Required Approvals 18.1 Subject to Section 23.3 of this Agreement, the obligations of each Party to perform its respective Work under this Agreement are expressly contingent upon (i) each Party receiving all licenses, permits, permissions, certificates, approvals, authorizations, consents, franchises and releases from any local, state, or federal regulatory agency or other governmental agency or authority, and from any other third party that may be required for such Party in connection with the performance of such Party’s obligations under or in connection with this Agreement (the “Required Approvals”), (ii) each Required Approval being granted without the imposition of any modification or condition of the terms of this Agreement or the subject transactions, unless such modification(s) or condition(s) are agreed to by both Parties in their respective sole discretion, and (iii) all applicable appeal periods with respect to the Required Approvals having expired without any appeal having been made or, if such an appeal has been made, a full, final and non-appealable determination having been made regarding same by a court or other administrative body of competent jurisdiction, which determination disposes of or otherwise resolves such appeal (or appeals) to the satisfaction of both Parties in their respective sole discretion. Each Party represents that, as of the Effective Date, it is not aware of any Required Approvals that will need to be obtained for such Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
18.2 Subject to Section 23.3 of this Agreement, if any application or request is made in connection with seeking any Required Approval and is denied, or is granted in a form, or subject to conditions, that either Party rejects, in its sole discretion, as unacceptable, this Agreement shall terminate as of the date that a Party notifies the other Party of such denial or rejection, in which event the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall cease as of such date and this Agreement shall terminate, subject to Developer’s obligation to pay Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 21.3 and 21.4 hereof) for all Company Reimbursable Costs. For the avoidance of doubt: all of the Company’s actual costs in connection with seeking any Required Approvals shall also be included within the meaning of the term Company Reimbursable Costs and shall be paid for by Developer.
Required Approvals and Consents (a) All action required by law and otherwise to be taken by the directors and stockholders of the Parent to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will have been duly and validly taken.
(b) All Consents of or from all Authorities required hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, will have been delivered, made or obtained, and the Company will have received copies thereof.
Required Consents and Approvals All required consents and approvals shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and from (a) all relevant Governmental Authorities; and (b) any other Person whose consent or approval the Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.
Governmental Consents and Approvals The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Purchasers of this Agreement and the purchase of the Notes do not and will not require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, action by, filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority.
No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Revolving Note, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with the any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents; (ii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of its or their assets or properties may be bound; (iii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any order, writ, injunction, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation (including foreign and United States federal and state securities laws); or (v) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Lien, claim or encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, any Credit Party or any of its assets. The Credit Parties are not in violation of any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents, as applicable, and the Credit Parties are not in default or breach (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put any Credit Party in default or breach) under, and the Credit Parties have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or assets of any Credit Party are bound or affected. No business of any Credit Party is being conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties are not required to obtain any consent or approval of, from, or with any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents and approvals which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Effective Date.
Governmental Approvals and Consents (a) Each party hereto shall, as promptly as possible, (i) make, or cause or be made, all filings and submissions required under any Law applicable to such party or any of its Affiliates; and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals from all Governmental Authorities that may be or become necessary for its execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. Each party shall cooperate fully with the other party and its Affiliates in promptly seeking to obtain all such consents, authorizations, orders and approvals. The parties hereto shall not willfully take any action that will have the effect of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required consents, authorizations, orders and approvals.
(b) The Partnership and Royale shall use reasonable best efforts to give all notices to, and obtain all consents from, all third parties that are described in Section 4.03 and Section 5.03 of the Disclosure Schedules.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the parties’ undertakings pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) above, each of the parties hereto shall use all reasonable best efforts to:
(i) respond to any inquiries by any Governmental Authority regarding antitrust or other matters with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document;
(ii) avoid the imposition of any order or the taking of any action that would restrain, alter or enjoin the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document; and
(iii) in the event any Governmental Order adversely affecting the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document has been issued, to have such Governmental Order vacated or lifted.
(d) All analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments, and proposals made by or on behalf of either party before any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any interactions between Matrix or the Royale Parties and Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business, any disclosure which is not permitted by Law or any disclosure containing confidential information) shall be disclosed to the other party hereunder in advance of any filing, submission or attendance, it being the intent that the parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any such analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments, and proposals. Each party shall give notice to the other party with respect to any meeting, discussion, appearance or contact with any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, with such notice being sufficient to provide the other party with the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting, discussion, appearance or contact.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.08 shall require, or be construed to require, the Partnership or Royale or any of their Affiliates to agree to (i) sell, hold, divest, discontinue or limit, before or after the Closing Date, any assets, businesses or interests of Royale, the Partnership or any of their respective Affiliates; (ii) any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses or interests which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to result in a Partnership Material Adverse Effect or a Royale Material Adverse Effect, or which would materially and adversely impact the economic or business benefits to Parent, Royale, Matrix, the Partnership or their respective stockholders or partners, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any material modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
No Conflict; Consents and Approvals (a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by each of Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by each of Parent and Merger Sub of the Acquiror Transactions, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals and authorizations contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (b) below have been obtained and all filings described in such clauses have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any of their respective properties are bound, (iii) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default), or result in the loss of a benefit under, result in the creation or imposition of any Lien or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, any material contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties are bound, or (iv) conflict with any Debt Financing Condition, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, loss, right or other occurrence that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by each of Parent and Merger Sub, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Acquiror Transactions, does not and will not require Parent or Merger Sub to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, or to make any filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except for (i) such filings as may be required under applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and under state securities, takeover and “blue sky” Laws, (ii) the filings required under the HSR Act, (iii) such filings and other action as are necessary to obtain all required Gaming Approvals, (iv) such filings as necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, (v) the filing with the Delaware Secretary of State of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL, and (vi) any such consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(c) To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no dispute or conflict arising from its status as an Acquiror that would reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has entered into any agreement with Gamma that would reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or that is inconsistent with the purposes and intent of the parties to consummate the Transactions.
Filings, Consents and Approvals The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
Conflicts; Consents and Approvals (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not:
(i) violate, or result in a breach of any provision of, the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws;
(ii) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default) under, or entitle any Person (with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise) to terminate, accelerate, modify or call a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, contract, undertaking, agreement, lease or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; or
(iii) violate any Applicable Laws relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof or for any of the foregoing that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain any approval of any Person or approval of, observe any waiting period imposed by, or make any filing with or notification to or seek any approval or authorization from any Governmental Authority other than (i) actions, if any, required by the HSR Act, except for actions required by the HSR Act taken prior to the date hereof, (ii) the Company Stockholders Approval, if required, (iii) registrations or other actions required under United States federal and state securities laws as are contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
No Violations; Consents and Approvals (i) Except for filings, permits, authorizations, Consents and approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements of, applicable Antitrust laws, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub nor the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by them with any of the provisions hereof will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time or both): (i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of (A) any provision of the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub, or (B) any resolution adopted by the board of directors or the stockholders of Parent or Merger Sub; (ii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any order, injunction, writ or decree to which Parent or Merger Sub, or any of the respective assets owned or used by each of them, may be subject, or (iii) require a Consent from any Person; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in any material respect, or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from exercising their respective rights under this Agreement in any material respect.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require any Consent of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Body, except (i) for the pre-merger notification requirements of applicable Antitrust laws, and (ii) where failure to obtain such Consents, or to make such filings or notifications, would not prevent or impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in any material respect, or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from exercising their respective rights under this Agreement in any material respect.
