Covenants regarding Party C Party B (as a shareholder of Party C) and Party C hereby covenant as follows:
2.1.1 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not in any manner supplement, change or amend the articles of association of Party C, increase or decrease its registered capital, or change its structure of registered capital in other manners;
2.1.2 They shall maintain Party C’s corporate existence in accordance with good financial and business standards and practices, obtain and maintain all necessary government licenses and permits by prudently and effectively operating its business and handling its affairs;
2.1.3 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not at any time following the date hereof, sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of in any manner any assets of Party C or legal or beneficial interest in the material business or revenues of Party C, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest;
2.1.4 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not incur, inherit, guarantee or suffer the existence of any debt, except for payables incurred in the ordinary course of business other than through loans;
2.1.5 They shall always operate all of Party C’s businesses in the ordinary course of business to maintain the asset value of Party C and refrain from any action/omission that may affect Party C’s operating status and asset value;
2.1.6 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not cause Party C to execute any major contract, except the contracts in the ordinary course of business (for purpose of this subsection, a contract with a price exceeding RMB100,000 shall be deemed a major contract);
2.1.7 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not cause Party C to provide any person with any loan or credit;
2.1.8 They shall provide Party A with information on Party C’s business operations and financial condition at Party A’s request;
2.1.9 If requested by Party A, they shall procure and maintain insurance in respect of Party C’s assets and business from an insurance carrier acceptable to Party A, at an amount and type of coverage typical for companies that operate similar businesses;
2.1.10 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall not cause or permit Party C to merge, consolidate with, acquire or invest in any person;
2.1.11 They shall immediately notify Party A of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to Party C’s assets, business or revenue;
2.1.12 To maintain the ownership by Party C of all of its assets, they shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions, file all necessary or appropriate complaints, and raise necessary or appropriate defenses against all claims;
2.1.13 Without the prior written consent of Party A, they shall ensure that Party C shall not in any manner distribute dividends to its shareholders, provided that upon Party A’s written request, Party C shall immediately distribute all distributable profits to its shareholders;
2.1.14 At the request of Party A, they shall appoint any person designated by Party A as the director or executive director of Party C.
2.1.15 Without Party A’s prior written consent, they shall not engage in any business in competition with Party A or its affiliates; and
2.1.16 Unless otherwise required by PRC law, Party C shall not be dissolved or liquated without prior written consent by Party A.
Negative Covenants of Seller On and as of the date hereof and at all times while this Agreement or the Transaction hereunder is in effect, Seller shall not without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which may be granted or denied at Purchaser’s sole and absolute discretion:
(i) subject to Seller’s right to repurchase any Purchased Asset pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, take any action that would directly or indirectly impair or adversely affect Purchaser’s title to any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item;
(ii) at any time a Transaction is outstanding with respect to any Purchased Asset, transfer, assign, convey, grant, bargain, sell, set over, deliver or otherwise dispose of, or pledge or hypothecate, directly or indirectly, any interest in any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item to any Person other than Purchaser, or engage in repurchase transactions or similar transactions with respect to any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item with any Person other than Purchaser;
(iii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien in or on any of its property, assets, revenue, the Purchased Assets, the other Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the Liens and security interest granted by Seller pursuant to the Transaction Documents;
(iv) intentionally omitted;
(v) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution), or sell all or substantially all of its assets (except in connection with the sale or securitization of the Purchased Assets in the ordinary course of Seller’s business after the repurchase thereof in accordance with this Agreement);
(vi) permit a Change of Control;
(vii) intentionally omitted;
(viii) consent or assent to any Significant Modification other than in accordance with Article 29;
(ix) permit the organizational documents or jurisdiction of organization of Seller to be amended in any material respect;
(x) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, make any distribution, payment on account of, or set apart assets for, a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any Capital Stock of Seller, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller;
(xi) acquire or maintain any right or interest in any Purchased Asset or any Mortgaged Property that is senior to, or pari passu with, the rights and interests of Purchaser therein under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents unless such right or interest in a Purchased Asset hereunder;
(xii) use any part of the proceeds of any Transaction hereunder for any purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and
(xiii) directly, or through a Subsidiary, acquire or hold title to any real property.
Covenants of Sellers Sellers covenant and agree as follows:
Covenants of Seller Seller covenants and agrees with Buyer as follows:
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and possesses all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits and franchises to carry on its business as currently conducted by it and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general, and (B) general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and the Seller's performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate the Seller's organizational documents, (B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to which the Seller is subject, or (C) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound.
(iv) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default might have consequences that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good faith judgment, materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Seller or its properties or have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.
(v) The Seller is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any organizational document or any other corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good faith judgment, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller or the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement.
(vi) Except for the recordation and/or filing of assignments and other transfer documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 2(d) hereof, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and no bulk sale law applies to such transactions.
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, threatened against the Seller that would, in the Seller's good faith and reasonable judgment, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement.
(viii) Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and for federal income tax purposes, the Seller will report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan). The consideration received by the Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser will constitute at least reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the Mortgage Loans. The Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser. The Seller is not selling the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the Seller. After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Seller's assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Seller's debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Seller, and the Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business. The Mortgage Loans do not constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the Seller. The Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.
(ix) No proceedings looking toward merger, liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Seller are pending or contemplated.
(b) The Seller hereby makes, for the benefit of the Purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as of the Closing Date or as of such other date expressly set forth therein, each of the representations and warranties made by the initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except that all references therein to the "Depositor" shall be deemed to be references to the Seller and all references therein to the Mortgage Pool shall be deemed to be references to all the Securitized Loans.
Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing and all such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing and (b) this Article X and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I.
Certain Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Client In connection with the Co-Managers’ activities hereunder, Client hereby represents, warrants, covenants, and agrees, as applicable, to each Co-Manager:
a. Client is duly organized and validly exists as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Offering Circular.
b. No consent, approval, authorization, or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Client of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the Client of the Securities, except such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or applicable state securities laws.
c. No defaults exist in the due performance or observance of any material obligation, term, covenant, or condition of any agreement or instrument to which the Client is a party or by which it is bound.
d. At the time of the issuance of the Securities, the Securities will have been duly authorized and validly issued, and upon payment therefor, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description in the Offering Circular.
e. Subject to the performance of the Client’s obligations hereunder, the holders of the Securities will have the rights described in the Offering Circular and associated transaction documents.
f. This Agreement, when executed by the Client, will have been duly authorized and will be a valid and binding agreement of the Client, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
g. Client will cooperate with each Co-Manager and provide it reasonable access to the officers, directors, employees, and advisers of Client and Masterworks, and furnish each Co-Manager all information and data regarding the business and financial condition of Client and Masterworks that any Co-Manager deems appropriate for purposes of the Offering (the “Information”).
h. As of each date of any offer of the Securities and each date of any closing of the Offering, the Offering Materials will be complete and correct in all material respects and, except for those statements for which written supplemental corrections or additions have been made or given to the investors participating in such closing, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
i. Client will allocate Securities to investors and take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that the Offering is not over-allotted.
j. Client agrees to confirm all orders for purchase of Securities that are accepted by the Client and provide evidence of such confirmation to the Co-Managers.
k. Client will take reasonable steps to ensure that no officer, director, employee, or affiliate of the Client (except as otherwise described in the Offering Circular) buys or acquires any Securities in connection with the Offering.
l. Any projected or estimated financial information or other forward-looking information relating to issuer or administrator metrics and not the future performance of the securities offered, which the Client in the Offering Materials or otherwise provides to any Co-Manager will be made by Client in good faith, based on management’s best estimates at the time and based on facts and assumptions, which management believes are reasonable. A full management’s discussion of the underlying assumptions and risks relating to achieving such projections will accompany all such projections or estimates.
m. Client acknowledges and agrees that each Co-Manager, in rendering its services hereunder: (i) will be using and relying on the Information provided by Client (as well as information available from affiliates of Client and public sources and other sources deemed reliable by Co-Manager) (ii) is authorized to transmit to any potential investor the Offering Materials and forms of subscription agreements and any other legal documentation supplied to the Co-Manager for transmission to any potential investor by or on behalf of the Client in connection with the Offering; and (iii) does not and will not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Offering Materials or any Information or other Information regarding the Client. Each Co-Manager reserves the right to investigate and independently verify the Client’s representations and claims.
n. Client will be solely responsible for the contents of the Offering Materials (as amended and supplemented and including any information incorporated therein by reference).
o. If at any time prior to the completion of the offer and sale of the Securities an event occurs or circumstance exists and the Offering Materials (as then amended and supplemented) include any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Client will promptly notify each Co-Manager of such event and each Co-Manager will suspend solicitations of prospective purchasers of the Securities until such time as Client shall prepare (and Client agrees that, if it shall have notified each Co-Manager to suspend solicitations after Client has accepted orders from prospective purchasers, it will promptly prepare) a supplement or amendment to the Offering Circular, which corrects such statement(s) or omission(s).
p. Client shall not make any written or oral representations or statements to investors that contradict or are inconsistent with the statements made in the Offering Circular, as amended or supplemented.
q. Any advice rendered or material provided by a Co-Manager during the term of this Agreement or during the Offering process was and is intended solely for the benefit and confidential use of the Client and will not be reproduced, summarized, described, referred to, or given to any other person or entity for any purpose without the Co-Manager’s prior written consent. Each Co-Manager is an independent contractor and is being retained solely to assist Client in its efforts to effect the Offering.
r. Client understands and agrees that neither Co-Manager is or will be construed as a fiduciary of the Client and will have no duties or liabilities to the equity holders or creditors of the Client or to any other person or entity by virtue of this Agreement, other than fiduciary duties imposed under applicable law, rules, or regulations in connection with the arrangements contemplated hereby, and to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, rules, or regulations, Client hereby expressly waives all of such duties and liabilities.
s. Client understands and agrees that neither Co-Manager will provide legal, accounting, and/or tax advice and Client agrees to retain its own counsel concerning any necessary legal, accounting, and tax matters; and nothing contained herein shall be construed to obligate a Co-Manager to purchase, as principal, any of the securities offered in the Offering.
t. There are no brokers, representatives, or other persons (other than persons associated with the Co-Managers), which have an interest in compensation due to either Co-Manager from any transaction contemplated herein.
u. The Offering of the Securities shall be at the price and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Circular and the exhibits and appendices thereto and any amendments or supplements thereto.
v. Client will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by of Regulation A, the regulations and rules thereunder, and applicable federal and state securities laws; and Client has not taken, and agrees that it will not take, any action, directly or indirectly, so as to cause the Offering to fail to be entitled to the exemption from registration afforded by Regulation A of Section 401 of the JOBS Act Section 3(b), as amended.
w. In effecting the Offering, Client agrees to comply in all material respects with applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable state laws and requirements, as well as any federal, state, or foreign judicial decisions or opinions related thereto.
x. Client will not solicit investors unless such solicitation complies in all material respects with the requirements of applicable federal securities laws, including Rule 255 under the Securities Act, and will not make any sale of the Securities until the Offering Statement with respect to the Offering is qualified by the SEC, and Client covenants and agrees that the Offering does not and shall not violate any federal, state, local, foreign or other laws, rules, regulations or interpretations, including those rules, regulations and interpretations of the SEC, IRS, FINRA and any other self-regulatory organization or domestic or foreign governmental agency or entity.
y. Client will provide copies to Co-Manager of any current or previous filings with the SEC in the preceding twelve (12) months.
z. Client will collect and maintain investor funds in a segregated account and will treat investor funds and use the proceeds in a manner consistent with the description in the Offering Circular.
aa. Client will take such action as is necessary to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States (including but not limited to federal securities laws).
bb. Client agrees (i) that any subscription or other similar agreement pursuant to which Securities are sold shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of the Co-Managers and its counsel, shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and such other terms and conditions as are customary for exempt transactions of securities pursuant to Regulation A, and (ii) to provide a copy of such executed document to each Co-Manager promptly following the execution and delivery thereof by an investor. The Client agrees that any representations and warranties made by it to any investor in the Offering shall be deemed also to be made to the Co-Managers for their benefit.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Issuer Upon the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Issuer represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified) as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and such Registration Statement, as amended, has become effective; and the conditions to the use of a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3, and the conditions of Rule 415 under the Act, have been satisfied with respect to the Registration Statement;
(ii) As of the Closing Date, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except with respect to any modification to which the Representatives have agreed in writing, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to the Representatives before such date or, to the extent not completed on such date, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus that has previously been furnished to the Representatives) as the Issuer has advised the Representatives, before such time, will be included or made therein;
(iii) On the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement conformed in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to information contained in or omitted from either of the documents based upon written information furnished to the Issuer or the Company by the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus;
(iv) The Preliminary Prospectus at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear only in the final Prospectus); provided, however, that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus;
(v) Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuer (including its agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes.
(b) The Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing as a Delaware statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and to execute, deliver and perform the Indenture, and to authorize the issuance of the Notes, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirements), and has obtained all necessary material licenses and approvals (except with respect to the securities laws of any foreign jurisdiction or the state securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals (i) would have a material adverse effect on each of the Issuer and its subsidiaries (if any), taken as a whole or (ii) would have a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Indenture or this Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary statutory trust action on the part of the Issuer. Neither the execution and delivery by the Issuer of such instruments, nor the performance by the Issuer of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the Issuer with the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, the Trust Agreement, or (ii) conflict with any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Issuer or its properties, or (iii) conflict with any of the provisions of any material indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract or other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the Issuer’s property pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument.
(d) The Issuer has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement.
(e) The Notes have been duly authorized and when validly issued in accordance with the Indenture, duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and delivered by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and will be validly issued and entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the Indenture. Each increase in the Collateral Certificate will have been authorized and effected in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as of the applicable settlement date of each Note. When executed and delivered by the parties thereto, the Indenture will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general as such laws would apply in the event of the insolvency, liquidation or reorganization or other similar occurrence with respect to the Issuer or in the event of any moratorium or similar occurrence affecting the Issuer and to general principles of equity. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any person, corporation or other organization, or of any court, governmental agency or body or official (except with respect to the securities laws of any foreign jurisdiction or the state securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), required in connection with the valid and proper authorization, issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement, or the issuance and transfer of the Collateral Certificate pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have been or will be taken or obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(f) The Issuer is not now, and following the issuance of the Notes, will not be, required to be registered under the 1940 Act.
(g) Except for the Underwriters, the Issuer has employed or retained no broker, finder, commission agent or other person in connection with the sale of the Notes, and neither the Company nor the Issuer are under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with such sale.
(h) No Early Redemption Event or Event of Default or any event which after any applicable grace period will become an Early Redemption Event or an Event of Default is subsisting in relation to the Notes or any other outstanding notes and no event has occurred which would constitute (after an issue of notes) an Early Redemption Event or Event of Default or any event which after any applicable grace period would become an Early Redemption Event or an Event of Default.
(i) Based on information currently available to, and in the reasonable belief of, the Issuer, the Issuer is not engaged (whether as defendant or otherwise) in, nor has the Issuer knowledge of the existence of, or any threat of, any legal, arbitration, administrative or other proceedings the result of which might have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders.
(j) As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Issuer in the Indenture will be true and correct in all material respects.
Seller’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Buyer as follows:
Covenants Pending Closing (a) From the date hereof until the Closing, each Contributor agrees that with respect to itself and not to any other Contributor, it shall not:
(i) Sell, transfer (or agree to sell or transfer) or otherwise dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or disposition of (or agree to do any of the foregoing) all or any portion of its Company Interests; or
(ii) Mortgage, pledge or encumber (or permit to become encumbered) all or any portion of its Company Interests.
(b) From the date hereof through the Closing, each Contributor shall, to the extent within his or its control, cause the Company and the Entity to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and shall, to the extent within his or its control, not permit the Company or the Entity, without the prior written consent of Acquirer, to:
(i) Enter into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business of such entity:
(ii) Except as contemplated by the Second Contribution Agreement, sell, transfer or dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or disposition of (or agree to do any of the foregoing) any assets of such entity, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(iii) Mortgage, pledge or encumber (or permit to become encumbered) any assets of such entity, except (A) liens for taxes not due, (B) purchase money security interests in the ordinary course of such entity's business, and (C) mechanics' liens being disputed by such entity in good faith and by appropriate proceeding in the ordinary course of such entity's business (provided such mechanics liens are released prior to or on the Closing Date at no cost to the Acquirer);
(iv) Amend, modify or terminate any Lease, contract or other instruments relating to the Property to which such entity is a party, except in the ordinary course of the entity's business consistent with past practice;
(v) Cause or permit the Entity to change the existing use of the Property;
(vi) Cause or permit any entity to enter into any new Lease or terminate any existing Lease except in the ordinary course of the entity's business consistent with past practice;
(vii) Cause or take any action that would render any of the representations or warranties regarding the Property as set forth herein untrue in any material respect;
(viii) Terminate or amend any existing insurance policies affecting the Property that results in a material reduction in insurance coverage for the Property;
(ix) Knowingly cause or permit the entity to violate or fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure any violation of any applicable laws;
(x) Materially alter the manner of keeping such entity's books, accounts or records or the accounting methods therein reflected; or
(xi) Make any distribution to its members except in the ordinary course of business of such entity, or as is contemplated by the Second Contribution Agreement.
(c) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, the Contributors will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of the Acquirer access to all of the Company's and the Entity's books and records and will furnish the Acquirer with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the Company and the Entity as the Acquirer may from time to time reasonably request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any failure by an Contributor to comply with or fulfill the covenants contained in this Section 3.1 shall not constitute an indemnifiable claim under Section 3.4 of this Agreement, but shall constitute an unfulfilled condition precedent pursuant to Section 5.1, provided such failure is identified to or otherwise becomes known to the Acquirer prior to Closing.
