Covenants and Other Agreements Purchaser shall have performed its covenants and agreements herein on or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects.
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Other Covenants and Agreements (a) The Shareholder hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any such agreement, with respect to each such agreement to which the Shareholder is a party (i) each of the agreements set forth on Schedule B hereto shall be automatically terminated and of no further force and effect (including any provisions of any such agreement that, by its terms, survive such termination) effective as of, and subject to and conditioned upon the occurrence of, the Closing and (ii) upon such termination none of the Shareholder, the Company nor any of their respective Affiliates (including, from and after the Effective Time, Parent and its Affiliates) shall have any further obligations or liabilities under each such agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties hereby agrees to promptly execute and deliver all additional agreements, documents and instruments and take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary or reasonably advisable in order to achieve the purpose of the preceding sentence.
(b) The Shareholder shall be bound by and subject to (i) Section 6.4(a) and (b) (Confidentiality; Public Announcements) of the Merger Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the parties to the Merger Agreement, as if the Shareholder is directly party thereto; provided that, the foregoing shall bind and subject the Shareholder only to the confidentiality and non-use obligations of the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and shall not bind nor subject the Shareholder to any other provisions thereof; provided further that, notwithstanding Section 6.4(b) of the Merger Agreement, the Shareholder shall be permitted to make a public announcement to the extent that such announcement is required by applicable stock exchange rule, (ii) the first sentence of Section 6.10(a) (No Solicitation) of the Merger Agreement and (iii) Section 6.7 (No Claim Against Trust Account) of the Merger Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the Company, in each case, mutatis mutandis, as if the Shareholder is directly party thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) the Shareholder shall not be responsible for the actions of the Company or the board of directors of the Company (or any committee thereof) or any officers, directors (in their capacity as such), employees and professional advisors of any of the foregoing (the “Company Related Parties”), including with respect to any of the matters contemplated by this Section 2(b) (y) the Shareholder is not making any representations or warranties with respect to the actions of any of the Company Related Parties, and (z) any breach by the Company of its obligations under the Merger Agreement shall not be considered a breach of this Section 2(b) (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Shareholder shall remain responsible for any breach by it of this Section 2(b)).
(c) The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that Parent and the other Parent Parties are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub would not have entered into or agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
(d) The Shareholder hereby waives any rights of appraisal, including under Section 262 of the DGCL, or any other rights to dissent from the Merger that the Shareholder may have under applicable Legal Requirements.
(e) At or prior to the Closing, the Shareholder shall duly execute and deliver to the Company and Parent the Eighth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement of the Company, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Shareholder and the other parties thereto substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Contracts and Other Agreements Section 3.8 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of the following contracts and other agreements to which Seller is a party or by or to which Seller or Seller's assets or properties are bound or subject:
(a) any agreement or series of related agreements requiring aggregate payments after the date hereof by or to Seller of more than $25,000;
(b) any agreement with or for the benefit of any current or former officer, director, stockholder, employee or consultant of Seller;
(c) any agreement with any labor union or association representing any employee of Seller;
(d) any agreement for the purchase or sale of materials, supplies, equipment, merchandise or services that contains an escalation, renegotiation or redetermination clause or that obligates Seller to purchase all or substantially all of its requirements of a particular product from a supplier, or for periodic minimum purchases of a particular product from a supplier;
(e) any agreement for (i) sale of any of the assets or properties of Seller, other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii) for the grant to any person of any options, rights of first refusal, or preferential or similar rights to purchase any such assets or properties other than stock option and warrant agreements or instruments listed in Section 3.3.2 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 3.8;
(f) any partnership or joint venture agreement;
(g) any agreement of surety, guarantee or indemnification, other than agreements in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations in an aggregate amount not in excess of $25,000;
(h) any agreement containing covenants of Seller not to compete in any line of business, in any geographic area or with any person or covenants of any other person not to compete with Seller or in any line of business of Seller; (i) any agreement granting or restricting the right of Seller to use any Intellectual Property (as defined hereinafter);
(j) any agreement with customers or suppliers for the sharing of fees, the rebating of charges or other similar arrangements;
(k) any agreement with any holder of securities of Seller as such (including, without limitation, any agreement containing an obligation to register any of such securities under any federal or state securities laws);
(l) any agreement obligating Seller to deliver services or product enhancements or containing a "most favored nation" pricing clause;
(m) any agreement relating to the acquisition by Seller of any operating business or the capital stock of any other person;
(n) any agreement requiring the payment to any person of a brokerage or sales commission or a finder's or referral fee (other than arrangements to pay commission or fees to employees in the ordinary course of business);
(o) any agreement or note relating to or evidencing outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money;
(p) any lease, sublease or other agreement under which Seller is lessor or lessee of any real property or equipment or other tangible property with respect to obligations in excess of $25,000;
(q) Except for agreements to provide maintenance, upgrades, bug fixes, error corrections or similar work product that are ordinary and customary for the software industry and that are related to the Seller products which have been delivered as of the date hereof, any agreement that requires Seller to deliver, or undertake the development of, any new product, customized product, substantial upgrade, new version or similar work product where such delivery or development requires Seller to utilize substantial personnel or financial resources; and
(r) any other material agreement whether or not made in the ordinary course of business. True and complete copies of all the contracts and other agreements (and all amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto) set forth on the Seller Disclosure Schedule have been furnished to BEA. Each of such contracts is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect, binding upon Seller, and to the best knowledge of Seller, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with their terms, and Seller is not in default under any of them, nor, to the best knowledge of Seller, is any other party to any such contract or other agreement in default thereunder, nor does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default thereunder, except, in each case, such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Seller.
Special Covenants and Agreements SECTION 5.1. COMPANY TO MAINTAIN ITS CORPORATE EXISTENCE; CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EXCEPTIONS PERMITTED. The Company agrees that during the term of this Agreement, it will maintain its corporate existence and its good standing in the State, will not dissolve or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and will not consolidate with or merge into another corporation unless the acquirer of its assets or the corporation with which it shall consolidate or into which it shall merge shall (i) be a corporation organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States of America, (ii) be qualified to do business in the State, and (iii) assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Tax Agreement. Any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company's generation assets shall not be deemed to constitute a "disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets" within the meaning of the preceding paragraph. Any such transfer of the Company's generation assets shall not relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. The Company hereby agrees that so long as any of the Bonds are insured by a Bond Insurance Policy issued by the Bond Insurer and the Bond Insurer shall not have failed to comply with its payment obligations under such Policy, in the event of a Reorganization, unless otherwise consented to by the Bond Insurer, the obligations of the Company under, and in respect of, the Bonds, the G&R Notes, the G&R Indenture and the Agreement shall be assumed by, and shall become direct and primary obligations of, a Regulated Utility Company such that at all times the obligor under this Agreement and the obligor on the G&R Notes is a Regulated Utility Company. The Company shall deliver to the Bond Insurer a certificate of the president, any vice president or the treasurer and an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Bond Insurer stating in each case that such Reorganization complies with the provisions of this paragraph. The Company need not comply with any of the provisions of this Section 5.1 if, at the time of such merger or consolidation, the Bonds will be defeased as provided in Article VIII of the Indenture. The Company need not comply with the provisions of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 if the Bonds are redeemed as provided in Section 3.01(B)(3) of the Indenture or if the Bond Insurance Policy is terminated as described in Section 3.06 of the Indenture in connection with a purchase of the Bonds by the Company in lieu of their redemption.
Compliance with Law and Other Agreements The Company shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all of its indebtedness promptly in accordance with the terms thereof.
Indebtedness and Other Contracts Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) except as disclosed on Schedule 3(s), has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets, or financial condition. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement or the Notes, nor the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached hereto.
Covenants and Agreements as Independent Agreements Each of the covenants and agreements that is set forth in this Agreement shall be construed as a covenant and agreement independent of any other provision of this Agreement. The existence of any claim or cause of action of the Participant against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants and agreements that are set forth in this Agreement.
Covenants and Agreements of the Parties The Parties covenant and agree as follows:
