner of the Operating Partnership) for the payment of any additional tax liability, and the Operating Partnership shall have the right to control any other audits and proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Operating Partnership nor Contributor may settle or otherwise resolve any such claim, suit or proceeding which could have an adverse tax effect on the other party or its affiliates (other than on Contributor or any of its affiliates as a partner of the Operating Partnership) without the consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Contributor and the Operating Partnership shall retain all Tax Returns, schedules and work papers with respect to the Contributed Entities, the Property Entities, the Subsidiary Entities, and the Properties, and all material records and other documents relating thereto, until the expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by any party, any extensions thereof) of the taxable years to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate and until the final determination of any tax in respect of such years.
