CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER 35 5.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligations........................................................ 35 5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary........................ 36 5.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company...................................................... 37
Conditions Precedent to Obligations to Consummate 9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of each Party to perform this Agreement and to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, unless waived by both Parties pursuant to Section 11.6 of this Agreement:
CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION SECTION 6.1. Conditions to All Parties' Obligations. The respective obligations of Parent and the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) The Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company and Parent in accordance with their respective articles of incorporation and applicable law.
(b) Parent, the Company and each of their respective subsidiaries shall have procured, if required in the opinion of counsel for Parent, the approvals, consents or waivers with respect to the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby by (i) the appropriate State Regulators, and (ii) the Federal Reserve Board, and all applicable statutory waiting periods shall have expired; and the parties shall have procured all other regulatory approvals, consents or waivers of governmental authorities or other persons that, in the opinion of counsel for Parent , are necessary or appropriate for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan; provided, however, that no approval, consent or waiver referred to in this Section 6.1(b) shall be deemed to have been received if it shall include any condition or requirement that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) would result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (ii) imposes any requirement upon Parent, the Company or their respective subsidiaries to (x) dispose of any asset which is material to Parent or the Company, (y) materially restrict or curtail the current business operations or activities of Parent or the Company or (z) raise an amount of capital, the issuance and sale of which, in the absence of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Plan, would in Parent's judgment be materially burdensome in light of Parent's capital raising policies or (iii) would reduce the benefits of the transactions contemplated by the Plan to Parent in so significant a manner that Parent, in its judgment, would not have entered into this Plan had such condition or requirement been known at the date hereof.
(c) The S-4 shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the S-4 shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC.
(d) Parent and the Company shall each have received a letter from their respective independent accountants addressed to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to the effect that the Merger will qualify for "pooling of interests" accounting treatment.
(e) All other requirements prescribed by law which are necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Plan shall have been satisfied.
(f) No party hereto shall be subject to any order, decree or injunction of a court or agency of competent jurisdiction which enjoins or prohibits the consummation of the Merger or any other 44 50 transaction contemplated by this Plan, and no litigation or proceeding shall be pending against Parent or the Company or any of their subsidiaries brought by any governmental agency seeking to prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(g) No statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, interpreted, applied or enforced by any governmental authority which prohibits, restricts or makes illegal consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Plan.
SECTION 6.2. Conditions to the Obligations of Parent. The obligations of Parent to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Plan shall have been true on the date hereof and shall be true in all material respects on the Effective Date as if made on such date (or on the date when made in the case of any representation or warranty which specifically relates to an earlier date); the Company shall have performed, in all material respects, each of its covenants and agreements contained in this Plan; and Parent shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Effective Date, to the foregoing effect.
(b) Parent shall have received a written opinion, dated the Effective Date, from McCarty, Curry, Wydexxx, Xxetxxx & Xaak, XXP, counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent.
(c) Parent shall have received a written opinion from Dykexx Xxxsxxx XXXC, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code.
Agreements to Sell and Purchase and Lock-Up Agreements On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a price per Share of $______ (the "PURCHASE PRICE") the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Additional Shares and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to _______ Additional Shares from the Company at the Purchase Price. Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase Additional Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to the Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any such notice on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise and the date for payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be a business day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice has been given (and, in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days after such notice has been given. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Shares. The Company hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
Termination Agreement 8.01 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, WESTERN, at its sole option, may terminate either a Purchase Order or this Agreement at any time by giving fourteen (14) days written notice to CONSULTANT, whether or not a Purchase Order has been issued to CONSULTANT.
8.02 In the event of termination of either a Purchase Order or this Agreement, the payment of monies due CONSULTANT for work performed prior to the effective date of such termination shall be paid within thirty (30) days after receipt of an invoice as provided in this Agreement. Upon payment for such work, CONSULTANT agrees to promptly provide to WESTERN all documents, reports, purchased supplies and the like which are in the possession or control of CONSULTANT and pertain to WESTERN.
Termination of Merger Agreement This Agreement shall be binding upon Holder upon Holder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall only become effective upon the Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect.
Parties to Lock-Up Agreements The Company has furnished to the Underwriters a letter agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lock-up Agreement”) from each of the persons listed on Exhibit B. Such Exhibit B lists under an appropriate caption the directors and executive officers of the Company. If any additional persons shall become directors or executive officers of the Company prior to the end of the Company Lock-up Period (as defined below), the Company shall cause each such person, prior to or contemporaneously with their appointment or election as a director or executive officer of the Company, to execute and deliver to the Representatives a Lock-up Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment or in the event that the Investment Management Agreement between the Manager and the Fund shall have terminated for any reason; and this Agreement shall not be amended unless such amendment is approved at a meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Manager or the Portfolio Manager.
Consummation of Agreement Seller shall use its best efforts to fulfill and perform all conditions and obligations on its part to be fulfilled and performed under this Agreement, and cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be fully consummated.
Conditions to Obligation to Close (a) Conditions to Obligation of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions to be performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 above that are qualified as to their materiality or to the Knowledge of the Seller shall be true and correct and any such representations and warranties that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement);
(ii) the Seller and the Company shall have performed and complied with all of their respective covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing;
(iii) there shall not be any injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or charge in effect preventing consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no action, suit, claim or proceeding shall be pending before any Authority which seeks to prohibit or enjoin the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate to the effect that the conditions specified above in Section 9(a)(i) and (ii), as they pertain to the Seller, have been satisfied in all respects;
(v) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate to the effect that the conditions specified above in Section 9(a)(i) and (ii), as they pertain to the Company, have been satisfied in all respects;
(vi) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser all of the items under Section 2(f) herein; and
(vii) there shall be no payables or receivables between the Seller and the Company or between Affiliates of the Seller and the Company.
(viii) the Purchaser shall have obtained financing to implement the transactions provided for in this Agreement and to provide sufficient working capital on such terms and conditions as are acceptable to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have satisfied all of the conditions precedent to acquisitions under WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.'s line of credit with Fleet.
(ix) all consents, waivers, exemptions, governmental approvals, regulatory approvals and other actions that are necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(x) the Purchaser shall have received from Seller all information available to Seller that is requested by the Purchaser promptly after the date hereof, and the Purchaser, upon review of such matters related to Seller, its assets, liabilities, financial condition, business, prospects or relations with third parties as it shall deem necessary or appropriate (in which review Seller shall cooperate), shall not have learned of any fact or matter that, in the good faith determination of Purchaser, causes Purchaser to be dissatisfied in any material respect with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser may waive any condition specified in this Section 9(a) if it executes a writing so stating at or prior to the Closing.
