Execution of Instruments All deeds, mortgages, bonds, checks, contracts and other instruments pertaining to the business and affairs of the Company shall be signed on behalf of the Company by (i) the Chairman; or (ii) when authorized by resolution(s) of the Directors, the President; or (iii) by such other person or persons as may be designated from time to time by the Directors.
Certain Agreements of the Company The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
Agreements of the Company The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used), subject to the prior approval of Grandview, pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide a copy of such filing to Grandview promptly following such filing.
(b) The Company will not, during such period as the Prospectus would be required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an underwriter or dealer in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to Grandview within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and Grandview shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(c) The Company will notify the Underwriters promptly, and will, if requested, confirm such notification in writing: (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof; (iv) of becoming aware of the occurrence of any event that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and (v) of receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement in connection with the offering contemplated hereby, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 430A, it will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and to notify the Underwriters promptly of all such filings.
(d) If, at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or Underwriter Counsel, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or the Registration Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or Underwriter Counsel, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or Underwriter Counsel, at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or the Registration Statement to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify Grandview and, subject to Section 4(b) hereof, will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company’s expense, an amendment to the Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus that corrects such statement or omission or effects such compliance and will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies thereof as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel, without charge: (i) one conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto, (ii) so long as a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company will comply with all the undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.
(g) The Company represents and agrees that, except for the Approved FWP, it has not and will not, unless it obtains the prior consent of Grandview, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by Grandview (including the Approved FWP) is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act, and has complied and will comply with the requirements said Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The Company will retain in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(h) Prior to the sale of the Shares to the Investors, the Company will cooperate with Grandview and Underwriter Counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as Grandview may reasonably request, if any; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Offered Securities in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.” Without the written consent of Grandview, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or stockholders.
(j) The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the Shares are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market at the time of the Initial Closing, and seeking and using its best efforts to maintain such listing for a period of at least three (3) years after the Closing.
(k) The Company shall retain a firm of independent certificate public accountants, acceptable to Grandview, which will have the responsibility for the preparation of the financial statements and the financial exhibits, if any, to be included in the Registration Statement and continuing to retain such accountants, or comparable accountants, for a period of at least three (3) years after the Closing.
(l) The Company shall retain a transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock and continue to retain such transfer agent, or a comparable firm, for a period of three (3) years after the Closing.
(m) The Company shall engage a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to their relations with their security holders, and continue to retain such firm, or a comparable firm, for a period of two (2) years after the Closing.
(n) The Company shall register with the Corporation Records Service published by Standard & Poor’s Corporation and covenant to maintain such registration for a period of three (3) years from the Closing.
(o) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(p) The Company shall, upon the reasonable request of the Underwriters, deliver written affirmation of any certificate delivered to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 prior to any Closing Date following the Initial Closing Date.
(q) The Company shall supply Grandview and its counsel, at the Company’s costs, with a reasonable number of bound volumes of the public offering materials within a reasonable time after the Closing, as well as a reasonable number of commemorative Lucite tombstones as requested by Grandview.
(r) Upon the Closing, the Company will grant Grandview the right of first refusal to co-manage any public underwriting or private placement of debt or equity securities (excluding (i) sales to employees under any compensation or stock option plan approved by the shareholders of the Company, (ii) shares issued in payment of the consideration for an acquisition and (iii) conventional banking arrangements and commercial debt financing) of the Company or any subsidiary or successor of the Company during the one year period following the Closing Date. If Grandview accepts such right of first refusal, Grandview shall be entitled to no less than 33.33% of the underwriting, non-accountable expenses allowance, warrant coverage or other investment banking compensation for any such offering and shall act as the lead manager of any such offering. If Grandview fails to accept in writing any such proposal for such public or private sale within 20 days after receipt of a written notice from the Company containing such proposal, then Grandview will have not claim or right with respect to any such sale contained in any such notice.
Additional Agreements of the Company (a) Each time the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for (i) in the case of Notes, a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions, amortization schedules or maturities offered on the Notes issued alone or as part of a Unit, (ii) in the case of Units, (x) a change in the exercise price, exercise date or period or expiration of an underlying Warrant or (y) a change in the settlement date or purchase or sale price of an underlying Purchase Contract or (iii) a change you deem to be immaterial), the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered forthwith to you a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 4(c) relating to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate.
(b) Each time the Company furnishes a certificate pursuant to Section 5(a) (other than any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus caused by the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K unless you shall reasonably request based on disclosure included or omitted from such Report), the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to you a written opinion of counsel for the Company. Any such opinion shall be dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, shall be in a form satisfactory to you and shall be of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section 4(b), but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion. In lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to you may furnish to you a letter to the effect that you may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter.)
(c) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information or such amended or supplemental information is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the Company shall cause its independent auditors forthwith to furnish you with a letter, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 4(d), with regard to the amended or supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter; provided that each letter so furnished shall use a "cut-off date" no more than three business days prior to the date of such letter.
Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 13.09, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debt Securities of any series shall be proved by the Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Registrar for such series. The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary.
Further Agreements of the Company The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
Agreements and Covenants of the Company The Company hereby agrees and covenants to:
(a) Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President or Secretary. In addition, except with respect to its duties under Sections 1(i), 1(j) and 1(k) hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal or telephonic advice or instruction which it, in good faith and with reasonable care, believes to be given by any one of the persons authorized above to give written instructions, provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;
(b) Subject to Section 4 hereof, hold the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements, or losses suffered by the Trustee in connection with any action taken by it hereunder and in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding brought against the Trustee involving any claim, or in connection with any claim or demand, which in any way arises out of or relates to this Agreement, the services of the Trustee hereunder, or the Property or any interest earned on the Property, except for expenses and losses resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. Promptly after the receipt by the Trustee of notice of demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to which the Trustee intends to seek indemnification under this Section 2(b), it shall notify the Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as the “Indemnified Claim”). The Trustee shall have the right to conduct and manage the defense against such Indemnified Claim; provided that the Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the Company, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;
(c) Pay the Trustee the fees set forth on Schedule A hereto, including an initial acceptance fee, annual administration fee, and transaction processing fee which fees shall be subject to modification by the parties from time to time. It is expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay such fees unless and until it is distributed to the Company pursuant to Sections 1(i) through 1(j) hereof. The Company shall pay the Trustee the initial acceptance fee and the first annual administration fee at the consummation of the Offering. The Company shall not be responsible for any other fees or charges of the Trustee except as set forth in this Section 2(c), Schedule A and as may be provided in Section 2(b) hereof;
(d) In connection with any vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”), provide to the Trustee an affidavit or certificate of the inspector of elections for the shareholder meeting verifying the vote of such shareholders regarding such Business Combination;
(e) Provide the Representative with a copy of any Termination Letter(s) and/or any other correspondence that is sent to the Trustee with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after it issues the same;
(f) Unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the Representative, ensure that any Instruction Letter (as defined in Exhibit A) delivered in connection with a Termination Letter in the form of Exhibit A expressly provides that the Deferred Discount is paid directly to the account or accounts directed by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters prior to any transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account to the Company or any other person;
(g) Instruct the Trustee to make only those distributions that are permitted under this Agreement, and refrain from instructing the Trustee to make any distributions that are not permitted under this Agreement; and
(h) Within four (4) business days after the Underwriters exercise the over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) or such over-allotment option expires, provide the Trustee with a notice in writing of the total amount of the Deferred Discount.
FORM OF INSTRUMENTS All instruments and documents delivered in connection with these Master Terms and any Purchase Agreement, and all proceedings to be taken in connection with these Master Terms and any Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein and therein, shall be in a form as set forth in the attachments hereto, and Funding shall have received copies of such documents as it or its counsel shall reasonably request in connection therewith. Any instrument or document which is substantially in the same form as an attachment hereto or a recital herein will be deemed to be satisfactory as to form.
Recordation of Instrument To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or a memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the related Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Corporate Authority and Validity of Obligations The Borrower has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes and to consummate the transactions herein contemplated, and the execution, delivery and performance, and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part; and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and the Notes when executed and delivered for value will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
