Delivery of the Offered Shares The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters certificates for the Firm Shares at the First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct, to the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters, certificates for the Option Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase at the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against the release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. If the Representative so elects, delivery of the Offered Shares may be made by credit to the accounts designated by the Representative through The Depository Trust Company’s full fast transfer or DWAC programs. The certificates for the Offered Shares shall be registered in such names and denominations as the Representative shall have requested at least two full Business Days prior to the First Closing Date (or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be) and shall be made available for inspection on the Business Day preceding the First Closing Date (or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be) at a location in New York City as the Representative may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.
Repurchase Offers In the event that, pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase their respective Notes (a “Repurchase Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below. The Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Repurchase Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made. If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. Upon the commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer, shall state:
(i) that the Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.08 and Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 hereof, and the length of time the Repurchase Offer shall remain open;
(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrete or accrue interest and Liquidated Damages, if any;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note (or portion thereof) accepted for payment pursuant to the Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrete or accrue interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, after the Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in principal amounts of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Repurchase Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, the Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(viii) that, if the aggregate amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis or in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be purchased); and
(ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer). On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes (or portions thereof) tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes (or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.08. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case may be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company, shall promptly issue a new Note. The Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount at maturity equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the respective Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Repurchase Offer as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.08, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Tender Offer (a) The Borrower will use its best efforts to consummate the Tender Offer with respect to all of the Holding Company Convertible Notes tendered thereunder no later than November 5, 2009 (or such later date to which the Tender Offer may be extended by the Borrower in good faith) (and, upon the consummation thereof, the Borrower shall promptly notify in writing the Administrative Agent of the completion of the Tender Offer Transactions).
(b) As of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower shall deposit the Initial Second Priority Proceeds (less the portion thereof to be used, together with the proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, to make the payments provided for in Section 5.01(f)) directly into the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account; provided that, at any time after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the funds from the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account shall be available to be withdrawn at the request of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent solely (but for no other purpose) (i) to purchase the Holding Company Convertible Notes pursuant to the consummation of the Tender Offer and (ii) if any Holding Company Convertible Notes remain outstanding after consummation of the Tender Offer, (A) to repurchase, redeem, defease, retire or acquire for value or pay the principal of any of the remaining Holding Company Convertible Notes or (B) to make payment of cash dividends or distributions to the Holding Company in an amount sufficient to enable the Holding Company to repurchase, redeem, defease, retire, acquire for value or pay the principal of any such Holding Company Convertible Notes (provided that such payments are applied directly to such repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, acquisition for value or payment of principal); provided further that (A) following the expiration of the put rights of the holders of the Holding Company 3.00% Convertible Notes on May 15, 2010 and/or the holders of the Holding Company 4.875% Convertible Notes on January 15, 2011 (but excluding any other put rights thereunder), to the extent that any such holders do not exercise such put rights pursuant to the terms thereof, within 120 days after the expiration of such put rights, the Borrower shall apply the portion of the balance held in the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account that it does not require to satisfy any such remaining put rights (or, upon expiration of all such put rights, the entire remaining balance held therein) (x) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, to purchase, repurchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire for value any of the Other Debt and/or (y) to prepay the Tranche B Term Loans and (if any) the Incremental Loans in the order specified in Section 2.09(b)(iii); and (B) prior to any request for withdrawal of funds by the Borrower from the Initial Second Debt Priority Proceeds Collateral Account, the Borrower shall provide a certificate signed by a senior officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent certifying as to the use of such funds and that such use is permitted under this Section.
Public Offering of the Offered Shares The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, initially on the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
Terms of the Offer Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Purchasers will accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered on or prior to the Expiration Date and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 4 of this Offer to Purchase. The term “Expiration Date” shall mean 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on November 21, 2011, unless and until the Purchasers shall have extended the period of time for which the Offer is open, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date on which the Offer, as so extended by the Purchasers, shall expire. The Offer is conditioned on satisfaction of certain conditions. See Section 13, which sets forth in full the conditions of the Offer. The Purchasers reserve the right (but shall not be obligated), in their sole discretion and for any reason, to waive any or all of such conditions. If, by the Expiration Date, any or all of such conditions have not been satisfied or waived, the Purchasers reserve the right (but shall not be obligated) to (i) decline to purchase any of the Shares tendered, terminate the Offer and return all tendered Shares to tendering Shareholders, (ii) waive all the unsatisfied conditions and, subject to complying with applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, purchase all Shares validly tendered, (iii) extend the Offer and, subject to the right of Shareholders to withdraw Shares until the Expiration Date, retain the Shares that have been tendered during the period or periods for which the Offer is extended or (iv) to amend the Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the expiration of the Offer, if all conditions are either satisfied or waived, the Purchasers will promptly pay for all validly tendered Shares upon the earlier of receipt of your share certificates or confirmation from the Corporation that you own the Shares, and the Purchasers do not intend to imply that the foregoing rights of the Purchasers would permit the Purchasers to delay payment for validly tendered Shares following expiration. The Purchasers do not anticipate and have no reason to believe that any condition or event will occur that would prevent the Purchasers from purchasing tendered Shares as offered herein. Further, by tendering your Shares, you are agreeing to arbitrate any disputes that may arise between you and the Purchasers or the Depositary, to subject yourself to personal jurisdiction in California, and that the prevailing party in any such action will be entitled to recover attorney fees and costs. However, by so doing, you are not waiving any of your rights under the federal securities laws or any rule or regulation thereunder.
The Offer (a) Subject to this Agreement not having theretofore been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1 hereof, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than five business days from, the date of this Agreement, commence an offer to purchase for cash (as it may be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the "Offer") all shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Company Common Stock"), of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Offer (the "Shares"), subject only to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the "Conditions"), at a price of $19.50 (the "Offer Price") per Share, net to the seller in cash. Subject only to the Conditions, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, accept for payment and pay for all Shares validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn prior to the expiration date of the Offer as promptly as practicable following the expiration date of the Offer. Sub expressly reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions of the Offer, PROVIDED that without the consent of the Company, no amendment may be made which (i) decreases the price per Share or changes the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (ii) decreases the number of Shares sought, or (iii) changes any of the Conditions or imposes additional conditions to the Offer or amends any other term of the Offer in either case in any manner adverse to the holders of Shares (it being understood that extensions of the Offer as contemplated by this Section 1.1(a) are not adverse to the holders of Shares); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Minimum Condition (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) is for the benefit of the Company and may not be waived without the Company's consent. The Offer may only be extended with the prior written consent of the Company or as required by law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, Parent and Sub may extend the Offer without the consent of the Company (A) if at the scheduled expiration date of the Offer any of the Conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived or (B) for any period required by any Laws (as hereinafter defined) applicable to the Offer and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if the Conditions are not satisfied or, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, waived as of any scheduled expiration date, Parent and Sub shall extend the Offer from time to time for up to five (5) business days at a time (or such longer period as shall be approved by the Company) until the earlier of the consummation of the Offer or sixty (60) calendar days after the date hereof, provided that such extension shall not be required if in the reasonable judgment of Parent or Sub, any Condition is incapable of being satisfied prior to the expiration of the sixty (60) calendar days. Upon the terms hereof and subject to the Conditions, Sub will accept for payment and purchase all Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer.
(b) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries (as defined below) to, tender into the Offer any Shares beneficially owned by it. For purposes of this Agreement, "Subsidiary" means, as to any Person (as defined below), any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired: (i) in the case of a corporation, of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares of stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (other than stock having such voting power solely by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, in which such Person or Subsidiary of such Person is a managing member, general partner or joint venturer or of which a majority of the partnership or other ownership interests are at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
Purchase Sale and Delivery of the Offered Shares (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters the Firm Offered Shares upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties, and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of Firm Offered Shares set forth opposite their names on Schedule A (the “List of the Underwriters”) attached hereto. The purchase price per Firm Offered Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company shall be $[ ] per share (the “Purchase Price”).
(b) The Company shall deliver the Firm Offered Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) against payment of the Purchase Price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer drawn to the order of the Company and payment therefor at the offices of [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] [ ] (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representative) at [10:00] a.m. New York City time, on [ ], 20[ ], or such other time and date not later than [10:00] a.m. New York City time, not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representative shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”); provided, however, that if the Company has not made available to the Representative copies of the Prospectus within the time provided in Section 2(g) (the “Payment for the Offered Shares”) and Section 3(d) (the “Copies of Any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus”) hereof, the Representative may, in its sole discretion, postpone the First Closing Date until no later than two (2) full business days following delivery of copies of the Prospectus to the Representative. The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representative may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representative to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 8 (the “Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters”).
(c) In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties, and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of [ ] Optional Offered Shares from the Company at the Purchase Price. The option granted hereunder is for use by the Underwriters solely in covering any over-allotments in connection with the sale and distribution of the Firm Offered Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time (but not more than once) upon notice by the Representative to which notice may be given at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Offered Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the Optional Offered Shares are to be registered, and (iii) the time, date, and place at which the Optional Offered Shares will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the First Closing Date, and in such case the term “First Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of the Firm Offered Shares and the Optional Offered Shares). Such time and date of delivery of the Optional Offered Shares, if subsequent to the First Closing Date, is called the “Second Closing Date” and shall be determined by the Representative and shall not be earlier than three (3) nor later than five (5) full business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. The First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date are each a “Closing Date” as referenced herein. If any Optional Offered Shares are to be purchased, (a) each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Optional Offered Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Offered Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Offered Shares set forth on Schedule A (the “List of the Underwriters”) attached hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Offered Shares and (b) the Company agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell the number of Optional Offered Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Offered Shares to be sold as the number of Firm Offered Shares to be sold by the Company as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Offered Shares. The Representative may cancel the option or excersie thereof at any time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company.
(d) The Representative hereby advises the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.
(e) Payment for the Offered Shares shall be made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at the Second Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company against delivery of such Offered Shares through the facilities of DTC. It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own accounts and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Offered Shares and any Optional Offered Shares that the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. [ ] individually and not as the Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Offered Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, a credit representing the Firm Offered Shares to an account or accounts at DTC as designated by the Representative for the accounts of the Representative and the several Underwriters at the First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered, a credit representing the Optional Offered Shares that the Representative and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase to an account or accounts at DTC as designated by the Representative for the accounts of the Representative and the several Underwriters, at the Second Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor.
(g) Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the third business day following the date that the Offered Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representative shall request.
CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Offer, Acquisition shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC including Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act (relating to Acquisition's obligation to pay for or return tendered Shares promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay for, and may delay the acceptance for payment of or, subject to the restrictions referred to above, the payment for, any tendered Shares, if (w) any waiting periods applicable to the Offer under the HSR Act shall not have been terminated or shall not have expired and any required approvals or notices under the Bank Act, the Bank Holding Company Act and required approvals from state Governmental Entities responsible for regulating, in the aggregate, ninety percent (90%) of the Company's and its subsidiary's average mortgage origination volume for the period 1998 and 1999 shall not have been obtained, and, in the case of any approval, authorization or consent, shall not be in full force and effect and all conditions applicable thereto shall not have been satisfied; (x) any of the consents or approvals of any Person other than a Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not have been obtained; except where the failure to have obtained any such consent or approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (y) the Minimum Condition shall not have been satisfied or (z) at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and before the time of acceptance of such Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, any of the following events shall occur:
(i) [reserved];
(ii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, any Governmental Entity or court of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order which is in effect at the Tender Offer Purchase Time and which (A) makes the acceptance for payment of, or the payment for, some or all of the Shares illegal or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, or (B) prohibits Acquisition from operating or deriving benefits from the majority of the value of the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to operate the Company; provided, however, that the parties shall use reasonable efforts (subject to the proviso in Section 5.6(b)) to cause any such decree, judgment or other order to be vacated or lifted prior to September 30, 2000;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall not be true and correct on the date of this Agreement or the Company shall have breached or failed in any respect to perform or comply with any material obligation, agreement or covenant required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to such time except, where the failure of representations and warranties (without regard to materiality qualifications therein contained) to be true and correct, or the performance or compliance with such obligations, agreements or covenants, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;
(vi) there shall have occurred an acceptance by the Company of a Superior Proposal;
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) the Board shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent its approval or recommendation of the Offer, shall have recommended to the Company's stockholders a Third Party Acquisition or shall have adopted any resolution to effect any of the foregoing;
(ix) [reserved];
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, there shall have occurred the commencement of a war having a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; which, in the reasonable judgment of Parent and Acquisition, in any such case, and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition, makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer and/or with such acceptance for payment or payments.
(b) The conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a) (other than the Minimum Condition) are for the sole benefit of Acquisition and may be asserted by Acquisition regardless of any circumstances giving rise to any condition and may be waived (other than the Minimum Condition) by Acquisition, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of Acquisition. The failure by Parent or Acquisition (or any affiliate of Acquisition) at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right and each right will be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
The Tender Offer (a) CIG shall (i) commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act) the Tender Offer on the Commencement Date and (ii) cause the Tender Offer to remain open until the twentieth Business Day after such commencement of the Tender Offer or, as set forth in this Section 3.01(a), such other later date as CIG, the NBCU Entities and the Company may agree (the “Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date” and together with any extension permitted hereunder, the “Tender Offer Expiration Date”). CIG shall be obligated to accept for payment and pay for shares of Class A Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer, subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Annex A (the “Tender Offer Conditions”). CIG shall have the right to amend or make changes to the terms of the Tender Offer; provided, however, that, without the prior written consent of the Company, the NBCU Entities and the Xxxxxx Stockholders, CIG shall not do any of the following: (A) decrease the Offer Price or change the form of consideration to be paid in the Tender Offer, (B) impose any conditions to the Tender Offer other than the Tender Offer Conditions or (C) otherwise amend the Tender Offer in a manner that would materially and adversely affect the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, CIG shall have the right to extend the Tender Offer beyond the Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date for: (1) any period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Tender Offer or (2) any period required by applicable Law, and upon the Company’s request, CIG shall extend the Tender Offer beyond the Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date for one period of up to 30 days for the purpose of satisfying (x) the requirements under any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Tender Offer or (y) the waiting period requirements applicable to the Tender Offer under the HSR Act. CIG may extend the Tender Offer beyond the date on which shares of Class A Common Stock are first accepted for payment as a “subsequent offering period” (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(g)(8) under the Exchange Act in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act (a “Subsequent Period”); provided, that upon the request of the Company, CIG shall extend the Tender Offer for one such Subsequent Period; provided, further, that no Subsequent Period shall be less than three Business Days nor more than 20 Business Days and that the total number of Subsequent Periods shall not exceed one. To the extent CIG amends or makes changes to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer pursuant to this Section 3.01(a), the Company and the NBCU Entities shall cooperate with CIG in making any filings or amendments required by the DGCL, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other applicable Law, or as otherwise may be necessary to effect such amendment or change.
(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable on the date the Tender Offer is commenced, (A) CIG shall file with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with all amendments thereto, the “Tender Offer Schedule TO”) and (B) the Company shall file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the “Schedule 14D-9”) with respect to the Tender Offer, each of which will comply in all material respects with the provisions of all applicable federal and state securities laws, and will contain (including as an exhibit) or incorporate by reference an offer to purchase relating to the Tender Offer and forms of the related letter of transmittal (which documents, together with the Tender Offer Schedule TO and any supplements or amendments thereto, are referred to collectively as the “Tender Offer Documents”). The related letter of transmittal shall provide that, among other matters, in order for shares of Class A Common Stock to be validly tendered, each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock who tenders in the Tender Offer shall represent and warrant to CIG that (x) such holder has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer shares of Class A Common Stock in the Tender Offer, (y) such holder is not prohibited or restricted from tendering shares of Class A Common Stock in the Tender Offer by the terms of such shares or any Contract and (z) when such shares are accepted for payment by CIG, CIG shall acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all Liens.
(c) The Schedule 14D-9 shall contain the recommendation of the Board described in Section 3.02(a) which recommendation shall not be withdrawn or amended without the prior written consent of CIG and NBCU; provided, however, that the Company’s recommendation may be withdrawn or modified by the Board without the prior written consent of CIG and NBCU to the extent that the Board determines in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment, after receiving the advice of outside counsel, that such recommendation would no longer be consistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law. On the date filed with the SEC and on the date first disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, the Schedule 14D-9 shall 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 therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation is made by the Company with respect to written information supplied by CIG or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Schedule 14D-9. On the date filed with the SEC and on the date first disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, the Tender Offer Documents shall 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 therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation shall be made by CIG with respect to written information supplied by the Company or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Tender Offer Documents, and no representation shall be made by the Company with respect to written information supplied by CIG or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Tender Offer Documents. CIG and the Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Tender Offer Documents to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. Each of CIG, the NBCU Entities and the Company shall promptly correct or supplement any information provided by it for use in the Tender Offer Documents if and to the extent that it shall have become false and misleading in any material respect, and CIG and the Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Tender Offer Documents as so corrected to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. The Company, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review the initial Tender Offer Documents before they are filed with the SEC. CIG, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review the initial Schedule 14D-9 before it is filed with the SEC. In addition, CIG, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, agree to provide the other, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel with any comments or other communications that either party or their counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 or the Tender Offer Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments or other communications. The Company, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any response of CIG to comments or other communications from the SEC or any amended or revised Tender Offer Documents before it is filed with the SEC. CIG, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review any response of the Company to comments or other communications from the SEC or any amended or revised Schedule 14D-9 before it is filed with the SEC.
(d) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, promptly after the expiration of the “initial offering period” (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(g)(4) under the Exchange Act) and, if applicable, promptly in accordance with Rule 14d-11 under the Exchange Act, during the Subsequent Period, CIG shall accept for payment and pay for, in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer, all of the shares of Class A Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer and not validly withdrawn.
(e) If the payment of the Offer Price is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered certificate formerly evidencing shares of Class A Common Stock is registered on the stock transfer books of the Company, it shall be a condition of payment that the certificate so surrendered shall be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Offer Price to a Person other than the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of CIG that such taxes either have been paid or are not applicable.
Offer Preparation of this Lease by either Lessor or Lessee or Lessor's agent or Lessee's agent and submission of same to Lessee or Lessor shall not be deemed an offer to lease. This Lease is not intended to be binding until executed and delivered by all Parties hereto.
