Opinion of Company's Counsel The Purchaser shall have received from Morrxxxx & Xoerxxxx XXX, counsel for the Company, an opinion dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
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 Company Counsel On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as Representative of the several Underwriters, the opinions of (i) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Bear, LLP, intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance satisfactory to you.
Opinion of Counsel, Etc At the Closing, the Purchasers shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the date of the Closing, in the form of Exhibit G hereto, and such other certificates and documents as the Purchasers or its counsel shall reasonably require incident to the Closing.
OPINION OF FUND'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT The Custodian shall take all reasonable action, as a Fund with respect to a Portfolio may from time to time request, to obtain from year to year favorable opinions from the Fund’s independent accountants with respect to its activities hereunder in connection with the preparation of the Fund’s Form N-1A or Form N-2, as applicable, and Form N-SAR or other annual reports to the SEC and with respect to any other requirements thereof.
Opinion of Tax Counsel The Company shall have received an opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Rosenman LLP, special counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of the facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering its opinion, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP may require and rely upon representations contained in letters from each of HEOP and the Company.
Effective Date Opinion of Counsel On the Effective Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of GM, counsel to the Company, dated the Effective Date, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory to GM to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and the applicable state securities or Blue Sky Laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative's Purchase Option, the Representative's Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative's Purchase Option, and the Representative's Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Escrow Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative's Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative's Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Services Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel's knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel's knowledge, violate any statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, domestic or foreign, or of any federal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(vi) The Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and each agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. No statute or regulation required to be described in the Prospectus is not described as required, nor are any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement not so described or filed as required.
(vii) Counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (except as otherwise set forth in this opinion), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which should lead them to believe that either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the date of such opinion contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus).
(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ix) To such counsel's knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement.
Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower A favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Obligors, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (and the Borrower hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent).
Closing Date Opinion of Counsel On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion and written statement providing certain “10b-5” negative assurances of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP (“Company Counsel”), counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
Instructions, Opinion of Counsel and Signatures At any time DST may apply to any person authorized by the Fund to give instructions to DST, and may with the approval of a Fund officer consult with legal counsel for the Fund, or DST’s outside legal counsel at the expense of the Fund, with respect to any matter arising in connection with the agency and it will not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in reliance upon such instructions or upon the opinion of such counsel. In connection with services provided by DST under this Agency Agreement that relate to compliance by the Fund with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any other tax law, including without limitation the services described in Section 6.B, DST shall have no obligation to continue to provide such services after it has asked the Fund to give it instructions which it believes are needed by it to so continue to provide such services and before it receives the needed instructions from the Fund, and DST shall have no liability for any damages (including without limitation penalties imposed by any tax authority) caused by or that result from its failure to provide services as contemplated by this sentence. DST will be protected in acting upon any paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper person or persons and will not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Fund. It will also be protected in recognizing stock certificates which it reasonably believes to bear the proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the Fund, and the proper countersignature of any former transfer agent or registrar, or of a co-transfer agent or co-registrar.
