Governing Documents Manager will provide Subadviser with copies of (i) the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-laws, as currently in effect, (ii) the Fund’s currently effective prospectus and statement of additional information, as set forth in the Trust’s registration statement under the Investment Company Act and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (iii) any instructions, investment policies or other restrictions adopted by the Trustees or Manager relating to its performance of oversight of the Subadviser supplemental thereto, and (iv) the Management Contract. Manager will provide Subadviser with such further documentation and information concerning the investment objectives, policies and restrictions applicable to the Fund as Subadviser may from time to time reasonably request.
Capitalization; Governing Documents As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: 10,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 4,005,718,437 shares are issued and outstanding; and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, 100,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding and 100,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, the Commitment Shares and the Conversion Shares are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company. As of the effective date of this Agreement, other than as publicly announced prior to such date and reflected in the Disclosure Documents (defined below) of the Company (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of any of the Securities. The Company has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (“Articles of Incorporation”), the Company’s Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
Corporate Governance (a) Effective as of the Effective Time, CenterState shall take all actions necessary to cause the then-current members of the board of directors of CenterState and CenterState Bank (the “CenterState Continuing Directors”) to continue in office and serve on the board of directors of the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Bank until such time as their successors are duly elected and qualified. Prior to the Effective Time, the CenterState Continuing Directors shall take all actions necessary to appoint (effective as of the Effective Time) (i) the three (3) then-current members of the board of directors of NCC identified on NCC Disclosure Schedule Section 5.16(a)(i) (or other individuals mutually agreeable to the Parties) to serve on the board of directors of the Surviving Entity and the board of directors of the Surviving Bank and (ii) the one (1) additional member of the then-current board of directors of NBC identified on NCC Disclosure Schedule Section 5.16(a)(ii) (or another individual mutually agreeable to the Parties) to serve solely on the board of directors of the Surviving Bank (collectively, the “New CenterState Directors”), until such time as their successors are duly elected and qualified. The nominating committee of the board of directors of the Surviving Entity shall cause the New CenterState Directors that have been appointed and are serving on the board of directors of the Surviving Entity to be included among CenterState’s nominees for election at the 2019 (if the Effective Time occurs prior to the 2019 annual meeting of CenterState shareholders) and 2020 annual meetings of shareholders of the Surviving Entity (provided that they remain reasonably acceptable to the nominating committee of the board of directors of Surviving Entity). The Surviving Entity and the Surviving Bank shall cause the New CenterState Directors that have been appointed to and are serving on the board of directors of the Surviving Bank to be reelected (provided that they remain reasonably acceptable to the nominating committee of the board of directors of the Surviving Entity) at the 2019 (if the Effective Time occurs prior to the 2019 annual meeting of CenterState shareholders) and 2020 annual meetings of the Surviving Bank. (b) Effective as of the Effective Time (and, with respect to positions with the Surviving Bank, effective as of the effective time of the Bank Merger), CenterState shall take all actions necessary to cause (i) Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx to continue as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Surviving Entity; (ii) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx to continue and serve as President of the Surviving Bank; (iii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, IV to become and serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Surviving Bank; and (iv) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, V to become and serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Bank.
Corporate Governance Matters (a) The Company, and to the Company's knowledge, each of its officers are in compliance in all material respects with (i) the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations promulgated under such act or the Exchange Act (in each case, as currently in effect, the "XXXXXXXX-XXXXX ACT"), (ii) the applicable qualification requirements and corporate governance rules and regulations promulgated by the National Association of Securities Dealers and (iii) any similar applicable Israeli securities laws, rules and regulations. The Company has delivered to Parent the final form of written information required to be disclosed prior to the date hereof by the Company and certain of its officers to the Company Board or any committee thereof pursuant to the certification requirements of Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act. Since the date such provisions became applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, all auditing services and non-audit services provided to the Company and each Subsidiary have been approved by the audit committee of the Company Board in compliance with Section 10A(h) or Section 10A(i) of the Exchange Act and any similar applicable Israeli securities laws, and no registered public accounting firm or, to the Company's knowledge, any associate thereof that performs any audit of the Company or any Subsidiary has provided to the Company or any of its affiliates any service prohibited by paragraphs (1) through (9) of Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act. Except as permitted by the Exchange Act, including Sections 13(k)(2) and (3) thereof, since the enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has, directly or indirectly, made, entered into, arranged, renewed, modified (in any material way) or forgiven any personal loans to any executive officer or director of the Company prohibited by Section 402 thereunder. (b) The management of the Company has (i) in accordance with Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, designed disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the management of the Company by others within those persons, and (ii) disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting ("INTERNAL CONTROLS") which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and has disclosed to the Company's auditors any material weaknesses in Internal Controls and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's Internal Controls. The Company has made available to Parent a summary of any such disclosure made by management to the Company's auditors and/or audit committee since December 31, 2003. (c) To the Company's knowledge, it will be prepared to timely file the report required by Item 308(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC and its independent public accounting firm will be prepared to timely file the attestation required pursuant to Item 308(b) of Regulation S-K. The Company has not received any written or oral notice from its independent public accounting firm that such firm believes the Company is could not reasonably be expected to complete the evaluations necessary for such report and attestation to be completed and in the timeframe required by applicable law.
Constituent Documents Without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent consistent with this Section, no Borrower Party shall alter, amend, modify, terminate, or change any provision of its Constituent Documents affecting the Investors’ debts, duties, obligations, and liabilities, and the rights, titles, security interests, liens, powers and privileges of such Borrower Party, Administrative Agent or Secured Parties, in each case relating to Capital Call Notices, Capital Commitments, Capital Contributions or Unfunded Commitments; or amend the terms of Section 4 of the Operating Agreement, in each case in any way that materially and adversely affects the rights of Administrative Agent or Secured Parties (each a “Material Amendment”). With respect to any proposed amendment, modification or change to any Constituent Document, the Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of such proposal. Administrative Agent shall determine, in its sole reasonable discretion (that is, the determination of the other Lenders shall not be required) on Administrative Agent’s good faith belief, whether such proposed amendment, modification or change to such Constituent Document is a Material Amendment, and shall notify the Borrower of its determination within (a) for amendments, modifications or changes proposed prior to the Final Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Operating Agreement), two (2) Business Days, and (b) for amendments, modifications or changes proposed after the Final Closing Date, five (5) Business Days of the date on which it is deemed to have received such notification pursuant to Section 13.07. If Administrative Agent determines that the proposed amendment is a Material Amendment, the approval of the Required Lenders and Administrative Agent will be required (unless the approval of all Lenders is required consistent with the terms of Section 13.01), and Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of such request for such approval, distributing, as appropriate, the proposed amendment and any other relevant information provided by any Borrower Party, and the Required Lenders shall be required to respond to such requests within ten (10) Business Days of such notice. If Administrative Agent determines that the proposed amendment is not a Material Amendment, the applicable Borrower Party may make such amendment without the consent of Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of Administrative Agent or the Lenders, a Borrower Party may amend its Constituent Documents: (i) to admit new Investors to the extent permitted by this Credit Agreement; (ii) to reflect transfers of interests permitted by this Credit Agreement; and (iii) to facilitate the formation, operation and qualification of such Borrower Party as a RIC.
Governing Document In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Offering Documents, the Indenture, the Pooling Agreement and this Agreement with respect to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided, however, that to the extent that a conflict exists as a result of an interpretation or clarification of any term of this agreement or other legislation or rulemaking by any governmental entity, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the parties hereto agree to amend this Agreement to address any such conflict.
Memorandum and Articles of Association The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to be in breach or violation of its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Governance (a) The HSP represents, warrants and covenants that it has established, and will maintain for the period during which this Agreement is in effect, policies and procedures: that set out a code of conduct for, and that identify the ethical responsibilities for all persons at all levels of the HSP’s organization; to ensure the ongoing effective functioning of the HSP; for effective and appropriate decision-making; for effective and prudent risk-management, including the identification and management of potential, actual and perceived conflicts of interest; for the prudent and effective management of the Funding; to monitor and ensure the accurate and timely fulfillment of the HSP’s obligations under this Agreement and compliance with the Enabling Legislation; to enable the preparation, approval and delivery of all Reports; to address complaints about the provision of Services, the management or governance of the HSP; and to deal with such other matters as the HSP considers necessary to ensure that the HSP carries out its obligations under this Agreement. (b) The HSP represents and warrants that: it has, or will have within 60 Days of the execution of this Agreement, a Performance Agreement with its CEO that ties a reasonable portion of the CEO’s compensation plan to the CEO’s performance; it will take all reasonable care to ensure that its CEO complies with the Performance Agreement; it will enforce the HSP’s rights under the Performance Agreement; and a reasonable portion of any compensation award provided to the CEO during the term of this Agreement will be pursuant to an evaluation of the CEO’s performance under the Performance Agreement and the CEO’s achievement of performance goals and performance improvement targets and in compliance with Applicable Law. “compensation award”, for the purposes of Section 9.3(b)(4) above, means all forms of payment, benefits and perquisites paid or provided, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a CEO who performs duties and functions that entitle him or her to be paid.
Changes in Organizational Documents Each of the Loan Parties shall not amend, modify or change its certificate of incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to capital stock), constitution, by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
Compliance with Applicable Laws and Governing Documents In the performance of its services under this Agreement, the Subadviser shall act in conformity with the Prospectus, SAI and the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws as currently in effect and, as soon as practical after the Trust, the Fund or the Adviser notifies the Subadviser thereof, as supplemented, amended and/or restated from time to time (referred to hereinafter as the “Declaration of Trust” and “By-Laws,” respectively) and with the instructions and directions received in writing from the Adviser or the Trustees of the Trust and will conform to, and comply with, the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Without limiting the preceding sentence, the Adviser promptly shall notify the Subadviser as to any act or omission of the Subadviser hereunder that the Adviser reasonably deems to constitute or to be the basis of any noncompliance or nonconformance with any of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, the Prospectus and the SAI, the instructions and directions received in writing from the Adviser or the Trustees of the Trust, the 1940 Act, the Code, and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adviser shall remain responsible for ensuring the Fund’s and the Trust’s overall compliance with the 1940 Act, the Code and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations and the Subadviser is only obligated to comply with this subsection (b) with respect to the Subadviser Assets. The Adviser timely will provide the Subadviser with a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Trust to the extent they may affect the Fund or the services of the Subadviser, copies of any financial statements or reports made by the Fund to its shareholders, and any further materials or information which the Subadviser may reasonably request to enable it to perform its functions under this Agreement. The Adviser shall perform quarterly and annual tax compliance tests to ensure that the Fund is in compliance with Subchapter M of the Code. In this regard, the Adviser acknowledges that the Subadviser shall rely completely upon the Adviser’s determination of whether and to what extent the Fund is in compliance with Subchapter M of the Code and that the Subadviser has no separate and independent responsibility to test the Fund for such compliance. In connection with such compliance tests, the Adviser shall inform the Subadviser at least ten (10) business days prior to a calendar quarter end if the Subadviser Assets are out of compliance with the diversification requirements under Subchapter M. If the Adviser notifies the Subadviser that the Subadviser Assets are not in compliance with such requirements noted above, the Subadviser will take prompt action to bring the Subadviser Assets back into compliance within the time permitted under the Code thereunder. The Adviser will provide the Subadviser with reasonable advance notice of any change in the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in the Prospectus and SAI, and the Subadviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, manage the Subadviser Assets consistent with such changes, provided that the Subadviser has received prompt notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Trust or the Adviser. In addition to such notice, the Adviser shall provide to the Subadviser a copy of a modified Prospectus and SAI reflecting such changes. The Adviser acknowledges and will ensure that the Prospectus and SAI will at all times be in compliance with all disclosure requirements under all applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to the Trust or the Fund, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and that the Subadviser shall have no liability in connection therewith, except as to the accuracy of material information furnished in writing by the Subadviser to the Trust or to the Adviser specifically for inclusion in the Prospectus and SAI. The Subadviser hereby agrees to provide to the Adviser in a timely manner such information relating to the Subadviser and its relationship to, and actions for, the Trust as may be required to be contained in the Prospectus, SAI or in the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A and any amendments thereto.
