Agreement Effective Date This Agreement shall become effective and binding upon each Party immediately following the occurrence of the following conditions (the “Agreement Effective Date”):
(a) Honeywell has executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party;
(b) Oaktree has executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party;
(c) Centerbridge has executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party;
(d) Xxxxxxx has executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party;
(e) The Requisite Additional Investors have executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party; and
(f) The Requisite Consenting Noteholders have executed and delivered counterpart signatures to this Agreement to each other Party. Notwithstanding the occurrence of the Agreement Effective Date, this Agreement contemplates, that, upon the consent of Honeywell, the Plan Sponsors, the Requisite Additional Investors, and the Requisite Consenting Noteholders (which consent of such Parties shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), (i) the Consenting Lenders may become Parties upon execution and delivery of counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each other Party and at such time those Prepetition Lenders shall become obligated under this Agreement, (ii) Additional Consenting Noteholders may become Parties upon execution and delivery of counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each other Party and at such time those Senior Noteholders shall become obligated under this Agreement, and (iii) the Consenting Equityholders may become Parties upon execution and delivery of counterpart signature pages of this Agreement to counsel to each other party and at such time the Consenting Equityholders shall become obligated under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, if there is a subsequent Termination Date (defined in Section 9.07) pursuant to Section 9.02 or Section 9.06 with respect to the Debtors, any and all provisions of the Agreement referencing “S&C,” the “Debtor,” or “Debtors” are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect with respect to the Commitment Parties as if such provisions were written without reference to “S&C,” the “Debtor,” or “Debtors,” and this Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect with respect to each other Party hereto. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the Prepetition Lenders never become a Party, any and all provisions of the Agreement referencing “Xxxxxx,” “Prepetition Lenders,” “Consenting Lenders,” or “Requisite Consenting Lenders” are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect with respect to the other Commitment Parties as if such provisions were written without reference to those terms and this Agreement shall be in full force and effect with respect to each other Party hereto; and (ii) if Consenting Equityholders other than the Plan Sponsors and the Additional Investors never become a Party, any and all provisions of the Agreement referencing “Consenting Equityholders” or “Requisite Consenting Equityholders” are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect with respect to the other Commitment Parties as if such provisions were written without reference to those terms and this Agreement shall be in full force and effect with respect to each other Party hereto. Signature pages executed by the Parties set forth in Section 1(a) through (f) shall be delivered to: (a) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP (“K&E”), legal counsel to Honeywell; (b) Milbank LLP (“Milbank”), legal counsel to the Plan Sponsors; (c) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx (“S&C”), legal counsel to the Debtors; (d) Xxxxx Day, legal counsel to the Additional Investors; (e) Ropes & Xxxx LLP (“R&G”), legal counsel to the Consenting Noteholders; and (f) if applicable, legal counsel to the ad hoc committee of Prepetition Lenders, Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, (“Xxxxxx”). Each Commitment Party intends to be and is bound under this Agreement with respect to any and all claims against, or interests in, any of the Debtors, whether currently held or hereafter acquired by such Commitment Party.
Contract Effective Date This agreement becomes effective when signed by the last party whose signing makes the agreement fully executed.
Amendment Effective Date This Agreement and the provisions contained herein shall become effective as of the Amendment Effective Date.
After the Agreement Effective Date After the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust will furnish to Ultimus any amendments to the items listed in Section 14.1.
Effective Date of Agreement The provisions of the agreement will come into full force and effect on the date of ratification, unless specified otherwise.
Restatement Effective Date If this is an amendment and restatement, the effective date of the restatement (hereinafter called the "Effective Date") is:
Effective Date of Agreement and Termination This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto. This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date by you by notice to the Company if any of the following has occurred: (i) on or after the Applicable Time, any Material Adverse Effect occurs, which, in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for sale of the Securities, (ii) any new outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or material adverse change in the financial markets of the United States or elsewhere, or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis or emergency would, in the judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in the Company’s securities or in trading generally in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex Equities, the NASDAQ Stock Market or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or markets, or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iv) any declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or Maryland authorities, (v) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs that in your judgment has a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States, and would, in the judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities or (vi) the enactment, publication, decree, or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which would, in the judgment of the Representatives, have a Material Adverse Effect. The indemnities and contribution provisions and the other agreements, representations and warranties of the Company, its officers and directors and the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any of the Underwriters or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any controlling person thereof, (ii) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and (iii) termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii) (with respect to the Company’s securities) of the second paragraph of this Section 11 or because of the failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse you for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses which they have agreed to pay pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof. Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the Underwriters, any Indemnified Person referred to herein and their respective successors and assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The terms “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Securities from any of the Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
Prior to the Agreement Effective Date Prior to the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust will furnish to Distributor the following:
A. copies of the Declaration of Trust and of any amendments thereto, certified by the proper official of the state in which such document has been filed;
B. the Trust’s Bylaws and any amendments thereto;
C. certified copies of resolutions of the Board covering the approval of this Agreement, authorization of a specified officer of the Trust to execute and deliver this Agreement and authorization for specified officers of the Trust to instruct Distributor thereunder;
D. a list of all the officers of the Trust, together with specimen signatures of those officers who are authorized to instruct Distributor in all matters;
E. the Funds’ most recent audited financial statements;
F. the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A and all amendments thereto filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and the 1940 Act;
G. copies of the current plan of distribution adopted by the Trust under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for each Fund, if applicable;
H. contact information for each Fund’s service providers, including but not limited to, the Fund’s administrator, custodian, transfer agent, independent accountants, legal counsel and chief compliance officer;
I. a copy of procedures adopted by the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act; and
J. any material correspondence or other communication by the SEC, FINRA, any government or self-regulatory organization or its staff relating to the Funds, including any related to examinations of the Trust or the Funds, requests by the SEC for amendments to the Registration Statement or any advertising or sales literature.
Effective Date of Agreement; Termination This Agreement shall become effective when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, if (1) since the time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has been any change or any development involving a prospective change in the business, properties, management, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which change or development is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (2) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred: (A) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market; (B) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s common stock on the NYSE; (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (D) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in your sole judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (3) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred any downgrading, or any notice or announcement shall have been given or made of: (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any watch, review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act. If the Representative elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7, the Company and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in writing. If the sale to the Underwriters of the Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement, or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall be unable to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 4(o), 5 and 9 hereof), and the Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof) or to one another hereunder.
Effective Period, Termination and Amendment This Agreement shall become effective as of the date of its execution, shall continue in full force and effect until terminated as hereinafter provided, may be amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties hereto, and may be terminated by either party by an instrument in writing delivered or mailed, postage prepaid to the other party, such termination to take effect not sooner than thirty (30) days after the date of such delivery or mailing in the case of a termination by the Fund, and not sooner than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of such delivery or mailing in the case of termination by the Custodian; provided, however that the Custodian shall not act under Section 2.9 hereof in the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of a Fund’s secretary, or an assistant secretary thereof, that the Board has approved the initial use of a particular U.S. Securities System, as required by the 1940 Act or any applicable Rule thereunder, and that the Custodian shall not act under Section 2.10 hereof in the absence of receipt of an initial certificate of a Fund’s secretary, or an assistant secretary thereof, that the Board has approved the initial use of the Direct Paper System; provided further, however, that the Fund shall not amend or terminate this Agreement in contravention of any applicable federal or state regulations, or any provision of the Fund’s articles of incorporation, agreement of trust, by-laws and/or registration statement (as applicable, the "Governing Documents"); and further provided that the Fund may at any time by action of its Board (i) substitute another bank or trust company for the Custodian by giving notice as described above to the Custodian, or (ii) immediately terminate this Agreement in the event of the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the Custodian by the United States Comptroller of the Currency or upon the happening of a like event at the direction of an appropriate regulatory agency or court of competent jurisdiction. Upon termination of the Agreement, the Fund shall pay to the Custodian such compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination and shall likewise reimburse the Custodian for its reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements, provided that the Custodian shall not incur any costs, expenses or disbursements specifically in connection with such termination unless it has received prior approval from the Fund, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
