Conditions to the Transaction 7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Transaction. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Transaction shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
Conditions to the Distribution (a) The consummation of the Distribution will be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Parent in its sole and absolute discretion, of the following conditions:
(i) The SEC shall have declared effective the Form 10; no order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect; and no proceedings for such purposes shall have been instituted or threatened by the SEC.
(ii) The Information Statement shall have been mailed to Parent’s unitholders or, in connection with the delivery of a notice of Internet availability of the Information Statement to such holders, posted on the Internet.
(iii) The transfer of the Transferred Assets (other than any Delayed Transferred Asset) and Assumed Liabilities (other than any Delayed Assumed Liability) contemplated to be transferred from Parent to SpinCo on or prior to the Distribution shall have occurred as contemplated by Section 2.1, and the transfer of the Retained Assets (other than any Delayed Retained Asset) and Retained Liabilities (other than any Delayed Retained Liability) contemplated to be transferred from SpinCo to Parent on or prior to the Distribution Date shall have occurred as contemplated by Section 2.1.
(iv) 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 and the NYSE rules shall have been taken or made, and, where applicable, have become effective or been accepted.
(v) Each of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto.
(vi) 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 in effect.
(vii) The SpinCo Common Units to be distributed to the Parent unitholders in the Distribution shall have been accepted for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution.
(viii) The Retained Cash of five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be held by Parent as of the Effective Time, and Parent’s net working capital (including the Retained Cash) as of the Effective Time shall be no less than five million dollars ($5,000,000).
(ix) Parent shall have received (or shall receive simultaneously with the Distribution) the Specified Payment, the Indebtedness Payment and the proceeds from the SpinCo Cash Transfer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
(x) Each of the conditions to the party’s obligations to effect the Merger set forth in Section 8.1 (other than Section 8.1(a)(viii) and Section 8.1(a)(ix)), Section 8.2, and Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived.
(b) The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent, Parent GP and the GP Board and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Parent, Parent GP or the GP Board to waive or not waive any such condition or in any way limit Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Article IX or alter the consequences of any such termination from those specified in Article IX. Any determination made by the GP Board prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.3(a) shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties. If Parent waives any material condition, it shall promptly issue a press release disclosing such fact and file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing such waiver.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advance The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Advance is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel, of each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 15, 1998;
(b) Agent shall have received all financing statements and fixture filings required by the Lender Group, duly executed by Borrower, and Agent shall have searches reflecting the filing of its financing statements with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City Clerk of Quincy, Massachusetts;
(c) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i) the Disbursement Letter;
(ii) the Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) the Suretyship Agreement;
(iv) the Fee Letter;
(v) the Agents' Side Letter;
(vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) the Stock Pledge Agreement;
(viii) Termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by Sprint Communications;
(ix) WorldCom Subordination Agreement (or termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by WorldCom Network Services, Inc. dba WilTel, Inc.);
(x) the Hale Xxxordination Agreement;
(xi) the Customer List Escrow Agreement; and 39
(d) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same;
(e) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(g) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(h) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.10, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel;
(i) Agent shall have received the Closing Date Business Plan certified by an officer of Borrower as being such officer's good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the period covered thereby;
(j) Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement relative to Borrower's location in Quincy, Massachusetts;
(k) Agent shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender in their sole discretion;
(l) Agent and Agent's counsel shall have been provided with a copy of each Carrier Agreement in respect of a Material Carrier, the Bell Xxxantic Interconnection Agreement, and each agreement in respect of any Indefeasible Right to Use granted to Borrower, certified by an officer of Borrower as true, correct, and complete, and Agent shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review each such Carrier Agreement;
(m) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that all tax returns required to be filed such Borrower have been timely filed and all taxes upon such Borrower or its properties, assets, income, and franchises (including real property taxes and payroll taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except 40 such taxes that are the subject of a Permitted Protest;
(n) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that to the best of such Borrower's knowledge there are no outstanding complaints against any Borrower made to any public utilities commission in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower operates, except such complaints that have been fully disclosed to the Lenders and are satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders;
(o) Agent shall have received a letter from Chase Equipment Leasing, Inc. ("Chase"), in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender, acknowledging that Chase's liens in the Equipment leased by Borrower from Chase does not extend to the Accounts generated by such Equipment;
(p) Agent shall have received payment of all accrued and unpaid Lender Group Expenses;
(q) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of such Borrower or the Collateral since July 31, 1998; and
(r) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel.
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.
Conditions to The Buyer’s Obligation to Purchase The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Note at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
a. The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Buyer.
b. The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer the duly executed Note (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) in accordance with Section 1(b) above.
c. The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and substance satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the Buyer, shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s Transfer Agent.
d. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
e. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
f. No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company including but not limited to a change in the 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or the failure of the Company to be timely in its 1934 Act reporting obligations.
g. The Conversion Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTCBB and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB.
h. The Buyer shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.
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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.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Note at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
a. The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Buyer.
b. The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer duly executed Note (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) in accordance with Section 1(b) above.
c. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
d. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
e. No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company including but not limited to a change in the 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or the failure of the Company to be timely in its 1934 Act reporting obligations.
f. The Conversion Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system.
g. The Buyer shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.
Conditions Precedent to Purchase The Purchase under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that (a) Buyer shall have received on or before the date of such purchase those documents listed on Schedule A and (b) all of the conditions to the initial purchase under the Purchase Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof.
Conditions to the Buyer’s Obligations The obligation of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and pay the Purchase Price is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Buyer) as of the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by the Seller in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of Closing Date subject to any changes permitted pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) The Seller shall have performed or complied in all material respects with each obligation and covenant required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Seller on or before the Closing.
(c) No order or injunction of any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction nor any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect or threatened in writing as of the Closing which restrains or prohibits the transfer of the Asset or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby.
(d) The Title Company shall have issued to the Buyer the Title Policy (or a “marked-up” title commitment committing to issue such Title Policy) effective and dated as of the Closing Date.
(e) The Seller shall have made (or caused to have been made) all of the deliveries required to be made by the Seller under SECTION 7.2.
(f) The Seller shall have delivered evidence that the Management Agreement has been terminated.
(g) Except as otherwise set forth below, it shall be a condition precedent to the Buyer’s obligation to close on the sale of the Asset, that (i) the closing date under the Related Agreements shall be the same as the Closing Date under this Agreement and (ii) the closing of the Related Agreements shall take place simultaneously with the Closing hereunder (i.e., the closing in this Agreement or any Related Agreement will have occurred when all of the conditions precedent to closing set forth in the applicable agreement have been met or waived by the appropriate party, including without limitation the Title Company’s receipt of the applicable deed or assignment of lease and its unconditional and irrevocable commitment to (x) record the deed or assignment of lease; and (y) issue the Title Policy effective as of such date, notwithstanding that such deed or assignment of lease may not have been recorded). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any of the Seller or Other Sellers is in default under this Agreement or any other Related Agreement, as applicable, and, the respective parties thereto fail to close under such Defaulted Agreement, then, so long as the Acquisition Threshold is met, a closing under such Defaulted Agreement shall not be a condition precedent to the Buyer’s obligation to close under this Agreement or any other Related Agreement (so long as the Acquisition Threshold is met); provided, however, in the event that the Acquisition Threshold is not met, then such defaults shall constitute a default under this Agreement and all other Related Agreements and the Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement (and all other Related Agreements) and the Seller shall be deemed in breach hereof whereupon Buyer shall have the remedies set forth in SECTION 11.2(c), except that the aggregate amount of out-of-pocket costs and expenses that the Buyer will be entitled to recover from the Seller for damages under this Agreement and the other Related Agreements shall in no event exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) under SECTION 11.2(c). Additionally, if any of the Buyer or Affiliate Buyers elects to terminate this Agreement or any Related Agreement, as applicable, under any provision of this Agreement or such Related Agreement that expressly gives the Buyer (or an Affiliate Buyer, as applicable) the right to terminate (other than as the result of the Seller’s default for which the preceding sentence in this clause (g) shall control), then any such notice to terminate under any such agreement shall be deemed an election to terminate this Agreement and all of the Related Agreements, it being the intention of the parties that except as otherwise set forth in this clause (g), there shall be no Closing under this Agreement unless there is a closing under the Related Agreements and vice versa.
