Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower;
(ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”).
(b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes.
(c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Closing Date shall be April 27, 2007, or such other date as the parties may agree. All acts taking place at the closing of the transactions provided for in this Agreement (Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the close of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The close of business on the Closing Date shall be as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or such later time on that date as the Acquired Funds net asset value and/or the net asset value per share of each class of shares of the Acquiring Fund is calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 and after the declaration of any dividends. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP or at such other time and/or place as the parties may agree.
3.2 The Acquired Entity shall direct State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian) to transfer ownership of the Assets from the accounts of the Acquired Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquired Fund to the accounts of the Acquiring Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquiring Fund and to deliver to the Acquiring Entity, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) the Assets of the Acquired Fund have been so transferred as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets of the Acquired Fund, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
3.3 The Acquired Entity shall direct PFPC Inc., in its capacity as transfer agent for the Acquired Fund (Transfer Agent), to deliver to the Acquiring Entity at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the name and address of each Acquired Fund Shareholder and the number and percentage ownership of each outstanding class of Acquired Fund Shares owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall deliver to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing that (a) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Funds account on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1 prior to the actions contemplated by paragraph 1.5 and (b) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the accounts of the Acquired Fund Shareholders on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.5. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other party such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as the other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
3.4 In the event that on the Valuation Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund or the Acquired Fund (each, an Exchange) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund or the Acquiring Fund is impracticable (in the judgment of the Acquiring Entity Board with respect to the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Entity Board with respect to the Acquired Fund), the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first Friday (that is also a business day) after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
Conditions to the Closing On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trust Depositor each of the documents, certificates and other items as follows:
(a) The List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of the Seller together with an Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(c) An opinion of counsel for the Seller substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (and including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency).
(d) A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller, the Trust Depositor and the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform.
(e) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Seller or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Seller.
(f) Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of the Seller under the laws of Nevada.
(g) A UCC financing statement naming the Seller as debtor, naming the Trust Depositor and the Trust as assignor secured parties, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor secured party, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware.
(h) An Officer’s Certificate from the Seller certifying that the Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its computer files, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) The documents, certificates and other items described in Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the extent not already described above.
First Closing The First Closing shall have occurred.
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Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
Conditions to Closing of the Company The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
Initial Closing In consideration for each applicable Lender’s payment of its pro rata share of the aggregate purchase price (the “Closing Note Purchase Price”) of the Notes to be purchased by the Lenders at the Closing (as defined below), which is set forth opposite such Lender’s name in column four (4) of the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto, the Borrower shall issue and sell to such Lender on the Closing Date (as defined below), and each applicable Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Borrower on the Closing Date, a Note, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and in the aggregate principal amount as is set forth opposite such Lender’s name in column four (4) of the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto. The closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing Date by the Borrower and the purchase thereof by the applicable Lenders shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date hereof, subject to notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 5.1 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent). On the Closing Date, (i) each Lender shall pay its pro rata share of the Closing Note Purchase Price to the Borrower for the Notes to be issued and sold to such Lender at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, as more fully set forth on the Schedule of Lenders and (ii) the Borrower shall deliver to each Lender the Notes (in the denominations as such Lender shall have requested prior to the Closing) which such Lender is then purchasing, duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and registered in the name of such Lender or its designee.
Subsequent Closing The sale, contribution and transfer of the Drag-Along Shares by the Drag-Along Sellers to Purchaser (the "Subsequent Closing") shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, 00 xxx xx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxx, at 10:00 a.m. and at the offices of Lexence N.V., Xxxxx Van Anrooystraat, 1076 AD Amsterdam; The Netherlands, as soon as possible after the Initial Closing. In view of the Subsequent Closing, Purchaser undertakes to implement the drag-along provided in the Former Shareholders Agreement.
(a) At the Subsequent Closing, each of the Drag-Along Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser:
(i) a joinder to this Agreement as a Drag-Along Seller;
(ii) a transfer order (ordre de mouvement) for the transfer to Purchaser of the Shares duly executed by such Drag-Along Seller in favor of Purchaser;
(iii) a copy of a confirmation letter from such Drag-Along Seller, sent by facsimile to the Notary, that (i) the Drag-Along Shares of such Drag-Along Seller have been transferred and (ii) the Deed of Issuance may be executed;
(iv) a power of attorney in favor of Purchaser authorizing Purchaser to terminate the Former Shareholders' Agreement and all ancillary agreements relating thereto as of the Subsequent Closing Date;
(v) the New Shareholders' Agreement from each of the Drag-Along Sellers; and
(vi) all other previously undelivered documents required to be delivered by each of the Drag-Along Sellers, to Purchaser at or prior to the Subsequent Closing in connection with the Transactions.
(b) At the Subsequent Closing, Purchaser shall deliver to each of the Drag-Along Sellers:
(i) the Per Share Amount due to the Drag-Along Sellers in respect of the Drag-Along Shares;
Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
