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.
Counterparts and Effectiveness This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which shall be treated as originals for all purposes, and all so executed shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart. Any such counterpart shall be admissible into evidence as an original hereof against each Person who executed it. The execution of this Agreement and delivery thereof by facsimile shall be sufficient for all purposes, and shall be binding upon any party who so executes.
Filing and Effectiveness The Merger shall become effective when the following actions shall have been completed: (a) This Agreement and the Merger shall have been adopted and approved by the shareholders of each Constituent Corporation in accordance with the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Nevada Corporation Law; (b) All of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Merger specified in this Agreement shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the party entitled to satisfaction thereof; (c) An executed Certificate of Merger or an executed, acknowledged and certified counterpart of this Agreement meeting the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and (d) An executed Certificate of Merger or an executed counterpart of this Agreement meeting the requirements of the Nevada Corporation Law shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The date and time when the Merger shall become effective, as aforesaid, is herein called the "Effective Date of the Merger."
Notice of Effectiveness Within two (2) Business Days after the Registration Statement which includes the Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the Commission, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Conditions of Effectiveness This Amendment shall not become effective until each of the following has been satisfied: 3.1 Bank One, NA, as a Bank (in such capacity “Bank One”) and in its capacity as Agent, Fifth Third Bank (“Fifth Third”), as a Bank, shall have each entered into an Assignment Agreement in the form prescribed by the Credit Agreement, pursuant to the terms of which Bank One shall have assigned to Fifth Third an amount equal to 40% of Bank One’s Commitment under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof, and the Loan Parties shall have provided any required consent and acknowledgment with respect thereto. 3.2 This Amendment shall have been executed by the Loan Parties, the Agent, and the Banks. 3.3 The Loan Parties shall furnish to the Agent certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors or the members, as the case may be, of the Loan Parties approving this Amendment, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate or company action, as the case may be, and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Amendment. 3.4 The Loan Parties shall furnish to the Agent such other approvals, opinions, or documents as the Agent may reasonably request. 3.5 The Loan Parties shall furnish to the Agent executed originals of the Amended and Restated Revolving Notes described in Section 1.6 hereof. 3.6 The Loan Parties shall furnish to the Agent executed originals of the Amended and Restated Term Notes described in Section 1.7 hereof. 3.7 The Loan Parties shall have entered into such amendments of the Subordination Agreements as shall be acceptable to the Agent so as to provide that (i) the stated maturity date of all Subordinated Debt shall occur not earlier than the Termination Date (as amended hereby), and (ii) except as otherwise provided in the Subordination Agreements as of the date of this Amendment, no holder of Subordinated Debt is entitled to receive any regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest or dividends or any other amount due with respect to the Subordinated Debt prior to the stated maturity of such Subordinated Debt, provided, however, that payment of interest with respect to the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Subordinated Debt and the Replacement Notes may be made quarterly (on a calendar basis) in arrears commencing as of September 30, 2004 and continuing quarterly (on a calendar basis) thereafter, provided that the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the date of each such interest payment, beginning September 30, 2004, shall as of the date of such payment, be not less than 1.75 to 1, such ratio to be determined in each case in accordance with GAAP for the period of four consecutive calendar quarters of the Company then ending. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as set forth in this Section 3.7, each calculation shall include in the determination of the “sum” (as set forth in section (b)(ii) of the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio contained in the Credit Agreement”) the amount of any interest which has been actually paid by the Company during such 12 month period, or which is proposed to be paid with respect to the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Subordinated Debt and the Replacement Notes as of the quarter end for which such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is then being tested 3.8 The Loan Parties shall have paid a participation fee solely to Fifth Third in the amount of $10,000. 3.9 The Loan Parties shall have paid the Agent’s Fees in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Credit Agreement, in the amount of $10,000.00. 3.10 The Loan Parties shall have paid all out of pocket fees and disbursements of the Agent, including all unpaid fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx PLLC due and owing as of the date of this Amendment.
Counterparts; Effectiveness This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Guarantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Guarantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.
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.
Execution in Counterparts; Effectiveness This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Security Agreement by telecopy, pdf or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Security Agreement.
Confirmation and Effect The provisions of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this First Amendment) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms following the effectiveness of this First Amendment, and this First Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, except as expressly provided for herein. Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
