Actions to be Taken In the event that (i) the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then issuable or issued upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock voting together as a single class (the “Selling Investors”), and (ii) the Board of Directors, approve a Sale of the Company in writing, specifying that this Section 3 shall apply to such transaction, then, subject to satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Subsection 3.3 below, each Stockholder and the Company hereby agrees: (a) if such transaction requires stockholder approval, with respect to all Shares that such Stockholder owns or over which such Stockholder otherwise exercises voting power, to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all Shares in favor of, and adopt, such Sale of the Company (together with any related amendment or restatement to the Restated Certificate required in order to implement such Sale of the Company) and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that could delay or impair the ability of the Company to consummate such Sale of the Company; (b) if such transaction is a Stock Sale, to sell the same proportion of shares of capital stock of the Company beneficially held by such Stockholder as is being sold by the Selling Investors to the Person to whom the Selling Investors propose to sell their Shares, and, except as permitted in Section 3.3 below, on the same terms and conditions as the Selling Investors; (c) to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of the Sale of the Company as shall reasonably be requested by the Company or the Selling Investors in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section 3, including without limitation executing and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances) and any similar or related documents; (d) not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in this Agreement, any Shares of the Company owned by such party or Affiliate in a voting trust or subject any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares, unless specifically requested to do so by the acquiror in connection with the Sale of the Company; (e) (i) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to such Sale of the Company, or (ii); asserting any claim or commencing any suit (x) challenging the Sale of the Company or this Agreement, or (y) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Selling Investors or any affiliate or associate thereof or the Board (including, without limitation, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty) in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the Sale of the Company, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; (f) if the consideration to be paid in exchange for the Shares pursuant to this Section 3 includes any securities and due receipt thereof by any Stockholder would require under applicable law (x) the registration or qualification of such securities or of any person as a broker or dealer or agent with respect to such securities or (y) the provision to any Stockholder of any information other than such information as a prudent issuer would generally furnish in an offering made solely to “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may cause to be paid to any such Stockholder in lieu thereof, against surrender of the Shares which would have otherwise been sold by such Stockholder, an amount in cash equal to the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board) of the securities which such Stockholder would otherwise receive as of the date of the issuance of such securities in exchange for the Shares; and (g) in the event that the Selling Investors, in connection with such Sale of the Company, appoint a stockholder representative (the “Stockholder Representative”) with respect to matters affecting the Stockholders under the applicable definitive transaction agreements following consummation of such Sale of the Company, (x) to consent to (i) the appointment of such Stockholder Representative, (ii) the establishment of any applicable escrow, expense or similar fund in connection with any indemnification or similar obligations, and (iii) the payment of such Stockholder’s pro rata portion (from the applicable escrow or expense fund or otherwise) of any and all reasonable fees and expenses to such Stockholder Representative in connection with such Stockholder Representative’s services and duties in connection with such Sale of the Company and its related service as the representative of the Stockholders, (y) not to assert any claim or commence any suit against the Stockholder Representative or any other Stockholder with respect to any action or inaction taken or failed to be taken by the Stockholder Representative, within the scope of the Stockholder Representative’s authority, in connection with its service as the Stockholder Representative, absent fraud, bad faith, or willful misconduct and (z) execute and deliver any power-of-attorney or other documentation reasonably requested by the Stockholder Representative.
Further Actions Each party agrees to perform such further acts and execute such further documents as are necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken (a) Each Holder of Securities, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreements, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the Collateral Agent to enter into, and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the Intercreditor Agreements or joinders thereto, and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Securities as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party and the Intercreditor Agreements and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder. (b) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Securities any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Securities according to the provisions of this Indenture. (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02, the Security Documents, and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to: (i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the First Priority Liens; (ii) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or (iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Note Obligations. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the First Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Securities in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
Further Action The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED AT CLOSING At the Initial Closing, each Grantor which is a party hereto shall, directly or indirectly or through the attorney-in-fact appointed pursuant to Article 5 hereof, execute, acknowledge where deemed desirable or necessary by Optionee, and deliver to the Closing Agent, in addition to any other documents mentioned elsewhere herein, the following: (a) An assignment and xxxx of sale (the “Assignment”), which shall be in a form satisfactory to Optionee, containing a warranty of title that such Grantor owns such Grantor’s Contributed Interest free and clear of all Encumbrances (as defined in Section 3.1) and reaffirming the accuracy of all representations and warranties and the satisfaction of all covenants made by such Grantor in Article 3 hereof. (b) If requested by Optionee, a certified copy of all appropriate entity resolutions or actions and any other evidence requested by Optionee authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by Grantor of this Option Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, if any, and the Closing Documents, and any other instrument evidencing that all of Grantor’s representations and warranties remain true and correct as of the date of the IPO Closing. (c) If requested by Optionee in the case of any Grantor which is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity, an opinion from counsel for such Grantor in form and content reasonably acceptable to Optionee substantially to the effect that: (i) such Grantor is a limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company or trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and had and has all applicable power and authority to enter into, delivery and perform this Option Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, if any, and the Closing Documents; (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Option Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, if any, and the Closing Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (x) do not and will not constitute a breach or a violation of Grantor’s partnership agreement, declaration of trust, operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as applicable (y) do not and will not violate any foreign, federal, state, local or other laws applicable to the Grantor or the Property or require the Grantor to obtain any approval, consent or waiver of, or make any filing with, any person or authority (governmental or otherwise) that has not been obtained or made or which does not remain in effect; and (z) do not and will not result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate any obligation under or give rise to a right of termination of, any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which the Grantor is a party or by which the property of the Grantor is bound or affected, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance (as defined in Section 3.1) on any of the Contributed Interests; and (iii) all applicable entity action necessary for such Grantor to execute and deliver this Option Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, if any, and the Closing Documents has been taken and that the same have been validly executed and delivered and are the valid and binding obligations of such Grantor enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally. (d) An affidavit establishing an exemption from the withholding requirements of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax (FIRPTA), as amended. (e) Pledge Agreements, satisfactory to Optionee, by each Grantor for the Units conveyed to such Grantor to secure the indemnification obligations described in Article VII for the period commencing on the IPO Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary thereof. (f) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that the franchisor of the Property has consented to the change of control of the Contributed Entity as required by the currently effective franchise agreement relating to the Property or that a new franchise agreement between the Contributed Entity and the Property’s franchisor has been executed as of the date of the Initial Closing. (g) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that the lender of any borrowed money as set forth on Schedule 3.1 has consented to the transfer of the Property to the Optionee as required by any loan document, deed of trust, mortgage or other evidence of indebtedness related to the Property. (h) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that any certificates, approvals, licenses, authorities or permits issued by local, state or federal agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business conducted by the Contributed Entity on the Property have been transferred to the Optionee or the Optionee’s designee effective as of the date of the Initial Closing. (i) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that the insurance policies necessary or desirable to conduct the business conducted by the Contributed Entity on the Property have been transferred to the Optionee or the Optionee’s designee effective as of the date of the Initial Closing. (j) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that the Property is properly licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, whether by owner license, third party contract or otherwise, as permitted by applicable law. (k) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Optionee that all required consents of lessors and permits necessary to conduct the business conducted by the Contributed Entity with respect to the Property have been obtained. (l) Any other documents reasonably necessary to assign, transfer and convey such Grantor’s Contributed Interest and effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, including filings with any applicable governmental jurisdiction in which the Optionee is required to file its partnership documentation.
Further Action; Efforts (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, each party will use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate the Merger, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Spin-Off Transaction Agreements, including using its reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary actions or non-actions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities, including any required action or non-action under Antitrust Laws, and to make all necessary registrations and filings and take all steps as may be necessary to obtain such required waiver, consent or approval from any Governmental Entity. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree to (i)(A) make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act as promptly as practicable (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement), and (B) supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act and use reasonable best efforts to take all other actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable, and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to obtain all other required waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities. The parties will also consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with, and provide to the other parties in advance, any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with proceedings under or relating to any Antitrust Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties hereto agree (A) to give each other reasonable advance notice of all meetings with any Governmental Entity relating to any Antitrust Laws, (B) to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, to give each other an opportunity to participate in each of such meetings, (C) to the extent practicable, to give each other reasonable advance notice of all substantive oral communications with any Governmental Entity relating to any Antitrust Laws, (D) if any Governmental Entity initiates a substantive oral communication regarding any Antitrust Laws, to promptly notify the other party of the substance of such communication, (E) to provide each other with a reasonable advance opportunity to review and comment upon all written communications (including any analyses, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals) with a Governmental Entity regarding any Antitrust Laws and (F) to provide each other with copies of all written communications to or from any Governmental Entity relating to any Antitrust Laws. Any such disclosures or provision of copies by one party to the other may be made on an outside counsel basis if appropriate. Nothing in this Section 5.7(a) shall require the Company or its Subsidiaries to take or agree to take any action with respect to its business or operations unless the effectiveness of such agreement or action is conditioned upon the Closing. (b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in Section 5.7(a), if any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby under any Antitrust Law or if any suit is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or any other applicable Governmental Entity challenging any of the transactions contemplated hereby as violative of any Antitrust Law or which would otherwise prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to resolve any subject objections or suits so as to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including in order to resolve such objections or suits which, in any case if not resolved, could reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, including selling, holding separate or otherwise disposing of or conducting its business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suits or permitting the sale, holding separate or other disposition of, any of its assets or the assets of its Subsidiaries or the conducting of its business in a manner which would resolve such action or proceeding, in each case no later than the Outside Date; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.7, Parent and Merger Sub shall not be obligated to take any actions, or agree to refrain from taking any actions, that, collectively, would have a material adverse effect on the combined business of the Parent Spinco and the Company and their respective Subsidiaries (including the Retained Subsidiaries), taken as a whole, after giving effect to the Parent Spin, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.7, the Company will not take any action, or agree to refrain from taking any action, pursuant to this Section 5.7(b) without the express written permission of Parent.
Filings; Other Actions; Notification (a) The Company and Parent shall, subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement and applicable Laws and Orders to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as possible, including (i) preparing and filing all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (and in any event, by filing within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement the notifications, filings and other information required to be filed under the HSR Act and as promptly as practicable in the case of all other filings required under any Foreign Competition Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, which are set forth Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter) and to obtain as expeditiously as possible all consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) satisfying the conditions to consummating the Merger, (iii) defending any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, (iv) obtaining (and cooperating with each other in obtaining) any consent, approval of, waiver or any exemption by, any non-governmental third party, in each case, to the extent necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the Merger and (v) executing and delivering any reasonable additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement. (b) Subject to Section 6.6(c), in the event that the parties receive a request for information or documentary material pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws (a “Second Request”), unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to submit an appropriate response to, and to certify compliance with, such Second Request as promptly as practicable, and counsel for both parties will closely cooperate during the entirety of any such Second Request review process. Neither Party shall agree to extend any waiting period under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity to delay the transactions contemplated hereby except with prior written consent of the other Party. None of the Parties shall knowingly take, cause or permit to be taken or omit to take any action which such party reasonably expects is likely to materially delay or prevent consummation of the contemplated transactions, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties. As used in this Agreement, the term “Antitrust Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act of 1914, the HSR Act and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and other Laws and Orders that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or competition.
Items to be Delivered at Closing At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions herein contained: (a) Seller shall deliver to the Buying Parties the following: (i) such bills of sale with covenants of warranty, assignments, endorsements, and other good and sufficient instruments and documents of conveyance and transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Buying Parties and their counsel, as shall be necessary and effective to transfer and assign to and vest in the Buying Parties all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Assets, including without limitation, (A) good and valid title in and to all of the Assets owned by Seller, (B) good and valid leasehold interests in and to all of the Assets leased by Seller as lessee, and (C) all of Seller's rights under all agreements, contracts, commitments, instruments and other documents included in the Assets to which Seller is a party or by which it has rights on the Closing Date; (ii) original instruments of consent or waiver duly executed by third parties with respect to any contracts, agreements, leases or other rights or obligations being transferred to the Buying Parties hereunder and requiring a consent or waiver therefore; (iii) a duly executed copy of a Management Agreement (the "Management Agreement"), in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT D; and (iv) such other certificates and documents as the Buying Parties or their counsel may reasonably request. (b) Shawx xxxll deliver to the Buying Parties the following: (i) a duly executed copy of an Employment Agreement and Covenant Not to Compete (the "Employment Agreement), in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT E which by virtue of the substantial goodwill associated with the employment of Shawx will contain a liquidated damages provision in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) if Shawx xxxves the employ of Diasti without cause or is discharged for cause; (ii) a duly executed copy of a Lease Agreement (the "Lease Agreement), in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT F; (iii) a duly executed copy of a Consulting Agreement in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT G; and (iv) such other certificates and documents as the Buying Parties or their counsel may reasonably request. Simultaneously with delivery of the items set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.2, Seller shall take all such steps as may be required to put the Buying Parties in actual possession and operating control of the Assets. (c) The Buying Parties shall deliver to Seller the following: (i) the portion of the Purchase Price due at Closing; (ii) the Coast Note; (iii) the Diasti Note; (iv) a duly executed copy of the Management Agreement; and (v) such other certificates and documents as Seller or its counsel may reasonably request. (d) The Buying Parties shall deliver to Shawx xxx following: (i) the Shawx Xxxe; (ii) a duly executed copy of the Employment Agreement; (iii) a duly executed copy of the Lease Agreement; (iv) a duly executed copy of the Consulting Agreement; and (v) such other certificates and documents as Shawx xx his counsel may reasonably request.
Necessary Further Actions If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, then the directors and officers of the Company and Merger Sub as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will take all such lawful and necessary action.
