Tail Financing Aegis shall be entitled to compensation under Section 3 herein, calculated in the manner set forth therein, with respect to any public or private offering or other financing or capital raising transaction of any kind (“Tail Financing”) to the extent that such financing or capital is provided to the Company by funds whom ▇▇▇▇▇ had contacted during the Engagement Period or introduced to the Company during the Engagement Period, if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the twelve (12) month period following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Bank Financing The Buyer’s ability to purchase the Property is contingent upon the Buyer’s ability to obtain financing under the following conditions: (check one) ☐ - Conventional Loan ☐ - FHA Loan (Attach Required Addendums) ☐ - VA Loan (Attach Required Addendums) ☐ - Other:
Cooperation with Financing (a) Prior to the Closing, each of the Seller Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to provide, and shall cause the other Target Companies to use reasonable best efforts to provide, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives to provide, in each case at US Buyer’s sole cost and expense, such cooperation as may reasonably be requested by US Buyer that is customary and necessary in connection with arranging and obtaining the Financing contemplated by the Commitment Letter, including (in each case to the extent that the same is reasonably requested or is otherwise expressly required by the Commitment Letter):
(i) assisting in preparation for and participation in marketing efforts (including a reasonable number of meetings with prospective lenders on reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours, due diligence and drafting sessions, and not more than one presentation and session with rating agencies);
(ii) providing the Required Financial Information to US Buyer;
(iii) if the Closing has not occurred, on or prior to February 14, 2017, furnishing US Buyer and the Financing Sources on or before February 15, 2017, with the unaudited consolidated balance sheet, consolidated income statement and consolidated cash flow statement of the Business for the 12 months ended December 31, 2016;
(iv) furnishing US Buyer and the Financing Sources with all other financial and other pertinent information regarding the Business as is required by the Commitment Letter and reasonably requested by US Buyer; provided, that no such preparation of materials or information (including in relation to clause (a)(i) above) shall require the preparation by any Seller Party, Target Company or the Business of pro forma financial or other pro forma information not currently available as of the date of this Agreement;
(v) facilitating delivery at the Closing of customary evidence of property and liability insurance, including endorsements in favor of the Financing Sources;
(vi) executing and delivering such documents, instruments, certificates or information, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the Financing (including all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act) so long as any such documents, instruments certificates or information are requested by US Buyer at least ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(vii) delivering such officer’s certificates as are customary in financings of such type (including a certificate of the chief financial officer of US Seller with respect to solvency matters in the form attached to the Commitment Letter) and as are, in the good faith determination of the Person(s) executing such certificates, accurate in all material respects, and agreeing to pledge, grant security interests in, and otherwise grant Liens on, the Assets pursuant to such agreements, documents, instruments and certificates as may be reasonably requested (including such agreements, documents or certificates that facilitate the creation, perfection or enforcement of Liens securing the Financing (including original copies of all certificated securities (with transfer powers executed in blank)) as may be reasonably requested by US Buyer, and executing and delivering any pledge and security documents and otherwise facilitating the pledging of collateral); provided that no obligation of the Seller Parties, the Target Companies or any of their Subsidiaries under any such agreement or other financing document shall be effective until the Closing;
(viii) taking all corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Financing; and
(ix) executing and delivering definitive agreements (the “Definitive Financing Agreements”) with respect to the Financing, subject to the occurrence of the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (1) US Buyer shall ensure that such requested cooperation does not unreasonably interfere with the Business (it being understood and agreed that neither any Seller nor any Target Company shall be required to take any action that unreasonably interferes with the Business); (2) neither any Seller nor any Target Company nor any of their respective Representatives, shall, in connection with the Financing: (A) be required to take any action that would result in a violation of applicable Law or breach of any Contract or subject it to actual or potential Liability; (B) have any Liability under any Definitive Financing Agreement or any related document or other agreement or document related to the Financing, other than any such Liability of any Target Company following the Closing; (C) be required to incur any other Liability in connection with the Financing, other than any other Liability incurred by any Target Company following the Closing; (D) be required to disclose or provide any information the disclosure of which, in the reasonable judgment of any Seller or any Target Company supported by outside legal counsel, is restricted by Contract, applicable Law or Order, is subject to attorney-client privilege, or would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or violate any obligation of any Seller or any Target Company with respect to confidentiality; (E) be required to enter into or perform under any agreement with respect to the Financing that is not contingent upon the Closing or that would be effective prior to or simultaneous with the Closing, or (F) be required to waive or amend any terms of this Agreement or agree to pay any fees or reimburse any expenses prior to the Closing for which it has not received prior reimbursement or is not otherwise indemnified by or on behalf of any Buyer.
(b) US Buyer shall, promptly upon request by the Sellers’ Representative, reimburse Sellers and the Target Companies and/or their respective Representatives for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of outside counsel and other advisors, incurred by any Seller, any Target Company or such Representative in connection with the cooperation contemplated by Section 7.18(a). US Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Sellers, the Target Companies and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “Financing Indemnitees”) against any and all Losses (including advancing attorneys’ fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any Proceeding) directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by the Financing Indemnitees in connection with the Financing, including any information provided in connection therewith or the cooperation by any Seller or any Target Company with respect thereto, in each case, other than to the extent arising out of any Seller’s, any Target Company’s or any of their respective Representative’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. This Section 7.18(b) shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Closing and any termination of this Agreement, and is intended to benefit, and may be enforced by, the Financing Indemnitees and their respective heirs, executors, estates, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and shall be binding on all successors and permitted assigns of Buyers.
(c) Each Seller Party hereby consents, and agrees to cause the other Target Companies to consent to, to the use of its and their logos solely in connection with the Financing upon prior notice to the Sellers’ Representative; provided, however, that such logos shall be used solely in a manner that is not intended or reasonably likely to harm, disparage or otherwise adversely affect any Seller Party or any other Target Company.
(d) Each Buyer acknowledges and agrees that, other than the obligations to cooperate expressly set forth in this Section 7.18, no Seller or any Target Company has any responsibility or liability in relation to any financing that any Buyer may seek or obtain in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Pre-financing Pre-financing is intended to provide the beneficiary with a float. Where required by the provisions of Article I.4 on pre-financing, the beneficiary shall furnish a financial guarantee from a bank or an approved financial institution established in one of the Member States of the European Union. The guarantor shall stand as first call guarantor and shall not require the Commission to have recourse against the principal debtor (the beneficiary). The financial guarantee shall remain in force until final payments by the Commission match the proportion of the total grant accounted for by pre-financing. The Commission undertakes to release the guarantee within 30 days following that date.
Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable.
(b) In the event that any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions), the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain any such portion from alternative sources, on terms, taken as whole, that are no less favorable than the terms contained in the Debt Commitment Letters, as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of such event.
(c) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall use their reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to use their reasonable best efforts to, provide all cooperation in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested, including:
(i) participation in meetings, due diligence sessions, drafting sessions, presentations, “road shows” and sessions with prospective Financing Sources, investors and ratings agencies, and reasonably cooperating with the marketing efforts of the Company and its Financing Sources, in each case in connection with the Debt Financing;
(ii) assisting with the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, offering documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda (including a bank information memorandum that does not include material non-public information and the delivery of customary authorization letters with respect to the bank information memoranda and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing), prospectuses and similar documents required in connection with the Debt Financing;
(iii) timely furnishing financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company, the Core MTS Business and/or the Echo Business, including financial statements, pro forma financial information, financial data, audit reports and other information of the type required by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and other information of the type customarily (A) included in a bank information memorandum (including pro forma financial information) and (B) a registered offering of debt securities by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and of the type and form that are customarily included in a private placement of debt securities pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and including, in any event, all information and data necessary to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraphs 8, 9 and 12 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (collectively, the “Required Information”), all of which shall be provided by the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco or their respective Affiliates as promptly as practicable after the date hereof;
(iv) obtaining (x) accountants’ comfort letters, legal opinions, surveys and title insurance, certificates and insurance endorsements and (y) other reasonably requested documents at least 10 days prior to the Closing to the extent required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations including the USA PATRIOT Act in order to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraph 13 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters;
(v) facilitating the granting of a security interest (and perfection thereof) at Closing in collateral as security for the Debt Financing; and
(vi) (x) taking corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the proceeds thereof to be made available to the Company and (y) executing and delivering any commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements, registration statements, credit agreements, indentures, pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents or other requested certificates or documents, including a customary solvency certificate by the chief financial officer or person performing similar functions of the Company in the form of Annex I to Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (provided that (A) none of the letters (except the authorization letters contemplated by clause (ii) above), agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall be executed and delivered by any such Persons (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) except at the Closing and their respective Representatives executing any such letters, agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall remain as officers of the Company, (B) the effectiveness thereof (other than with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall be conditioned upon, or only become operative after, the occurrence of the Closing and (C) no personal liability shall be imposed on the officers or employees involved); provided, that nothing in this Section 5.03 shall require MCK, or the Echo Parties (or any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and, subject to the consummation of the Closing, Echo Holdco and its Subsidiaries and the MCK Contributed Entities) to (1) pledge or cause or permit any Lien to be placed on any of their respective assets in connection with the Debt Financing,(2) guarantee any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness or (3) incur any liability in connection with the Debt Financing.
(d) All material non-public information provided by MCK or the Echo Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be kept confidential in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement, except that the Parties shall be permitted to disclose such information to the Financing Sources and other potential sources of capital, rating agencies and prospective lenders (but not prospective investors in any debt securities offering) during syndication of the Debt Financing or any permitted replacement, amended, modified or alternative financing subject to the potential sources of capital, ratings agencies and prospective lenders and investors entering into customary confidentiality undertakings with respect to such information (including through a notice and undertaking in a form customarily used in confidential information memoranda for senior credit facilities).
(e) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall cooperate with, and take all actions reasonably required by, the other Parties in order to facilitate the termination and payoff of the commitments under the Echo Holdco Debt at or prior to Closing (including the repayment in full of all obligations then outstanding thereunder and the release of all encumbrances, security interests and collateral and the termination of all guaranties and the agreements evidencing subordination in connection therewith at or prior to the Closing).
