After the Closing Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, preserve, in accordance with Seller’s, or its applicable Affiliates’, standard document retention policies and until the earlier to occur of (i) such date as such books and records are transferred to Buyer or its Affiliates or (ii) the end of the Retention Period, all pre-Closing Date books and records of the Acquired Companies and the Business (including any Business Data) that have not been transferred to Buyer. During such period, upon any reasonable request from Buyer or its Representatives, the member of the Seller Group holding such books and records shall (i) provide to Buyer or any of its Representatives reasonable access to such books and records during normal business hours; provided, however, that such access shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of Seller or any of its Affiliates holding such books and records and (ii) permit Buyer or any of its authorized Representatives to make copies of such books and records, in each case, at no cost to Buyer or its applicable Representatives (provided that Xxxxx will reimburse Seller for reasonable out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred by Seller). Nothing herein shall require Parent, Seller or any of its Affiliates to disclose any information to Buyer if such disclosure would (A) jeopardize any applicable attorney-client privilege, the work product immunity or any other applicable legal privilege or similar doctrine, (B) contravene any applicable Law or contractual confidentiality obligation, (C) jeopardize the health and safety of any employee of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, in light of COVID-19 or any COVID-19 Measures or (D) result in competitive harm to Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, it being understood that Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to make other arrangements (including redacting information or entering into joint defense agreements), in the case of each of clauses (A) to (D), that would enable any otherwise required disclosure to Buyer or its Representatives to occur without so jeopardizing any such privilege or immunity or contravening such applicable Law or contractual confidentiality obligation or jeopardizing health and safety or resulting in competitive harm or (E) require Parent, Seller or any of its Affiliates to disclose its Tax records (except for Tax records exclusively of, or with respect to, the Acquired Companies or the Business). Such books and records may be requested under this Section 9.5(b) for any reasonable business purpose, including to the extent reasonably required in connection with accounting, litigation, financial reporting, federal securities disclosure, compliance with contractual obligations of Buyer or any of its Affiliates or review of the Closing Statement.
Efforts to Close (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable with any governmental authority or other third party all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents and (ii) obtaining and maintaining all approvals, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations required to be obtained from any governmental authority or other third party that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each of Parent and the Company shall make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Notification and Report Form") as promptly as practicable and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to (i) file the Notification and Report Form within fifteen (15) Business Days of the date of this Agreement, (ii) supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act, and (iii) take all other actions necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable. In connection with all filings made under the HSR Act, each of Parent and the Company shall in good faith reasonably cooperate and consult with each other.
(c) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, if applicable, each of Parent and the Company shall make any appropriate filings pursuant to the applicable foreign antitrust laws, rules and regulations ("Foreign Antitrust Laws") with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable after the date hereof and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to (i) supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the Foreign Antitrust Laws, and (ii) take all other actions necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the Foreign Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable. In connection with all filings made under the Foreign Antitrust Laws, each of Parent and the Company shall in good faith reasonably cooperate and consult with each other.
(d) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, if applicable, each of Parent and the Company shall as promptly as practicable after the date hereof use their commercially reasonable best efforts to make any appropriate filings necessary to, and shall obtain approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the Federal Communication Commission and the Public Utilities Commissions of any state in which such approval is required (the "CLEC Approvals"). In connection with all filings made in connection with CLEC Approvals, each of Parent and the Company shall in good faith reasonably cooperate and consult with each other
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof to (i) litigate or agree to litigate against any governmental entity or (ii) take or agree to take any Action of Divestiture (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, an "Action of Divestiture" shall mean (i) making proposals, executing or carrying out agreements or submitting to legal requirements providing for the license, sale or other disposition or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets or categories of assets that are material to Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the holding separate of Company capital stock or imposing or seeking to impose any limitation on the ability of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, to conduct their respective businesses or own such assets or to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of the Company's business or (ii) otherwise taking any step to avoid or eliminate any impediment which may be asserted under any legal requirement governing competition, monopolies or restrictive trade practices.
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
COVENANTS PRIOR TO CLOSING 37 7.1 Access and Cooperation; Due Diligence...........................37 7.2 Conduct of Business Pending Closing.............................38 7.3
Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Stockholders The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of the Selling Stockholders to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of the Underwriter: the concession figure appearing in the sixth paragraph and the information concerning short selling and purchasing contained in the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).
Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Acquiring Companies and Seller will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or desirable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller and the Acquiring Companies each agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to vest in Buyer good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets and to prevent Buyer from having any obligation or responsibility with respect to the liabilities of Seller other than Assumed Liabilities.
(b) Seller hereby constitutes and appoints, effective as of the Closing Date, Buyer and its successors and assigns as the true and lawful attorney of such Seller with full power of substitution in the name of Buyer or in the name of such Seller, but for the benefit of Buyer (i) to collect for the account of Buyer any items of Purchased Assets and (ii) to institute and prosecute all proceedings which Buyer may in its sole discretion deem proper in order to assert or enforce any right, title or interest in, to or under the Purchased Assets, and to defend or compromise any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect of the Purchased Assets; provided that Buyer will be responsible for any new liabilities of Seller that result from such actions and Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any such liabilities and from any other Losses arising out of or related to actions of Buyer under this paragraph. Buyer shall be entitled to retain for its own account any amounts collected pursuant to the foregoing powers, including any amounts payable as interest in respect thereof.
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Closing The respective obligation of each party to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and applicable law, each of the parties shall act in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, and the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their (and their respective Subsidiaries') directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and representatives, to (i) consult and cooperate with and provide assistance to each other in the preparation and filing with the SEC of the preliminary Proxy Statement, the Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement and all necessary amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) obtain all consents, approvals, waivers, licenses, permits, authorizations, registrations, qualifications or other permissions or actions by, and give all necessary notices to, and make all filings with and applications and submissions to, any Governmental Entity or other Person necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable; (iii) provide all such information concerning such party, its Subsidiaries and its officers, directors, employees, partners and affiliates as may be necessary or reasonably requested in connection with any of the foregoing; (iv) avoid the entry of, or have vacated or terminated, any injunction, decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent, or delay the consummation of the Merger, including but not limited to defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any Person; and (v) take any and all reasonable steps necessary to avoid or eliminate every impediment under any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation law that is asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the consummation of the Merger to occur as expeditiously as possible. Prior to making any application to or filing with a Governmental Entity or other entity in connection with this Agreement (other than filing under the HSR Act), each party shall provide the other party with drafts thereof and afford the other party a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
(b) The Company and the Bidder shall keep the other reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by the Bidder or the Company, as the case may be, or by any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Certain Notifications Until Closing From the Signing Date until the Closing, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any fact, event or circumstance of which it is aware and which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to cause any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement not to be complied with or satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which the Company is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor; provided, further, that a failure to comply with this Section 3.4 shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure of any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless the underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach would independently result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP (a) The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor and its Affiliates, as well as their respective officers, directors, equity holders, members, partners, stockholders, other equity holders and employees (collectively, the “Indemnitees,” and each, an “Indemnitee”), from and against all losses, claims, damages, losses, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts (collectively, “Losses,” and each, a “Loss”) arising in the performance of their duties hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent such Losses are not fully reimbursed by insurance, and to the extent that such indemnification would not be inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, the Articles of Incorporation or the provisions of Section II.G of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall not provide for indemnification of an Indemnitee for any Loss suffered by such Indemnitee, nor shall they provide that an Indemnitee be held harmless for any Loss suffered by the Company and the Operating Partnership, unless all the following conditions are met:
(i) the Indemnitee has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interest of the Company and the Operating Partnership;
(ii) the Indemnitee was acting on behalf of, or performing services for, the Company or the Operating Partnership;
(iii) such Loss was not the result of negligence or willful misconduct by the Indemnitee; and
(iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Company’s net assets and not from the Stockholders.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnitee shall not be indemnified by the Company and the Operating Partnership for any Losses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such Indemnitee unless one or more of the following conditions are met:
(i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the Indemnitee;
(ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the Indemnitee; or
(iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership were offered or sold as to indemnification for violation of securities laws.
(c) In addition, the advancement of the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s funds to an Indemnitee for legal expenses and other costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought is permissible only if all the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) the legal action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership;
(ii) the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a Stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a Stockholder acting in such Stockholder’s capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advancement; and
(iii) the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advanced funds to the Company or the Operating Partnership, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, in cases in which such Indemnitee is found not to be entitled to indemnification.
