Further Assurances; Cooperation Each party shall, upon reasonable request by the other party, execute and deliver any additional documents necessary or desirable to complete the transactions herein pursuant to and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. The parties hereto agree to cooperate and use their respective best efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Further Assurances and Cooperation Each Party agrees to execute and deliver such other documents and to take all such other actions as the other Parties may reasonably request to effect the terms of this Agreement.
Cooperation; Further Assurances Seller shall cooperate with and assist Purchaser, as reasonably requested, in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement. Seller will cooperate and assist Purchaser, as reasonably requested and at the reasonable expense of Purchaser, in obtaining consents from any Owner as may be required or advisable to assign, transfer, deliver, hypothecate, pledge, subdivide, finance or otherwise deal with the Future Excess Servicing Spread. If Seller is terminated under any Servicing Agreement, Seller shall cooperate fully and at its own expense in transferring such Servicing. If Purchaser assigns all or any portion of its Future Excess Servicing Spread or its other rights under this Agreement to a Third Party Assignee, Seller will cooperate and assist any Third Party Assignee in drafting and entering into a Third Party Future Spread Agreement in accordance with Section 12.15.
Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Acquiring Companies and Seller will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or desirable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller and the Acquiring Companies each agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to vest in Buyer good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets and to prevent Buyer from having any obligation or responsibility with respect to the liabilities of Seller other than Assumed Liabilities.
(b) Seller hereby constitutes and appoints, effective as of the Closing Date, Buyer and its successors and assigns as the true and lawful attorney of such Seller with full power of substitution in the name of Buyer or in the name of such Seller, but for the benefit of Buyer (i) to collect for the account of Buyer any items of Purchased Assets and (ii) to institute and prosecute all proceedings which Buyer may in its sole discretion deem proper in order to assert or enforce any right, title or interest in, to or under the Purchased Assets, and to defend or compromise any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect of the Purchased Assets; provided that Buyer will be responsible for any new liabilities of Seller that result from such actions and Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any such liabilities and from any other Losses arising out of or related to actions of Buyer under this paragraph. Buyer shall be entitled to retain for its own account any amounts collected pursuant to the foregoing powers, including any amounts payable as interest in respect thereof.
Cooperation and Further Assurances Each party will cooperate with the other in fulfilling its obligations under this Plan and will provide such information and documentation as is reasonably requested by the other in carrying out the Plan's terms. Each party will provide such further assurances concerning the performance of its obligations hereunder and execute all documents for or in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition as, with respect to such assurances or documents, the other shall deem necessary or appropriate.
Further Assurances; Post-Closing Cooperation (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time or from time to time after the Closing, at Purchaser's request and without further consideration, the Company shall execute and deliver to Purchaser such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, provide such materials and information and take such other actions as Purchaser may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order more effectively to transfer, convey and assign to Purchaser, and to confirm Purchaser's title to, all of the Assets (including, without limitation, the delivery to Purchaser of fully executed Uniform Commercial Code amendment or termination statements relating to the Assets as Purchaser shall request), and, to the full extent permitted by Law, to put Purchaser in actual possession and operating control of the Business and the Assets and to assist Purchaser in exercising all rights with respect thereto, and otherwise to cause the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Following the Closing, the Company and Purchaser will afford the other party, its counsel and its accountants, during normal business hours, reasonable access to the books, records and other data relating to the Business in its possession with respect to periods prior to the Closing and the right to make copies and extracts therefrom, to the extent that such access may be reasonably required by the requesting party in connection with (i) the preparation of Tax Returns, (ii) the determination or enforcement of rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iii) compliance with the requirements of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority including without limitation the Commission, (iv) the determination or enforcement of the rights and obligations of any party to this Agreement and (v) in connection with any actual or threatened Action or Proceeding. Further, the Company and Purchaser agree for a period extending six (6) years after the Closing Date not to destroy or otherwise dispose of any such books, records and other data unless such party shall first offer in writing to surrender such books, records and other data to the other party and such other party shall not agree in writing to take possession thereof during the ten (10) day period after such offer is made.
(c) If, in order properly to prepare its Tax Returns, other documents or reports required to be filed with Governmental or Regulatory Authorities or its financial statements or to fulfill its obligations hereunder, it is necessary that the Company or Purchaser be furnished with additional information, documents or records relating to the Business not referred to in paragraph (b) above, and such information, documents or records are in the possession or control of the other party, such other party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish or make available such information, documents or records (or copies thereof) at the recipient's request, cost and expense.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if the Company and Purchaser are in an adversarial relationship in litigation or arbitration, the furnishing of information, documents or records in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section shall be subject to applicable rules relating to discovery.
Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (and subject to Section 6.3), each of the Parties agrees to use and to cause its Affiliates to use its reasonable best efforts before and, as may be applicable, after the Closing Date, until the earlier to occur of (i) thirty-six (36) months following the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of a Listing Transaction (as defined in the Purchaser Shareholders Agreement), to take or cause to be taken all action, to do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws (other than with respect to Antitrust Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.3, and with respect to the Purchaser Parent Shareholder Approval, which is the subject of Section 6.24) to consummate and make effective, as promptly as practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, including: (a) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the obligations of any of the Parties, (b) the obtaining of all necessary actions, consents, approvals, waivers and other Approvals of all Governmental Authorities under applicable Law (other than with respect to Antitrust Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.3, and with respect to the Purchaser Parent Shareholder Approval, which is the subject of Section 6.24), (c) without limiting the obligations of the Parties set forth in Section 6.3, the defending of any Action, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the performance of the obligations hereunder, (d) the effecting of all registrations, filings and transfers of Governmental Authorizations (including Environmental Permits) that constitute Purchased Assets, and the effecting of all registrations, filings and transfers of any licenses, permits, certificates or other authorizations or approvals which constitute Excluded Assets to be transferred to Seller Parent or any Retained Subsidiary and (e) the executing, acknowledging and delivering of such documents and instruments and the taking of such other actions as may reasonably be requested by the other Party in furtherance of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d); provided that except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement or any Ancillary Implementing Agreement, including Section 6.3, none of Seller Parent, Purchaser Parent or any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to expend any money, commence any litigation or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise) in connection with the foregoing (other than filing and other fees owed to any Governmental Authority in connection with any Filings to be made with or Approvals to be obtained from Governmental Authorities, for which Purchaser shall be responsible and shall reimburse Seller Parent and its Affiliates). Purchaser agrees to provide such reasonable security and assurances as to financial capability, resources and creditworthiness as may be reasonably requested by any Governmental Authority whose Approval is sought in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Without limiting and in furtherance of the provisions of Section 6.4(a), and in order to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements on a timely basis, promptly following the date hereof Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent shall organize a transition team (the “Transition Team”), co-chaired by a representative of Seller Parent and by a representative of Purchaser Parent and including equal representation of Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent, which Transition Team shall, following the Closing, have responsibility for (A) coordinating and directing the efforts of the Parties with respect to (1) the administration and coordination of the Ancillary Agreements following the Closing, (2) subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.2, Section 6.3 and Section 6.4(a), the process for seeking applicable third party consents, Approvals, and Governmental Authorizations and making required filings or notices in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (3) coordinating and directing the efforts of the Parties with respect to Shared Contracts in accordance with Section 2.2 as well as the efforts of the Parties with respect to the assets and liabilities contemplated by Section 2.2, (B) coordinating communications, public relations and investor relations strategy and approach of the Parties regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with this Agreement, and (C) overseeing other business and operational matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with this Agreement, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and (C), subject to applicable Laws, including Laws regarding the exchange of information and Antitrust Laws, and the other provisions of this Agreement, including those regarding access and cooperation (it being understood that this Section 6.4(b) is intended to facilitate the administration of the matters referred to herein and is not intended to expand the scope of or alter the substantive rights and obligations of the Parties under any other provisions of this Agreement).
(c) Purchaser Parent shall develop, in consultation with Seller Parent, a detailed written transition plan (the “Transition Plan”) which shall set forth integration planning goals, activities and processes with respect to the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date and the transition activities to be implemented after the Closing Date. The Transition Plan shall also include reasonably detailed plans in respect of the matters set forth in Section 6.4(c) of the Purchaser Parent Disclosure Letter. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Transition Plan shall be prepared for convenience and informational purposes only, shall not be binding on any Party or its respective Affiliates, and the taking of, or failure to take, any action set forth in the Transition Plan shall in no event be a condition to the obligations of either Party to consummate the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Purchaser Parent shall consult in good faith with Seller Parent prior to the Closing regarding (i) the identity of the initial direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser and (ii) the initial Business Plan (as defined in the Purchaser Shareholders Agreement), including any updates to any draft Business Plan previously provided, to be adopted by Purchaser as of the Closing. If, as part of such consultation, Seller Parent wishes to escalate any matter regarding the foregoing matters, it shall be entitled to convene, on reasonable notice, a meeting between the Chief Executive Officers of Seller Parent and Purchaser Parent to discuss such matters. In the event any disagreements regarding the foregoing matters cannot be resolved by such Chief Executive Officers prior to the Closing, the Chief Executive Officer of Purchaser Parent shall make the final determination with respect thereto.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and applicable law, each of the parties shall act in good faith and use 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 make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, and the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their (and their respective Subsidiaries') directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and representatives, to (i) consult and cooperate with and provide assistance to each other in the preparation and filing with the SEC of the preliminary Proxy Statement, the Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement and all necessary amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) obtain all consents, approvals, waivers, licenses, permits, authorizations, registrations, qualifications or other permissions or actions by, and give all necessary notices to, and make all filings with and applications and submissions to, any Governmental Entity or other Person necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable; (iii) provide all such information concerning such party, its Subsidiaries and its officers, directors, employees, partners and affiliates as may be necessary or reasonably requested in connection with any of the foregoing; (iv) avoid the entry of, or have vacated or terminated, any injunction, decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent, or delay the consummation of the Merger, including but not limited to defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any Person; and (v) take any and all reasonable steps necessary to avoid or eliminate every impediment under any antitrust, competition, or trade regulation law that is asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the consummation of the Merger to occur as expeditiously as possible. Prior to making any application to or filing with a Governmental Entity or other entity in connection with this Agreement (other than filing under the HSR Act), each party shall provide the other party with drafts thereof and afford the other party a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
(b) The Company and the Bidder shall keep the other reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by the Bidder or the Company, as the case may be, or by any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc (a) The Borrowers will, and will cause each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors security interests and Mortgages in such assets and properties (in the case of Real Property, limited to Material Real Property) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors as are acquired after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Excluded Collateral) and as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Collateral Agent (collectively, as may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Additional Security Documents”). All such security interests and Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation consistent with any Security Documents entered into on the Closing Date or otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent and (subject to exceptions as are reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) shall constitute, upon taking all necessary perfection action (which the Credit Parties agree to take pursuant to clause (e) below) valid and enforceable perfected security interests and Mortgages (except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law)), subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons other than holders of Permitted Liens with priority by virtue of applicable law and subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Liens. The Additional Security Documents or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect (subject to exceptions as are reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Security Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to pledge any of its assets to secure any obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Documents or guarantee the obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Documents.
(b) Subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to any Person that is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary) after the Closing Date, (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing all (or such lesser amount as is required) of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity Interests, and all intercompany notes owing from such Subsidiary to any Credit Party together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of such Credit Party (in each case, to the extent required pursuant to the Security Agreement), (ii) cause such new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (A) to execute a joinder agreement to the Guaranty Agreement and a joinder agreement to each applicable Security Document, substantially in the form annexed thereto, and (B) to take all actions reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Lien created by the applicable Security Document to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and (iii) solely in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that Lead Borrower has elected to cause to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, at the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders, of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in this Section 9.12(b) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) The Borrowers will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties that are Restricted Subsidiaries of Lead Borrower to, at the expense of Lead Borrower, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at Lead Borrower’s expense, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory of the Security Documents to the extent deemed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably necessary for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted by the applicable Security Document.
(d) If the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that it or the Lenders are required by law or regulation to have appraisals prepared in respect of any Mortgaged Property, the Borrowers will, at its own expense, provide to the Administrative Agent appraisals which satisfy the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of the Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
(e) The Borrowers agree that each action required by clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 9.12 shall be completed in no event later than 90 days after such action is required to be taken pursuant to such clauses or requested to be taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall otherwise agree, including with respect to any Real Property acquired after the Closing Date that Lead Borrower has notified the Collateral Agent that it intends to dispose of pursuant to a disposition permitted by Section 10.04), as the case may be; provided that, in no event will the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries be required to take any action to obtain consents from third parties with respect to its compliance with this Section 9.12; provided further that, the Borrowers shall give the Collateral Agent 45 days written notice prior to granting any Mortgage to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors as required herein and shall not grant such Mortgage until (i) the Collateral Agent has provided written notice to the Borrowers of the completion of all required flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance which notice states that the Collateral Agent is satisfied with the results thereof and (ii) the expiration of such 45 day period with no Lender having provided notice to Lead Borrower that it has not completed any necessary flood insurance due diligence or flood insurance compliance or that it is not satisfied with the results of any such due diligence or compliance (and the date by which any Credit Party is required to deliver Mortgages hereunder shall automatically be extended to the extent necessary to comply with the foregoing). Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the grant of any Mortgage on Mortgaged Property of the Credit Parties (or any increase, extension or renewal of any Loans or Commitments at a time when any Mortgaged Property is subject to a Mortgage) shall be subject to (and conditioned upon) the prior delivery to the Collateral Agent of “life-of-loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determinations with respect to each Mortgaged Property and, to the extent any improved Mortgaged Property is located in an area determined by the Federal Emergency Agency (or any successor agency) to be a special flood hazard area, (i) delivery by the Collateral Agent to Lead Borrower of a notice of special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance and, if such notice is delivered to Lead Borrower at least two (2) Business Days prior to such grant, increase, extension or renewal, a duly executed acknowledgment of receipt thereof by Lead Borrower and (ii) evidence of flood insurance as required by Section 9.03 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in any Credit Document to the contrary, if the Collateral Agent or any Lender is not satisfied with the results of any flood insurance due diligence or flood insurance compliance or any of the deliveries referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, and determines it is in its best interest not to require a Mortgage on any Mortgaged Property, the Credit Parties shall not be required to grant a Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property in favor of such Person or otherwise comply with respect to such Person with the provisions of the Credit Documents relating to Mortgages.
Further Assurances and Actions Each Party, upon the request of the other Party, without further consideration, will do, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged or delivered all such further acts, deeds, documents, assignments, transfers, conveyances, powers of attorney, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary to effect complete consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to do all such other acts, as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement. The Parties agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
