Dealer Manager Agreement By Dealer’s acceptance of this Agreement, Dealer will become one of the “Participating Dealers” referred to in the Dealer Manager Agreement and will be entitled and subject to the terms and conditions of the Dealer Manager Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 8.4 of the Dealer Manager Agreement (or, in the event of a Follow-On Offering, the equivalent section of the applicable Follow-On Dealer Manager Agreement) wherein the Dealers severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager and each of their respective Indemnified Parties. Dealer hereby agrees to solicit, as an independent contractor and not as the agent of the Dealer Manager or of the Company (or their affiliates), persons acceptable to the Company to purchase the Shares pursuant to the subscription agreement in the form attached to the Prospectus and in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus or, in the event of a Follow-On Offering, the prospectus (a “Follow-On Prospectus”) and the subscription agreement applicable to such Follow-On Offering. Dealer hereby agrees to use its best efforts to sell the Shares for cash on the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus (and, in the event of a Follow-On Offering, the applicable Follow-On Prospectus). Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to make Dealer an employee, agent, representative or partner of the Dealer Manager, or the Company, and Dealer is not authorized to act for the Dealer Manager or the Company or to make any representations on their behalf except as set forth in the Prospectus (or the applicable Follow-On Prospectus) and such other printed sales literature or other materials furnished to Dealer by the Dealer Manager, provided that the use of such sales literature and other materials has been approved for use in advance by the Company and all appropriate regulatory agencies (“Supplemental Information”).
Relationship Among Underwriters and Selected Dealers We shall have full authority to take such actions as we deem advisable in all matters pertaining to any Offering under this Master SDA. You are not authorized to act as an agent for us, any Underwriter or the Issuer or other Seller of any Securities in offering Securities to the public or otherwise. Neither we nor any Underwriter will be under any obligation to you except for obligations assumed hereby or in any Wire from us in connection with any Offering, and no obligations on our part as the Manager will be implied hereby or inferred herefrom. Nothing contained in this Master SDA or any Wire shall constitute the Selected Dealers an association or partners with us or any Underwriter or with one another, and the obligations of you and each of the other Selected Dealers or any of the Underwriters are several and not joint. If the Selected Dealers, among themselves, with us or with the Underwriters, should be deemed to constitute a partnership for federal income tax purposes, then you elect to be excluded from the application of Subchapter K, Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and agree not to take any position inconsistent with such election. You authorize the Manager, in its discretion, to execute on your behalf such evidence of such election as may be required by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In connection with any Offering, you will be liable for your proportionate share of the amount of any tax, claim, demand or liability that may be asserted against you alone or against one or more Selected Dealers participating in such Offering, or against us or the Underwriters, based upon the claim that the Selected Dealers, or any of them, constitute an association, an unincorporated business or other entity, including, in each case, your proportionate share of the amount of any expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending against any such tax, claim, demand or liability.
Open Market Transactions We agree to abide by Regulation M under the Exchange Act and we agree not to bid for, purchase, attempt to purchase, or sell, directly or indirectly, any Securities, any other Reference Securities (as defined in Regulation M) of the issuer, or any other securities of such issuer as you may designate, except as brokers pursuant to unsolicited orders and as otherwise provided in this Agreement. If the Securities are common stock or securities convertible into common stock, we agree not to effect, or attempt to induce others to effect, directly or indirectly, any transactions in or relating to any stock of such issuer, except to the extent permitted by Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
Secondary Market Transactions Each Purchaser shall have the right at any time and from time to time to securitize its Subordinated Notes or any portion thereof in a single asset securitization or a pooled loan securitization of rated single or multi-class securities secured by or evidencing ownership interests in the Subordinated Notes (each such securitization is referred to herein as a “Secondary Market Transaction”). In connection with any such Secondary Market Transaction, Company shall, at Company’s expense, cooperate with Purchasers and otherwise reasonably assist Purchasers in satisfying the market standards to which Purchasers customarily adhere or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by applicable rating agencies in connection with any such Secondary Market Transaction. Subject to any written confidentiality obligation, all information regarding Company may be furnished, without liability except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, to any Purchaser and to any Person reasonably deemed necessary by Purchaser in connection with participation in such Secondary Market Transaction. All documents, financial statements, appraisals and other data relevant to Company or the Subordinated Notes may be retained by any such Person.
Business Combination Marketing Agreement The Company and the Representative have entered into a separate business combination marketing agreement substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Business Combination Marketing Agreement”).
Initial Public Offering Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the Board of Managers deems it advisable and in the best interests of the Company that the Company be converted into a corporation pursuant to the Plan of Conversion in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Plan”), the Certificate of Incorporation attached as an exhibit to the Plan and the Certificate of Conversion in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Certificate of Conversion”) in connection with any Initial Public Offering and in accordance with the Act, and (ii) the Members hereby consent to such conversion of the Company into a corporation in connection with any Initial Public Offering and in accordance with the Act and the Plan and authorize, approve and adopt the Plan, the Certificate of Incorporation attached as an exhibit to the Plan and the Certificate of Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with any Initial Public Offering, and upon the request of the Board of Managers, each of the Members hereby agrees that it will, at the expense of the Company, take such action and execute such documents as may reasonably be necessary to effect such Initial Public Offering. Either in connection with an Initial Public Offering or prior to the expiration of the later of (i) 180 days following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering or (ii) the expiration of any underwriter lock-up period, the Board of Managers will liquidate the Company and distribute to the Members shares of common stock of the corporate successor of the Company which effects the Initial Public Offering; provided that (a) fifty percent (50%) of the shares of common stock held by each Member shall become eligible for sale by such Member on the date that is 180 days following the expiration of any underwriter lock-up period applicable to such Member and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of such Member’s shares shall become eligible for sale by such Member on the date that is 271 days following the expiration of such underwriter lock-up period and (b) the Members have entered into an agreement acceptable to the Company not to sell such shares of common stock except as set forth in clause (a) above or pursuant to the exercise of registration rights (as set forth in Annex A). The number of shares of common stock of the corporate successor of the Company to be received by each Member shall be determined in accordance with Section 8.03 hereof. In connection with any such distribution or in the event that the Company is converted into a corporation that effects the Initial Public Offering, the Members shall be entitled to the registration rights set forth on Annex A hereto.
SELECTED DEALERS You may enter into selected dealer agreements, on such terms and conditions as you determine are not inconsistent with this Agreement, with broker-dealers to act as your agent to effect the sale of the Shares. Such selected broker-dealers shall sell Shares only at market prices subject to a minimum price to be established each day by you and the Fund (see paragraph 3 below). This Agreement shall not be construed as authorizing any dealer or other person to accept orders for sale on our behalf or to otherwise act as our agent for any purpose. You shall not be responsible for the acts of other dealers or agents except as and to the extent that they shall be acting for you or under your direction or authority.
Secondary Market Trading In the event the Public Securities are not listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another national securities exchange, the Company will (i) apply to be included in Mergent, Inc. Manual for a period of five (5) years from the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) take such commercially reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain a secondary market trading exemption for the Company’s securities in such jurisdictions and (iii) take such other action as may be reasonably requested by the Representative to obtain a secondary market trading exemption in such other states as may be requested by the Representative; provided that no qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would be subject to service of general process or to taxation as a foreign entity doing business in such jurisdiction.
Joint Marketing The parties will consult about undertaking joint marketing of the Customer’s Services and the Network.
Dealer Manager Fee The dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager for serving as the dealer manager for the Offering and reallowable to Soliciting Dealers with respect to Shares sold by them, as described in the Corporation’s Prospectus.