Financing Cooperation (a) Until the earlier of the Completion and the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Article 9, Allergan shall use its reasonable best efforts, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use its reasonable best efforts, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective officers, employees and advisors and other Representatives, including legal and accounting advisors, to use their reasonable best efforts, to provide to AbbVie and its Subsidiaries such assistance as may be reasonably requested by AbbVie in writing that is customary in connection with the arranging, obtaining and syndication of the Financing, including using reasonable best efforts with respect to:
(i) participating in and assisting with the due diligence, syndication or other marketing of the Financing, including using reasonable best efforts with respect to (A) the participation by members of management of Allergan with appropriate seniority in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, road shows, drafting sessions, due diligence sessions and sessions with prospective lenders, investors and rating agencies, at times and at locations reasonably acceptable to Allergan and upon reasonable notice, (B) assisting with AbbVie’s preparation of customary materials for registration statements, offering documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda, prospectuses, rating agency presentations and similar documents required in connection with the Financing (collectively, “Marketing Material”) and due diligence sessions related thereto, (C) delivering and consenting to the inclusion or incorporation in any SEC filing related to the Financing of the historical audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Allergan included or incorporated by reference into the Allergan SEC Documents (the “Historical Financial Statements”) and (D) delivering customary authorization letters, management representation letters, confirmations, and undertakings in connection with the Marketing Material (in each case, as applicable, subject to customary confidentiality provisions and disclaimers);
(ii) timely furnishing AbbVie and its Financing Sources with historical financial and other customary information (collectively, the “Financing Information”) with respect to Allergan and its Subsidiaries as is reasonably requested by AbbVie or its Financing Sources and customarily required in Marketing Material for Financings of the applicable type, including all Historical Financial Statements and other customary information with respect to Allergan and its Subsidiaries (A) of the type that would be required by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act if the Financing were incurred by AbbVie and registered on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including audit reports of annual financial statements to the extent so required (which audit reports shall not be subject to any “going concern” qualifications), or (B) reasonably necessary to permit AbbVie to prepare pro forma financial statements customary for Financings of the applicable type;
(iii) providing to AbbVie’s legal counsel and its independent auditors such customary documents and other customary information relating to Allergan and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested in connection with their delivery of any customary negative assurance opinions and customary comfort letters relating to the Financing;
(iv) causing Allergan’s independent auditors to provide customary cooperation with the Financing;
(v) obtaining the consents of Allergan’s independent auditors to use their audit reports on the audited Historical Financial Statements of Allergan and to references to such independent auditors as experts in any Marketing Material and registration statements and related government filings filed or used in connection with the Financing;
(vi) obtaining Allergan’s independent auditors’ customary comfort letters and assistance with the accounting due diligence activities of the Financing Sources;
(vii) causing the Financing to benefit from the existing lender relationships of Allergan and its Subsidiaries;
(viii) providing documents reasonably requested by AbbVie or the Financing Sources relating to the repayment or refinancing of any indebtedness for borrowed money of Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries to be repaid or refinanced on the Completion Date and the release of related liens and/or guarantees (if any) effected thereby, including customary payoff letters and (to the extent required) evidence that notice of any such repayment has been timely delivered to the holders of such indebtedness, in each case in accordance with the terms of the definitive documents governing such indebtedness (provided that any such notice or payoff letter shall be expressly conditioned on the Completion);
(ix) procuring consents to the reasonable use of all of Allergan’s logos in connection with the Financing (provided that such logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended to and is not reasonably likely to harm or disparage Allergan or its Subsidiaries or the reputation or goodwill of Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries); and
(x) providing at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the Completion Date such documentation and other information about Allergan and its Subsidiaries as is reasonably requested in writing by AbbVie at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of the Completion Date in connection with the Financing that relates to applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the USA PATRIOT ACT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.9(a) or Section 7.9(b) below, (A) none of Allergan nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to take or permit the taking of any action pursuant to this Section 7.9(a) or Section 7.9(b) below to (i) pay any commitment or other fee or incur any liability (other than third-party costs and expenses that are to be promptly reimbursed by AbbVie upon request by Allergan pursuant to Section 7.9(c)), (ii) execute or deliver any definitive financing documents or any other agreement, certificate, document or instrument, or agree to any change to or modification of any existing agreement, certificate, document or instrument, in each case that would be effective prior to the Completion Date or would be effective if the Completion does not occur (except (x) to the extent required by Section 7.9(b), applicable Allergan Supplemental Indentures, (y) customary officers’ certificates relating to the execution thereof that would not conflict with applicable Law and would be accurate in light of the facts and circumstances at the time delivered and (z) the authorization letter and management representation letters delivered pursuant to the clause (i)(D) above), (iii) provide access to or disclose information that Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries reasonably determines would jeopardize any attorney-client privilege of Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries (provided that Allergan shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause any such information to be disclosed in a manner that would not result in the loss of any such privilege), (iv) deliver or cause its Representatives to deliver any legal opinion or negative assurance letter (except, in connection with the entry into an Allergan Supplemental Indenture required by Section 7.9(b), Allergan shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause counsel to Allergan or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to deliver a customary opinion of counsel to the trustee under the applicable Indenture that the Allergan Supplemental Indenture amends if such trustee requires an opinion of counsel to Allergan in connection therewith (provided that such opinions would not conflict with applicable Law and would be accurate in light of the facts and circumstances at the time delivered)), (v) be an issuer or other obligor with respect to the Financing prior to the Completion, (vi) commence any Allergan Note Offers and Consent Solicitations or (vii) prepare any pro forma financial information or projections, (B) none of the Allergan Board, officers of Allergan, or directors and officers of the Subsidiaries of Allergan shall be required to adopt resolutions or consents approving the agreements, documents or instruments pursuant to which the Financing is obtained or any Allergan Note Offers and Consent Solicitations is consummated (except the execution and delivery of any applicable Allergan Supplemental Indentures), and (C) neither Allergan nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to take or permit the taking of any action that would (i) interfere unreasonably with the business or operations of Allergan or its Subsidiaries, (ii) cause any representation or warranty in this Agreement to be breached by Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries (unless waived by AbbVie), (iii) cause any director, officer or employee or shareholder of Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries to incur any personal liability or (iv) result in a material violation or breach of, or a default under, any material Contract to which Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, the Organizational Documents of Allergan or its Subsidiaries or any applicable Law. AbbVie shall cause all non-public or other confidential information provided by or on behalf of Allergan or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives pursuant to this Section 7.9 to be kept confidential in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement; provided, that Allergan acknowledges and agrees that the confidentiality undertakings that will be obtained in connection with syndication of the Financing will be in a form customary for use in the syndication of acquisition-related debt during a takeover offer period in compliance with the requirements of the Panel and the Takeover Rules.
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.
