Public Statements The parties hereto shall consult with each other and no party shall issue any public announcement or statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the consent of the other parties, unless the party desiring to make such announcement or statement, after seeking such consent from the other parties, obtains advice from legal counsel that a public announcement or statement is required by applicable law.
Reports; Regulatory Matters (a) Each of the Companies and their Subsidiaries have timely filed or furnished, as applicable, all reports, registrations, statements and certifications, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file or furnish, as applicable, since January 1, 2006 with (i) any state regulatory authority, (ii) the SEC, (iii) any foreign regulatory authority, and (iv) any self-regulatory authority, (collectively, “Regulatory Agencies”) and with each other applicable Governmental Entity, and all other reports and statements required to be filed or furnished by them since January 1, 2006, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to the laws, rules or regulations of the United States, any state, any foreign entity, or any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has initiated since January 1, 2006 or has pending any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has resolved any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no unresolved, or, to Seller’s knowledge, threatened criticism, comment, exception or stop order by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, there have been no formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to the business, operations, policies or procedures of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries (other than normal inquiries made by a Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity in the Companies’ ordinary course of business).
(b) No Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, or has been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has been since January 1, 2006 a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since January 1, 2006 has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that currently restricts or affects in any material respect the conduct of its business (or to Seller’s knowledge that, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, would restrict in any material respect the conduct of the business of either Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries), or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its business, other than those of general application that apply to similarly situated companies or their Subsidiaries (each item in this sentence, a “Company Regulatory Agreement”), nor has any of the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries been advised since January 1, 2006 by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Company Regulatory Agreement.
(c) Seller has previously made available to Buyers an accurate and complete copy of each (i) final registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule and definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC by Seller pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since January 1, 2006 (the “Seller SEC Reports”) and prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) communication mailed by Seller to its shareholders since January 1, 2006 and prior to the date of this Agreement. No such Seller SEC Report or communication, at the time filed or communicated (or, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), with respect to the Companies and their Subsidiaries only, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. To the knowledge of Seller, other than as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Seller SEC Reports is the subject of any ongoing review or investigation by the SEC or any other Governmental Entity and there are no unresolved SEC comments with respect to any of such documents.
Certain Statements The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of (A) the terms of the Company’s outstanding securities, (B) the terms of the Securities, and (C) the terms of the documents referred to therein, are accurate and fair in all material respects.
Financial Statements; Reports The Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the following:
(i) As soon as available and in no event later than 60 days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the Financial Statements of the Borrower Entities (prepared on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal year to date, certified by the Chief Accounting Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and other information reflected therein and to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year end audit adjustments and omission of footnotes and statement of shareholder’s equity);
(ii) As soon as available and in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of (A) the audited consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower Entities for such year, audited by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing and registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and (B) copies of the unqualified opinions of such accountants;
(iii) Commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008, as soon as available and in no event later than 60 days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year in respect of quarterly Financial Statements of the Borrower Entities, 90 days after the close of each fiscal year in respect of yearly Financial Statements of the CBII Entities and 120 days after the close of each fiscal year in respect of yearly Financial Statements of the Borrower Entities in accordance with clause (i) above, clause (v) below and clause (ii) above, respectively, a compliance certificate of the Chief Accounting Officer or Treasurer of the Borrower (a “Compliance Certificate”) in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1; provided, however, that the only calculations to be provided in the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with yearly Financial Statements of the CBII Entities shall be with respect to the Consolidated Adjusted Leverage Ratio;
(iv) As soon as available and in no event later than 45 days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of CBII, a copy of the Quarterly Report for CBII on Form 10-Q for such quarter and for the fiscal year to date; provided that such information, to the extent the Borrower directly or indirectly provides the Administrative Agent with written notice and an appropriate internet link thereto, shall be accessed by Lenders on XXXXX;
(v) As soon as available and in no event later than 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of CBII, (A) copies of the Annual Report for CBII on Form 10-K for such year, audited by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing and registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and (B) copies of the unqualified opinions of such accountants; provided that such information, to the extent the Borrower directly or indirectly provides the Administrative Agent with written notice and an appropriate internet link thereto, shall be accessed by Lenders on XXXXX;
(A) As soon as available and in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of CBII, (1) a written supplement to Schedule 4.01(n) (setting forth all necessary Trademark information as set forth in Section 4.01(n) and relating to the Trademarks that are material to the conduct of the Significant Parties’ respective businesses as then operated), (2) a written supplement to Schedule 3.06 to each Security Agreement, (3) any additional disclosures under Section 4.01(n) after Due Inquiry and (4) any additional disclosures to be provided on an annual basis under the Security Documents and (B) promptly, but in any event within a reasonable time after any officer of CBII or the Borrower obtains knowledge of the occurrence of an event that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on any of the Principal Trademarks or the Trademark Licenses, give the Administrative Agent notice of the occurrence of any such event;
(vii) (A) As soon as available and in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of CBII, a written supplement to Schedule 4.01(q) (setting forth each of the US Subsidiaries, each of the Significant Subsidiaries and each of the De Minimis US Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of organization, the classes of its Equity Securities, the number of shares of each such class issued and outstanding, the percentages of shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by CBII or the Borrower and whether CBII or the Borrower owns such shares directly or, if not, the CBII Entities that own such shares and the number of shares and percentages of shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by such CBII Entities) and (B) promptly upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent and in no event more often than annually, a current hierarchy report for the CBII Entities, in the form and with the substance of the hierarchy report delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(g)(iii);
(viii) As soon as possible and in no event later than 30 days after any officer or director of any Significant Party knows of the occurrence or existence of (A) any ERISA Event under any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) any actual or threatened litigation, suits, claims, disputes or investigations against any Significant Party involving potential monetary damages or in which injunctive relief or similar relief is sought, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) any other event or condition which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including any of the following which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (1) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Significant Party, (2) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Significant Party and any Governmental Authority or (3) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Significant Party, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, or (D) any Default, the statement of the Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Treasurer of the Borrower setting forth details of such event, condition or Default and the action which CBII or the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(viii) shall be accompanied by a statement of an Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action CBII or the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(viii) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement or other Credit Document that have been breached;
(ix) In no event later than five Business Days after they are sent, made available or filed, copies of (A) all registration statements and reports filed by any CBII Entities with any securities exchange or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (including all 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K reports), (B) all reports, proxy statements and Financial Statements sent or made available by CBII to its Equity Securities holders and (C) all press releases and other similar public announcements concerning any material developments in the business of CBII made available by CBII to the public generally; provided that such information, to the extent the Borrower directly or indirectly provides the Administrative Agent with written notice and an appropriate internet link thereto, shall be accessed by Lenders on XXXXX;
(x) As soon as available and in no event later than 30 days after they are filed, copies of all IRS Form 5500 reports for all Pension Plans required to file such form;
(xi) Within the earlier to occur of (i) five days after the Board of Directors of the Borrower or CBII shall have publicly announced the earnings for the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower or CBII and (ii) 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and CBII, during each year when this Agreement is in effect, a forecast for the current fiscal year of the Borrower Entities and the CBII Entities which includes projected consolidated statement of income for such fiscal year and a projected consolidated statement of cash flows for such fiscal year and projected consolidated balance sheets, statements of income and statements of cash flows on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year; provided that the parties acknowledge that the information in such forecasts is not compiled or presented in accordance with GAAP and may not necessarily be presented on a basis consistent with the Borrower’s Financial Statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a);
(xii) As soon as possible and in no event later than the later of (A) any of CBII’s or the Borrower’s officers or directors learning thereof or (B) five Business Days prior to the occurrence of any event or circumstance (except for asset losses in which case as promptly as is reasonable after such asset loss) that would require a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.06(c), the statement of the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer or Treasurer of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof;
(xiii) As soon as possible and in no event later than 30 days after the receipt thereof by any Loan Party (or subsequent determination after Due Inquiry by an officer of the Borrower that it could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), a copy of any notice, summons, citations or other written communications concerning any actual, alleged, suspected or threatened violation of any Environmental Law or any liability of any Loan Party for Environmental Damages that in any such case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xiv) Such other instruments, agreements, certificates, opinions, statements, documents and information relating to the properties, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Significant Parties, and compliance by the Significant Parties with the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request;
(xv) As soon as available and in no event later than five Business Days after any of CBII’s or the Borrower’s officers or directors receive notice or become aware of any actions (including derivative actions), suits, proceedings or investigations that are pending or, to the knowledge of any of CBII’s or the Borrower’s officers or directors, threatened against any Significant Party at law or in equity in any court, arbitration proceeding or before any other Governmental Authority which seek to enjoin, either directly or indirectly, the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby;
(xvi) As soon as available and in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of CBII, a written supplement to Schedule 4.01(w) (setting forth a true and complete listing of all insurance maintained by the Significant Parties);
(xvii) Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of CBII, a written supplement disclosing any matters required to update factual matters relating to Section 4.01
Financial Statements, Reports, etc In the case of the Borrower, furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Lender:
(a) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, together with comparative figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all audited by UHY LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall be without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and comparative figures for the same periods in the immediately preceding fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, a certificate of the accounting firm (in the case of paragraph (a)) or Financial Officer (in the case of paragraph (b)) opining on or certifying such statements (which certificate, when furnished by an accounting firm, may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations) (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.10 and 6.11 and, in the case of a certificate delivered with the financial statements required by paragraph (a) above, setting forth the Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash Flow;
(d) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget;
(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be;
(f) promptly after the receipt thereof by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, a copy of any “management letter” received by any such person from its certified public accountants and the management’s response thereto;
(g) promptly after the request by any Lender, all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act;
(h) promptly after the request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, on and after the effectiveness of the applicable provisions of the Pension Act, copies of (i) any documents described in Section 101(k)(l) of ERISA that the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(1)(1) of ERISA that the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided that if the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates has not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, the Borrower or the applicable ERISA Affiliate shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and
(i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(e) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/www/strlab/; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (x) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent if it so requests or to any Lender that so requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies and (y) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
SEC Filings and Press Releases To Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly available by any Credit Party to its security holders; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by any Credit Party with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority; and (iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any Credit Party to the public concerning material changes or developments in the business of any such Person.
COPIES OF REGULATORY REPORTS AND FILINGS Upon reasonable request, Competitive Supplier shall provide to the Town a copy of each public periodic or incident-related report or record relating to this ESA which it files with any Massachusetts or federal agency regulating rates, service, compliance with environmental laws, or compliance with affirmative action and equal opportunity requirements, unless the Competitive Supplier is required by law or regulation to keep such reports confidential. The Town shall treat any reports and/or filings received from Competitive Supplier as confidential information subject to the terms of Article 16. Competitive Supplier shall be reimbursed its reasonable costs of providing such copies.
Review of Financial Statements For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the three fiscal quarters immediately preceding the announcement of any quarterly financial information.
Notice Regarding Material Contracts Promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days (i) after any Material Contract of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated or amended in a manner that is materially adverse to Holdings or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii) any new Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such event, with copies of such material amendments or new contracts, delivered to Administrative Agent (to the extent such delivery is permitted by the terms of any such Material Contract, provided, no such prohibition on delivery shall be effective if it were bargained for by Holdings or its applicable Subsidiary with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Section 5.1(l)), and an explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto;
Financial Statements; Internal Controls (a) The audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents (i) complied as to form, as of their respective filing dates with the SEC, in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the absence of footnotes, none of which, if presented, would materially differ from those in the audited financial statements), and (iii) fairly presented (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented therein (subject to normal recurring year-end adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole).
(b) The Company has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) as required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act that is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, (ii) receipts and expenditures are executed only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors, and (iii) any unauthorized use, acquisition or disposition of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets that would materially affect the Company’s financial statements would be prevented, or detected, in a timely manner. Since December 31, 2017, there has not been any (i) material weaknesses, or significant deficiencies that in the aggregate would amount to a material weakness (as such terms are defined in Rule 1-02(a)(4) of Regulation S-X), identified in the Company’s, or its Subsidiaries’, design or operation of internal controls, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, illegal act or fraud that involves management or other employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (nor has any such deficiency, weakness or fraud been identified) or (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, claim or allegation (in each case, made in writing) of any of the foregoing.
(c) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act that are designed and maintained to ensure that (i) all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported to the individuals responsible for preparing such reports within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and (ii) all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act with respect to such reports.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, is subject to, or has any commitment to become a party to or subject to, any off balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract, including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand, or any “off balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) where the result, purpose or effect of such Contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company SEC Documents or in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s published financial statements.
