Actions at the Closing Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement or as with regard to the transfer of securities as soon thereafter as is practicable:
(a) The Seller shall deliver to the Company (i) a copy of a certificate of good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for the Seller, certified as of a date no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date hereof from the proper Governmental Authority of the Seller's jurisdiction of organization; and (ii) a certificate from the Seller’s secretary or director certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and confirming delivery of, (x) copies of the Seller’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof, (y) copies of the resolutions of its board of directors and the Shareholders authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each document to which they are a party or bound, and the consummation of the Exchange, the Series A Preferred Exchange and each of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (z) the incumbency of directors authorized to execute this Agreement or any other document to which the Seller is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Seller (i) a copy of a certificate of good standing for the Company, certified as of a date no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date hereof from the proper Governmental Authority of the Company’s jurisdiction of organization; and (ii) a certificate from the Company’s secretary or authorized officer certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and confirming delivery of, (x) copies of the Company’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof, (y) copies of the resolutions of its board of directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each document to which it is a party or bound, respectively, and the consummation of the Exchange, the Series A Preferred Exchange and each of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the appointment of the individuals nominated by the Seller as the directors and Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxxx as the Chief Executive Office of the Company with immediate effect at Closing, and (z) the incumbency of officers or directors authorized to execute this Agreement or any other document to which the Company is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.
(c) Each of the Shareholders shall deliver to the Company the certificate(s) representing their Seller Securities owned by each such Shareholder, duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank and otherwise in a form acceptable for transfer on the books of the Company, such certificates may be delivered to the Company’s registrar or transfer agent.
(d) The Company shall deliver to the Shareholders a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue the Series B Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Shareholders calculated in accordance with Section 2.1(b).
(e) The Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver to the Company the cancellation request and executed agreements as needed for surrendering of all of the Series A Preferred Stock owned by him on the books of the Company, such cancellation request may be delivered to the Company’s transfer agent.
(f) The Company shall deliver to the Shareholders a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue all authorized shares of the Series A Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Shareholders.
(g) The Company shall deliver to the Company Preferred Shareholder a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue the Series B Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Company Preferred Shareholder calculated in accordance with Section 2.1(c).
(h) The Company shall deliver to the Seller a copy of the written resignation of Xx. Xxx Xxxx from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(i) The Shareholders and the Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver to the Company counterparts duly executed by them to the Lock-Up Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(j) The Company shall deliver to the Seller duly executed copies of the Employment Agreements.
(k) The Company and the Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver validly executed transfer documents in accordance with Section 7.3 dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the next Business Day after the date hereof.
Transactions at the Closing The closing of the transactions set forth herein (the "Closing") shall take place at York Gate, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, within ten business days after the date on which all conditions to the Closing shall have been satisfied and all legally required regulatory approvals (including the approval of the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices, which approval shall not include any conditions or restrictions (the “Anti-trust Approval”)) shall have been obtained, or thereafter at such other time, date and place as may be agreed by the Parties (the time and date of the Closing being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”). In the event that the Closing does not take place within 90 days of the Effective Date, each Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without giving rise to any right or claim by the other Party hereto, excluding claims for breaches of obligations or representations by any Party hereto prior to such termination; provided, however, that no Party may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3 if such Party's failure to fulfill any of its obligations under this Agreement shall have been a principal reason that the Closing shall not have occurred within the 90-day period of the date hereof. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur, which transactions shall be deemed to take place simultaneously and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed or any document delivered until all such transactions have been completed and all required documents have been delivered:
(1) Seller shall transfer to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances.
(2) Seller shall deliver to Purchaser duly executed irrevocable instructions from the Seller to the broker holding the Purchased Shares or to the holder registered as holding the Purchased Shares with any registration company or otherwise, instructing the electronic transfer of the Purchased Shares to the respective accounts of the Purchaser, as shall be provided to Seller by Purchaser.
(3) The Purchaser shall transfer to the bank account of the Seller the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be paid in US$ by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Any tax due by Seller with respect to the Seller's sale of the Purchased Shares shall be borne exclusively by the Seller and Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser in the event that any taxing authority requires Purchaser to pay the tax liability of Seller with respect to the sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder. The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller, promptly following its receipt, any notice, demand or claim it receives from any taxing authority in respect of any tax due with respect to the Seller and its sale of the Purchased Shares. Without derogating from Seller's indemnification obligations as set forth above and the Purchaser's right to timely comply with any requirement made to it by a taxing authority, the Seller shall have the right (at its sole discretion and expense) to directly negotiate and settle any such tax requirement with the relevant taxing authority.
Deliveries at the Closing At the Closing: -------------------------
(a) Seller and/or Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer the following:
(i) a good and sufficient xxxx of sale for the Assets, selling, delivering, transferring and assigning to Buyer all of Seller's and Affiliate's right, title and interest in and to the Assets, free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted Liens, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Xxxx of Sale"), together with such assignments and --------- ------------ other documentation reasonably requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, Buyer to validly vest Buyer with all of Seller's and Affiliate's right, title and interest in or to the Assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) consents, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1, to the assignment of the contracts listed on Schedules 2.30 and ----------- -------------- 2.31 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule; ----
(iii) copies, certified by an authorized officer of Seller, of minutes or resolutions of the board of directors and Parent, as sole stockholder, which shall not have been rescinded or modified, unconditionally authorizing the execution of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iv) copies, certified by an authorized officer of Parent, of minutes or resolutions of the board of directors, which shall not have been rescinded or modified, unconditionally authorizing the execution of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(v) the Escrow Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Escrow Agreement"), executed by each of --------- ---------------- Seller and Parent;
(vi) documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and its counsel evidencing that the approvals and consents specified in Sections 6.1(c) and 6.3(c) hereof have been obtained and are in full force and effect; and
(vii) all other documents and instruments required hereunder to be delivered by Seller to Buyer at the Closing;
(b) Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Seller the following:
(i) an instrument of assumption of liabilities, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, by which Buyer shall assume --------- the Assumed Liabilities as of the Closing, together with such other documentation reasonably requested by Seller to cause Buyer to assume the Assumed Liabilities;
(ii) the Escrow Agreement executed by Buyer; and
(iii) all other documents and instruments required hereunder to be delivered by Buyer to Seller at the Closing;
(c) Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent in accordance with Article VIII and the Escrow Agreement. ------------
Transactions to be Effected at the Closing (a) Seller shall be entitled to receive immediately 8,785,819 of the Purchase Price Shares (the “Initial Purchase Price Shares”); the remaining 1,500,000 of the Purchase Price Shares (the “Escrow Purchase Price Shares”), shall be deposited in escrow pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and shall be held and disposed of in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
(b) At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller (i) an original certificate or certificates representing the Initial Purchase Price Shares, (ii) all other documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Buyer at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, and (iii) the Estimated Closing Cash Amount, to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Seller.
(c) At the Closing, Buyer, Seller and Xxxxxx Jan Xxxxx Lijdsman, civil law notary in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the “Escrow Agent”) shall execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Escrow Agreement”).
(d) At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer (or if Buyer so elects, to a Subsidiary of Buyer) (i) certificates for the Acquired Shares duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank (or if the Acquired Shares are not certificated, (ii) a duly executed instrument of assignment thereof in proper form under the laws of Luxembourg, (iii) a certified copy of the share register of the Acquired Company), with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto, (iv) all other documents and instruments necessary to vest in Buyer (or its Subsidiary) all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Acquired Shares, free and clear of all Liens, and (v) all other documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) At the Closing, Buyer and Seller shall also close on the transactions specified in the Subscription Agreement.
Seller’s Obligations at the Closing At the Closing, Seller will do, or cause to be done, the following:
At the Closing (i) Echo shall, and the Echo Shareholders shall cause Echo to, contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from Echo, shares of common stock of Echo Holdco representing the Echo Contributed Percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Echo Holdco, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Echo Contribution”). In consideration of the Echo Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (A) issue Units to Echo representing a Membership Percentage equal to 30.0% (before taking into account the Employee Pool), subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and Echo shall accept such Units, and (B) admit Echo as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement (the “Echo Membership Consideration”).
(ii) Each outstanding and unexercised vested (or vesting upon the Closing) Echo Holdco Option with an exercise price less than the Echo Per Share Purchase Price shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled, and the Echo Optionholder thereof (a “Vested Optionholder”) shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) an amount of the Echo Purchase Price (including any additional payments pursuant to Section 2.03(a)) equal to such Vested Optionholder’s pro rata portion (based on such Vested Optionholder’s Echo Deemed Option Shares Outstanding) of the Total Echo Option Cash Amount and (ii) Echo Securities (with equivalent value to such vested (or vesting upon the Closing) Echo Holdco Options other than those Echo Holdco Options receiving a portion of the Echo Purchase Price in clause (i) above) subject to terms to be agreed upon by MCK, Echo and Echo Holdco.
(iii) Each Echo Holdco Option (i) that was outstanding but unvested immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) that was outstanding and vested (or vesting upon the Closing) with an exercise price greater than or equal to the Echo Per Share Purchase Price, shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled and the Echo Optionholder thereof shall be entitled to receive in exchange thereof Echo Securities (with equivalent value to such Echo Holdco Options) subject to terms to be agreed upon by MCK, Echo and Echo Holdco.
(iv) The Echo Shareholders shall sell to the Company, and the Company will purchase from the Echo Shareholders, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), shares of common stock of Echo Holdco (allocated among the Echo Shareholders as determined by Echo Holdco prior to Closing and set forth on the Estimated Echo Closing Statement) representing the Echo Purchase Price Percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Echo Holdco, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Echo Holdco Share Transfer” and, together with the Echo Contribution, the “Echo Contributions and Transfers”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Echo Shareholders, as the aggregate purchase price for the shares transferred to the Company pursuant to the Echo Holdco Share Transfer and Vested Optionholders, an amount equal to the Echo Purchase Price, in immediately available funds by wire transfer to accounts for the benefit of the Echo with a bank in the United States designated by the Echo Representative by notice to the Company, which notice shall be delivered not later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (the “Echo Holdco Sale Consideration” and, together with the Echo Membership Consideration, the “Echo Membership and Sale Consideration”).
(v) MCK shall cause one or more of its wholly-owned, direct or indirect Subsidiaries (each, an “MCK Contributor”) to contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from the MCK Contributors, 100% of the Core MTS Business (including the MCK Licensed Intellectual Property but excluding the MCK IPCo Owned Intellectual Property and the equity interests of certain MCK Contributed Entities (the “MCK DRE Contributed Entities”)), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Non-IP Contribution”). In consideration of the Non-IP Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (i) issue Units to the MCK Contributors representing an aggregate Membership Percentage equal to the Non-IP Initial Percentage, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and MCK shall cause the MCK Contributors to accept such Units, and (ii) admit each MCK Contributor as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement (the “Non-IP Membership Consideration”).
(vi) MCK shall cause MCK IPCo to contribute, convey, transfer, assign and deliver, or cause to be contributed, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Company will accept from MCK IPCo, the MCK IPCo Owned Intellectual Property and the equity interests of the MCK DRE Contributed Entities, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “MCK IPCo Contribution” and, together with the Non-IP Contribution, the “MCK Contributions”). In consideration of the MCK IPCo Contribution, the Company shall, at the Closing, (i) issue Units to MCK IPCo representing a Membership Percentage equal to the MCK IPCo Initial Percentage, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, and MCK shall cause MCK IPCo to accept such Units, (ii) admit MCK IPCo as a Member, with the rights, powers, obligations and duties set forth in the LLC Agreement, and (iii) assume the MCK Promissory Note (the “IPCo Membership Consideration” and, together with the Non-IP Membership Consideration, the “MCK Membership Consideration”). On the Closing Date, the Company shall repay the MCK Promissory Note Principal Amount in full satisfaction thereof in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account of MCK with a bank in New York City designated by MCK, by notice to the Company, which notice shall be delivered not later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (the “MCK Note Payment”).
(vii) Immediately after consummation of the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions, the Company shall contribute all the assets and liabilities from the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions to NewCo Intermediate Holdings, which in turn shall contribute all the assets and liabilities from the Echo Contributions and Transfer and the MCK Contributions to NewCo Holdings, in each case for which no additional equity interests of NewCo Intermediate Holdings or NewCo Holdings will be issued.
Effective Time; Closing Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law (the “Certificate of Merger”) (the time of such filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger) being the “Effective Time”) as soon as practicable on the Closing Date. The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Wxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Rxxxxx, Professional Corporation, located at One Market, Sxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, at a time and date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those that by their terms are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing), or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing; provided, however, that if all the conditions set forth in Article VI shall not have been satisfied or waived on such second business day, then the Closing shall take place on the first business day on which all such conditions shall have been satisfied or waived. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
Termination Prior to Closing Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will be relieved of the obligation to consummate the Closing and purchase or sell the Assets:
(a) By the mutual written consent of the Buyer and the Seller;
(b) By the Seller in writing, without liability, if the Buyer (i) fails to perform in any material respect its agreements contained herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) materially breaches any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which in either case is not cured within ten (10) days after the Seller has notified the Buyer of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this subparagraph;
(c) By the Buyer in writing, without liability, if the Seller (i) fails to perform in any material respect its agreements contained herein required to be performed by them on or prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) materially breaches any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which in either case is not cured within ten (10) days after the Buyer has notified the Seller of its intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this subparagraph;
(d) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, by either the Seller or the Buyer in writing, without liability, if there is issued any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory agency binding on the Buyer or the Seller which prohibits or materially restrains the Buyer or the Seller from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that the Buyer and the Seller have used their reasonable, good faith efforts to have any such order, writ, injunction or decree lifted and the same has not been lifted within sixty (60) days after entry, by any such court or governmental or regulatory agency;
(e) By the Buyer in writing, without liability, if Buyer elects to terminate pursuant to Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 hereof;
(f) By either the Seller or the Buyer in writing, without liability, if for any reason the Closing has not occurred by March 31, 1999 other than as a result of the breach of this Agreement by the party attempting to terminate this Agreement;
(g) By Seller in writing, without liability, upon a "Change of Control" of Buyer (for purposes of this Agreement, a "Change of Control" means (i) the acquisition by any individual, corporation, company, association, joint venture or other entity, of beneficial ownership of 25% or more of the voting securities of the Buyer; or (ii) individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement, constitute the Board of Directors of the Buyer cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Buyer; or (iii) the consummation by the Buyer of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or exchange of shares or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Buyer, if immediately after giving effect to such transaction the individuals or entities who beneficially own voting securities immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own
Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
Tax Periods Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date The Company or the Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Returns of the Company for Tax periods that begin before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date. To the extent such Taxes are not fully reserved for in the Company’s financial statements, the Sellers shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the unreserved portion of such Taxes that relates to the portion of the Tax period ending on the Closing Date. Such payment, if any, shall be paid by the Sellers within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice from the Company or the Purchaser that such Taxes were paid by the Company or the Purchaser for a period beginning prior to the Closing Date. For purposes of this Section, in the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a Taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Tax period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Tax period (the “Pro Rata Amount”), and (ii) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. The Sellers shall pay to the Company with the payment of any taxes due hereunder, the Sellers’ Pro Rata Amount of the costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or the Company in the preparation and filing of the Tax Returns. Any net operating losses or credits relating to a Tax period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be taken into account as though the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations shall be made in a reasonable manner as agreed to by the parties.
