Termination Effectiveness This Agreement and the Proxy shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect as of the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this Section 11 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall relieve either party hereto from any liability, or otherwise limit the liability of either party hereto, for any breach of this Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the parties thereto.
Integration; Effectiveness This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Condition to Effectiveness As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, an Opinion of Counsel satisfying the requirements of Section 12.01 of the Agreement has been received by the Parties hereto.
Conditions of Effectiveness This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when, and only when, each of the following conditions has been fulfilled:
(a) The Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Bank, the Agent and the Issuing Bank, and (ii) the following, each dated the date hereof (except otherwise specified below), in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and each Bank (except where otherwise specified below) and in sufficient quantity for each party to have a fully executed original:
(A) the consent of AES, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by an authorized officer of AES;
(B) certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors (or comparable governing body) of AES NY authorizing the Borrower to enter into this Amendment, and of all documents evidencing other necessary action (partnership, limited liability company or otherwise) and Governmental Approvals, if any, with respect to this Amendment;
(C) a certificate of AES NY certifying the names, true signatures and incumbency of the officers of AES NY authorized to sign this Amendment and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;
(D) copies of the certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of the Borrower and AES NY, together with all amendments thereto, in each case certified in a manner satisfactory to the Agent;
(E) good standing certificates in respect of the Borrower and AES NY from its jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction in which it is qualified to do business as partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each case dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the date hereof;
(F) a favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and AES NY, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto; and
(G) such other approvals, certificates, opinions and documents as the Agent may reasonably request.
(b) The following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated the date hereof and in sufficient copies for each Bank, stating that:
(i) each Loan Document Representation and Warranty is true and correct on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, as though made on and as of such date (with each reference in the Loan Documents to the Existing Agreement being deemed to be a reference to this Amendment and the Amended Agreement), and
(ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing, both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.
(c) The following statement shall be true and the Agent shall have received a certificate of AES, dated the date hereof and in sufficient copies for each Bank, stating that: the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Guaranty are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as though made on and as of such date.
(d) All fees payable on or prior to the date hereof pursuant to the letter agreement, dated April 16, 2003, between the Agent and the Borrower, and all amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Existing Agreement for which invoices have been delivered to the Borrower on or prior to the date hereof, shall have been paid in full or arrangements satisfactory to the Agent shall have been made to cause them to be paid in full on such date.
(e) All Governmental Approvals necessary in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect. All third party approvals necessary or, in the judgment of the Agent, advisable in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect. All such Governmental Approvals and third party approvals, if any, shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Conditions to Effectiveness This Amendment shall become effective upon the date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) on which the Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) this Amendment, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower;
(b) written consents to the execution of this Amendment (“Lender Consent Letters”) from Lenders constituting the Required Lenders;
(c) a Tranche C Lender Addendum executed and delivered by each Tranche C Term Loan Lender and accepted by the Borrower;
(d) an executed Acknowledgment and Consent, in the form set forth at the end of this Amendment, from each Loan Party other than the Borrower (such Acknowledgements and Consents, together with this Amendment, the “Amendment Documents”);
(e) a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the First Amendment Effective Date) of Lxxxxx & Wxxxxxx, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents and this Amendment as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(f) all fees required to be paid, and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents), on or before the First Amendment Effective Date; and
(g) subject to Section 9 hereof, satisfactory evidence that the outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Tranche B Term Loans shall have been paid in full (in the case of the principal amount thereof, with the proceeds of the Tranche C Term Loans). The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the First Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Amendment shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2003.
Continued Effectiveness The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder); and (ii) the date as of which no Holder holds Registrable Securities (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”). Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.
Effectiveness This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) by the Administrative Agent:
Term and Effectiveness This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date written above. Once effective, this Agreement shall remain in effect for two years, and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive one-year periods; provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by: (i) the vote of the Board of Directors, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company and (ii) the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors, in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
