Organization and Business The Company is (a) a duly organized and validly existing corporation or limited liability company, (b) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and (c) has the power and authority, corporate or otherwise, necessary (i) to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) to carry on the business now conducted or proposed to be conducted by it.
Organization; Subsidiaries (a) Company and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority, and all requisite qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation, to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing or to have such power, authority or qualifications would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 8.3) on Company.
Business Organization Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller shall use its reasonable efforts, and shall cause Seller and each of its Subsidiaries to use its respective reasonable efforts, to
Holding Companies (a) In the case of Holdings, (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than those incidental to its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and the performance of the Loan Documents, the ABL Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents, any Specified Refinancing Debt or any Specified Second Lien Refinancing Debt, (ii) incur any Indebtedness (other than (x) the First Lien Obligations, the ABL Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, (y) intercompany Indebtedness incurred in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06 and Indebtedness of the type described in Sections 7.03(i) through (m) (other than Section 7.03(k)(B)), 7.03(o) and 7.03(p) and (z) Guarantees of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(n), (s), (t), (u) or (v)), (iii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Liens pursuant to any Loan Document, any ABL Loan Document or any Second Lien Loan Document, Permitted Other Indebtedness Liens, Specified Refinancing Liens, Specified Second Lien Refinancing Liens or non-consensual Liens arising solely by operation of law); or (iv) make any Investments (other than (x) Investments in the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any temporary Investments to facilitate Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted by Section 7.02) or (y) Investments of the type permitted by Section 7.02(a), (b), (h), (k) or (m).
Due Organization; Subsidiaries; Etc (a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Company Contracts.
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and senior officers.
Due Organization; Subsidiaries Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Legal Requirements of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and each of the other SafeNet Corporations which is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Regulation S-X) of Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Legal Requirements of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation. Each of the SafeNet Corporations has all necessary power and authority to (a) conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (b) to own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used; and (c) to perform its material obligations under all Parent Material Contracts. Each of the SafeNet Corporations is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing, under the Legal Requirements of all jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on the SafeNet Corporations. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other charter or organizational documents of each of the SafeNet Corporations, including all amendments thereto (collectively, the “Parent Organization Documents”). Parent has no Subsidiaries, except for the corporations identified in Schedule 3.1 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries identified in Schedule 3.1 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule are collectively referred to herein as the “SafeNet Corporations”. None of the SafeNet Corporations has any equity interest or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any Entity, other than the SafeNet Corporations’ interests in their Subsidiaries identified in Schedule 3.1 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
Organization of Company The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Company is duly authorized to conduct business and is in good standing under the laws in every jurisdiction in which the ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith. The Company has full corporate power and authority and all licenses, permits, and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. The Company has no subsidiaries and does not control any entity, directly or indirectly, or have any direct or indirect equity participation in any other entity.
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries Each of Parent and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority and is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders ("Approvals") necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have such power, authority and Approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Parent and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. A true and complete list of all of Parent's subsidiaries, together with the jurisdiction of incorporation of each subsidiary and the percentage of each subsidiary's outstanding capital stock owned by Parent or another subsidiary, is set forth in Section 2.01 of Parent Disclosure Schedule (which Section may be provided to the Company no later than five (5) business days after the date hereof). Except as set forth in Section 2.01 of Parent Disclosure Schedule or the Parent SEC Reports (as defined below), Parent does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity, with respect to which interest Parent has invested or is required to invest $3,000,000 or more, excluding securities in any publicly traded company held for investment by Parent and comprising less than five percent of the outstanding stock of such company.
Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc Each of the Acquired Companies is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so organized, validly existing, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Business Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, any reference to any facts, circumstances, events or changes having a “Business Material Adverse Effect” means such facts, circumstances, events or changes that are, or would reasonably be expected to become, materially adverse to the business, financial condition or continuing operations of the Business taken as a whole but shall not include facts, circumstances, events or changes (a) generally affecting the newspaper industry in the United States or the economy or the financial or securities markets in the United States or elsewhere in the world, including regulatory and political conditions or developments (including any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of war or terrorism) or (b) resulting from (i) the announcement or the existence of, or compliance with, this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including the effect of the announcement of, or the existence of the plan to make, the Proposed Divestitures (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (provided that the exception in this clause (b)(i) shall not apply to the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.2(c) to the extent that the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby would result in any of the consequences set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) of such section), (ii) any litigation arising from allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty or other violation of applicable Law relating to the Merger Agreement or this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby or (iii) changes in applicable Law, GAAP or accounting standards. No Acquired Company is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws, except as would not have a Business Material Adverse Effect. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in the Acquired Companies have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, owned directly or indirectly by Knight Ridder (or following the Effective Time, Seller), free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests, except for restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws.
