Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting 3.1. The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund's current prospectus and statement of additional information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies the Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes containing the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus for the Contracts and the Fund's prospectus printed together in one document, and to have the statement of additional information for the Fund and the statement of additional information for the Contracts printed together in one document. Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund's prospectus and/or its statement of additional information in combination with other fund companies' prospectuses and statements of additional information.
3.2. Except as provided in this Section 3.2, all expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing and distributing Fund prospectuses and statements of additional information shall be the expense of the Company. For prospectuses and statements of additional information provided by the Company to its Contract owners who currently own shares of one or more Portfolios ("Existing Contract Owners"), in order to update disclosure as required by the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, the cost of printing shall be borne by the Fund. If the Company chooses to receive camera-ready film or computer diskettes in lieu of receiving printed copies of the Fund's prospectus, the Fund shall bear the cost of typesetting to provide the Fund's prospectus to the Company in the format in which the Fund is accustomed to formatting prospectuses, and the Company shall bear the expense of adjusting or changing the format to conform with any of its prospectuses. In such event, the Fund will reimburse the Company in an amount equal to the product of "x" and "y", where "x" is the number of such prospectuses distributed to Existing Contract Owners and "y" is the Fund's per unit cost of printing the Fund's prospectus. The same procedures shall be followed with respect to the Fund's statement of additional information. The Company agrees to provide the Fund or its designee with such information as may be reasonably requested by the Fund to assure that the Fund's expenses do not include the costs of printing, typesetting or distributing any prospectuses or statements of additional information other than the costs of printing those prospectuses or statements of additional information actually distributed to Existing Contract Owners.
SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Information Provided (a) All forms, reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2001 (including those that the Company may file after the date hereof until the Closing) are referred to herein as the “Company SEC Reports.” Except as set forth in Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company SEC Reports (i) were or will be filed on a timely basis and (ii) were or will be prepared in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, applicable to such Company SEC Reports. None of the Company SEC Reports when filed, after giving effect to any amendments and supplements thereto filed prior to the date hereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries has filed, or is obligated to file, any forms, reports, schedules, statements or other documents with the SEC. As used in this Section 3.4(a), the term “filed” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes and schedules) contained or to be contained in the Company SEC Reports (i) complied or will comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were or will be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act or for normal year-end adjustments) and (iii) fairly presented or will fairly present the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that have not been and are not expected to be material to the Company. The unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2004 is referred to herein as the “Company Balance Sheet.”
(c) The information to be supplied by the Company for inclusion in the registration statement on Form S-4 pursuant to which the Company Series A Preferred Stock issued in the Merger and the Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company Series A Preferred Stock will be registered under the Securities Act (including any amendments or supplements, the “Registration Statement”), shall not at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Registration Statement not misleading. The information to be supplied by the Company for inclusion in the joint proxy statement/prospectus (the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the meeting of the Company’s stockholders to consider the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger (the “Company Meeting”) and the Partners in connection with the Fund Consent Solicitation (as herein defined) shall not, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to stockholders of the Company and the Partners, at the time of the Company Meeting and at the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which it shall be made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made in the Proxy Statement not false or misleading; or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies for the Company Meeting or the solicitation of consents in connection with the Fund Consent Solicitation which has become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event relating to the Company, any Affiliate (as defined below) of the Company, or any officers or directors of any of them, should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform the Fund. As used in this Agreement, the term
Information Statement Fuse has provided prior to the date hereof all financial and other information relating to Fuse that TEEE has reasonably requested (including the Fuse Financial Statements and the Pro Formas) for preparation of an information statement on Schedule 14C relating to the approval and adoption of the 14C Amendments and the transactions contemplated hereby (as amended or supplemented, the “Information Statement”). As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, TEEE and Fuse shall prepare and file with the SEC the Information Statement. TEEE shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Information Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, other than with respect to statements made based on information supplied or to be supplied in writing by Fuse specifically for inclusion therein. Fuse shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that none of the information it has supplied and will supply in writing specifically for inclusion in the Information Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the foregoing documents and the SEC’s review of such documents. TEEE and Fuse shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Information Statement. TEEE and Fuse shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to have the Information Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable for mailing to the holders of Common Stock as promptly as practicable. TEEE and Fuse shall also take any and all actions required to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Financial Information, Reports, Notices, etc Borrower will furnish, or will cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (via Intralinks or any other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of Borrower commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2007, (i) a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the same period in the prior Fiscal Year and for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter (including a note with a consolidated statement of revenues, assets and EBITDA for each Non-Guarantor Subsidiary with revenues in excess of $5 million individually (and in the aggregate with revenues in excess of $10 million)), certified by a Financial Officer of Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, (ii) a narrative report and management’s discussion and analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the financial condition and results of operations for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year, as compared to the comparable periods in the previous Fiscal Year and budgeted amounts and (iii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth statement of income items and Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower for such Fiscal Quarter and for the then elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year, showing variance, by dollar amount and percentage, from amounts for the comparable periods in the previous Fiscal Year and budgeted amounts (it being understood that any such information may be furnished in the form of a Form 10-Q);
(b) as soon as available and in any event within (x) 120 days (or such earlier time as Borrower may be required to file a Form 10-K with the SEC) after the end of Fiscal Year 2006 (it being agreed that Borrower shall furnish unaudited management accounts in the form of a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders within 105 days after the end of such Fiscal Year) and (y) 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of Borrower thereafter, a copy of the annual audit report for such Fiscal Year for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including therein a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year (including a note with a consolidated statement of revenues, assets and EBITDA for each Non-Guarantor Subsidiary with revenues in excess of $5 million individually (and in the aggregate with revenues in excess of $10 million)), in each case certified (without any Impermissible Qualification) by an independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and concurrently with the delivery of the foregoing financial statements, (i) a narrative report and management’s discussion and analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the financial condition and results of operations of Borrower for such Fiscal Year, as compared to amounts for the previous Fiscal Year and budgeted amounts and (ii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth statement of income items and Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower for such Fiscal Year, showing variance, by dollar amount and percentage, from the previous Fiscal Year and budgeted amounts (it being understood that any such information may be furnished in the form of a Form 10-K);
(c) concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Compliance Certificate containing a computation in reasonable detail of, and showing compliance with, each of the financial ratios and restrictions contained in the Financial Covenants and to the effect that, in making the examination necessary for the signing of such certificate, such Financial Officers have not become aware of any Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing, or, if such Financial Officers have become aware of such Default or Event of Default, describing such Default or Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to cure it; provided that Compliance Certificates delivered in respect of periods prior to the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2007, shall not be required to include computations showing compliance with the Financial Covenants;
(d) as soon as practicable and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the beginning of Fiscal Year 2008, a detailed consolidated budget by Fiscal Quarter for such Fiscal Year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for each Fiscal Quarter during such Fiscal Year);
(e) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all material written final reports submitted to Holdco or Borrower by independent certified public accountants in collection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants, including any final management letters submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;
(f) promptly, and in any event within ten days, after becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, a statement of a Financial Officer of Borrower setting forth reasonable details of such Default or Event of Default and the action which Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(g) promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days, after (i) the occurrence of any adverse development with respect to any litigation, action or proceeding against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the commencement of any litigation, action or proceeding against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that disputes, or seeks to invalidate, the legality, validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, notice thereof and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of all documentation relating thereto;
(h) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports, registration statements or other materials (including affidavits with respect to reports) which Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their officers or directors files with the SEC or any national securities exchange;
(i) promptly upon becoming aware of the taking of any specific actions by Holdco, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person to terminate any Pension Plan (other than a termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA which can be completed without Holdco, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate having to provide more than $2,500,000 in addition to the normal contribution required for the plan year in which termination occurs to make such Pension Plan sufficient), or the occurrence of an ERISA Event which could result in a Lien on the assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof or in the incurrence by a Loan Party of any liability, fine or penalty which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any increase in the contingent liability of a Loan Party with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit if the increase in such contingent liability which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, notice thereof and copies of all documentation relating thereto;
(j) upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of: (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (ii) to the extent available, the most recent actuarial valuation report for each Pension Plan; (iii) all notices received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(k) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days, notice of any other development that has had a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) promptly, from time to time, such other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request, subject to confidentiality requirement imposed by law; and
(m) with respect to each Test Period for which a Cure Right will be exercised, on the date the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) have been, or should have been, delivered for the applicable fiscal period, Borrower shall deliver together with such financial statements an Officer’s Certificate of a Financial Officer of Borrower containing a computation in reasonable detail of the applicable Event of Default and a notice of its intent to cure (a “Notice of Intent to Cure”) such Event of Default through the issuance of Permitted Cure Securities as contemplated pursuant to Section 7.04.
Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus Subject to the accuracy of the representations of Parent in Section 2.13, the information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement shall not, at the time the Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto) is declared effective by the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements included therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will not, on the date the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is first mailed to shareholders, at the time of the Shareholders Meetings and at the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which it shall be made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not false or misleading; or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies for the Shareholders Meetings which has become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event relating to the Company or any of its affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Company will promptly inform Parent. The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub which is contained or incorporated by reference in, or furnished in connection with the preparation of, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
Investment Representation Statement Unless the rights under this Warrant are exercised pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act that includes the Shares with respect to which the Warrant was exercised, it shall be a condition to any exercise of the rights under this Warrant that the Holder shall have confirmed to the satisfaction of the Company in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, that the Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale and that the Holder shall have confirmed such other matters related thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Company.
Shareholder Reports All expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing and distributing reports and other communications to shareholders.
Copies of Registration Statement and Prospectus After the date of this Agreement through the last time that a prospectus is required by the Securities Act (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 173(d)) to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares, the Company agrees to furnish the Agent with copies (which may be electronic copies) of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, and with copies of the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, both in such quantities as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required under the Securities Act or under the blue sky or securities laws of any jurisdiction at any time on or prior to the applicable Settlement Date for any period set forth in an Issuance Notice in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event has occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it is necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Agent and to request that the Agent suspend offers to sell Shares (and, if so notified, the Agent shall cease such offers as soon as practicable); and if the Company decides to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, to advise the Agent promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and to prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided, however, that if during such same period the Agent is required to deliver a prospectus in respect of transactions in the Shares, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission such an amendment or supplement.
Prospectuses and Proxy Statements; Voting 3.1. The Underwriter shall provide the Company with as many copies of the Fund's current prospectus (describing only the Designated Portfolios listed on Schedule B) as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Fund shall provide such documentation (including a final copy of the new prospectus on computer diskette or other electronic means at the Fund's expense) and other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus for a Designated Portfolio is amended) to have the prospectus for the Contracts and the prospectus for the Designated Portfolios printed together in one document. Expenses with respect to the foregoing shall be borne as provided under Article V.
3.2. The Fund's prospectus shall state that the current Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") for the Fund is available from the Fund and the Fund shall provide a copy of such SAI to any owner of a Contract who requests such SAI and to the Company in such quantities as the Company may reasonably request. Expenses with respect to the foregoing shall be borne as provided under Article V.
3.3. The Fund shall provide the Company with copies of its proxy material, reports to shareholders, and other communications to shareholders of the Designated Portfolios in such quantity as the Company shall reasonably require for distributing to Contract owners. Expenses with respect to the foregoing shall be borne as provided under Article V.
3.4. The Company shall:
(i) solicit voting instructions from Contract owners;
(ii) vote the shares of each Designated Portfolio in accordance with instructions received from Contract owners; and
(iii) vote shares of each Designated Portfolio for which no instructions have been received in the same proportion as fund shares of such Designated Portfolio for which instructions have been received, so long as and to the extent that the SEC continues to interpret the 1940 Act to require pass-through voting privileges for variable contract owners or to the extent otherwise required by law. The Company reserves the right to vote shares of each Designated Portfolio held in any segregated asset account in its own right, to the extent permitted by law.
3.5. The Fund reserves the right, upon prior written notice to the Company (given at the earliest practicable time), to take all actions, including but not limited to, the dissolution, termination, merger and sale of all assets of the Fund or any Designated Portfolio upon the sole authorization of the Board, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the 1940 Act.
3.6. Participating Insurance Companies shall be responsible for assuring that each of their separate accounts participating in a Designated Portfolio calculates voting privileges as required by the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order and consistent with any reasonable standards that the Fund may adopt and provide in writing.
3.7. It is understood and agreed that, except with respect to information regarding the Fund, the Underwriter, the Adviser or Designated Portfolios provided in writing by the Fund, the Underwriter or the Adviser, none of the Fund, the Underwriter or the Adviser is responsible for the content of the prospectus or statement of additional information for the Contracts.
Information in Proxy Statement None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the Company’s shareholders and at the time of the Special Meeting contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
