Certain Other Agreements The Unitholder hereby:
(a) agrees to promptly notify Parent of the number of any new Securities acquired by the Unitholder after the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Date; provided that any such Securities shall automatically be subject to the terms of this Agreement as though owned by the Unitholder on the date hereof;
(b) agrees to permit Parent to publish and disclose in the Joint Proxy Statement, other filings with the SEC and in the press release announcing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Unitholder’s identity and ownership of the Securities and the nature of the Unitholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement; provided that Parent agrees that it shall only publish and disclose the ownership of the Unitholder on an aggregate basis with the Partnership Unitholders who have entered into a Partnership Support Agreement on the date hereof; and
(c) shall and does authorize Parent or its counsel to notify the Partnership’s transfer agent that there is a stop transfer order with respect to all of the Securities (and that this Agreement places limits on the voting and transfer of such shares); provided that Parent or its counsel further notifies the Partnership’s transfer agent to lift and vacate the stop transfer order with respect to the Securities on the earlier of (x) following the Expiration Date and (y) the date on which the Approval is obtained.
Certain Other Matters (a) If the Closing shall occur, the indemnification provisions of this Article VIII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for money damages in respect of any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty or any breach of any covenant or agreement made in this Agreement other than in respect of any claim under Article VI or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties hereto. No party shall be entitled to seek, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the parties hereto waive, any rights they might otherwise have to rescind the sale and purchase of the Shares. Without limiting the foregoing, the indemnities provided in this Article VIII shall constitute Purchaser Indemnified Party's exclusive remedy for any Losses arising under Environmental Laws (except with respect to Excluded Liabilities) and the Purchaser Indemnified Parties expressly waive and relinquish, on behalf of themselves, their successors and any assigns, any and all rights, claims or remedies such person may have against Seller under any Environmental Laws (except with respect to Excluded Liabilities), as presently in force or hereafter enacted, promulgated, or amended (including, without limitation, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, or any similar state or local law) or at common law.
(b) Upon making any payment to an Indemnified Party for any indemnification claim pursuant to this Article VIII, the Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to any rights which the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates may have against any other Persons with respect to the subject matter underlying such indemnification claim and the Indemnified Party shall, at the Indemnifying Party's sole cost and expense, take such actions as the Indemnifying Party may reasonably require to perfect such subrogation or to pursue such rights against such other Persons as the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates may have.
Restrictions on Other Agreements No Principal Stockholder shall, directly or indirectly, grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust, agreement or arrangement of any kind with respect to its shares of Common Stock if and to the extent the terms thereof conflict with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such proxy, voting trust, agreement or agreements are with other Principal Stockholders, holders of shares of Common Stock that are not parties to this Agreement or otherwise).
Certain Other Assignments In addition to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this Section 9.6 any Lender may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its Revolving Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Revolving Loan Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including, without limitation, any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided, no Lender, as between Company and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further, in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee be considered to be a “Lender” or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
Effect on Other Agreements The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement of the Employer (whether entered into before or after the Effective Date) to the extent application of the terms of this Agreement is more favorable to the Executive.
Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (i) to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k) shall prohibit or restrict compliance with:
(A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(B) any agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 7.02(k) to the extent any encumbrance or restriction contained therein could reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact in any material respect on the interests of any Loan Party, the Agents or the Lenders;
(C) any applicable law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, applicable currency control laws and applicable state corporate statutes restricting the payment of dividends in certain circumstances);
(D) in the case of clause (iv), any agreement setting forth customary restrictions on the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is the subject of any lease, license, conveyance, sale or similar transaction; or
(E) in the case of clause (iv), any agreement, instrument or other document evidencing a Permitted Lien (or the Indebtedness secured thereby) from restricting on customary terms the transfer of any property or assets subject thereto.
Investments in Other Persons Other than as required to consummate the Merger Transactions, make or hold, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold, any Investment in any Person, except:
(i) equity Investments by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in their Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof and additional Investments in Loan Parties;
(ii) loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(iii) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(iv) Investments existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 4.01(y) hereto;
(v) other Investments in an aggregate cash amount invested not to exceed $10,000,000 plus 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance of Equity Interests; provided, however, that the consent of the Required Lenders shall be required for any single Investment in which the cash to be committed or paid exceeds $2,000,000; provided, further, that with respect to Investments made under this clause (v): (A) any newly acquired or organized Subsidiary of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary thereof; (B) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and (C) any company or business acquired or invested in pursuant to this clause (v) shall be in the same line of business as the business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or shall be engaged in an ancillary or related business; provided, further, still, that, if (1) any such Investment is made with a combination of cash and shares, stock or other securities of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and (2) such Investment results in the Debt Rating being downgraded by more than one level, then the Applicable Margin shall increase by 0.50% per annum;
(vi) extension of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; and
(vii) an Investment through the acquisition by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of all of the outstanding Capital Stock of another Person solely in exchange for the Capital Stock of the Parent and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Capital Stock; provided, that either (A)(1) such Person has positive cash flow measured by EBITDA minus Capital Expenditures, in each case for the most recent twelve full months preceding the date of such acquisition, (2) immediately preceding the date of such acquisition, the value of the Current Assets of such Person minus unsecured Debt of such Person to be assumed in such acquisition minus Capitalized Leases of such Person to be assumed in such acquisition is at least $1.00, and (3) if the date of such acquisition shall occur within twelve months after the Merger Closing Date, the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower shall certify to the Administrative Agent that the Minimum Required Synergies shall be achieved prior to the date of such acquisition; or (B) the Required Lenders consent to such acquisition; provided, that, in any such case, any Person so acquired shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, further, that the calculations referred to in clauses (A)(1) and (A)(2) above shall be made on a Consolidated basis with respect to all Persons that shall become Subsidiaries of the Parent as a result of any individual Investment to which such calculations shall apply, provided, however, that, if such combination results in the Debt Rating being downgraded by more than one level, then the Applicable Margin shall increase by 0.50% per annum.
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents;
(2) this Indenture and the Securities (and any Exchange Securities and guarantees thereof) and the indentures relating to the Other Notes and the Other Notes (and any Other Notes Exchange Securities and guarantees thereof);
(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or its Subsidiaries, so acquired;
(5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(9) purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, in each case for property acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired or leased;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the type described in clause (c) above on the property subject to such lease;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (i) that is a Guarantor that is Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03 or (ii) that is Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to clause (iv), (xii) or (xx) of Section 4.03(b);
(13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment; or
(14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
Insurance and Certain Other Laws (a) AVIF will use its best efforts to comply with any applicable state insurance laws or regulations, to the extent specifically requested in writing by LIFE COMPANY, which efforts shall include, without limitation, the furnishing of information that is not otherwise available to LIFE COMPANY and that is required by state insurance law to enable LIFE COMPANY to obtain the authority needed to issue the Contracts in any applicable state.
(b) LIFE COMPANY represents and warrants that (i) it is an insurance company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nebraska and has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its duties and comply with its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) it has legally and validly established and maintains each Account as a segregated asset account under Section 10506 of the California Insurance Code and the regulations thereunder, and (iii) the Contracts comply in all material respects with all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
(c) AVIF represents and warrants that it is lawfully organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power, authority, and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform its duties and comply with its obligations under this Agreement.
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.