Conditions to Defeasance (a) The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(i) the Issuers irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient or Government Obligations, the principal of and the interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Securities when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;
(ii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuers occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuers and is not prohibited by Article 10;
(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(vi) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s Securities on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Securities;
(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
(b) Before or after a deposit, the Issuers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.
Conditions to Distribution (a) The consummation of the Distribution will be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Covidien in its sole and absolute discretion, of the following conditions:
(i) The continued validity of a private letter ruling received by Covidien from the IRS (the “IRS Ruling”) prior to the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, which shall continue in full force and effect and which shall not be modified or amended in any respect adversely affecting the intended tax-free treatment of the Distribution and certain related transactions.
(ii) The receipt of a tax opinion from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, tax counsel to Covidien, dated as of the Distribution Date to be in form and substance satisfactory to Covidien in its sole and absolute discretion, which tax opinion shall rely on the effectiveness of the IRS Ruling, substantially to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Distribution and certain related transactions, taken together, will qualify as transactions under Sections 355(a) and/or 368(a) of the Code.
(iii) The receipt of one or more opinions from Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx or another independent firm acceptable to Covidien in its sole and absolute discretion, confirming the solvency and financial viability of each of Covidien and Mallinckrodt and the satisfaction of any legal capital requirements in connection with the Separation, which opinions shall be in form and substance acceptable to Covidien in its sole and absolute discretion and which opinions shall not have been withdrawn or rescinded.
(iv) The Reorganization shall have been completed in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.
(v) The financing contemplated to be obtained in connection with the Separation as described in Section 2.15 herein shall have been obtained.
(vi) Each of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto.
(vii) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Separation, the Distribution or any of the transactions related thereto shall be pending, threatened, issued or in effect.
(viii) The actions and filings necessary or appropriate under applicable U.S. federal, U.S. state or other securities Laws or blue sky Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder shall have been taken or made, and, where applicable, have become effective or been accepted.
(ix) All Governmental Approvals necessary to consummate the Separation, the Distribution and the transactions related thereto and to permit the operation of the Mallinckrodt Business after the Distribution Date shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.
(x) The Separation and the Distribution shall not violate or result in a breach of applicable law or any material contract of Covidien or Mallinckrodt or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(xi) The approval for listing on the NYSE for the Mallinckrodt Ordinary Shares to be delivered to the Covidien shareholders in the Distribution shall have been obtained, subject to official notice of issuance.
(xii) The SEC declaring effective the Form 10, with no order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 in effect and no proceedings for such purposes pending before or threatened by the SEC.
(xiii) The Information Statement and such other information concerning Mallinckrodt, its business, operations and management, the Distribution and such other matters as Covidien shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion and as may otherwise be required by law shall have been mailed to the Qualifying Covidien Shareholders.
(xiv) No other events or developments shall exist or shall have occurred that, in the judgment of the Covidien Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, makes it inadvisable to effect the Separation, the Distribution or the transactions related thereto.
(b) The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Covidien and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Covidien or the Covidien Board to waive or not waive such conditions or in any way limit Covidien’s right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Article X or alter the consequences of any such termination from those specified in such Article. Any determination made by the Covidien Board prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.3 shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties.
Conditions to Obligations to Close A. Conditions to Obligations of ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub. The obligations of each of ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions to be performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived in writing by ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub prior to Closing;
(1) The representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 4 will be true and correct in all material respects as if made at and as of the Closing, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by the term “material,” or contain terms such as “Adverse Effect” or “Adverse Change,” in which case such representations and warranties as so written, including the term “material” or “Material,” will be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing;
(2) Company will have performed and complied with all of its covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing, except to the extent that such covenants are qualified by the term “material,” or contain terms such as “Adverse Effect” or “Adverse Change,” in which case Company will have performed and complied with all of such covenants as so written, including the term “material” or “Material,” in all respects through the Closing;
(3) There will not be any judgment, order, decree or injunction in effect that would (a) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, (c) adversely affect the right of A4TI to own the capital stock of Surviving Corporation and to control Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, or (d) adversely affect the right of any of Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to own its assets and to operate its business;
(4) The Merger will have been duly approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and by holders of the Company Shares representing at least eighty percent (80%) of the Company Shares (the “Required Company Vote”);
(5) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI a certificate to the effect that each of the conditions specified in Sections 2.A(1)-(4) is satisfied in all respects;
(6) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI an executed counterpart of the Merger Certificate; and
(7) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI the resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each director and officer of Company excluding Xxxxxx Xxxx.
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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.
Conditions to Obligations OF EACH PARTY TO EFFECT THE MERGER. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
Conditions to Obligation of Each Party to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations to Effect the Merger The respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in whole or in part by the intended beneficiary thereof, in its sole discretion (provided that the condition set forth in Section 3.1(b) shall not be subject to waiver by any of the parties hereto)) on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) The limited partners of the Partnership who own more than 50 percent of the Units owned by all limited partners of the Partnership shall have voted to approve, at a special meeting of the Partnership held for that purpose (the “Special Meeting”), this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) The Investors who own more than 50 percent of the Units owned by all Investors present in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting shall have voted to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) The Fairness Opinion shall not have been withdrawn prior to the Effective Time, unless a replacement opinion or opinions of an investment banking firm or firms satisfactory to SWR (including the Transaction Committee) to a similar effect has been received by the Transaction Committee and has not been withdrawn;
(d) No provision of any applicable law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order, or decree shall prohibit the consummation of the Merger and the transactions related thereto;
(e) No suit, action, or proceeding shall have been filed or otherwise be pending against the parties to this Agreement or any officer, member, or affiliate of such parties challenging the legality or any aspect of the Merger or the transactions related thereto; and
(f) The parties to the Merger shall have made all filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all third parties, including, without limitation, lenders and all appropriate regulatory authorities, required for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents required by the DGCL or the DRULPA), and all approvals and authorizations and consents of all third parties, including, without limitation, lenders and all regulatory authorities, required for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been received and shall be in full force and effect, except for such filings, registrations, notifications, approvals, authorizations, and consents, the failure of which to make or obtain would not have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of a party to this Agreement, or the ability of a party to this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Conditions to Xxxxx’x Obligations The obligations of Xxxxx hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by Xxxxx of a due diligence review satisfactory to Xxxxx in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by Xxxxx in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:
Conditions to Obligation to Close (a) Conditions to Obligation of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions to be performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 above that are qualified as to their materiality or to the Knowledge of the Seller shall be true and correct and any such representations and warranties that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement);
(ii) the Seller and the Company shall have performed and complied with all of their respective covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing;
(iii) there shall not be any injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or charge in effect preventing consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no action, suit, claim or proceeding shall be pending before any Authority which seeks to prohibit or enjoin the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate to the effect that the conditions specified above in Section 9(a)(i) and (ii), as they pertain to the Seller, have been satisfied in all respects;
(v) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate to the effect that the conditions specified above in Section 9(a)(i) and (ii), as they pertain to the Company, have been satisfied in all respects;
(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser all of the items under Section 2(f) herein; and
(vii) there shall be no payables or receivables between the Seller and the Company or between Affiliates of the Seller and the Company.
(viii) the Purchaser shall have obtained financing to implement the transactions provided for in this Agreement and to provide sufficient working capital on such terms and conditions as are acceptable to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have satisfied all of the conditions precedent to acquisitions under WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.'s line of credit with Fleet.
(ix) all consents, waivers, exemptions, governmental approvals, regulatory approvals and other actions that are necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(x) the Purchaser shall have received from Seller all information available to Seller that is requested by the Purchaser promptly after the date hereof, and the Purchaser, upon review of such matters related to Seller, its assets, liabilities, financial condition, business, prospects or relations with third parties as it shall deem necessary or appropriate (in which review Seller shall cooperate), shall not have learned of any fact or matter that, in the good faith determination of Purchaser, causes Purchaser to be dissatisfied in any material respect with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser may waive any condition specified in this Section 9(a) if it executes a writing so stating at or prior to the Closing.
