Additional Covenants of the Company The Company further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
Environmental Covenants The Borrower covenants and agrees that:
(i) all uses and operations on or of each Project, whether by the Borrower or any other Person, shall be in compliance with all Environmental Laws and permits issued pursuant thereto;
(ii) except for Releases incidental to the Use of Hazardous Substances permitted by clause (iii) below and in compliance with all Applicable Laws, the Borrower shall not permit a Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from any Project;
(iii) the Borrower shall not knowingly permit Hazardous Substances in, on, or under any Project, except those that are in compliance with all Environmental Laws and of types and in quantities customarily used in the ownership, operation and maintenance of buildings similar to the Projects (i.e., materials used in cleaning and other building operations) and shall undertake to supervise and inspect activities occurring on the Projects as may be reasonably prudent to comply with the foregoing obligation;
(iv) except as disclosed in Schedule 8.11 or as specifically described in the Environmental Reports, the Borrower shall not permit any underground storage tanks to be in, on, or under any Project, and shall operate, maintain, repair and replace any such underground storage tank so disclosed in compliance with all Applicable Laws;
(v) Reserved;
(vi) the Borrower shall keep each Project free and clear of all Liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law, whether due to any act or omission of the Borrower or any other Person (collectively, “Environmental Liens”);
(vii) notwithstanding clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall not, or knowingly permit any other Person to, install any asbestos or asbestos containing materials on any Project, and shall upon and following the Closing Date implement, comply with and maintain in effect an operations and maintenance program with respect to any existing asbestos or asbestos containing materials located at any Project;
(viii) the Borrower shall cause the Remediation of such Hazardous Substances present on, under or emanating from any Project, or migrating onto or into any Project, in accordance with this Agreement and applicable Environmental Laws subject to the right to contest such Remediation in accordance with Section 7(a) of the Environmental Indemnity; and
(ix) the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their representatives (A) with access, upon prior reasonable notice, at reasonable times (during normal business hours) to all or any portion of any Project for purposes of inspection; provided that such inspections shall not unreasonably interfere with the operation of such Project or the tenants or occupants thereof, and shall be subject to the rights of tenants under their Leases, and the Borrower shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their representatives in connection with such inspections, including, but not limited to, providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable persons available for interviews and (B) promptly upon request, copies of all environmental investigations, studies, audits, reviews or other analyses conducted by or that are in the possession or control of the Borrower in relation to any Project, whether heretofore or hereafter obtained.
Specific Financial Covenants During the term of this Agreement, and thereafter for so long as there are any Obligations to Lender, Borrower covenants that, unless otherwise consented to by Lender in writing, it shall:
Environmental Covenant Each of Holdco and Borrower shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to:
(a) comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations, facilities and properties; conduct all Response Actions required by, and in accordance with, Environmental Laws; provided that no Loan Party shall be required to undertake any Response Action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP; and keep the Administrative Agent reasonably informed of known, potential and alleged Environmental Liability and actions taken to address such Environmental Liability, except for such Environmental Liability and responsive actions that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) at the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders, upon their reasonable belief that Borrower has breached any representation or warranty or covenant in this Agreement relating to Environmental Laws, which request shall specify in reasonable detail the basis therefor, provide, at such Person’s sole cost and expense, an environmental site assessment report (which may include where appropriate testing and sampling, inter alia, sampling of soil and groundwater) concerning such matter, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Material and the potential cost of any Remedial Action in connection with such Hazardous Material on, at, under or emanating from such property pursuant to Environmental Law; provided that such request may be made only (i) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect individually or in the aggregate with other Environmental Liabilities (in such events as are listed in this paragraph, the environmental site assessment shall be focused upon the noncompliance or other circumstances as applicable). If any Person fails to provide such a report within 45 days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may order the same, and such Person shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders and their agents access to such property and specifically grants the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to perform such an assessment in a reasonable manner, all at such Person’s sole cost and expense; and
(c) promptly, from time to time, provide such information and certifications which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 5.06.
Additional Covenants of the Parties 5.1 Preparation of the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Stockholders Meeting.
(a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, but in any event within forty (40) Business Days following the date of this Agreement (to the extent practicable), Parent and the Company shall jointly prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus in preliminary form and Parent shall prepare (with the cooperation of the Company) and file with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, and each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto; provided, that consistent with the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall use their good faith efforts to make the initial filing of the Form S-4 within thirty (30) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the failure to make such filing within such thirty (30) Business Day period shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement for any purpose. Each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing. Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders and the Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified) required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and under the Company Plans and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Common Stock and rights to acquire Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company Plans as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. The Parties shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 or for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of all correspondence between such Party or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Form S-4 or the Merger. Each Party shall give each other Party an opportunity to participate in any discussions or meetings such Party has with the SEC in connection with the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Form S-4 or the Merger. Notwithstanding the foregoing, before filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or mailing the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of Parent and the Company (i) shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response), (ii) shall include in such document or response all comments reasonably proposed by the other and (iii) shall not file or mail such document or respond to the SEC prior to receiving the approval of the other (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each of Parent and the Company shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock included in the Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of Parent and the Company shall also take any other action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified) required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the Merger and the share issuance.
(b) If before the First Effective Time, any event occurs with respect to the Company, or any change occurs with respect to other information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of such event, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 and, as required by law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company’s stockholders.
(c) If before the First Effective Time, any event occurs with respect to Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, or change occurs with respect to other information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of such event, and Parent and the Company shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 and, as required by Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company’s stockholders.
(d) The Company shall, as soon as practicable following effectiveness of the Form S-4, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (including any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof, the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of, among other things, seeking the Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to: (x) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act; (y) solicit from the holders of Company Common Stock proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger; and (z) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Company Common Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such approval.
(e) Parent shall, as soon as practicable following effectiveness of the Form S-4, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (including any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof, the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of, among other things, seeking from the holders of Parent Capital Stock proxies in favor of the approval of the issuance of the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to: (x) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act; (y) solicit from the holders of Parent Capital Stock proxies in favor of the issuance of the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger; and (z) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Parent Capital Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such approval.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company will be permitted to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of the Company Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Company Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Company Stockholders Meeting; (ii) the Company is required to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law, order or a request from the SEC; or (iii) the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting (including, if the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law) in order to give the stockholders of the Company sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that the Company has sent to the stockholders of the Company or otherwise made available to the stockholders of the Company by issuing a press release, filing materials with the SEC or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent will be permitted to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of the Parent Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Parent Stockholders Meeting; (ii) Parent is required to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law, order or a request from the SEC; or (iii) the Parent Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting (including, if the Parent Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law) in order to give the stockholders of Parent sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that Parent has sent to the stockholders of Parent or otherwise made available to the stockholders of Parent by issuing a press release, filing materials with the SEC or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Bank has any obligation to make any Loans or the Agent has any obligation to issue, extend or renew any Letters of Credit:
Operating Covenants From the Execution Date until the Closing or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement as contemplated hereby, except (t) as required by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (u) as required by any lease, Contract, or instrument listed on any Annex, Disclosure Schedule or Schedule, as applicable, (v) as required by any Applicable Law or any Governmental Authority (including by order or directive of the Bankruptcy Court or fiduciary duty of the board of managers of any Seller or its Affiliates) or any requirements or limitations resulting from the Bankruptcy Cases, (w) to the extent related solely to Excluded Assets and/or Excluded Liabilities, (x) for renewal of expiring insurance coverage in the Ordinary Course of Business, (y) for emergency operations or (z) as otherwise consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) Sellers will:
(i) subject to any Bankruptcy Court order to the contrary, operate the Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ii) maintain or cause its Affiliates to maintain the books of account and records relating to the Assets in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, in accordance with its usual accounting practices;
(iii) give written notice to Buyer as soon as is practicable of any material damage or casualty to or destruction or condemnation of any Asset of which Sellers have Knowledge;
(iv) use reasonable best efforts to maintain insurance coverage on the Assets in the amounts and types described on Disclosure Schedule 3.10; and
(v) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain or cause its Affiliates to maintain all Permits (including Environmental Permits) required for the operation of the Assets as presently conducted; and
(b) no Seller shall:
(i) sell, lease or otherwise transfer any Asset, or otherwise voluntarily divest or relinquish any right or asset, other than (A) sales or other dispositions of materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, improvements or other personal property or fixtures in the Ordinary Course of Business which have been replaced with an item of substantially equal suitability and (B) dispositions of Excluded Assets;
(ii) enter into any material Contract that if entered into prior to the Execution Date would be required to be listed in Disclosure Schedule 3.05(a) other than (A) Contracts of the type described in Section 3.05(a)(iii) and Section 3.05(a)(viii) entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business (provided that Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Buyer of the terms of any such Contract prior to the execution thereof), (B) confidentiality agreements entered into in accordance with the Bid Procedures Order, (C) contracts or agreements entered into in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases (including any in connection with an Alternative Transaction) and (D) Contracts that would not adversely affect the Assets in any material respect;
(iii) amend or modify in any material respect or terminate any Purchased Contract (other than termination or expiration in accordance with its terms) or any Permits (including Environmental Permits) required for the operation of the Assets as presently conducted;
(iv) change the methods of accounting or accounting practice by Sellers, except as required by concurrent changes in Applicable Law or GAAP as agreed to by its independent public accountants; or
(v) to the extent any of the following would reasonably have the effect of increasing the Non-Income Tax liability of Buyer for any period after the Closing Date, (A) make any settlement of or compromise any Non-Income Tax liability with respect to the Assets, (B) change any Non-Income Tax election or Non-Income Tax method of accounting or make any new Non-Income Tax election or adopt any new Non-Income Tax method of accounting with respect to the Assets; (C) surrender any right to claim a refund of Non-Income Taxes with respect to the Assets; or (D) consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Non-Income Tax claim or assessment with respect to the Assets.
Certain Financial Covenants In addition to the covenants described in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2, so long as any Commitment remains in effect, any Advance is outstanding or any amount is owing to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the Borrower will perform and comply with each of the covenants set forth on Schedule VI.
Financial Covenants (a) The Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained records and accounts adequate to reflect in accordance with sound accounting practices the operations, resources and expenditures in respect of the Project of the departments or agencies of the Borrower responsible for carrying out the Project or any part thereof.
(b) The Borrower shall:
(i) have the records and accounts referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section including those for the Special Account for each fiscal year audited, in accordance with appropriate auditing principles consistently applied, by independent auditors acceptable to the Association;
(ii) furnish to the Association, as soon as available, but in any case not later than six months after the end of each such year, a certified copy of the report of such audit by said auditors, of such scope and in such detail as the Association shall have reasonably requested; and
(iii) furnish to the Association such other information concerning said records, accounts and the audit thereof as the Association shall from time to time reasonably request.
(c) For all expenditures with respect to which withdrawals from the Credit Account were made on the basis of statements of expenditure, the Borrower shall:
(i) maintain or cause to be maintained, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section, records and accounts reflecting such expenditures;
(ii) retain, until at least one year after the Association has received the audit report for the fiscal year in which the last withdrawal from the Credit Account or payment out of the Special Account was made, all records (contracts, orders, invoices, bills, receipts and other documents) evidencing such expenditures;
(iii) enable the Association’s representatives to examine such records; and
(iv) ensure that such records and accounts are included in the annual audit referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and that the report of such audit contains a separate opinion by said auditors as to whether the statements of expenditure submitted during such fiscal year, together with the procedures and internal controls involved in their preparation, can be relied upon to support the related withdrawals.
Financial Covenant Calculations The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of all calculations made in determining compliance for any applicable period with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 and for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, (i) after consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, (A) income statement items and other balance sheet items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the target acquired in such transaction shall be included in such calculations to the extent relating to such applicable period (including by adding any cost saving synergies associated with such Permitted Acquisition in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent), subject to adjustments mutually acceptable to Borrowers and the Agent and (B) Indebtedness of a target which is retired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition shall be excluded from such calculations and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of such applicable period and (ii) after any Disposition permitted by Section 6.8), (A) income statement items, cash flow statement items and balance sheet items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or assets disposed of shall be excluded in such calculations to the extent relating to such applicable period, subject to adjustments mutually acceptable to Borrowers and the Agent and (B) Indebtedness that is repaid with the proceeds of such Disposition shall be excluded from such calculations and deemed to have been repaid as of the first day of such applicable period.
