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Material Contracts (a) Except for this Agreement, the Company Benefit Plans and agreements filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC); (ii) any Contract that (A) expressly imposes any material restriction on the right or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete with any other person or acquire or dispose of the securities of any other person or (B) contains an exclusivity or “most favored nation” clause that restricts the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a material manner; (iii) any mortgage, note, debenture, indenture, security agreement, guaranty, pledge or other agreement or instrument evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantee of such indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $25 million; (iv) any joint venture, partnership or limited liability company agreement or other similar Contract relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any joint venture, partnership or limited liability company, other than any such Contract solely between the Company and its Subsidiaries or among the Company’s Subsidiaries; (v) any Contract expressly limiting or restricting the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make distributions or declare or pay dividends in respect of their capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests, as the case may be; (vi) any acquisition Contract that contains “earn out” or other contingent payment obligations, or remaining indemnity or similar obligations, that could reasonably be expected to result in payments after the date hereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25 million; and (vii) any material lease or sublease with respect to a Company Leased Real Property.
Material Consents Buyer shall have obtained all consents of third parties (relating to the assignment of Contracts) that are material to the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement (collectively, the “Material Consents”) as specified in Schedule 7.7. The Material Consents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. Buyer shall cooperate in the assumption of the Contracts.
Material Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all of the following contracts, agreements and commitments, whether oral or written ("Contracts"), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their material Company Assets is bound, as each such contract or commitment may have been amended, modified or supplemented: (i) any agreement (including all master commitments and pool purchase contracts) between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any Agency or Investor pursuant to which the Company and its subsidiaries sold more than $175 million in principal amount of Mortgage Loans during fiscal year 1999, and all insurance or guaranty contracts (including contracts with any private mortgage insurer or Pool (as defined herein) insurance provider with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (ii) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property to or from any Person providing for rent in excess of $100,000 during any twelve-month period; (iii) any agreement for the lease of real property providing for the payment of rent in excess of $250,000 during any twelve-month period; (iv) any agreement (or group of related agreements) or indemnity under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any debt including without limitation any indebtedness for borrowed money, warehouse lines of credit, or any capitalized lease or purchase money obligation (except for intercompany obligations); (v) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has granted a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any of its material assets; (vi) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has an obligation to indemnify a director, officer or employee; (vii) any agreement for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or other basis other than oral retainers of professionals terminable at will except for employment agreements of employees with a salary of less than $100,000 who have signed the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' standard form employment agreement (excluding commissioned employees); (viii) any agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition given by the Company other than those agreements (A) with employees on the Company's standard form employment, (B) related to Company Stock Options, (C) entered into with any Person in connection with the proposed sale of the Company and (D) that do not materially restrict the manner in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct its business; (ix) any other plan, contract or arrangement, whether formal or informal, which involves direct or indirect compensation (including bonus, stock option, severance, golden parachute, deferred compensation, special retirement, consulting and similar agreements and all agreements and arrangements regarding the Company's net branches) for the benefit of one or more of the current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company (other than Company Employee Plans described in Section 3.12(a)); (x) any guaranty or suretyship, performance bond or contribution agreement; (xi) any marketing, sales representative or dealership agreement with respect to which the fees paid or payable by the Company are or will be in excess of $100,000; any material agreement relating to e-commerce or agreements related to the Company's "net branches"; and (xii) any other material contract or commitment. (b) The Company has heretofore made available to the Parent true and complete copies of all of the Contracts required to be set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each such Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of its subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect (except as set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), except where the failure to be valid and binding and in full force and effect would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default with respect to any such Contract, nor (to the Company's Knowledge) does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default thereunder or permit any other party thereto to terminate such Contract, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company's Knowledge, no other party to any such Contract is in default in any respect with respect to any such Contract, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No party has given any written notice (i) of termination or cancellation of any such Contract or (ii) that it intends to assert a breach of any such Contract, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract identified in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule in response to any item under this Section 3.16 shall be deemed incorporated by reference to all other items in this Section 3.16.
Governmental Authorizations and Consents Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits The Borrower and the Guarantors will, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, and, to the extent permitted by the terms of the Leases, will cause the Operators of the Pool Properties to, comply in all respects with (i) all Applicable Laws and regulations now or hereafter in effect wherever its business is conducted, including all Environmental Laws, (ii) the provisions of its corporate charter, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or declaration of trust, as the case may be, and other charter documents and bylaws, (iii) all agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (iv) all applicable decrees, orders, and judgments, and (v) all licenses and permits required Applicable Laws for the conduct of its business or the ownership, use or operation of its properties, except where failure so to comply with either clause (i) or (v) would not result in the material non-compliance with the items described in such clauses. If any authorization, consent, approval, permit or license from any officer, agency or instrumentality of any government shall become necessary or required in order that the Borrower, any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries may fulfill any of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Subsidiary will promptly take or cause to be taken all steps necessary to obtain such authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish the Agent and the Lenders with evidence thereof. The Borrower shall develop and implement such programs, policies and procedures as are necessary to comply with the Patriot Act and shall promptly advise Agent in writing in the event that the Borrower shall determine that any investors in the Borrower are in violation of such act.
Required Consents No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition: (A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received notice thereof; (B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund; and (C) the consent of each LC Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be required for any assignment.
Material Contracts and Obligations All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.
Assumed Contracts (a) The Assumed Contacts are all of the agreements and contracts in any way relating to or affecting the Business, all of which are assignable to and will be fully and effectively assigned and transferred to Buyer as of the Closing Date without expense to Buyer or imposition of any condition or restriction binding on Buyer. The copies of all Assumed Contracts have been furnished to Buyer, and are full and complete copies, as amended, to the present date. (b) All Assumed Contracts are now and on the Closing Date shall be in good standing and in full force and effect without amendment thereto (unless such amendments are clearly noted) and Seller is entitled to all benefits thereunder. All of the transactions of Seller with third persons have been conducted on an arms-length basis. All Assumed Contracts are valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms. (c) No material default or alleged material default exists on the part of Seller, nor, to the knowledge of Seller or its officers, on the part of any other party, under any Assumed Contract and there exists no state of facts, which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or breach in connection with any Assumed Contract. For purposes of this subsection, the word "default" includes, but is not limited to, the failure to comply with any condition precedent under the provisions of any such Assumed Contract. Seller has received no information which might reasonably indicate that any party to a contract or commitment is unable or unwilling to perform under such Assumed Contract. (d) Seller has no information which might reasonably indicate that any customer or supplier of Seller intends to cease purchasing from, selling to or dealing with Seller, nor has any information been brought to the attention of Seller which might reasonably lead Seller to believe that any customer or supplier intends to alter in any material respect, the amount of such purchases, sales or the extent of dealings with Seller or would alter in any material respect its purchases from, sales to, or dealings with Buyer in the event of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Contracts and Leases Schedule 4.10 sets forth a true and complete list of all Leases and executory Contracts of the Company that are material to the Business, and Sellers have delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of all such Leases and Contracts, each as amended as of the Agreement Date (the “Material Contracts”). Subject to receipt of the Necessary Consents and compliance with Section 6.10 and subject to the entry of the Sale Order, and any ancillary orders of the Bankruptcy Court pertaining to assumption and assignment of Contracts (a) each of the Material Contracts is in full force and effect and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company or Sellers, and, to the Knowledge of Sellers, each other party thereto, and (b) except as a result of the commencement of the Bankruptcy Cases, the Company or Sellers are not in breach or default in any material respect under any of the Material Contracts and, to the Knowledge of Sellers, the other parties to such Contracts are not in breach or default in any material respect thereunder (and in each such case, to the Knowledge of Sellers, no event exists that with the passage of time or the giving of notice would constitute such material breach or default in any material respect, result in a loss of material rights, result in the payment of any damages or penalties or result in the creation of any Liens thereunder or pursuant thereto other than Permitted Liens); except (i) for those defaults that will be cured in accordance with the Sale Order, are not required to be cured pursuant to section 365(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, or waived in accordance with section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) to the extent such breach or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. Except for filings in the Chapter 11 Cases, to Sellers’ Knowledge, none of the Material Contracts have been cancelled or otherwise terminated by the Company or Sellers, and neither the Company nor Sellers have not delivered any written notice to any counterparty to such Material Contract regarding any such cancellation or termination by the Company or Sellers.