Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements; Etc (a) Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would (i) increase the interest rate on such Indebtedness; (ii) accelerate the dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on, or increase the principal amount of, such Indebtedness; (iii) change in a manner materially adverse to the Borrower any event of default or add or make more restrictive any covenant with respect to such Indebtedness; (iv) change in a manner adverse to the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption or put provisions of such Indebtedness; (v) change the subordination provisions thereof (or the subordination terms of any guaranty thereof), if any; or (vi) change or amend any other term if such change or amendment would increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness in a manner adverse to the Borrower or the Lender, except in the case of this Section 7.7(a), if the incurrence of such Indebtedness, upon such amended terms, is not prohibited hereunder.
(b) Except as permitted by Section 7.2, amend, modify or otherwise change its name, jurisdiction of formation or organizational identification number, in each case without providing the Lender not less than five (5) days prior written notice (or such shorter notice as the Lender may consent to in writing in its sole discretion).
(c) Without not less than five (5) days prior written consent of the Lender, change any executive officer of the Borrower.
(d) Amend, modify or otherwise change its Formation Documents or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it, with respect to any of its Equity Interests, or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Equity Interests, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this Section 7.7(d) that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not adverse to the Lender and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Obligations to Related Parties Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g), neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations to their respective officers, directors, stockholders or employees other than:
(i) for payment of salary for services rendered and for bonus payments;
(ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on its or its Subsidiaries’ behalf;
(iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by its and its Subsidiaries’ Board of Directors, as applicable); and
(iv) obligations listed in its and each of its Subsidiary’s financial statements or disclosed in any of the Parent’s Exchange Act Filings. Except as described above or set forth on Schedule 12(g), none of its officers, directors or, to the best of its knowledge, key employees or stockholders, any of its Subsidiaries or any members of their immediate families, are indebted to it or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $50,000 or have any direct or indirect ownership interest in any Person with which it or any of its Subsidiaries is affiliated or with which it or any of its Subsidiaries has a business relationship, or any Person which competes with it or any of its Subsidiaries, other than passive investments in publicly traded companies (representing less than one percent (1%) of such company) which may compete with it or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as described above, none of its officers, directors or stockholders, or any member of their immediate families, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material contract with it or any of its Subsidiaries and no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions are contemplated between it or any of its Subsidiaries and any such Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g), neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other Person.
Other Indebtedness and Agreements (a) Permit (i) any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment, termination or release of any indenture, instrument or agreement pursuant to which the Second Lien Term Loan or any subordinated Material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is outstanding if the effect of such waiver, supplement, modification, amendment, termination or release would materially increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness in a manner adverse to Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or the Lenders; provided that the Second Lien Term Loan Documents may be amended in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, or (ii) any waiver, supplement, modification or amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or partnership agreement or other organizational documents to the extent any such waiver, supplement, modification or amendment would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
(i) Make any distribution, whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, other than regular scheduled payments of principal and interest as and when due (to the extent not prohibited by applicable subordination provisions), in respect of, or pay, or commit to pay, or directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire for consideration, or set apart any sum for the aforesaid purposes any Indebtedness (other than the Loans), other than in respect of Indebtedness under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, with Declined Proceeds applied in accordance with the mandatory prepayment provisions of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as contemplated by Section 2.13(h), or in the case of Declined Proceeds that are retained by the Borrower after having been declined by (x) the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(f) and (y) the lenders under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement pursuant to the mandatory prepayment provisions thereof, with such Declined Proceeds in accordance with the voluntary prepayment provisions of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, or (ii) pay in cash any amount in respect of any Indebtedness or preferred Equity Interests that may at the obligor’s option be paid in kind or in other securities (other than the Second Lien Term Loans).
PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS BY RELATED PERSONS Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Sellers will cause all indebtedness owed to an Acquired Company by either Seller or any Related Person of either Seller to be paid in full prior to Closing.
Waivers; Other Agreements No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness A default or event of default shall occur at any time under the terms of any other agreement involving borrowed money or the extension of credit or any other Indebtedness under which any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party may be obligated as a borrower or guarantor in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate, and such breach, default or event of default consists of the failure to pay (beyond any period of grace permitted with respect thereto, whether waived or not) any indebtedness when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or if such breach or default permits or causes the acceleration of any indebtedness (whether or not such right shall have been waived) or the termination of any commitment to lend;
Certain Other Agreements The Unitholder hereby:
(a) agrees to promptly notify Parent of the number of any new Securities acquired by the Unitholder after the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Date; provided that any such Securities shall automatically be subject to the terms of this Agreement as though owned by the Unitholder on the date hereof;
(b) agrees to permit Parent to publish and disclose in the Joint Proxy Statement, other filings with the SEC and in the press release announcing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Unitholder’s identity and ownership of the Securities and the nature of the Unitholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement; provided that Parent agrees that it shall only publish and disclose the ownership of the Unitholder on an aggregate basis with the Partnership Unitholders who have entered into a Partnership Support Agreement on the date hereof; and
(c) shall and does authorize Parent or its counsel to notify the Partnership’s transfer agent that there is a stop transfer order with respect to all of the Securities (and that this Agreement places limits on the voting and transfer of such shares); provided that Parent or its counsel further notifies the Partnership’s transfer agent to lift and vacate the stop transfer order with respect to the Securities on the earlier of (x) following the Expiration Date and (y) the date on which the Approval is obtained.
Agreement Not in Breach of Other Instruments The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or conflict with, any agreement or other instrument to which the Buyer is a party or by which it is bound, the Certificate of Formation and the Partnership Agreement, any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator by which the Buyer is bound, or any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Buyer which would have a material effect on the transactions contemplated hereby.
Obligations of Parent In connection with any registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article 1, Parent shall:
(a) Use its reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC at the Effective Time or as soon as practicable thereafter and to remain effective until the earlier to occur of (x) the first anniversary of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (subject to extension to reflect any Suspension Period) and (y) such period as will terminate when all of the securities covered by the Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof by the Holders; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (x), with respect to an Offering for which Parent has received notice in accordance with Section 1.3 and which is intended to occur within a reasonable period of time (but no later than 90 days) following such notice, Parent will use its reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective for such longer period (not to exceed five years after the Registration Statement is first declared effective) as in the opinion of counsel for any underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with any such Offering by an underwriter or dealer with respect to those Registrable Securities subject to such Offering.
(b) Use its reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date thereof (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (as applicable, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) used in connection therewith as may be necessary to make and to keep the Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities proposed to be registered in such Registration Statement in accordance with the terms of any Offering. A reasonable time prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, Parent will provide copies of such documents to the Holders participating in such Offering and provide such Holders and their counsel with an adequate opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Furnish to the participating Holders such number of copies of any Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, as the Holders may reasonably request in order to effect the offering and sale of the shares of Registrable Securities to be offered and sold, but only while Parent shall be required under the provisions hereof to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective.
(e) Subject to the proviso to Section 1.2, use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares of Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states as the participating Holders shall reasonably request and maintain any such registration or qualification current until the earlier to occur of the time periods set forth in Section 1.4(a).
(f) Promptly notify each Holder at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act within the appropriate period referred to in Section 1.4(a), of Parent’s becoming aware that the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, or as such prospectus may be amended or supplemented, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such Holder to promptly prepare and furnish to such Holder a number of copies of an amendment or supplemental prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing. In the event Parent shall give any such notice, each Holder shall immediately suspend use of the prospectus.
(g) Cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by Parent are then listed and, if not so listed, to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market or the New York Stock Exchange.
(h) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(i) In connection with any Offering that is to be underwritten, enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form for similar offerings) and take all such other actions as a Holder or the underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with terms of any Offering.
(j) Make reasonably available for inspection by any Holder of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any Offering, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such Holder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of Parent, and use its reasonable efforts to cause Parent’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Offering (including, with respect to any Offering that is to be underwritten, using its reasonable efforts to furnish to the underwriters for such Offering a cold comfort letter from Parent’s accountant in customary form covering such matters as are customarily covered by such letters).
(k) In connection with any Offering that is to be underwritten, use its reasonable efforts to provide to the underwriters for such Offering a legal opinion of Parent’s outside counsel with respect to the registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included therein (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature.
(l) In connection with any Offering that is to be underwritten, make reasonably available its employees and personnel and otherwise provide reasonable and customary assistance to any underwriters in the marketing of Registrable Securities pursuant to such underwritten Offering.
(m) If requested in writing by the managing underwriters, with respect to any Offering that is to be underwritten, Parent agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, in each case for its own account, during the time period reasonably requested by the managing underwriters, not to exceed seven days prior to and 60days following the pricing of any underwritten Offering (except as part of such underwritten registration or pursuant to registrations on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor forms).
(n) Reasonably cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be Transferred and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may reasonably request at least one business day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities.
Authorization; Other Agreements The Secured Parties are hereby authorized, without notice to or demand upon any Guarantor and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and without incurring any liability hereunder, from time to time, to do each of the following:
(a) (i) modify, amend, supplement or otherwise change, (ii) accelerate or otherwise change the time of payment or (iii) waive or otherwise consent to noncompliance with, any Guaranteed Obligation or any Loan Document;
(b) apply to the Guaranteed Obligations any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any Guaranteed Obligation in such order as provided in the Loan Documents;
(c) refund at any time any payment received by any Secured Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(d) (i) Sell, exchange, enforce, waive, substitute, liquidate, terminate, release, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, accept, substitute, surrender, exchange, affect, impair or otherwise alter or release any Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligation or any other guaranty therefor in any manner, (ii) receive, take and hold additional Collateral to secure any Guaranteed Obligation, (iii) add, release or substitute any one or more other Guarantors, makers or endorsers of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof and (iv) otherwise deal in any manner with the Borrower and any other Guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof; and
(e) settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Guaranteed Obligations.
