Agreement to Cooperate (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 9.16, each of the parties hereto shall use reasonable business efforts promptly (x) to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law to consummate the Transactions, and (y) to refrain from taking, or cause to be taken, any action and to refrain from doing or causing to be done, any thing which could impede or impair the consummation of the Transactions, including, in all cases, without limitation using its reasonable business efforts (i) to prepare and file with the applicable Authorities as promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement all requisite applications and amendments thereto, together with related information, data and exhibits, necessary to request issuance of orders approving the Transactions by all such applicable Authorities, each of which must be obtained or become final to the extent provided in Section 6.1(a), (ii) to obtain all necessary or appropriate waivers, consents and approvals, including without limitation those referred to in Section 6.2(d), without payment of consideration to the other party, (iii) to effect all necessary registrations, filings and submissions (including without limitation filings under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act and all filings necessary for ATS to own and operate the Meridian Assets and conduct the Meridian Business), (iv) to lift any injunction or other legal bar to the Transactions (and, in such case, to proceed with the Transactions as expeditiously as possible), and (v) to obtain the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Article 6, including without limitation the truth and correctness as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of such party and the performance and satisfaction as of the Closing Date of all agreements and conditions to be performed or satisfied by such party, without the payment of any amounts, except to the extent otherwise required by the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The parties shall cooperate with one another in the preparation, execution and filing of all Tax Returns, questionnaires, applications, or other documents regarding any real property transfer or gains, sales, use, transfer, value added, stock transfer and stamp Taxes, any transfer, recording, registration and other fees, and any similar Taxes which become payable in connection with the Transactions that are required or permitted to be filed on or before the Closing Date.
(c) Meridian shall cooperate and use its reasonable business efforts to (i) prepare balance sheets and statements of income (loss) and cash flow for eleven month period ended November 30, 1996 and thereafter on a monthly basis until the month preceding the Closing in accordance with GAAP subject only to such exceptions for periods ending on or before December 31, 1996 as are set forth in Section 3.2 of the Meridian Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) cause its independent accountants to reasonably cooperate with ATS, and at ATS's expense, in order to enable ATS to have its independent accountants prepare audited financial statements for the Meridian Business described in Section 6.2(g). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Meridian agrees that after the Closing Date it will (x) consent to the use of such audited financial statements in any registration statement or other document filed by ATS or any Affiliate of ATS under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the extent required by Applicable Law or any underwriter in an underwritten public offering, and (y) execute and deliver, and cause its directors and officers to execute and deliver, such "representation" letters as are customarily delivered in connection with audits and as ATS's independent accountants may reasonably request under the circumstances; provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the use of such audited financial statements by any Affiliate of ATS, such Affiliate shall execute an indemnification agreement, in form and content reasonably acceptable to Meridian's counsel, pursuant to which such Affiliate agrees to indemnify Meridian and related parties from liability arising from the use of such statements on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as ATS so agrees in Section 8.2(e)(ii) of this Agreement.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PURCHASER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE Purchaser's obligation to purchase the Shares and to take the other actions required to be taken by Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by Purchaser, in whole or in part):
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Note at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
a. The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Buyer.
b. The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer duly executed Note (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) in accordance with Section 1(b) above.
c. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
d. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
e. No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company including but not limited to a change in the 1934 Act reporting status of the Company or the failure of the Company to be timely in its 1934 Act reporting obligations.
f. The Conversion Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system and trading in the Common Stock on the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB, OTCQB or any similar quotation system.
g. The Buyer shall have received an officer’s certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.
Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Shares At the Closing (as defined in Section 3), the Company will sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will buy from the Company, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the number of Shares (at the purchase price) shown below:
Agreement to Sell and Purchase (a) The Company and each Selling Shareholder hereby agree to sell to each Underwriter, and upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each Selling Shareholder, at a price of $_____ per share, that number of Firm Shares (rounded up or down as determined by you in your discretion, in order to avoid fractions of a share) obtained by multiplying the number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company or the number of Firm Shares to be sold by each Selling Shareholder as set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder in Schedule I hereto, as the case may be, by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Shares. The difference of $_____ per Firm Share between the initial public offering price and the price at which the Company and each Selling Shareholder will sell the Firm Shares to the Underwriter is the "Underwriters' Discount."
(b) Subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants the Option to the Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 240,000 Option Shares from the Company at the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Shares. The Option may be exercised only to cover overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the 30th day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic notice (the "Option Shares Notice") by the Representatives to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, at least two and no more than five business days before the date specified for closing in the Option Shares Notice (the "Option Closing Date") setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and date for such purchase. On the Option Closing Date, the Company will issue and sell to the Underwriters the number of Option Shares set forth in the Option Shares Notice, and each Underwriter will purchase, severally and not jointly, such percentage of the Option Shares as is equal to the percentage of Firm Shares that it is purchasing.
(c) Certificates in negotiable form for the Firm Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders hereunder have been placed in custody for delivery under this Agreement, under a custody agreement (the "Custody Agreement") made with _________, as custodian (the "Custodian").
Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligation to Close The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the Transaction shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by Purchaser in writing:
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE Buyer's obligation to purchase the Shares and to take the other actions required to be taken by Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by Buyer, in whole or in part):
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO SELLER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE Sellers' obligation to sell the Shares and to take the other actions required to be taken by Sellers at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by Sellers, in whole or in part):
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Closing The respective obligation of each party to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
Agreement to Buy and Sell Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Seller agrees to sell the Property to Buyer, and Buyer hereby agrees to acquire the Property from Seller.
