Transactions to be Effected at the Closing (a) Seller shall be entitled to receive immediately 8,785,819 of the Purchase Price Shares (the “Initial Purchase Price Shares”); the remaining 1,500,000 of the Purchase Price Shares (the “Escrow Purchase Price Shares”), shall be deposited in escrow pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and shall be held and disposed of in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
(b) At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller (i) an original certificate or certificates representing the Initial Purchase Price Shares, (ii) all other documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Buyer at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, and (iii) the Estimated Closing Cash Amount, to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Seller.
(c) At the Closing, Buyer, Seller and Xxxxxx Jan Xxxxx Lijdsman, civil law notary in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the “Escrow Agent”) shall execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Escrow Agreement”).
(d) At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer (or if Buyer so elects, to a Subsidiary of Buyer) (i) certificates for the Acquired Shares duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank (or if the Acquired Shares are not certificated, (ii) a duly executed instrument of assignment thereof in proper form under the laws of Luxembourg, (iii) a certified copy of the share register of the Acquired Company), with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto, (iv) all other documents and instruments necessary to vest in Buyer (or its Subsidiary) all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Acquired Shares, free and clear of all Liens, and (v) all other documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) At the Closing, Buyer and Seller shall also close on the transactions specified in the Subscription Agreement.
Transactions at the Closing The closing of the transactions set forth herein (the "Closing") shall take place at York Gate, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, within ten business days after the date on which all conditions to the Closing shall have been satisfied and all legally required regulatory approvals (including the approval of the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices, which approval shall not include any conditions or restrictions (the “Anti-trust Approval”)) shall have been obtained, or thereafter at such other time, date and place as may be agreed by the Parties (the time and date of the Closing being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”). In the event that the Closing does not take place within 90 days of the Effective Date, each Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without giving rise to any right or claim by the other Party hereto, excluding claims for breaches of obligations or representations by any Party hereto prior to such termination; provided, however, that no Party may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3 if such Party's failure to fulfill any of its obligations under this Agreement shall have been a principal reason that the Closing shall not have occurred within the 90-day period of the date hereof. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur, which transactions shall be deemed to take place simultaneously and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed or any document delivered until all such transactions have been completed and all required documents have been delivered:
(1) Seller shall transfer to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances.
(2) Seller shall deliver to Purchaser duly executed irrevocable instructions from the Seller to the broker holding the Purchased Shares or to the holder registered as holding the Purchased Shares with any registration company or otherwise, instructing the electronic transfer of the Purchased Shares to the respective accounts of the Purchaser, as shall be provided to Seller by Purchaser.
(3) The Purchaser shall transfer to the bank account of the Seller the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be paid in US$ by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Any tax due by Seller with respect to the Seller's sale of the Purchased Shares shall be borne exclusively by the Seller and Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser in the event that any taxing authority requires Purchaser to pay the tax liability of Seller with respect to the sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder. The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller, promptly following its receipt, any notice, demand or claim it receives from any taxing authority in respect of any tax due with respect to the Seller and its sale of the Purchased Shares. Without derogating from Seller's indemnification obligations as set forth above and the Purchaser's right to timely comply with any requirement made to it by a taxing authority, the Seller shall have the right (at its sole discretion and expense) to directly negotiate and settle any such tax requirement with the relevant taxing authority.
Deliveries at the Closing At the Closing: -------------------------
(a) Seller and/or Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer the following:
(i) a good and sufficient xxxx of sale for the Assets, selling, delivering, transferring and assigning to Buyer all of Seller's and Affiliate's right, title and interest in and to the Assets, free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted Liens, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Xxxx of Sale"), together with such assignments and --------- ------------ other documentation reasonably requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, Buyer to validly vest Buyer with all of Seller's and Affiliate's right, title and interest in or to the Assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) consents, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1, to the assignment of the contracts listed on Schedules 2.30 and ----------- -------------- 2.31 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule; ----
(iii) copies, certified by an authorized officer of Seller, of minutes or resolutions of the board of directors and Parent, as sole stockholder, which shall not have been rescinded or modified, unconditionally authorizing the execution of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iv) copies, certified by an authorized officer of Parent, of minutes or resolutions of the board of directors, which shall not have been rescinded or modified, unconditionally authorizing the execution of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(v) the Escrow Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Escrow Agreement"), executed by each of --------- ---------------- Seller and Parent;
(vi) documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and its counsel evidencing that the approvals and consents specified in Sections 6.1(c) and 6.3(c) hereof have been obtained and are in full force and effect; and
(vii) all other documents and instruments required hereunder to be delivered by Seller to Buyer at the Closing;
(b) Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Seller the following:
(i) an instrument of assumption of liabilities, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, by which Buyer shall assume --------- the Assumed Liabilities as of the Closing, together with such other documentation reasonably requested by Seller to cause Buyer to assume the Assumed Liabilities;
(ii) the Escrow Agreement executed by Buyer; and
(iii) all other documents and instruments required hereunder to be delivered by Buyer to Seller at the Closing;
(c) Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent in accordance with Article VIII and the Escrow Agreement. ------------
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower;
(ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”).
(b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes.
(c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.
Purchaser Closing Deliveries No later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (except for the balance of the Purchase Price which is to be delivered at the time specified in Section 2.2.4), Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent (for disbursement to the applicable Seller upon the Closing) the following items with respect to each Property being conveyed at such Closing:
(a) A title affidavit (or at Purchaser’s option an indemnity) pertaining to Purchaser’s activity on the applicable Property prior to Closing, in the customary form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, to enable Title Insurer to delete the standard exceptions to the title insurance policy set forth in this Agreement (other than matters constituting any Permitted Exceptions and matters which are to be completed or performed post-Closing) to be issued pursuant to the Title Commitment; provided that such affidavit does not subject Purchaser to any greater liability, or impose any additional obligations, other than as set forth in this Agreement;
(b) Any declaration or other statement which may be required to be submitted to the local assessor with respect to the terms of the sale of such Property;
(c) A closing statement executed by Purchaser;
(d) A counterpart of the General Assignment, countersigned by Purchaser or Purchaser’s Designated Entity, as applicable;
(e) A counterpart of the Leases Assignment, countersigned by Purchaser or Purchaser’s Designated Entity, as applicable;
(f) A counterpart of the Tenant Notices, countersigned by Purchaser or Purchaser’s Designated Entity, as applicable, to be delivered to the Tenants by Purchaser promptly following Closing;
(g) Resolutions, certificates of good standing, and such other organizational documents as Title Insurer shall reasonably require evidencing Purchaser’s or Purchaser Designated Entities’, as applicable, authority to consummate this transaction; and
(h) If applicable and only with respect to the Runaway Bay I, the Xxxxxx’x Pointe, and Xxxx Bridge Crossing Properties, the Loan Documents to be executed by Purchaser or Purchaser’s Designated Entity, as applicable.
Conditions to the Transaction 7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Transaction. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Transaction shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
Closing Deliveries by the Purchaser At the Closing, the Purchaser shall execute, where necessary or appropriate, and deliver to the Shareholder each and all of the following:
(i) Payment of the Purchase Price in the manner set forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement;
(ii) A certificate in the form of EXHIBIT C hereto signed by a duly authorized officer of the Purchaser, and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement (as modified by the Schedules and any Supplement(s)) and in any document, instrument and/or agreement to be executed and delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing and the Purchaser has performed and complied with all of its covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement which are to be performed and complied with by the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) A copy certified by the Secretary of the Purchaser of the duly adopted resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser approving this Agreement, including the Ancillary Documents, and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the Ancillary Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(iv) A duly executed written opinion letter by counsel for the Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Shareholder, as contemplated by Section 8.3 of this Agreement;
(v) Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Shareholder that the performance and other bonds required by Section 5.25 have been secured in accordance with the provisions of such section;
(vi) A certificate of good standing of the Purchaser dated within five (5) days of the Closing Date issued by the Secretary of State of the Purchaser's state of incorporation; and
(vii) Such other documents and items as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or which may be customary under local law.
Closing Deliveries by Seller At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer:
(a) all such instruments of sale, assignment, conveyance and transfer, as the parties agree are customary and reasonably necessary to assign and transfer the Shares to Buyer;
(b) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by Seller, as required by Section 7.01;
(c) a certificate, duly completed and executed by Seller pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) certifying that Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code, and a validly completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 from each Person receiving funds pursuant to Section 2.02(b);
(d) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, as to (i) the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the completeness and lack of amendments to the Organizational Documents; and (iii) the effectiveness of any resolutions of such Company passed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) the written consents of the third Persons, as set forth on Section 3.02(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the change of control of the Company that will occur upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or any deemed assignment of any Contract that will result therefrom (and all such consents and waivers shall be in full force and effect);
(f) payoff letters for the Repaid Indebtedness to the effect that, upon receipt of payment under such payoff letters, the lender shall have been paid in full for such Repaid Indebtedness and any Liens relating thereto shall be released;
(g) resignations, effective as of the Closing Date, of the directors and officers of the Company, as requested by Buyer at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing;
(h) the organizational record books, minute books and company seal of Company;
(i) a release in the form of Exhibit A, effective as of the Closing Date, duly executed by Seller;
(j) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by Seller, setting forth (i) the aggregate balances of cash and cash-equivalents of the Company as of the Closing after the Estimated Pre-Closing Tax Obligation has been determined (the “Retained Cash”), and (ii) the aggregate balance of the Repurchase Reserve; and
(k) all other documents required to be entered into by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or reasonably requested by Buyer to convey the Shares or to otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
Seller Closing Deliveries Seller shall deliver the following documents to the Escrow Agent on or before the Closing Date:
(a) With respect to the Asset:
(i) the Deed duly executed by Seller;
(ii) the Assignment of Leases duly executed by Seller;
(iii) a xxxx of sale duly executed by Seller in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, relating to all fixtures, chattels, equipment and articles of Personal Property owned by Seller which are currently located upon or attached to the Property and used solely in connection with the operation of the Property (but not including items owned or leased by tenants, the Property Manager, or which are leased by Seller or any Excluded Assets);
(iv) the Assignment of Contracts duly executed by Seller;
(v) the Tenant Notices duly executed by Seller;
(vi) notice letters to the vendors under the Assumed Contracts duly executed by Seller;
(vii) an affidavit that Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, as amended, in substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto;
(viii) the Assignment of Licenses, Permits, Warranties and General Intangibles duly executed by Seller; and
(ix) to the extent in Seller’s possession, copies of the Space Leases which delivery may be satisfied by delivery of the on-site property management office at the Property.
(b) With respect to the transactions contemplated hereunder:
(i) all transfer tax returns to the extent required by law and the regulations issued pursuant thereto in connection with the payment of all state or local real property transfer taxes that are payable or arise as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case, as prepared by Seller and Buyer and duly executed by Seller; and
(ii) a Closing Statement duly executed by Seller.
