Tail Financing The Placement Agent shall be entitled to fees per Section 2.A. of this Agreement with respect to any public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (“Tail Financing”) to the extent that such Tail Financing is provided to the Company by any Investors in this Offering that the Placement Agent has introduced to the Company during the term of the Placement Agent’s engagement for this offering, if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the 12-month period following the Closing Date.
Transaction Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain a commitment letter (the “Transaction Financing Commitment Letter”), from a reputable financial institution to provide financing for the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby on commercially reasonable terms and conditions.
Additional Financing Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, no Member shall be obligated or permitted to contribute any additional capital to the Company without the consent of the Board of Managers. No interest shall accrue on any contributions to the capital of the Company, and no Member shall have the right to withdraw or to be repaid any capital contributed by it or to receive any other payment in respect of its interest in the Company, including without limitation as a result of the withdrawal or resignation of such Member from the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. The records of the Company shall be adjusted to reflect any additional contributions to the capital of the Company made pursuant to Section 5.2.
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable.
PIPE Financing Parent has executed Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors for them to purchase the PIPE Shares for an aggregate investment equal to the PIPE Financing Amount. Each of the PIPE Investors has represented that it is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) or a “qualified institutional buyer” (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act). True and complete executed copies of each Subscription Agreement has been delivered to the Company on or prior to the date hereof. Each of the Subscription Agreements (a) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent, (b) are in full force and effect and have not been withdrawn, terminated or otherwise amended or modified (and no such withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by Parent) and (c) constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent, and, to the knowledge of Parent, the other parties thereto, in accordance with their terms. There are no other agreements, side letters, or arrangements between Parent and any PIPE Investor relating to any Subscription Agreement or the purchase by such PIPE Investor of securities of Parent, that could affect the obligation of the PIPE Investors to acquire their portion of the PIPE Shares as set forth in the applicable Subscription Agreement, and, as of the date hereof, Parent does not know of any facts or circumstances that may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions set forth in any Subscription Agreements not being satisfied, or the PIPE Investment Amount not being available to Parent, on the Closing Date. No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Parent under any material term or condition of any Subscription Agreement and, as of the date hereof, Parent has no reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy in all material respects on a timely basis any term or condition of closing to be satisfied by it contained in any Subscription Agreement. The Subscription Agreements contain all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the PIPE Investors to acquire the PIPE Shares on the terms set forth therein. No fees, consideration (other than PIPE Shares) or other discounts are payable or have been agreed by Parent to any PIPE Investor in respect of its PIPE Shares to be acquired under its Subscription Agreement.
Parent Financing (a) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to arrange, obtain and consummate the Financing, including using reasonable best efforts to (A) comply with and maintain in full force and effect the Financing Commitments, (B) negotiate and execute definitive agreements with respect to the Debt Financing on the terms contained in the Debt Financing Commitments (including any “market flex” provisions applicable thereto in accordance with the terms set forth in the Debt Financing Commitment) or on terms that are substantially comparable or more favorable to Parent than the terms contained in the Debt Financing Commitments (including any “market flex” provisions applicable thereto), in each case, which terms do not effectuate Restricted Financing Changes (such definitive agreements, the “Definitive Financing Agreements”), (C) satisfy on a timely basis (or obtain the waiver of) all conditions applicable to Parent in the Financing Commitments and such Definitive Financing Agreements that are to be satisfied by Parent and to consummate the Financing at or prior to the Closing, (D) enforce its rights against the other parties to the Financing Commitments and the Definitive Financing Agreements and (E) consummate the Financing. Parent shall obtain the Equity Financing contemplated by the Equity Financing Commitment upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to Closing in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing). To the extent reasonably requested by the Company from time to time, Parent shall keep the Company informed in reasonable detail of any material developments concerning the status of its efforts to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing, and Parent shall promptly respond to any such request from the Company concerning such status.
Equity Financing The Permitted Investors shall have made equity contributions to, or purchased for cash equity of, Holdings in an aggregate amount that, together with all roll-over equity, constitutes not less than 40% of the pro forma capitalization of Holdings and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (after giving effect to the Transactions but excluding any Loans made or Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility).
Purchaser Financing Purchaser assumes full responsibility to obtain the funds required for settlement, and Purchaser’s acquisition of such funds shall not be a contingency to the Closing.
Future Financing The Company shall have not completed any financing prohibited by Section 4.11 unless, prior to the Company delivering the first Draw Down Notice after any such financing, the Company pays the Purchaser the sum of $100,000 as liquidated damages.
