Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default The representations and warranties herein, in Article VI of the Financing Agreement and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered by or on behalf of the Loan Parties to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document on or immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the Amendment Effective Date or would result from this Amendment becoming effective in accordance with its terms.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TRUE; NO EVENT OF DEFAULT By its execution and delivery hereof, the Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the amendments contemplated by the foregoing Section 1:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as made on and as of such date;
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default;
(c) the Borrower has full power and authority to execute and deliver this First Amendment, and this First Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnity may be limited by federal or state securities laws;
(d) neither the execution, delivery and performance of this First Amendment nor the consummation of any transactions contemplated herein will conflict with any Law, the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other governance document of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective property is subject; and
(e) no authorization, approval consent, or other action by, notice to, or filing with, any governmental authority or other Person (including the Board of Directors of the Borrower or any Guarantor), is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this First Amendment or the acknowledgment of this First Amendment by any Guarantor.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER The Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to the Underwriter with respect to itself that, and acknowledges that the Underwriter is relying upon such representations and warranties in purchasing the Securities, that:
7.1 it has been formed and is existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all (corporate) power and authority (acting through its general partner) to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, including to own the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter;
7.2 it has the requisite power, authority and capacity (acting through its general partner) to enter into this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder, including to sell the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter;
7.3 this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholder (acting through its general partner) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Selling Shareholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
7.4 as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Time, and prior to delivery to the Underwriter, the Selling Shareholder will be the beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold and delivered by it (or the beneficial owner of multiple voting shares of the Company convertible into the number of Securities to be sold and delivered by it);
7.5 as of the date hereof, other than as disclosed in the Offering Documents or as has been waived in full in respect of the Offering, no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase of any of the Securities owned by the Selling Shareholder;
7.6 all actions required to be taken by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder or its general partner, including the passing of all requisite resolutions, so as to duly sell and deliver the Securities held by the Selling Shareholder (or, as applicable, to be held by the Selling Shareholder further to the conversion of the multiple voting shares of the Company currently held by it) have been taken;
7.7 except, with respect to Selling Shareholder Contracts (as defined below) and Selling Shareholder Laws (as defined below), for such breaches, violations, conflicts or defaults that do not or would not, individually or in aggregate, preclude the Selling Shareholder from complying with its obligations hereunder, the Selling Shareholder is not in violation or default of, nor will the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, including the sale of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder, result in any breach or violation of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate the maturity or require the prepayment of any indebtedness under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder pursuant to (i) any term or provision of the constating documents or by-laws or any resolution of the directors or shareholders, (ii) any material contract, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement or license to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or bound or to which any of the business, operations, property or assets of the Selling Shareholder are subject (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder Contracts”), or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Selling Shareholder or the business, operations or assets of the Selling Shareholder, of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder Laws”);
(A) on the Closing Date, the Selling Shareholder will have beneficial ownership of the Securities to be sold by it, free and clear of any Lien (other than restrictions on transfer that have been waived in full in respect of the Offering), except as provided in this Agreement; (B) the Selling Shareholder has, and will have, on the Closing Date, the full right, power and authority (acting through its general partner) to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter hereunder; and (C) upon delivery of the Securities to be sold by it and payment of the Purchase Price, the Underwriter will obtain beneficial ownership of the Securities to be acquired by it from the Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any Lien;
7.9 neither the Selling Shareholder nor any affiliate of the Selling Shareholder has taken, nor will the Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of the Selling Shareholder take, any action which is designed to or which constitutes or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;
7.10 no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, permit, qualification, license, decree, and no filings, registration or recording with, any government, governmental instrumentality, authority, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder is required by the Selling Shareholder for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder in connection with the sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as have been or will be obtained or made prior to the Closing;
7.11 other than as contemplated hereby, there is no person acting at the request of the Selling Shareholder who is entitled to any brokerage or agency fee in connection with the sale of the Securities;
7.12 the Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that it has complied with or obtained a waiver of all requirements required to be obtained by it, in connection with the Offering under the Registration Rights Agreement;
7.13 the Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that either: (i) it is not (1) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (2) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (3) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise; or (ii) the sale of the subordinate voting shares of the Company to the Underwriter will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a similar violation under any other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code;
7.14 the Selling Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise);
7.15 each delivery of the Preliminary Offering Documents, the Final Offering Documents and any Offering Document Amendment in respect of the Preliminary Offering Document or the Final Offering Documents to the Underwriter by the Company in accordance with this Agreement will constitute representation and warranty of the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter that at the respective times of delivery, the Selling Shareholder Matters as applicable to the Selling Shareholder are true and correct in all material respects and contain no misrepresentation; and
7.16 as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date, the sale of the Securities by the Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any material non-public information concerning the Company or the Subsidiaries that is required to be disclosed in the Offering Documents and is not so disclosed.
Covenants, Representations, and Warranties of Servicer By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Servicer makes the following representations, warranties and covenants on which the Trust Collateral Agent relies in accepting the Receivables and on which the Trustee relies in authenticating the Notes.
(a) The Servicer covenants as follows:
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYERS The Buyers, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant to the Sellers as follows:
Purchaser Representations and Warranties The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Sellers as of the Closing Date (or if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified) that:
1. the Purchaser is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
2. the Purchaser has full corporate power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
3. the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Purchaser; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Purchaser or its properties or the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Purchaser, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
4. the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made;
5. this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Sellers, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally); and
6. except as previously disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Purchaser if determined adversely to the Purchaser would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholder The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Company that:
Representations and Warranties of the Vendor The Vendor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser and acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying on such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement and completing the Transaction:
Holder’s Representations and Warranties Holder represents and warrants to and covenants and agrees with the Company as follows:
1. Holder is purchasing the Debenture and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Debenture (the “Conversion Shares” and, collectively with the Debenture, the “Securities”) for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view towards or in connection with the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act.
2. Holder is (i) an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, (ii) experienced in making investments of the kind contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) capable, by reason of its business and financial experience, of evaluating the relative merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, and (iv) able to afford the loss of its investment in the Securities.
3. Holder understands that the Securities are being offered and sold by the Company in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and equivalent state securities and “blue sky” laws, and that the Company is relying upon the accuracy of, and Holder’s compliance with, Holder’s representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement to determine the availability of such exemption and the eligibility of Holder to purchase the Securities;
4. Holder understands that the Securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or any state or provincial securities commission.
5. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by Holder and is a valid and binding agreement of Holder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and except as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws.
