Material Contracts and Transactions Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there are no material contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, arrangements, commitments, instruments, understandings or contracts, whether written or oral, express or implied, contingent, fixed or otherwise, to which Pubco is a party except as disclosed in writing to Priveco or as disclosed in the Pubco SEC Documents.
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.
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.
Company Contracts (a) Company has delivered or made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies (and all exhibits and schedules thereto and all amendments, modifications and supplements thereof) of the following Contracts, and all of such Contracts in existence on the date hereof are listed on Part 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, in each case only if such Contract either (x) by its terms requires, or is reasonably likely to require, payment to, or by, Company or the Company Subsidiaries of at least $50,000 over the stated minimum term of the Contract or (y) is material to the business of Company and the Company Subsidiaries (it being understood that any Contract described in clauses (iv), (vii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiii) or (xvi) are deemed to be material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (the “Company Contracts”):
(i) any distributor, supplier, sales, advertising, agency or manufacturer’s representative Contract;
(ii) any license agreement or other written or oral agreement or permission pursuant to which Company has granted to any third party with respect to any IP Assets or Intellectual Property Rights (other than pursuant to Company's standard customer agreements in the ordinary course of business);
(iii) any license, sublicense, agreement or other permission pursuant to which Company uses or otherwise possesses the IP Assets or Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;
(iv) any Contract of Company or any Company Subsidiaries containing any material support or maintenance obligation on the part of Company or any Company Subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of business;
(v) all Contracts with any customer of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (provided that for customers that have executed a standard form of agreement, a copy of such form agreement and a list of the customers that have so executed such form agreement shall be sufficient);
(vi) all Contracts of Company or any Company Subsidiaries relating to indebtedness of Company or any Company Subsidiaries
(vii) any agreement pursuant to which any other party is granted exclusive marketing or other exclusive rights of any type or scope with respect to any of products or services of Company or any Company Subsidiaries;
(viii) any continuing Contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, services or capital expenditures by Company or the Company Subsidiaries involving in the case of any such Contract more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) over the life of the Contract;
(ix) all Contracts of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that involve the sale or purchase of any assets of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(x) any Contract pursuant to which Company has any material ownership or participation interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or other business enterprise other than Company’s Subsidiaries;
(xi) all Contracts of Company whereby Company or any Company Subsidiaries is restricted by any “standstill” or similar obligations;
(xii) any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other Contract for the borrowing of money, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging arrangement or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(xiii) any Contract limiting the freedom of Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any other Person;
(xiv) any Contract pursuant to which Company is a lessor of any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures or other personal property that is material to the business of the Company and Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xv) all Company Real Property Leases;
(xvi) any Contract with an officer, director employee, Affiliate or any other Person with whom Company does not deal at arm’s length (other than standard form offer letters under which the officer, director or employee's relationship with Company or the Company Subsidiaries is terminable at will and which letter does not contain any severance provisions or obligations on the part of Company or any Company Subsidiary extending beyond termination of employment or other relationship with Company);
(xvii) all Contracts pursuant to which Company or any Company Subsidiaries has any obligations or liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, or otherwise in respect of any obligation of any Person, or any capital maintenance or similar agreements or arrangements; and
(xviii) all Contracts that are otherwise material to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.
(b) Each Company Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, have performed all of their obligations (except those that have not yet become due) under, and is not in material violation or breach of or default under, any such Company Contract. To the knowledge of Company, the other parties to each Company Contract have performed all of their obligations (except those that have not yet become due) under, and are not in material violation or breach of or default under, any such Company Contract.
Assigned Contracts The Grantor shall fully perform all of its obligations under each of the Assigned Contracts, and shall enforce all of its rights and remedies thereunder, in each case, as it deems appropriate in its business judgment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Grantor shall take all action necessary or appropriate to permit, and shall not take any action which would have any materially adverse effect upon, the full enforcement of all indemnification rights under its Assigned Contracts. The Grantor shall notify the Lender in writing, promptly after the Grantor becomes aware thereof, of any event or fact which could give rise to a material claim by it for indemnification under any of its material Assigned Contracts, and shall diligently pursue such right and report to the Lender on all further developments with respect thereto. The Grantor shall deposit into a Deposit Account at the Lender or subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement for application to the Secured Obligations, in accordance with Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement, all amounts received by the Grantor as indemnification or otherwise pursuant to its Assigned Contracts. If the Grantor shall fail after the Lender’s demand to pursue diligently any right under its material Assigned Contracts, or if a Default then exists, the Lender may directly enforce such right in its own or the Grantor’s name and may enter into such settlements or other agreements with respect thereto as the Lender shall determine. In any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Lender under any material Assigned Contract for any sum owing thereunder or to enforce any provision thereof, the Grantor shall indemnify and hold the Lender and Lender harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaims, recoupment, or reduction of liability whatsoever of the obligor thereunder arising out of a breach by the Grantor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing from the Grantor to or in favor of such obligor or its successors. All such obligations of the Grantor shall be and remain enforceable only against the Grantor and shall not be enforceable against the Lender. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the Grantor shall at all times remain liable to observe and perform all of its duties and obligations under its Assigned Contracts, and the Lender’s exercise of any of its rights with respect to the Collateral shall not release the Grantor from any of such duties and obligations. The Lender shall not be obligated to perform or fulfill any of the Grantor’s duties or obligations under its Assigned Contracts or to make any payment thereunder, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment or property received by it thereunder or the sufficiency of performance by any party thereunder, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance, any payment of any amounts, or any delivery of any property.
SUB-CONTRACTS (a) The Administrator may sub-contract or delegate the performance of all or any of its powers and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (but subject to Clause 3.2(b) herein):
(i) the prior written consent of the Mortgages Trustee and Funding to the proposed arrangement (including, if Funding considers it necessary after consulting with the Security Trustee, approving any contract which sets out the terms on which such arrangements are to be made) has been obtained, the Security Trustee has been consulted and notification has been given to each of the Rating Agencies;
(ii) where the arrangements involve the custody or control of any Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds relating to the Mortgage Portfolio for the purpose of performing any delegated Services, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed an acknowledgement in writing acceptable to Funding and the Security Trustee to the effect that any such Mortgage Loan Files and/or Title Deeds are and will be held to the order of the Mortgages Trustee (as trustee for the Beneficiaries);
(iii) where the arrangements involve or may involve the receipt by the sub-contractor or delegate of monies belonging to the Beneficiaries which, in accordance with this Agreement, are to be paid into the relevant Collection Account, the sub-contractor or delegate has executed a declaration in writing acceptable to the Beneficiaries that any such monies held by it or to its order are held on trust for the Beneficiaries and will be paid forthwith into the relevant Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed;
(iv) any such sub-contractor or delegate has executed a written waiver of any Security Interest arising in connection with such delegated Services (to the extent that such Security Interest relates to the Mortgage Portfolio or any amount referred to in (iii) above); and
(v) neither the Mortgages Trustee, the Security Trustee nor the Beneficiaries shall have any liability for any costs, charges or expenses payable to or incurred by such sub-contractor or delegate or arising from the entering into, the continuance or the termination of any such arrangement.
(b) The provisos to Clause 3.2(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) herein shall not apply:
(i) to the engagement by the Administrator of:
(1) any receiver, solicitor, insurance broker, valuer, surveyor, accountant, estate agent, insolvency practitioner, auctioneer, bailiff, debt counsellor, tracing agent, property management agent, licensed or qualified conveyancer or other professional adviser acting as such; or
(2) any locksmith, builder or other contractor acting as such in relation to a Mortgaged Property, in any such case being a person or persons whom the Administrator would be willing to appoint in respect of its own mortgages in connection with the performance by the Administrator of any of its obligations or functions or in connection with the exercise of its powers under this Agreement; or
(ii) to any delegation to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller from time to time.
(c) The Mortgages Trustee and/or Funding and the Security Trustee may require the Administrator to assign to the Mortgages Trustee any rights which the Administrator may have against any sub-contractor or delegate arising from the performance of services by such person in association with any matter contemplated by this Agreement and the Administrator acknowledges that such rights assigned to the Mortgages Trustee will be exercised by the Mortgages Trustee as trustee for the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of the Mortgages Trust Deed.
(d) Notwithstanding any sub-contracting or delegation of the performance of the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Administrator shall not thereby be released or discharged from any liability hereunder;
(ii) the Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of the obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement;
(iii) the performance or non-performance or the manner of performance of any sub-contractor or delegate of any of the Services shall not affect the Administrator's obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) any breach in the performance of the Services by any sub-contractor or delegate shall, subject to the Administrator being entitled for a period of twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of notice of the breach to remedy such breach by any sub-contractor or delegate, be treated as a breach of this Agreement by the Administrator; and
(v) the Security Trustee shall have no liability for any act or omission of the sub-contractor or delegate and shall have no responsibility for monitoring or investigating the suitability of any such sub-contractor or delegate.
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.
Material Contracts; Defaults (a) Other than as disclosed in the Company Reports filed prior to the date hereof or as set forth in Company Disclosure Schedule 3.13, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by or subject to any agreement, contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (i) with respect to the employment of any directors, officers, employees or consultants, (ii) which would entitle any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnification from Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) which grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets or properties of Company and or Subsidiaries; (v) which provides for payments to be made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon a change in control thereof; (vi) which provides for the lease of personal property having a value in excess of $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate; (vii) which relates to capital expenditures and involves future payments in excess of $10,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate; (viii) which relates to the disposition or acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise outside the ordinary course of Company’s business; (ix) which is not terminable on sixty (60) days or less notice and involving the payment of more than $25,000 per annum; or (x) which materially restricts the conduct of any business by Company of any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Material Contracts”). Company has previously delivered to Buyer true, complete and correct copies of each such document.
(b) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any contract, agreement, commitment, arrangement, lease, insurance policy or other instrument to which it is a party, by which its assets, business, or operations may be bound or affected, or under which it or its assets, business, or operations receives benefits, and there has not occurred any event that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute such a default. No power of attorney or similar authorization given directly or indirectly by Company is currently outstanding.
Transferred Contracts (a) Schedule 2.1(a)(i) sets forth as of the date hereof the Transferred Contracts (including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto and waivers thereunder) of the Seller or its Subsidiaries.
(b) Section 3.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule describes any third-party supplier and vendor arrangements of the Seller used to service any of the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities.
(c) Each Transferred Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against the Seller or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, the counterparties thereto in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect. Except as set forth on Section 3.10(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has performed in all material 19 respects all material obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in material default, breach or violation of, or received notice or demand alleging that it has breached, any Transferred Contract to which it is a party and, as of the date hereof, to the Seller’s Knowledge, no counterparty thereto is in material default, breach or violation of any Transferred Contract. To the Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred which, with notice, or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default, breach or violation thereof by the Seller or any other party thereto or would permit termination, acceleration or modification thereof (including any events that would result in any requests or demands to reduce the scope of services thereunder), by any party thereto or would result in the demand for or payment of liquidated damages by the Seller under any Transferred Contract. To the Seller’s Knowledge, since January 1, 2019, there have been no significant delays caused by Seller in reaching milestones or meeting deadlines under any Transferred Contract and there are no conditions (including any vendor delays or breach or change in Laws) that would prevent the Seller from delivering the services under such Transferred Contracts by the time that such services are required to be delivered by the terms of such Transferred Contracts or as mutually agreed with customer, or that would render performance of such Transferred Contract impossible. Since April 1, 2019, the Seller has satisfied all L1 and L2 service-level commitments to customers required under the terms of the Transferred Contracts entered into prior to April 1, 2019 listed in Schedule 2.1(a)(i).
(d) There are no Contracts with down-stream channel partners, sales agents, or sub-contractors that are used by the Seller to source the Transferred Contracts or perform its obligations under the Transferred Contracts.
(e) Each statement of work representing a Transferred Contract as of the date hereof is consistent as to scope and terms in all material respects with the corresponding statement of work (if any) that the Seller has placed with the Purchaser with respect to such Transferred Contract statement of work.
(f) Except to the extent that any consents set forth on Section 3.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule are not obtained, and except for Contracts which are terminable at will or for convenience, each Transferred Contract (i) is freely and fully assignable to the Purchaser without penalty and (ii) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents (including the assignment of the Transferred Contracts to the Purchaser) shall remain valid and binding and shall continue in full force and effect without penalty.
(g) Subject to Section 5.8 and Section 5.9, the Seller has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all Transferred Contracts (including all amendments, supplements and other modifications thereto) as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
Seller Contracts All contracts and agreements, other than ---------------- Governmental Permits and those relating to Real Property, pertaining to the ownership, operation and maintenance of the Assets or the Business or used or held for use in the Business, as described on SCHEDULE 5.6 or, in the case of contracts and agreements relating to Real Property, on SCHEDULE 5.7.
