Required Approvals 18.1 Subject to Section 23.3 of this Agreement, the obligations of each Party to perform its respective Work under this Agreement are expressly contingent upon (i) each Party receiving all licenses, permits, permissions, certificates, approvals, authorizations, consents, franchises and releases from any local, state, or federal regulatory agency or other governmental agency or authority, and from any other third party that may be required for such Party in connection with the performance of such Party’s obligations under or in connection with this Agreement (the “Required Approvals”), (ii) each Required Approval being granted without the imposition of any modification or condition of the terms of this Agreement or the subject transactions, unless such modification(s) or condition(s) are agreed to by both Parties in their respective sole discretion, and (iii) all applicable appeal periods with respect to the Required Approvals having expired without any appeal having been made or, if such an appeal has been made, a full, final and non-appealable determination having been made regarding same by a court or other administrative body of competent jurisdiction, which determination disposes of or otherwise resolves such appeal (or appeals) to the satisfaction of both Parties in their respective sole discretion. Each Party represents that, as of the Effective Date, it is not aware of any Required Approvals that will need to be obtained for such Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement. 18.2 Subject to Section 23.3 of this Agreement, if any application or request is made in connection with seeking any Required Approval and is denied, or is granted in a form, or subject to conditions, that either Party rejects, in its sole discretion, as unacceptable, this Agreement shall terminate as of the date that a Party notifies the other Party of such denial or rejection, in which event the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall cease as of such date and this Agreement shall terminate, subject to Developer’s obligation to pay Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 21.3 and 21.4 hereof) for all Company Reimbursable Costs. For the avoidance of doubt: all of the Company’s actual costs in connection with seeking any Required Approvals shall also be included within the meaning of the term Company Reimbursable Costs and shall be paid for by Developer.
Required Approvals and Consents (a) All action required by law and otherwise to be taken by the directors and stockholders of the Parent to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will have been duly and validly taken. (b) All Consents of or from all Authorities required hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, will have been delivered, made or obtained, and the Company will have received copies thereof.
Board Approvals The Company Board of Directors, at a meeting duly called and held, has unanimously (i) determined that each of the Agreement, the Offer and the Merger are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company, (ii) duly and validly approved, adopted and declared advisable this Agreement and the Transactions and taken all other corporate action required to be taken by the Company Board of Directors to authorize the consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) resolved to recommend, subject to Section 5.2, that the stockholders of the Company accept the Offer, tender their Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer, and approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger, and none of the aforesaid actions by the Company Board of Directors has been amended, rescinded or modified, except as provided in Section 5.2. The action taken by the Company Board of Directors constitutes approval of the Transactions (including each of the Offer and the Merger) by the Company Board of Directors under Section 203 of the DGCL, and no other state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation in any jurisdiction in which the Company does business is applicable to the Transactions (including each of the Offer and the Merger).
Organization, Qualifications and Corporate Power (a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business transacted by it or the character of the properties owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own and hold its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Stockholders' Agreement to issue, sell and deliver the Preferred Shares and to issue and deliver the Converted Shares. (b) The attached Schedule III contains a list of all subsidiaries of the Company and its equity interest therein. Except for such subsidiaries, the Company does not (i) own of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, (A) any shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock of any other corporation or (B) any participating interest in any partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate business enterprise or (ii) control, directly or indirectly, any other entity. Each of the Company's corporate subsidiary and limited liability company subsidiary is a corporation or limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business transacted by it or the character of the properties owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on the Company. Each of the subsidiaries referenced above has the corporate power or entity power, as the case may be, and authority to own and hold its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or equity interests, as the case may be, of each of the subsidiaries are owned beneficially and of record by the Company, one of its other subsidiaries, or any combination of the Company and/or one or more of its other subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of any liens, charges, restrictions, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever; and there are no outstanding subscriptions, warrants, options, convertible securities, or other rights (contingent or other) pursuant to which any of the subsidiaries is or may become obligated to issue any shares of its capital stock or equity interests, as the case may be, to any person other than the Company or one of the other subsidiaries.
Required Approval Any indemnification under this Article shall be made by the Trust if authorized in the specific case on a determination that indemnification of the Agent is proper in the circumstances by (i) a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought that the Agent was not liable by reason of Disqualifying Conduct (including, but not limited to, dismissal of either a court action or an administrative proceeding against the Agent for insufficiency of evidence of any Disqualifying Conduct) or, (ii) in the absence of such a decision, a reasonable determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the Agent was not liable by reason of Disqualifying Conduct, by (1) the vote of a majority of a quorum of the Trustees who are not (x) “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, (y) parties to the proceeding, or (z) parties who have any economic or other interest in connection with such specific case (the “disinterested, non-party Trustees”); or (2) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
Shareholder Approvals (a) Each of Peoples and Limestone shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and their respective organizational documents to duly call, give notice of, convene and, as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective, hold a meeting of its shareholders and, except as otherwise provided herein, use its reasonable best efforts to take such other actions necessary to obtain the relevant shareholder approvals, in each case as promptly as practicable for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Peoples Vote and the Requisite Limestone Vote. Each party shall cooperate and keep the other party informed on a current basis regarding its solicitation efforts and voting results following the dissemination of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the shareholders of each party. Each member of the Limestone Board shall have executed and delivered to Peoples a Support Agreement concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. (b) Except in the case of an Acceptance of Superior Proposal permitted by Section 6.06, Limestone shall solicit, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, the Requisite Limestone Vote at the Limestone Meeting. Subject to Section 6.06(d), Limestone shall (i) through the Limestone Board, recommend to its shareholders adoption of this Agreement (the “Limestone Recommendation”), and (ii) include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Limestone hereby acknowledges its obligation to submit this Agreement to its shareholders at the Limestone Meeting as provided in this Section 6.02. If requested by Peoples, Limestone will engage a proxy solicitor, reasonably acceptable to Peoples, to assist in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders relating to the Requisite Limestone Vote. (c) Peoples shall solicit, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, the Requisite Peoples Vote at the Peoples Meeting. Peoples shall (i) through the Peoples Board, recommend to its shareholders adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein by the shareholders of Peoples and any other matters required to be approved by Peoples’ shareholders for consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated herein, as required by this Section 6.01(c) (the “Peoples Recommendation”), and (ii) include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Peoples Board shall at all times prior to and during the Peoples Meeting recommend the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein by the shareholders of Peoples and any other matters required to be approved by Peoples’ shareholders for consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated herein and shall not withhold, withdraw, amend, modify, change or qualify such recommendation in a manner adverse in any respect to the interests of Limestone or take any other action or make any other public statement inconsistent with such recommendation.
No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Revolving Note, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with the any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents; (ii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of its or their assets or properties may be bound; (iii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any order, writ, injunction, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation (including foreign and United States federal and state securities laws); or (v) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Lien, claim or encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, any Credit Party or any of its assets. The Credit Parties are not in violation of any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents, as applicable, and the Credit Parties are not in default or breach (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put any Credit Party in default or breach) under, and the Credit Parties have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or assets of any Credit Party are bound or affected. No business of any Credit Party is being conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties are not required to obtain any consent or approval of, from, or with any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents and approvals which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Effective Date.
Conflicts; Consents and Approvals (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not: (i) violate, or result in a breach of any provision of, the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws; (ii) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default) under, or entitle any Person (with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise) to terminate, accelerate, modify or call a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, contract, undertaking, agreement, lease or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; or (iii) violate any Applicable Laws relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof or for any of the foregoing that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. (b) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain any approval of any Person or approval of, observe any waiting period imposed by, or make any filing with or notification to or seek any approval or authorization from any Governmental Authority other than (i) actions, if any, required by the HSR Act, except for actions required by the HSR Act taken prior to the date hereof, (ii) the Company Stockholders Approval, if required, (iii) registrations or other actions required under United States federal and state securities laws as are contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Non-Contravention; Approvals and Consents (i) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.02(d)(i) hereto, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the Merger-Sub does not, and the performance by the Parent and the Merger-Sub of their obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in, or give to any person any right of payment or reimbursement, termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the respective assets or properties of the Parent or the Merger-Sub under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (x) the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Parent or the Merger-Sub, (y) any Laws or Orders of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority applicable to the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties, or (z) any Contracts to which either the Parent or the Merger-Sub is a party or by which either the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties are bound, excluding from the foregoing clauses (y) and (z) conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, terminations, modifications, accelerations, and creations and impositions of Liens, which individually or in the aggregate, could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent or the Merger-Sub or on their ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (ii) Except (x) for the filing of the Certificate of Merger and other appropriate merger documents required by the DGCL with the Secretary of State of Delaware and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which the Constituent Entities are qualified to do business, and (y) as disclosed in Schedule 3.02(d)(ii) hereto, no consent, approval, or action of, filing with or notice to any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other public or private third party is necessary or required under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Law or Order of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or any Contract to which the Parent or the Merger- Sub is a party or by which the Parent or the Merger-Sub or any of their respective assets or properties is bound for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the Merger-Sub, the performance by the Parent and the Merger-Sub of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for such consents, approvals or actions of, filing with or notices to any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other public or private third party the failure of which to make or obtain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent, the Merger-Sub or the Surviving Corporation or on the Parent's and the Merger-Sub's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Organization and Corporate Power The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results or assets of the Company. The Company possesses all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement.