Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within 90 days following the Closing, the Buyer shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, to the Seller a statement (the “Closing Schedule”) setting forth:
(i) the Buyer’s determination of the actual amounts of (A) the Adjustment Amount, including the Final Adjustment Amount Overage or the Final Adjustment Amount Underage (the “Final Adjustment Amount”), and (B) the Seller Indebtedness Amount, in each case as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date without taking into account any of the transactions to be completed on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) a calculation of any adjustments to the Closing Payment based on such calculations (the adjusted Closing Payment as a result of such calculation being the “Final Closing Payment”); and
(iii) a calculation of the accounts receivable contained in the Preliminary Adjustment Amount that were not collected by Buyer within the thirty (30) days immediately following the Closing and the accounts receivable existing at the Closing but not taken into account in calculating the Adjustment Amount (the “Excluded AR”).
(b) Within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Closing Schedule, the Seller may deliver a notice to Buyer either: (i) concurring with the Closing Schedule (a “Notice of Concurrence”); or (ii) disagreeing therewith (a “Notice of Disagreement”). If the Seller delivers a Notice of Disagreement, then it shall be accompanied by the Seller’s proposed revisions to the Closing Schedule. If the Seller fails to deliver any notice within such 15-day period, the Seller shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Concurrence.
(c) If a Notice of Concurrence is delivered or deemed delivered, and if the Final Closing Payment is less than the Closing Payment, the Buyer shall be entitled to payment out of the Royalty Consideration in the full amount of such shortfall. If a Notice of Concurrence is delivered or deemed delivered, and the Final Closing Payment is greater than the Closing Payment, Buyer shall pay to the Seller the full amount of such excess (with such payment being in shares of Buyer Common Stock priced at $1.50 per share) within thirty (30) days of the delivery of the Notice of Concurrence.
(d) If a Notice of Disagreement is delivered, then the Seller and the Buyer shall, during the 15-day period following such delivery (the “Negotiation Period”), use commercially reasonable efforts to agree on the Final Adjustment Amount. If, during su...
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Seller a statement of the Closing Working Capital (the “Statement of Closing Working Capital”) together with all supporting documentation. The Statement of Closing Working Capital shall be based upon the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be prepared in accordance with the definitions of Working Capital and Closing Working Capital set forth in ARTICLE I and in accordance with the methodology used in the calculation of the Estimated Closing Working Capital.
(b) The Statement of Closing Working Capital shall be final and binding on the Parties unless Seller shall, within thirty (30) days following the delivery of such Statement, deliver to Purchaser written notice of disagreement with such Statement. If Seller shall raise any objections within the aforesaid thirty (30) day period, then Seller and Purchaser shall attempt to resolve the disputed matters. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all disagreements within thirty (30) days of receipt by Purchaser of a written notice of disagreement, or such longer period as may be agreed by Purchaser and Seller, then, within thirty (30) days thereafter, Seller and Purchaser jointly shall select Deloitte or any other arbiter from a nationally recognized independent public accounting
(c) firm that is not the independent auditor of Purchaser, the Company, Seller or any of their respective Affiliates; if Purchaser and Seller are unable to select an arbiter within such time period, the American Arbitration Association shall make such selection (the Person so selected shall be referred to herein as the “Accounting Arbitrator”). The Accounting Arbitrator so selected will consider only those items and amounts set forth in such Statement as to which Purchaser and Seller have disagreed within the time periods and on the terms specified above and must resolve the matter in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. In submitting a dispute to the Accounting Arbitrator, each of the Purchaser and Seller shall concurrently furnish, at its own expense, to the Accounting Arbitrator and the other Party such documents and information as the Accounting Arbitrator may request. Each of Purchaser and Seller may also furnish to the Accounting Arbitrator such other information and documents as it deems relevant, with copies of such submission and all such documents and information being concurrently ...
Purchase Price Adjustment. The Estimated Purchase Price and the Adjusted Purchase Price shall be determined as follows:
(a) At least two Business Days before the Closing, Seller 1 will deliver to Buyer a statement calculating the Estimated Net Working Capital. The Estimated Net Working Capital will be used to calculate the Estimated Purchase Price.
(b) Within 60 days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver the Closing Statement to Seller 1. The Closing Statement shall be prepared on a basis consistent with the accounting principles, practices, policies and methods expressly set forth on Schedule 1.5 and, to the extent not specifically detailed on Schedule 1.5, the accounting principles, practices, policies and procedures required or permitted by GAAP and applied in preparing the 2013 Baseline Financial Statements underlying the 2013 Audited Financial Statements. At the request of Seller 1, Buyer shall deliver to Seller 1 or its advisors the work papers used by Buyer to prepare the Closing Statement.
(c) Seller 1 shall deliver to Buyer, within 45 days after Buyer’s delivery of the
(d) If Seller 1 objects to the Closing Statement and any such objections are not resolved by Seller 1 and Buyer within 45 days after Seller 1’s delivery to Buyer of Seller 1’s objection statement pursuant to Section 1.5(c), Buyer and Seller 1 shall promptly (1) jointly prepare and sign a statement setting forth (A) those objections (if any) that Buyer and Seller 1 have resolved and the resolution of such objections and (B) those objections that remain unresolved and (2) engage the Neutral Accountant to resolve such unresolved objections, including entering into a customary engagement letter with the Neutral Accountant in which the scope of the Neutral Accountant’s engagement is specified in reasonable detail that is consistent with this Agreement. Buyer shall deliver promptly to the Neutral Accountant the work papers used by Buyer to prepare the Closing Statement and to determine the basis of any unresolved objection by Buyer described in the preceding sentence, and Seller 1 shall deliver promptly to the Neutral Accountant the work papers used by Seller 1 to prepare the objection statement described in Section 1.5(c) and to determine the basis of any unresolved objection by Seller 1 described in the preceding sentence. Each of Buyer and Seller 1 shall provide to the Neutral Accountant any information of such Party that the Neutral Accountant reasonably requests for purposes of resolving such...
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive...
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, Compost shall deliver to Purchaser a worksheet which shall be attached as Exhibit B hereto, setting forth a reasonable estimate of the Indebtedness and Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date as well as a computation of the estimated Adjustment Amount (the "Estimated Adjustment Amount"). The worksheet shall be prepared by Compost and accepted by Purchaser in its reasonable discretion. If the Estimated Adjustment Amount is a positive number, the amount payable in cash at Closing shall be decreased in an amount equal to the Estimated Adjustment Amount. If the Estimated Adjustment amount is a negative number, the amount payable in cash at Closing shall be increased in an amount equal to the absolute value of the Estimated Adjustment Amount.
(b) Within 90 days after the Closing, the Purchaser shall cause the Company to prepare and deliver to Compost a balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet"), including a computation of the actual Adjustment Amount of the Company as of the Closing Date. The Closing Date Balance Sheet and the calculations of Indebtedness and Net Working Capital shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, and to the extent consistent with GAAP, using the same accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures with classifications, judgments and estimation methodologies consistent with those used in preparation of the Company Financial Statements. If within 15 calendar days following delivery of the Closing Date Balance Sheet Compost does not object in writing thereto, Compost shall have been deemed to have agreed to the Closing Date Balance Sheet. If Compost objects in writing to the computation, then the Purchaser and Compost shall negotiate in good faith and attempt to resolve their disagreement. Within the first fifteen calendar days following the delivery of the Closing Date Balance Sheet and during the period of any dispute within the contemplation of this Section 3.3(b), Compost and other representatives of Compost shall have reasonable access during normal business hours to all relevant books and records and employees of the Company to the extent required to complete their review of the Closing Date Balance Sheet and shall be permitted to review the working papers, if any, of the Company or the Purchaser's Auditors relating to the Closing Date Balance Sheet. Purchaser and Purchaser's Auditors shall cooperate with Compost and their representatives in facilita...
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Buyer a certificate (the “Initial Closing Certificate”), executed by an executive officer of Seller, which shall set forth a calculation by Seller of Seller’s good faith estimate of the Net Working Capital (including each component thereof) (the “Estimated Net Working Capital”). On the Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Buyer an updated Initial Closing Certificate (the “Final Closing Certificate”), executed by an executive officer of Seller, which shall set forth an updated calculation by Seller of the Estimated Net Working Capital (including each component thereof) to reflect any changes in the calculation set forth in the Initial Closing Certificate, including without limitation, any adjustments attributable to changes in the applicable exchange rates. For purposes of preparing the Initial Closing Certificate, the Final Closing Certificate and the Statement, (i) any Current Assets or Current Liabilities that are denominated in pound sterling shall be converted into United States dollars at the Conversion Rate and (ii) any Current Assets or Current Liabilities that are denominated in any currency other than United States dollars or pound sterling shall (A) be converted into pound sterling at the exchange rate set forth for such conversion in “The Wall Street Journal” dated (x) (in the case of the Initial Closing Certificate) the Business Day on which the Initial Closing Certificate is delivered by Seller to Buyer and (y) (in the case of the Final Closing Certificate and the Statement) one (1) Business Day preceding the Closing Date, and (B) following the conversion into pound sterling described in clause (A), converted into United States dollars at the Conversion Rate. The Pre-Adjusted Purchase Price payable at the Closing shall be either (I) increased, if the Estimated Net Working Capital as set forth in the Final Closing Certificate exceeds the Reference Net Working Capital as set forth on the Closing Schedule, by an amount equal to the amount of such excess, or (II) decreased, if the Reference Net Working Capital as set forth on the Closing Schedule exceeds the Estimated Net Working Capital as set forth in the Final Closing Certificate, by an amount equal to the amount of such excess.
(b) Within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Seller a certificate (the “Statement”...
Purchase Price Adjustment. The Closing Balance Sheet shall be deemed final for the purposes of this Section 2.6 upon the earlier of (A) the failure of Buyer to notify Seller of a dispute within ten (10) business days of Seller’s delivery of the Closing Balance Sheet to Buyer, (B) the resolution of all disputes, pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(ii), by Buyer and Seller and (C) the resolution of all disputes, pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(ii), by the Independent Accounting Firm. Subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2.6(c)(iv), within three (3) business days of the Closing Balance Sheet being deemed final, a Purchase Price adjustment shall be made as follows:
(i) in the event that the Net Asset Balance reflected on the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet exceeds the Net Asset Balance reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet by at least the Designated Amount, then the Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward in an amount equal to the Designated Amount plus such excess over the Designated Amount, and the Seller shall, within three (3) business days of such determination, pay such amount to Buyer (i) in cash if such amount is not more than $100,000 or (ii) a combination of forty-five percent (45%) in cash and fifty-five percent (55%) in Parent’s common stock (valued for such purpose at $1.44 per share) if such amount exceeds $100,000; and
(ii) in the event that the Net Asset Balance reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet exceeds the Net Asset Balance reflected on the Preliminary Closing Balance Sheet by at least the Designated Amount, then the Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward in an amount equal to the Designated Amount plus such excess over the Designated Amount and Buyer shall, within three (3) business days of such determination, pay the amount of such to Seller (i) in cash if such amount is not more than $100,000 or (ii) a combination of forty-five percent (45%) in cash and fifty-five percent (55%) in Parent’s common stock (valued for such purpose at $1.44 per share) if such amount exceeds $100,000; provided that, in no event shall the number of shares of Parent’s common stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.6(d)(ii), when aggregated with the Stock Consideration, exceed 19.9% of the number of shares of Parent’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to such issuance.
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller a preliminary statement (the “Preliminary Statement”) of the Net Working Capital, determined as of the effective time of the Closing and in accordance with GAAP (the “Closing Date Net Working Capital”). The Seller and its Affiliates shall provide the Buyer and its representatives with full access at all reasonable times and on reasonable advance notice to such personnel and books, records and other materials of the Seller to the extent they are reasonably necessary for the preparation of, or relate to the matters covered by, the Preliminary Statement, Final Statement and Closing Date Net Working Capital.
(b) The Seller shall have thirty (30) days to review the Preliminary Statement from the date of its receipt thereof (the “Review Period”). If the Seller objects to any aspect of the Preliminary Statement, then the Seller must deliver a written notice of objection (the “Objection Notice”) to the Buyer on or prior to the expiration of the Review Period. The Objection Notice shall specify in reasonable detail any adjustment to the Preliminary Statement proposed by the Seller and the basis therefor, including the specific items proposed to be adjusted and the specific Dollar amount of each such proposed adjustment and an explanation of how such proposed adjustment was calculated. If the Seller delivers an Objection Notice to the Buyer prior to the expiration of the Review Period in accordance with this Section 3.4(b), the Buyer and the Seller shall, for a period of fifteen (15) days thereafter (the “Resolution Period”), attempt in good faith to resolve the matters properly contained therein, and any written resolution, signed by each of the Buyer and the Seller, as to any such matter shall be final, binding, conclusive and non-appealable for all purposes hereunder. Except to the extent properly challenged in an Objection Notice as provided in this Section 3.4(b), or in the event the Seller does not deliver an Objection Notice to the Buyer in accordance with this Section 3.4(b) prior to the expiration of the Review Period, the Seller shall be deemed to have agreed to the Preliminary Statement in its entirety, which Preliminary Statement or undisputed portions thereof (as the case may be) shall be final, binding, conclusive and non-appealable for all purposes hereunder.
(c) If, at the conclusion of the Resolution Period, the Buyer and the Seller have not reached an agreement...
Purchase Price Adjustment. In the event that the Company issues or sells any Common Stock or securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or any convertible securities, or any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any options for the purchase of its Common Stock or any such convertible securities (other than shares or options issued or which may be issued pursuant to the Company's employee or director option plans or shares issued upon exercise of options, warrants or rights outstanding on the date of the Agreement and listed in the Exchange Act Reports) at an effective purchase price per share which is less than the Purchase Price then in effect or the fair market value (as hereinabove defined) of the Common Stock on the trading day next preceding such issue or sale, then in each such case, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale shall be reduced effective concurrently with such issue or sale to an amount determined by multiplying the Purchase Price then in effect by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale, including, without duplication, those deemed to have been issued under any provision of the Debentures and the Warrants plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company for such additional shares would purchase at such fair market value or Purchase Price, as the case may be, then in effect; and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately after such issue or sale including, without duplication, those deemed to have been issued under any provision of the Debentures and Warrants. For purposes of the foregoing fraction, Common Stock outstanding shall include, without limitation, any Equity Offerings (as defined in the Debentures) then outstanding, whether or not they are exercisable or convertible when such fraction is to be determined. In the event of any such issuance for a consideration which is less than such fair market value and also less than the Purchase Price then in effect, then there shall be only one such adjustment by reason of such issuance, such adjustment to be that which results in the greatest reduction of the Purchase Price computed as aforesaid. The number of shares which may be purchased hereunder shall be increased proportionately to any reduction i...
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within 30 days after the Closing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (each, an "Adjustment Statement") which reflects (i) the net book value, as reflected on the books of Seller as of the Closing of all fuel inventory (FERC account no. 151) and stores inventory (FERC account no. 154) used at or in connection with the Thermal Units or the Hydro Units, as the case may be (the "Inventory Adjustment Amount"), and (ii) the Maintenance and Capital Expenditures Amount applicable to the Thermal Units or the Hydro Units, as the case may be. The Inventory Adjustment Amount and the Maintenance and Capital Expenditures Amount for the Closing is referred to collectively as the "Adjustment Amount." The Inventory Adjustment Amount will be based on an inventory survey conducted by Seller within five days prior to the Closing consistent with Seller's current inventory procedures (the "Inventory Survey"). Seller will permit an employee, or representative, of Purchaser to observe the Inventory Survey. Each Adjustment Statement shall be prepared using the same generally accepted accounting principles, policies and methods as Seller has historically used in connection with the calculation of the items reflected on such Adjustment Statement. Purchaser agrees to cooperate with Seller in connection with the preparation of each Adjustment Statement and related information, and shall provide to Seller such books, records and information as may be reasonably requested from time to time.
(b) Purchaser may dispute an Inventory Adjustment Amount or a Maintenance and Capital Expenditures Amount; provided, however, that Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing of the disputed amount, and the basis of such dispute, within ten (10) Business Days of Purchaser's receipt of the applicable Adjustment Statement. In the event of a dispute with respect to any part of an Adjustment Amount, Purchaser and Seller shall attempt to reconcile their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. If Purchaser and Seller are unable to reach a resolution of such differences within 30 days of receipt of Purchaser's written notice of dispute to Seller, Purchaser and Seller shall submit the amounts remaining in dispute for determination and resolution to the Independent Accounting Firm, which shall be instructed to determine and report to the parties, within 30 days after such submission, upon such remaining di...