Corporate Existence, Power and Authority (a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified, licensed and authorized to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases any property or in which the conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be so licensed, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or be so licensed would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's assets, properties, liabilities, business, affairs, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects.
(b) No proceeding has been commenced looking toward the dissolution or merger of the Company or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation (other than the Series 2 Certificate of Designations). The Company is not in violation in any respect of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
(c) The Company has all requisite power, authority (corporate and other) and legal right to own or to hold under lease and to operate the properties it owns or holds and to conduct its business as now being conducted.
(d) The Company has all requisite power, authority (corporate and other) and legal right to execute, deliver, enter into, consummate the transactions contemplated by and perform its obligations under (i) the Stock Purchase Agreements, including, without limitation, the issuance by the Company of the Shares and the Conversion Shares as contemplated herein and in the Series 2 Certificate of Designations (subject to the proper filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Series 2 Certificate of Designations), (ii) the Series 1 Waiver, (iii) the Stockholders' Agreement, (iv) the Stockholders' Agreement Amendment, (v) the Registration Rights Agreement and (vi) the Registration Rights Amendment. The execution, delivery and performance of the Stock Purchase Agreements, the Series 1 Waiver, the Stockholders' Agreement, the Stockholders' Agreement Amendment, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registration Rights Amendment by the Company (including, without limitation, the issuance by the Company of the Shares and the Conversion Shares as contemplated herein and in the Series 2 Certificate of Designations) have been duly authorized by all required corporate and other actions. The Company has duly executed and delivered the Stock Purchase Agreements, the Series 1 Waiver, the Stockholders' Agreement, the Stockholders' Agreement Amendment, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Registration Rights Amendment. The Stock Purchase Agreements, the Series 1 Waiver, the Stockholders' Agreement, the Stockholders' Agreement Amendment, the Registration Rights Agreement and Registration Rights Amendment constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to the rights of creditors generally.
Corporate Existence and Authority The Assuming Institution (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its Chartering Authority and has full power and authority to own and operate its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it, and (ii) has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The Assuming Institution has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Existence, Power and Authority If not a natural person, the Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its incorporation or organization and has the power and authority to own and operate its assets and to conduct its business as now or proposed to be carried on, and is duly qualified, licensed and in good standing to do business in all jurisdictions where its ownership of property or the nature of its business requires such qualification or licensing. The Borrower is duly authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents, all necessary action to authorize the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents has been properly taken, and the Borrower is and will continue to be duly authorized to borrow under this Agreement and to perform all of the other terms and provisions of the Loan Documents.
Due Incorporation; Power and Authority The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
Corporate Existence and Power It is a company or corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, and has full corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as contemplated in this Agreement, including the right to grant the licenses granted by it hereunder.
Organization and Good Standing; Power and Authority Buyer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Subject to the receipt of the Regulatory Approval, Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Organization; Power and Authority The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
Organization, Good Standing, Corporate Power and Qualification The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect.
Existence; Power The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where a failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Organization, Standing and Power; Subsidiaries (i) Each of PNU and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 8.11) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have such power and authority would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on PNU, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification necessary other than in such jurisdictions where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on PNU. The copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of PNU which were previously furnished or made available to Monsanto are true, complete and correct copies of such documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
(ii) Exhibit 21 to PNU's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 includes all the Subsidiaries of PNU which as of the date of this Agreement are Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC). All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each such Significant Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by PNU, free and clear of all pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively "Liens") and free of any other restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests). Except as set forth in the PNU SEC Reports (as defined in Section 3.1(d)), neither PNU nor any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity (other than Subsidiaries), that is or would reasonably be expected to be material to PNU and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
