Board Observer Rights (a) The Company agrees that it will invite Observer to attend, in a non-voting observer capacity, all meetings of the Board and any and all Committees for the purposes of permitting Observer to have current information with respect to the affairs of the Company and the actions taken by the Board and Observer to provide input and advice with respect thereto (the “Approved Purposes”). Observer shall have the right to be heard at any such meeting, but in no event shall Observer: (i) be deemed to be a member of the Board or such Committees; (ii) have the right to vote on any matter under consideration by the Board or such Committees or otherwise have any power to cause the Company to take, or not to take, any action; or (iii) except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, have or be deemed to have, or otherwise be subject to, any duties (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Company or its stockholders or any duties (fiduciary or otherwise) otherwise applicable to the directors of the Company. As a non-voting observer, Observer will also be provided (concurrently with delivery to the directors of the Company and in the same manner delivery is made to them) copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and all other materials or information (financial or otherwise) that are provided to the directors with respect to a meeting or any written consent in lieu of meeting (except to the extent Observer has been excluded therefrom pursuant to clause (c) below).
(b) If a meeting of the Board or any of the Committees is conducted via telephone or other electronic medium (e.g., videoconference), Observer may attend such meeting via the same medium; provided, however, that it shall be a material breach of this Agreement by Observer to provide any other person access to such meeting without the Company’s express prior written consent (which consent may be by e-mail).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may exclude Observer from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if: (i) the Board concludes in good faith, upon advice of the Company’s counsel, that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the Company and such counsel; provided, however, that any such exclusion shall apply only to such portion of the material or such portion of the meeting which would be required to preserve such privilege and not to any other portion thereof; or (ii) such portion of a meeting is an executive session limited solely to independent director members of the Board, independent auditors and/or legal counsel, as the Board may designate, and Observer (assuming Observer were a member of the Board) would not meet the then-applicable standards for independence adopted by the New York Stock Exchange, or such other exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded.
(d) The Company shall compensate Observer in the same amount of all cash retainers, meeting fees and any other cash fees as if Observer were an independent director member of the Board and a member of each of the committees thereof, as such cash compensation may be modified from time to time. Further, the Company shall reimburse Observer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Observer in connection with attendance at Board and Committee meetings. All compensation and reimbursements payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 1(d) shall be paid to Observer in accordance with the Company’s policies and practices with respect to director compensation and expense reimbursement then in effect; provided, however, that any such compensation or reimbursement shall be paid to Observer no later than comparable compensation or reimbursement is paid to the members of the Board.
(e) The rights described in this Section 1 shall terminate upon: (i) the end of the Observer Period, as described in the Merger Agreement; (ii) any material violation of the terms of this Agreement by Observer which (A) remains uncured within ten business days after receipt of notice thereof, or (B) if such violation is not subject to cure, directly causes harm to the Company in the Board’s sole and absolute discretion; or (iii) the death or disability of Observer.
Observer Rights (a) For so long as each of the BCP Entities and the CPPIB Entities individually own four percent (4%) or more of the issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares (without regard to the voting power of such Class B Shares) and there is no Director who is a designee of such Sponsor Entity on the Board, such Sponsor Entity shall have the right to designate one (1) non-voting observer to the Board (each, an “Observer”). The appointment and removal of any Observer shall be by written notice to the Board. Each Observer shall be a natural person. Each Observer shall be entitled to be present at all meetings of the Board and any committee thereof and shall be notified of any such meeting by reasonable prior notice, including such meeting’s time and place, in the same manner as the directors of the Board (the “Directors”) and shall receive copies of all written materials distributed to the Directors for purposes of such meetings at the same time as the Directors (except to the extent an Observer has been excluded therefrom pursuant to Section 3.01(b)); provided, however, that the Observer shall have executed a non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement and such other acknowledgments and agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Board and the Sponsor Entity that designated such Observer, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall permit the Observer to share information as provided in Section 5.04; provided, further, that such Observer (x) shall not have voting rights with respect to actions taken or elected not to be taken by the Board or be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a sufficient quorum for the Board to conduct its business and (y) shall be subject to all rules governing the Board and nothing herein shall prevent the Board from acting by written instrument to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, further, that if at any time (upon written notice to the Company), a Sponsor Entity elects to suspend the receipt of the information provided by the Company under Section 5.04(b), such Sponsor Entity may also elect to suspend the right to appoint an Observer in accordance with this Section 3.01.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may exclude an Observer from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if:
(i) the Board concludes in good faith, upon advice of the Company’s outside legal counsel, (A) that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counselor or (B) that an Observer has a potential conflict of interest; provided, however, that any such exclusion shall apply only to such portion of the material or such portion of the meeting which would be required to preserve such privilege and not to any other portion thereof; or
(ii) such portion of a meeting is an executive session limited solely to independent director members of the Board, independent auditors and/or legal counsel, as the Board may designate, and an Observer (assuming such Observer were a member of the Board) would not meet the then-applicable standards for independence adopted by the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), or such other exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded.
Exceptions to obligations The obligations on the parties under this clause 14 will not be taken to have been breached to the extent that Confidential Information is:
(a) disclosed by a party to its Experts in order to comply with obligations, or to exer- cise rights, under this Agreement;
(b) required by Law to be disclosed; or
(c) in the public domain otherwise than due to a breach of this clause 14.
Exceptions to Limitations These limitations of liability do not apply to breaches of confidentiality obligations, violations of a party’s Intellectual Property Rights by the other party, indemnification obligations, or Customer's payment obligations.
Exceptions to Covenants The Borrower shall not take any action or fail to take any action which is permitted as an exception to any of the covenants contained in any of the Loan Papers if such action or omission would result in the breach of any other covenant contained in any of the Loan Papers.
Conditions to Obligations OF EACH PARTY TO EFFECT THE MERGER. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
CONDITIONS TO GRANT TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and described Property unto and to the use and benefit of Lender, and the successors and assigns of Lender, forever; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, these presents are upon the express condition that, if Borrower shall well and truly pay to Lender the Debt at the time and in the manner provided in the Note and this Security Instrument, shall well and truly perform the Other Obligations as set forth in this Security Instrument and shall well and truly abide by and comply with each and every covenant and condition set forth herein and in the Note, these presents and the estate hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void.
CONDITIONS TO PURCHASE The obligation of Holders to exchange their Senior Notes for Series A-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the receipt by Holders of all of the following documents and satisfaction of the other conditions provided in this Section 3.01, each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Holders in form and substance:
(a) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, setting forth (i) resolutions of its board of directors with respect to the authorization of the Company to execute and deliver certificates representing the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, the Exchange Agreement Documents and the Restructuring Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents (including, without limitation, the filing of the Certificate of Designations and the issuance of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock in connection with the Exchange), (ii) the officers of the Company who are authorized to sign the Exchange Agreement Documents and the Restructuring Documents to which Company is a party and, (iii) specimen signatures of the authorized officers, (iv) the certificate of incorporation of the Company (which shall include the Certificate of Designations) and the bylaws of the Company (which shall be the Amended and Restated Bylaws in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F), certified as being the true and complete certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, respectively, and (v) the members of the board of directors of the Subsidiaries of the Company which shall be Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx.
(b) Certificates of the appropriate state agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(c) Certificates representing the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, duly completed, executed and delivered to each Holder, as applicable.
(d) A compliance certificate which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, duly and properly executed by a Responsible Officer and dated as of the Closing Date.
(e) Opinions of Xxxxxx and Xxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to Holders, as to such matters incident to the transactions herein contemplated as Holders may reasonably request.
Conditions to Obligations to Close A. Conditions to Obligations of ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub. The obligations of each of ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions to be performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived in writing by ALPP, A4TI, and Merger Sub prior to Closing;
(1) The representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 4 will be true and correct in all material respects as if made at and as of the Closing, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by the term “material,” or contain terms such as “Adverse Effect” or “Adverse Change,” in which case such representations and warranties as so written, including the term “material” or “Material,” will be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing;
(2) Company will have performed and complied with all of its covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing, except to the extent that such covenants are qualified by the term “material,” or contain terms such as “Adverse Effect” or “Adverse Change,” in which case Company will have performed and complied with all of such covenants as so written, including the term “material” or “Material,” in all respects through the Closing;
(3) There will not be any judgment, order, decree or injunction in effect that would (a) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, (c) adversely affect the right of A4TI to own the capital stock of Surviving Corporation and to control Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, or (d) adversely affect the right of any of Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to own its assets and to operate its business;
(4) The Merger will have been duly approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and by holders of the Company Shares representing at least eighty percent (80%) of the Company Shares (the “Required Company Vote”);
(5) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI a certificate to the effect that each of the conditions specified in Sections 2.A(1)-(4) is satisfied in all respects;
(6) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI an executed counterpart of the Merger Certificate; and
(7) Company will have delivered to ALPP and A4TI the resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each director and officer of Company excluding Xxxxxx Xxxx.
Certain Conditions to Assignments Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Xxxxxx’s Commitment or Loans and LC Exposure of a Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans and LC Exposure of such Class of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than U.S. $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent;
(B) each partial assignment of any Class of Commitments or Loans and LC Exposure shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of such Class of Commitments, Loans and LC Exposure;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of U.S. $3,500 (which fee shall not be payable in connection with an assignment to a Lender or to an Affiliate of a Lender) (for which no Obligor shall be obligated); and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not already be a Lender of the applicable Class, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
