Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable.
(b) In the event that any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions), the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain any such portion from alternative sources, on terms, taken as whole, that are no less favorable than the terms contained in the Debt Commitment Letters, as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of such event.
(c) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall use their reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to use their reasonable best efforts to, provide all cooperation in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested, including:
(i) participation in meetings, due diligence sessions, drafting sessions, presentations, “road shows” and sessions with prospective Financing Sources, investors and ratings agencies, and reasonably cooperating with the marketing efforts of the Company and its Financing Sources, in each case in connection with the Debt Financing;
(ii) assisting with the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, offering documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda (including a bank information memorandum that does not include material non-public information and the delivery of customary authorization letters with respect to the bank information memoranda and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing), prospectuses and similar documents required in connection with the Debt Financing;
(iii) timely furnishing financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company, the Core MTS Business and/or the Echo Business, including financial statements, pro forma financial information, financial data, audit reports and other information of the type required by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and other information of the type customarily (A) included in a bank information memorandum (including pro forma financial information) and (B) a registered offering of debt securities by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and of the type and form that are customarily included in a private placement of debt securities pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and including, in any event, all information and data necessary to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraphs 8, 9 and 12 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (collectively, the “Required Information”), all of which shall be provided by the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco or their respective Affiliates as promptly as practicable after the date hereof;
(iv) obtaining (x) accountants’ comfort letters, legal opinions, surveys and title insurance, certificates and insurance endorsements and (y) other reasonably requested documents at least 10 days prior to the Closing to the extent required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations including the USA PATRIOT Act in order to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraph 13 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters;
(v) facilitating the granting of a security interest (and perfection thereof) at Closing in collateral as security for the Debt Financing; and
(vi) (x) taking corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the proceeds thereof to be made available to the Company and (y) executing and delivering any commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements, registration statements, credit agreements, indentures, pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents or other requested certificates or documents, including a customary solvency certificate by the chief financial officer or person performing similar functions of the Company in the form of Annex I to Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (provided that (A) none of the letters (except the authorization letters contemplated by clause (ii) above), agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall be executed and delivered by any such Persons (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) except at the Closing and their respective Representatives executing any such letters, agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall remain as officers of the Company, (B) the effectiveness thereof (other than with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall be conditioned upon, or only become operative after, the occurrence of the Closing and (C) no personal liability shall be imposed on the officers or employees involved); provided, that nothing in this Section 5.03 shall require MCK, or the Echo Parties (or any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and, subject to the consummation of the Closing, Echo Holdco and its Subsidiaries and the MCK Contributed Entities) to (1) pledge or cause or permit any Lien to be placed on any of their respective assets in connection with the Debt Financing,(2) guarantee any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness or (3) incur any liability in connection with the Debt Financing.
(d) All material non-public information provided by MCK or the Echo Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be kept confidential in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement, except that the Parties shall be permitted to disclose such information to the Financing Sources and other potential sources of capital, rating agencies and prospective lenders (but not prospective investors in any debt securities offering) during syndication of the Debt Financing or any permitted replacement, amended, modified or alternative financing subject to the potential sources of capital, ratings agencies and prospective lenders and investors entering into customary confidentiality undertakings with respect to such information (including through a notice and undertaking in a form customarily used in confidential information memoranda for senior credit facilities).
(e) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall cooperate with, and take all actions reasonably required by, the other Parties in order to facilitate the termination and payoff of the commitments under the Echo Holdco Debt at or prior to Closing (including the repayment in full of all obligations then outstanding thereunder and the release of all encumbrances, security interests and collateral and the termination of all guaranties and the agreements evidencing subordination in connection therewith at or prior to the Closing).
Bridge Financing The Company shall have received the Bridge Financing Commitment Letter.
Financing Commitment For the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the fifth anniversary hereof, Atlas America and Resource Energy agree to provide to the MLP funding of up to an aggregate of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) per annum to finance the cost of expanding the Gathering System or constructing new additions to the Gathering System. Atlas America and Resource Energy, jointly and severally, commit to provide such funding, upon the MLP's written request therefor, by purchasing Common Units at a price equal to the arithmetic average of the closing prices of the Common Units on the American Stock Exchange, or, if the American Stock Exchange is not the principal trading market for such security, on the principal trading market for such security, for the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the purchase, or, if the fair market value of the Common Units cannot be calculated for such period on any of the foregoing bases, the average fair market value during such period as reasonably determined in good faith by the members of the managing board of the General Partner.
Additional Financing 2.15.1 In the event that the PIPE Closing does not occur prior to or concurrently with the Closing as a result of the failure of any of the conditions to the PIPE Closing under the Stock Purchase Agreement to have been satisfied or waived or because the Stock Purchase Agreement has been terminated, ECP shall be required to provide $150 million to DYN or the Buyer, as applicable, through one of the following options (provided that if (x) the First Buyout Condition fails to occur (other than in the circumstances described in clause (z) below), ECP can elect either option in its sole discretion, (y) the First Buyout Condition occurs, only the provisions of clause (i) below shall apply and (z) in the event that the First Buyout Condition fails to occur and the PIPE Closing has not occurred or does not occur as a result of the failure of the condition set forth in Section 2.04(g) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, only the provisions of clause (ii) below shall apply): (i) ECP and DYN shall enter into a loan agreement, the specific terms of which shall include the ability of DYN to repay all or a portion of the loan at any time without penalty and shall otherwise be agreed by ECP and DYN, acting reasonably and in good faith, prior to the Closing, pursuant to which ECP shall loan DYN $150 million (the “ECP Loan”), which DYN shall use to fund the Buyer Subsidiary’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement or (ii) (a) ECP’s Commitment shall be increased by $150 million and DYN’s Commitment shall be decreased by $150 million, (b) each Sponsor’s Commitment Percentage shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in accordance with the $150 million increase or decrease contemplated by the foregoing clause (a), and (c) ECP shall be required to contribute such additional $150 million to the Buyer at the Closing, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the ECP Equity Commitment Letter; provided that, in each case in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), each of DYN and Terawatt shall continue to comply with its obligations set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement (including effecting the PIPE Closing, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement), and provided further that if any of the conditions to the PIPE Closing under the Stock Purchase Agreement are not satisfied or the Stock Purchase Agreement is terminated, in either case due to a material breach of, or material default under, the Stock Purchase Agreement by DYN, ECP shall not be required to provide the ECP Loan, ECP’s Commitment shall not be increased pursuant to clause (ii)(a) above and ECP shall not be required to contribute the additional $150 million to the Buyer at the Closing pursuant to clause (ii)(c) above, unless ECP elects, in its sole discretion, to either provide the ECP Loan or contribute such additional $150 million to the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that ECP contributes an additional $150 million to the Buyer pursuant to this Section 2.15.1, such contribution shall not constitute a Bridge Portion and shall instead be deemed an equity contribution by ECP to the Buyer under the ECP Equity Commitment Letter.
2.15.2 In the event that the PIPE Closing occurs after the actions contemplated in clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 2.15.1 have occurred, the Sponsors hereby agree that (a) ECP shall be deemed to have paid $150 million of DYN’s Commitment on DYN’s behalf, (b) such payment by ECP on DYN’s behalf shall be offset against, and shall be treated as satisfying, Terawatt’s obligation to pay the Purchase Price (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) at the PIPE Closing, (c) in the case of clause (i) of Section 2.15.1, $150 million of the outstanding principal of the ECP Loan shall have been deemed repaid but any accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid to ECP in full by DYN, and (d) in the case of clause (ii) of Section 2.15.1, for purposes of determining the ownership of Units (as defined in the LLC Agreement Form) and the Capital Contributions (as defined in the LLC Agreement Form) of each Sponsor, the actions set forth in clauses (ii)(a) and (ii)(b) of Section 2.15.1 shall be deemed to have not occurred and DYN shall be deemed to have funded DYN’s Commitment as contemplated as of the date hereof (for the avoidance of doubt, at the price per Unit paid by the Sponsors at the Closing).
Financing Commitments (a) Parent shall use its 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 obtain the Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Financing Commitment Letter, including using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Financing Commitment Letter, (ii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions applicable to Parent and Merger Sub’s obtaining the Financing that are within their control, (iii) negotiate definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Financing Commitment Letter, and (iv) consummate the Financing at or prior to the Closing. Without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), Parent shall not, and shall not permit Merger Sub to, agree to or permit any amendment, replacement, supplement, or other modification of, or waive any of its material rights under, the Financing Commitment Letter or any definitive agreements related to the Financing Commitment Letter (including any and all fee letters), if such amendment, replacement, supplement or other modification or waiver would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay, or materially impede the consummation of the Financing or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Parent and Merger Sub may (without the prior consent of the Company) replace and amend the Financing Commitment Letter to add lenders, lead arrangers, book runners, syndication agents, or similar entities that had not executed the Financing Commitment Letter as of the date of this Agreement, so long as any such addition would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially hinder, or materially delay the consummation of the Financing or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon any such amendment, replacement, supplement, or modification of any of the Financing Commitment Letter in accordance with this Section 5.16(a), the term “Financing Commitment Letter” shall mean the Financing Commitment Letter as so amended, replaced, supplemented, or modified in accordance with this Section 5.16(a), and the term “Financing” shall mean the financing contemplated by the Financing Commitment Letter as so amended, replaced, supplemented or modified.
Bank Financing The Buyer’s ability to purchase the Property is contingent upon the Buyer’s ability to obtain financing under the following conditions: (check one) ☐ - Conventional Loan ☐ - FHA Loan (Attach Required Addendums) ☐ - VA Loan (Attach Required Addendums) ☐ - Other:
Pre-financing Pre-financing is intended to provide the beneficiary with a float. Where required by the provisions of Article I.4 on pre-financing, the beneficiary shall furnish a financial guarantee from a bank or an approved financial institution established in one of the Member States of the European Union. The guarantor shall stand as first call guarantor and shall not require the Commission to have recourse against the principal debtor (the beneficiary). The financial guarantee shall remain in force until final payments by the Commission match the proportion of the total grant accounted for by pre-financing. The Commission undertakes to release the guarantee within 30 days following that date.
Commitment Increase (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower shall have the right, without the consent of the Lenders, to cause an increase in the Commitments of the Lenders (a “Commitment Increase”) by adding to this Agreement one or more additional lenders that are not already Lenders hereunder and that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (each, a “CI Lender”) or by allowing one or more existing Lenders to increase their respective Commitments; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the relevant Commitment Increase Effective Date, (ii) no such Commitment Increase shall be less than $25,000,000, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise consents to a smaller amount (iii) the aggregate amount of all such Commitment Increases shall not exceed $750,000,000, (iv) no Lender’s Commitment shall be increased without such Lender’s prior written consent (which consent may be given or withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion), (v) upon any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.02, the Multicurrency Commitments of the Lenders shall be adjusted to reflect all Lenders’ (including any CI Lender’s) Applicable Percentage of the Multicurrency Commitments at such time and (vi) if, on the effective date of such increase, any Loans have been funded, then the Borrower shall be obligated to pay any breakage fees or costs that are payable pursuant to Section 2.16 in connection with the reallocation of such outstanding Loans; provided further that no Commitment Increase shall increase the Alternative Currency LC Sublimit or the total Multicurrency Commitments without the consent of each Lender.
(b) The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice (a “Notice of Commitment Increase”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto of its intention to increase the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.02. Each such Notice of Commitment Increase shall specify (i) the proposed effective date of such Commitment Increase (each such date, a “Commitment Increase Effective Date”), which date shall be no earlier than five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Notice of Commitment Increase, (ii) the amount of the requested Commitment Increase (provided that after giving effect to such requested Commitment Increase, the aggregate amount of all Commitment Increases does not exceed the amount set forth in subsection (a)(iii) above), (iii) the identity of each CI Lender or Lender that has agreed in writing to increase its Commitment hereunder, and (iv) the amount of the respective Commitments of the then existing Lenders and the CI Lenders from and after the Commitment Increase Effective Date.
(c) On each Commitment Increase Effective Date, to the extent that there are Loans outstanding as of such date, (i) each CI Lender shall, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, deliver to the Administrative Agent such CI Lender’s New Funds Amount, which amount (A) shall be denominated in the same currency as such outstanding Loans and (B) for each such CI Lender, shall constitute Loans made by such CI Lender to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement on such Commitment Increase Effective Date, (ii) each existing Lender that has agreed to increase its Commitment shall, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, deliver to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s New Funds Amount, which amount (A) shall be denominated in the same currency as such outstanding Loans and (B) for each such Lender, shall constitute Loans made by such Lender to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement on such Commitment Increase Effective Date, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, pay to each then Reducing Percentage Lender its Reduction Amount, which amount, for each such Reducing Percentage Lender, shall constitute a prepayment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11, ratably in accordance with the respective principal amounts thereof, of the principal amounts of all then outstanding Loans of such Reducing Percentage Lender, and (iv) the Borrower shall be responsible to pay to each Lender any breakage fees or costs that are payable pursuant to Section 2.16 in connection with the reallocation of any outstanding Loans.
(d) For purposes of this Section 2.02 and Exhibit B, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings: (i) “New Funds Amount” means the amount equal to the product of a Lender’s increased Commitment or a CI Lender’s Commitment (as applicable) represented as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments after giving effect to any Commitment Increase, times the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans immediately prior to giving effect to such Commitment Increase, if any, as of any Commitment Increase Effective Date (without regard to any increase in the aggregate principal amount of Loans as a result of borrowings made after giving effect to such Commitment Increase on such Commitment Increase Effective Date); (ii) “Reducing Percentage Lender” means each then existing Lender immediately prior to giving effect to any Commitment Increase that does not increase its respective Commitment as a result of such Commitment Increase and whose relative percentage of the Commitments shall be reduced after giving effect to such Commitment Increase; and (iii) “Reduction Amount” means the amount by which a Reducing Percentage Lender’s outstanding Loans decrease as of any Commitment Increase Effective Date (without regard to the effect of any borrowings made on such Commitment Increase Effective Date after giving effect to the Commitment Increase occurring on such Commitment Increase Effective Date).
Equity Financing If there is an Equity Financing before the termination of this Safe, on the initial closing of such Equity Financing, this Safe will automatically convert into the number of shares of Safe Preferred Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Conversion Price. In connection with the automatic conversion of this Safe into shares of Safe Preferred Stock, the Investor will execute and deliver to the Company all of the transaction documents related to the Equity Financing; provided, that such documents (i) are the same documents to be entered into with the purchasers of Standard Preferred Stock, with appropriate variations for the Safe Preferred Stock if applicable, and (ii) have customary exceptions to any drag-along applicable to the Investor, including (without limitation) limited representations, warranties, liability and indemnification obligations for the Investor.
Incremental Facility (a) The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request, prior to the Maturity Date, one or more increases to the existing Revolving Commitments (any such increase, the “New Commitments”), by an aggregate amount for all New Commitments not in excess of the Incremental Available Amount (subject to Section 1.07, determined as of the date of effectiveness of such New Commitments) and not less than $25,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by the Administrative Agent or that shall constitute the remaining amount of New Commitments permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 2.18 at such time), and integral multiples of $25,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”) on which Borrower proposes that the New Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and which may be contingent upon the closing of an acquisition or other transaction and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an eligible assignee under Section 9.04(b), subject to approval thereof by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks in the case of a Person that is not a Lender, to the extent such approval is required in the case of an assignment to such Person pursuant to such Section 9.04(b) (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (each, a “New Lender”), to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such New Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations (it being understood that the identity of such Lenders or other Persons may be amended after the date of such notice so long as the approval requirements, if any, are satisfied); provided that any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Commitment. Such New Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that, subject to Section 1.07 (except as set forth in the parenthetical proviso to clause (1) below), (1) on such Increased Amount Date, each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(a) and (b) (with references therein to the “Effective Date” being deemed to refer instead to such Increased Amount Date and, in the case of Section 4.02(b), before and after giving effect to such New Commitment) shall be satisfied (provided that if the proceeds of the Loans under such New Commitments are to be used to consummate a Limited Conditionality Acquisition, (x) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Increased Amount Date before and after giving effect to such New Commitments (it being understood that the requirements of Section 4.02(b) shall otherwise be complied with in accordance with Section 1.07) and (y) the requirements of Section 4.02(a) shall be subject to, if agreed to by the lenders providing such New Commitments, customary “SunGard” or other customary applicable “certain funds” conditionality provisions (including the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in the applicable acquisition agreement as are material to the interests of the lenders providing such New Commitments, but only to the extent that the Borrower or any of its Affiliates has the right to terminate its obligations under such acquisition agreement as a result of the failure of such representation or warranty to be accurate)); (2) the New Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Guarantor, if any, the New Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and each New Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14; (3) Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Sections 2.12 and 2.13 in connection with the New Commitments; and (4) Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the New Lenders or the Issuing Banks in connection with any such transaction.
(b) On any Increased Amount Date on which New Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each of the Lenders shall assign to each of the New Lenders, and each of the New Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Usage outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans and participation interests in Letter of Credit Usage will be held by existing Lenders and New Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (ii) each New Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Commitment and each Revolving Loan made thereunder (a “New Loan”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan, and (iii) each New Lender shall become a Lender for all purposes hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (i) the New Commitments and the New Lenders, and (ii) the respective interests in such Lender’s Revolving Loans and participation interests in Letter of Credit Usage, in each case subject to the assignments contemplated by this Section 2.18.
(d) The terms and provisions (including pricing) of the New Loans shall be identical to the existing Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x) the New Loans will not be guaranteed by any Person other than (1) the Guarantors or (2) any Person that shall, substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such New Loans, become a Guarantor and (y) the New Loans will not be secured by any assets not constituting the Collateral, unless such assets are substantially concurrently pledged to secure the Secured Obligations on an equal and ratable basis. Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.02 to the contrary, each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.18.
