Purchase Price Adjustment Earnout Shareholders Agents Sample Clauses
Purchase Price Adjustment Earnout Shareholders Agents
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment 1.9.1 Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”) which shall set forth the Net Working Capital of the Newsprint Business and of Apache as of the Closing Time (which shall be set forth separately for each of the Newsprint Business and Apache, but as aggregated shall be referred to as the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and shall be prepared in accordance with Seller’s past accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures and in the same manner, with consistent classification and estimation methodology, as the Financial Statements were prepared, except that the Excluded Assets and the Newsprint Retained Obligations shall be excluded. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement may not be amended by Seller after it is delivered to Purchaser. 1.9.2 Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement to it, complete its review of the Closing Net Working Capital reflected on the Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If Purchaser wishes to dispute the Closing Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of such disagreement and any reason therefore (“Purchaser’s Objection”), setting forth a specific description of the basis of Purchaser’s Objection and the adjustments to the Closing Net Working Capital that Purchaser believes should be made, on or before the last day of such thirty (30) day period, which Purchaser’s Objection may not be amended by Purchaser after it is delivered to Seller (except to withdraw any such Purchaser’s Objection). Any items on the Closing Net Working Capital Statements not disputed in Purchaser’s Objection shall be irrevocably deemed to be accepted by Purchaser. Seller shall then have thirty (30) days to review and respond to Purchaser’s Objection. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within thirty (30) days following Seller’s receipt of Purchaser’s Objection (the “Negotiation Period”), they shall refer their remaining differences to a mutually agreeable independent accounting firm of national recognition (other than an independent accounting firm utilized by any of Seller, Apache or Purchaser or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing within the past three (3) years) acceptable to both Seller and Purchaser or if Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree as to such third party accounting firm within ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Negotiation Period, either Seller or Purchaser may request that the Chairman of the American Arbitration Association (or the nominated representative of the Chairman) appoint a third party accounting firm meeting the aforementioned requirements to resolve the dispute (the accounting firm selected being referred to as the “CPA Firm”), who shall determine, only with respect to the remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Net Working Capital requires adjustment. The procedure and schedule under which any dispute shall be submitted to the CPA Firm shall be as follows: (a) Within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the end of the Negotiation Period and (ii) the selection of the CPA Firm, Purchaser shall submit any unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Seller), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute a withdrawal by Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Objection with respect to any unresolved element to which such failure relates. (b) Within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s submission of the unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection as specified in sub-clause (a) above, Seller shall submit its response to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Purchaser), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute an acceptance by Seller with respect to any unresolved elements to which such failure relates. (c) The CPA Firm shall deliver its written determination to Purchaser and Seller no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the remaining differences underlying Purchaser’s Objection are referred to the CPA Firm, or such longer period of time as the CPA Firm determines is necessary.
Closing Purchase Price Buyer shall have delivered the Closing Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.5.
Purchase Price; Allocation of Purchase Price (a) The purchase price for the Purchased Assets and the Shares, subject to the adjustment set forth in Section 3.08(c), shall be an amount in cash (the “Purchase Price”) equal to (i) $32,000,000, minus (ii) the Estimated Closing Date Indebtedness, plus (iii) the Estimated Closing Date Cash, and minus (iv) the Inventory Adjustment, if any. The Purchase Price shall be paid to Seller at the Initial Closing in accordance with Section 3.08(b). (b) Within forty-five (45) days after the Determination Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer an allocation of the final Purchase Price (plus the amount of Assumed Liabilities and Liabilities of the Purchased Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent properly taken into account for U.S. federal and other applicable income tax purposes) among the Purchased Assets and the assets of the Purchased Subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes, consistent with the procedures in Section 3.08(c) and in accordance with applicable Law and taking into account Section 7.08 and the section 336(e) elections referred to in Section 7.04(d) (the “Allocation Statement”). If Buyer does not object to the Allocation Statement within thirty (30) days after receipt, the Allocation Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties. If Buyer does object to the Allocation Statement within such period, then Buyer and Seller shall negotiate in good faith to resolve promptly any such objection. If Buyer and Seller do not obtain a final resolution within thirty (30) days after Buyer has so objected (or such longer period as mutually agreed between Buyer and Seller), then the dispute shall be resolved by the Auditor, and the procedures for such resolution (including the allocation of liability for the Auditor’s fees and expenses) shall be consistent with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09(c) (with such provisions applying to this Section 3.07(b) mutatis mutandis). Promptly after any adjustment to the amount of
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 such period, the Seller and the Buyer are unable to reach agreement, they promptly shall engage a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to each such party (the “Independent Auditor”) to resolve the disagreement, and any such resolution shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, absent fraud or manifest error. To the extent the Final Closing Payment as determined by the Independent Auditor 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. To the extent the Final Closing Payment as determined by the Independent Auditor is more than the Closing Payment, the 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 such resolution. (e) Each of the Seller and the Buyer shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees and expenses of the Independent Auditor.
Purchase Price Adjustments (a) The Parties agree that, so long as any distributions made are reflected in Closing Working Capital and in any adjustments to the Purchase Price under Section 1.4(c), the Seller shall have the right, at or prior to the Closing, to cause the Company to distribute cash to the Seller or its Affiliates, by one or more dividends and/or other distributions. (b) Within 90 calendar days following the Closing, the Buyer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to the Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”), in accordance with the Accounting Principles, which shall include (i) a balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date, (ii) a calculation of the total Working Capital of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Working Capital”), (iii) a calculation of the Working Capital Deficit or the Working Capital Excess, as the case may be (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the Buyer’s calculation of the Target Working Capital), (iv) a calculation of Closing Cash, (v) a calculation of Closing Indebtedness, (vi) a calculation of Transaction Expenses and (vii) the Buyer’s determination of the final Purchase Price (the “Final Purchase Price”) resulting therefrom. For purposes of the Buyer’s preparation of the Closing Statement, the Seller shall make available or provide reasonable access to the Buyer and its Representatives, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, all information, books, records, data and working papers created or used in connection with the preparation of the Estimated Working Capital Certificate, to the extent not in the possession of the Company or the Buyer. The Seller shall have a period of 30 calendar days after delivery of the Closing Statement to review (and cause the Seller’s auditors to review) such documents and make any objections it may have in writing to the Buyer. For purposes of the Seller’s evaluation of the Closing Statement, the Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company to, make available or provide reasonable access to the Seller and its Representatives, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, all information, books, records, data and working papers created or used in connection with the preparation of the Closing Statement; and shall permit reasonable access, upon advance notice and during normal business hours, to the facilities and personnel of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Seller and its Representatives to analyze the Closing Statement. If the Seller delivers written objections to the Buyer within such 30-day period, then the Buyer and the Seller shall attempt to resolve the matter or matters in dispute. If no written objections are made by the Seller within such 30-day period, then the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties. If disputes with respect to the Closing Statement cannot be resolved by the Buyer and the Seller within 30 calendar days after timely delivery of any objections thereto, then, at the request of the Buyer or the Seller, the specific matters in dispute (but no others) shall be submitted to such independent accounting firm as may be approved by the Seller and the Buyer (the “Auditors”), which firm shall render its opinion as to such specific matters. If no such referral is made within 45 calendar days after the delivery of the objections, then the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties. If all objections are so resolved between the Parties prior to such time, the Closing Statement with such changes as have been agreed in writing by the Buyer and the Seller shall be final and binding on the Parties. The matters to be resolved by the Auditors shall be limited to the remaining unresolved disputes between the Buyer and the Seller. The Parties shall cooperate with the Auditors during its engagement, and the Auditors shall have access to the books and records of the Company and the Buyer, the personnel of, and work papers prepared by, the Parties’ accountants to the extent that they relate to the unresolved disputes as it may reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing such unresolved disputes, provided, that such access shall be in a manner that does not interfere with the normal business operations of the Buyer, the Company or the Seller. The Auditors shall promptly deliver to the Buyer and the Seller a written report setting forth their resolution of the disputes along with their determination of the Final Purchase Price, which determination shall be made in accordance with the definitions and principles set forth in this Agreement and shall be final and binding on the Parties. As to each disputed item, the Auditors shall be limited to awarding only one or the other of the Buyer’s proposal, on the one hand, or the Seller’s proposal, on the other hand, and shall have no authority to select or propose to the Parties any resolution other than as set forth in one of such two proposals originally submitted to the Auditors. Judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Auditors in any court having jurisdiction over the Party against which such determination is to be enforced. The fees and expenses of the Auditors shall be borne by the Parties as designated by the Auditors, which designation shall be based upon the inverse proportion of the amount of disputed items resolved in favor of such Party (i.e., so that the prevailing Party bears a lesser amount of such fees and expenses). If the Parties refer a dispute to the Auditors and if the Adjustment Escrow Funds exceed the amount by which the Estimated Purchase Price is greater than the Final Purchase Price (as claimed by the Buyer), then the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, promptly instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Seller the amount of such excess out of the Adjustment Escrow Funds, and the remaining balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds shall be paid out pursuant to Section 1.4(c) after the final determination of the Final Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.4. (c) If the Estimated Purchase Price is greater than the Final Purchase Price, then within two business days following the final determination thereof, the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Buyer the amount of such excess out of the Adjustment Escrow Funds (and if the balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds is less than the amount due to the Buyer pursuant to this Section 1.4, then at the Buyer’s option the Buyer may recover the remaining amount from the Indemnity Escrow Funds or require the Seller to pay such amount to the Buyer by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by the Buyer). If the Final Purchase Price is greater than the Estimated Purchase Price, then within two business days following the final determination thereof, the Buyer will pay to the Seller by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by the Seller the amount of such excess and the Buyer and the Seller shall, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, instruct the Escrow Agent to pay the Seller the entire balance of the Adjustment Escrow Funds. Any payments pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price by the parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by Law.
Purchase Price Allocation (a) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser: (i) a proposed allocation of the Assumed Liabilities by country based on an estimate of the fair market values of the Purchased Assets and, if required by applicable Law, an allocation by asset category within a particular country (the “Estimated Allocation of the Assumed Liabilities”) and (ii) a proposed allocation of the Initial Payment by country based on an estimate of the fair market values of the Purchased Assets and, if required by applicable Law, an allocation by asset category within a particular country (the “Estimated Allocation of the Initial Payment”, and together with the “Estimated Allocation of the Assumed Liabilities”, the “Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price”). Subject to Section 6.04(a), during the fifteen (15) day period following delivery of the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price, Seller shall make its Representatives reasonably and timely available to Purchaser, Xxxxxx and their respective Representatives to discuss the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price. The Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price shall be prepared in accordance with the principles of Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. If Purchaser does not deliver written notice of any dispute (an “Allocation Dispute Notice”) within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price, the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price shall be deemed the Final Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price for all purposes hereunder. Prior to the end of such fifteen (15) day period, Purchaser may accept the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price by delivering written notice to that effect to Seller and Xxxxxx, in which case the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price shall be deemed the Final Allocation for all purposes hereunder when such notice is given. If Purchaser delivers an Allocation Dispute Notice within such fifteen (15) day period, the Parties and Xxxxxx shall use reasonable best efforts to resolve such dispute during the thirty (30) day period following Seller’s receipt of the Allocation Dispute Notice from Purchaser. If the Parties and Xxxxxx do not agree upon a final resolution with respect to the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price within such fifteen (15) day period, then the Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price shall be submitted immediately to an internationally recognized, independent accounting or valuation firm reasonably acceptable to the Parties and Xxxxxx (the “Allocation Firm”). The Allocation Firm shall be requested to render a determination of the applicable dispute within fifteen (15) days after referral of the matter to such Allocation Firm, which determination must be in writing and must set forth, in reasonable detail, the basis therefor. The determination of the Allocation Firm shall be final and binding, absent manifest error. Any fees payable to the Allocation Firm shall be borne equally by Seller and Purchaser. The Estimated Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price accepted by the Parties and Xxxxxx or determined by the Allocation Firm, as the case may be, shall be the “Final Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price”. The Final Allocation of the Initial Purchase Price shall be done at arm’s length based upon a good faith determination of fair market value. (b) As soon as practicable after each Subsequent Payment Date, Seller shall determine the U.S. Tax Purchase Price and Local Tax Purchase Price and prepare and deliver to Purchaser a proposed allocation of each of the U.S. Tax Purchase Price and Local Tax Purchase Price by country based on an estimate of the fair market values of the Purchased Assets and, if required by applicable Law, an allocation by asset category within a particular country (the “Estimated Allocation of the U.S. Tax Purchase Price” and the “Estimated Allocation of the Local Tax Purchase Price”, respectively, and together the “Estimated Allocation of the U.S.
THE PURCHASER AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE 8.1 Immediately after the fall of the hammer and upon being declared the successful purchaser of the Property, the Purchaser shall execute the memorandum attached hereto (`the Memorandum’). 8.2 The signed Memorandum together with these conditions of sale and the Proclamation of Sale shall in their entirety form the contract for the sale and purchase of the Property (`the Contract of Sale’). 8.3 The last bid which is the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer and upon which the Property is sold to the Purchaser shall be the purchase price for the Property (`the Purchase Price’). 8.4 Upon successful bid of the property by the bidder, the Bidding Deposit deposited by the bidder pursuant to clause 3.1 shall be paid to the Bank immediately upon execution of the Contract of Sale (“ the Purchase Deposit) 8.5 In the event that the Purchase Price is higher than the Reserve Price, the Purchaser shall immediately deposit with the Auctioneer as stakeholder a sum equivalent to the difference between Purchase Deposit and the Bidding Deposit (`the Purchase Deposit Shortfall’) either in cash or by way of a valid bank draft or cashier’s order drawn in favour of the Bank which together will form the Purchase Deposit. 8.6 The Auctioneer shall upon receipt of the Purchase Deposit release the said sum, bank draft and/or cashier’s order to the Bank. 8.7 In the event that the Purchaser shall fail to deposit the Purchase Deposit Shortfall or shall fail to execute the Memorandum for any reason whatsoever or in the event of the bank draft and/or cashier’s order for the Bidding Deposit and/or the Purchase Deposit Shortfall is dishonored for any reason whatsoever when presented by the Bank for payment, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the terms of the Auction Sale and the consequences set out in paragraph 8.8 hereto shall ensue. 8.8 In the event that the Purchaser shall commit a breach, the Bidding Deposit shall be forfeited absolutely to the Bank and the Bank may in its absolute discretion upon such terms and conditions and at such time or times the Bank deems fit put the Property up for resale. The Bank shall be further entitled to recover from the Purchaser all costs and expenses of, in connection with and resulting from such resale. The Purchaser shall be further liable to the Bank for any shortfall in the sale price obtained at the resale and the Purchase Price (`the Resale Shortfall’). A certificate duly signed by an authorized officer of the Bank as to amount of the Resale Shortfall and the costs and expenses of, in connection with resulting from such resale shall be accepted by the Purchaser as binding correct and conclusive for all purposes including for legal proceedings. The certified amount shall be paid by the Purchaser to the Bank not later than seven (7) days from the date of the demand made by the Bank. 8.9 Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the amount representing the difference between the Purchase Price and the Purchase Deposit (“Balance Purchase Price”) shall be paid by the Purchaser directly to the Bank without any set-off not later than NINETY (90) DAYS from the date of the Contract of Sale (`the Due Date’). 8.10 The Balance Purchase Price shall be paid to the Bank by way of bank draft or cashier’s order drawn in favour of the Bank or E-Payment or any mode of payment which acceptable by the Bank. 8.11 Upon the written request by the Purchaser before the expiry date, the Bank in its absolute discretion may but shall be under no obligation to extend the Due Date for such period or periods the Bank deems fit (`the Extended Due Date’). 8.12 The Purchaser shall have prior to twenty one (21) days of the Due Date, the Purchaser shall issue a written request to the Assignee/Bank applying for an extension of time and the Bank may in it’s absolute discretion (i) agree to grant the extension of time unconditionally, or (ii) refuse the request, in which case the 10% of the successful bid shall be forfeited, or (iii) agree to grant an extension of time subject to conditions (including but not limited to imposition of late payment interest/charges/compensation at such rate/amount as the Bank shall determine) without assigning any reasons whatsoever and such decision shall be binding on the Purchaser. The interest on late payment if imposed by the Bank may be in the form of advance payment of interest for the extension period or otherwise is final and not refundable. 8.13 In the event that the Purchaser for any reason whatsoever (save and except where it is due to the default of the Bank) fails to pay the Balance Purchase Price by the Due Date or the Extended Due Date, as the case may be, the Purchaser shall be deemed to be in breach of the Contract of Sale, and all monies paid to the Bank upon the execution of the Contract of Sale including the Purchase Deposit shall be forfeited absolutely by the Bank and the consequences as set out in paragraph 8.8 shall ensue.
Earn-Out Consideration Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser will pay, or will cause the Company to pay, to Nyrstar the earn-out consideration in respect of the Earn-Out Period (the “Earn-Out Consideration”) as additional consideration for the sale of the Company pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, which obligations will be guaranteed by GPS in accordance with the Share Purchase Agreement. Subject to clause 2.5, the Earn-Out Consideration will be determined and paid as follows: (a) the Earn-Out Consideration will be determined as being equal to 15% of the Free Cash Flow of the Company during the Earn-Out Period, calculated and paid at the end of each relevant fiscal year of GPS during the Earn-Out Period; (b) with respect to the initial fiscal year of the Earn-Out Period during which the Trigger Date has occurred, the Earn-Out Consideration will be determined as being equal to 15% of the Free Cash Flow of the Company from the Trigger Date to the last date of this initial fiscal year; (c) with respect to the final fiscal year of the Earn-Out Period, the Earn-Out Consideration will be determined as being equal to 15% of the Free Cash Flow of the Company from the first date of this final fiscal year to the Earn-Out Period End Date; (d) no Earn-Out Consideration will be payable with respect of any Free Cash Flow of the Company after the expiry of the Earn-Out Period; (e) the Company will calculate the Earn-Out Consideration within 90 days of the end of a relevant fiscal year of GPS during the Earn-Out Period; and (f) the Earn-Out Consideration will be paid to Nyrstar within 105 days of the end of a relevant fiscal year of GPS during the Earn-Out Period, provided that: (i) the Purchaser must, in the manner contemplated by clause 3(c) of the Share Purchase Agreement, withhold amounts payable to Nyrstar on account of Earn-Out Consideration, and any amounts so withheld will be treated as having been paid to Nyrstar on account of the Earn-Out Consideration; and (ii) the Purchaser or the Company will be entitled to withhold payment of amounts on account of the Earn-Out Consideration in the manner contemplated by, and otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Share Purchase Agreement.
Cash Purchase Price The term "Cash Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
The Purchase Price If the sale of the Property is not subject to HST, Seller agrees to certify on or before (included in/in addition to) closing, that the sale of the Property is not subject to HST. Any HST on chattels, if applicable, is not included in the Purchase Price.