Matters Requiring Investor Director Approval So long as either (x) the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series A Directors or (y) the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series B Directors, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Investors that it shall not, nor shall it permit any subsidiary of the Company to, without approval of the Board, which approval must include the affirmative vote of a majority of the Preferred Directors (which majority shall include a Series B Director), or the approval of the Requisite Holders:
(a) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Company;
(b) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to any Person, including, without limitation, any employee or director of the Company or any subsidiary, in excess of $100,000 (in the case of individuals) or $500,000 (in the case of Persons that are not individuals), except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board;
(c) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness of any third party, except for trade accounts of the Company or any subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) make any investment inconsistent with any investment policy approved by the Board;
(e) incur any aggregate indebtedness in excess of $500,000 that is not already included in a budget approved by the Board, other than trade credit incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) enter into or be a party to any transaction with any stockholder, director or officer of the Company or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such Person, except for transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement or transactions (including agreements related to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers) made in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable terms that are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board;
(g) increase the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plan or adopt any other equity incentive plan;
(h) hire or terminate the chief executive officer;
(i) enter into any corporate strategic relationship involving the payment, contribution, or assignment of money or assets which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period;
(j) sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose of material assets and/or intellectual property of the Company or its subsidiaries, in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period;
(k) acquire (by merger or stock or asset purchase or otherwise) any Person, business or asset in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,0000 in any such one or series of related transactions or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period;
(l) make any material change in the business plan or business scope;
(m) settle any material litigation, arbitration or legal disputes;
(n) appoint or remove the Company’s auditor or change materially in accounting policies and standards, including financial year or tax year of the Company;
(o) effect any single capital expenditure, the value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets in any fiscal year; or
(p) enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing. For purposes of this Section 5.4, the value of any net assets shall be the value as determined by the Company in good faith. Upon the request of any Investor, the Company shall provide such Investor with reasonable written documentation supporting the basis of such determination of value, and provide such Investor with reasonable access to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company for the purpose of evaluating the foregoing determination. If such Investor raises any reasonable objections to the foregoing determination, the Company shall consider in good faith such objections and make such revisions to the final determination of value as may be mutually agreed between the Company and such Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4, such approval of the Board or the Requisite Holders shall not be required with respect to actions contemplated by any agreements entered into between the Company and its stockholder(s) on or prior to the date hereof.
Required Consent In addition, without limiting the generality of Section 4.2(a), except as required by the terms of this Agreement, by Legal Requirements or by the terms of any Contract in effect on the date hereof and made available to Company or as provided in Section 4.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, without the prior written consent of Company, during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time of the First Merger, Parent shall not do any of the following, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(i) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock other than a cash management transaction between Parent and a wholly owned Subsidiary of it, or between wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(ii) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, except repurchases of shares at cost in connection with the termination of the employment relationship with any Parent Employee pursuant to stock option or purchase Contracts in effect on the date hereof or entered into in the ordinary course of business after the date hereof;
(iii) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of capital stock, or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or enter into other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue any such securities or rights, other than: (A) issuances of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Options, warrants or other rights of Parent or the settlement of Parent Restricted Stock Units existing on the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or granted pursuant to clause (B) hereof, (B) grants of stock options or other stock based awards (including restricted stock and Parent Restricted Stock Units) of or to acquire, shares of Parent Common Stock granted under the Parent Stock Plans in effect on the date hereof, in each case (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (y) with respect to stock options, granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Parent Common Stock on the date of grant, provided that the total number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon all such stock-based awards may not exceed 800,000 shares, (C) warrants to acquire not more than 1 million shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued to prospective retailers, content providers or other strategic partners and (D) the Charter Amendment;
(iv) Cause or permit any amendments to any of the Parent Charter Documents except the Charter Amendment;
(v) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any equity or voting interest in all or a portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or division or product line thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets that, in each such case, are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vi) Sell, lease, exclusively license, encumber or otherwise convey or dispose of any properties or assets material to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except (A) sales of inventory, products or equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) the sale, lease or disposition of excess or obsolete property or assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in each case, which are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(vii) Make any loans, advances or capital contributions to any Person, other than: (A) loans or investments by it or a wholly owned Subsidiary of it to or in it or any wholly owned Subsidiary of it, (B) employee loans or advances for travel and entertainment expenses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (C) pursuant to clause (v) above;
(viii) Except as required by GAAP or the SEC, materially revalue any of its assets;
(ix) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b) to Parent Disclosure Schedule, pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any threatened or actual litigation or any dispute that would reasonably be expected to lead to litigation (whether or not commenced prior to the date of this Agreement), other than (x) the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, solely for cash in amounts not exceeding $500,000 individually or $1 million in the aggregate, net of any insurance proceeds received in connection with such payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) the discharge, settlement or satisfaction of any such litigation or dispute that does not involve any payment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and does not impose any obligation on Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a non-exclusive license of Intellectual Property that is not material to Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole);
(x) Take any action to render inapplicable, or to exempt any third Person (other than Company) from any state takeover law or state law that purports to limit or restrict business combinations or the ability to acquire or vote shares of capital stock;
(xi) Transfer or license to any Person or otherwise extend, amend or modify in any material respect any rights to Parent IP, or enter into any Contracts or make other commitments to grant, transfer or license to any Person material future Parent IP rights, in each case, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to customers, resellers and end users in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xii) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities of another Person, enter into any “keep well” or other Contract to maintain any financial statement condition of any other Person (other than any wholly owned Subsidiary of it) or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, in all cases to the extent the amount thereof would exceed $10 million in the aggregate, other than (A) guarantees and letters of credit issued to suppliers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (B) in connection with the financing of ordinary course trade payables, in either case consistent with past practice;
(xiii) Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, appoint a new member of the board of directors of Parent;
(xiv) Take any action that is intended or would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the First Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied;
(xv) Enter into any new line of business material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xvi) Fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage substantially similar to insurance coverage maintained on the date hereof; or
(xvii) Agree in writing to take any of the actions described in (i) through (xvi) above.
Seller’s Conditions Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Seller to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to and conditioned upon the following:
(i) Buyer’s representations and warranties being true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing and Buyer shall have delivered all documents required to be delivered by Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 5(b) below.
(ii) The satisfaction of the [REDACTED] Waiver Condition. In the event the [REDACTED] Waiver Condition is not satisfied at or prior to Closing, then Seller may elect to either (a) terminate this Agreement with respect to the Commerce Property (but not the other Properties), in which event the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Purchase Price for the Commerce Property, neither party shall have any further liability or obligation under this Agreement with respect to the Commerce Property (except for the provisions of this Agreement which recite that they survive termination), and the Closing shall proceed with respect to all other Properties, or (b) elect to continue this Agreement in full force and effect with respect to the Commerce Property. If any condition to Seller’s obligation to proceed with the Closing hereunder has not been satisfied as of the Closing Date or other applicable date (other than the condition to Closing set forth in Paragraph 3(g)(ii) for which Seller’s rights for such failure of the condition to Closing are set forth therein), Seller shall have the right to (i) nevertheless proceed to Closing, notwithstanding the non-satisfaction of such condition, in which event Seller shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such condition, or (ii) terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Buyer prior to Closing, in which case the provisions of Paragraph 3(f) shall apply.
Buyer’s Conditions Buyer’s obligations to Close are conditioned upon the following (“Buyer’s Conditions”):
(i) All representations and warranties of Seller in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date and Seller shall have performed in all material respects all covenants and obligations required to be performed by Seller on or before the Closing Date.
(ii) Title Insurance Company is irrevocably committed to issue to Buyer an owner’s title insurance policy covering the Property with standard coverage customary in the state where the Property is located showing liability in the amount of the Purchase Price and showing insurable title to the Property vested in Buyer, subject only to the following: (a) Title Insurance Company’s standard exceptions; (b) liens for all current general and special real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; (c) liens of supplemental taxes, if any assessed; (d) any facts an accurate survey and/or a personal inspection of the Property may disclose; (e) the mortgage/deed of trust/deed to secure debt lien in connection with any Buyer financing; (f) any laws, regulations, ordinances (including but not limited to, zoning, building and environmental) as to the use, occupancy, subdivision or improvement of the Property adopted or imposed by any governmental body, or the effect of any non-compliance with or any violation thereof, including but not limited to, any disclosure and/or report required by ordinance; (g) rights of existing tenants and/or occupants of the Property (if any);
(h) covenants, restrictions, easements and other matters that do not materially impair the value of the Property or the use thereof; (i) non-monetary encumbrances disclosed to Buyer in writing prior to entering into this Agreement; and (j) any other matter for which Title Insurance Company agrees to provide insurance at no additional cost to Buyer.
Buyer’s Closing Deliveries At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:
Events Requiring Notice The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this Section 8 upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Shares any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor, or (iii) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed.
Buyer’s Conditions for Closing Unless otherwise waived in writing, and without prejudice to Buyer’s right to terminate this Contract during the Review Period, the duties and obligations of Buyer to proceed to Closing under the terms and provisions of this Contract are and shall be expressly subject to strict compliance with, and satisfaction or waiver of, each of the conditions and contingencies set forth in this Section 9.1, each of which shall be deemed material to this Contract. In the event of the failure of any of the conditions set forth in this Section 9.1 or of any other condition to Buyer’s obligations provided for in this Contract, which condition is not waived in writing by Buyer, Buyer shall have the right at its option to terminate this Contract, in which case the Xxxxxxx Money Deposit shall be immediately returned to Buyer and each of the parties shall be relieved from further liability to the other, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, with respect to this Contract.
(a) All of Seller’s representations and warranties contained in or made pursuant to this Contract shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made again on the Closing Date.
(b) Buyer shall have received all of the instruments and conveyances listed in Section 10.2.
(c) Seller shall have performed, observed and complied in all material respects with all of the covenants, agreements, closing requirements and conditions required by this Contract to be performed, observed and complied with by Seller, as and when required hereunder.
(d) Third Party Consents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer shall have been obtained and furnished to Buyer.
(e) The Existing Franchise Agreement shall have been terminated.
(f) The Existing Management Agreement shall have been terminated and Buyer and the Manager shall have executed and delivered the New Management Agreement consistent with the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
(g) Buyer and Franchisor shall have executed (or Franchisor has unconditionally committed to execute) the New Franchise Agreement.
(h) Seller shall have complied, in all material respects, with its obligations under the thirteen (13) other purchase contracts (“Other Contracts”), each of even date herewith and all of which are more particularly described on Exhibit K hereto; and Seller shall be unconditionally prepared to close on the sale of the hotel properties described in the Other Contracts (“Other Properties”) simultaneously with Closing on the Property.
Buyer’s Closing Conditions The obligation of Buyer to proceed with the Closing contemplated hereby is subject, at the option of Buyer, to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of all of the following conditions:
Buyer’s Conditions to Closing The obligations of Buyer at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing, or waiver in writing by Buyer, of the following conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of Sellers contained in this Agreement, to the extent qualified with respect to materiality, shall be true and correct in all respects, and to the extent not so qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing Date, and Sellers shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects all covenants and agreements required to be performed and satisfied by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.
(b) No suit, action or other proceeding brought by a third party shall be pending, nor shall any order have been entered by any court or Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over the Parties or the subject matter of this Agreement which remains in effect at the time of Closing, in either case, that restrains or prohibits or seeks to restrain or prohibit, or seeks damages in connection with, the purchase and sale contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) All material consents and approvals required of any third party or Governmental Authorities in order to sell and transfer the Assets to Buyer and otherwise close and consummate the transaction contemplated herein shall have been received or waived in writing; and Sellers shall have provided evidence satisfactory to Buyer of the same.
(d) The aggregate adjustments to the Base Purchase Price attributable to Title Defects, Environmental Defects and Casualty Defects shall not have exceeded the threshold set forth in Section 7.6 above.
(e) Sellers shall have performed its obligations set forth in Sections 10.5.
(f) Buyer, in its sole discretion and upon its good faith effort, shall have determined that Sellers have satisfied, in all material respects, the provisions of Section 14.5 and shall have satisfied itself that pipeline Segment No. 14609 is, as of the Closing Date, in good working order.
Buyer’s Closing Documents On the Closing Date, Buyer will execute and deliver to Seller the following (collectively, “Buyer’s Closing Documents”):
