Covenants of the Manager The Manager covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Manager that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Manager.
Covenants of the Underwriter The Underwriter covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
Covenants of the Master Servicer The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee as follows:
(a) the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make such information, certificate, statement or report not misleading.
Covenants of the Underwriters Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
Covenants of the Shareholders (a) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10, it shall not take any action of any kind that may in any way adversely affect, by delay or otherwise, the likelihood of success of the Arrangement, and in furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly:
(i) option, sell, assign, transfer, dispose of, hypothecate, alienate, grant a security interest in, encumber in any way, tender to any offer or otherwise convey any Subject Shares or Convertible Securities or any right or interest therein or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing;
(ii) grant or agree to grant any proxy or other right to the Subject Shares, or enter into any voting trust or pooling agreement or arrangement or otherwise relinquish or modify its right to vote any of the Subject Shares, or enter into or subject any of the Subject Shares to any other agreement, arrangement, understanding or commitment, formal or informal, with respect to or relating to the voting thereof;
(iii) (A) make, solicit, assist, initiate, encourage, or otherwise facilitate (including by way of furnishing information or entering into any form of written or oral agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiries, proposals or offers from any person regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or (B) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or (C) otherwise co-operate in any way with, or assist or participate in or facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing;
(iv) take any action of any kind, directly or indirectly, which may cause its representations or warranties hereunder to become untrue; or
(v) take any action to encourage or assist any other person to do any of the prohibited acts referred to in this Section 4(a).
(b) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement in accordance Section 10, it shall:
(i) (A) forthwith notify Symmetry and Acquisitionco, at first orally and then in writing, of all Acquisition Proposals currently under consideration and immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitations, encouraged activities, discussions or negotiations such Shareholder is engaged in with any person (other than Symmetry and Acquisitionco) with respect to or which could lead to any potential Acquisition Proposal from and after the date hereof, and (B) promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Symmetry and Acquisitionco, at first orally and then in writing, of any inquiries, proposals or offers that such Shareholder receives or of which such Shareholder becomes aware, relating to, constituting or which such Shareholder reasonably believes could lead to an Acquisition Proposal, such notice to include a description of the terms and conditions of, and the identity of the person making, any proposal, inquiry or offer or any amendment thereto, and such other details of the proposal, inquiry or offer as Symmetry and Acquisitionco may reasonably request, including a copy thereof; and
(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not include influencing the board of directors of the Company) to assist Symmetry and Acquisitionco to successfully complete the Arrangement, including co-operating with Symmetry and Acquisitionco in: (A) making all requisite regulatory filings and giving evidence in relation thereto; (B) meeting with prospective lenders and investors in presentations, meetings, road shows and due diligence sessions; and (C) providing investor relations support and communicating with the shareholders of both Symmetry and the Company; and
(iii) perform all obligations required to by it under this Agreement and the Arrangement Agreement in order to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Transactions.
(c) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until 36 months following the Effective Time, none of such Shareholder, its affiliates (including any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Shareholder) and its representatives (including any directors, officers, employees, financial advisors, or other agents) or any person not dealing at arms length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with any of the foregoing shall, directly or indirectly, in any manner, acquire or agree to acquire or make any offer or proposal to acquire any securities of Symmetry or any property deriving its value in whole or in part from securities of Symmetry.
(d) Each Shareholder consents to the disclosure of the substance of this Agreement in any press release or any circular relating to the Arrangement and to the filing of this Agreement as may be required pursuant to applicable Law.
(e) Each Shareholder (if such Shareholder is a corporation or trust) shall ensure that the officers, directors, trustees and employees of it and its subsidiaries (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) and any financial advisors or other advisors or representatives retained by it are aware of the provisions of this Section 4, and it shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 4 by any such persons.
Covenants of the Fund The Fund covenants with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Fund will use its best efforts (i) to cause the Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act, and will advise the Underwriter promptly as to the time at which the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendment) becomes so effective and (ii) if required, to cause the issuance of any orders exempting the Fund from any provisions of the Investment Company Act, and the Fund will advise the Underwriter promptly as to the time at which any such orders are granted.
(b) The Fund will notify the Underwriter immediately, and will confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendment), (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, and (v) of the issuance by the Commission of an order of suspension or revocation of the notification on Form N-8A of registration of the Fund as an investment company under the Investment Company Act or the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose. The Fund will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order described in subsection (iv) hereunder or any order of suspension or revocation described in subsection (v) hereunder and, if any such stop order or order of suspension or revocation is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. If the Fund elects to rely on Rule 434 under the Rules and Regulations, the fund will prepare a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the Rules and Regulations and the Fund will provide the Underwriter with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such number as the Underwriter may reasonably request by the close of business in New York on the business day immediately succeeding the date of the Pricing Agreement.
(c) The Fund will give the Underwriter notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment) or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (including any revised prospectus which the Fund proposes for use by the Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Shares, which differs from the prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, whether such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) or Rule 497(h) of the Rules and Regulations or any term sheet prepared in reliance on Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations), whether pursuant to the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act, or otherwise, and will furnish the Underwriter with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably shall object.
(d) The Fund will deliver to the Underwriter, as soon as practicable, two signed copies of the notification of registration and registration statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, in each case with two sets of the exhibits filed therewith, and also will deliver to the Underwriter a conformed copy of the registration statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (but without exhibits to the registration statement or any such amendment) for the Underwriter.
(e) The Fund will furnish to the Underwriter, from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriter reasonably may request for the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act, or the Rules and Regulations.
(f) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel to the Fund and the Underwriter, to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the Fund forthwith will amend or supplement the Prospectus by preparing and furnishing to the Underwriter a reasonable number of copies of an amendment or amendments of or a supplement or supplements to, the Prospectus (in form and substance satisfactory to counsel to the Fund and the Underwriter), so that, as so amended or supplemented, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading.
(g) The Fund will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Underwriter may designate, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year after the date hereof. The Fund will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Shares have been qualified as above provided.
(h) The Fund will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but no later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Fund's fiscal quarter next following the "effective" date (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) Between the date of this Agreement and the termination of any trading restrictions or Closing Time, whichever is later, the Fund will not, without your prior consent, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any equity or equity related securities of the Fund other than the Shares and the Common Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends or distributions.
(j) If, at the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, any information shall have been omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, then immediately following the execution of the Pricing Agreement, the Fund will prepare, and file or transmit for filing with the Commission in accordance with such Rule 430A and Rule 497(h) of the Rules and Regulations, copies of the amended Prospectus, or, if required by such Rule 430A, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (including an amended Prospectus), containing all information so omitted.
(k) The Fund will use its best efforts to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.
Covenants of the Selling Shareholders Each Selling Shareholder, in addition to its other agreements and obligations hereunder, severally and not jointly, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder agrees that (i) it will not prepare, or have prepared on its behalf, or use or refer to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), and (ii) it will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
(b) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(c) During the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required under the Securities Act, such Selling Shareholder will advise the Underwriters promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing to the Underwriters, of any change in the information relating to such Selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(d) Such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(e) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to the Underwriters prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 or W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(f) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to the Underwriters prior to or at the Closing Date a certificate satisfying the beneficial ownership due diligence requirements of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
Covenants of the Buyer The Buyer covenants and agrees with the Seller as follows:
Covenants of Holders Each of the Holders hereby agrees (a) to cooperate with the Company and to furnish to the Company all such information concerning its plan of distribution and ownership interests with respect to its Registrable Shares in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement with respect to such Holder's Registrable Shares and any filings with any state securities commissions as the Company may reasonably request, (b) to deliver or cause delivery of the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (other than an Issuance Registration Statement) to any purchaser of the shares covered by such Registration Statement from the Holder and (c) to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and affiliates, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and each other person, if any, subject to liability because of his connection with the Company, against any and all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in either such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if and to the extent that such statement or omission occurs from reliance upon and in conformity with written information regarding the Holder, its plan of distribution or its ownership interests, which was furnished to the Company by the Holder for use therein unless such statement or omission was corrected in writing to the Company not less than two (2) business days prior to the date of the final prospectus (as supplemented or amended, as the case may be) or (ii) the failure by the Holder to deliver or cause to be delivered the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented, if applicable) furnished by the Company to the Holder to any purchaser of the shares covered by such Registration Statement from the Holder through no fault of the Company.
Covenants of the Adviser The Adviser covenants that it is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. The Adviser agrees that its activities will at all times be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws governing its operations and investments.
