Counsel The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, which may include counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
Underwriters Counsel Opinion The Representatives will have received (i) an opinion addressed to the Representatives of Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP (or such other counsel satisfactory to the Representatives in their reasonable judgment), counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Publicly Registered Notes and such other related matters as the Representatives require and the Depositor will have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters and (ii) a signed negative assurance letter of Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP, dated the Closing Date, relating to the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
Company Counsel Opinions On the Closing Date and/or the Option Closing Date, the Representative shall have received:
(i) the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and a negative assurance letter, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
(ii) the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx law Firm, PRC counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative; and
(iii) the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative. The Underwriters and their counsel shall rely on the opinions of (i) the Company’s Cayman Islands counsel, Mourant Ozannes (Cayman) LLP, filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement, as to the due incorporation and validity of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares and (ii) the Company’s PRC counsel, Jiangsu Junjin law Firm, filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement as well as the opinions delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to this Section.
Company Counsel Legal Opinion Xxxxx shall have received the opinions of Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(n) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 7(n).
Opinion of the Company's Counsel The Purchaser shall have received from Krys, Boyle, Freedman & Sawyer, P.C., counsxx xx xxe Cxxxxxx, an opinion dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, to the effect that:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own it properties and to conduct its business.
(b) The Company is not presently required to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in any state or jurisdiction of the United States.
(c) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Company and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and except insofar as the enforceability of the indemnification provisions of Section 8.11 of the Agreement may be limited by applicable laws and except that no opinion need be given as to the availability of equitable remedies.
(d) The capitalization of the Company is as follows:
(i) Preferred Stock. 5,000,000 shares of Stock, of which (A) 500,000 shares have been designated Series A Preferred Stock and are issued and outstanding and (B) 250,000 shares have been designated as Series B Preferred and purchased pursuant to this Agreement. Such shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been duly authorized, issued and delivered, are validly outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been approved by all requisite shareholder action. The respective rights, privileges and preferences of the Preferred Series B are as stated in the Certificate attached as Exhibit A to the Agreement. The Conversion Stock has been duly and validly reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the Certificate, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(ii) Common Stock. 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 3,000,000 shares have been duly authorized, issued and delivered and are validly outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
(iii) Except for (A) the conversion privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, (B) the conversion privileges of the Series B Preferred, (C) the rights of first refusal contained in Section 9 hereof, (D) the rights of first refusal contained in the Sanyo Agreement, (E) 250,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the stock option granted in the Sanyo Agreement, (F) 500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Class A Warrants, (G) 150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Underwriter's Warrants and (H) 657,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance to employees and consultants upon exercise of outstanding stock options, there are no preemptive rights or, to the best of counsel's knowledge, options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights (or agreements of any such rights) outstanding to purchase or otherwise obtain any of the Company's securities.
(e) The certificates representing shares of the Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock are in due and proper form and have been duly and validly executed by the officers of the Company named thereon.
(f) The execution, delivery, performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement do not violate any provision of any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation or of any judgment, writ, decree or order binding upon the Company or any provision of the Company's amended Articles or By-Laws.
(g) All consents, approvals, orders or authorizations of, and all qualifications, registrations, designations, declarations or filings with, any federal or state governmental authority on the part of the Company required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been obtained and are effective as of the Closing, and such counsel is not aware of any proceedings, or threat thereof, which question the validity thereof.
(h) Based in part upon the representations of the Purchaser in this Agreement, the offer and sale of the Series B Preferred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof, and from the qualification requirements of the securities laws of the State of Nevada, or all requisite permits, qualifications and orders have been obtained. 13
(i) Except as set forth on the Schedule of Exceptions attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B, such counsel is not aware of any action, proceeding or investigation pending against the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees, or that any of the foregoing has received any threat thereof, which questions the validity of the Agreement or the right of the Company or its officers, directors and employees to enter into such agreement or which might result, either individually or in the aggregate, in any adverse change in the assets, condition, affairs or prospects of the Company, nor is such counsel aware of any litigation pending, against the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees' or that any of the foregoing has received any threat thereof, by reason of the proposed activities of the Company, the past employment relationships of its officers, directors or employees, or negotiations by the Company or any of its officers or directors with possible investors in the Company.
(j) The Company is not in violation of any provisions of its Articles or Bylaws, and neither of such documents is in violation of any provision of the Corporation Law of the State of Nevada.
Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Company The Company shall have requested and caused Pxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Wxxxxxx & Gxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative its opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative in form and substance acceptable to the Representative.
Opinion and Comfort Letter Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriter(s) for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) letters dated as of (x) the effective date of the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities and (y) the closing date of the offering, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
Reasonable Best Efforts (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of MCK, Echo Holdco and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law to consummate the Transactions, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable with any Governmental Authority or other third party all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents and (ii) obtaining and maintaining all approvals, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority or other third party that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Transactions.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each such Party hereto shall (i) to the extent required by the HSR Act, make an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable and advisable, and in any event within 14 Business Days of the date hereof or any other date mutually agreed upon by the Parties, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to make an appropriate filing pursuant to any foreign antitrust Applicable Law with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable and (iii) supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act and any information or documentary material that may be requested by any Governmental Authority pursuant to the FTC Act, the Antitrust Civil Process Act or any other antitrust Applicable Law and (iv) use their reasonable best efforts to take all other actions necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act or any other antitrust Applicable Law, as applicable, as soon as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing obligations shall apply to each such Party, regardless of whether such Party or any of its Affiliates is required to file a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions.
(c) The Parties understand and agree that the reasonable best efforts of the MCK, Echo Holdco and the Company pursuant to this Section 5.07 shall be deemed to include proposing, negotiating, offering to agree to, agreeing to or effecting such conditions, commitments or restrictions on or related to the conduct of the Company’s business (including amendments to or waivers of provisions of any agreement among any or all of the Parties and the Company that relate to the Company’s business or operations) as are necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act or to avoid a suit by a Governmental Authority seeking to enjoin the Transactions pursuant to any Antitrust Law, provided that no Party shall be required to agree to any conditions, commitments or restrictions that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the assets, business, expected results of operation or financial condition of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither MCK, nor the Company, nor the Echo Parties or any of their Affiliates shall be required to divest, transfer, sell, or otherwise dispose of or hold separate (or agree to do any of the foregoing), any business, asset or any portion thereof, whether or not to be contributed to the Company.
(d) In connection with the efforts required under this Section 5.07, each such Party shall (i) cooperate in all respects with each other Party in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation, inquiry or proceeding under any applicable Antitrust Law, (ii) keep each other Party reasonably informed of the status of matters related to the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including furnishing the other Parties with any written notices or other communications received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) or any other U.S. or foreign Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private party under applicable Antitrust Laws, in each case regarding any of the Transactions contemplated hereby; and (iii) permit the other Party to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental Authority under or in connection with any applicable Antitrust Laws, and to the extent permitted by the FTC, the DOJ or such other applicable Governmental Authority or other Person, give the other party the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences in accordance with Antitrust Law.
Separate Counsel If any Action is asserted or commenced pursuant to which the indemnity provided in Section 9.4 hereof or the right of contribution provided in Section 9.5 hereof may apply, the Manager may take such action in connection therewith as it deems necessary or desirable, including retention of counsel for the Underwriters (“Syndicate Counsel”), and in its discretion separate counsel for any particular Underwriter or group of Underwriters, and the fees and disbursements of any counsel so retained will be allocated among the several Underwriters as determined by the Manager. Any such Syndicate Counsel retained by the Manager will be counsel to the Underwriters as a group and, in the event that: (a) the Manager settles any Action on a basis that results in the settlement of such Action against it and fewer than all the Underwriters, or (b)(i) a conflict develops between the Manager and the other Underwriters, or (ii) differing defenses are available to the other Underwriters and not available to the Manager, and as a result of either (b)(i) or (b)(ii) such Syndicate Counsel concludes that it is unable to continue to represent the Manager and the other Underwriters, then in each such case, after notification to the Manager and the other Underwriters, Syndicate Counsel will remain counsel to the other Underwriters and will withdraw as counsel to the Manager. The Manager hereby consents to such arrangement and undertakes to take steps to: (i) ensure that any engagement letters with Syndicate Counsel are consistent with such arrangement; (ii) issue a notice to all other Underwriters promptly following receipt of any advice (whether oral or written) from Syndicate Counsel regarding its inability to represent the Manager and the other Underwriters jointly; and (iii) facilitate Syndicate Counsel’s continued representation of the other Underwriters. Any Underwriter may elect to retain at its own expense its own counsel and, on advice of such counsel, may settle or consent to the settlement of any such Action, but only in compliance with Section 9.7 hereof, and in each case, only after notification to every other Underwriter. The Manager may settle or consent to the settlement of any such Action, but only in compliance with Section 9.7 hereof.
