SUPERIOR CONDITIONS 21.01 All existing benefits, rights, privileges, practices, terms or conditions of employment which may be considered to be superior to those contained herein and which are set out in Appendix 4 are specifically retained by this Agreement unless otherwise agreed by the local parties. The parties agree to remove from Appendix 4 those superior conditions which no longer have application. Where the parties cannot agree on whether a superior condition continues to have application, the issue will be reduced to a grievance and referred to arbitration.
21.02 The Union and the Participating Hospitals agree to establish a committee consisting of two (2) representatives of the Union and two (2) representatives of the Participating Hospitals to review the superior conditions appendices in each of the participating hospitals. This committee will report to their respective negotiating committees prior to the next round of central negotiations.
Existing Conditions Tenant accepts the Property in its condition as of the execution of the Lease, subject to all recorded matters, laws, ordinances, and governmental regulations and orders. Except as provided herein, Tenant acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any representation as to the condition of the Property or the suitability of the Property for Tenant's intended use. Tenant represents and warrants that Tenant has made its own inspection of and inquiry regarding the condition of the Property and is not relying on any representations of Landlord or any Broker with respect thereto. If Landlord or Landlord's Broker has provided a Property Information Sheet or other Disclosure Statement regarding the Property, a copy is attached as an exhibit to the Lease.
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER 42 6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger................................ 42 6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Company............................................. 43 6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub........................... 44
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 Closings Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at each Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at such Closing, of the following conditions:
Actions to Satisfy Closing Conditions Each Party shall take all such actions as are within its power to control, and shall use its best efforts to cause other actions to be taken which are not within its power to control, so as to ensure compliance with any conditions set forth in this Agreement which are for the benefit of itself or any other Party.
CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Offer, Acquisition shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC including Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act (relating to Acquisition's obligation to pay for or return tendered Shares promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay for, and may delay the acceptance for payment of or, subject to the restrictions referred to above, the payment for, any tendered Shares, if (w) any waiting periods applicable to the Offer under the HSR Act shall not have been terminated or shall not have expired and any required approvals or notices under the Bank Act, the Bank Holding Company Act and required approvals from state Governmental Entities responsible for regulating, in the aggregate, ninety percent (90%) of the Company's and its subsidiary's average mortgage origination volume for the period 1998 and 1999 shall not have been obtained, and, in the case of any approval, authorization or consent, shall not be in full force and effect and all conditions applicable thereto shall not have been satisfied; (x) any of the consents or approvals of any Person other than a Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not have been obtained; except where the failure to have obtained any such consent or approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (y) the Minimum Condition shall not have been satisfied or (z) at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and before the time of acceptance of such Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, any of the following events shall occur:
(i) [reserved];
(ii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, any Governmental Entity or court of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order which is in effect at the Tender Offer Purchase Time and which (A) makes the acceptance for payment of, or the payment for, some or all of the Shares illegal or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, or (B) prohibits Acquisition from operating or deriving benefits from the majority of the value of the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to operate the Company; provided, however, that the parties shall use reasonable efforts (subject to the proviso in Section 5.6(b)) to cause any such decree, judgment or other order to be vacated or lifted prior to September 30, 2000;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall not be true and correct on the date of this Agreement or the Company shall have breached or failed in any respect to perform or comply with any material obligation, agreement or covenant required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to such time except, where the failure of representations and warranties (without regard to materiality qualifications therein contained) to be true and correct, or the performance or compliance with such obligations, agreements or covenants, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;
(vi) there shall have occurred an acceptance by the Company of a Superior Proposal;
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) the Board shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent its approval or recommendation of the Offer, shall have recommended to the Company's stockholders a Third Party Acquisition or shall have adopted any resolution to effect any of the foregoing;
(ix) [reserved];
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, there shall have occurred the commencement of a war having a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; which, in the reasonable judgment of Parent and Acquisition, in any such case, and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition, makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer and/or with such acceptance for payment or payments.
(b) The conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a) (other than the Minimum Condition) are for the sole benefit of Acquisition and may be asserted by Acquisition regardless of any circumstances giving rise to any condition and may be waived (other than the Minimum Condition) by Acquisition, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of Acquisition. The failure by Parent or Acquisition (or any affiliate of Acquisition) at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right and each right will be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
Adverse Weather Conditions Except in emergency conditions, the Employer shall not require an employee to work outside under extreme weather conditions.
Legal Conditions to the Merger (a) Subject to the terms hereof, the Company and the Fund shall each use its reasonable best efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Company Stockholders’ Agreement as promptly as practicable, (ii) as promptly as practicable, obtain from any Governmental Entity or any other third party any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations, or orders required to be obtained or made by the Company, Acquisition LLC or the Fund or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Company Stockholders’ Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) as promptly as practicable, make all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions, with respect to this Agreement and the Company Stockholders’ Agreement, and the Merger required under (A) the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any other applicable federal or state securities laws, and (B) any other applicable law and (iv) execute or deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement and the Company Stockholders’ Agreement. The Company and the Fund shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such filings. The Company and the Fund shall use their respective reasonable efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the rules and regulations of any applicable law (including all information required to be included in the Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Company Stockholders’ Agreement.
(b) Each of the Company and the Fund shall give (or shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to give) any notices to third parties, and use, and cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their reasonable efforts to obtain any third party consents related to or required in connection with the Merger that are (i) necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or in the Company Stockholders’ Agreement, (ii) disclosed or required to be disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Fund Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be, or (iii) required to prevent a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Fund Material Adverse Effect from occurring prior to or after the Effective Time.
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.
