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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination. (c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Union Carbide Corp /New/), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Honeywell International Inc), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety thirty (9030) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a statement (the “Net Assets Statement”) setting forth (i) the sum of the Accounts Receivable (net of reserves), setting forth Business-related prepaids, Inventory (net of reserves) and Equipment and the Net Cash cash, accounts receivable (net of reserves), prepaids, inventory (net of reserves) and equipment of Iteris GmbH minus (ii) the sum of the Accounts Payable, reserve for Warranty Expenses, and accounts payable and accrued expenses of Iteris GmbH, in each case as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashAssets”) determined ). The Net Assets Statement shall be prepared, and the Closing Net Assets shall be calculated, 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 agreed procedures and accounting practices set forth on Schedule 3.2(a) (the right, but not “Agreed Procedures”) and the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit net book value of the balance sheet Inventory and Iteris GmbH inventory shall be computed based upon the quantities of the Company Inventory and Iteris GmbH inventory on hand as of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change as determined through a physical inventory conducted by Seller on or before 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 fifth day following the Closing Date, at the results of which shall be adjusted from Buyer’s and 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 to reflect the Inventory and Iteris GmbH inventory as of the Company for such Closing Date. Buyer or its representatives shall have the right to observe the physical inventory and shall have full access to all books and records with respect to the Inventory. For illustration purposes, a Net Assets Statement as of June 30, 2011 is included in Schedule 3.2(a).
(b) Within If Buyer reasonably believes that the Net Assets Statement contains errors or has not been prepared in accordance with the Agreed Procedures, Buyer may deliver to Seller a written notice of objection no later than thirty (30) days after receipt the date on which Seller delivered the Net Assets Statement to Buyer, which notice shall specify the nature of each dispute and the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller basis therefor (a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement (the “Statement of ObjectionsNet Assets Objection”). If Purchaser does not Failure by Buyer to deliver a Net Assets Objection within the thirty-day period will be deemed to be Buyer’s acceptance of the Net Assets Statement of Objections as the Final Net Assets Statement. The Parties shall attempt in good faith to Seller reach agreement resolving all disputes set forth in the Net Assets Objection within such thirtysixty (60) days after its delivery. In the event that the Parties are unable to resolve an Objection within the sixty-day period, the Statement parties shall become final and binding upon follow 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 arbitration procedures set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination3.3.
(c) Upon As used herein, the term “Final Net Assets Statement” means (i) the Net Assets Statement becoming final and binding if Buyer does not deliver a Net Assets Objection in accordance with Section 2.04(b3.2(b); (ii) if Buyer timely gives a Net Assets Objection and all of the disputed items are resolved by mutual agreement of the Parties, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased Net Assets Statement, as amended, if necessary, to reflect such resolution of all disputes; or (iii) if any disputed items are submitted to the Arbitrator for resolution, the Net Assets Statement, as amended, if necessary, to reflect any resolution of any disputes by fifty percent (50%) agreement of the amount Parties and the resolution of all other disputes by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beArbitrator.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement, Asset Purchase Agreement (Iteris, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Iteris, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days Promptly after the Closing Date, Seller and in any event not later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser for its review a statement (the “Closing 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 Working Capital as of the Closing Date Date. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance a manner consistent with generally accepted auditing standardsExhibit A; providedPurchaser shall give Sellers and its Representatives reasonable access, howeverduring normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, that nothing in this sentence shall either change to 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 shallbooks and records, and shall cause appropriate personnel of the Company to, assist Seller Conveyed Entities and its representatives in Purchaser for purposes of the preparation of the Closing Statement in accordance with this Section 2.4(a) (and during the conduct of periods contemplated by this Section 2.4(a)). Purchaser shall instruct its employees (including the audit Transferred Employees) and shall provide Seller Representatives to cooperate with, and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at promptly respond to all reasonable times to the personnelrequests and inquiries of, properties Sellers and books and records of the Company for such purposestheir Representatives.
(b) Within Purchaser shall complete its review of the Closing Statement within thirty (30) days after receipt the delivery thereof to Purchaser. In connection with the foregoing, Sellers shall give Purchaser and its Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to the books and records, and appropriate personnel of Sellers and their Affiliates solely for purposes of its review of such Closing Statement. Sellers shall instruct their employees and Representatives that were responsible for preparation of the Closing Statement to cooperate with, and promptly respond to all reasonable requests and inquiries of, Purchaser and its Representatives, and, upon execution of a customary access letter if required by Sellers’ outside accountants, Purchaser and its Representatives shall have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice, to all relevant work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared by Sellers or their Representatives (including its outside accountants) to the extent such materials have been prepared by Sellers or their Representatives and relate to the preparation of the Closing Statement. Promptly following completion of its review (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days following the conclusion of the thirty (30) day period), Purchaser shall deliver submit to Seller Sellers a written statement describing letter regarding its objectionsconcurrence or disagreement with the accuracy of the Closing Statement; provided that, if anyPurchaser submits a letter of disagreement disputing any items set forth in the Closing Statement (such letter, a “Closing Statement Dispute Notice”), such Closing Statement Dispute Notice will specify (i) the item or items of the Closing Statement with which Purchaser disagrees and the basis therefor, (ii) the adjustments that Purchaser proposes to be made to the Closing Statement and (iii) the “specific amount of such disagreement and all supporting documentation and calculations; and provided, further, that Purchaser may only submit a Closing Statement of Objections”)Dispute Notice to the extent that (i) Purchaser claims Sellers did not prepare the Closing Statement in accordance with Section 2.4(a) and/or (ii) Purchaser’s proposed calculation will result in an adjustment to the Purchase Price. If Purchaser delivers a letter stating its concurrence with the Closing Statement or if Purchaser does not deliver a Closing 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 Dispute Notice within ten (10) Business Days after following the receipt by Seller conclusion of such thirty (30) day period, the Closing Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP final and binding upon the Parties.
(c) Following timely and proper delivery of a Closing Statement Dispute Notice, if any, Sellers and Purchaser shall attempt in good faith to resolve promptly any disagreement as to the computation of any item or items to which there was disagreement as set forth in the Closing Statement Dispute Notice (such items, the “Accounting FirmClosing Statement Disputed Items”), and any item or items set forth in the Closing Statement as to which there is no disagreement shall be deemed agreed by the Parties. If the Parties cannot reach a resolution of any Closing Statement Disputed Items within fifteen (15) days (or longer, as mutually agreed by the Parties) after timely and proper delivery of a Closing Statement Dispute Notice by Sellers, then Sellers and Purchaser shall submit any such Closing Statement Disputed Items to the Accountant for determination. Each of Sellers and Purchaser shall execute a reasonably acceptable engagement letter, if requested to do so by the Accountant, and shall provide the Accountant with all information and documentation within its possession or control that the Accountant requests for making its determination as to the Closing Statement Disputed Items. The Accounting Firm determination of the Accountant with respect to any Closing Statement Disputed Items shall be instructed to resolve such disputes completed within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm appointment 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 Accountant and shall be conclusive determined in accordance with this Agreement and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become be final and binding upon the date Parties. Each of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm Sellers and Purchaser shall have no right an opportunity to make any determination submit to the Accountant written memoranda setting forth their positions with respect to any Closing Statement Disputed Items. The Accountant shall adopt a position within the undisputed portions range of the Statement, positions submitted by Sellers and no such determination Purchaser with respect to the undisputed portions of the any Closing Statement Disputed Item. The Accountant’s determination regarding any Closing Statement Disputed Item shall be binding based solely on Seller whether Sellers included such Closing Statement Disputed Item in or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash excluded such Closing Statement Disputed Item from the Closing Statement or calculated such Closing Statement Disputed Item, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 2.032.4(a). The Working Capital as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.4 shall be referred to as the “Closing Date Working Capital” for all purposes hereunder. The fees, costs, and expenses of the Accountant incurred with respect to this Section 2.4 shall be shared as follows:
(i) if the Accountant resolves all of the Closing Statement Disputed Items in favor of Purchaser’s position (the Closing Date Working Capital so determined is referred to herein as the “Low Value”), then Sellers shall be obligated to pay for all of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Accountant;
(ii) if the Accountant resolves all of the Closing Statement Disputed Items in favor of Sellers’ position (the Closing Date Working Capital so determined is referred to herein as the “High Value”), then Purchaser shall be apportioned obligated to pay for all of the fees and expenses of the Accountant; and
(iii) if the Accountant neither resolves all of the Closing Statement Disputed Items in favor of Purchaser’s position nor resolves all of the Disputed Items in favor of Sellers’ position (the Closing Date Working Capital so determined is referred to herein as the “Actual Value”), Sellers shall be responsible for such fraction of the fees and expenses of the Accountant for the Closing Date Working Capital equal to (x) the difference between Seller the High Value and the Actual Value over (y) the difference between the High Value and the Low Value, for the Closing Date Working Capital and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller responsible for the remainder of the fees and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationexpenses of the Accountant.
(cd) Upon If Closing Date Working Capital:
(i) is equal to or greater than Sixty Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($63,800,000) (the Statement becoming final “Lower Working Capital Limit”) and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(bis equal to or less than Sixty Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($64,200,000) (the “Upper Working Capital Limit”), then no adjustments will be made to the Initial Purchase Price in respect of Working Capital; or
(ii) exceeds the Upper Working Capital Limit, then Purchaser shall be increased obligated to pay to Sellers the amount by fifty percent which Closing Date Working Capital exceeds the Upper Working Capital Limit; or
(50%iii) of is less than the Lower Working Capital Limit, then Sellers shall be obligated to repay to Purchaser the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Lower Working Capital Limit exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date Working Capital.
(e) Any payments to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay be made pursuant to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder this Section 2.4 shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated in accordance with Section 9.04 writing by Purchaser or Sellers, as the case may be, within five (5) Business Days after final the determination of the Statement Closing Date Working Capital in accordance with this Section 2.4. Any payment required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be considered by the Parties as an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as adjustment to the case may bePurchase Price.
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (M/a-Com Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.), Purchase Agreement (M/a-Com Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after As soon as possible, but in any event on or before the 60/th/ day following the Closing Date, the Seller and its independent accountants ("Seller's Accountants") shall prepare and deliver distribute to Purchaser a the Buyer and Buyer's independent accountants ("Buyer's Accountants") an unaudited statement of assets and liabilities for the Business being acquired hereunder (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash which shall exclude Excluded Assets and Liabilities Not Assumed) as of the close of business on the Closing Date Date, including a calculation of Value of the Business (the “"Draft Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance Balance Sheet"). The Seller will prepare the Draft Closing Balance Sheet on a basis consistent 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 Latest Balance Sheet. The Draft Closing Balance Sheet shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times also contain a reconciliation to the personnelAudited Carve-out Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposes1997.
(b) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of receiving the StatementDraft Closing Balance Sheet, Purchaser shall Buyer will deliver to the Seller and Seller's Accountants a written statement specifying the amount in dispute and describing its objections, if any, in reasonable detail the basis for such dispute. The parties shall use reasonable efforts 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 Objectionsobjections in good faith, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes but if they do not obtain a final resolution within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt the Buyer has delivered the statement of objections and if the items remaining in dispute are such that the Purchase Price would be adjusted by more than $50,000, then an independent accounting firm which shall be mutually acceptable to the parties shall be retained to resolve any remaining objections (the "Arbitrating Accountants") and shall within forty-five (45) calendar days after submission determine and report to the parties upon such remaining disputed items. The parties shall bear the fees and disbursements of the Arbitrating Accountants in the same proportion that their respective positions are confirmed or rejected 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionArbitrating Accountants. The determination of the Accounting Firm for 5. Arbitrating Accountants will be conclusive and binding on the parties. The statement setting forth the final determinations pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) is referred to herein as the "Closing Balance Sheet." Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.2 to the contrary, if the items successfully disputed by the Buyer are such that the Purchase Price would be adjusted by less than $50,000, no adjustment to the Purchase Price shall be made and the amount of any adjustment that would otherwise be made shall be counted towards the $300,000 threshold of Buyer Indemnifiable Losses specified in Section 11.3(b). Any item in dispute candisputed by Buyer that is resolved pursuant to this Section 2.2 may not be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed asserted as a basis for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid a claim for indemnity by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationunder Article 11.
(c) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)Value of the Business calculated from the Closing Balance Sheet exceeds the Preliminary Purchase Price, then the Initial principal amount of the Purchase Price Note shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) an amount equal to such excess. If the Value of the amount by which Business calculated from the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Balance Sheet is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If Preliminary Purchase Price, then the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) principal amount of the Purchase Note shall be reduced by an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to such difference. In either case, the LIBOR Rate from interest due under the Purchase Note shall be adjusted retroactively to the Closing Date based on the final Purchase Price. The Preliminary Purchase Price, as adjusted pursuant to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cashthis Section 2.2, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final referred to herein as the "Purchase Price." Promptly following the determination of the Statement Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.2, Buyer shall execute and deliver to the Seller in exchange for the return of the original Purchase Note an account designated in writing by Purchaser amended and restated Purchase Note reflecting such increase or Sellerreduction, as the case may be.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Omnicell Com /Ca/), Asset Purchase Agreement (Omnicell Inc /Ca/)
Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as follows:
(a) Within ninety Buyer shall cause the Company to prepare and Arthxx Andexxxx X.X.P. (90the "Auditors"), the Company's independent certified public accountants, to audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, and report on (with no
(b) The parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Auditors to complete and deliver the Statement to Sellers and Buyer within 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.
(bc) Within thirty (30) If the Purchase Price Adjustment is a positive amount, the Purchase Price shall be increased by such amount, with such increase being payable in cash by Buyer within fifteen business days after receipt of the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver date of the delivery to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to Buyer of the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”"Determination Date"). The amount of any such increase shall be allocated among the Sellers in proportion to the allocation of the Cash Amount payable at Closing as set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto. If Purchaser does the Purchase Price Adjustment is a negative amount, then the Purchase Price shall be reduced by such amount, and the Sellers, shall pay such amount to Buyer in proportion to the allocations set forth in Exhibit 1 within fifteen (15) business days of the Determination Date.
(d) In the event that Buyer, on the one hand, or Seller Representative on the other, disagrees with the Statement, such party shall have fifteen (15) days from the Determination Date to attempt to resolve such dispute with the other. In the event such dispute cannot deliver be resolved, either Buyer or Seller Representative can request, by the delivery of a Statement notice to the other specifying in reasonable detail the nature of Objections to Seller the dispute, within three (3) days of the expiration of such thirty-fifteen day period, that 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 dispute be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP an independent nationally-recognized accounting firm that has no business relationship with either party (the “"Accounting Firm”)Arbitrator") selected by the party delivering the notice. The Accounting Firm Arbitrator shall be instructed to review any disputed items and resolve any such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by of the date the Accounting Firm Arbitrator is retained. The decision of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) Accounting Arbitrator shall be final and by Purchaser to Seller binding between the parties for the purpose of determining any Purchase Price adjustment 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.032.3. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Arbitrator shall be apportioned between Seller borne one-half by Buyer and Purchaser one-half by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationSellers.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Gonsoulin Alton Anthony Jr), Stock Purchase Agreement (Pool Energy Services Co)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (ai) Within ninety (90) Not later than 120 days after the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Representative a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close Closing, the Company Debt as of business on the Closing Date (Closing, the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Severance Obligations as of the Closing, and the Purchase Price as adjusted by the foregoing in accordance with Section 2.031.2, 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 a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date and all relevant backup materials, in detail reasonably acceptable to Representative. The Pre-Closing Statement and such consolidated balance sheet shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change IFRS and Spanish GAAP. From the definition delivery 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 DateStatement until such time as the Closing Statement and final Purchase Price, as adjusted, shall have been finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.3, the Representative and his accountants (at Seller’s request, Purchaser the expense of the Stockholders) shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, be permitted to discuss with Purchaser and its accountants the Closing Statement and shall cause be provided complete and accurate copies of, and have reasonable access (including electronic access, to the Company to, assist Seller extent reasonably available) upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours to the work papers and supporting records of Purchaser and its representatives in accountants so as to allow the preparation Representative and his accountants to verify the accuracy 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 purposesClosing Statement.
(bii) Within thirty If the Representative disputes the Closing Statement, the Representative shall notify Purchaser in writing (30the “Dispute Notice”) of the amount, nature and basis of such dispute, within 30 days after receipt delivery of the StatementClosing Statement and such disagreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 1.4.
(iii) Immediately upon the earlier to occur of (A) the expiration of the 30 day period for giving the Dispute Notice, if no such notice is given, or (B) notification by the Representative to Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objectionsthat no such notice will be given, or (C) the resolution of disputes, 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)1.4, which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser any adjustments 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent paid as follows: (50%1) of if the amount by which final Purchase Price as adjusted to reflect the Working Capital, the Company Debt and the Severance Obligations set forth on the Closing Net Cash Statement exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash Purchase Price, then Purchaser will pay such excess to the Stockholders in the proportions provided in Exhibit G or decreased by fifty percent (50%2) of if the amount by which final Purchase Price as adjusted to reflect the Working Capital, the Company Debt and the Severance Obligations set forth on the Closing Net Cash Statement is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashPurchase Price, then such amount will be released to Purchaser from the Bank Account. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) Following payment of the amount of such excessamounts contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal if any, the funds remaining in the Bank Account will be released to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date Representative for delivery to the date of payment. If Stockholders in the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds proportions provided in Exhibit G and the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall Bank Account will be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beterminated.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement, Stock Purchase Agreement (LRAD Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. Sellers and Buyers shall jointly, within sixty (a60) Within ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser (i) a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash consolidated balance sheet of Sellers as of the close Closing Date, (ii) a consolidating balance sheet of business on Sellers as of the Closing Date, and (iii) a balance sheet of each Seller as of the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03Balance Sheets"). For Purchase Price adjustment considerations, 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 Balance Sheets shall be prepared on a consistent basis 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, accounting practices and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives procedures applied by Sellers in the preparation of the Statement Interim Balance Sheet and, for purposes of this Section 3.01(b), in the absence of manifest error (which shall not include any matters relating to practices and procedures applied by Sellers in preparing the Interim Balance Sheet), the only adjustments to accounting reserves and accruals reflected therein shall be those made to reflect changes in such reserves and accruals between the date of the Interim Balance Sheet and the conduct date of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to Closing Balance Sheet. In the personnel, properties and books and records event of a dispute between the parties regarding the preparation of the Company for such purposes.
Closing Balance Sheets, which dispute cannot be reconciled by the mutual agreement of the parties within fifteen (b15) Within thirty (30) business days after receipt one of the Statementparties has notified the other party thereof, Purchaser the parties shall deliver to Seller together select a written statement describing its objectionsmutually acceptable Big Six public accounting firm (which shall be unrelated to, if anyand not in any manner affiliated with, to either Buyers or Sellers or Parent or their respective shareholders, officers, or Affiliates, and not currently or within the Statement (two-year period employed or engaged by either Buyers or Sellers or Parent or their respective shareholders, officers, or Affiliates), which firm shall make an independent determination of the “Statement of Objections”disputed item or items consistent with the criteria set forth in this Section 3.01(b). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement Such independent determination shall (in the absence of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodfraud, bad faith, undue influence, or the Statement shall become like, or manifest error) be final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement on all of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any hereto. All fees, costs and expenses incurred in retaining such objection within independent accounting firm shall be paid in equal shares by Buyers and Sellers. 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) calendar days after receipt by (i) the Accounting Firm completion of mutually agreed upon Closing Balance Sheets or (ii) 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 any dispute relating thereto submitted to an independent Big Six public accounting firm, whichever the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less thancase may be, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and following Purchase Price Adjustment shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.parties:
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Bucyrus International Inc), Asset Purchase Agreement (Bucyrus International Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within Section 2.04(a) of the Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth certain current assets and current Liabilities accounts and certain accounting principles, methodologies and policies used in the determination of such accounts. Such accounts of the Business, cumulatively, as of immediately before the effective time of the Closing (as set forth in Section 2.05(a)), determined in accordance with Section 2.04(a) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, and the principles, methodologies and policies set forth therein and, to the extent not set forth therein, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, shall constitute the “Modified Working Capital”. For the avoidance of doubt, amounts included in the determination of Closing Net Indebtedness, Closing Transaction Expenses and Pension Plan Purchase Price Adjustment shall be excluded from the determination of the Modified Working Capital.
(b) If the Purchase Price as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.04 is less than the Estimated Purchase Price, Seller shall pay to Purchaser the total amount of such deficit, and if the Purchase Price as finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.04 exceeds the Estimated Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay to Seller the total amount of such excess, in either case by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. dollar funds, within three (3) Business Days after the final determination of the Purchase Price, to an account designated by the party receiving payment no later than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of the Purchase Price.
(c) As promptly as practicable (and, in any event, within ninety (90) days after the Closing DateClosing), Seller Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement setting forth Purchaser’s calculation of (i) Modified Working Capital, (ii) Closing Net Indebtedness, (iii) Closing Transaction Expenses and (iv) the Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.04 (the “Closing Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined which shall be prepared in accordance with the accounting principles, methodologies and policies set forth in Section 2.032.04 of the Seller Disclosure Letter (and, together to the extent not set forth therein, in accordance with U.S. GAAP). The parties agree to provide each other and their respective Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to their respective books, records, work papers and personnel (and any supporting other information which either party reasonably requests to the extent relating to the Business (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Business in any Deferred Asset Jurisdictions)) throughout the periods during which the Closing Statement is being prepared or evaluated and any disputes that may arise under this Section 2.04 are being resolved, in each case in a manner that does not interfere unreasonably with the operations of such party’s businesses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Purchaser nor Seller shall be required to (x) violate any obligation of confidentiality to which Purchaser or Seller may reasonably requestbe subject in discharging their obligations pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, and (y) provide access to or disclose information where, upon the advice of counsel, such access or disclosure would jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of such party or contravene any applicable Laws. In connection If Seller disagrees with preparing the determination of the Closing Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit notify Purchaser in writing of the balance sheet of the Company as such disagreement within sixty (60) days after delivery of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedStatement, however, that nothing in this sentence which written notice shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that set forth any such disagreement 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.
detail (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 ObjectionsDisagreement Notice”). If Purchaser Seller fails to deliver a Disagreement Notice by the end of such sixty (60)-day period, Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the Closing Statement delivered by Purchaser. Matters included in the calculations in the Closing Statement to which Seller does not deliver a Statement of Objections object in the Disagreement Notice shall be deemed accepted by Seller and shall not be subject to further dispute or review. Purchaser and Seller within shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such thirty-day perioddisagreement, the Statement and any resolution agreed to in writing by Purchaser and Seller shall become be final and binding upon the parties. .
(d) If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections and Seller are unable to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10disagreement as contemplated by Section 2.04(c) 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 delivery by Seller of a Disagreement Notice, Purchaser and Seller shall jointly select a mutually acceptable nationally recognized third party accounting firm, the retention of which will not give rise to present or potential future auditor independence problems for Seller, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries, as determined by the reasonable discretion of Seller and Purchaser, to resolve such disagreement (the firm so selected shall be referred to herein as the “Accounting Arbitrator”). In the event that Purchaser and Seller are unable to agree on the appointment of the Accounting Arbitrator, as provided above, then the Accounting Arbitrator shall be appointed, at the request of either Purchaser or Seller, by the American Arbitration Association, which Accounting Arbitrator shall be another nationally recognized third party accounting firm. The parties shall instruct the Accounting Arbitrator to consider only those items and amounts set forth in the Closing Statement as to which Purchaser has disagreed pursuant to a Disagreement Notice and Purchaser and Seller have not resolved their disagreement. The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm Arbitrator shall be limited to whether such calculation was done in accordance with the terms hereof, the accounting methods, standards, policies, practices, classifications, estimation methodologies, assumptions or procedures used to prepare the Closing Statement, and whether there were mathematical errors in the calculation of the materials delivered Closing Statement, and the Accounting Arbitrator shall not make any other determination. The Accounting Arbitrator shall make its determination based solely on written submissions, presentations and supporting material provided by Purchaser and Seller and not pursuant to any independent review. In resolving any such disagreement, the Accounting Arbitrator may only select an amount for each item in dispute that is within range of values established for such disputed item as determined by reference to the value assigned to such item by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) in the Disagreement Notice and by Purchaser in the Closing Statement. Purchaser and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to Seller pursuant cause the Accounting Arbitrator to deliver to all parties, as promptly as practicable, a written report setting forth the resolution of any such disagreement determined in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.04(b), which materials Amended Agreement. Such report 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 final and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionabsent manifest error. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess offees, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm Arbitrator arising in connection with this Section 2.04 shall be apportioned borne by Purchaser, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, in proportion to the differences between Seller and Purchaser the Purchase Price as determined by the Accounting Firm based on Arbitrator and the degree to which Seller’s asserted Purchase Price set forth in the Closing Statement and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationthe Disagreement Notice, respectively.
(ce) Upon Purchaser and Seller agree that any payments made pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be allocated in a manner consistent with any allocation agreed to pursuant to Section 2.03(c).
(f) With respect to Cash and Cash Equivalents and Indebtedness of the Statement becoming final and binding Business denominated in accordance with Section 2.04(bcurrencies other than U.S. dollars, the Applicable Exchange Rate for each such currency as of immediately before the effective time of the Closing as published by Bloomberg (BGN New York), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) used to convert such amounts into U.S. dollars for purposes of the amount by which the determining Closing Net Cash exceeds Indebtedness in connection with the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay adjustments pursuant to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with this Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be2.04.
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Samples: Acquisition Agreement (SB/RH Holdings, LLC), Acquisition Agreement (Energizer Holdings, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 10 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a statement (closing balance sheet of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Division 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 requestBalance Sheet"). In connection with preparing The Closing Balance Sheet shall fairly present 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 items listed thereon as of the Closing Date on a basis consistent with the accounting principles, practices, procedures and policies that were used in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedpreparing the August 31, however1997 Balance Sheet, except 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 DateBalance Sheet shall reflect (i) a proper accrual under FAS 106, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall(ii) a corporate accrual for salaried vacation and holidays relating to Employees (as hereinafter defined), and shall cause (iii) the Company toresults of a physical inventory to be taken by Seller at October 31, assist Seller 1997 consistent with its past practices, with Buyer and its representatives in entitled to observe such physical inventory and review all ledgers and supporting information for the preparation financial statements, and have full access to and the cooperation of Seller's accounting personnel. Buyer shall have a period of 10 days after delivery of the Statement Closing Balance Sheet to review it and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives make any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times objections it may have in writing 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”)Seller. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections no written objections are made by Buyer within such ten-day period, then the Closing Balance Sheet shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. If Buyer delivers written objections to Seller within such thirtyten-day period, then the Statement parties shall become have an additional five business days within which to resolve any disputed matters. If they are unable to do so, the specific matters in dispute shall be submitted to a Big Six independent accounting firm (other than Ernst & Young L.L.P. and Price Waterhouse L.L.P.) as may be approved by Seller and Buyer, which firm shall render its opinion as to such matters as expeditiously as possible and in any event within 10 days of submission. Based on such opinion, such independent accounting firm will then send to Seller and Buyer its determination on the specified matters in dispute, which determination shall be final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and on 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03hereto. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm such independent accounting firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid borne one-half by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationone-half by Buyer.
(cb) Upon In the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)event "Total Proprietary Interest," as shown on the Closing Balance Sheet, is less than $23,414,502, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased reduced dollar-for-dollar by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash $23,414,502 exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser "Total Proprietary Interest," and Seller shall promptly pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excessdifference to Buyer, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentsuch payment at a rate per annum equal to 8%. If In the Estimated Closing Net Cash event "Total Proprietary Interest" exceeds $23,414,502, the Closing Net Cash, Seller Purchase Price shall be increased dollar-for-dollar by the amount by which $23,414,502 is less than "Total Proprietary Interest," and Buyer shall promptly pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excessdifference to Seller, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder at a rate per annum equal to 8%.
(c) Seller agrees to reduce the Purchase Price in an amount equal to (i) the average of the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation, in each case determined for a continuing plan and as defined for financial statement disclosure purposes under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 as of the Closing Date using actuarial assumptions to be mutually agreed upon by Seller and Buyer, less (ii) the assets to be transferred as contemplated in Section 7.2, and less (iii) $150,000; provided, however, that there shall be made no such reduction in accordance with Section 9.04 within five the Purchase Price if the amount computed in the preceding clauses (5i), (ii) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beand (iii) is less than zero.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Portec Inc), Credit Agreement (Astec Industries Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (ai) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days after following the Closing Date, Seller MHE shall prepare a combined and deliver to Purchaser a statement (consolidated balance sheet of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Companies as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “"Closing Balance Sheet") and a calculation of 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 Assets as of the Closing Date based on the Closing Balance Sheet (collectively, the "Closing Financial Data"). The Closing Balance Sheet and calculation of Net Assets shall be prepared on a basis consistent with the methods, principles, practices and policies employed in the preparation and presentation of the Audited Financial Statements and 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 Exhibit M.
(ii) During the preparation of the Statement Closing Financial Data, and the conduct period of any review or dispute within the contemplation of this Section 2(d), MHE shall (A) provide Investor, HarnCo and their authorized representatives with full access to all relevant books, records, work-papers and employees of the audit Companies and shall provide Seller their Subsidiaries, and its representatives any (B) cooperate fully with Investor, HarnCo and their authorized representatives, including the provision on a timely basis of all 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 purposesnecessary or useful.
(biii) Within thirty (30) days MHE shall deliver a copy of the Closing Financial Data to Investor and HarnCo promptly after it has been prepared. After receipt of the StatementClosing Financial Data, Purchaser Investor and HarnCo shall deliver have 30 days to Seller review the Closing Financial Data, together with the work-papers used in the preparation thereof. Unless Investor or HarnCo delivers written notice to MHE on or prior to the 30th day after their receipt of the Closing Financial Data stating that it has objections to the Closing Financial Data (and setting forth the details of its calculation of disputed items), Investor and HarnCo shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Closing Financial Data. If Investor or HarnCo so notifies MHE of its objections to the Closing Financial Data, then Investor and HarnCo shall, within 30 days (or such longer period as they may agree) following such notice (the "Resolution Period"), attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties (and MHE).
(iv) Any amounts remaining in dispute at the conclusion of the Resolution Period ("Unresolved Changes") shall be submitted to a written statement describing its objectionsnationally recognized independent public accounting firm jointly selected by the independent public accounting firms of HarnCo and Investor (such firm being referred to as the "Neutral Auditors") within 10 days after the expiration of the Resolution Period. The Parties agree to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditors, a reasonable engagement letter. All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by 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 Neutral Auditors shall be resolved borne pro rata by Ernst & Young LLP (HarnCo and MHE in proportion to the “Accounting Firm”)allocation of the dollar amount of the Unresolved Changes made by the Neutral Auditors such that the prevailing party pays a lesser proportion of the fees and expenses. The Accounting Firm Neutral Auditors shall act as an arbitrator to determine, based on the provisions of this Section 2(d), only the Unresolved Changes. The Neutral Auditors' determination of the Unresolved Changes shall be instructed to resolve such disputes made within thirty (30) 45 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 submission of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm Unresolved Changes thereto, shall be set forth in writing a written statement delivered to HarnCo and Investor and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties (and binding upon MHE). The term "Adjusted Closing Balance Sheet," as used in this Agreement, shall mean the partiesdefinitive Closing Balance Sheet agreed to (or deemed agreed to) by HarnCo and Investor under Section 2(d)(iii) or, and if Unresolved Changes are submitted to the StatementNeutral Auditors, such definitive Closing Balance Sheet, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon adjusted to reflect the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Neutral Auditors under this Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination2(d)(iv).
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Recapitalization Agreement (Morris Material Handling Inc), Recapitalization Agreement (MMH Holdings Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety thirty (9030) calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Sellers’ Representative a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as ) of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Working Capital prepared in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe Accounting Principles. 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 The Buyer and the conduct of the audit and Sellers acknowledge that no adjustments shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times be made to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposesBase Amount.
(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 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 fifteenth (15th) calendar day following the date on which the 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 is received by the Accounting Firm Sellers’ Representative, unless the Sellers’ Representative delivers written notice of its disagreement with the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aStatement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Buyer on or prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted and (ii) only include good faith disagreements based on Closing Working Capital not being calculated in accordance with the Accounting Firm within five Principles.
(5c) Business Days following the expiration If a Notice of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth Buyer on or prior to the deadline stated in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon Section 2.3(b) above, then the parties, and the Statement, Statement (as modified by such resolution, revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon the Sellers and the Buyer on the earlier of (i) the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer resolve in writing any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall differences they have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (ii) the Statementdate any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.3. During the fifteen (15) calendar day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Sellers’ Representative and no such determination the Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement.
(d) If at the Statement end of such fifteen (15) calendar day period the Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer have not resolved in writing the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, the Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer shall be binding on Seller or Purchasersubmit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for arbitration, in accordance with the standards set forth in this Section 2.3, only such matters as are specified in the Notice of Disagreement that remain in dispute. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed Deloitte & Touche or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to calculate Net Cash act, such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer in writing. The Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a written decision resolving the matters submitted to the Accounting Firm within thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of such submission; provided, that the Accounting Firm shall not render a written decision at any time that the Sellers’ Representative shall have made reasonable information requests in accordance with Section 2.032.3(f) below that have not been resolved in a manner reasonable under the circumstances, and the Sellers’ Representative shall be permitted, prior to the Accounting Firm rendering its written decision, to update its written submission to the Accounting Firm to take into account the information ultimately obtained thereby by delivery of such updated written submission to the Accounting Firm not later than ten (10) calendar days after receipt of the information ultimately obtained thereby. The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm shall be limited to fixing mathematical errors in the Statement and determining whether the items in dispute in the Statement were determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the Accounting Firm is not to make any other determination, including any determination as to whether the Base Amount or Working Capital Estimate are correct. The Accounting Firm’s decision shall be based solely on written submissions by the Sellers’ Representative and the Buyer and their respective Representatives and not by independent review and shall be final and binding on all of the parties hereto. The Accounting Firm may not assign a value greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or a value smaller than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. Judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Accounting Firm in any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm incurred pursuant to this Section 2.3(d) shall be apportioned borne pro rata as between Seller the Sellers, on the one hand, and Purchaser the Buyer, on the other hand, in proportion to the final allocation made by such Accounting Firm of the disputed items weighted in relation to the claims made by the Accounting Firm based on Sellers’ Representative and the degree to which Seller’s Buyer, such that the prevailing party pays the lesser proportion of such fees, costs and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and expenses. The dispute resolution mechanics set forth in this Section 2.3 shall be paid by Seller the exclusive dispute resolutions mechanics for determining any Notice of Disagreement hereunder and Purchaser the matters contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, any Notice of Disagreement concerning whether the Statement was prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles, and the indemnifications provisions set forth in Article X and Article XI hereof shall not apply to any such determinationdispute.
(ce) Upon For the Statement becoming final and binding purposes of this Agreement, “Final Working Capital” means the Closing Working Capital as finally agreed or determined in accordance with Section 2.04(b2.3(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%c) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cashd), as applicable. If the Closing Net Cash Final Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashWorking Capital Estimate, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excessBuyer shall, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination the Final Working Capital is determined, make payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Sellers in accordance with their respective Adjustment Amount Transaction Percentage in the amount of any such excess; provided that the maximum amount payable by Buyer to the Sellers based on the Final Working Capital shall not exceed $2,500,000. If the Working Capital Estimate exceeds the Final Working Capital, the parties shall, within five (5) Business Days after the Final Working Capital is determined, deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Buyer from the Escrow Fund an amount equal to any such excess in accordance with the terms of the Statement Escrow Agreement; provided, that the maximum payment owing to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beBuyer based upon the Final Working Capital shall not exceed $2,500,000.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Avista Capital Partners GP, LLC), Stock Purchase Agreement (Angiodynamics Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety No less than five (905) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller Representative shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser (i) a projected unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of 12:01 AM (Pacific time) on the Closing Date, prepared in accordance with (I) GAAP and (II) accounting policies applied by the Company for purposes of preparing its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 (with any conflicts between GAAP and the policies set forth in the preceding clause (II) to be resolved in favor of GAAP), without reflecting any actual or anticipated adjustments or effects arising from the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet”), and (ii) a closing statement setting forth in reasonable detail a calculation, on the basis of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, of Assumed Liabilities (the “Estimated Assumed Liabilities”) and Closing Indebtedness (the items specified in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents”). The Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents shall be subject to Purchaser’s review. In reviewing such items, Purchaser shall have the right to review the work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents Sellers and/or the Company prepared or reviewed in preparing the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents and thereafter will have access, during normal business hours, to all relevant Books and Records, all to the extent Purchaser reasonably requires them to complete its review of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents. In the event that Purchaser does not agree with the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents or any portion thereof, Sellers shall consider any comments or changes proposed by Purchaser in good faith and Sellers and Purchaser shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the disputed items; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the failure to include in the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents any comments or changes proposed by Purchaser, Purchaser’s acceptance of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents, and the consummation of Closing shall constitute an acknowledgement by Purchaser of the accuracy of the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet Documents or limit or otherwise affect Purchaser’s rights and remedies under this Agreement, including Purchaser’s right to include such comments or changes in the Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents.
(b) Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement the Seller Representative (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”i) 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 unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries 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 12:01 AM (Pacific time) on the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, prepared in accordance with (I) GAAP 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 (II) accounting policies applied by the Company for such purposespurposes of preparing its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 (with any conflicts between GAAP and the policies set forth in the preceding clause (II) to be resolved in favor of GAAP), without reflecting any actual or anticipated adjustments or effects arising from the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Final Closing Balance Sheet”), and (ii) a closing statement setting forth in reasonable detail a calculation, on the basis of the Final Closing Balance Sheet, of Assumed Liabilities (the “Final Assumed Liabilities”) (the items specified in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents”).
(bc) The Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents shall be subject to the Seller Representative’s review. In reviewing such items, the Seller Representative shall have the right to review the work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents Purchaser prepared or reviewed in preparing the Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents and thereafter will have access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, to all relevant Books and Records, all to the extent the Seller Representative reasonably requires them to complete its review of the Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents. Within 30 days after its receipt of the Final Closing Balance Sheet Documents, the Seller Representative shall notify Purchaser whether, based on such review, it has any objections to the calculation of the Final Assumed Liabilities (an “Objection Notice”). Unless the Seller Representative delivers to Purchaser within such 30-day period an Objection Notice, the Final Assumed Liabilities shall be final and binding.
(d) If the Seller Representative delivers an Objection Notice, then (i) for 20 days after Purchaser receives such Objection Notice, Purchaser and the Seller Representative shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to agree on the calculation of the disputed amounts and (ii) lacking such agreement, the matter shall be referred to an independent nationally-recognized accounting firm as may be mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and the Seller Representative (the “Arbitrating Accountants”). The Arbitrating Accountants shall be directed to render a written report to the Seller Representative and Purchaser on the unresolved disputed items as soon as practicable (and in no event later than thirty (30) days after receipt submission of the Statementdispute to the Arbitrating Accountants), to resolve only those unresolved disputed items set forth in the Objection Notice, not to make any determination of a disputed amount that is outside the range of the proposed amounts submitted by Purchaser and the Seller Representative, and to make any determinations solely in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. If unresolved disputed items are submitted to the Arbitrating Accountants, the Seller Representative and Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, each furnish to the Statement (Arbitrating Accountants such work papers, schedules and other documents and information relating to the “Statement unresolved disputed items as the Arbitrating Accountants may reasonably request. The determination of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement Arbitrating Accountants shall become be final and binding upon on Purchaser and Sellers and not subject to collateral attack for any reason other than manifest error or fraud. The Seller Representative and Purchaser each agree to use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections Arbitrating Accountants and to Seller within such thirty-day period, and cause the parties cannot Arbitrating Accountants to 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 dispute no later than thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm submission 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 dispute 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash Arbitrating Accountants in accordance with Section 2.03this Agreement. The fees Of the fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm Arbitrating Accountants, Purchaser, on the one hand, and Sellers jointly and severally, on the other hand, shall be apportioned bear a fraction equal to (i) the absolute value of the difference between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm Post-Closing Adjustment that would have been payable based on the degree to which Seller’s submission of such party and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful the Post-Closing Adjustment based on the determination of the Arbitrating Accountants divided by (ii) the absolute value of the difference between the Post-Closing Adjustment that would have been payable based on the submission of Purchaser and shall the Post-Closing Adjustment that would have been payable based on the submission of the Seller Representative. For illustrative purposes only, should the Post-Closing Adjustment payable based on the submission of Purchaser be paid by $80, the Post-Closing Adjustment payable based on the submission of the Seller Representative be $100 and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationthe Post-Closing Adjustment payable based on the determination of the Arbitrating Accountants be $95, Purchase would bear 75% (($95 — $80) / ($100 - $80)) and Sellers would bear 25% (($100-$95) / ($100 - $80)) of the fees, costs and expenses of the Arbitrating Accountants.
(ce) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(bamount equal to the Estimated Assumed Liabilities minus the Final Assumed Liabilities as finally determined hereunder (the “Post-Closing Adjustment”) is greater than $0 (zero), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, then Purchaser shall pay to the Seller fifty percent Representative (50%for the benefit of Sellers) of the an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Post-Closing Date to the date of paymentAdjustment. If the Estimated Post-Closing Net Cash exceeds Adjustment is less than $0 (zero), then the Closing Net Cash, Seller Representative shall (on behalf of Sellers) pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from absolute value of the Post-Closing Date to the date of paymentAdjustment. Any such Each payment hereunder under this Section 2.04(e) shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after such final determination by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account specified by the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may berecipient.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Red Rock Resorts, Inc.), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Station Casinos LLC)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As promptly as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on i) the Closing Date Balance Sheet audited by the Purchaser Accountants and (ii) a report (the “Closing "Net Cash”Asset Value Report") 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 setting forth a calculation 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 PurchaserAsset Value. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company Purchaser Accountants to, assist make available to 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 Accountants all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for and each Company Subsidiary and all work papers used in connection with the preparation and audit of the Closing Date Balance Sheet or the preparation of the Net Asset Value Report. The Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Net Asset Value Report delivered pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be binding on Seller if Seller timely exercises its right to dispute the same pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3. If Seller does not exercise such purposesright with respect to the Closing Date Balance Sheet or the Net Asset Value Report on a timely basis under this Section 2.3, then Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the same as delivered pursuant to this Section 2.3.
(b) Within thirty (30) If Seller disputes any item in the Net Asset Value Report, then Seller shall, within 30 days after receipt the delivery of the StatementClosing Date Balance Sheet and Net Asset Value Report, give Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to notice of such dispute (an "Accounting Dispute Notice") setting forth in reasonable detail each of the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)items in dispute. If no Accounting Dispute Notice is given to Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty30-day period, the Statement Closing Date Net Asset Value as set forth in the Net Asset Value Report shall become be deemed to be final and binding upon all the partiesparties hereto. If In the event that an Accounting Dispute Notice is given to Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty30-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall attempt to resolve in good faith and by mutual agreement the parties cannot resolve any such objection items in dispute within ten (10) Business Days 15 days after the receipt by Seller delivery of such Statement of ObjectionsAccounting Dispute Notice to Purchaser. Failing agreement on all items in dispute within such 15-day resolution period, any remaining disputes Purchaser and Seller shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (submit such items in dispute for resolution to the “Designated Accounting Firm”). The Designated Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes disputed items, based solely on written presentations by Purchaser and Seller and not by independent review, and to deliver a written report to the parties hereto upon such disputed items (the "DAF Report") in accordance with Section 11.3, all within thirty (30) 15 days after receipt the submission of such disputed items to it. The DAF Report shall be (i) within the range of proposals established for such dispute by Purchaser and Seller and (ii) deemed to be an agreement between Seller and purchaser with respect to the Accounting Firm issues in dispute, and upon the delivery of the materials delivered by Seller DAF Report to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)Seller, 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 Closing Date Net Asset Value as set forth in writing and the DAF Report shall be deemed to be final, conclusive and binding upon all the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. parties hereto.
(c) The fees and expenses of the Designated Accounting Firm incurred in connection with the resolution of a dispute pursuant to Section 2.3(b) shall be apportioned between Seller borne equally by Purchaser and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(cd) Upon If the Statement becoming Closing Date Net Asset Value (as deemed to be final and binding in accordance with pursuant to Section 2.04(b2.3(b)) is less than the Target Net Asset Value, then the Initial Purchase Price principal amount payable under the Promissory Note shall be increased reduced by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.the
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Resource America Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Fidelity Leasing Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing DateClosing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a written statement (the “Working Capital Adjustment Statement”), setting together with supporting work papers with respect to the calculation of the amounts set forth therein, which reflects the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Effective Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined for Bison LLC. Seller agrees to cooperate with Buyer 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 preparation of the balance sheet Working Capital Adjustment Statement and related information, and shall provide to Buyer and Buyer’s representatives such books, records, information, and access to such of Bison LLC’s or its Affiliates’ employees and properties during normal business hours, as may be reasonably requested from time to time by Buyer or its representatives.
(b) Buyer may dispute the Company as of Working Capital Adjustment Statement and the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsitems reflected therein; provided, however, that nothing Buyer shall notify Seller in this sentence shall either change the definition writing 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 shallany disputed amounts, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation provide a reasonably detailed description of the Statement and the conduct basis 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 personnelsuch dispute, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposes.
within ninety (b) Within thirty (3090) days after Buyer’s receipt of the Working Capital Adjustment Statement. In the event of such a dispute, Purchaser Buyer and Seller shall deliver 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 Buyer and Seller are unable to reach a resolution of any such differences within ninety (90) days after Seller’s receipt of Buyer’s written statement describing its objectionsnotice of dispute, if any, Buyer and Seller shall submit the amounts remaining in dispute for determination and resolution to the Statement Independent Accounting Firm, which shall be instructed to determine and report to the Parties, within ninety (the “Statement 90) days after such submission, a resolution 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 periodremaining disputed amounts, 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 resolution shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (final, binding and conclusive on the “Accounting Firm”)Parties hereto with respect to the remaining amounts disputed. The fees and disbursements of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be instructed shared equally by Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, the Working Capital Adjustment Statement and the amounts reflected thereon shall be deemed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by be modified to the extent of any changes thereto that become final, binding and conclusive on the Parties based on mutual agreement or a determination of the Independent Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to in accordance with this Section 2.04(b1.03(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within .
(c) Within five (5) Business Days following after the expiration earliest to occur of the ten (10i) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution a mutual written agreement of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing Buyer and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination Seller with respect to the undisputed portions Working Capital Adjustment Statement, (ii) the termination of the Statement, ninety (90) day period described in Section 1.03(b) if Buyer does not provide a notice of dispute within such period as provided therein and no (iii) the final determination of all such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash disputed amounts in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses 1.03(b), (A) if Working Capital as of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Effective Date exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty Working Capital, Buyer shall pay Seller forty-five percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (5045%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to and (B) if Working Capital as of the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Effective Date to the date of payment. If is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net CashWorking Capital, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty Buyer forty-five percent (5045%) of the amount of such excess, deficiency. All payments made pursuant to the previous sentence shall be paid together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to for the LIBOR Rate from period commencing on the Closing Effective Date to through the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made , calculated at the Prime Rate in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination effect on the Closing Date, in cash by wire transfer of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beimmediately available funds.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Tc Pipelines Lp), Purchase and Sale Agreement
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 120 days after the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Buyer’s good faith calculation, together with reasonable supporting detail, of Adjusted Working Capital as of the close of business 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date (“Closing Adjusted Working Capital”) and Net Debt as of 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date (“Closing Net CashDebt”) 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 The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following delivery thereof, unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Buyer prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted, (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on Closing Adjusted Working Capital or Closing Net Debt not being calculated in accordance with this Agreement and the Accounting Principles and (iii) set forth Seller’s proposed resolution of each such disagreement. If Purchaser delivers a Notice of Disagreement is received by Buyer in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Seller and Buyer on the earlier of Objections (A) the date Seller and Buyer resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified by Seller within in the Notice of Disagreement and (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved by the Accounting Firm pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04. During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement. During such thirtyperiod Buyer and its independent accountants and other advisors shall have access to the working papers of Seller’s independent accountants and other advisors prepared in connection with the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such 30-day period, Seller 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 Buyer shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”)) for resolution any and all matters that were included by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement and that remain in dispute. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed such nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be selected by Seller and approved in writing by Buyer (such approval by Buyer not to be unreasonably withheld).
(c) Seller and Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a written decision resolving the matters submitted to it pursuant to Section 2.04(b) within 30 days of such submission. In resolving matters submitted to it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), the Accounting Firm (i) shall base its decision based solely on written submissions by Seller and Buyer and their respective representatives and not by independent review and (ii) with respect to each matter submitted to it, shall not resolve such matter in a manner that is more favorable to Seller than the Notice of Disagreement or more favorable to Buyer than the Statement.
(d) The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm shall be limited to (i) whether there were mathematical errors in the Statement, and (ii) whether Closing Adjusted Working Capital and Closing Net Debt were calculated in accordance with this Agreement and the Accounting Principles with respect to the matters that were submitted to the Accounting Firm for resolution and (iii) the interest calculation in accordance with Sections 2.04(e) and 2.04(g). The Accounting Firm is not authorized to, and shall not, make any other determination, including (A) any determination with respect to any matter included in the Statement or the Notice of Disagreement that was not submitted to the Accounting Firm for resolution, (B) any determination as to compliance by Seller or Buyer with any of their respective representations, warranties or covenants in this Agreement or (C) any determination that an issue was not properly included by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement. Any disputes not within thirty the scope of disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.04(d) as well as any disputes about the scope of disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.04(d) shall be resolved in accordance with Section 11.12. Any determination by the Accounting Firm, and any work or analyses performed by the Accounting Firm, in connection with its resolution of any dispute under this Section 2.04 may not be offered as evidence in any Proceeding, other than to the extent necessary to enforce payment obligations under this Section 2.04.
(30e) days after receipt The final determination by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller matters submitted to Purchaser it pursuant to Section 2.04(a2.04(b) and by Purchaser shall: (i) be in writing; (ii) include the Accounting Firm’s calculation of the Adjusted Purchase Price; (iii) include the Accounting Firm’s determination of each matter submitted to Seller it pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered ; (iv) include the Accounting Firm’s calculation of interest (in accordance with Section 2.04(g)) from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of determination; and (v) include a brief summary of the Accounting Firm’s reasons for its determination of each issue.
(f) The dispute resolution 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 sentenceunder this Section 2.04 shall constitute an expert determination under New York CPLR Article 76 and shall not constitute an arbitration. The resolution determinations of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing final and shall binding, absent fraud, bad faith or manifest error. Judgment may be conclusive and binding entered upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for in New York State Supreme Court or any item in dispute cannot other court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaserenforced. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make cost of any determination with respect to dispute resolution (including the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of the parties) pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be apportioned between borne by Seller and Purchaser Buyer in inverse proportion as they may prevail on matters resolved by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations shall also be determined by the Accounting Firm based at the time the determination of the Accounting Firm is rendered on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationmerits of the matters submitted.
(cg) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial The Purchase Price shall be (i) (x) increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Adjusted Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash Target Amount or (y) decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Adjusted Working Capital is less than the Estimated Target Amount and (ii) (x) if Closing Net CashDebt is a positive number, decreased by the amount of Closing Net Debt or (y) if Closing Net Debt is a negative number, increased by the absolute value of Closing Net Debt (the Purchase Price as so increased or decreased shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount is less than the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price, Buyer shall, and if the Closing Net CashDate Amount is more than the Adjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) or the Selling Subsidiary shall, within 10 business days after the Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, make payment by wire transfer in immediately available funds of the amount of such excessdifference to one or more bank accounts designated by Buyer, Seller or the Selling Subsidiary (as applicable), together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate rate of interest from time to time announced publicly by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as its prime rate, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365, from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date of payment. If .
(h) In connection with the Estimated determination of Closing Adjusted Working Capital, Closing Net Cash exceeds Debt and the Closing Net CashAdjusted Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.04, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination delivery by Seller of the Statement estimates described in Section 2.03(a) through the resolution of any adjustment to an account designated the Purchase Price contemplated by this Section 2.04, Seller and Buyer shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, afford to Buyer or Seller (as applicable) and their respective independent accountants and other advisors reasonable access during regular business hours and in writing such a manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Business to the personnel, properties, books and records relating to the Business, including the Transferred Company and its Subsidiaries, for any purpose reasonably related to the adjustment contemplated by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may bethis Section 2.04.
(i) In this Agreement:
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Samples: Equity Purchase Agreement (Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc), Equity Purchase Agreement (Walt Disney Co)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after fifty-five Business Days following the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser shall cause the Company to prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on Sellers the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03Balance Sheet, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requesta calculation of the Closing Equity. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller The Closing Balance Sheet shall be audited by a nationally recognized public accounting firm selected by Purchaser. Sellers and their representatives shall have the right, but not right to review all work papers and procedures of Purchaser and its outside accountants used to prepare the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of Closing Balance Sheet and the balance sheet of the Company as calculation of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedEquity and shall have the right to perform any other reasonable procedures necessary to verify the accuracy thereof. Unless Sellers, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition within forty-five Business Days after delivery to Sellers 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 DateBalance Sheet and the calculation of the Closing Equity, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shallnotify the Company in writing that Sellers object to the Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Closing Equity, and shall cause specify the Company tobasis for such objection, assist Seller such Closing Balance Sheet and its representatives in the preparation calculation 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 Closing Equity shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties for the purposes of this Section 2.05. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, Sellers and the parties cannot Company are unable to resolve any such objection all of Sellers' objections within ten (10) 25 Business Days after the receipt by Seller of any such Statement of Objectionsnotification has been given, any all remaining disputes matters in dispute shall be resolved by submitted to Ernst & Young LLP (or if Ernst & Young is not available, another nationally recognized public accounting firm mutually agreed upon by Sellers and the “Accounting Firm”)Company. The Accounting Firm In the event the Company and Sellers are unable to agree upon the selection of such an accounting firm within five Business Days after expiration of such 25 Business Day period, the accounting firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt appointed by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller AAA. Such accounting firm shall make a final determination as 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 all remaining matters in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and dispute that shall be conclusive and binding upon on the partiesCompany and Sellers. The Company and Sellers agree to cooperate with each other and with each other's authorized representatives in order to resolve any and all matters in dispute as soon as practicable.
(b) Within ten Business Days after the Closing Equity has been finally determined, the difference, if any, between the Purchase Price (as defined below) and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon Initial Purchase Price (the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and "Initial Purchase Price Adjustment") shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser to Sellers, as set forth in accordance with such determination.
(cSection 2.05(d) Upon below, if the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)Purchase Price exceeds the Initial Purchase Price, or by Sellers to Purchaser if the Initial Purchase Price exceeds the Purchase Price. Such payment shall be increased by fifty percent (50%wire transfer to the account specified by payee(s) of and shall include simple interest on such amount at a rate per annum equal to the amount by which London Interbank Offered Rate for three-month United States dollar deposits prevailing on the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which Date, commencing on the Closing Net Cash Date and continuing until the date of full payment. The "Purchase Price" means $117 million (i) minus, in the event that the final Closing Equity is less than $93 million, the Estimated difference between $93 million and the final Closing Net Cash. If Equity, or (ii) plus, in the event that the final Closing Net Cash exceeds Equity is more than $103 million, the Estimated difference between the final Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beEquity and $103 million.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after Prior to the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall retain the Arbiter to prepare and deliver deliver, as promptly as practicable but in any event within 45 days following the Closing Date, to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”)Seller and the Buyer an unaudited statement, substantially in the form of Schedule 2.4, setting forth the Net Cash current assets included in the Acquired Assets and the current liabilities included in the Assumed Liabilities as of the close of business on at the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”Statement"). The Closing Statement shall be prepared using the same accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures, with consistent classification, judgments, and estimation methodology, as used in the preparation of the Reference Balance Sheet, except that the Closing Statement shall not include (i) determined in accordance with Section 2.03any current Tax assets or any current Tax liabilities or (ii) any LIFO reserve or any intercompany profit on inventory reserve, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing except to the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of extent included on the balance sheet of the Company Seller as at October 31, 2000. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, for purposes of the Closing Statement, , storeroom inventory and spare parts will be determined on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date and all inventory shall be valued at the invoice cost of raw materials plus manufacturing costs with respect thereto, determined 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 purposesU.S. GAAP.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of The Closing Statement delivered by the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, Arbiter 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, Buyer 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 and binding upon the partiesParties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionabsent manifest error. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess offees, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm Arbiter shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser borne equally by the Accounting Firm based on Buyer and the degree Seller. The Buyer and the Seller shall make available to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser the Arbiter their respective work papers generated in accordance connection with such determinationthe preparation or review of the Closing Statement.
(c) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding Final Amount exceeds the Preliminary Amount, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the dollar amount of the Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent provisions of paragraph (50%d) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with this Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be2.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety one hundred twenty (90120) days after the Closing DateClosing, Seller Buyer, at its expense, shall prepare and cause KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to deliver to Purchaser a statement the Sellers an audited balance sheet and related statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for USTC's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 (the “Statement”"1997 Financial Statements"), setting forth and for the Net Cash as portion of the close of business USTC's 1998 fiscal year ending 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 Financial Statements"), all of which financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change accounting principles and 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, rules and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation regulations of the Statement and the conduct Securities Exchange Commission applicable to financial reporting 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 purposespublic companies ("GAAP").
(b) Within thirty The Sellers shall have forty-five (3045) days after receipt from delivery of the Statement1997 Financial Statements and the Closing Date Financial Statements (collectively, Purchaser the "Financial Statements") to raise any objection thereto by delivery of joint written notice to Buyer setting forth such objections in reasonable detail. In the event that the Sellers shall fail to so deliver such written objections with respect to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to any of the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller Financial Statements within such thirty45-day period, the Statement then any such Financial Statements in respect of which no such objection is so delivered shall become be deemed final and binding upon on the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and In the parties cannot resolve event that any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objectionsobjections are so delivered, any remaining disputes Buyer and Sellers' Rep shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed attempt, in good faith, to resolve such disputes objections and, if unable to do so within thirty fifteen (3015) 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)delivery of such objections, which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm shall, within five (5) Business Days following business days thereafter designate a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, mutually satisfactory to Buyer and Sellers' Rep (the expiration "Independent Accountants"). In the event that Buyer and Sellers' Rep are unable to agree on the Independent Accountants within such 5-business day period, the Independent Accountants shall be designated jointly by the independent accountants of the ten Buyer and USTC within three (103) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentencebusiness days thereafter. The resolution of disputes Independent Accountants shall resolve all remaining objections to the Financial Statements made by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth Sellers in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the accordance herewith within forty-five (45) days from their date of such resolutiondesignation. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.the
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Protocol Communications Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety forty-five (9045) days after following the Closing Calculation Date, and in any event at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing, Seller Parent shall prepare and deliver or cause to Purchaser be delivered a statement balance sheet of the Seller as of the Calculation Date prepared consistently with the Accounting Principles (the “StatementCalculation Date Balance Sheet”), setting forth ) and a good faith calculation of the Net Cash Purchase Price Adjustment as of the close of business on the Closing Calculation Date (the “Closing Net CashCalculation” and, collectively with the Calculation Date Balance Sheet, the “Calculation Date Statement”) determined with all supporting work papers and other documents as are reasonably required for an understanding of the Purchase Price Adjustment. The Calculation Date Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that the Accounting Principles.
(b) Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing will be entitled to object to the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit content of the balance sheet Calculation Date Statement by delivering a written notice of objection to Seller Parent on or before the Company 15th day following the date on which Purchaser will have received the Calculation Date Statement. Any such objections by Purchaser will be settled as follows: (i) Purchaser and Seller Parent will meet to try to resolve Purchaser’s objections by mutual written agreement; and (ii) if they are unable to resolve Purchaser’s objections by mutual written agreement within a period of 15 days following Purchaser’s written notice of objection, then each of Purchaser and Seller Parent will be entitled to submit matters that remain in dispute to the Closing Date Independent Accounting Expert, who shall resolve these disagreements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in the Accounting Principles and the provisions of 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 Agreement. Purchaser and Seller must deliver the Statement to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser Parent shall, and shall cause their respective financial advisors to make available to the Company to, assist Seller Independent Accounting Expert all relevant information as may be necessary for the purposes of resolving such disagreements provided that each Party and its representatives in the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit and advisors (including accountants) shall provide Seller and its representatives any information have executed all release letters reasonably requested in connection with the provision of any such information. Each of Purchaser and Seller Parent shall provide them access at all be given a reasonable times opportunity to present its position to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposesIndependent Accounting Expert.
(bc) Within thirty The Independent Accounting Expert shall be required to render its decision in writing as expeditiously as possible and shall be requested, in any event, to render its decision within sixty (3060) calendar days after receipt from the date on which the disagreements are submitted to the Independent Accounting Expert. The Independent Accounting Expert shall consider only those items that were identified by Purchaser and Seller Parent as being in dispute and shall, in each case, assign a value to each such item that is equal to or in the range between (but not above or below) the values asserted by Purchaser and Seller Parent. The Parties will cooperate with each other and the Independent Accounting Expert regarding the resolution of disputed items, such cooperation to include reasonable access to books, records, facilities and personnel. Each of Purchaser, on the one hand, and Seller Indemnitors in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share, on the other hand, shall be responsible for the payment of one half of the fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Expert. The resolution of disputed items by the Independent Accounting Expert shall constitute an arbitral award that is final, binding and non-appealable and upon which a judgment may be entered by a court having jurisdiction thereover. This provision shall constitute the exclusive remedy of the Parties with respect to determination of the Calculation Date Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to including the Purchase Price Adjustment.
(d) The Parties agree that the Calculation Date Statement (as it may be modified, as applicable, by the “Statement mutual written agreement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to and Seller within such thirty-day period, Parent or by any final decision rendered by the Statement shall Independent Accounting Expert under this Section 2.04) will become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Parties on the first of Objections the following dates 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 occur (the “Final Determination Date”): (A) on the 15th day following the date of Purchaser’s receipt of the Calculation Date Statement, if Purchaser does not deliver a written notice of objection to Seller Parent on or before such date; (B) on the date of the settlement of all of Purchaser’s objections by mutual written agreement of Purchaser and Seller Parent; or (C) on the date on which Purchaser and Seller Parent receive a written copy of the final decision rendered by the Independent Accounting Firm”Expert under Section 2.04(c). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed Parties agree that:
(i) if the Final Determination Date occurs prior to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt the Closing Date, the Cash Purchase Price payable by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser at Closing pursuant to Section 2.04(a2.03(b)(i) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser the amount equal to the Accounting Firm within five Base Purchase Price increased or decreased by the Purchase Price Adjustment (5depending on whether such Purchase Price Adjustment is a positive or negative number) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced confirmed in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon Calculation Date Statement, and
(ii) if the date of such resolution. The determination Final Determination Date does not occur before the Closing Date, (1) the Cash Purchase Price payable by Purchaser at Closing pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i) shall be the amount equal to the Base Purchase Price increased or decreased by the portion, if any, of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute canPurchase Price Adjustment (depending on whether such Purchase Price Adjustment is a positive or negative number) that is not be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case subject to an objection of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b) (the “Undisputed Portion of the Purchase Price Adjustment”), and (2) (x) if the Initial difference between the total Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) Adjustment confirmed in the final and binding Calculation Date Statement and the Undisputed Portion of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Purchase Price Adjustment is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Casha positive number, Purchaser shall pay such difference to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate within ten Business Days from the Closing Final Determination Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an Seller’s account designated in writing by Seller Parent to Purchaser, or (y) if the difference between the total Purchase Price Adjustment confirmed in the final and binding Calculation Date Statement and the Undisputed Portion of the Purchase Price Adjustment is a negative number, Seller shall pay such difference to Purchaser or within ten Business Days from the Final Determination Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to Purchaser’s account confirmed in writing to Seller. For greater certainty, as any payment made under Section 2.04(d)(ii)(2)(x) will be deemed to be an increase to the case may beCash Purchase Price, and thus, will be deemed to be an increase to the Purchase Price for Tax and all other purposes, and any payment made under Section 2.04(d)(ii)(2)(y) will be deemed to be a decrease to the Cash Purchase Price, and thus, will be deemed to be a decrease to the Purchase Price for Tax and all other purposes.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer (i) a reasonably detailed statement (the “Pre-Closing Statement”) setting forth (A) the Estimated Closing Cash, (B) the Estimated Closing Cash Excess or the Estimated Closing Cash Shortfall, as applicable, (C) the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, (D) the Estimated Working Capital, as well as the resulting Estimated Working Capital Adjustment, as the case may be, and (E) the Estimated Transaction Expenses and (ii) the Funds Flow Memorandum, in each case, together with supporting documentation used by the Seller in calculating the amounts set forth therein and a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the date of delivery of the Pre-Closing Statement, certifying that he/she has reviewed the Pre-Closing Statement and that the Estimated Purchase Price as calculated pursuant to the Pre-Closing Statement represents his/her good-faith estimate thereof.
(b) The Seller shall, and shall cause the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Seller’s other Affiliates to, afford to the Buyer and its Affiliates and Representatives (including any accountants, counsel or financial advisers retained by the Buyer in connection with the review of the Pre-Closing Statement), direct access during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice and by appointment, to Representatives (including any accountants) of the Seller or its Affiliates as applicable, with reasonable knowledge of the properties, books, Contracts, personnel, and records of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and such Representatives (including the work papers of any accountants subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters), in each case, only to the extent relevant to the review of the Pre-Closing Statement by the Buyer; provided, however, that any such access shall be conducted in a manner not to unreasonably interfere with the businesses or operations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The Seller shall consider any comments proposed by the Buyer in good faith and if, prior to the Closing, the Seller and the Buyer agree to make any modification to the Pre-Closing Statement, then the Pre-Closing Statement as so modified shall be deemed to be the Pre-Closing Statement. The agreement of the parties to revisions to the Pre-Closing Statement or Funds Flow Memorandum or the failure of the parties to agree to such revisions shall not constitute a waiver or limitation of a party’s rights and obligations pursuant to this Section 2.4.
(c) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Seller a reasonably detailed statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash as Buyer’s good-faith calculation of the close of business on (i) the Closing Date Cash, (ii) the “Closing Net Cash”Indebtedness, (iii) determined in accordance with Section 2.03the Closing Working Capital, and (iv) the Closing Transaction Expenses, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing documentation used by the Statement, Seller shall have Buyer in calculating 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 amounts 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 purposestherein.
(bd) 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 The Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties hereto at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the date on which the Closing Statement was delivered to the Seller unless the Seller delivers written notice of its disagreement with the Closing Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Buyer prior to such date. Any items set forth in the Closing Statement that are not objected to by the Seller in a Notice of Disagreement during the applicable period shall be deemed to become final and binding upon the parties to the Agreement for purposes hereof. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Notice 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 Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller Buyer in a timely manner pursuant to this Section 2.04(b2.4(d), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to then the Accounting Firm within five Closing Statement (5as revised in accordance with this sentence) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the Seller and the Buyer on the earlier of (A) the date the Seller and the Buyer resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of such resolution. The determination of Disagreement or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm for in accordance with this Section 2.4(d). During the thirty (30)-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Seller and the Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any item differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement (including the Buyer’s delivery to the Seller of any amended Closing Statement) and the matters so resolved in writing shall become final and binding upon the parties hereto. If at the end of such thirty (30)-day period the Seller and the Buyer have not resolved in writing all the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, the Seller and the Buyer shall submit to the Accounting Firm only matters that remain in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than(such remaining items, the greatest “Open Items”). The Seller and the Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a written decision resolving the Open Items within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such submission (the “Dispute Resolution Period”). The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm with respect to the Open Items shall be limited to fixing mathematical errors and determining whether the Open Items were determined in accordance with the Balance Sheet Rules and the terms of this Agreement, and no other matters. The Accounting Firm’s decision shall be (x) based solely on written submissions by the Seller and the Buyer and their respective Representatives (and it shall not permit or lowest valueauthorize discovery or hear testimony) and not by independent review, respectively(y) made strictly in accordance with the Balance Sheet Rules and the terms of this Agreement taking into account all of the parties’ written submissions and (z) final and binding on all of the parties hereto absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, claimed with respect to the foregoing clause (x), each party may submit any information it reasonably believes to be relevant to the calculation of the Final Purchase Price in accordance to this Agreement including supporting documentation for that particular item its interpretation or application of the Balance Sheet Rules and adjustments to its previous calculation of or values assigned to any Open Item, which may be different than those included in the Pre-Closing Statement, in the case Closing Statement, Notice of Seller, Disagreement or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaserdiscussions related thereto. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to may not assign a value greater than the undisputed portions of greatest value for such item claimed by either party (after taking into account all adjustments made by the Statement, and no parties during the Dispute Resolution Period) or smaller than the smallest value for such determination with respect to item claimed by either party (after taking into account all adjustments made by the undisputed portions of parties during the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03Dispute Resolution Period). The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm incurred pursuant to this Section 2.4(d) shall be apportioned borne pro rata as between the Seller, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other hand, in proportion to the final allocation made by such Accounting Firm of the disputed items weighted in relation to the claims made by the Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on Buyer, such that the degree to which Seller’s prevailing party pays the lesser proportion of such fees, costs and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationexpenses.
(ce) Upon the Statement Final Closing Cash, the Final Closing Indebtedness, the Final Transaction Expenses and the Final Working Capital becoming final and binding on the parties hereto in accordance with Section 2.04(b2.4(d), the Initial Estimated Purchase Price shall be increased (any such increase, the “Seller Adjustment Amount”) by fifty percent the sum of (50%i) of the amount by which amount, if any, that the Final Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent Cash, (50%ii) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than amount, if any, that the Estimated Closing Net Indebtedness exceeds the Final Closing Indebtedness, (iii) the amount, if any, that the Estimated Transaction Expenses exceeds the Final Transaction Expenses, and (iv) the amount, if any, that the Final Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Working Capital. The Estimated Purchase Price shall be decreased (any such decrease, the “Buyer Adjustment Amount”) by the sum of (i) the amount, if any, that the Estimated Closing Cash exceeds the Final Closing Cash. If , (ii) the amount, if any, that the Final Closing Net Cash Indebtedness exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashIndebtedness, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%iii) of the amount of such excessamount, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to if any, that the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If Final Transaction Expenses exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash Transaction Expenses, and (iv) the amount, if any, that the Estimated Working Capital exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentFinal Working Capital. Any such payment hereunder shall be made The Estimated Purchase Price adjusted in accordance with this Section 9.04 within 2.4(e) shall be the “Final Purchase Price”. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount shall be available to satisfy any payment obligations of the Seller pursuant to this Section 2.4(e).
(f) Within five (5) Business Days after the Final Closing Cash, the Final Closing Indebtedness, the Final Transaction Expenses, and the Final Working Capital become final and binding on the parties hereto, the following payments shall be made, as applicable:
(i) If the Seller Adjustment Amount exceeds the Buyer Adjustment Amount, then:
(A) the Buyer shall make payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to Holdco in the amount of any such excess; and
(B) the Buyer and the Seller shall submit a Joint Certificate to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to release to Holdco the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount.
(ii) If the Buyer Adjustment Amount exceeds the Seller Adjustment Amount, then the Buyer and the Seller shall submit a Joint Certificate to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to release and deliver to the Buyer an amount equal to such excess, out of the Purchase Price Adjustment Account; provided, however, that in the event such excess is:
(A) less than or equal to the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount, then the Buyer and the Seller shall submit a Joint Certificate to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to release to Holdco any remaining funds contained in the Purchase Price Adjustment Account (after payment of the amount released to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2.4(f)(ii)); and
(B) greater than the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount, then the Seller shall make payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Buyer in the amount that such excess exceeds the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount.
(iii) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the adjustment provisions set forth in this Section 2.4 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Buyer and the Seller with respect to (A) determining whether or not any adjustment would be made to the Estimated Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.4 (whether or not any such adjustment was, in fact, made), (B) determining the amount of any such adjustment or (C) any other claims relating to any of the components of the Working Capital (in lieu of all other claims).
(g) No actions taken by the Buyer on its own behalf or on behalf of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries following the Closing Date shall be given effect for purposes of determining the Final Closing Cash, the Final Closing Indebtedness, the Final Transaction Expenses, or the Final Working Capital. During the period of time from and after the Closing Date through the determination of the Final Closing Cash, the Final Closing Indebtedness, the Final Transaction Expenses, and the Final Working Capital and payment of the difference between the Seller Adjustment Amount and the Buyer Adjustment Amount in accordance with this Section 2.4, the Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Buyer’s other Affiliates to, afford to the Seller and its Affiliates and Representatives (including any accountants, counsel or financial advisers retained by the Seller in connection with the review of the Closing Statement), direct access, during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice and by appointment, to Representatives (including accountants) of the Buyer or its Affiliates as applicable, with reasonable knowledge of the properties, books, Contracts, personnel, and records of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and such Representatives (including the work papers of any accountants subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters), in each case, only to the extent relevant to the review of the Closing Statement by the Seller; provided, however, that any such access shall be conducted in a manner not to an account designated in writing by Purchaser unreasonably interfere with the businesses or Seller, as operations of the case may beCompany or any Company Subsidiary.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Wanda Sports Group Co LTD)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing DateOn or before February 15, Seller 2015, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a good faith statement setting forth its calculation of the amount of Assumed Liabilities under subsections 1.2(d)(1), 1.2(d)(2) and 1.2(d)(3) in reasonable detail (the “Assumed Liabilities 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 that have been paid by Purchaser and accompanied by reasonable supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestdocumentation therefor. 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 cooperate fully in the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Assumed Liabilities Statement. In addition, Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested attorneys and shall provide them access at all reasonable times accountants will be entitled to the personnelcopies of work papers, properties and books and records records, and reasonable access to personnel (upon prior written notice, during normal business hours in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with the business of Purchaser) reasonably required to review the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) Assumed Liabilities Statement provided by Purchaser. Unless Seller notifies Purchaser in writing within 15 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 the Assumed Liabilities Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP objections thereto (specifying in reasonable detail the item(s) so disputed together with the basis for such dispute) (the “Accounting FirmDispute Notification Period”). The Accounting Firm , such Assumed Liabilities Statement shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty final and binding for all purposes (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and it being understood that any item not expressly disputed in writing received by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)within the Dispute Notification Period will become final, which materials shall be delivered by Seller binding and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following conclusive upon the expiration of the ten Dispute Notification Period). If Seller gives such notice of objection (10including specific items that Seller disputes), then the issues in dispute will be resolved pursuant to Section 1.5(b) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentencebelow. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm “Post-Closing Adjustment” shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon an amount equal to the partiesdollar amount of the Assumed Liabilities on the Assumed Liabilities Statement (as finally determined pursuant to Section 1.5(b) if disputed by Seller), and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased reduced dollar for dollar by fifty percent (50%) the dollar amount of the amount by which the Post-Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beAdjustment.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Payment Data Systems Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety No later than 120 days following the Closing Date, the Company shall, and the Purchaser shall cause the Company to, prepare and deliver to Holdco a statement (90the “Preliminary Working Capital Schedule”), which sets forth the Purchaser’s calculation of (i) the Net Working Capital and (ii) the Working Capital Surplus, if any, or the Working Capital Deficit, if any. The Preliminary Working Capital Schedule shall be determined and calculated in accordance with this Agreement and Working Capital Guidelines. If the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule is not delivered to Holdco within 120 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare then Holdco, with the reasonable assistance of those employees of the Company performing the functions of a chief accounting or financial officer for the Company and deliver those individuals who, directly or indirectly, report to Purchaser a statement such chief financial or accounting officer (collectively, the “StatementFinance Employees”), setting forth may prepare and present the Net Cash as of Preliminary Working Capital Schedule within an additional thirty (30) days thereafter. If Holdco prepares the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Preliminary Working Capital Schedule in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, then, with respect to such Preliminary Working Capital Schedule, all references in Section 2.033.7(a) through Section 3.7(d) to Holdco and the Purchaser (or the Company), together with any supporting information that respectively, shall be read as references to the Purchaser may reasonably request(or the Company) and Holdco, respectively. In connection with preparing the StatementThe Purchaser agrees that, 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 following the Closing Date and until the date on which the Final Working Capital Schedule becomes final and binding on the Parties in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedthe terms of this Agreement, 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 shallwill not intentionally take, and shall cause will not intentionally permit the Company toto take, assist Seller and its representatives any actions with respect to any accounting books, records, policies or procedures on which the Net Working Capital is to be based, or from which it is to be derived, for the intent of materially impeding or delaying, or otherwise intentionally making unavailable information required for, the determination of the Net Working Capital in the preparation of manner and utilizing the Statement methods contemplated by this Agreement 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 purposesWorking Capital Guidelines.
(b) Within Holdco shall have thirty (30) days after following receipt of the StatementPreliminary Working Capital Schedule during which to notify the Purchaser of any dispute of any item contained in the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such dispute. In connection with Holdco’s review of the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule, the Purchaser shall deliver will provide Holdco and its representatives, advisors and accountants with reasonable access to Seller a written statement describing its objectionsappropriate personnel (including the Finance Employees) books, if anyrecords, to documents and other information of the Statement Company.
(the “Statement of Objections”). c) If Purchaser Holdco does not deliver a Statement notify the Purchaser 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 dispute within thirty (30) days after its receipt of the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule, the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule shall be deemed to be the Final Working Capital Schedule.
(d) If Holdco notifies the Purchaser of any such dispute within such thirty (30) day period, the Purchaser and Holdco shall cooperate in good faith to resolve any such dispute as promptly as possible, and upon such resolution, the Final Working Capital Schedule shall be prepared in accordance with the agreement of the Purchaser and Holdco.
(e) If the Purchaser and Holdco are unable to resolve any dispute regarding the Preliminary Working Capital Schedule within fifteen (15) days (or such longer period as the Purchaser and Holdco shall mutually agree in writing), following notice of such dispute, such dispute shall be submitted to, and all issues having a bearing on such dispute shall be resolved by the Accounting Firm Arbitrator. As used herein, the term “Arbitrator” means the St. Louis, Missouri office of Deloitte LLP, or in the event such accounting firm is unable or unwilling to take such assignment, a nationally recognized independent accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the Purchaser and Holdco or, failing such agreement within thirty (30) days following notice of dispute by Holdco, then upon the written request of either the Purchaser or Holdco, such nationally recognized independent accounting firm selected by the CPR in accordance with the CPR Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration. Such resolution shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Purchaser and Holdco shall instruct the Arbitrator to make a final determination of Net Working Capital and the Working Capital Deficit, if any, or the Working Capital Surplus, if any, based solely on the items that are in dispute and that, in resolving such items in dispute and in determining Net Working Capital and the Working Capital Deficit, if any, or the Working Capital Surplus, if any, the Arbitrator shall not assign to any item in dispute a value that is (A) greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by the Purchaser, on the one hand, or Holdco, on the other hand, or (B) less than the smallest value for such item assigned by the Purchaser, on the one hand, or Holdco, on the other hand. The Arbitrator shall be directed to use commercially reasonable best efforts to complete its work within thirty (30) days following its engagement. The fees, costs and expenses of the materials delivered Arbitrator (collectively, the “Arbitrator Fees”) (1) shall be borne by Seller the Purchaser in the proportion that the aggregate dollar amount of all such disputed items so submitted that are unsuccessfully disputed by the Purchaser (as finally determined by the Arbitrator) bears to the aggregate dollar amount of such items so submitted and (2) shall be borne by Holdco in the proportion that the aggregate dollar amount of such disputed items so submitted that are successfully disputed by the Purchaser pursuant (as finally determined by the Arbitrator) bears to Section 2.04(a) the aggregate dollar amount of all such items so submitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Arbitrator requires an advance payment of the Arbitrator Fees, the Purchaser, on the one hand, and Holdco, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for one-half of such advance payment of Arbitrator Fees and following the final determination of Net Working Capital and the Working Capital Deficit, if any, or the Working Capital Surplus, if any, by the Arbitrator, the Arbitrator Fees payable by the Purchaser and Holdco shall be adjusted in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. Holdco may elect to Seller pay Arbitrator Fees due and owing from them from the Escrow Fund. If any disputes are submitted to the Arbitrator pursuant to this Section 2.04(b3.7(e), which materials the Final Working Capital Schedule 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash prepared in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses the decision of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by Arbitrator and, to the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)extent applicable, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) agreement of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beand Holdco.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety As soon as practicable (90but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days days) after the Closing, Purchaser shall provide the Sellers, by notice in writing, with its calculation of Working Capital, in reasonable detail as of the Closing Date, Seller and during such period Sellers 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 cooperate fully with any supporting reasonable requests by Purchaser for information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing concerning Working Capital or 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”)components thereof. If Purchaser does Sellers do 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 object thereto within thirty (30) days after receipt receipt, by notice stating such objections in reasonable detail, the same shall be deemed the “Definitive Closing Working Capital.” If such notice is timely given by Sellers, the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to reconcile such objections for a period of thirty (30) days thereafter, and if they do so, their agreement as to Working Capital shall be deemed the Definitive Closing Working Capital. If the Parties are unable to do so, either Party may submit the items in dispute for determination as promptly as practicable to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or if such firm is unavailable, an internationally recognized accounting firm with no connection to Purchaser, the Company or Sellers (i) to be agreed upon by Purchaser and Sellers, or if they cannot so agree within fifteen days from a request by either Purchaser or Sellers, (ii) appointed by the Accounting Firm American Arbitration Association (the “Arbitrating Accountants”). The costs 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 Arbitrating Accountants shall be delivered allocated between the Sellers and the Purchaser in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of disputed items that were determined in favor of the other Party (as finally determined by Seller and Purchaser the Arbitrating Accountants) bears to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration total amount of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes disputed items submitted by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the partiesParties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, determination of the Arbitrating Accountants shall become be deemed the Definitive Closing Working Capital which shall be final and binding upon on the date of Parties and may be entered in and enforced by any court having jurisdiction. Each Party shall bear its own legal fees and costs in connection with such resolutionarbitration. The determination of For purposes hereof, “Working Capital” shall mean the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess ofdifference between cash and cash equivalents, nor accounts receivable, plus inventory, plus prepaid expenses and other current assets, on the one hand, less thanaccounts payable and accrued liabilities, on the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaserother hand. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement Working Capital shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash calculated in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees GAAP and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance a manner consistent with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.Exhibit B.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment after the Closing as follows:
(a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, The Seller shall prepare and deliver may be entitled to Purchaser a statement receive additional shares of Parent Common Stock (the “StatementAdditional Shares”)) as additional consideration (the “Additional Consideration”) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3 based upon the Gross Revenues, setting forth on an annualized basis, of a particular month during the Net Cash as of the close of business on twenty-four-month period immediately following the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashEarn-Out Period”), as follows:
(i) Within ten business days after the delivery of the quarterly profit and loss statement pursuant to Section 7.4(d), if the Seller desires to designate a particular month of the quarterly period covered by such statement, then the Seller shall so notify Parent in writing (the “Revenue Notice”) of such month (the “Revenue Month”). If Seller fails to notify Parent in writing within the ten business day period pursuant to this Section 3.3(a)(i), then Seller’s right to designate the Revenue Month shall be forfeited with respect to such quarterly period. Seller shall not be entitled to designate any month that has been previously forfeited.
(ii) Within two weeks of receipt of Seller’s written notice designating the Revenue Month, Parent shall present the Seller with a certification (the “Revenue Certification”) signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Parent with respect thereto and with respect to the amount equal to the product of (i) twelve and (ii) the Gross Revenues for the Revenue Month (the “Annualized Revenues”). Such certification shall be accompanied by a detailed statement setting forth the relevant information upon which the calculation of such Gross Revenues is based, including, without limitation, the names of each licensee and the licensee fees and other revenues paid or payable, including any bad debt reserve established in respect of any applicable receivables, by such licensee in respect of the applicable month.
(iii) In the event Parent does not receive a Revenue Notice with respect to the last calendar quarter of the Earn-Out Period, the Parent shall determine the Gross Revenues for the final month of the Earn-Out Period for purposes of determining the Annualized Revenues pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(ii).
(b) In the event the Annualized Revenues as reflected on the Revenue Certification are equal to or less than $2,076,000, then the Purchaser shall be under no obligation to pay, and the Seller shall not have a right to receive, any Additional Consideration.
(c) In the event the Annualized Revenues as reflected on the Revenue Certification are greater than $2,076,000 (the amount by which such Annualized Revenues exceed $2,076,000 being herein referred to as the “Increased Revenues”), then the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay, and the Seller shall have a right to receive Additional Consideration in the amount equal to two and one-fifth (2.2) times the Increased Revenues.
(d) The Additional Consideration shall be paid by delivery to the Seller of a number of Additional Shares determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled as determined in accordance with Section 2.033.3(c) hereof by the average Closing Price of a share of Parent Common Stock for the 10 Trading Day period immediately preceding the commencement of the month following the Revenue Month (the “Undisputed 10 Day Average”), together if the Revenue Certification is not disputed by the Seller. Such Additional Shares shall be issued as soon as reasonably practicable and the Parent shall submit written instructions to its transfer agent to issue such shares no later than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of the Additional Consideration, if any, to which the Seller is entitled.
(e) In the event the Seller disputes or disagrees with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe calculation as presented in the Revenue Certification, then the determination of Gross Revenues shall be calculated by an independent auditor chosen by the Seller and approved by Parent, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In connection with preparing the Statementevent the Revenue Certification is disputed by the Seller, Seller shall have and (i) the right, but not calculation of Gross Revenues by the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit independent auditor is less than 101% of the balance sheet amount of the Company Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Closing Date Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsSection 3.3(c) hereof by the greater of (A) the Undisputed 10 Day Average and (B) the 10 Trading Day period immediately preceding the date the calculation of Gross Revenues is presented by the independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) (the “Disputed 10 Day Average”) and in either case, the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne by the Seller, or (ii) the calculation of Gross Revenues by the independent auditor is greater than or equal to 101% and less than or equal to 110% of the amount of the Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with Section 3.3(c) hereof by the Undisputed 10 Day Average and the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne equally by the Seller and the Purchaser or (iii) the calculation of Gross Revenues by the independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) hereof is greater than 110% of the amount of the Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with Section 3.3(c) hereof by the lesser of (X) the Undisputed 10 Day Average and (Y) the Disputed 10 Day Average and in either case the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne by the Purchaser. In either event, such Additional Shares shall be issued as soon as reasonably practicable and the Parent shall submit written instructions to its transfer agent to issue such shares no later than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of the Additional Consideration, if any, to which the Seller is entitled. The determination of Gross Revenues by such independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) shall be binding upon the parties.
(f) The issuance of the Additional Shares, if any, pursuant to Section 3.3(d) or 3.3(e) shall be subject to the Parent’s right of set-off as contained in Section 8.5 hereof.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Parent shall not be obligated to issue Additional Shares, pursuant to Section 3.3(d) or 3.3(e), to the extent that the issuance of such Additional Shares would exceed that number of shares of Parent Common Stock which the Parent may issue in connection with the acquisition of the Purchased Assets (the “Exchange Cap”) without breaching the Parent’s obligations to receive stockholder approval prior to such issuance under the rules or regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Parent (a) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. for issuances of Parent Common Stock in excess of such amount (the “Shareholder Approval”) or (b) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Parent that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Seller; 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 notwithstanding anything herein 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 periodcontrary, the Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Parent, will issue such number 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 shares 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 Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.04(a3.3(b) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this and, if applicable, Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser 3.3(d) or Section 3.3(e) up to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following Exchange Cap. In addition, if applicable, Parent shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to include and recommend for approval such proposal for the expiration of Shareholder Approval in its next annual proxy statement filed after 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by determination is made that such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationShareholder Approval is necessary.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Fibernet Telecom Group Inc\)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety Not later than the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, using GAAP or Applicable SAP, as appropriate, Genworth will deliver to the Buyer Genworth’s good faith calculation of the Estimated Closing Total Equity computed in accordance with Section 2.6(h) as of the Closing Date, together with reasonably detailed supporting work papers.
(90b) No later than 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall Genworth will cause KPMG LLP to prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement Genworth and the Buyer: (i) audited balance sheets for the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Stock Sale Companies as of the close of business on the Closing Date Date, with the audited balance sheets of GEGA and DHI prepared in accordance with GAAP and the audited balance sheets of GLHIC and PIC prepared in accordance with Applicable SAP in each case based on the Books and Records and prepared in a manner consistent with GAAP or Applicable SAP, as applicable, and consistent in all material respects with the procedures and methodologies applied to the GAAP Financial Statements and Statutory Statements, as applicable (collectively, the “Final Closing Net CashBalance Sheet”); (ii) determined a schedule of unadjusted financial statement differences not reflected in the audited balance sheet; and (iii) a preliminary calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity computed 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 2.6(h) as of the Closing Date Date. KPMG LLP shall conduct such audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted auditing standardsin the United States of America. For purposes of such closing balance sheets and of the calculation of Final Closing Total Equity, any and all uncorrected adjustments identified by KPMG LLP pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(ii) will be recorded in the audited closing balance sheets and reflected in Final Closing Total Equity.
(c) In connection with the preparation of the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity, and during the period of any dispute under this Section 2.6, the Buyer and Genworth shall (i) provide the other party and the other party’s authorized representatives with reasonable access to the relevant personnel, properties, and books and records and (ii) cooperate in good faith with the other party and its authorized representatives, including by providing on a timely basis all information necessary or useful in preparing the Final Closing Balance Sheet or calculating the Final Closing Total Equity.
(d) During the 30 day period following the Buyer’s receipt of the Final Closing Balance Sheet and calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity, Genworth (i) will permit the Buyer and its accountants to review the working papers of Genworth as well as such other documents as the Buyer may reasonably request and (ii) will cooperate with, and be reasonably available to, the Buyer to provide such other information reasonably requested relating to the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition accountants of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend Genworth will not be obligated to make any work papers available to 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 Buyer and its representatives accountants unless and until the Buyer has signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such accountants. The Final Closing Balance Sheet and the preparation calculation 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 Final Closing Total Equity will become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following delivery thereof to the Buyer, unless objected to by the Buyer. If Purchaser delivers the Buyer objects to the preparation of the Final Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation of Final Closing Total Equity, the Buyer must deliver a Statement written notice (“Buyer’s Notice”) to Genworth prior to the 30th day following delivery of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Final Closing Balance Sheet and calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity that specifies in reasonable detail the amount by which and the parties cannot resolve reasons why it believes particular line items in the Final Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity fail to comply with the requirements of Section 2.6(b) or the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Final Closing Equity contained any such objection within numerical error.
(e) Within ten (10) Business Days after Genworth’s timely receipt of the receipt by Seller of such Statement of ObjectionsBuyer’s Notice, any remaining disputes the Buyer and Genworth shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed begin good faith negotiations to resolve such disputes disagreement. If such parties are unable to resolve such disagreement within thirty (30) days ten Business Days after receipt such negotiations begin, then either the Buyer or Genworth may submit such disagreement to the Third Party Accountants, for resolution in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that such resolution by the Accounting Firm Third Party Accountants shall be limited to a determination as to whether the disputed items of the materials delivered by Seller Final Closing Balance Sheet and the Final Closing Total Equity (i) failed to Purchaser pursuant comply with the requirements of Section 2.6(b) or (ii) contained any numerical error. The parties shall cooperate with the Third Party Accountants and shall proceed in good faith to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser cause the Third Party Accountants to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser resolve such disagreement as expeditiously as practicable after such disagreement is submitted 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03Third Party Accountants. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Third Party Accountants shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser paid one-half by the Accounting Firm based on Buyer and one-half by Genworth.
(f) Each party shall provide the degree Third Party Accountants with such information as the Third Party Accountants reasonably may request in resolving any disagreement submitted to which Seller’s them, together with such other information as the party reasonably believes relevant to the resolution of such disagreement; provided, however, that the accountants of the Buyer, Genworth or the Stock Sale Companies will not be obligated to make any work papers available to the Third Party Accountants unless and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful until the Third Party Accountants have signed a customary agreement relating to such access to work papers in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, Genworth or their respective accountants, as the case may be. The Third Party Accountants’ resolution of any such disagreement shall be reflected in a written report that shall be delivered promptly (and in any event within 45 days after their appointment) to, and shall be paid by Seller final and Purchaser binding upon, the parties. In making such determination, the Third Party Accountants may only consider those items and amounts (and related items and amounts) as to which the Buyer and Genworth have disagreed within the time periods and on the terms specified above and must resolve the matter in accordance with such determinationthe terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, that the determination of the Third Party Accountants will neither be more favorable to Genworth than reflected in the Final Closing Balance Sheet nor more favorable to the Buyer than reflected in Buyer’s Notice.
(cg) Upon the Statement earliest to occur of (i) the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the calculation of the Final Closing Total Equity becoming final and binding in accordance with pursuant to Section 2.04(b2.6(d), (ii) the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent parties reaching an agreement pursuant to Section 2.6(e) or (50%iii) the Third Party Accountants delivering their report pursuant to Section 2.6(f), then, within five Business Days after the earliest to occur of the amount by which events described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, (A) Genworth shall, if the Final Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Total Equity is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If Total Equity, pay to the Closing Net Cash exceeds Buyer the difference between the Estimated Closing Net CashTotal Equity and the Final Closing Total Equity, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to plus simple interest thereon from and including the Closing Date to, but not including, the date of payment at a an annual interest rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from Federal Funds Rate, and (B) the Buyer shall, if the Final Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.Total Equity is
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, Seller and in any event within forty-five (45) calendar days thereof, Chancellor LA shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser (i) 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 consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing (after giving effect to the Preliminary Transactions but prior to giving effect to the Dividend) which shall be audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC"), together with the related audit report of such firm (the "Closing Balance Sheet"), and (ii) a calculation of the Net Working Capital of the Company as set forth on the Closing Balance Sheet (the "Closing Date Net Working Capital"). The Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with United States 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 accounting principles ("GAAP") consistent with the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit Pro Forma Balance Sheet, and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to fairly present the personnel, properties and books and records consolidated financial position of the Company for such purposes.
(bincluding Whiteco) Within thirty (30) days after receipt as of the StatementClosing. "Net Working Capital" shall mean (i) current assets of the Company, Purchaser minus (ii) current liabilities of the Company. Current liabilities of the Company shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing (A) include, without limitation, any severance payments provided on Schedule 2.13 which have been paid, or will be paid, by the Company or its objections, if any, Subsidiaries and which are accrued and incurred after the Closing but prior 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 time of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller calculation of Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to this Section 2.04(b1.5(a), and (B) exclude, without limitation, any liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any liability for Taxes and severance payments, which materials Chancellor LA has agreed to or is otherwise obligated to pay. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in calculating Net Working Capital, all intercompany payables and receivables between Chancellor LA, the Company and its Subsidiaries 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationdisregarded.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Amfm Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety sixty (9060) days after the Closing DateClosing, the Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Buyer a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth "ADJUSTMENT STATEMENT") with respect to any adjustment to the Net Cash as Purchase Price in respect of the close of business Purchased Assets and other items set forth on the Closing Date Schedule 3.2 (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined "ADJUSTMENT ASSETS"). The Adjustment Statement shall be prepared using the same generally accepted accounting principles, policies and methods -as the Seller has historically used 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 calculation of the balance sheet value of the Company as Adjustment Assets reflected on such Adjustment Statement. The Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Seller in connection with the preparation of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; Adjustment Statement and related information, and shall provide to the Seller such hooks, records and information as may be reasonably requested from time to time.
(b) The Buyer may dispute all or a part of the Adjustment Amount: provided, however, that nothing the Buyer shall notify the Seller in this sentence shall either change writing of 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 shalldisputed amount, and shall cause the Company tobasis of such dispute, 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 within thirty (30) days after of the Buyer's receipt of the Adjustment Statement, Purchaser shall deliver . In the event of a dispute with respect to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to any part of the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodAdjustment Amount, the Statement Buyer and the Seller shall become final attempt to reconcile their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding upon and conclusive on the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Buyer and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller are unable to reach a resolution of such Statement differences within thirty (30) days of Objectionsreceipt of the Buyer's written notice of dispute to the Seller, any the Buyer and the Seller shall submit the amounts remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (in dispute for determination and resolution to the “Independent Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm , which shall be instructed to resolve such disputes determine and report to the parties, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) such submission, upon such remaining disputed amounts, and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials such report shall be delivered by Seller final, binding 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.parties hereto
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (aA) 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 soon 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 rightpracticable, 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 no event later than thirty (30) days after receipt following the Closing, Seller shall prepare a balance sheet of the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to Business as of the Statement Closing (the “Statement Closing Balance Sheet”) and a calculation of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement the Working Capital of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final and binding upon Business as of the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and Closing based on 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 Closing Balance Sheet (the “Accounting FirmClosing Working Capital” and, together with the Closing Balance Sheet, the “Closing Financial Data”). The Accounting Firm Closing Balance Sheet shall be instructed prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied with the manner in which Seller’s Most Recent Financial Statements were prepared.
(B) Seller shall deliver a copy of the Closing Financial Data to resolve such disputes Buyer promptly after it has been prepared. After receipt of the Closing Financial Data, Buyer shall have fifteen (15) days to review the Closing Financial Data. Buyer and its authorized representatives shall have reasonable access during normal business hours to all relevant books and records of Seller to the extent required to complete their review of the Closing Financial Data. Unless Buyer delivers written notice to Seller on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after Buyer’s receipt of the Closing Financial Data specifying in reasonable detail the amount, nature and basis of all disputed items, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the calculation of the Closing Working Capital. If Buyer timely notifies Seller of its objection to the calculation of the Closing Working Capital as described above, Seller and Buyer shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt by (or such longer period as the Accounting Firm of Parties may agree in writing) following such notice (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“Resolution Period”), which materials attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be delivered by Seller final, binding 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationconclusive.
(cC) Upon If, at the Statement becoming final and binding conclusion of the Resolution Period, there are any amounts remaining in accordance with Section 2.04(b)dispute, the Initial Purchase Price then such amounts remaining in dispute shall be increased by fifty percent submitted to a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants (50%the “Neutral Auditors”) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.selected
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (New Horizons Worldwide Inc)
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 the Closing, Sellers will deliver to RF (i) a statement of the Net Working Capital (as defined in Section 1.1) of the Ecusta Division (the "Closing Net Working Capital Statement") setting forth the Net Working Capital of the Ecusta Division, Purchaser excluding any Accounts Payable related to outstanding checks, as of the Effective Date (the "Closing Net Working Capital") and (ii) a reconciliation statement (the "Reconciliation Statement") accounting for the cash receipts and disbursements for the Business in reasonable detail from the Effective Date up to and including the Closing Date. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement and Reconciliation Statement shall deliver be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles. Buyers will provide to Seller a written statement describing its objectionsSellers and to their officers, if anyemployees, counsel and other representatives, upon request (subject to any limitations that are reasonably required to preserve any applicable attorney-client privilege), reasonable access to their officers and employees and reasonable access for inspection and copying of any information existing at or after the Closing Date, and will make their officers and employees available, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser extent such availability does not deliver a unreasonable interfere with the conduct of the Business, for the sole purpose of enabling and as reasonably necessary to enable the Sellers to prepare the Closing Net Working Capital 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 Reconciliation Statement.
(10b) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of ObjectionsIf, 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 delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement and the Reconciliation Statement, RF determines in good faith that the Closing Net Working Capital Statement or the Reconciliation Statement has not been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Firm Principles, RF shall deliver to Glatfelter within such period written notice specifying in reasonable detail all disputed items and the basis therefor (collectively, the "Disputed Items"). The failure by RF to provide such notice of Disputed Items to Glatfelter within such period will constitute RF's acceptance of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) Closing Net Working Capital Statement or the Reconciliation Statement, as applicable. Sellers and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)Buyers shall, 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 days following the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date delivery of such resolution. The determination notice of Disputed Items (the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be."Resolution
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after Prior to the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall retain the Arbiter to prepare and deliver deliver, as promptly as practicable but in any event within 45 days following the Closing Date, to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”)Seller and the Buyer an unaudited statement, substantially in the form of Schedule 2.4, setting forth the Net Cash current assets included in the Acquired Assets and the current liabilities included in the Assumed Liabilities as of the close of business on at the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”Statement"). The Closing Statement shall be prepared using the same accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures, with consistent classification, judgments, and estimation methodology, as used in the preparation of the Reference Balance Sheet, except that the Closing Statement shall not include (i) determined in accordance with Section 2.03any current Tax assets or any current Tax liabilities or (ii) any LIFO reserve or any intercompany profit on inventory reserve, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing except to the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of extent included on the balance sheet of the Company Seller as at October 31, 2000. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, for purposes of the Closing Statement, storeroom inventory and spare parts will be determined on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date and all inventory shall be valued at the invoice cost of raw materials plus manufacturing costs with respect thereto, determined 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 purposesU.S. GAAP.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of The Closing Statement delivered by the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, Arbiter 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, Buyer 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 and binding upon the partiesParties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionabsent manifest error. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess offees, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm Arbiter shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser borne equally by the Accounting Firm based on Buyer and the degree Seller. The Buyer and the Seller shall make available to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser the Arbiter their respective work papers generated in accordance connection with such determinationthe preparation or review of the Closing Statement.
(c) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding Final Amount exceeds the Preliminary Amount, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the dollar amount of the Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent provisions of paragraph (50%d) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with this Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be2.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety As soon as ------------------------- practicable, but in no event later than 60 days following the Valuation Date, Sellers shall prepare a statement of adjusted working capital of the Business as of the Valuation Date (90including the notes thereto, the "Valuation Date Statement"). The Valuation Date Statement ------------------------ shall present the net amount of the current assets of the Business that are Purchased Assets less the current liabilities of the Business that are Assumed Liabilities plus, from the Financial Statements Date to the Valuation Date, the investment in fixed assets (other than investments resulting from the purchase of (A) assets subject to capitalized leases on the books of Sellers or (B) production equipment under operating leases) less (i) the net proceeds from the disposal of any fixed assets of the Business and (ii) the replacement cost of any fixed assets of the Business included in the Purchased Assets that, from the Financial Statements Date to the Valuation Date, are lost, damaged beyond repair or destroyed (the "Net Working Capital Amount") -------------------------- and shall be prepared with respect to such items on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Valuation Date Statement shall not include any interest-bearing debt, any capitalized lease on the books of Sellers or any operating lease of production equipment providing for annual lease payments in excess of $100,000.
(b) During the preparation of the Valuation Date Statement and the period of any dispute within the contemplation of this Section 3.2, Buyer shall (i) provide Sellers and Sellers' authorized representatives with access to the books, records, facilities, employees and accountants of the Business, (ii) provide Sellers as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (but in no event later than 30 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement () with normal month-end closing financial information for the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business period ending on the Closing Valuation Date and (iii) cooperate with Sellers and Sellers' authorized representatives, including the “Closing Net Cash”) determined provision on a timely basis of all information necessary or useful 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 Sellers' 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 Valuation Date 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price Sellers shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) deliver a copy of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excessValuation Date Statement, together with a sum equivalent the work papers used in the preparation thereof, to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from Buyer promptly after it has been prepared and in no event later than 60 days after the Closing Date to the date of paymentDate. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) After receipt of the amount of such excessValuation Date Statement, Buyer shall have 60 days to review the Valuation Date Statement, together with a sum equivalent the work papers used in the preparation thereof. Unless Buyer delivers written notice to interest thereon at a rate equal Sellers on or prior to the LIBOR Rate from 60th day after Buyer's receipt of the Closing Valuation Date Statement specifying all disputed items and the basis therefor, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the date Valuation Date Statement. If Buyer so notifies Sellers of payment. Any its objection to the Valuation Date Statement, Sellers and Buyer shall, within 30 days following such payment hereunder notice (the "Resolution Period"), attempt to resolve ----------------- their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five final, binding and conclusive.
(5d) Business Days after final determination At the conclusion of the Statement Resolution Period, all amounts remaining in dispute shall be submitted to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as Deloitte & Touche (the case may be."Neutral Auditors"
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety The Purchase Price will be subject to adjustment upward or downward, as the case may be, following the Closing, in the amount of the difference, if any, between (90i) $7,670,000, the estimated Net Working Capital as of January 3, 1999 (the "REFERENCE NET WORKING CAPITAL AMOUNT") and (ii) the Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date as finally determined in accordance with the procedures specified below (the "FINAL NET WORKING CAPITAL AMOUNT").
(b) Promptly after the Closing Date, Purchaser will prepare and present to the Seller a statement in reasonable detail of the Net Working Capital of the Business as of the Closing Date (the "CLOSING STATEMENT"). The Closing Statement shall be delivered to the Seller no later than 30 days after the Closing Date, . The Purchase Price adjustment shall be made on the basis of the Closing Statement.
(c) The Seller shall prepare and will deliver to the Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on any objections relating to 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 objectionsrelated Purchase Price adjustment, if any, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 30 days after the date of the delivery of the Closing Statement. The Purchaser and the Seller shall cooperate and negotiate in good faith to reconcile any disputes. In the event of any dispute or any failure to reach agreement with respect to the objections of the Seller relating to the Closing Statement (and any related Purchase Price adjustment within 30 days after the “Statement date of Objections”). If delivery by Seller to the Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodSeller's statement of objections, the Statement shall become final items in dispute (and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodno other items) will be submitted to, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller amount of such Statement of ObjectionsPurchase Price adjustment will be determined by, any remaining disputes shall be resolved arbitration by Ernst & Young Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, LLP (the “Accounting Firm”"ARBITRATOR"), certified public accountants. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed Arbitrator will deliver its written decision regarding any disputed items to resolve such disputes both parties within thirty (30) 30 days after receipt by the Accounting Firm submission 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 such dispute 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionArbitrator. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot Arbitrator will be in excess ofall respects final, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, binding and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based conclusive on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationparties hereto.
(cd) Upon Net Working Capital shall be deemed to have been finally determined upon the Statement becoming first to occur of (i) acceptance of the Closing Statement, (ii) the Seller's failure to object thereto within 30 days of receipt thereof, (iii) resolution by mutual agreement of the parties after notice of a disagreement or (iv) notification by the Arbitrator of its final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)determination thereof.
(e) If the Final Net Working Capital Amount is greater than the Reference Net Working Capital Amount, the Initial Purchase Price shall will be increased by fifty percent (50%) of and Purchaser will pay the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to excess plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate on such excess from the Closing Date to the date of paymentpayment at a rate of interest equal to the prime rate announced by PNC Bank as in effect from time to time. If the Estimated Closing Final Net Cash exceeds Working Capital Amount is less than the Closing Reference Net CashWorking Capital Amount, the Purchase Price payable will be decreased and the Seller shall will pay to the Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to decrease plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate on such decrease from the Closing Date to the date of paymentpayment at a rate of interest equal to the prime rate announced by PNC Bank as in effect from time to time.
(f) To the extent that any amounts payable under this Section 2.5 are not affected by objections of the Seller, such amounts will be paid by wire transfer of immediately available US Dollars not more than 30 days after delivery of the Closing Statement to the Seller. Any To the extent that any amounts payable under this Section 2.5 are affected by objections of the Seller, such payment hereunder shall amounts will be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds not more than five (5) Business Days days after the mutual agreement of the Purchaser and the Seller or the final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or SellerArbitrator, as the case may be. The provisions of this Section 2.5 will survive the Closing.
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Samples: Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (Special Devices Inc /De)
Purchase Price Adjustment. Sellers and Buyers shall jointly, within sixty (a60) Within ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser (i) a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash consolidated balance sheet of Sellers as of the close Closing Date, (ii) a consolidating balance sheet of business on Sellers as of the Closing Date, and (iii) a balance sheet of each Seller as of the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03Balance Sheets"). For Purchase Price adjustment considerations, 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 Balance Sheets shall be prepared on a consistent basis 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, accounting practices and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives procedures applied by Sellers in the preparation of the Statement Interim Balance Sheet and, for purposes of this Section 3.01(b), in the absence of manifest error (which shall not include --------------- any matters relating to practices and procedures applied by Sellers in preparing the Interim Balance Sheet), the only adjustments to accounting reserves and accruals reflected therein shall be those made to reflect changes in such reserves and accruals between the date of the Interim Balance Sheet and the conduct date of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to Closing Balance Sheet. In the personnel, properties and books and records event of a dispute between the parties regarding the preparation of the Company for such purposes.
Closing Balance Sheets, which dispute cannot be reconciled by the mutual agreement of the parties within fifteen (b15) Within thirty (30) business days after receipt one of the Statementparties has notified the other party thereof, Purchaser the parties shall deliver to Seller together select a written statement describing its objectionsmutually acceptable Big Six public accounting firm (which shall be unrelated to, if anyand not in any manner affiliated with, to either Buyers or Sellers or Parent or their respective shareholders, officers, or Affiliates, and not currently or within the Statement (two-year period employed or engaged by either Buyers or Sellers or Parent or their respective shareholders, officers, or Affiliates), which firm shall make an independent determination of the “Statement of Objections”disputed item or items consistent with the criteria set forth in this Section 3.01(b). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement Such independent determination shall --------------- (in the absence of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodfraud, bad faith, undue influence, or the Statement shall become like, or manifest error) be final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement on all of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any hereto. All fees, costs and expenses incurred in retaining such objection within independent accounting firm shall be paid in equal shares by Buyers and Sellers. 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) calendar days after receipt by (i) the Accounting Firm completion of mutually agreed upon Closing Balance Sheets or (ii) 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 any dispute relating thereto submitted to an independent Big Six public accounting firm, whichever the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less thancase may be, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and following Purchase Price Adjustment shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.parties:
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Global Industrial Technologies Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (ai) Within ninety (90) 90 days after following the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (in its final and binding form, the “Closing Statement”) setting forth Closing Net Working Capital and Closing Subsidiary Cash and the resulting final Purchase Price as calculated with reference to such amounts and, if applicable under Section 8(e), any other components thereof (the “Final Purchase Price”), setting forth which Closing Statement shall be accompanied by a certificate of Buyer that it has complied with 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 covenants set forth in Section 2.03 or extend 3(b)(iv). The Closing Statement shall be prepared on a consolidated basis for Seller and the time frame Acquired Subsidiaries in which Seller must deliver accordance with GAAP Consistently Applied (except as otherwise provided in the Statement to Purchaserdefinitions of Closing Net Working Capital and Closing Subsidiary Cash). After During the 30 days immediately following Seller’s receipt of the Closing DateStatement and during the period of any dispute with respect to the Closing Statement, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and (A) Buyer shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation review of the Closing Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them with full access at all reasonable times during normal business hours to the personnelbooks, properties records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and books other documents), facilities and records employees of Buyer for such purpose, and, without limiting the generality of the Company for such purposesforegoing, make available its employees (including employees who are knowledgeable with respect to the matters set forth in the Closing Statement and employees who were involved in the preparation of the Closing Statement) to provide explanations with respect to the Closing Statement and to assist in connection with the matters contemplated by this Section 3(b) (including any dispute relating to the Closing Statement), and (B) cooperate fully with Seller and its representatives, including the provision on a timely basis of all information necessary or useful in connection with the review of the Closing Statement.
(bii) 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 The Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties 30 days following Seller’s receipt thereof unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Buyer prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (A) specify in reasonable detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted, and (B) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on the Closing Statement not being prepared in accordance with this Section 3(b). If Purchaser delivers a timely Notice of Disagreement is received by Buyer, then the Closing Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10as revised in accordance with clause (x) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP or (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30y) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(abelow) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the parties on the earlier of (x) the date the parties hereto resolve in writing any and all differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (y) the date any matters properly in dispute are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences which they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement, and all such discussions related thereto shall (unless otherwise agreed by Buyer and Seller) be governed by Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and any applicable similar state rule. At the end of such resolution30-day period, Seller and Buyer shall submit to a “big four” accounting firm for review and resolution of any and all matters (but only such matters) which remain in dispute and which were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The If Buyer and Seller are unable to mutually agree upon an accounting firm, Buyer and Seller shall select by lot a “big-four” accounting firm (which shall exclude Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Seller’s and Buyer’s regular accounting firm). Buyer and Seller shall instruct the accounting firm ultimately agreed upon or selected by lot under this Section 3(b) (the “Accounting Firm”) to, and the Accounting Firm shall, make a final determination of the items included in the Closing Statement (to the extent such amounts are in dispute) in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement. Buyer and Seller will cooperate with the Accounting Firm for during the term of its engagement. Buyer and Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm to not, and the Accounting Firm shall not, assign a value to any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by Buyer, on the one hand, or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, on the other hand, or in less than the Statement of Objectionssmallest value for such item assigned by Buyer, in on the case of Purchaserone hand, or Seller, on the other hand. The Buyer and Seller shall also instruct the Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statementto, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash shall, make its determination based solely on presentations by Buyer and Seller which are in accordance with Section 2.03the guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement (i.e., not on the basis of an independent review). The Closing Statement and the resulting Final Purchase Price shall become final and binding on Buyer and Seller on the date the Accounting Firm delivers its final resolution in writing to Buyer and Seller (which final resolution shall be requested by the parties to be delivered not more than 45 days following submission of such disputed matters). The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be apportioned between borne by Seller, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, based on the ratio of the disputed amount not awarded to such party to the total amount actually disputed by the parties. For example, if the aggregate amount of the Final Purchase Price disputed by Seller is $1,000, and Purchaser if Buyer contests only $500 of the amount disputed by Seller, and if the Accounting Firm based on ultimately resolves the degree dispute by finding that Seller properly disputed $300 of the $500, then the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be allocated 60% (i.e., 300÷500) to which Buyer and 40% (i.e., 200÷500) to Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(ciii) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Estimated Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Final Purchase Price, Buyer shall, and if the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If Purchase Price is greater than the Final Purchase Price, Seller shall, within five business days after the Closing Net Cash exceeds Statement becomes final and binding on the Estimated Closing Net Cashparties, Purchaser shall pay make payment to Seller fifty percent (50%) the other party by wire transfer in immediately available funds of the amount of such excessdifference, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to 8% per annum (the LIBOR Rate “Applicable Rate”), calculated on the basis of the number of days elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Buyer’s obligation to pay amounts under this Section 3(b)(iii) shall not be subject to offset or reduction by reason of any actual or alleged breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement or any agreement or document delivered in connection herewith or any right or alleged right to indemnification hereunder.
(iv) Buyer agrees that following the Closing Net Cashit will not take any actions with respect to its accounting books, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) records, policies and procedures that would obstruct or prevent the preparation of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made Statement as provided in accordance with this Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be3(b).
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Church & Dwight Co Inc /De/)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As promptly as practicable, and in any event within 45 days after Closing, the Closing Date, Seller Company shall prepare and deliver or cause to Purchaser prepared a statement (consolidated balance sheet for the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) as initially prepared, and as subsequently determined in accordance with this Section 2.031.4, together the "Closing Statement"). The Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestGAAP, and shall be in the form of Exhibit A to the Original Agreement. In connection The Company shall also prepare and deliver with preparing the StatementClosing Statement or cause to be prepared and delivered with the Closing Statement a written statement (as initially prepared, Seller shall have and as subsequently determined in accordance with this Section 1.4, the right, but not "Closing Schedule") calculating the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet total current assets of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence (which shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that not take into account any matters set forth in on Section 2.03 or extend 2.2(o) of the time frame in which Seller must deliver Disclosure Schedule) MINUS the Statement to Purchaser. After total current liabilities of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and all as reflected on the Closing Statement (the "Net Working Capital"). The calculation of Net Working Capital pursuant to this Section 1.4(a) 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 not take into account (i) any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and books and records current liability of the Company for Taxes described in Section 8.4 hereof or (ii) any excess of the Company's accounts receivable reserve over the amount of such purposesreserve as of October 31, 2001.
(b) Within thirty If the Seller does not agree with the Closing Statement or Closing Schedule delivered by the Company, then the Seller shall give written notice of such disagreement to the Company (30a "Notice of Disagreement") within 30 days after receipt of delivery of the Statement, Purchaser Closing Statement and the Closing Schedule by the Company. Any Notice of Disagreement shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to specify in reasonable detail the Statement (the “Statement nature of Objections”)any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement no Notice of Objections to Seller Disagreement is received by the Company within such thirty30-day period, then the Closing Statement and the Closing Schedule shall become final. If a Notice of Disagreement is received by the Company within such 30-day period, the Statement Company and the Seller shall become final and binding upon seek in good faith during the parties15 days after delivery of the Notice of Disagreement to resolve any differences which they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. If Purchaser delivers a Statement at the end of Objections to Seller within such thirty15-day period, the Company and the parties canSeller have not resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after resolved all of the receipt by Seller matters raised in the Notice of such Statement of ObjectionsDisagreement, any remaining disputes the unresolved issues shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed submitted to resolve PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, or if such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm firm declines to serve, then to another nationally recognized accounting firm selected upon mutual agreement 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)Parties, which materials for resolution within 30 days or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable. Such accounting firm 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 and binding upon the partiesdetermine, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination only with respect to the undisputed portions remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Statement and/or the Closing Schedule require adjustment in order to comply with the requirements of the Statement, and no Section 1.4(a). The decision by such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement accounting firm shall be final and binding on Seller or Purchaserthe Parties. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and such accountants shall be paid equally by the Company and the Seller. The Company and the Seller shall make available to such accounting firm all relevant books and Purchaser in accordance with records relating to the Closing Statement and the Closing Schedule and all other information reasonably requested by such determinationaccounting firm.
(c) Upon final determination of the Statement becoming final Net Working Capital, either by agreement between the Company and binding the Seller or determination in accordance with Section 2.04(b)1.4(b):
(i) If the Net Working Capital exceeds $26,700,000, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser Buyer shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the an amount of equal to such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. .
(ii) If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Working Capital is less than $20,000,000, the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the Buyer an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentsuch difference. Any such payment hereunder amount payable pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 paid within five (5) Business Days business days after final determination of the amounts set forth on the Closing Statement and the Closing Schedule, and, if made after the applicable due date, shall bear simple interest at an annual rate of 12%.
(d) The Parties agree to allocate the Purchase Price among the Share and the Interest, and among the assets of TEC, for all purposes (including financial accounting and tax purposes) in accordance with an account designated in writing allocation schedule delivered by Purchaser or the Buyer to the Seller, as and reasonably acceptable to Seller, at least five days prior to the case may bescheduled Closing Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the portion of the Purchase Price allocated to the Share shall not be less than $9,500,000 nor more than $12,667,000.
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Samples: Share and Limited Liability Company Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Transtechnology Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety On or prior to March 1, 1998 Seller shall determine the Tangible Net Worth (90as defined herein) days after of the Business as of the Closing Date, Seller . Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as review Seller's determination of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Tangible 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 Worth as of the Closing Date on or prior to March 15, 1998 and the parties shall make an adjustment to the Unadjusted Closing Payment as follows:
(i) if the actual amount of the Tangible Net Worth as of the Closing Date is greater than $1,050,000, the Unadjusted Closing Payment shall be increased by the amount of such difference; or
(ii) if the actual amount of the Tangible Net Worth as of the Closing Date is less than $1,050,000, the Unadjusted Closing Payment shall be decreased by the amount of such difference and, in either case, the Unadjusted Closing Payment as so adjusted shall be the "Final Closing Payment."
(b) For the purposes hereof, the term "Tangible Net Worth" as used herein shall be equal to the difference between (i) the sum of Seller's cash and cash equivalents; accounts receivable; property, plant and equipment net of depreciation and amortization in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsaccounting principles ("GAAP"), consistently applied; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition and other assets exclusive 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 shallintangible assets, and shall cause (ii) the Company tosum of Seller's trade accounts payable; deferred revenue (sales liability); accrued wages and payroll taxes; accrued sales taxes payable; bank revolver and term loans; long term leases; and other accrued expenses related to the Business (exclusive of shareholder loans payable; any fees due to The Mid-Atlantic Companies, assist Ltd., Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C. or any other representative or agent employed by Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; and its representatives in any contribution accrued by Seller for the preparation benefit 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 purposesparticipant's in Seller's profit sharing plan).
(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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall prepare and deliver deliver, or cause to Purchaser be prepared and delivered, to the Members Representative a net working capital statement (the “Working Capital Statement”), setting forth the calculation of the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) determined ). The Working Capital Statement must be prepared in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing GAAP applied using the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit principles 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 preparation 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 purposeson Schedule 2.3(a).
(b) Within thirty (30) 30 days after following receipt by the Members Representative of the Working Capital Statement, Purchaser the Members Representative shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, notice (an “Objection Notice”) to the Buyer of any dispute it has with respect to the preparation or content of such statement. An Objection Notice must describe in reasonable detail the items contained in the Working Capital Statement (that the “Statement of Objections”)Members Representative disputes and the basis for any such disputes. Any items not disputed in the Objection Notice will be deemed to have been accepted by the Members. If Purchaser the Members Representative does not deliver a an Objection Notice with respect to the Working Capital Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty30-day period, the Statement shall become final such statement will be final, conclusive and binding upon on the parties. If Purchaser the Members Representative delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodtimely Objection Notice, the Buyer and the parties cannot Members Representative shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such objection dispute. If the Buyer and the Members Representative, notwithstanding such good faith effort, fail to resolve such dispute within ten (10) Business Days 30 days after the receipt Members Representative delivers an Objection Notice, then the Buyer and the Members Representative, jointly, shall engage the Arbitration Firm to resolve such dispute. As promptly as practicable thereafter (and, in any event, within 30 days after the Arbitration Firm’s engagement), the Members Representative shall submit any unresolved elements of its objection to the Arbitration Firm in writing (with a copy to the Buyer), supported by Seller any documents and arguments upon which it relies. As promptly as practicable thereafter (and, in any event, within 15 days following the Members Representative’s submission of such Statement unresolved elements, the Buyer shall submit its response to the Arbitration Firm (with a copy to the Members Representative) supported by any documents and arguments upon which it relies. As promptly as practicable thereafter (and, in any event, within 15 days following the Buyer’s submission of Objectionsits response to the Arbitration Firm), the Members Representative shall submit to the Arbitration Firm (with a copy to the Buyer) any remaining documents and arguments upon which the Member Representative seeks to rebut documents or arguments in the Buyer’s response. The Buyer and the Members Representative shall request that the Arbitration Firm render its reasoned, written determination within 15 days following its receipt of the Buyer’s response. The scope of the disputes shall to be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”)Arbitration Firm is limited to the unresolved items on the Objection Notice. In resolving any disputed item, the Arbitration Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value claimed for such item by either party or less than the smallest value claimed for such item by either party. 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 and binding upon the parties, Buyer and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, Members Representative shall become final and binding upon share equally the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser Arbitration Firm. All determinations made by the Accounting Arbitration Firm based will be final, conclusive and binding on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationparties.
(c) Upon For purposes of complying with the terms set forth in this Section 2.3, each party shall cooperate with and make available to the other party and its representatives all information, records, data and working papers and shall permit access to its facilities and personnel, as may be reasonably required in connection with the preparation and analysis of the Working Capital Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with the resolution of any disputes under the Working Capital Statement.
(d) If Closing Working Capital (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.04(b2.3(b)) is less than (i) the Target Working Capital minus (ii) $200,000, then the Initial Purchase Price shall will be increased adjusted by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excessshortfall (the “Downward Adjustment Amount”) and the Members Representative and the Buyer shall deliver a joint written authorization to the Escrow Agent within five Business Days from the date on which Closing Working Capital is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3(b) authorizing the Escrow Agent to release from the Escrow Amount, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate an amount in cash equal to the LIBOR Rate from Downward Adjustment Amount.
(e) If Closing Working Capital (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3(c)) is greater than (i) the Closing Date to Target Working Capital plus (ii) $200,000, then the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of Initial Purchase Price will be adjusted by the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent excess (the “Upward Adjustment Amount”) and the Buyer shall pay or cause to interest thereon at a rate equal be paid to the LIBOR Rate from Members Representative, for the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination benefit of the Statement Members, by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Purchaser the Members Representative, an amount in cash equal to the Upward Adjustment Amount within five Business Days from the date on which Closing Working Capital is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3(b). In no event will the Buyer or Seller, as the case may beCompany have any responsibility or liability for the allocation of the Upward Adjustment Amount among the Members by the Members Representative or the distribution of the Upward Adjustment Amount by the Members Representative to the Members.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Ceco Environmental Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 90 days after of the Closing DateDate (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the parties in writing), Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a written statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash as a calculation of the close aggregate purchase price as at the Closing Date (calculated in the same manner as the Estimated Purchase Price) (the “Closing Purchase Price”) and including (i) a calculation of business on the actual Net Working Capital as at the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and (ii) the actual amount of any cash or cash equivalents and the Finished Product Cash Value held by or on behalf of the Acquired Companies at the time of Closing (the “Closing Cash”) (with each of Closing Net Working Capital and Closing 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 without giving effect to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposestransactions contemplated herein).
(b) Within thirty (30) 15 days after following receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser Seller shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, review the Closing Statement and shall notify Buyer in writing if any, it has any objections to the Closing Statement. The notice of objection must contain a statement of the basis of the objections and each amount in dispute. Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the Closing Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser if it does not deliver a Statement notify in writing Buyer of Objections to Seller its objection within such thirty15-day period, the Statement which shall become then be final and binding upon the partiesparties and shall not be subject to appeal, absent manifest error. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Buyer shall provide Seller access to all accounts, documents and records relevant to Seller’s review of Objections the Closing Statement; provided that Buyer shall not be required to disclose any information to Seller within if such thirtydisclosure would, in Buyer’s sole discretion: (x) jeopardize any attorney-day periodclient or other privilege; or (y) contravene any applicable Law, and fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement.
(c) If Seller disputes the Closing Statement, the parties cannot will work expeditiously and in good faith in an attempt to resolve any such objection dispute within ten (10) Business Days a further period of 15 days after the receipt date of notification by Seller to Buyer of such Statement of Objectionsdispute, any remaining disputes failing which the dispute shall be resolved submitted for determination to an independent national firm of certified public accountants mutually agreed to by Seller and Buyer (and, failing agreement between Seller and Buyer on the firm of certified public accountants within a further period of five Business Days, such independent national firm of certified public accountants shall be PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or if such firm is unable to act, Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”Young). The Accounting Firm determination of the firm of certified public accountants 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionparties and shall not be subject to appeal, absent manifest error. The determination firm of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement certified public accountants shall be binding on deemed to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators.
(d) Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm and Buyer shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The each bear the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller their respective auditors and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser accountants, if any, in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash preparing or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Sellerreviewing, as the case may be, the Closing Statement. In the case of a dispute and the retention of a national firm of certified public accountants to determine such dispute, the costs and expenses of such firm of certified public accountants shall be borne by Buyer if such firm of certified public accountant’s findings determines that the Closing Net Working Capital is misstated by 15% or greater and shall otherwise be borne by Seller. However, Seller on the one hand and Buyer on the other hand shall each bear their own costs in presenting their respective cases to the firm of certified public accountants.
(e) If the Estimated Purchase Price is greater than the Closing Purchase Price, the difference shall be paid by Seller to Buyer by wire transfer within five Business Days of the final determination of the Closing Statement. If the Closing Purchase Price is greater than the Estimated Purchase Price, Buyer shall pay the difference to Seller by wire transfer within five Business Days of the final determination of the Closing Statement. The determination and adjustment of the Purchase Price in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall not limit or affect any other rights or causes of action any of the parties may have with respect to the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities in its favor contained in this Agreement.
(f) For purposes of this Section 2.5, “Net Working Capital” means (i) the sum of the Acquired Companies’ trade accounts receivable and employee receivables, inventory (other than Finished Product) and prepaid expenses less (ii) the sum of the Acquired Companies’ accounts payable and accrued payroll and other current liabilities (excluding any intercompany obligations and Taxes payable other than for Taxes respecting the Real Property); for greater certainty, Net Working Capital shall be calculated in the same manner and include the same categories of line items as Net Working Capital as included in the calculation of Target Net Working Capital, which calculation is set out in Section 2.5(f) of the Disclosure Letter.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As promptly as practicable after the Closing, but in no event more than 60 calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller NPH shall in good faith prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Date Statement”)) containing NPH’s calculation of the actual Closing Indebtedness, setting forth actual Cash Amount, the Net Cash actual Working Capital, the actual Transaction Expenses and the components thereof and the resulting calculation of the actual Purchase Price, as of the close of business Measurement Time on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) Date, together with reasonable supporting detail and as determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles calculated without giving effect to any purchase accounting adjustments resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Until such time as the Final Closing Date Statement shall become final in accordance with Section 2.032.4(c), together with any supporting information that NPH shall permit Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statementand its representatives reasonable access, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligationduring normal business hours, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit the Books and Records and personnel of the balance sheet each member of the Company as Group and the parties providing accounting services under the Transition Services Agreement (“Accounting Services Providers”) to aid in Purchaser’s review of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsStatement; provided, however, that nothing NPH shall not be required to provide such access or disclose such materials to the extent such access or disclosure would unreasonably interfere with the normal business or operations of NPH or the Accounting Services Providers or, as determined by counsel in this sentence good faith, (i) any such materials are subject to the terms of a non-disclosure agreement or undertaking with a third party as of the date thereof, (ii) any such materials constitute privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work product, or (iii) disclosure of any such materials would be prohibited by Law. Purchaser shall either change have the definition right to review the work papers of Net NPH and the Accounting Services Providers underlying or utilized in preparing the Closing Date Statement and the calculation of the actual Purchase Price, subject to the execution of a customary access letter, including the actual Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend Amount, the time frame in which Seller must deliver actual Working Capital, the Statement to Purchaser. After actual Closing Indebtedness, and the actual Transaction Expenses, as of the Measurement Time on the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives as set forth in the preparation Closing Date Statement to the extent reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the Closing Date Statement and the conduct calculation of Final Purchase Price, including the audit Final Cash Amount, the Final Working Capital, the Final Closing Indebtedness, 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 purposesFinal Transaction Expenses in conformity with this Agreement.
(bc) Within thirty (30) 30 calendar days after its receipt of the Closing Date Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller either inform NPH in writing that the Closing Date Statement is acceptable or object thereto in writing, setting forth in reasonable detail a written statement describing description of each of its objections, if any, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a provide NPH with written notice of its objection to or acceptance of the Closing Date Statement, Purchaser will be deemed for all purposes to have accepted the Closing Date Statement of Objections as presented to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesit. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodso objects, and the parties canPurchaser and NPH do not resolve any such objection objections on a mutually agreeable basis within ten (10) Business Days 30 calendar days after the NPH’s receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objectionsobjections, any the remaining disputes disputed items shall be resolved by Ernst & Young submitted to Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”) or, if Deloitte is not available for such engagement or at the time of such proposed engagement is no longer independent, such other nationally recognized independent certified public accounting firm reasonably agreed to by Purchaser and NPH (Deloitte, or such other accounting firm mutually agreed to by NPH and Purchaser, the “Accounting Firm”). All such discussions between NPH and Purchaser regarding the objections (including any written materials exchanged in connection with such discussions) shall be governed by Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and any applicable similar state rule. Purchaser and NPH shall promptly execute any reasonable engagement letter requested by Accounting Firm and shall each cooperate fully with Accounting Firm, including by providing the information, data and work papers used by each Party to prepare or calculate the Closing Date Statement, so as to enable Accounting Firm to make such determination as quickly and as accurately as practicable, but shall be under no obligation to provide such information to the other party once the matter has been submitted to the Accounting Firm. If Purchaser and NPH cannot agree on an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm within 10 calendar days of determining that an Accounting Firm other than Deloitte must be appointed as contemplated above, then Purchaser and/or NPH may submit a request to JAMS (formerly known as Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc.) requesting appointment of a nationally recognized independent certified public accounting firm to serve as Accounting Firm. Purchaser and NPH shall direct the Accounting Firm to resolve such disputed items within 30 calendar days of submission of the disputed items. Upon the agreement of Purchaser and NPH, the decision of the Accounting Firm, or if Purchaser fails to deliver an objection to NPH within the first 30-day period referred to above, then the Closing Date Statement, as the same may be adjusted as a result of agreement of the Parties or the decision of the Accounting Firm (the “Final Closing Date Statement”), shall be final, conclusive, and binding against the Parties hereto including the calculation of the Closing Indebtedness (“Final Closing Indebtedness”), the Cash Amount (“Final Cash Amount”), the Working Capital (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is calculated after taking into account the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, as of the end of the Closing Date) (“Final Working Capital”), the Transaction Expenses (the “Final Transaction Expenses”) and the resulting Final Purchase Price set forth therein. No adjustment shall occur (i) as a result of the actual cost of repairs to the Statia Facility exceeding the mutually agreed upon Repair Budget or (ii) in respect of costs relating to the excess water referred to in the definition of Water Removal Cost exceeding the mutually agreed upon Water Removal Cost.
(d) In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Firm (i) shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 2.4 and the other terms, provisions, and definitions set forth in this Agreement, (ii) shall not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value claimed for such item or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by NPH or Purchaser, (iii) shall limit its decision to such items as are in dispute, and (iv) shall make its determination based solely on written presentations by NPH and Purchaser that are in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement (i.e., not on the basis of independent review). The fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt allocated by the Accounting Firm between Sellers, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, in the same proportion that the aggregate amount 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 disputed items so submitted to the Accounting Firm within are unsuccessfully disputed by each such Party (as finally determined by the Accounting Firm) bears to the total amount of such disputed items so disputed.
(e) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash Final Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.2.4:
(ci) Upon in the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), event that the Initial Final Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashPurchase Price, Purchaser shall pay deliver, or cause to Seller fifty percent (50%) be delivered, to NPH, by wire transfer of the immediately available funds, payment in an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to (x) the LIBOR Rate from Final Purchase Price, minus (y) the Closing Date Estimated Purchase Price;
(ii) in the event that the Estimated Purchase Price exceeds the Final Purchase Price, then NPH shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount equal to (x) the Estimated Purchase Price, minus (y) the Final Purchase Price. Any payments made pursuant to this Section 2.4(e) shall be deemed an adjustment to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may bePurchase Price.
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Samples: Share Purchase and Sale Agreement (NuStar Energy L.P.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after As of the Closing Effective Date, Seller the Purchase Price shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser be increased or decreased, as the case may be, on a statement dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount by which the Assumed Current Liabilities is greater or less than $1,500,000 (the “StatementLiabilities Target”), 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 no event shall there be any adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.2 resulting from reserves for bad debt, inventory obsolescence, and/or contractual allowances.
(b) The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment, if any, as specified 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 3.2(b).
(i) At least two Business Days prior to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Sellerthe Representative shall deliver to Buyer a statement of Assumed Current Liabilities as of the Effective Date (the “Initial Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement”) prepared by Sellers. The Initial Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement shall be prepared in conformity with the definition of Assumed Current Liabilities and in accordance with the calculations set forth on Schedule 3.2(b).
(ii) As soon as practicable following the Closing, with the assistance of the Company’s requestaccountants, Purchaser shallBuyer shall prepare a statement of Assumed Current Liabilities as of the Effective Date (the “Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement”). The Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement shall be prepared in conformity with the definition of Assumed Current Liabilities and in accordance with the calculations set forth on Schedule 3.2(b). Buyer shall deliver the Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement to the Representative not later than 90 calendar days following the Closing Date.
(iii) The Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement shall be final and binding upon the Parties, and shall cause be deemed to be the Company toAssumed Liabilities Closing Statement, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation (as defined below) unless, within 30 calendar days after receipt of the Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement from Buyer, the Representative shall provide to Buyer a report indicating its objections to the Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement. Any such objections shall be set forth in reasonable detail in a report (the “Representative’s Report”) that shall indicate the grounds upon which the Representative disputes that the Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement. Buyer shall provide to the Representative reasonable access (at such time as reasonably agreed to between Buyer 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 Representative), during normal business hours, to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for and to the Company’s personnel and accountants in connection with the Representative’s preparation of the Representative’s Report, provided that the Representative shall not interfere with the Business in the exercise of such purposesright.
(biv) Within thirty 15 calendar days after the receipt by Buyer of the Representative’s Report, the Representative and Buyer shall endeavor in good faith to agree on any matters in dispute.
(30v) If Buyer and the Representative are unable to agree on any matters in dispute within 15 calendar days after receipt by Buyer of the StatementRepresentative’s Report, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, the matters in dispute will be submitted for resolution to the Statement office of Ernst & Young located in Boston, Massachusetts or such other independent accounting firm of regional or national reputation as may be mutually acceptable to Buyer and the Representative (the “Statement of ObjectionsIndependent Accounting Firm”). If Purchaser does not deliver , which Independent Accounting Firm shall, within 30 calendar days after such submission, determine and issue a Statement of Objections written report to Seller within the Representative and Buyer regarding, such thirty-day perioddisputed items, the Statement which written report shall become be 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”)Parties. The Representative and Buyer shall cooperate with each other and each other’s representatives to enable the Independent 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, render a written report as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03promptly as possible. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller borne equally by Buyer, on the one hand, and Purchaser by Sellers, on the other hand, with one Party reimbursing the other, if necessary, following such determination. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller entitled to the privileges and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationimmunities of arbitrators.
(cvi) Upon The statement of Assumed Current Liabilities incorporating the Statement becoming final and binding resolution of matters in accordance dispute with respect to Assumed Current Liabilities (or, if a Representative’s Report is not provided within the time prescribed in Section 2.04(b3.2(b)(iii), the Initial Second Draft Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement) is referred to as the “Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement.” The Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Parties.
(vii) If the Assumed Current Liabilities calculated by reference to the Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement (the “Final Assumed Current Liabilities”) are less than the Liabilities Target, the Purchase Price shall be increased on a dollar-for-dollar basis by fifty percent an amount equal to such shortfall (50%) the “Assumed Liabilities Shortfall”). In such event, Buyer shall pay to Sellers the amount of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashAssumed Liabilities Shortfall. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Final Assumed Current Liabilities are greater than the Estimated Closing Net CashLiabilities Target, Purchaser the Purchase Price shall be decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis by an amount equal to such surplus (the “Assumed Liabilities Surplus”). In such event, Sellers shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of Buyer the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent the Assumed Liabilities Surplus.
(viii) Any payment of Assumed Liabilities Surplus to interest thereon at a rate equal be made by Sellers pursuant to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to Section 3.2(b)(vii) shall be paid by Sellers in cash within ten calendar days after the date of payment. If receipt by Buyer and the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) Representative of the amount Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement as finally established pursuant to this Section 3.2. Any payment of such excess, together with a sum equivalent Assumed Liabilities Shortfall to interest thereon at a rate equal be made by Buyer pursuant to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to Section 3.2(b)(vii) shall be paid in cash within ten calendar days after the date of paymentreceipt by Buyer and the Representative of the Assumed Liabilities Closing Statement as finally established pursuant to this Section 3.2. Any such payment hereunder If applicable, all payments shall be made to Sellers on a pro rata basis in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.Schedule A.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Critical Homecare Solutions Holdings, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (aA) 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 soon 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 rightpracticable, 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 no event later than thirty (30) days after receipt following the Closing, Seller shall prepare a balance sheet of the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to Business as of the Statement Closing (the “Statement Closing Balance Sheet”) and a calculation of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement the Working Capital of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final and binding upon Business as of the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and Closing based on 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 Closing Balance Sheet (the “Accounting FirmClosing Working Capital” and, together with the Closing Balance Sheet, the “Closing Financial Data”). The Accounting Firm Closing Balance Sheet shall be instructed prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied with the manner in which Seller’s Most Recent Financial Statements were prepared.
(B) Seller shall deliver a copy of the Closing Financial Data to resolve such disputes Buyer promptly after it has been prepared. After receipt of the Closing Financial Data, Buyer shall have fifteen (15) days to review the Closing Financial Data. Buyer and its authorized representatives shall have reasonable access during normal business hours to all relevant books and records of Seller to the extent required to complete their review of the Closing Financial Data. Unless Buyer delivers written notice to Seller on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after Buyer’s receipt of the Closing Financial Data specifying in reasonable detail the amount, nature and basis of all disputed items, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the calculation of the Closing Working Capital. If Buyer timely notifies Seller of its objection to the calculation of the Closing Working Capital as described above, Seller and Buyer shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt (or such longer period as the Parties may agree in writing) following such notice (the “Resolution Period”), attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive.
(C) If, at the Accounting Firm conclusion 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)Resolution Period, which materials there are any amounts remaining in dispute, then such amounts remaining in dispute shall be delivered submitted to a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants (the “Neutral Auditors”) selected by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm Buyer within five ten (510) Business Days following days after the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in Resolution Period. If Seller and Buyer are unable to agree on the preceding sentenceNeutral Auditors, then each of Seller and Buyer shall have the right to request the office of the American Arbitration Association to appoint the Neutral Auditors, which Neutral Auditors shall not have had a material relationship with Seller, Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates within the past two years. The resolution Each of disputes Seller and Buyer agree to execute, if requested by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the partiesNeutral Auditors, and the Statementa reasonable engagement letter, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionincluding customary indemnities. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal relating to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date work, if any, to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.performed by
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (New Horizons Worldwide Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. Within sixty (a) Within ninety (9060) days after following the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash as Buyer’s calculation (together with reasonable supporting detail of each such calculation) of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Cash, Closing Net Cash”) determined Working Capital and the resulting Final Purchase Price. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe definitions in this Agreement. In connection with preparing During the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at sixty (60) days immediately following Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company as receipt of the Closing Date in accordance Statement and any period of dispute thereafter with generally accepted auditing standards; providedrespect to such Closing Statement, 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 Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to, (a) assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation review of the Closing Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them Representatives with reasonable access at all reasonable times during normal business hours to the personnelbooks, properties records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents, and the right to make copies of such books and records records), supporting data, facilities and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such purposes.
purposes of their review of the Closing Statement, and (b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt cooperate with Seller and its Representatives in connection with such review, including by providing on a timely basis material other information necessary or useful in connection with the review of the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, Closing Statement and access to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ accountants and advisors. The Closing Statement (including the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodClosing Cash, the Statement Closing Net Working Capital and Final Purchase Price set forth thereon) 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 Parties sixty (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 (3060) days after following Seller’s receipt by thereof unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement containing particulars of specific items objected to (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Buyer prior to such date; provided that 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 Closing Statement 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall alternatively become final and binding upon the date Parties upon Seller’s delivery, prior to the expiration of such resolution. The determination sixty (60)-day period, of written notice to Buyer of its acceptance of the Accounting Firm for any item Closing Statement delivered by Buyer. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, reasonable detail the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, nature and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beany disagreement so asserted.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Talen Energy Supply, LLC)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety The Initial Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as set forth in this Section 3.5 (90) the "Purchase Price Adjustment"). As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 45 days after the Closing Date, Seller Sellers shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement schedule (the “Statement”"Sellers' Closing Schedule"), prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles and certified by HLI Opco's Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the Net Cash as in reasonable detail Sellers' calculation 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 Working Capital as of the Closing Date ("Closing Working Capital"). Purchaser will give Sellers and their representatives reasonable access, during the normal business hours of Purchaser, to all personnel, books and records (including bank statements, collection information and other accounts receivable information) of the Companies as reasonably requested by Sellers to assist them in their preparation of Sellers' Closing Schedule. As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days after its receipt of the Sellers' Closing Schedule (subject to an automatic 30-day extension, if requested by the Purchaser), Purchaser shall engage Ernst & Young LLP to audit the Closing Working Capital. Sellers will give Purchaser and its representatives reasonable access, during the normal business hours of Sellers, to all personnel, books and records (including bank statements, collection information and other accounts receivable information) of the Sellers (to the extent relevant to the Companies) and the Companies (to the extent retained by Sellers after the Closing Date) as reasonably requested by Purchaser to assist it in its audit of the Closing Working Capital. No later than the last day of such 60-day or 90-day period, as applicable, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Sellers a schedule ("Purchaser's Closing Schedule"), prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedthe Accounting Principles, howeversetting forth in reasonable detail Purchaser's calculation of Closing Working Capital and certified by Ernst & Young LLP. Purchaser shall cause Ernst & Young LLP to allow Sellers access to any work papers used in connection with the audit of the Closing Working Capital at the offices of Ernst & Young LLP, that nothing in this sentence subject to Sellers having entered into a customary agreement with Ernst & Young LLP regarding the use of such work papers, the confidentiality thereof and similar matters. Sellers shall either change promptly reimburse Purchaser for one half of the definition reasonable and customary costs, fees and expenses of Net Cash from that Ernst & Young LLP's audit of the Closing Working Capital paid by Purchaser. If the Closing Working Capital shown on Purchaser's Closing Schedule is the same, or greater than, Sellers' calculation of Closing Working Capital as set forth in Section 2.03 or extend Sellers' Closing Schedule, the time frame in which Seller must deliver Purchaser's calculation thereof shall be the Statement to Purchaser. After "Final Working Capital." If the Closing DateWorking Capital shown on Purchaser's Closing Schedule is less than Sellers' calculation of Closing Working Capital as set forth in Sellers' Closing Schedule, at Seller’s request, Purchaser's Closing Schedule shall be deemed written notice ("Purchaser's Dispute Notice") that Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives disagrees with Sellers' calculation of Closing Working Capital as set forth 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 purposesSellers' Closing Schedule.
(b) Within thirty Upon receipt by (30or deemed notice to) Sellers of Purchaser's Dispute Notice, Sellers and Purchaser shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any disagreement with respect to Closing Working Capital. To the extent Purchaser and Sellers are unable to agree with respect to Closing Working Capital within 30 days after receipt by (or deemed notice to) Sellers of Purchaser's Dispute Notice and the Statementparties have not mutually agreed to extend such deadline, Purchaser and Sellers shall deliver to Seller promptly select a written statement describing its objectionsmutually acceptable, if any, to the Statement nationally recognized independent accounting firm (the “Statement "Accounting Firm") with no material relationship to Purchaser or Sellers or any of Objections”)their respective Affiliates and submit their dispute to such accounting firm for a binding resolution. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller If, within 10 days after such thirty30-day period, the Statement shall become final Purchaser and binding Sellers are not able to agree 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 “an Accounting Firm”). The , upon demand of either Purchaser or Sellers, the appointment of an Accounting Firm shall will be instructed finally determined by binding arbitration in Detroit, Michigan by a single arbitrator pursuant to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm Expedited Procedures 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 Commercial Arbitration Rules 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03American Arbitration Association. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and arbitrator shall be paid one-half by Seller Sellers and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationone-half by Purchaser.
(c) Upon Not later than 30 days after the Statement becoming engagement of the Accounting Firm (as evidenced by its written acceptance by facsimile or otherwise to the parties), Sellers and Purchaser shall submit simultaneous briefs to the Accounting Firm (with a copy to the other party) setting forth their respective positions regarding the issues in dispute, which disputes shall be limited to the discrepancies between the Sellers' Closing Schedule and the Purchaser's Dispute Notice. If additional briefing, a hearing, or other information is required by the Accounting Firm, the Accounting Firm shall give notice thereof to the parties as soon as practicable within 5 days after the expiration of such 30-day period, and the parties shall promptly respond with a view to minimizing any delay in the decision date. Sellers and Purchaser shall instruct the Accounting Firm to render its decision resolving the dispute within 30 days after submission of the reply briefs or, in the event additional information or a hearing is required, within 30 days after the submission of such additional information or the completion of such hearing, as the case may be. The determination of the Accounting Firm with respect to Closing Working Capital cannot, however, be in excess of the calculation of Closing Working Capital set forth in the Sellers' Closing Schedule nor less than the calculation of Closing Working Capital set forth in the Purchaser's Dispute Notice. Closing Working Capital, as agreed upon by Sellers and Purchaser, as determined pursuant to the second to last sentence of Section 3.5(a), or as determined by the Accounting Firm in accordance with this Section 3.5(c), shall be final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), on all parties hereto and shall be referred to herein as the Initial "Final Closing Working Capital."
(d) The Purchase Price Adjustment shall be increased by fifty percent made as follows:
(50%i) of the amount by which if the Closing Net Cash exceeds Working Capital set forth in the Estimated Sellers' Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent Schedule is greater than $12,400,000 (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash"Base Amount"), Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) Sellers 60% of the amount of such excess; subject, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from if the Closing Date occurs on the last day of a calendar month, to the date a maximum amount of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds $3,000,000;
(ii) if a Purchaser's Dispute Notice has been delivered and (x) the Closing Net CashWorking Capital as set forth therein is greater than the Base Amount, Seller Purchaser shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of Sellers the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent less the amount of any payment made by Purchaser pursuant to interest thereon at a rate equal clause (i) of this Section 3.5(d) or (y) if the Base Amount is greater than the Closing Working Capital set forth in the Sellers' Closing Schedule, Sellers shall pay to Purchaser the LIBOR Rate from amount of such excess;
(iii) if the Final Closing Working Capital is greater than the Base Amount, Purchaser shall pay to Sellers the amount of such excess, less the amount of any payment(s) made by Purchaser pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(x) of this Section 3.5(d), or (ii) if the Base Amount is greater than the Final Closing Working Capital, Sellers shall pay to Purchaser the amount of such excess, less the amount of any payment made by Sellers pursuant to clause (ii)(y) of this Section 3.5(d); and
(iv) Purchaser and Sellers agree that (x) if the Closing Date occurs on the last day of a calendar month, Purchaser's aggregate payment obligations under Sections 3.5(d)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall not exceed a maximum amount of $5,000,000 and (y) any payment required to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder be made pursuant to Section 3.5(d)(i) shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of Sellers' Closing Schedule, any payment required to be made pursuant to Section 3.5(d)(ii) shall be made within five Business Days after the delivery of Purchaser's Dispute Notice and that any payment required to be made pursuant to Section 3.5(d)(iii) shall be made within five Business Days after the Purchase Price Adjustment becomes final determination and binding on the parties hereto, in each case, by wire transfer of the Statement federal or other immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Purchaser Sellers or SellerPurchaser, as the case may be, to the other party, as applicable.
(e) The parties agree that the Purchase Price Adjustment contemplated by this Section 3.5 is intended to adjust the Purchase Price for changes in Working Capital from the Base Amount and that such changes may be measured only if the calculation is performed in accordance with (i) the procedures set forth in this Section 3.5 and the definition of Working Capital and (ii) the Accounting Principles. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event of any conflict between the requirements of GAAP, and the Accounting Principles used in connection with the preparation of the Balance Sheet and as used in determining the Base Amount, the calculation of which is set forth in Exhibit A, the Accounting Principles shall control.
(f) Purchaser and each Seller agrees that, following the Closing through the date on which the Final Closing Working Capital becomes final and binding, it shall not, and, in the case of the Purchaser, will cause each of the Companies not to, take any actions with respect to any accounting books, records, policies or procedures on which the Final Closing Working Capital is to be based that would make it impossible or impracticable to calculate the Final Closing Working Capital in the manner and utilizing the methods required hereby.
(g) Any Mexican Peso denominated amounts that are used to determine the Final Closing Working Capital shall be converted to U.S. dollars for such purpose at the interbank exchange rate on the Closing Date, as reported and published by The Wall Street Journal on such date.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Hayes Lemmerz International Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days after following the Closing Valuation Date, Seller Sellers shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (of adjusted working capital of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Business as of the close Valuation Date (including the notes thereto, the "Valuation Date Statement"). The Valuation Date Statement shall present the net amount of business the current assets of the Business that are Purchased Assets less the current liabilities of the Business that are Assumed Liabilities plus, from the Financial Statements Date to the Valuation Date, the investment in fixed assets (other than investments resulting from the purchase of (A) assets subject to capitalized leases on the Closing books of Sellers or (B) production equipment under operating leases) less (i) the net proceeds from the disposal of any fixed assets of the Business and (ii) the replacement cost of any fixed assets of the Business included in the Purchased Assets that, from the Financial Statements Date to the Valuation Date, are lost, damaged beyond repair or destroyed (the “Closing "Net Cash”Working Capital Amount") 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 be prepared with respect to such items on a basis consistent with the Company toFinancial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, assist Seller and its representatives the Valuation Date Statement shall not include any interest-bearing debt, any capitalized lease on the books of Sellers or any operating lease of production equipment providing for annual lease payments in the preparation excess 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$100,000.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt During the preparation of the StatementValuation Date Statement and the period of any dispute within the contemplation of this Section 3.2, Purchaser Buyer shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, (i) provide Sellers and Sellers' authorized representatives with access to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodbooks, the Statement shall become final records, facilities, employees 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 accountants 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.Business,
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Bemis Co Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety seventy-five (9075) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on behalf of Seller, will prepare, or cause to Purchaser be prepared, a statement of net assets (the “"Closing Statement”), setting forth ") containing a calculation of the Net Cash net assets of the Compression Services Business as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing "Net Cash”) determined Assets Amount"). For the purposes of the calculation referred to in accordance with Section 2.03the immediately preceding sentence, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statementnet assets of the Compression Services Business shall include, Seller shall have among other things, cash and marketable securities in the rightTransferred Subsidiaries, but shall not the obligation, include amounts due 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 and 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 affiliates other than as a result of trade receivables and trade payables. Buyer will assist and cooperate with Seller in the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Closing Statement, including by providing Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them accountants access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and books and records relating to the Compression Services Business and to any other information necessary to prepare the Closing Statement. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP (as defined in Section 2.5), applied on a basis consistent with the 1999 Statement of the Company for such purposesNet Assets (as defined in Section 2.5).
(b) Within thirty Buyer shall, within forty-five (3045) 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 delivery by Seller of the Closing Statement and calculation of the Net Assets Amount, complete its review of the Closing Statement and the calculation of such Statement Net Assets Amount. In the event that Buyer determines that the Net Assets Amount has not been determined on a basis consistent with the requirements of ObjectionsSection 1.11(a), any remaining disputes Buyer shall inform Seller in writing (the "Objection"), setting forth a specific description of the basis of the Objection, the adjustments to the Net Assets Amount which Buyer believes should be made, and Buyer's calculation of the Net Assets Amount on or before the last day of such 45-day period and Buyer shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (deemed to have accepted any items not disputed in the “Accounting Firm”)Objection. The Accounting Firm Failure to so notify Seller shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm constitute acceptance and approval of Seller's calculation of the materials delivered by Net Assets Amount. Seller shall then have 30 days from the date it receives the Objection to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) review and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser respond 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashObjection. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Assets Amount calculated by Buyer and the Estimated Closing Net CashAssets Amount calculated by Seller are both less than sixty-nine million eight hundred eighty-three thousand dollars ($69,883,000) (the "Base Amount"), Purchaser Seller shall pay an amount equal to Seller fifty percent the sum of (50%x) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent the deficiency between the Base Amount and the Net Assets Amount calculated by Seller plus (y) interest computed at the rate declared from time to interest thereon at a rate equal to time by The Chase Manhattan Bank as its "prime rate" (the LIBOR Rate "Prime Rate") for the period from the Closing Date to the date of paymentsuch payment on the deficiency amount, in immediately available funds or, at the option of Seller, by paying 50% of such deficiency amount in immediately available funds and 50% of such deficiency amount by delivering shares of Hanover Stock to Buyer with an aggregate value (based on the value used in the determination of the Stock Purchase Price pursuant to Section 1.7) equal to 50% of such deficiency amount within 3 business days of Seller's receipt of Buyer's Objection. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Assets Amount calculated by Buyer and the Closing Net CashAssets Amount calculated by Seller are both greater than the Base Amount, Seller Buyer shall pay an amount equal to Purchaser fifty percent the sum of (50%1) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to the excess of the Net Assets Amount calculated by Buyer over the Base Amount plus (2) interest thereon computed at a rate equal to the LIBOR Prime Rate for the period from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder on the excess amount, in immediately available funds to Seller within 3 business days of Seller's receipt of Buyer's Objection. Seller shall then have 30 days from the date it receives the Objection to review and respond to the Objection. If Seller and Buyer are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within 30 days following the completion of Seller's review of the Objection, after having used their good faith efforts to reach a resolution, they shall refer their remaining differences to the CPA Firm, who shall, acting as experts in accounting and not as arbitrators, determine on a basis consistent with the requirements of Section 1.11(a), and only with respect to the specific remaining accounting related differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Net Assets Amount requires adjustment. Seller and Buyer shall request the CPA Firm to use its best efforts to render its determination within 45 days. The CPA Firm's determination shall be made conclusive and binding upon Seller and Buyer. Seller and Buyer shall make reasonably available to the CPA Firm all relevant books and records, any work papers (including those of the parties' respective accountants) and supporting documentation relating to the Closing Statement, the calculation of the Net Assets Amount and all other items reasonably requested by the CPA Firm. The applicable Net Assets Amount (the "Final Net Assets Amount") shall ultimately be equal to (i) the Net Assets Amount in the event that (x) no Objection is delivered to Seller during the 45-day period specified above, or (y) Seller and Buyer so agree, (ii) the applicable Net Assets Amount, adjusted in accordance with Section 9.04 the Objection in the event that Seller does not respond to the Objection within five (5) Business Days after final determination the 30-day period following receipt by Seller of the Statement Objection, or (iii) the applicable Net Assets Amount, as adjusted by either (x) the agreement of Seller and Buyer or (y) the CPA Firm. All fees and disbursements of the CPA Firm, if any, shall be shared equally by Seller and Buyer.
(c) If the Final Net Assets Amount is less than the Base Amount, Seller shall pay an amount equal to an account designated the difference of (x) the amount of such deficiency minus (y) any amounts paid by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Section 1.11(b)(x) (such difference, the "Remaining Deficiency Amount"), plus (z) interest computed at the Prime Rate for the period from the Closing Date to the date of such payment on the Remaining Deficiency Amount, in writing by Purchaser or immediately available funds or, at the option of Seller, as the case may be.by paying 50% of such Remaining Deficiency Amount
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Purchase Price Adjustment. 5.3.1. Within thirty (a) Within ninety (9030) days after the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Buyer’s calculation, as of the close Closing Date, of business on that portion of the Closing Date Inventory which consists of finished goods (the “Closing Net CashInventory”) 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 prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided(i.e., however, that nothing in this sentence GAAP) inventory valuation principles and methodologies. Seller 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.
have ten (b) Within thirty (3010) days after receipt of Xxxxx’s Closing Inventory calculation to notify Buyer of any disputes regarding the StatementClosing Inventory calculation. During the 10-day review period, Purchaser Seller shall deliver have full access to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, Xxxxx’s work papers and to the Statement (persons who prepared the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Inventory calculation. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement Seller notifies Buyer of Objections any good faith disputes in accordance with this Section 5.3.1, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith in an effort to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesresolve those disputes. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections the Parties are unable 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 dispute within thirty (30) days after receipt by Xxxxx receives notice, then either party may submit that dispute for resolution to an accountant with an independent accounting firm of recognized national or regional standing mutually acceptable to Buyer and Seller and, unless the Accounting Firm parties otherwise agree, which accountant is not then providing, and has not provided at any time during the period commencing two years prior to the Closing Date through the date of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller its determination pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)5.3.1, which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser services to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration any of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentenceBuyer, Seller, or any of their respective Affiliates. The resolution of disputes any dispute by the Accounting Firm that accounting firm shall be set forth in writing rendered within thirty (30) days after submission of the dispute to the accounting firm and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, Parties. The substantially non-prevailing Party shall be responsible for the fees and costs of the Statementaccounting firm.
5.3.2. If the Closing Inventory, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash determined in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)5.3.1 above, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashInventory, then Seller shall pay to Buyer the amount of the deficiency. If the Closing Net Cash Inventory, as determined in accordance with Section 5.3.1, exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashInventory, Purchaser then Buyer shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentexcess amount. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder All payments under this subsection shall be made within ten (10) days (1) after conclusion of the 10-day review period described in accordance with Section 9.04 within five 5.3.1 or, (52) Business Days if Seller notifies Buyer of a dispute under Section 5.3.1, after final determination resolution of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Sellerany disputes under Section 5.3.1. For purposes of this Section 5.3.2, as the case may be.“
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Scott's Liquid Gold - Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety sixty (9060) days after the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash as Purchaser's good faith determination 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 individual elements 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 Purchase Price 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 shalldefinition thereof, 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 purposesfinal Purchase Price resulting therefrom as proposed by Purchaser.
(b) Within Unless Seller, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the StatementClosing Statement gives Purchaser a notice objecting thereto (“Notice of Objection”), such Closing Statement and the final Purchase Price resulting therefrom shall be binding upon Purchaser and Seller. Any Notice of Objection shall deliver to Seller specify in reasonable detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted. If a written statement describing its objectionstimely Notice of Objection is given, if any, to then the Closing Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement as revised in accordance with clause (1) or (2) below) shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the earlier of (1) the date Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Objection and (2) the date any matters in dispute are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. If During the thirty (30) days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Objection, Seller and Purchaser delivers a Statement shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Objections Objection. During any period of dispute, Seller shall have full access during reasonable business hours and upon written notice to Seller within the working papers and records of Purchaser, the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and their respective representatives relating to the matters described in the Notice of Objection. At the end of such thirty-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to the parties cannot Accounting Firm for review and resolution any and all matters (but only such matters) which remain in dispute and which were included in the Notice of Objection. Purchaser and Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm to review and resolve any and all matters (but only such objection within ten matters) which remain in dispute and which were included in the Notice of Objection. Purchaser and Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm to make a final determination of the items included in the Closing Statement (10to the extent such amounts are in dispute) Business Days after in accordance with the receipt by guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement. Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate with the Accounting Firm during the term of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”)its engagement. The Accounting Firm shall not assign a value to any item in dispute greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by Purchaser, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, or less than the smallest value for such item assigned by Purchaser, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand. The Accounting Firm shall make its determination based solely on presentations made, and other materials submitted, by Purchaser and Seller that are in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement (i.e., not on the basis of an independent review). The Closing Statement and the resulting final Purchase Price shall become final and binding on the parties hereto on the date the Accounting Firm delivers its final resolution in writing to Purchaser and Seller (which final resolution shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within delivered, if feasible, not more than thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm following submission of such disputed matters). All 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser borne by the party (i.e., Seller, on the one hand, or Purchaser, on the other hand) that assigned amounts to items in dispute that were, on a net basis, furthest in amount from the amount finally resolved by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with this Section 2.2(b), as determined by reference to the final Purchase Price. (By way of example only of the application of the immediately preceding sentence: if (x) Seller assigns values to the disputed items submitted to the Accounting Firm in accordance with this Section 2.2(b) such determinationthat the Purchase Price set forth in the Closing Statement would be increased by $500,000 if the Accounting Firm resolved all of the submitted disputes in Seller's favor (to the full extent), (y) Purchaser maintains that the Purchase Price set forth in the Closing Statement is correct and (z)the Accounting Firm's final resolution of the disputed items in accordance with this Section 2.2(b) is that the Purchase Price is increased from the amount set forth in the Closing Statement by more than $250,000 (i.e., more than one half of the difference between the parties' respective total disputed amounts), then Purchaser would pay all of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm incurred by the parties under this Section 2.2(b)).
(c) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.2(b)) is greater than the Estimated Purchase Price, Purchaser shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) pay Seller the amount of the amount by which difference. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent final Purchase Price (50%as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.2(b)) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashPurchase Price, Purchaser Seller shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of Purchaser the amount of the difference. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds as follows: (i) if no Notice of Objection is delivered by Seller, such excessamount shall be paid within three (3) Business Days of the earlier of the expiration of the thirty-day period for delivery of such Notice of Objection and the date of delivery by Seller to Purchaser of a written notice that the Closing Statement will be accepted without objection; or (ii) if a Notice of Objection is delivered by Seller, together with a sum equivalent such amount shall be paid within three (3) Business Days after the date the Purchase Price is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.2(b). Any payments owed to Seller by Purchaser under this Section 2.2(c) shall be deposited in an account or accounts designated by Seller. Any payments owed to Purchaser by Seller under this Section 2.2(c) shall be deposited in an account or accounts designated by Purchaser. Any amounts not paid when required pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) shall bear interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate compounded annually from the Closing Date required date of payment to the date of payment. If actual payment at the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds prime rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank N.A. in New York, New York as of the date most recently preceding the required date of payment as its base rate.
(d) Purchaser agrees that following the Closing Net Cashit will not take any actions with respect to the Company's and the Company's Subsidiaries' accounting books, Seller shall pay records, policies and procedures for periods up to Purchaser fifty percent and including the Closing Date that have the effect of materially obstructing or preventing Seller's preparation of any Notice of Objection as provided in this Section 2.2(d).
(50%e) In the event that the aggregate amount of accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to the customer set forth on Schedule 2.2(e) (which accounts as of the date of this Agreement total approximately $874,351.00), as set forth on Schedule 2.2(e) and reflected on the Closing Statement (the “Designated A/R”) is in excess of the aggregate amount actually collected by the Purchaser in respect of such excessDesignated A/R as of the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date (such uncollected amount, together with a sum equivalent the “Uncollected A/R Amount”), then Purchaser shall be entitled to interest thereon at a rate be promptly paid from the Indemnity Escrow Amount an amount equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date Uncollected A/R Amount. The amount paid pursuant to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder prior sentence shall not be made in accordance with Section 9.04 included within five (5) Business Days after final determination the calculation of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser Basket Amount or Seller, as the case may beDeductible.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 90 calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Seller a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close Closing Date reflecting the Cash Purchase Price and the calculation thereof (the "Final Statement"). The elements of business the definition of Cash Purchase Price contained in the Final Statement shall be derived from consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and for the period commencing on January 1, 1997 and ended on the Closing Date (the “"Company's Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03Financial Statements"), together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller which 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 be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsaccounting principles applied consistently with those used to prepare the Company's Financial Statements; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining the Cash Purchase Price, the assets consisting of any cash and cash equivalents paid by the Company to the Seller pursuant to Section 1.2(d) hereof, any Intercompany Receivable to be forgiven pursuant to Section 1.2(e) hereof and the liability consisting of any Intercompany Payable to be forgiven pursuant to Section 1.2(e) hereof shall be excluded from the Company's Closing Financial Statements. The determination of the Cash Purchase Price shall be consistent with the methodology exemplified in Annex A attached hereto and that nothing by this reference is incorporated herein. The Buyer shall provide the Seller with access to copies of all work papers and other relevant documents to verify the entries contained in this sentence the Final Statement. The Seller shall either change have a period of 15 calendar days after delivery to it of the definition of Net Cash from that set forth Final Statement to review it and make any objections the Seller may have in Section 2.03 writing to the Buyer. If written objections to the Final Statement are delivered to the Buyer within such 15 day period, then the Buyer and the Seller shall attempt to resolve the matter or extend matters in dispute. If no written objections are made within the time frame period provided above, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller, in accordance with Section 1.2(c) hereof, the aggregate amount, if any, by which Seller must deliver the Statement to Purchaser. After Cash Purchase Price exceeds 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 Payment and the conduct of the audit and Seller shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times pay to the personnelBuyer, properties and books and records in accordance with Section 1.2(c) hereof, the aggregate amount, if any, by which the Closing Payment exceeds the Cash Purchase Price, in each case on the third Business Day following the end of the Company for such purposes15 day period.
(b) Within thirty (30) If disputes exist with respect to the Final Statement and cannot be resolved by the Buyer and the Seller within 15 calendar days after receipt the delivery of the objections to the Final Statement, Purchaser then the specific matters in dispute shall deliver be submitted to such independent accounting firm as may be approved by the Buyer and the Seller, which firm shall render its opinion as to such matters. Based on such opinion, such independent accounting firm will then send to the Buyer and the Seller a written statement describing its objectionsdetermination on the specific matters in dispute, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. On the third Business Day following delivery of such opinion to the Buyer and the Seller, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller, in accordance with Section 1.2(c) hereof, the aggregate amount, 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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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 the Closing Date, Purchaser (with the assistance of NAI to the extent requested by Purchaser) will, at its own expense, review the calculation of Modified Working Capital as of the Statementopening of business on the Closing Date delivered by NAI at the Closing. Upon completion of such review, if Purchaser determines that NAI's calculation of Modified Working Capital was in error, as calculated in accordance with GAAP and the terms of this Agreement, then Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing NAI its objections, if any, to the Statement revised calculation of such Modified Working Capital amount (the “Statement "Calculation").
(b) NAI may, within ten (10) business days after delivery of Objections”the Calculation, deliver a notice to Purchaser disagreeing with Purchaser's calculation of the Modified Working Capital as of the opening of business on the Closing Date (an "Objection Notice"). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller receive an Objection Notice within such thirty10-business day period, the Statement Modified Working Capital amount set forth in the Calculation pursuant to Section 2.6(a) shall be deemed to have been accepted by NAI and shall become final and binding upon Purchaser and Sellers. The Objection Notice shall specify those items and amounts as to which NAI proposes changes, including an explanation in reasonable detail of the partiesbasis on which NAI proposes such changes, and Sellers shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the Calculation.
(c) If an Objection Notice shall have been timely received by Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.6(b), Purchaser shall then have ten (10) business days from the date of receipt to review and respond to the Objection Notice. NAI and the Purchaser agree to attempt in good faith to STARBURST ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT resolve any disagreements with respect to the determination of the Modified Working Capital as of the opening of business on the Closing Date by means of (x) direct communication between the chief financial officer of NAI and an equivalent officer of Purchaser for five (5) business days, and (y) if they are unable to resolve all disagreements, direct communication between the chief executive officer of NAI and an equivalent officer of Purchaser for five (5) business days. If following these procedures NAI and Purchaser delivers a Statement are unable to resolve all disagreements with respect to the Modified Working Capital calculation, they may refer, at the option of Objections either party, their remaining differences to Seller within such thirty-day periodan internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected jointly by NAI and Purchaser and who has no material financial relationship with either NAI or Purchaser, who shall determine solely with respect to the differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the parties cannot resolve any such objection Modified Working Capital amount set forth in the Calculation requires adjustment. If NAI and Purchaser are unable to so select independent public accountants within ten (10) Business Days after business days of the receipt date of the decision to refer the disagreement to such accountants, either NAI or the Purchaser may thereafter request that the American Arbitration Association make such selection (as applicable, the firm selected by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved NAI and Purchaser or the firm selected by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting American Arbitration Association is referred to as the "CPA Firm”"). The Accounting NAI and Purchaser shall direct the CPA Firm (i) that it shall be instructed not assign a value to resolve any particular item greater than the greatest value for such disputes item claimed by NAI or Purchaser or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by NAI or Purchaser, in each case as presented to the CPA Firm, and (ii) to use its best efforts to render its determination 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 sentencedays. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and CPA Firm's determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Sellers and Purchaser. The fees and disbursements of the partiesCPA Firm shall be shared equally by NAI and Purchaser. NAI and Purchaser shall make readily available to the CPA Firm all relevant books and records relating to the calculation of Modified Working Capital as of the as of the opening of business on the Closing Date and all other items reasonably requested by the CPA Firm.
(d) Sellers shall grant Purchaser and its representatives reasonable access to all books and records relating to the Business, employees and facilities of Sellers and their independent accountants that are reasonably necessary to enable Purchaser to prepare the Calculation. Sellers agree to cooperate, and the Statementshall not interfere, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest directly or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statementindirectly, in the case preparation of Sellerthe Calculation. Purchaser shall give Sellers and their representatives reasonable access to all books, or in records, employees and facilities of Purchaser and its independent accounts and shall otherwise cooperate with Sellers to the Statement extent reasonably necessary for purposes of Objectionsreviewing, in verifying and auditing the case Calculation.
(e) Based on the Final Modified Working Capital Calculation (defined below), the Modified Working Capital as of Purchaserthe opening of business on the Closing Date shall be recalculated. The Accounting Firm To the extent NAI shall have no right been overpaid or Purchaser shall have underpaid on the Closing Date, as applicable, NAI shall pay to make any determination with respect Purchaser or Purchaser shall pay to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no NAI an amount in cash equal to such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller overpayment or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash deficiency in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of 2.6(f) within two (2) business days following the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement Final Modified Working Capital Calculation. The term "Final Modified Working Capital Calculation" means the Modified Working Capital amount (i) as shown in NAI's calculation delivered pursuant to Section 9.3(b) at the Closing if Purchaser does not deliver the Calculation pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (ii) as shown in the Calculation pursuant STARBURST ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT to Section 2.6(a) if no Objection Notice is timely received pursuant to Section 2.6(b), or (iii) if an account designated in writing by Purchaser or SellerObjection Notice is timely received, as determined by the case may beprocedures set forth in Section 2.6(c).
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller Parent shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Jxx Xxxxxxxxx (the "REPRESENTATIVE") a statement (the “Statement”"STATEMENT"), certified by the independent auditor of the Company, setting forth the Net Cash Amount as of the close of business on the Closing Date ("CLOSING NET CASH AMOUNT").
(b) (i) During 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 60-day period following the Representative's receipt of the Statement, Seller the Representative and his independent auditors shall have be permitted to review the right, but not the obligation, working papers relating 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 other books and records of the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of reasonably requested by the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Representative. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 60th day following delivery thereof, unless the Representative gives written notice of his disagreement with the Statement (a "NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT") to Parent prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a Notice of Disagreement is received by Parent in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Parent and the Company on the earlier of Objections (A) the date Parent and the Representative resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to Seller within the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Parent and the Representative shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such thirty30-day period, Parent 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 Representative shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”)"ACCOUNTING FIRM") for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt a firm agreed upon by the Accounting Firm of Representative, the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) Company and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall Parent in writing. Judgment may 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 and binding entered upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for in any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, court having jurisdiction over the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no party against which such determination with respect is to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationenforced.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Advanced Technology Industries Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after No less than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver a notice to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting which sets forth the Net Cash Seller's good faith estimate of Working Capital as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “"Estimated Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestWorking Capital"). 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 Within 30 days after the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, shall prepare and shall cause the Company to, assist deliver to Seller and its representatives in the preparation a statement setting forth Working Capital as of the Statement and close of business on the conduct day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the "Initial WC Statement"). During the 30 days immediately following Seller's receipt of the audit and shall provide Initial WC Statement, Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times will be permitted to review Purchaser's working papers relating to the personnelInitial WC Statement, properties all of Purchaser's and each Company's books and records with respect thereto and such other books and records of the Purchaser and each Company for as Seller may reasonably request in connection with 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”)review. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Initial WC Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties (and shall thereupon become the Final WC Statement) on the 31st day following receipt thereof by Seller, unless Seller shall provide a written notice (the "Notice of Disagreement") of its disagreement with the Initial WC Statement to Purchaser prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a timely Notice of Disagreement is received by Purchaser, then the Initial WC Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10as revised in accordance with clause (x) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes or (y) below) 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 become final and binding upon the parties, and shall thereupon become the "Final WC Statement", on the earlier of (x) the date on which the parties hereto resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement, and agree upon a Final WC Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon or (y) the date on which the Accounting Firm finally resolves in writing any matters with respect to the Initial WC Statement that are properly in dispute by providing each of the parties hereto with a Final WC Statement. During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing (and thereby agree on a Final WC Statement) any differences which they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period, Purchaser shall have access to the working papers of Seller prepared in connection with Seller's preparation of the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such resolution. The determination of 30-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to the Accounting Firm for review and resolution any item and all matters which remain in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item and which were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement (the Initial WC Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right as it may be modified by Purchaser prior to make any determination with respect submission to the undisputed portions Accounting Firm, being the "Submitted WC Statement", and the Notice of Disagreement, as it may be modified by Seller prior to submission to the Accounting Firm, being the "Submitted Notice of Disagreement"), and, within 30 days of its receipt of the StatementSubmitted Notice of Disagreement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between make a final determination, binding on the parties hereto, of Working Capital as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date. Purchaser and Seller and Purchaser by shall share equally the cost of the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s Firm's review and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(ci) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the If Closing Net Cash Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashWorking Capital, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent an amount equal to such excess or (50%ii) of the if Estimated Closing Working Capital exceeds Closing Working Capital, then Seller shall pay to Purchaser an amount of equal to such excess, in either case within 10 Business Days after the Final WC Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentpayment at the rate of interest publicly announced by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its base rate. If the Closing Working Capital is equal to Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Working Capital, then neither Purchaser nor Seller shall owe any amount to the other party pursuant to this Section 2.06.
(c) Purchaser agrees that following the Closing Net Cashthrough the date that payment, if any, is made pursuant to Section 2.06(b), it will not, and will cause the Companies not to, take any actions with respect to any accounting books, records, policy or procedure on which the Initial WC Statement is to be based that are inconsistent with past practices of Seller shall pay or that would make it impossible or impracticable to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) calculate Working Capital in the manner utilizing the methods required hereby. Without limiting the generality of the amount of such excessforegoing, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder no changes shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination any reserve or other account existing as of the Statement to an account designated date of the Reference Balance Sheet(s) except as a result of events occurring after the date of the Reference Balance Sheet(s) and, in writing by Purchaser or such event, only in a manner consistent with the past practices of Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after No less than two ------------------------- Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver a notice to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting which sets forth the Net Cash Seller's good faith estimate of Working Capital as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “"Estimated Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestWorking Capital"). 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 Within 30 days after the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, --------------------------------- Purchaser shall, shall prepare and shall cause the Company to, assist deliver to Seller and its representatives in the preparation a statement setting forth Working Capital as of the Statement and close of business on the conduct day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the "Initial WC Statement"). During the 30 days immediately following --------------------- Seller's receipt of the audit and shall provide Initial WC Statement, Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times will be permitted to review Purchaser's working papers relating to the personnelInitial WC Statement, properties all of Purchaser's and each Company's books and records with respect thereto and such other books and records of the Purchaser and each Company for as Seller may reasonably request in connection with 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”)review. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Initial WC Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties (and shall thereupon become the Final WC Statement) on the 31st day following receipt thereof by Seller, unless Seller shall provide a written notice (the "Notice of Disagreement") of its disagreement ---------------------- with the Initial WC Statement to Purchaser prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a timely Notice of Disagreement is received by Purchaser, then the Initial WC Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10as revised in accordance with clause (x) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes or (y) below) 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 become final and binding upon the parties, and shall thereupon become the "Final WC Statement", on the earlier of (x) the date on ------------------ which the parties hereto resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement, and agree upon a Final WC Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon or (y) the date on which the Accounting Firm finally resolves in writing any matters with respect to the Initial WC Statement that are properly in dispute by providing each of the parties hereto with a Final WC Statement. During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing (and thereby agree on a Final WC Statement) any differences which they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period, Purchaser shall have access to the working papers of Seller prepared in connection with Seller 's preparation of the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such resolution. The determination of 30-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to the Accounting Firm for review and resolution any item and all matters which remain in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item and which were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement (the Initial WC Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right as it may be modified by Purchaser prior to make any determination with respect submission to the undisputed portions Accounting Firm, being the "Submitted WC Statement", and the Notice of ---------------------- Disagreement, as it may be modified by Seller prior to submission to the Accounting Firm, being the "Submitted Notice of Disagreement"), and, within 30 -------------------------------- days of its receipt of the StatementSubmitted Notice of Disagreement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between make a final determination, binding on the parties hereto, of Working Capital as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date. Purchaser and Seller and Purchaser by shall share equally the cost of the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s Firm's review and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(ci) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the If Closing Net Cash Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashWorking Capital, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent an amount equal to such excess or (50%ii) of the if Estimated Closing Working Capital exceeds Closing Working Capital, then Seller shall pay to Purchaser an amount of equal to such excess, in either case within 10 Business Days after the Final WC Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentpayment at the rate of interest publicly announced by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its base rate. If the Closing Working Capital is equal to Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Working Capital, then neither Purchaser nor Seller shall owe any amount to the other party pursuant to this Section 2.06.
(c) Purchaser agrees that following the Closing Net Cashthrough the date that payment, if any, is made pursuant to Section 2.06(b), it will not, and will cause the Companies not to, take any actions with respect to any accounting books, records, policy or procedure on which the Initial WC Statement is to be based that are inconsistent with past practices of Seller shall pay or that would make it impossible or impracticable to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) calculate Working Capital in the manner utilizing the methods required hereby. Without limiting the generality of the amount of such excessforegoing, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder no changes shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination any reserve or other account existing as of the Statement to an account designated date of the Reference Balance Sheet(s) except as a result of events occurring after the date of the Reference Balance Sheet(s) and, in writing by Purchaser or such event, only in a manner consistent with the past practices of Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety No less than three (903) days after Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and the Company will deliver a statement to Purchaser a statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date ) containing (the “Closing Net Cash”i) 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 estimated balance sheet of the Company as of 11:59 p.m. on 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 day immediately prior to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request(ii) the Estimated Company Cash, Purchaser shallEstimated Company Indebtedness and Estimated Company Transaction Expenses, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation (iii) a calculation of the Initial Closing Cash Consideration calculated with reference thereto. The Estimated Closing Statement and the conduct of calculations and determinations related thereto will be prepared in good faith from 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 Company’s books and records of and calculated in accordance with the Company for such purposesAccounting Principles.
(b) Within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”) containing (i) the actual balance sheet of the Company as of 11:59 p.m. on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date, (ii) the actual amounts of Company Cash, Company Indebtedness and Company Transaction Expenses as of such time, and (iii) a calculation of the Final Closing Cash Consideration. The Closing Statement and the calculations and determinations related thereto will be prepared in good faith from the Company’s books and records and calculated in accordance with the Accounting Principles.
(c) If the Seller disagrees with any aspect of the Closing Statement, the Seller may, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller Purchaser a written statement describing its objections, if any, notice setting forth in reasonable detail any dispute that the Seller has with respect to the Closing Statement and the basis for such dispute (the a “Statement of ObjectionsClosing Date Dispute”). If Purchaser the Seller does not deliver so notify Purchaser of a dispute with respect to the Closing Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day thirty (30)-day period, the such Closing Statement shall become final will be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties. In the event of any notification of a dispute, Pxxxxxxxx and the Seller will negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute.
(d) If Purchaser and the Seller, notwithstanding such good faith effort, fail to resolve such dispute within fifteen (15) days after the Seller notifies Purchaser of his objections, then Purchaser and the Seller jointly will engage a nationally or regionally recognized accounting firm that is not presently providing and has not provided either party or their Affiliates with services in the last four (4) years as mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and the Seller (the “Arbitration Firm”) to resolve such dispute. As promptly as practicable thereafter, Purchaser and the Seller will prepare and submit presentations to the Arbitration Firm (the “Dispute Presentations”). Purchaser and the Seller will cause the Arbitration Firm to promptly resolve only those items remaining in dispute between the Parties in accordance with the provisions of this ARTICLE 2 within the range of the difference between Purchaser’s position with respect thereto and the Seller’s position with respect thereto based solely upon the partiesinformation set forth in the Dispute Presentations. The costs of any fees and expenses of the Arbitration Firm and of any enforcement of the determination thereof, will be borne by the Parties in inverse proportion as they may prevail on the matters resolved by the Arbitration Firm, which proportionate allocation will be calculated on an aggregate basis based on the relative dollar values of the amounts in dispute and will be determined by the Arbitration Firm at the time the determination of such firm is rendered on the merits of the matters submitted. All determinations made by the Arbitration Firm will be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties.
(e) If the Final Closing Cash Consideration (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3(c) or Section 2.3(d)) is less than the Initial Closing Cash Consideration (the amount of such deficiency is referred to herein as the “Deficiency”), then an aggregate amount in cash equal to the Deficiency will be payable to Purchaser delivers a Statement by the Seller by wire transfer of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within immediately available funds no later than ten (10) Business Days after following the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (date on which 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 Final Closing Cash Consideration is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.04(a2.3(c) and by Purchaser to Seller or Section 2.3(d).
(f) If the Final Closing Cash Consideration (as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.04(b2.3(c) or Section 2.3(d)) is greater than the Initial Closing Cash Consideration, which materials then Purchaser shall pay or cause to be delivered by Seller and Purchaser paid to the Accounting Firm within five Seller an aggregate amount equal to such excess by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than ten (510) Business Days following the expiration of date on which the ten Final Closing Cash Consideration is finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3(c) or Section 2.3(d).
(10g) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm Any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, except to the extent that applicable Tax Law does not permit such treatment, and the Parties agree to file their Tax Returns accordingly, except as otherwise required by a change in applicable Law after the Closing Date or a Final Determination.
(h) For purposes of complying with the terms set forth in writing this Section 2.3, each Party shall reasonably cooperate with and make available to the other Party and its respective accountants and other representatives all information, records, data and working papers, and shall be conclusive permit access to its records, facilities and binding upon the parties, and the Statementpersonnel, as modified by such resolutionmay be reasonably requested in connection with this Section 2.3, shall become final and binding upon including the date resolution of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beDispute.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a statement showing its good faith estimate of the amount of Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Estimated Working Capital Statement”).
(b) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller the Purchaser shall cause the Company to prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash amount of (i) Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) and (ii) the total revenues of the Business determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestGAAP for the month of October 2006 (the “October Revenues”). 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 Following 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 each party shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them to the other party (including to such party’s independent auditors) access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and properties, books and records of the Company such party for such purposespurpose. Seller and its independent auditors may participate in the preparation of the Closing Statement. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s historical accounting principles, methodologies and judgments, except that no effect shall be given to, and the Closing Statement shall not reflect (a) the effect (including any Tax effect) of any act, event or transaction occurring between the actual time of Closing and the close of business on the Closing Date, including any transaction between the Seller and Purchaser or relating to Purchaser’s financing of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) any transaction occurring on the Closing Date between the Company and the Purchaser or any of Purchaser’s Affiliates or (c) any purchase, accounting or other similar adjustments resulting from the consummation of the Transaction.
(bc) Within thirty (30) days after During the 30 day period following Seller’s receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser Seller shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers of the Company relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following delivery thereof, unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement with the Closing Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Purchaser prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted, and (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on any failure of Closing Working Capital or the October Revenues to have been calculated in accordance with this Section 1.04. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Notice 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 Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm of Purchaser in a timely manner, then the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aClosing Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the Seller and Purchaser on the earlier of (A) the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination disagreements with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (B) the Statementdate any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the 30 day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Seller and no such determination Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any disagreements with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period each party shall have access to the working papers of the other parties prepared in connection with the preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement or any Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such 30 day period, the Seller and Purchaser shall be binding on Seller or Purchasersubmit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash such nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the Seller and Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.03writing. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between borne equally by the Seller and Purchaser. If any disputed items are referred to the Accounting Firm, then such disputed items (and any resulting adjustment to the Closing Statement) shall be finally and conclusively, for all purposes hereafter, be as determined by the Accounting Firm. Such determination (the “Accountants’ Determination”) shall be (A) in writing, (B) furnished to the Seller and Purchaser by as soon as practicable after the items in dispute have been referred to the Accounting Firm based on (which the degree parties shall request shall not be later than sixty (60) days thereafter), (C) made in a manner that is consistent with the prescribed manner of preparation of the Closing Statement pursuant to which Section 1.04 and (D) non-appealable and incontestable by the Seller, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, and not subject to collateral attack for any reason. Any fees and disbursements of the Seller’s independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Closing Statement and preparation of any Notice of Disagreement shall be borne by the Seller, and any fees and disbursements of Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful independent auditors incurred in connection with their preparation of the Closing Statement and review of any Notice of Disagreement shall be paid borne by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationPurchaser.
(d) Following the final determination of the amount of the Closing Working Capital pursuant to subsection (c) Upon above (the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b“Final Determination Date”), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which Closing Working Capital exceeds $0 (the Closing Net Cash exceeds “Target Working Capital Amount”), and the Estimated Closing Net Cash or Purchase Price shall be decreased by fifty percent (50%i) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashTarget Working Capital Amount and (ii) the product of (x) 6.6 and (y) the positive difference, if any, between (A) 0.70 multiplied by $3,099,000 and (B) and the amount of the October Revenues (the Purchase Price as so increased or decreased is hereinafter referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount (plus the Estimated Closing Net Cashinitial amount of the General Escrow) is less than the Adjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay shall, and if the Closing Date Amount (plus the initial amount of the General Escrow) is greater than the Adjusted Purchase Price, the Seller shall, within 10 Business Days after the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, make a payment to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the other by wire transfer in immediately available U.S. funds in the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent difference. Any amounts owed by the Seller pursuant to interest thereon at a rate equal this Section 1.04(d) shall be paid out of General Escrow pursuant to the LIBOR Rate from Escrow Agreement to the extent the funds of the General Escrow remain available for such purpose (i.e. not previously released and not subject to pending claims). Any amounts owed by the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.04(d) shall be paid to Purchaser and any amounts owed by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 1.04(d) shall be paid to the Seller.
(e) The parties acknowledge that the Seller intends to cause all Cash held by the Company to be distributed to the Seller prior to the Closing.
(f) The term “Working Capital” means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities. The term “Current Assets” means current assets, excluding Cash, and the term “Current Liabilities” means the current liabilities (including any liabilities for income or franchise taxes of the Company based on current period events occurring through the Closing Date up to the date Closing), in each case, of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Company, calculated in the same way, using the same methods, as the line items on the Latest Balance Sheet (as defined in Section 2.05) as of the Closing Net CashDate, Seller shall pay except as described below and subject to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made adjustment in accordance with Exhibit B and consistent with Working Capital as calculated on the Latest Balance Sheet set forth on Exhibit C. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Closing Working Capital shall be calculated in the same way, using the same methods, as the line items comprising Working Capital on the Latest Balance Sheet, in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), except as described below and subject to adjustment in accordance with Exhibit B and consistent with Working Capital as calculated on the Latest Balance Sheet set forth on Exhibit C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Current Liabilities shall not include (A) any portion of Funded Indebtedness, (B) any intercompany payables between the Company and the Seller, (C) any liabilities associated with the Company Benefit Plans (including for accrued vacation), (D) any liabilities for all costs and expenses described in Section 9.04 within five 5.06 as paid or otherwise satisfied by the Seller, (5E) Business Days after any liabilities incurred by Purchaser in connection with financing the Transaction, (F) any liabilities incurred by the Purchaser in connection with any transaction between or among Purchaser, the Company and any third party occurring between the actual time of Closing and the close of business on the Closing Date, (G) any current and non-current deferred tax liabilities, (H) deferred revenue (except to the extent of customer prepayment for services rendered), and (I) any negative leasehold liabilities and (ii) Current Assets shall not include (A) prepaid income taxes or income tax refunds receivable, (B) any current and non-current deferred tax assets, (C) any intercompany receivables between the Company and the Seller, or (D) any accounts receivable from hosting customers more than 61 days past due (in excess of corresponding reserves) (the “61 Day Receivables”) for purposes of the Estimated Working Capital Statement (provided that any such accounts receivable excluded for purposes of the Estimated Working Capital Statement shall be included in the determination of Closing Working Capital to the extent collected prior to the final determination of the Statement Closing Working Capital pursuant to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may besubsection (c) above).
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Globix Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) (i) Within ninety (90) 30 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Company as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date and a statement (the “Seller Statement”) setting forth Tangible Net Worth as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Closing Tangible Net CashWorth”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03and Accounts Receivable as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (“Closing Accounts Receivable”), together with any supporting information a certificate of Seller that the Seller Statement has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of this Section 1.04. Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing shall assist, and shall cause the StatementCompany and the Subsidiaries to assist, Seller shall have in the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit preparation of the balance sheet Seller Statement and shall provide Seller reasonable access to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company as and the Subsidiaries relevant for such purpose. Purchaser and Purchaser’s independent auditors may participate in the preparation of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsSeller Statement; provided, however, that nothing Purchaser acknowledges that Seller shall have the primary responsibility and authority for preparing the Seller Statement.
(ii) If the Closing occurs prior to 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2005, on or prior to August 15, 2005, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Seller a statement (the “Purchaser Statement” and, together with the Seller Statement, collectively the “Statements” and individually a “Statement”), setting forth Accounts Receivable as of the close of business on July 29, 2005 (the “July 29 A/R Amount”), together with a certificate of Purchaser that the Purchaser Statement has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of this sentence shall either change Section 1.04. The parties acknowledge that the definition of Net Cash from that July 29 A/R Amount set forth in Section 2.03 or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver Purchaser Statement may be based on Purchaser’s assumption that the Statement to Purchaser. After amount of the Closing DateAccounts Receivable as reflected in the Company’s books and records on the Closing Date or in the Seller Statement, at as applicable, is correct and that in any Notice of Disagreement which may be delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to paragraph (b) below, Purchaser may revise its calculation of the July 29 A/R Amount to reflect the effect thereon of any disagreement raised by Purchaser with respect to the Closing Accounts Receivable as set forth in the Seller Statement. Seller and Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives independent auditors may participate in the preparation of the Statement Purchaser Statement; provided, however, that Seller acknowledges that Purchaser shall have the primary responsibility and authority for preparing 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 purposesPurchaser Statement.
(b) Within thirty (During the 30) days after -day period following the later of the date of Purchaser’s receipt of the StatementSeller Statement and the date of Seller’s receipt of the Purchaser Statement (such later date, Purchaser the “Trigger Date”), each party and its independent auditors shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers relating to the Statement (prepared by the “Statement of Objections”)other party and each party shall provide to the other party and its independent auditors reasonable access to its personnel, properties, books and records relevant for such purpose. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Each Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following the Trigger Date, unless the party that received such Statement gives written notice of its disagreement with such Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the party that prepared such Statement prior to such 30th day following the Trigger Date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted, (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or (A) in the case of a disagreement by Purchaser with the Seller Statement, based on Closing Tangible Net Worth or Closing Accounts Receivable not being calculated in accordance with this Section 1.04 (and Purchaser may revise its calculation of the July 29 A/R Amount set forth originally in the Purchaser Statement to reflect the effect thereon of any such disagreement with respect to the calculation of Closing Accounts Receivable set forth in the Seller Statement), or (B) in the case of a disagreement by Seller with the Purchaser Statement, based on the July 29 A/R Amount not being calculated in accordance with this Section 1.04, and (iii) be accompanied by a certificate of such party that it has complied with Section 1.04(e). If a Notice of Disagreement with respect to either Statement is received by the party that prepared such Statement in a timely manner, then such Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Seller and Purchaser delivers on the earlier of (A) the date Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period the party that prepared the relevant Statement and its auditors shall have access to the personnel, properties, books and records of Objections to Seller within the party that delivered the Notice of Disagreement and the working papers of such thirtyparty (and, if they have participated in such party’s preparation of the Notice of Disagreement, the working papers of such party’s auditors prepared in connection with their review of the Notice of Disagreement). At the end of such 30-day period, Seller 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 Purchaser shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”)) for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed Ernst & Young LLP or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to resolve act or has at that time or at any time within the preceding twelve months had any not insignificant retention by either Purchaser or Seller or their affiliates, such disputes within thirty other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the parties hereto in writing (30) days after receipt by if the parties are unable to agree, Seller and Purchaser shall each select a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm and those two firms shall select a third such firm, in which event the “Accounting Firm” shall mean the third such firm). Seller and Purchaser shall instruct the Accounting Firm to render its decision by selecting either the position of Seller or Purchaser as to each matter submitted to the materials delivered by Accounting Firm, and the Accounting Firm shall not be permitted to reach a decision as to any matter other than the position of 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 or Purchaser. Seller and Purchaser agree to use reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a decision resolving the matters submitted to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days 30 days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentencesubmission. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall Judgment may be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding entered upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for in any item court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced. Except as provided in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less thanthe next sentence, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in cost of any arbitration (including the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and reasonable attorney fees and expenses of the parties) pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be apportioned between borne by Purchaser and Seller and Purchaser in inverse proportion as they may prevail on the value of the matters determined by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations shall also be determined by the Accounting Firm based at the time the determination of the Accounting Firm is rendered on the degree merits of the matters submitted to which it. The fees and disbursements of Seller’s independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Statements and preparation, review or resolution of any Notice of Disagreement shall be borne by Seller, and the fees and disbursements of Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Statements and the preparation, review or resolution of any Notice of Disagreement shall be paid borne by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationPurchaser.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial The Purchase Price shall be (i) increased by fifty percent the amount by which Closing Tangible Net Worth exceeds $27,661,000 (50%the “TNW Amount”), provided that the Purchase Price shall not be increased by more than $3,750,000 pursuant to this clause (i), (ii) decreased by the amount by which Closing Tangible Net Worth is less than the TNW Amount, and (iii) if the Closing occurs prior to 11:59 p.m. on July 22, 2005, increased by the Applicable Percentage of the amount by which the July 29 A/R Amount exceeds Closing Net Cash exceeds Accounts Receivable, provided that the Estimated Closing Net Cash Purchase Price shall not be increased by more than $2,500,000 pursuant to this clause (iii) (the Purchase Price as so increased or decreased by fifty percent pursuant to clauses (50%i), (ii) of and (iii) shall hereinafter be referred to as the amount by which “Adjusted Purchase Price”). If the Closing Net Cash Date Amount is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If Adjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall, and if the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount is more than the Estimated Closing Net CashAdjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) shall, within 10 business days after the first date on which both Statements have become final and binding on the parties, make payment by wire transfer in immediately available funds of the amount of such excessdifference, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate rate of interest from time to time announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. as its prime rate, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365, from (x) the Closing Date to the date of payment. If , in the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds case of any such difference attributable to the difference between Seller’s estimate delivered prior to the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay pursuant to Purchaser fifty percent (50%Section 1.03(b) of the amount adjustments set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of such excessthe foregoing sentence and the final determination thereof, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate and (y) from the Closing Date July 29, 2005 to the date of payment. Any , in the case of any such payment hereunder shall be made difference attributable to the adjustment set forth in accordance with Section 9.04 within five clause (5iii) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Sellerforegoing sentence.
(d) The term “Tangible Net Worth” means Total Tangible Assets minus Total Liabilities. The term “Total Tangible Assets” means the consolidated total assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries after deducting consolidated goodwill and other intangible assets, as net, of the case may be.Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, the term “Total Liabilities” means the consolidated total liabilities of the Company and its
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after After the Closing DateClosing, Seller shall prepare and deliver a special purpose statement of the operating profit of the Business for the period from January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997 in accordance with the basis of accounting set forth in a footnote to Purchaser a such financial statement (the “"Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement”"), setting forth . To the Net Cash as of extent necessary for Seller to prepare the close of business on the Special Purpose 1997 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 Financial 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 Buyer shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them accountants full access at all reasonable times to the personnelbooks and records included in the Assets, properties to any other information in Buyer's possession or control after Closing and to Buyer's employees. Seller will cause its independent public accountants, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, to audit the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and to issue their auditors' report thereon. Seller will deliver to Buyer the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement, together with the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx audit report in draft form, within 50 calendar days after Closing. At the same time, Seller will deliver to Buyer a certificate of an officer of Seller in the form set forth as Exhibit D hereto (the "Certificate") containing a representation and warranty that the 1997 Special Purpose Financial Statement, taken in its entirety, has been prepared on a basis consistent in all material respects with the Sterno Profit and Loss Statement for the year ended 1996 that is set forth as Attachment A to Schedule 3.2 of this Agreement (the "1996 Sterno Profit & Loss Statement"). The Certificate will be delivered by Seller only for the purpose set forth in Section 2.5(c) below. Buyer shall have a 9-calendar day period to review the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement to confirm that it has been prepared in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 2.5(a). In connection with such review, Buyer and its accountants shall have the right to review the worksheets and other back-up documentation relating to the preparation of the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement and the auditors' work papers thereon, to consult with representatives of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Seller in connection therewith and to review books and records of Seller relevant to the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt preparation of the Special Purpose Financial Statement. If, 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 thirty9-day period, Buyer has not given Seller written notice of an objection to such statement, then the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement shall become final be final, binding and binding upon conclusive on the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Buyer asserts, in good faith, that the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement has not been prepared as described in the first sentence of Objections to Section 2.5(a), it must notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of the issues it disputes (the "Disputed Issues") and the basis therefor within such thirty9-day period. If Buyer and Seller are unable to reach agreement regarding the Disputed Issues within 5 calendar days after the giving of such notice by Buyer, and then the Disputed Issues shall be submitted to Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, or such other reputable independent accounting firm as 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 may agree (the “Accounting Firm”)"Accountants") for resolution, the Accountants to act as experts and not as arbitrators. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt review by the Accounting Firm Accountants will be limited to the Disputed Issues. It is expressly agreed by the parties that any issues relating to the consistency 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 Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement with the 1996 Sterno Profit & Loss Statement as represented in the Certificate will not be delivered by Seller and Purchaser submitted to the Accounting Firm within five Accountants for resolution. If one or more Disputed Issues are submitted to the Accountants for resolution: (5i) Business Days following each party will furnish to the expiration Accountants the work papers relating to the Disputed Issues and will be afforded the opportunity to present to the Accountants any material relating to the determination and to discuss the determination with the Accountants, (ii) the determination of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes Disputed Issues by the Accounting Firm shall be Accountants, as set forth in writing a written notice delivered by the Accountants to both parties will be final, binding and shall be conclusive and binding upon on the parties; and (iii) Buyer and Seller shall each bear 50% of the fees of the Accountants for such determination. The parties will instruct the Accountants to deliver their written determination no later than the tenth calendar day after the Disputed Issues are submitted to the Accountants. Upon delivery of such written determination, and the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser adjusted in accordance with such determination, shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. The time periods for preparation, review and dispute resolution regarding the 1997 Special Purpose Financial Statement set forth in this Section 2.5(a) are intended to permit Seller to finalize the financial statements to be prepared by it pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(ii) for filing by Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission without any dispute regarding the 1997 Special Purpose Financial Statement pending between the parties. Buyer acknowledges that Seller shall not be required to finalize and deliver the financial statements referred to in Section 5.1(a)(ii) while any such dispute is pending. Buyer agrees that any confidential information obtained by it regarding businesses of Seller other than the Business pursuant to the review and dispute resolution procedures set forth above in this Section 2.5(a) shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 9.10 of the Transition Agreement.
(ci) Upon If the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) 1997 operating profit of the amount by which Business as shown on the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash$10,297,000, Purchaser then Seller shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of Buyer as an adjustment to the Purchase Price an amount of equal to 6.4 multiplied by the difference between $10, 297,000 and such excess1997 operating profit, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon on such amount at a the rate equal to the LIBOR Rate of 7% from the Closing Date to the date paid (the "Purchase Price Adjustment"). The amount of paymentthe Purchase Price Adjustment, if any, shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive at the same time as the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement is deemed final, binding and conclusive pursuant to Section 2.5(a). If A Purchase Price Adjustment, if any, shall become due and payable within two business days after it has become final, binding and conclusive, provided, however, Seller's obligation to pay such Purchase Price Adjustment shall be deemed satisfied if either Buyer or Seller has requested distribution of the Estimated Closing Net Cash Escrow Funds to Buyer in the amount of the Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement referred to in Section 2.5(d) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Purchase Price Adjustment payable by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) exceeds the Closing Net Cashamount contained in the Escrow Account, Seller shall remain obligated to pay such excess to Purchaser fifty percent Buyer within two business days after such Purchase Price Adjustment is deemed final, binding and conclusive pursuant to this Section 2.5.
(50%ii) If the 1997 operating profit of the Business as shown on the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement is greater than or equal to $10,297,000, then Seller shall not be obligated to pay any amount as Purchase Price Adjustment to Buyer.
(iii) If Seller pays a Purchase Price Adjustment to Buyer pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) above, the deductible set forth in Section 9.2(b) for indemnification claims by Buyer under this Agreement shall be increased by the amount of such excessadjustment.
(c) Buyer's sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in the Certificate regarding consistency of the Special Purpose 1997 Financial Statement and the 1996 Sterno Profit & Loss Statement will be pursuant to the indemnification provisions of Article IX, together including without limitation the survival limitations and deductibility provisions set forth therein, provided, however, to the extent Buyer has received a Purchase Price Adjustment under Section 2.5(b)(i), it shall not be allowed to recover again under Article IX with respect to the same underlying circumstances or assertions. In addition, Buyer agrees it shall not have a claim for indemnification for breach of the representation and warranty set forth in the Certificate to the extent any such claim relates to allocated costs of the Business that are not relevant to Buyer's ongoing operation of the Business because, for example, Buyer will operate the Business in a different manner, because Buyer's cost structure regarding such items will be different, or for similar reasons.
(d) At Closing, Buyer shall deposit $5,000,000 of the Purchase Price (the "Escrow Funds") into an escrow account (the "Escrow Account") maintained with a sum equivalent mutually agreed upon independent escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent"). Such Escrow Funds will be held for, and interest earned in such Escrow Funds will be paid to, the Escrow Agent for distribution to interest thereon at a rate equal Seller or Buyer as specified in an escrow agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Escrow Agreement") to be executed by Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent. Seller and Buyer agree that the Escrow Account shall be used to satisfy any obligations of Seller set forth in Section 2.5(b)(i), and, if and to the LIBOR Rate from extent that not all the Closing Date Escrow Funds are used to the date satisfy obligations of payment. Any such payment hereunder Seller pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i), shall be made released by the Escrow Agent to Seller in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination the terms of the Statement Escrow Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Purchase Price Adjustment payable by Seller to an account designated Buyer pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) exceeds the amount contained in writing by Purchaser or Sellerthe Escrow Account, Seller shall remain obligated to pay such excess to Buyer within two business days after such Purchase Price Adjustment is deemed final, binding and conclusive pursuant to this Section 2.5.
5. Section 5.18 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as the case may be.follows:
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within Following the Closing, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Datethereafter, Seller Purchaser shall prepare cause to be prepared and deliver delivered to Purchaser SellerCo a statement (which shall be prepared in accordance with this Agreement and in a manner consistent with the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date Reference Statement (the “Closing Net CashStatement”) determined setting forth its good faith calculation of the Closing Cash, Closing Indebtedness, Closing Net Working Capital, Transaction Expenses and the calculation of the Final Purchase Price resulting therefrom. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance with Section 2.03the Group Companies’ historical accounting practices, 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 shallpolicies, and shall cause the Company tomethodologies, assist Seller and its representatives consistently applied, so long as consistent with GAAP, provided that in the preparation event of a conflict between the Statement Company’s historical accounting practices, policies and the conduct of the audit methodologies and GAAP, GAAP 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 purposescontrol.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt Purchaser shall make such information, working papers, books and records, personnel, resources and Representatives of the Group Companies available to SellerCo and its Representatives as may be reasonably requested by SellerCo to enable SellerCo and its Representatives to review the Closing Statement; provided that the obligation of Purchaser to provide such information, personnel and resources shall be at SellerCo’s sole expense and limited to normal business hours with reasonable prior notice and in such a manner so as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the Group Companies’ Business.
(c) In the event that SellerCo disputes the calculation of the Final Purchase Price set forth in the Closing Statement, SellerCo shall notify Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement in writing (the “Statement Dispute Notice”) of Objections”the amount (to the extent possible). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the Statement shall become final nature 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 basis of such Statement of Objectionsdispute, 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 delivery of the Closing Statement. In the event of such a dispute, Purchaser and SellerCo shall use their respective good faith efforts to resolve such dispute.
(d) If Purchaser and SellerCo are unable to resolve all items in dispute set forth in the Dispute Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after delivery of the Dispute Notice, then any remaining items in dispute shall be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers (the “Audit Firm”), or if the Audit Firm is unable or unwilling to serve, then such dispute shall be submitted to a different nationally recognized accounting firm jointly chosen by Purchaser and SellerCo. If such disagreement and the determination of the Final Purchase Price is submitted to the Audit Firm for resolution, then (i) SellerCo and Purchaser shall execute any agreement(s) reasonably required by the Accounting Audit Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller accept their engagement pursuant to this Section 2.04(b2.9(d), which materials (ii) Purchaser shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the Audit Firm such work papers and other documents and information relating to its computation of the Final Purchase Price as the Audit Firm may reasonably request and are available to Purchaser, (iii) each party shall be afforded the opportunity to present to such Audit Firm, with a copy to the other party, any other written material relating to such party’s computation of the Final Purchase Price, (iv) the Audit Firm shall review only those items that are in dispute and base its determination for each of the disputed items solely on the submissions of the parties and the relevant definitions contained herein, (v) the Audit Firm shall not attribute a value to any single disputed amount greater than the greatest amount proposed by either party nor an amount less than the least amount proposed by either party, (vi) the Audit Firm determination shall be made in accordance with the Group Companies’ accounting practices, policies, and methodologies, so long as consistent with GAAP, provided that in the event of a conflict between the Company’s historical accounting policies and GAAP, GAAP shall control, (vii) there shall be no ex parte communication between the Audit Firm and any of Purchaser or SellerCo or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives, except for ministerial matters or other non-substantive communications or in the event a party declines, after reasonable notice, to participate in a communication involving the Audit Firm and the other party, (viii) all communications to the Audit Firm (including documentation or other evidence submitted to the Audit Firm) by or on behalf of a party shall be provided concurrently by or on behalf of such party to the other party, (ix) Purchaser and SellerCo shall instruct the Audit Firm to deliver all communications by the Audit Firm (including all requests for information or questions by the Audit Firm) to a party or its Representatives to be delivered concurrently by Seller the Audit Firm to the other party and its designated Representatives, and (x) SellerCo, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, shall each bear the fees and costs of the Audit Firm in inverse proportion to the aggregate amount in dispute for which each of them is successful; provided, however, that the engagement agreement(s) referred to in clause (i) above may require the parties to be bound jointly and severally to the Audit Firm for those fees and costs and, therefore, in the event SellerCo or Purchaser pays to the Audit Firm an amount in excess of such party’s portion of the fees and costs of the Audit Firm’s engagement pursuant to this clause (x), the other party agrees to reimburse SellerCo or Purchaser, as the case may be, to the extent required to effect the cost-sharing with respect to the fees and costs of the Audit Firm set forth in this clause (x). The Audit Firm shall be instructed to render a decision no more than sixty (60) days from the date that the matter is referred to such firm and such decision shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and, in the absence of fraud or manifest error, shall not be subject to dispute or review. Following any such dispute resolution (whether by mutual agreement of the parties or by written decision of the Audit Firm), the Final Purchase Price (as determined in such dispute resolution) shall be deemed final.
(e) Immediately upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day period for giving the Dispute Notice, if no such notice is given, or upon notification by SellerCo to Purchaser that no such notice will be given, Purchaser’s calculations set forth in the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and shall not be subject to dispute or review.
(f) If the Final Purchase Price (as set forth in the Closing Statement or as finally determined pursuant to Sections 2.9(d) and 2.9(e), as the case may be) is less than the Closing Cash Payment (the absolute value of such difference, the “Shortfall Amount”), SellerCo and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm shall, promptly deliver (but in any event within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10determination of the Final Purchase Price) Business Day period referenced a joint written instruction to the Escrow Agent to pay to SellerCo from the Indemnity Escrow Account an amount equal to the Shortfall Amount; provided, however, that in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by event the Accounting Firm Indemnity Escrow Amount has not yet been funded, Purchaser shall be entitled to offset the Shortfall Amount as provided in Section 2.5.
(g) If the Final Purchase Price (as set forth in writing the Closing Statement or as finally determined pursuant to Sections 2.9(d) and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement2.9(e), as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(cmay be) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which is greater than the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashEquity Value, Purchaser shall pay pay, or cause to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the be paid, to SellerCo an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date such difference by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the date account of payment. If SellerCo set forth on the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent Funds Flow promptly (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made and in accordance with Section 9.04 any event within five (5) Business Days Days) after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing Final Purchase Price has been determined.
(h) Any amounts payable under this Section 2.9 shall for all purposes be treated by Purchaser or Sellerand SellerCo as an adjustment to the Final Purchase Price for all Tax purposes, as to the case may beextent permitted by applicable Law.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (ai) At least three (3) Business Days before the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare or cause to be prepared, in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), consistently applied and those principles identified on Section 1.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, its good faith estimate of Working Capital. Purchaser shall review the preliminary Working Capital calculation, and shall either approve it or Purchaser and the Company shall work in good faith to reach agreement thereon in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and those principles identified on Section 1.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule. At the Closing, Purchaser shall pay to the Company the Purchase Price, plus (or minus) the amount by which such good faith estimate of Working Capital exceeds (or is less than) $1,853,000 (such payment, the "Closing Payment").
(ii) Within 100 days following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver to the Company a final draft of a balance sheet presentation of the Assets and Assumed Liabilities and calculation of Working Capital as of the Effective Time, prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and those principles identified on Section 1.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (the "Closing Statement"). In preparing the Closing Statement, the amount attributed to Accounts Receivable for purposes of calculating Working Capital shall not exceed the amount of Accounts Receivable included in the Assets and actually collected by Purchaser during the 90-day period following the Closing Date pursuant to Section 1.3(a)(vi) below. If the Company does not give Purchaser notice of the Company's objection to the Closing Statement (such notice must contain a statement of the basis of the Company's objection, to the extent known as of the time of the notice), within 30 days of receipt of the Closing Statement, then the Closing Statement (including the Working Capital calculation and amount of uncollected Accounts Receivable set forth therein) shall be final for purposes of this Agreement.
(iii) If the Company shall have any objections to the Closing Statement or to any aspect thereof, Purchaser and the Company shall attempt in good faith to reach an agreement as to the matter in dispute. If Purchaser and the Company shall have failed to resolve such disputed matter within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice of such objection (or such longer period as mutually agreed by Purchaser and the Company) and all such disputed matters would involve more than $10,000, then any such disputed matter may, at the instance of Purchaser or the Company be submitted to and determined by a nationally recognized accounting firm that is independent from Purchaser and the Company and is reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and the Company (the "Independent Accounting Firm"). If the Purchaser and the Company cannot resolve all such disputed matters within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice of such objection (or such longer period as mutually agreed by Purchaser and the Company), and resolution of such disputed matters would not involve the payment of more than $10,000, then the Closing Statement shall be deemed to be accepted by each of the Company and Purchaser and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties hereto. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm incurred in resolving the disputed matter shall be equitably apportioned by such accountants based upon the extent to which Purchaser or the Company are determined by such accountants to be the prevailing party (as further clarified and detailed, if necessary, in the engagement letter with the accountants). Purchaser and the Company each agree to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to cooperate with the Independent Accounting Firm in its resolution of the dispute. The determination of the Independent Accounting Firm will be made as promptly as practicable, provided that Purchaser and the Company shall request that the Independent Accounting Firm render its determination within sixty (60) days after submission of the disputed amounts for resolution by the Independent Accounting Firm. The definitive Closing Statement and calculation of Working Capital (the "Certified Statement") after resolution of any disputes pursuant to this Section 1.3(b), shall be verified by the Independent Accounting Firm as in accordance with the requirements of this Section 1.3 and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties hereto.
(iv) On or before the third Business Day following the final determination of the Certified Statement, Purchaser or the Company, as the case may be, shall pay to the other party an amount such that following such payment, and taking into account the payments made on the Closing Date, Purchaser shall have paid to the Company the Purchase Price, plus (or minus) 100% of the amount by which the amount of Working Capital set forth on the Certified Statement exceeds (or is less than) $1,853,000. Payments shall be paid in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such account as designated in writing by the party receiving payment.
(v) In the event that Purchaser and the Company agree that, based on the calculation of Working Capital, a payment will ultimately be required to be made pursuant to this Section 1.3(a) by the Company to Purchaser or by Purchaser to the Company, but the parties disagree regarding the magnitude of such payment, the amount of such payment which the parties do not dispute shall be paid promptly.
(vi) Purchaser shall use reasonable commercial efforts to collect each Account Receivable included in the Assets, including disputed receivables, for a period of ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. Purchaser shall use the same efforts to collect such Accounts Receivable that Quaker Chemical Corporation normally uses to collect its own accounts receivable and shall not direct any of its customers to pay its receivables in preference to the Accounts Receivable; provided, however, that Purchaser shall be under no obligation to threaten or to institute any law suit or collection proceedings against any account debtor and Purchaser shall not be obligated to bear any expenses as a result of such collection activities other than the normal expenses of operating Purchaser's accounts receivable department. The Company shall cooperate with Purchaser in its collection efforts, including supplying such information and documents in its possession as are reasonably required. Subsequent to Closing and until that date which is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser provide the Company with a statement report within fifteen (15) days after the “Statement”), end of each calendar month setting forth the Net Cash as of amount collected from each customer included in the close of business on Accounts Receivable during the Closing Date (prior month. On 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, next Business Day beginning 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 least 91 days after the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause assign to the Company toall of its right, assist Seller title and its representatives interest in and to any Accounts Receivable (and proceeds thereof) not included in the preparation calculation 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 Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b1.3(a)(ii), 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination Any proceeds received thereafter with respect to such assigned receivables shall be the undisputed portions property of the StatementCompany. Purchaser shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to cooperate with the Company in the collection of the Accounts Receivable assigned to the Company. Unless otherwise directed by the customer or reasonably apparent on the face of the payment (from the amount paid or otherwise), and no such determination for purposes of this Section 1.3(a), proceeds received with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement any account or note receivable due from a particular customer shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed applied to calculate Net Cash reduce such customer's receivables in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses the order of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationtheir origination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. a. Within one hundred and twenty (a) Within ninety (90120) days after the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (the “Adjustment 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 SellerBuyer’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company good faith determination as of the Closing Date of (i) the actual number of Subscribers, (ii) any material discrepancy regarding services delivered to or revenue received from Subscribers in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that properties set forth in Section 2.03 Exhibit 1.1.a, (iii) any Equipment not in materially good working order, (iv) any undisclosed financial liabilities or extend liens on the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shallAssets, and shall cause (v) any other materially adverse circumstance affecting 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”)Assets. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Adjustment Statement shall become final and binding upon both Parties on the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections tenth (10th) day following delivery thereof to Seller within unless Seller gives written notice of disagreement with the Adjustment Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Buyer prior to such thirty-day period, date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted and relate solely to the review of the Adjustment Statement and the parties calculation of the Purchase Price adjustment. Each of Seller and Buyer promptly shall provide the other Party with access during normal business hours to any books, records, working papers or other information in its possession after the Closing Date reasonably necessary or useful in the preparation of the Adjustment Statement and Notice of Disagreement.
b. If the Parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution of the receipt by proposed Purchase Price adjustment, Seller of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes and Buyer shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP submit to an independent public accounting firm (the “Accounting FirmIndependent Accountants”)) for review and resolution all matters arising under this Section 4.3 that remain in dispute. The Accounting Firm Independent Accountants shall be instructed a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm agreed upon by Seller and Buyer, which firm shall not have performed services for either Party or their respective affiliates during the preceding three (3) years. The Independent Accountants shall render a decision resolving the matters submitted to resolve such disputes the Independent Accountants 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(bfollowing submission thereto (or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable), 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Independent Accountants shall be apportioned between shared equally by Buyer and Seller. In the event that Seller and Purchaser Buyer shall have failed to agree upon the Independent Accountants within ten (10) days after either shall have given Notice of Disagreement, then upon application of either Buyer or Seller the Independent Accountants shall be appointed by the Accounting Firm based on American Arbitration Association through its New York office. In such case, the degree to which Seller’s fees and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and expenses charged by the American Arbitration Association shall be paid shared equally by Seller Buyer and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationSeller.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial c. Any Purchase Price Adjustment in favor of Buyer shall be increased applied to any monies owed Seller by fifty percent (50%) of Buyer under the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentCall Center and Billing Services Agreement. Any such payment hereunder Purchase Price Adjustment in favor of Seller shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination by wire transfer of the Statement immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. A post-closing adjustment to the Purchase Price shall be made as follows.
(a) Within ninety On or before the thirtieth day after the Closing, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Purchaser, at its cost and expense, shall prepare and provide to the Sellers' Representative a balance sheet reflecting the consolidated total assets and total liabilities of the Companies (90as defined in Section 1.6) days after as of the Closing Date; provided, Seller however, that the assets included on Schedule 1.2(b) shall prepare not be included in such total assets, and, provided, further, that any and deliver all outstanding checks written by any Company prior to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”)Closing on any foreign bank accounts, setting forth the Net Cash as funds of which have been liquidated and distributed to the Sellers, which have not cleared prior to the close of business on the day before the Closing Date shall be included in such total liabilities (the “"Closing Date Balance Sheet"). The difference between the total assets and total liabilities as reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, as finally determined, is referred to as the "Net Cash”) determined Asset Amount." The Purchaser shall prepare the Closing Date Balance Sheet in accordance with Section 2.03GAAP, together as consistently applied by the Parent Companies and consistent with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller shall have methodology utilized in the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit calculation of the balance sheet of the Company Target Net Asset Amount as reflected on Schedule 1.3(d), provided that for purposes of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, employee vacation days and sick days shall be accrued for in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedGAAP, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change regardless of the definition past practices of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement to PurchaserCompanies. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller The Sellers' Representative and its representatives shall have the right to observe the work performed by the Purchaser or its representatives in connection with the preparation of the Statement Closing Date Balance Sheet and shall have the conduct right to examine and make copies of the audit work papers and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to such other documents that are generated or reviewed in connection with the personnel, properties and books and records preparation of the Company for such purposesClosing Date Balance Sheet.
(b) Within The Sellers' Representative shall have thirty (30) days after receipt of the StatementSellers' Representative receives the Closing Date Balance Sheet to review such balance sheet (the "Sellers' Review Period"). If, within the Sellers' Review Period, the Sellers' Representative notifies the Purchaser in writing that it is unwilling to accept any items on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, specifically identifying the items and amounts in dispute and the basis for such dispute (the "Sellers' Notice"), then the Sellers' Representative and the Purchaser shall deliver use their reasonable efforts to Seller a written statement describing its objectionsreach agreement within the thirty days following the delivery of Sellers' Notice, if any, to or such longer period as may be agreed upon by the Statement Sellers' Representative and the Purchaser (the “Statement of Objections”"Resolution Period"), with respect to such disputed items or amounts. If Purchaser the Sellers' Representative does not deliver a Statement Sellers' Notice prior to the end of Objections the Sellers' Review Period, then the Sellers' Representative shall be deemed to Seller within have accepted in full the Closing Date Balance Sheet prepared by the Purchaser and such thirty-day period, the Statement balance sheet shall become final and binding upon the partiesnot be subject to any further review or change. If Purchaser the Sellers' Representative timely delivers a Statement of Objections Sellers' Notice to Seller within such thirty-day periodthe Purchaser, then any items or amounts on the Closing Date Balance Sheet not identified in writing as a disputed item on the Sellers' Notice shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Sellers' Representative and shall not be subject to any further review or change.
(c) If the Sellers' Representative 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 Purchaser fail 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any reach a mutually agreeable determination with respect to the undisputed portions Closing Date Balance Sheet within the Resolution Period, then the Sellers' Representative and the Purchaser shall submit the unresolved disputed items to an independent nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants not currently providing services to any Party and mutually agreed upon by the Sellers' Representative and the Purchaser, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld (the "Reviewing Accountants"). The Sellers' Representative and the Purchaser shall direct the Reviewing Accountants to resolve such unresolved disputed items within thirty days of submission or as soon thereafter as is practicable. The Reviewing Accountants' determination shall be made on the same basis as the Closing Date Balance Sheet, shall be final and binding on the Parties, and judgment on such determination may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The Sellers, jointly and severally, and the Purchaser shall each be responsible for one-half of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Reviewing Accountants. Any agreement as to the Closing Date Balance Sheet shall be apportioned between Seller in writing and Purchaser signed by the Accounting Firm based on Sellers' Representative and the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(cd) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which As reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, as finally determined, if the Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Asset Amount is less than the Estimated Closing amount indicated on Schedule 1.3(d) (the "Target Net Cash. If Asset Amount"), which is the Closing Net Cash exceeds amount reflected on the Estimated Closing Net CashSeptember 30, Purchaser 2000 balance sheet (the calculation of which is set forth on Schedule 1.3(d)), then the Sellers, jointly and severally, shall be obligated promptly to pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal deficiency to the LIBOR Rate from Purchaser in immediately available funds as directed by the Purchaser.
(e) As reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, as finally determined, if the Net Asset Amount is greater than the Target Net Asset Amount, then the Purchaser shall be obligated promptly to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal excess to the LIBOR Rate from Sellers in immediately available funds as directed by the Closing Date to the date of Sellers.
(f) The payment. Any such payment hereunder , if any, required by this Section 1.3 shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement referred to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be"Purchase Price Adjustment."
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after On the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a PRGI, an estimated cash flow statement of total cash received by Seller in respect of the Business less total cash disbursements for the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Statement”"Interim Period Cash Flow"), setting forth detailing all such amounts by category of payment (the Net "Cash Flow Statement"). PRGI shall be entitled to reimbursement, at Closing, of the Interim Period Cash Flow, plus the following cash payments made in respect of the Business during the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the day immediately preceding the Closing Date: (i) the amount, if any, by which disbursements to Seller during said period (but not including the distribution of any cash or cash equivalents in the Business as of the close of business on August 31, 1998) exceed the Closing commissions paid to Seller for audit and related management counseling services performed by Seller prior to the Effective Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined solely in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In his capacity as an auditor in connection with preparing claims submitted to suppliers of customers prior to Closing and (ii) any amounts paid during the Statement, Seller shall have period from and including the right, but not the obligation, Effective Date to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company as of and including the Closing Date in accordance respect of the following liabilities: (A) Seller Transaction Expenses, (B) non-trade payables (meaning those not directly related to the Business to be acquired by PRGI pursuant hereto), (C) non-trade accrued expenses (meaning those not directly related to the Business to be acquired by PRGI pursuant hereto), (D) commissions payable as of the Effective Date in respect of accounts receivable collected by Seller prior to the Effective Date; (E) all amounts owed to Seller under the Principal Agreement or otherwise (except for advances used to pay normal trade payables directly relating to the Business to be acquired by PRGI incurred on or after the Effective Date or for commissions owed to Seller for audit and related management counseling services performed by Seller solely in his capacity as an auditor in connection with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition claims submitted to suppliers of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement Customers prior to Purchaser. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shallClosing), and shall cause (F) all amounts owed to Persons other than Seller (except for normal trade payables directly relating to the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives Business to be acquired by PRGI pursuant hereto incurred in the preparation ordinary course 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.
business) (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 periodcollectively, 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess"Interim Period Reimbursable Liabilities," which, together with a sum equivalent Interim Period Cash Flow, is referred to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, herein as the case may be"Reimbursable Cash").
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Profit Recovery Group International Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. 3.2.1 Within twenty (20) Business Days following the Completion Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser and the Sellers (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement an unaudited consolidated balance sheet (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashCompletion Balance Sheet”) 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 11:59 p.m. on the Closing Date Completion Date, which shall (i) be substantially in the form of the Accounts, (ii) be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedthe German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) on a basis consistent with and utilizing the same principles, however, that nothing practices and policies as those used in this sentence shall either change preparing 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 shallAccounts, 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 a statement setting forth the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to Company’s Debt on the Statement Completion Date (the “Statement of ObjectionsCompletion Debt”), if any (together with a description and the amount of each element thereof), derived from the Completion Balance Sheet.
3.2.2 Each of the Sellers or the Purchaser may dispute any amounts reflected on the Completion Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Completion Debt by notifying the respective other Parties in writing of each disputed item, specifying the amount thereof in dispute and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such dispute within twenty (20) days of the Company’s delivery of the Completion Balance Sheet pursuant to clause 3.2.1. If any Seller or the Purchaser does not deliver delivers a Statement notice of Objections to Seller disagreement within such thirty20-day period, the Statement shall become final Parties shall, during the forty-five (45) days following such delivery, use good faith efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items or amounts in order to finally determine the Completion Balance Sheet and binding upon the partiesCompletion Debt. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections the Parties are unable to Seller within reach agreement concerning the Completion Balance Sheet and/or Completion Debt during such thirty45-day period, and they shall promptly thereafter submit 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 dispute to the Accounting Firm within five Referee for resolution pursuant to clause 3.2.4.
3.2.3 The Completion Balance Sheet and the Completion Debt shall be deemed conclusively determined for purposes of this Agreement upon the earlier to occur of (5x) Business Days following the expiration failure of the ten Sellers or the Purchaser to notify the respective other Parties of a dispute within twenty (1020) Business Day period referenced days of the Company’s delivery of the Completion Balance Sheet as set forth in clause 3.2.1 above; (y) the preceding sentence. The written resolution of all disputes pursuant to clause 3.2.2 by the Parties; and (z) the resolution of all disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right Referee pursuant to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationclause 3.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within No later than ninety (90) days after following the Closing Date (such date, the “Closing Statement Due Date”), Seller Acquiror shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Acquiror Closing Statement”), ) to Seller setting forth Acquiror’s good faith calculation of (the Net Cash “Acquiror’s Calculations”)
(i) the Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date Measurement Time (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) determined and (ii) the difference between the Closing Working Capital and the Target Working Capital Amount (the “Adjustment Amount”), in each case, calculated in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe terms of this Agreement. In connection addition (i) from and after the Measurement Time until the Closing, each of Seller and Company shall not take any affirmative action that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Closing Working Capital and (ii) each of the Seller and the Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the amount of the Closing Working Capital measured as of the Measurement Time will be the same as the Closing Working Capital measured as of the Closing except for any changes incurred in the ordinary course of business and, to the extent there are any changes resulting from events or occurrences outside of the ordinary course of business, then the Closing Working Capital shall be adjusted to reflect such changes. The Acquiror Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance with preparing GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the Company Financial Statements and the policies and principles set forth in the policies and procedures set forth in Section 1.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and, in the event of any conflict between such policies and procedures and GAAP, the policies and procedures set forth in Section 1.01(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall control. The Acquiror Closing Statement shall be accompanied by reasonably detailed schedules indicating a calculation of the items constituting the Closing Working Capital, and the Adjustment Amount, if any, and any other supporting documents. If Acquiror does not deliver to Seller the Acquiror Closing Statement by the Closing Statement Due Date, then, at the election of Seller, either (x) Seller may prepare its own version of the Acquiror Closing Statement and present such Acquiror Closing Statement to Acquiror within an additional sixty (60) calendar days or (y) the Adjustment Amount will be deemed to be zero.
(b) Seller and its officers, directors, accountants and other advisors shall be permitted reasonable access to the personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the books and records, work papers and calculations of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are reasonably necessary to evaluate the Acquiror Closing Statement and to prepare objections. If Seller disagrees with all or any portion of the Acquiror’s Calculations, Seller shall notify Acquiror of such disagreement in writing (a “Notice of Disagreement”) specifying in reasonable detail the particulars of such disagreement within forty-five (45) calendar days after Seller’s receipt of the Acquiror Closing Statement. If Seller is provided after the delivery of the Notice of Disagreement additional or new information related to the Acquiror’s Calculations, Seller shall have the rightright to update the Notice of Disagreement based on such additional or new information. If Seller fails to provide a Notice of Disagreement within such forty-five (45)- day period, but not then the obligationAcquiror’s Calculations as set forth in the Acquiror Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the parties. If Seller delivers a Notice of Disagreement to Acquiror within the forty-five (45) day period, then any amount set forth in the Acquiror
(i) Acquiror and Seller shall use their good faith reasonable efforts for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days after Seller’s delivery of the Notice of Disagreement (or such longer period as Acquiror and Seller shall mutually agree upon) to conductresolve any Disputed Amounts. All such discussions related thereto (including any written communications, analysis or calculations undertaken in connection with such discussions) shall be governed by Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and any applicable similar state rule or precedent.
(ii) If, at Sellerthe end of such period, Acquiror and Seller are unable to resolve such Disputed Amounts in writing, Acquiror and Seller shall jointly select an independent auditor of recognized national standing to resolve any remaining Disputed Amounts (such independent auditor, the “Independent Auditor”). The Independent Auditor will consider only those Disputed Amounts, and the Independent Auditor’s expense, an audit determination shall be based solely on the terms and provisions of this Agreements (including the balance sheet of definitions and 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 policies and procedures 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 1.01(d) 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”Disclosure Schedule). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections With respect to Seller within such thirty-day periodany specific Disputed Amount, the Statement Independent Auditor shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers not assign 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less value greater than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the higher amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing calculated by Purchaser Acquiror or Seller, as the case may be, and no lower than the lower amount calculated by Acquiror or Seller, as the case may be. The determination by such Independent Auditor shall be (1) in writing, (2) made as promptly as practical after the submission of such Disputed Amounts to such Independent Auditor (and Acquiror and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Auditor to make such determination no later than thirty (30) days after the date of submission) and (3) final, binding, non-appealable and conclusive on the parties for all purposes hereof absent manifest error. The fees and expenses of such Independent Auditor shall be borne by Xxxxxxxx and Seller in proportion to the aggregate amount of all disputed items as to which such party’s claim was unsuccessful. There shall be no ex parte communications by Seller or Acquiror or either of their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors or other representatives with the Independent Auditor regarding the subject of such Disputed Amounts.
(c) Following final calculations of the amounts of the Closing Working Capital and the Adjustment Amount in accordance with this Section 1.03, (i) if the Target Working Capital Amount is greater than the Closing Working Capital, then, the principal amount outstanding under the VTB Note shall be decreased by an amount equal to the absolute value of the Adjustment Amount; provided, however, that if the absolute value of the Adjustment Amount exceeds the then outstanding principal amount under the VTB Note, first, the Total Cash Holdback Amount and, to the extent the Total Cash Holdback Amount is not sufficient, second the Total Stock Holdback Amount shall be decreased in the amount of such excess; provided, further, that, except in the case of fraud by Seller, in no event shall Parent or Acquiror have any recourse against Seller or any other Person for the Adjustment Amount in excess of USD $6,000,000 and neither
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) Purchaser shall promptly, but not more than 120 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver present to Purchaser Bxxxxxxx a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash draft balance sheet of Seller 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 "Draft Closing Date Statement").
(b) The Closing Date Statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedaccounting principles, 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 ("GAAP") as applied by 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 Audited Financial Statements that are referred 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 in 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon If within 60 days after Bxxxxxxx receives the Draft Closing Date Statement, Bxxxxxxx shall not by notice to Purchaser dispute the correctness thereof, the Draft Closing Date Statement becoming final shall be deemed the "Final Closing Date Statement" for the purposes of this Section.
(d) Should Bxxxxxxx within 60 days dispute the Draft Closing Date Statement by notice to Purchaser, and binding Purchaser and Bxxxxxxx cannot agree, the dispute shall be submitted to a mutually acceptable accounting firm, whose determination of the Final Closing Date Statement shall be binding. The fees of such accounting firm shall be divided between Purchaser and Sellers in proportion to the variance of each party's proposed Net Worth from that derived from the Final Closing Date Statement. The date on which the Final Closing Date Statement is determined is referred to herein as the "Delivery Date."
(e) The term "Net Worth" as used herein means the net worth of the Company as reflected on the face of the Final Closing Date Statement in accordance with Section 2.04(b)GAAP, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%including, without limitation, an accrual for taxes, and adjusted as set forth on Schedule 3(e) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beattached hereto.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Alliance Distributors Holding Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the First Closing Date, Seller the Company shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date December 31, 2010 (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) 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 (During the 30) days after -day period following Purchaser’s receipt of the Statement, Purchaser and its independent auditors shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers of the Company relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following delivery thereof, unless Purchaser gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Company before such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Notice 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 Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm of Company in a timely manner, then the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aStatement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the Company and Purchaser on the earlier of (A) the date the Company and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Company and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period the Company and its auditors shall have access to the working papers of Purchaser prepared in connection with the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such resolution30-day period, the Company and Purchaser shall submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and that were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The determination of Accounting Firm shall be KPMG LLP or such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the parties hereto in writing. The Company and Purchaser shall jointly request that the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, render a decision resolving the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in matters submitted to the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of PurchaserAccounting Firm within 30 days after such submission. The Accounting Firm shall have no right full authority to make any arbitrate all issues relating to purchase price adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.03. Judgment may be entered upon the determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no Accounting Firm in any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination with respect is to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaserenforced. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The cost of any arbitration (including the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and reasonable attorney fees and expenses of the parties) pursuant to this Section 1.03 shall be apportioned between Seller borne by Purchaser and Purchaser the Company in inverse proportion as they may prevail on matters resolved by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations shall also be determined by the Accounting Firm based at the time its determination is rendered on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationmerits of the matters submitted.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial The Purchase Price shall be increased decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashCompany’s Working Capital at September 30, 2010 (“Target Working Capital”) (the Common Stock Purchase Price as so decreased shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). In no event will the Common Stock Purchase Price be increased. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashAdjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall shall, and if the Closing Date Amount is more than the Adjusted Purchase Price, the Company shall, within 10 Business Days after the Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) by wire transfer of immediately available funds the amount of such excessdifference, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon compounded daily at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate rate of interest from time to time announced publicly by Citibank N.A. as its prime rate, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365, from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the First Closing Date, Seller the Company shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date December 31, 2010 (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) 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 (During the 30) days after -day period following Purchaser’s receipt of the Statement, Purchaser and its independent auditors shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers of the Company relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 30th day following delivery thereof, unless Purchaser gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Company before such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Notice 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 Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm of Company in a timely manner, then the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aStatement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the Company and Purchaser on the earlier of (A) the date the Company and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Company and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period the Company and its auditors shall have access to the working papers of Purchaser prepared in connection with the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such resolution30-day period, the Company and Purchaser shall submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and that were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The determination of Accounting Firm shall be KPMG LLP or such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the parties hereto in writing. The Company and Purchaser shall jointly request that the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, render a decision resolving the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in matters submitted to the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of PurchaserAccounting Firm within 30 days after such submission. The Accounting Firm shall have no right full authority to make any arbitrate all issues relating to purchase price adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.03. Judgment may be entered upon the determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no Accounting Firm in any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination with respect is to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaserenforced. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The cost of any arbitration (including the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and reasonable attorney fees and expenses of the parties) pursuant to this Section 1.03 shall be apportioned between Seller borne by Purchaser and Purchaser the Company in inverse proportion as they may prevail on matters resolved by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations shall also be determined by the Accounting Firm based at the time its determination is rendered on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationmerits of the matters submitted.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial The Purchase Price shall be increased decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashCompany’s Working Capital at September 30, 2010 (“Target Working Capital”) (the Common Stock Purchase Price as so decreased shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). In no event will the Common Stock Purchase Price be increased. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount is less than the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price, Table of Contents Purchaser shall, and if the Closing Net CashDate Amount is more than the Adjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall the Company shall, within 10 Business Days after the Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) by wire transfer of immediately available funds the amount of such excessdifference, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon compounded daily at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate rate of interest from time to time announced publicly by Citibank N.A. as its prime rate, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365, from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety As promptly as practicable (90but in no event more than 60 days) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and will complete the Closing Balance Sheet. As promptly as practicable, Seller will 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 purposesBalance Sheet.
(b) Within thirty (30) 60 business days after Purchaser's receipt of the StatementClosing Balance Sheet, Purchaser shall will provide Seller with written notice indicating whether Purchaser agrees or disagrees with the capital, surplus, AVR, and Market Value Adjustment reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet. If Purchaser disputes the capital, surplus, AVR, or Market Value Adjustment reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet, such notice will reflect Purchaser's calculation of each disputed amount in sufficient detail to permit Seller to verify the same. If Purchaser agrees with the capital, surplus, AVR, and Market Value Adjustment reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet or if Purchaser fails to deliver to Seller a such 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 notice within such thirty60-day period, the Statement shall become final Closing Balance Sheet will be deemed final.
(c) Within 10 business days after Seller's receipt of any notice of disagreement with the capital, surplus, AVR, or Market Value Adjustment reflected in the Closing Balance Sheet, Purchaser and binding upon the partiesSeller will begin good faith negotiations to resolve such disagreement. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to and 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 are unable to resolve such disputes disagreement within thirty (30) 10 business days after receipt by such negotiations begin, such disagreement will be submitted to the Accounting Firm Settlement Auditor for resolution. Purchaser and Seller will cooperate with the Settlement Auditor and will proceed in good faith to cause the Settlement Auditor to resolve such disagreement within 30 days after such disagreement is submitted to the Settlement Auditor. Purchaser and Seller will each pay one-half 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationSettlement Auditor.
(cd) The Settlement Auditor, in its sole discretion, will determine (i) the nature and extent of the participation by Purchaser, Seller, and their agents in connection with the resolution of any disagreement submitted to the Settlement Auditor, (ii) the nature and extent of information that Purchaser and Seller may submit to the Settlement Auditor for consideration in connection with such resolution, and (iii) the personnel of the Settlement Auditor who will review such information and resolve such disagreement. The Settlement Auditor's resolution of any such disagreement will be reflected in a written report which will be delivered promptly to, and will be final and binding upon, Purchaser and Seller. The Closing Balance Sheet will be adjusted accordingly to reflect any such resolution and, as adjusted, will be deemed final.
(e) Upon the Statement becoming final earlier to occur of (i) the parties' agreement with respect to the capital, surplus, AVR, and binding Market Value Adjustment reflected in accordance with Section 2.04(b)the Closing Balance Sheet, or (ii) the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) delivery of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) report of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashSettlement Auditor as provided in Section 2.3(d) hereof, Purchaser shall will pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Deficiency Amount or Seller shall will pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or SellerExcess Amount, as the case may be. The payment of the Deficiency Amount or the Excess Amount, as the case may be, will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the party entitled to receive such payment specifies in writing to the party required to make such payment.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, and in any event within forty-five (45) calendar days thereof, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser (i) 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 consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing (after giving effect to the Preliminary Transactions) which shall be audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC"), together with the related audit report of such firm (the "Closing Balance Sheet"), and (ii) a calculation of the Net Working Capital of the Company as set forth on the Closing Balance Sheet (the "Closing Date Net Working Capital"). The Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with United States 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 accounting principles ("GAAP") consistent with the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit Pro Forma Balance Sheet, and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to fairly present the personnel, properties and books and records consolidated financial position of the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt as of the StatementClosing. "Net Working Capital" shall mean (i) current assets of the Company, Purchaser minus (ii) current liabilities of the Company. Current liabilities of the Company shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing (x) include, without limitation, any severance payments provided on Schedule 2.13 which have been paid, or will be paid, by the Company or its objections, if any, Subsidiaries and which are accrued and incurred after the Closing but prior 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 time of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller calculation of Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to this Section 2.04(b1.4(a), and (y) exclude, without limitation, any liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to any liability for Taxes and severance payments, which materials Seller has agreed to or is otherwise obligated to pay. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in calculating Net Working Capital, all intercompany payables and receivables between Seller, the Company and its Subsidiaries 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationdisregarded.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Chancellor Media Corp of Los Angeles)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, and in no event more than 90 days after the Closing Date, Seller Purchaser, at its expense, shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Sellers, a statement of Working Capital (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as defined in Section 2.4(f) below) as of the close of business on Closing Date, which provides reasonable detail with respect to the Closing Date various components thereof (the “Closing Net CashStatement”) determined and is prepared 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, Sections 2.4(f) 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 purposes2.4(g) below.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser shall Sellers will deliver to Seller Purchaser a written statement describing its objections, questions or objections (if any, ) to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Statement. If Purchaser does Sellers do not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller raise any questions or objections within such thirty-day period, the Working Capital as set forth on the Closing Statement shall will become final and binding upon all of the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Sellers do raise any such questions or objections, Purchaser, Sellers and their respective accountants shall attempt in good faith to resolve such matters within 30 days after receipt of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodthe same by Purchaser, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objectionsif unable to do so, any Purchaser and Sellers shall refer all remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP concerning the Closing Statement to a mutually agreeable nationally recognized independent accounting firm (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm ) which shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) 30 days after receipt the referral of such disputes to such firm or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. Purchaser and Sellers will make available to the Independent Accounting Firm at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice at any time during the pendency of any dispute under this Section 2.4(b), the work papers, back-up materials and any other relevant information used in preparing the Closing Statement, as the case may be. Purchaser and Sellers shall have the right to meet jointly with the Independent Accounting Firm during this period and to present their respective positions. The Independent Accounting Firm shall act as experts and not as arbitrators, and shall make its determination only on evidence brought to it by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) parties, 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 sentencenot conduct an audit. The resolution determination of disputes Working Capital by the Independent Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall will be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon Sellers and their accountants and other representatives will be provided, from and after the Closing, with access to any material used by the Purchaser to prepare the Closing Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) any other materials that are part of the amount Acquired Assets reasonably deemed necessary by which the Sellers in evaluating the Closing Net Cash exceeds Statement and the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) determination of Working Capital, which access will be provided upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours and at the principal offices of the amount by which Purchaser during the evaluation of the Closing Net Cash Statement by Sellers or the pendency of any dispute under Section 2.4(b) above. Until any such dispute is less than resolved, Purchaser will keep the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If materials deemed necessary by the Sellers to analyze the Closing Net Cash exceeds Statement and Working Capital in the Estimated Closing Net Cashprincipal business office of Purchaser or, Purchaser shall pay if such office is moved, in a location reasonably convenient to Seller fifty percent Sellers (50%) or in the offices of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beIndependent Accounting Firm).
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 30 days after the Closing Date, Seller the Buyer shall prepare cause to be prepared and deliver delivered to Purchaser the Securityholder Representative a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Buyer’s good faith determination of (a) the Net Cash Revolver as of the close Designated Time, (b) the Average Net Revolver, (c) the Net Revolver Adjustment Amount and (d) Closing Cash. Promptly following the Securityholder Representative’s request, the Buyer shall make available to the Securityholder Representative and its advisors copies of business on any back-up materials used by the Buyer and its advisors in preparing the Closing Date (Statement and such other materials as the “Closing Net Cash”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser Securityholder Representative may reasonably request. In 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 their review 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 purposesStatement.
(b) Within thirty (30) 15 days after the Securityholder Representative’s receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser the Securityholder Representative shall deliver to Seller the Buyer a written statement describing its objections, if any, to either accepting the Closing Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)or specifying any objections thereto. If Purchaser the Securityholder Representative does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller any such objections within such thirty-15 day period, the Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the all parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller the Securityholder Representative does deliver such objections within such thirty-period, then the parties shall negotiate in good faith for a period of 10 days following the Buyer’s receipt of such objections to resolve any such objections. If the parties are able to resolve the Securityholder Representative’s objections during such 10 day period, then the Closing Statement, as revised in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the parties canare not able to resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of objections during such Statement of Objections10 day period, then any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP a national recognized accounting firm upon which the Securityholder Representative and the Buyer shall reasonably agree (the “Accounting Firm”). Promptly following the Accounting Firm’s request, the Buyer or the Securityholder Representative, as applicable, shall make available to the Accounting Firm copies of any back-up materials used by the Buyer or the Securityholder Representative in preparing the Closing Statement or the Securityholder Representative’s objection, as applicable, and such other materials as the Accounting Firm may reasonably request in connection with its review of the Closing Statement and the Securityholder Representative’s objection. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve any such disputes within thirty (30) 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 sentenceits appointment. The resolution of such disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing writing, shall be within the range of dispute between the Buyer and the Securityholder Representative, shall address only such subject matter that is identified by the Buyer or the Securityholder Representative as being in dispute, and shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties. Upon delivery of such resolution, the parties, and the Closing Statement, as modified by in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03all parties. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser borne equally by the Accounting Firm Securityholders (severally based on their respective Transaction Percentages and not jointly or jointly and severally), on the degree to which Seller’s one hand, and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationthe Buyer, on the other hand.
(c) Upon Within three Business Days after the date on which the Closing Statement becoming becomes final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b2.4(b), (i) if the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) sum of the amount by which the Net Revolver Adjustment Amount plus Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the sum of the Estimated Net Revolver Adjustment Amount plus Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser the Securityholder Representative shall pay deliver to Seller fifty percent (50%) of Buyer cash in the amount of such excess, together with a shortfall by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Buyer at least two Business Days prior to such payment; or (ii) if the sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to of the LIBOR Rate from Net Revolver Adjustment Amount plus Closing Cash is more than the Closing Date to the date sum of payment. If the Estimated Net Revolver Adjustment Amount plus Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller the Buyer shall pay transfer, or shall cause the Company to Purchaser fifty percent transfer (50%) of subject to Section 2.2(b)), to each Securityholder, cash in the amount of such Securityholder’s Transaction Percentage of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date by wire transfer of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement immediately available funds to an account designated by such Securityholder at least two Business Days prior to such payment (or, if no such account is so designated, by bank check for immediately available funds).
(d) For purposes of complying with the terms set forth in writing by Purchaser or Sellerthis Section 2.4, the Company shall cooperate with and make available to the other parties and their respective representatives all information, records, data and working papers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and shall permit access to the facilities and personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as may be reasonably required in connection with the case may bepreparation and analysis of the Closing Statement, any objections of the Securityholder Representative to the Closing Statement and the resolution of any disputes in connection therewith.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. As soon as practicable but within thirty (a) Within ninety (9030) days after the Closing Date, Seller the Seller, at his expense, shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”)cause Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, 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 obligationan independent certified public accountant, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the prepare a balance sheet of the Company as immediately prior to the Effective Time (the "Effective Time Balance Sheet") setting forth the tangible net worth of the Closing Date Company using accrual accounting and in accordance conformance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedaccounting principles (the "Tangible Net Worth"). A copy of the Effective Time Balance Sheet shall be promptly furnished to the Buyer. If the Buyer disagrees with the Tangible Net Worth, however, that nothing in this sentence the Buyer 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 Dateengage an independent public accounting firm, at Seller’s requestits expense, Purchaser shall, to audit the Effective Time Balance Sheet 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 deliver a certified written report to the personnel, properties and books and records of Seller confirming the Company for such purposes.
Tangible Net Worth (b) Within thirty "Audited Tangible Net Worth"). If the Seller fails to notify the Buyer within fifteen (3015) days after receipt receiving the report from the accounting firm selected by the Buyer, such report shall be deemed accepted for purposes of calculating Tangible Net Worth. If the StatementSeller should so notify the Buyer of a dispute concerning Audited Tangible Net Worth, Purchaser the Buyer shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, then engage another big-five independent accounting firm that is mutually acceptable to the Statement (Buyer and the “Statement Seller to resolve such dispute and such firm shall notify the Buyer and the Seller of Objections”)its resolution of such dispute within two weeks of its engagement by the Buyer. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement The cost of Objections to Seller within services provided by such thirtybig-day period, five accounting firm shall be borne equally by the Statement Buyer and the Seller. Any such resolution shall become be final and binding upon on all parties hereto for the partiespurposes of calculating Tangible Net Worth. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections In the event the Tangible Net Worth is less than $770,000, the Seller shall pay such deficit portion 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 Buyer 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 later 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The its determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less thanTangible Net Worth, the greatest Buyer's audit or lowest valuethe resolution of any dispute by such big-five accounting firm on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In the event the Tangible Net Worth is greater than $770,000, respectivelythe Buyer shall pay the excess amount, claimed for that particular item in the Statementon a dollar-for-dollar basis, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions Seller within thirty (30) days following the later of either Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx'x determination of the StatementTangible Net Worth or the determination of Audited Tangible Net Worth. For purposes of this Section 1.3, and no such determination with respect to "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean the undisputed portions net book value of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash Company at the Effective Time determined in accordance with Section 2.03generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. The fees and expenses Net book value shall be calculated by subtracting the book value of all of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) liabilities of the amount by which Company from the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) book value of all tangible assets of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beCompany.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Thermoview Industries Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety one hundred twenty (90120) days after the Closing DateClosing, Seller Buyer, at its expense, shall prepare and cause KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to deliver to Purchaser the Seller audited balance sheets and related statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for each of OSB and Sweet, Schaxx & Xewix, Xxc., a statement Florida corporation ("SS&L"); for their respective 12-month periods ended March 31, 1998 (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as "Financial Statements") all 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 which financial statements 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 be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change accounting principles ("GAAP") and 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, rules and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation regulations of the Statement and the conduct Securities Exchange Commission applicable to financial reporting 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 purposespublic companies.
(b) Within thirty The Seller shall have forty-five (3045) days after receipt from delivery of the Statement, Purchaser Financial Statements to raise any objection thereto by delivery of written notice to Buyer setting forth such objections in reasonable detail. In the event that the Seller shall fail to so deliver such written objections with respect to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to any of the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller Financial Statements within such thirty45-day period, the Statement then any such Financial Statements in respect of which no such objection is so delivered shall become be deemed final and binding upon on the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections to Seller within In the event that any such thirty-day periodobjections are so delivered, Buyer and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objectionsshall attempt, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed in good faith, to resolve such disputes objections and, if unable to do so within thirty fifteen (3015) 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)delivery of such objections, which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm shall, within five (5) Business Days following business days thereafter designate a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, mutually satisfactory to Buyer and the expiration Seller (the "Independent Accountants"). In the event that Buyer and the Seller are unable to agree on the Independent Accountants within such 5-business day period, the Independent Accountants shall be designated jointly by the independent accountants of the ten Buyer and OSB within three (103) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentencebusiness days thereafter. The resolution of disputes Independent Accountants shall resolve all remaining objections to the Financial Statements made by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth Seller in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the accordance herewith within forty-five (45) days from their date of such resolutiondesignation. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.the
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Protocol Communications Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller: (i) 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 proposed final balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing Date Effective Time (the “Proposed Final Balance Sheet”), (ii) a reasonably detailed calculation of the proposed final Working Capital as of the Effective Time based on the Proposed Final Balance Sheet prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that methodology set forth in Section on Schedule 2.03 (the “Proposed Final Working Capital Calculation”), and (iii) based on such Proposed Final Balance Sheet and Proposed Final Working Capital Calculation, a calculation of the Final Working Capital Deficit, if any, or extend the time frame in which Final Working Capital Surplus, if any ((i), (ii) and (iii) together, the “Calculation Statement”). Buyer shall provide Seller must deliver reasonable access to the Statement records (including the work papers and other accounting documents of the Company and its independent accountants and auditors related to Purchaser. After periods on or prior to the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, ) and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives personnel involved in the preparation of the Closing Statement in order to review and confirm the conduct accuracy 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 purposesProposed Final Working Capital Calculation.
(b) Within If Seller disagrees in whole or in part with the Closing Statement, then within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser Seller shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement notify Buyer of such disagreement in writing (the “Statement Notice of ObjectionsDisagreement”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement , setting forth in reasonable detail the particulars 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 disagreement and disputed items. The Notice of Disagreement shall include a copy of the receipt by Seller of such Closing Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP indicating the line items that are in dispute (the “Accounting FirmDisputed Line Items”). The Accounting Firm ) and shall be instructed to resolve accompanied by Seller’s revised determination of the Proposed Working Capital Calculation. If Seller does not provide a Notice of Disagreement within such disputes within thirty (30) day period, then Seller shall be deemed to have accepted in full the Closing Statement as prepared by Buyer, which shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes hereunder. If any Notice of Disagreement is timely provided and contains the proper information, then Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts for a period of twenty (20) days after receipt (or such longer period as they may mutually agree) to resolve any Disputed Line Items. During such twenty (20) day period, Buyer and Seller shall have access to the working papers, schedules and calculations of the other used in the preparation of the Closing Statement, the Notice of Disagreement, and the Disputed Line Items. If, at the end of such period, Buyer and Seller fail to resolve such Disputed Line Items, then Buyer and Seller shall engage Deloitte LLP or, if Deloitte LLP is unwilling or unable to serve in such capacity, another independent accounting firm selected by the Accounting Firm mutual agreement of Buyer and Seller to resolve such Disputed Line Items (the “Settlement Accountants”). Buyer and Seller will enter into reasonable and customary arrangements for the services to be rendered by the Settlement Accountants under this Section 2.04. The Settlement Accountants shall determine as promptly as practicable (and in any event within forty-five (45) days from the date that the dispute is submitted to it), whether the Closing Statement was prepared in accordance with the standards set forth in this Agreement and to what extent (if any) the Proposed Working Capital Calculation requires adjustment as a result of a Disputed Line Items. The Settlement Accountants shall resolve each Disputed Line Item by calculating such Disputed Line Item in accordance with this Agreement (for each such Disputed Line Item, the amount so calculated is referred to as the “SA Determined Amount”) and establishing as the final amount of such Disputed Line Item the applicable SA Determined Amount; provided, that the SA Determined Amount for each Disputed Line Item may not be greater than the highest amount proposed by Buyer and Seller nor less than the lowest amount proposed by Buyer and Seller. Buyer and Seller shall each furnish to the Settlement Accountants such work papers and other documents and information relating to the disputed issues, and shall provide interviews and answer questions, as such Settlement Accountants may reasonably request. The determination of the materials delivered Settlement Accountants shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties hereto absent manifest error. Judgment may be entered on the decision of the Settlement Accountants in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Proposed Final Working Capital Calculation (i) in the form agreed to by Buyer and Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aas final, (ii) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to in the form deemed final as provided in the third sentence of this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered or (iii) as revised, if necessary, to reflect the final determination by Seller and Purchaser the Settlement Accountant, is referred to herein as the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following “Final Working Capital Calculation,” the expiration final Working Capital of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in Company calculated pursuant thereto is referred to herein as the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, “Final Working Capital” and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination balance sheet of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions Company as of the Statement, and no such determination with respect Effective Time calculated pursuant thereto are collectively referred to herein as the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. “Final Balance Sheet.”
(c) The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm Settlement Accountants pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be apportioned between Buyer and Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree dollar amount in dispute and inversely related to which Seller’s the relative recovery, as determined by the Settlement Accountants. For example, if the aggregate dollar amount of the Disputed Line Items is $1,000,000 and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by the relative recovery of Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon Buyer as determined by the Statement becoming final Settlement Accountants is $900,000 and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)$100,000, the Initial Purchase Price shall respectively, then Buyer will be increased by fifty apportioned ninety percent (5090%) and Seller will be apportioned ten percent (10%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent Settlement Accountants’ fees.
(50%d) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashFinal Working Capital Calculation reflects a Final Working Capital Deficit, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, then Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of Buyer, in cash, the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 Final Working Capital Deficit within five three (53) Business Days after final determination of the Statement Final Working Capital Calculation. If the Final Working Capital Calculation reflects a Final Working Capital Surplus, then Buyer shall pay to an account designated Seller, in writing cash, the amount of the Final Working Capital Surplus within three (3) Business Days after determination of the Final Working Capital Calculation.
(e) Any payment required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(d) shall be made by Purchaser Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Buyer, if there is a Final Working Capital Deficit, or Seller, if there is an Final Working Capital Surplus, at least one (1) Business Day prior to such transfer. The amount of any such payment shall bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum from the date the Final Working Capital is due to be paid under Section 2.04(d) to, but excluding, the date of payment. Such interest shall be calculated daily on the basis of a year of 365 days and the actual number of days elapsed, without compounding.
(f) The provisions of this Agreement shall apply in such a manner so as not to give the components and calculations duplicative effect to any item of adjustment, and no amount shall be (or is intended to be) included, in whole or in part (either as an increase or reduction), more than once in the calculation of (including any component of) Working Capital, Estimated Working Capital, Final Working Capital, Losses, or any other calculated amount pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) Any rights accruing to a party under this Section 2.04 shall be in addition to and independent of the rights to indemnification under Article VII and any payments made to any party under this Section 2.04 shall not be subject to the terms of Article VII.
(h) Any payments made pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price by the parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by Law.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Martin Midstream Partners Lp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) The Buyer shall within 90 calendar days after the Closing Date, Seller shall Date prepare and deliver or cause to Purchaser be prepared a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on reflecting the Closing Date Asset Value and the calculation thereof (the “"Closing Net Cash”Statement") determined and shall deliver such Closing Statement to the Representative. The Closing Statement shall be prepared on a basis consistent with that used in accordance calculating the Target Asset Value. The Buyer shall provide the Representative with Section 2.03, together with any supporting access to copies of all work papers and other relevant documents to verify the information that Purchaser may reasonably requestcontained in the Closing Statement. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller The Representative shall have the right, but not the obligation, a period of 30 calendar days after delivery to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company as him of the Closing Statement to review it and make any objections in writing to the Buyer. If written objections to the Closing Statement are delivered to the Buyer within such 30-day period, then the Buyer and the Representative shall attempt to resolve the matter or matters in dispute. If no written objections are made within the time period provided above, the Closing Statement shall become final and binding on the parties hereto and the Cash Payment shall be adjusted as described in clause (c) below.
(b) If disputes with respect to the Closing Statement cannot be resolved by the Buyer and the Representative within 15 calendar days after the delivery of the objections to the Closing Statement, then either party with notice to the other party may submit the specific matters in dispute to PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP or such other recognized independent accounting firm as may be approved by the Buyer and the Representative, which firm shall render its opinion as to such matters. Based on such opinion, such accounting firm will then send to the Buyer and the Representative its determination in writing on the specific matters in dispute, including any resulting revisions to the Closing Statement, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The Closing Statement, including revisions, if any, made by such accounting firm, shall then become final and binding on the parties hereto and the Purchase Price shall be adjusted as described in clause (c) below. The fees and other costs charged by the independent accounting firm shall be borne by the Buyer and the Sellers equally.
(c) At the time the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto, the Purchase Price will be:
(i) reduced by the amount, if any, by which the Target Asset Value exceeds the Closing Date Asset Value; and
(ii) increased by the amount, if any, by which the Closing Date Asset Value exceeds the Target Asset Value. If the Purchase Price is reduced pursuant to clause (i) above, the Sellers shall, within five days of the date that the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto, pay to the Buyer cash in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsan amount equal to such reduction. If the Purchase Price is increased pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Buyer shall, within five days of the date that the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto, pay to the Sellers cash in an aggregate amount equal to such increase.
(d) All payments made pursuant to this Section 1.6 shall be paid in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account or accounts to be designated by the party to receive the payments. All payments made pursuant to this Section 1.6 shall be deemed to be adjustments to the Purchase Price effective on the date that the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties hereto.
(e) For purposes of preparing the Closing Statement, (i) there shall be no increases in the net book value of any of the Transferred Assets by virtue of any adjustments made after December 31, 2001 other than as set forth in this clause (e), (ii) except as provided for in (v), increases or decreases in the Transferred Assets shall reflect only increases or decreases resulting from transactions in the ordinary course of the Business after December 31, 2001, (iii) there shall be no increases in the assets of the Business due to the recognition of any non-cash increases in the Transferred Assets (including translation adjustments), other than in the ordinary course of business, (iv) there shall be no adjustments for extraordinary charges or expenses after December 31, 2001, (v) the net book value of Inventories shall be reduced for Inventories which are damaged, obsolete or otherwise not salable, (vi) the net book value of Accounts Receivable shall be reduced by U.S. Accounts Receivable which are older than 90 days and international Accounts Receivable which are older than 120 days; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 any such Account Receivable, or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement any portion thereof, actually collected prior 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) 90 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from be included in the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder Asset Value, (vii) there shall be made no adjustments for increases in accordance with Section 9.04 within five intangibles, (5viii) Business Days after final determination the net book value of Equipment shall be reduced by the net book value of any Equipment which is not in good working order or which is not in the Sellers' possession as of the Statement to an account designated Closing Date and (ix) there shall be no increases in writing by Purchaser or Sellernet book value of Equipment unless such Equipment was acquired after December 31, as 2001 with the case may beconsent of the Buyer.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Weatherford International LTD)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 45 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 provide Buyer 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 audited balance sheet of the Company Business as of the date immediately preceding the Closing Date prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedGAAP utilizing the same methodology and adjustments as were used in preparing the Business Financial Statements, howeverand a statement of Working Capital (the "Statement of Working Capital") setting forth a true, that nothing in this sentence shall either change correct and complete listing of each of the definition components making up Working Capital, as of Net Cash from that set the date immediately preceding the Closing Date and setting forth in Section 2.03 or extend the time frame in which Seller must deliver the Statement to Purchaser. After the Closing Datereasonable detail, 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 objectionsadjustments, if any, to the Statement (Working Capital set forth in the “Business Financial Statements. Buyer and its independent auditors and other representatives shall have the right to review and to verify the Statement of Objections”)Working Capital when received. As used in this Section, the term "Working Capital" consists of the following items relating to the Business and the Purchased Assets: (i) Accounts Receivable net of reserves; plus (ii) Inventory, plus (iii) Other Current Assets transferred to Buyer; plus (iv) Construction in Progress; plus (v) Deferred Charges; minus (vi) Accounts Payable; minus (vii) all other Current Liabilities assumed by Buyer.
(b) Buyer shall have 30 days following receipt by it of the Statement of Working Capital during which to dispute the Statement of Working Capital in writing. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement Buyer fails to notify Seller of Objections to Seller any such dispute within such thirty30-day period, the Statement of Working Capital shall become final and binding upon be the parties. "Final Statement." If Purchaser delivers a Statement Buyer timely notifies Seller of Objections to Seller within any such thirty-day perioddispute, and the parties Seller and Buyer cannot resolve any such objection dispute within ten (10) Business Days after the 30 days of receipt by Seller Buyer of such Statement of Objectionsnotice, any remaining disputes such dispute shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP a "big five" accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the parties (the “accounting firm so engaged shall act as an expert and shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Independent Accounting Firm”"). The ; the determination of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be instructed made as promptly as practicable and shall be final and binding on both Buyer and Seller. Any expenses relating to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm engagement 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 Independent Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing shared equally by Buyer and shall be conclusive and binding upon Seller. In the partiesevent of a dispute, and the StatementStatement of Working Capital, as modified by such resolution, shall become final resolution by Buyer and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in by the Statement of ObjectionsIndependent Accounting Firm, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination"Final Statement."
(c) Upon If the Working Capital, as set forth in the Final Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)exceeds the Working Capital as reflected by the May 31, 2001 Business Financial Statements of Seller, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of such excess, and Buyer shall pay to Seller an amount equal to such excess. If the amount by which Working Capital as set forth in the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Final Statement is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If amount reflected by the Closing Net Cash exceeds May 31, 2001 Business Financial Statements of Seller, the Estimated Closing Net CashPurchase Price shall be decreased by such deficit, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, and Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the Buyer an amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to such deficit. The Purchase Price as adjusted is hereafter referred to as the LIBOR Rate from "Final Purchase Price."
(d) Any payments to be made by Buyer or Seller, as the Closing Date case may be, pursuant to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder Section 3.2(c) shall be made by wire transfer in accordance with Section 9.04 immediately available funds within five (5) Business Days after final determination the date upon which the Statement of Working Capital becomes the Final Statement (either upon expiration of the 30-day period referred to in Subsection (b) above or resolution of any dispute with respect to the Statement of Working Capital), in an amount determined pursuant to an account designated in writing Section 3.2(c), together with interest thereon from the Closing Date through the date such payment is made at the prime lending rate as announced as of the date of such payment by Purchaser or SellerCitibank, as the case may be.N.A.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Lone Star Technologies Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 75 days after following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare a Statement of Adjusted Working Capital of the Company and deliver to Purchaser a statement the Subsidiary (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as defined in Section 2.1 hereof) as of the close of business on the Closing Date (including the “notes thereto, the "Closing Net Cash”Date Statement"). The Closing Date Statement shall present the net amount of the Company's consolidated current assets less the Company's consolidated current liabilities in each case excluding (i) determined any amounts payable to or receivable from Seller or any of its Affiliates (as defined in accordance with Section 2.032.3 hereof) other than the Company and the Subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.1) that do not remain outstanding after the Closing, together with (ii) accrued state and federal income taxes, (iii) any supporting information that Purchaser amounts to which the Company may reasonably request. In be entitled to reimbursement in connection with preparing the Statementtax increment financed cost of construction at the Twin Falls, Seller shall have Idaho, plant (the right"Idaho Reimbursement") and (iv) any Taxes payable as result of Purchaser's election under Treasury Regulation Section 1.338(h)(10), but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedplus, howeverfrom March 26, that nothing in this sentence shall either change 1998 to the definition close 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 business on the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives net investment in fixed assets less the preparation net proceeds from the disposal 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 fixed assets of the Company for and the Subsidiary (the "Net Working Capital Amount") and shall be prepared with respect to such purposesitems on a basis consistent with the March Balance Sheet Information (as defined in Section 2.5).
(b) Within thirty During the preparation of the Closing Date Statement and the period of any dispute within the contemplation of this Section 1.4, Purchaser shall cause the Company to (30i) provide Seller and Seller's authorized representatives with access to the books, records, facilities, employees and accoun- tants of the Company, (ii) provide Seller as promptly as practi- cable after the Closing Date (but in no event later than 30 days after the Closing Date) with normal month-end closing financial information for the period ending on the Closing Date and (iii) cooperate with Seller and Seller's authorized representatives, including the provision on a timely basis of all information necessary or useful in connection with Seller's preparation of the Closing Date Statement.
(c) Seller shall deliver a copy of the Closing Date Statement, together with the work papers used in the prepa- ration thereof, to Purchaser promptly after it has been prepared and in no event later than 75 days after the Closing Date. After receipt of the Closing Date Statement, Purchaser shall deliver have 30 days to review the Closing Date Statement, together with the work papers used in the preparation thereof. Unless Purchaser deliv- ers written notice to Seller on or prior to the 30th day after Purchaser's receipt of the Closing Date Statement specifying all disputed items and the basis therefor, Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Closing Date Statement. If Purchaser so notifies Seller of its objection to the Closing Date Statement, Seller and Purchaser shall, within 30 days following such notice (the "Resolution Period"), attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive.
(d) At the conclusion of the Resolution Period, all amounts remaining in dispute shall be submitted to Coopers & Xxxxxxx (the "Neutral Auditors"). In the event that Coopers & Xxxxxxx is unwilling to serve as the Neutral Auditor hereunder and Purchaser and Seller are unable to agree on a written statement describing its objectionssubstitute therefor, Purchaser or Seller may request the American Arbitra- tion Association to appoint a nationally recognized accounting firm to act as Neutral Auditor hereunder who shall not have had a material relationship with Seller or Purchaser or any of their Affiliates within the past two years. Each party agrees to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditors, a reasonable engagement letter. All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Neutral Auditors shall be borne equally by Seller and Purchaser. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections The Neutral Auditors shall act as an arbitrator to determine, based solely on presentations by 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 periodPurchaser, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by Seller of such Statement of Objectionsindependent review, any remaining disputes only those issues still in dispute. The Neutral Auditors' determination shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve made within 30 days of their selection, whether or not 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 presentations by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm have been made 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 such period, and shall be set forth in writing a written statement delivered to Seller and Purchaser and shall be conclusive final, binding and binding upon the parties, and the conclusive. The term "Adjusted Closing Date Statement, ," as modified by such resolutionhereinafter used, shall become final mean the definitive Closing Date State- ment agreed to by Purchaser and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of 1.4(c) or the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser definitive Closing Date Statement resulting from the determinations made by the Accounting Firm based on the degree Neutral Auditors in accordance with this Section 1.4(d) (in addition to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid those items theretofore agreed to by Seller and Purchaser), in each case prepared in the manner set forth in the Section 1.4(a) hereof. The Net Working Capital Amount reflected on the Adjusted Closing Date Statement shall not be less than that specified by Purchaser in accordance with such determinationits notice to Seller pursuant to subsection (c) above nor more than that specified by Seller on the Closing Date Statement.
(ce) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial The Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) or decreased, as the case may be, dollar for dollar, to the extent the Net Working Capital Amount reflected in the Adjusted Closing Date Statement is greater than or less than $13,000,000, as the case may be. The amount of any increase to or reduction of the amount by which Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall bear interest from the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date through the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent date of payment at the publicly announced base interest rate of Bank of America (50%Illinois) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay in effect from time to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate time from the Closing Date to the date of such payment. If The amount of any reduction of the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.4(e), together with interest thereon, shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds by Seller to the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to account specified by Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of and the amount of such excessany increase to the Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.4(e), together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal thereon, shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds by Purchaser to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentaccount specified by Seller. Any such Such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Sellertransfer, as the case may be, shall be made within five business days after the Adjusted Closing Date Statement is agreed to by Purchaser and Seller or any remaining disputed items are ultimately determined by the Neutral Auditors.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Envirodyne Industries Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable but in any event within 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement Seller an audited balance sheet of the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities dated as of December 31, 2003 (the “"Proposed Closing Statement”"), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the which Proposed Closing Date Statement shall (the “Closing Net Cash”i) determined have been prepared by Buyer's accountants in accordance with Section 2.03GAAP, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestand (ii) set forth Buyer's calculation of the Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets as of December 31, 2003. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller and its representatives shall have the right, but not the obligationduring normal business hours and upon reasonable request, to conductreview all work papers and procedures used to prepare the Proposed Closing Statement and to have reasonable access to Buyer's financial employees and accountants involved in the determination of the Proposed Closing Statement and shall have the right to perform reasonable procedures necessary to confirm the accuracy thereof.
(b) The Proposed Closing Statement shall become final and binding on Seller and Buyer unless Seller notifies Buyer in writing within 15 days after delivery of the Proposed Closing Statement and specifies therein the basis and reason for the dispute and the amount which is in dispute (the "Disputed Matters"). During a period of 10 days following the delivery of such notice, Buyer and Seller shall attempt to resolve any Disputed Matters. If, at Seller’s expensethe end of such 10 day period, an audit Buyer and Seller shall have failed to reach agreement with respect to the Disputed Matters, the unresolved Disputed Matters shall be referred to BDO Xxxxxxx LLP or if such firm declines to act in such capacity, any such other firm of independent nationally recognized accountants chosen and mutually accepted by both parties (the "Independent Accountants") for resolution. Buyer and Seller shall provide the Independent Accountants with a written statement that includes their respective calculation of the balance sheet Net Book Value of the Company Purchased Assets as of December 31, 2003, and the Independent Accountant's decision as to the Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets as of December 31, 2003 shall be communicated to the parties in writing. The Independent Accountants shall be instructed to use every reasonable effort to make its determination with respect to the Disputed Matters (the "Independent Accountant's Final Net Book Value Determination") within 30 days of the submission to it of the Disputed Matters. Buyer shall give the Independent Accountants, during normal business hours and upon reasonable request, access to all work papers and procedures used to prepare Buyer's determination of the Proposed Closing Date Statement and to Buyer's financial employees and accountants. The final determination of the Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets as of December 31, 2003 (the "Final Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets") shall be the Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets set forth in the Proposed Closing Statement as adjusted by any Disputed Matters resolved by the parties and by the Independent Accountant's Final Net Book Value Determination, if any, which shall be reflected on the Final Closing Statement (as defined below). Each of the parties shall bear their own respective costs and expenses incurred in connection with such determination, and one-half of the fees of the Independent Accountants shall be paid by Buyer and one-half by Seller. This provision for the resolution of any Disputed Matters shall be specifically enforceable by the parties and the decision of the Independent Accountants in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsthe provisions hereof shall be final and binding and there shall be no right of appeal therefrom.
(c) Within 10 days after the completion of the procedures set forth in Section 3.3(a) and 3.3(b) above, Buyer shall make any adjustments to the Proposed Closing Statement as required by Section 3.3(b) (the "Final Closing Statement"), and the final purchase price adjustment (the "Purchase Price Adjustment") shall be determined. The Purchase Price Adjustment shall be equal to the Estimated Final Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets minus the Final Net Book Value of the Purchased Assets; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence no event 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 amount of the Statement Purchase Price Adjustment exceed the product of (i) 10% and (ii) the conduct Estimated Final Net Book Value of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times to Purchased Assets (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"Purchase Price Adjustment Cap"). The Purchase Price Adjustment, if any, to shall be payable as follows:
(i) if the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver Purchase Price Adjustment is a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodpositive number, 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and Purchase Price Adjustment shall be paid by Seller to Buyer through a reduction to the Holdback Amount, EXECUTION COPY and Purchaser if the Purchase Price Adjustment exceeds the Holdback Amount, then, subject to the Purchase Price Adjustment Cap, the excess shall be paid by Seller to Buyer by wire transfer in accordance with such determination.immediately available funds and no portion of the Holdback Amount shall be due and payable by Buyer; or, alternatively
(cii) Upon if the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Adjustment is a positive number, but less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If Holdback Amount, Buyer shall deduct the Closing Net Cash exceeds Purchase Price Adjustment from the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall Holdback Amount and pay the balance of the Holdback Amount to Seller fifty percent by wire transfer in immediately available funds; or alternatively
(50%iii) if the Purchase Price Adjustment is a negative number, then the entire Holdback Amount, but no amount in excess of the amount of such excessHoldback Amount, together with a sum equivalent shall be paid by Buyer to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of paymentSeller by wire transfer in immediately available funds. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) The payment of the amount of such excessPurchase Price Adjustment and the Holdback Amount, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing if any, by Purchaser Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, shall be due and payable, along with all accrued interest thereon, on or before the 10th Business Day following the 10 day period referred to in this Section 3.3(c) above (the "Payment Due Date"). All amounts to be paid by either Seller or Buyer, as the case may be, to the other under this Section 3.3(c) shall bear interest at a rate equal to the "prime rate" of interest reported from time to time in the Wall Street Journal, Southwest Edition, in the "Money Rates" section or equivalent substitute section of such paper (the "Prime Rate"), from the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Payment Due Date, and if not timely paid on or before the Payment Due Date, shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus 6% from the Payment Due Date until paid in full.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchase Price shall be subject to -------------------------- adjustment after the Closing as follows:
(a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, The Seller shall prepare and deliver may be entitled to Purchaser a statement receive additional shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Statement”)"Additional Shares") as additional consideration (the "Additional Consideration") in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3 based upon the Gross Revenues, setting forth on an annualized basis, of a particular month during the Net Cash as of the close of business on twenty-four-month period immediately following the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”"Earn-Out Period"), as follows:
(i) Within ten business days after the delivery of the quarterly profit and loss statement pursuant to Section 7.4(d), if the Seller desires to designate a particular month of the quarterly period covered by such statement, then the Seller shall so notify Parent in writing (the "Revenue Notice") of such month (the "Revenue Month"). If Seller fails to notify Parent in writing within the ten business day period pursuant to this Section 3.3(a)(i), then Seller's right to designate the Revenue Month shall be forfeited with respect to such quarterly period. Seller shall not be entitled to designate any month that has been previously forfeited.
(ii) Within two weeks of receipt of Seller's written notice designating the Revenue Month, Parent shall present the Seller with a certification (the "Revenue Certification") signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Parent with respect thereto and with respect to the amount equal to the product of (i) twelve and (ii) the Gross Revenues for the Revenue Month (the "Annualized Revenues"). Such certification shall be accompanied by a detailed statement setting forth the relevant information upon which the calculation of such Gross Revenues is based, including, without limitation, the names of each licensee and the licensee fees and other revenues paid or payable, including any bad debt reserve established in respect of any applicable receivables, by such licensee in respect of the applicable month.
(iii) In the event Parent does not receive a Revenue Notice with respect to the last calendar quarter of the Earn-Out Period, the Parent shall determine the Gross Revenues for the final month of the Earn-Out Period for purposes of determining the Annualized Revenues pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(ii).
(b) In the event the Annualized Revenues as reflected on the Revenue Certification are equal to or less than $2,076,000, then the Purchaser shall be under no obligation to pay, and the Seller shall not have a right to receive, any Additional Consideration.
(c) In the event the Annualized Revenues as reflected on the Revenue Certification are greater than $2,076,000 (the amount by which such Annualized Revenues exceed $2,076,000 being herein referred to as the "Increased Revenues"), then the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay, and the Seller shall have a right to receive Additional Consideration in the amount equal to two and one-fifth (2.2) times the Increased Revenues.
(d) The Additional Consideration shall be paid by delivery to the Seller of a number of Additional Shares determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled as determined in accordance with Section 2.033.3(c) hereof by the average Closing Price of a share of Parent Common Stock for the 10 Trading Day period immediately preceding the commencement of the month following the Revenue Month (the "Undisputed 10 Day Average"), together if the Revenue Certification is not disputed by the Seller. Such Additional Shares shall be issued as soon as reasonably practicable and the Parent shall submit written instructions to its transfer agent to issue such shares no later than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of the Additional Consideration, if any, to which the Seller is entitled.
(e) In the event the Seller disputes or disagrees with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe calculation as presented in the Revenue Certification, then the determination of Gross Revenues shall be calculated by an independent auditor chosen by the Seller and approved by Parent, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In connection with preparing the Statementevent the Revenue Certification is disputed by the Seller, Seller shall have and (i) the right, but not calculation of Gross Revenues by the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit independent auditor is less than 101% of the balance sheet amount of the Company Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Closing Date Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsSection 3.3(c) hereof by the greater of (A) the Undisputed 10 Day Average and (B) the 10 Trading Day period immediately preceding the date the calculation of Gross Revenues is presented by the independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) (the "Disputed 10 Day Average") and in either case, the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne by the Seller, or (ii) the calculation of Gross Revenues by the independent auditor is greater than or equal to 101% and less than or equal to 110% of the amount of the Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with Section 3.3(c) hereof by the Undisputed 10 Day Average and the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne equally by the Seller and the Purchaser or (iii) the calculation of Gross Revenues by the independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) hereof is greater than 110% of the amount of the Gross Revenues contained in the Revenue Certification, the Additional Consideration to be paid shall be a number of Additional Shares as determined by dividing the amount of Additional Consideration to which the Seller is entitled to as determined in accordance with Section 3.3(c) hereof by the lesser of (X) the Undisputed 10 Day Average and (Y) the Disputed 10 Day Average and in either case the cost of such determination by such independent auditor shall be borne by the Purchaser. In either event, such Additional Shares shall be issued as soon as reasonably practicable and the Parent shall submit written instructions to its transfer agent to issue such shares no later than two (2) Business Days after the final determination of the Additional Consideration, if any, to which the Seller is entitled. The determination of Gross Revenues by such independent auditor pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) shall be binding upon the parties.
(f) The issuance of the Additional Shares, if any, pursuant to Section 3.3(d) or 3.3(e) shall be subject to the Parent's right of set-off as contained in Section 8.5 hereof.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Parent shall not be obligated to issue Additional Shares, pursuant to Section 3.3(d) or 3.3(e), to the extent that the issuance of such Additional Shares would exceed that number of shares of Parent Common Stock which the Parent may issue in connection with the acquisition of the Purchased Assets (the "Exchange Cap") without breaching the Parent's obligations to receive stockholder approval prior to such issuance under the rules or regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Parent (a) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. for issuances of Parent Common Stock in excess of such amount (the "Shareholder Approval") or (b) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Parent that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Seller; 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 -------- ------- notwithstanding anything herein 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 periodcontrary, the Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement Parent, will issue such number 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 shares 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 Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.04(a3.3(b) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this and, if applicable, Section 2.04(b), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser 3.3(d) or Section 3.3(e) up to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following Exchange Cap. In addition, if applicable, Parent shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to include and recommend for approval such proposal for the expiration of Shareholder Approval in its next annual proxy statement filed after 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by determination is made that such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationShareholder Approval is necessary.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As promptly as practicable, but no later than 90 days after the Closing Date, Seller the Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Seller a statement of Modified Working Capital (including the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash related notes and schedules thereto) as of the close of business on the Closing Date (Date, which shall set forth 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 Purchaser's determination of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence Modified Working Capital and shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 or extend detail the amounts underlying such calculation in the same format and detail as in Schedule 2.06 (the "Initial MWC Statement"). Purchaser shall certify to the Seller at the time frame of delivery of the Initial MWC Statement that the Modified Working Capital set forth on the Initial MWC Statement was prepared on the basis and using the same accounting policies, principles, methodologies and estimates used in which Seller must deliver preparing the 1998 Pro Forma Financial Statements and the Statement of Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998 as set forth in Schedule 2.06 and using the Specified Accounting Policies referred to in Schedule 2.06, which are more fully described in the Notes to the 1998 Pro Forma Financial Statements included in Section 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedule. At all times during the 45 Business Days immediately following the Seller's receipt of the Initial MWC Statement, the Seller and its representatives will be permitted to review at the Company's offices, or, if the Purchaser so designates, at the Purchaser. After 's offices the Purchaser's working papers (including work papers of its accountants and other advisors) relating to the Initial MWC Statement, as well as all of the books and records relating to the operations and finances of the Business with respect to the period up to and including the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, and the Purchaser shall, and shall cause make reasonably available the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in individuals responsible for the preparation of the Initial MWC Statement (including, without limitation, accountants, lawyers and other advisors) in order to respond to the conduct inquiries 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 purposesrelated thereto.
(b) Within thirty The Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing (30the "Notice of Disagreement") days within 45 Business Days after receipt receiving the Initial MWC Statement if the Seller disagrees with the Purchaser's calculation of the StatementClosing Modified Working Capital, Purchaser which Notice of Disagreement shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to set forth in reasonable detail the Statement (basis for such dispute and the “Statement U.S. Dollar amounts involved and the Seller's good faith estimate of Objections”)the Closing Modified Working Capital. If Purchaser the Seller does not deliver a Statement Notice of Objections Disagreement to Seller the Purchaser within such thirty-day 45 Business Day period, then the Initial MWC Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections be deemed 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 have been accepted 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolutionSeller, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful parties and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationthe Final MWC Statement.
(c) Upon During the 30 Business Days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Seller and the Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve any differences that they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement. If at the end of such 30 Business Day period the Seller and the Purchaser have been unable to agree upon a Final MWC Statement, then the Seller and the Purchaser shall submit to the Independent Accounting Firm for review and resolution any and all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Notice of Disagreement. The Purchaser and the Seller shall cause the Independent Accounting Firm to use commercially practicable efforts to make a final determination (which determination shall be binding on the parties hereto) of the Closing Modified Working Capital within 30 Business Days from such submission, and such final determination shall be the Final MWC Statement. The cost of the Independent Accounting Firm's review and determination shall be paid by the party that has determined an amount of Closing Modified Working Capital that is the greatest amount different from the Closing Modified Working Capital on the Final MWC Statement. During the 30 Business Day review by the Independent Accounting Firm, the Purchaser and the Seller will each make available to the Independent Accounting Firm interviews with such individuals and such information, books and records as may be reasonably required by the Independent Accounting Firm to make its final determination.
(d) (i) If the Closing Modified Working Capital (as set forth in the Final MWC Statement) exceeds the Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998, as reflected on Schedule 2.06 hereto, then the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to such excess or $2,000,000, whichever amount is less; or (ii) if the Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998, as reflected on Schedule 2.06 hereto, exceeds the Closing Modified Working Capital (as set forth in the Final MWC Statement), then the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser an amount equal to such excess; in either case within five Business Days after the Final MWC Statement becoming becomes final and binding on the parties hereto and, in accordance either case, together with interest on the amount of such excess from the Closing Date until the date of payment at the Interest Rate. If the Closing Modified Working Capital (as set forth in the Final MWC Statement) is equal to the Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998, as reflected on Schedule 2.06 hereto, then neither the Purchaser nor the Seller shall owe any amount to the other party pursuant to this Section 2.04(b2.06.
(e) The Purchaser agrees that following the Closing through the date on which payment if any, is made by either party pursuant to Section 2.06(d) or if the Final MWC Statement indicates that no such payment is required, then through the date on which the Final MWC Statement becomes effective, the Purchaser will not take any actions with respect to any accounting books or records on which the Initial MWC Statement or the Final MWC Statement is to be based that would make it impossible or impracticable to calculate the Closing Modified Working Capital in the manner and utilizing the methods required hereby. The Purchaser further agrees that following the Closing through the date on which payment, if any, is made pursuant to Section 2.06(b) of the Viacom Stock Purchase Agreement (notice of which the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) Purchaser will not take any actions with respect to any accounting books or records of the amount by which Company or the Business that would make it impossible or impracticable to calculate the Closing Net Cash exceeds Assets (as such term is defined in the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased Viacom Stock Purchase Agreement) with respect to the Business in the manner and utilizing the methods required by fifty percent the Viacom Stock Purchase Agreement.
(50%f) The parties acknowledge and agree that the purchase price adjustment contemplated by this Section 2.06 is intended to reflect the change in Modified Working Capital solely as a result of operations and activities of the amount by which Business in the ordinary course of business between December 31, 1998 and the Closing Net Cash Date. The parties also acknowledge and agree that the adjustment, if any, contemplated by this Section 2.06 can only be properly determined if the Closing Modified Working Capital is prepared consistent with and using the same principles, policies, practices, procedures, methods and estimates as those used in calculating the Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998. Knowledge obtained in preparing the Closing Modified Working Capital of an error, omission or other inaccuracy in the calculation of Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998, does not constitute a change resulting from operations and activities of the Business in the ordinary course, and, accordingly, the effect of any and all such errors, omissions or other inaccuracies shall be excluded in calculating the purchase price adjustment contemplated by this Section 2.06 resulting from the change, if any, in Modified Working Capital between December 31, 1998, and the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Modified Working Capital as of December 31, 1998, as reflected on Schedule 2.06 hereto shall be restated to correct for any such error, omission or other inaccuracies, for purposes of determining whether the amount thereof exceeds or is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beModified Working Capital.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety A physical inventory count shall be conducted by the Company on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date for the purpose of preparing the Statement (90as defined below), and Purchaser or its representatives shall have the right to observe the taking of such physical inventory.
(b) Five (5) days after prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare a preliminary statement (the “Preliminary Statement”) reflecting its good faith estimate of the Adjusted Purchase Price as of the Closing Date (the “Estimated Purchase Price”), determined in accordance with this Section 2.04. Within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date calculated on a basis consistent with the Balance Sheet (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) 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 shallassist, and shall cause the Company toto assist, 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 properties, books and records of the Company for such purposespurpose. Purchaser’s accountants may participate in the preparation of the Statement; provided, however, that Purchaser acknowledges that Seller shall have the primary responsibility and authority for preparing the Statement.
(bc) Within During the thirty (30) days after day period following Purchaser’s receipt of the Statement, Purchaser and its accountants shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesParties on the thirtieth (30th) day following delivery thereof, unless Purchaser gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Seller prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted and (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on Closing Working Capital not being calculated in accordance with this Section 2.04. If a Notice of Disagreement is received by Seller in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Seller and Purchaser delivers on the earlier of (A) the date Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, which agreements shall be reflected in an amended Statement, or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the thirty (30) day period following the delivery of a Statement Notice of Objections Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period Seller within and its accountants shall have access to the working papers of Purchaser’s accountants. At the end of such thirty-thirty (30) day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be KPMG LLP or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to act, such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the Parties in writing. The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm shall be limited to whether [ ] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, IS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED there were mathematical errors in the Statement and whether Closing Working Capital was calculated in accordance with Section 2.04, and the parties canAccounting Firm is not resolve to make any other determination. Seller and Purchaser agree to use their reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a decision resolving the matters submitted to them within thirty (30) days following submission. Judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Accounting Firm in any court having jurisdiction over the Party against which such objection determination is to be enforced. The cost of any arbitration (including the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and reasonable attorney fees and expenses of the Parties) pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be borne by Purchaser and Seller in inverse proportion as they may prevail on matters resolved by the Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocations shall also be determined by the Accounting Firm at the time the determination of the Accounting Firm is rendered on the matters submitted. The fees and disbursements of Seller’s accountants incurred in connection with their review of the Statement and of any Notice of Disagreement shall be borne by Seller, and the fees and disbursements of Purchaser’s accountants incurred in connection with their review of the Statement shall be borne by Purchaser.
(d) The Purchase Price shall be (i) increased by the amount by which Closing Working Capital exceeds [ * ] (the “WC Amount”) or (ii) decreased by the amount by which Closing Working Capital is less than the WC Amount (the Purchase Price as so increased or decreased shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). If the Estimated Purchase Price is less than the Adjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall, and if the Estimated Purchase Price is more than the Adjusted Purchase Price, Seller shall, 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become becomes final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid Parties, make payment by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) wire transfer of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) immediately available funds of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may bedifference.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of the Purchase Price Adjustment is to adjust the initial Purchase Price for changes in Seller's net working capital accounts between December 31, 2003 and the Closing date, calculated using specified accounting policies consistently applied.
1.3.1 The Seller shall within 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller Date prepare a Closing Statement of Working Capital shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business be prepared on the Closing Date (same basis and using 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, specified accounting policies and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives methodologies used in the preparation of the Statement of Accounts and the conduct Statement of Working Capital.
1.3.2 The Buyer, from and after the audit Closing Date, shall promptly supply all such information and shall provide access to all such records and personnel as the Seller and its representatives any information the Seller's accountants shall reasonably requested require for the purpose of preparing and reviewing the Closing Statement of Working Capital. No individual item, or series of related items shall provide them access be eligible for inclusion in the Objection Notice unless the amount by which Buyer disagrees with the value set forth on the Closing Statement of Working Capital is at all reasonable times least $25,000.
1.3.3 As soon as the Closing Statement of Working Capital shall have been prepared, the Seller shall send a copy thereof to the personnel, properties and books and records of Buyer. Unless the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) Buyer shall within 60 days after receipt of the StatementClosing Statement of Working Capital give a notice (an "Objection Notice") to the Seller that it objects to the Closing Statement of Working Capital (identifying in reasonable detail and with supporting documentation the reason for any objection and the amount(s) or item(s) in the Closing Statement of Working Capital which is/are in dispute), Purchaser the Buyer shall deliver be deemed to have irrevocably approved and agreed to the Closing Statement of Working Capital in the form of the draft provided by the Seller.
1.3.4 If the Buyer shall timely give an Objection Notice, then the Seller and the Buyer shall use their reasonable endeavors to reach agreement upon adjustments to the Closing Statement of Working Capital provided by Seller.
1.3.5 In the event that the Seller and the Buyer fail to reach agreement within 30 days following delivery of a written statement describing its objectionstimely delivered Objection Notice, each of the Seller or the Buyer shall be entitled to refer the matter(s) in dispute to a mutually acceptable independent firm of accountants with no relationship to Buyer or Seller. Such independent firm of accountants shall determine the matter(s) remaining in dispute (and only those items remaining in dispute which were properly set forth in a timely delivered Objection Notice) and their decision shall be final and binding in the absence of manifest error in reaching their determination. Seller and Buyer shall provide reasonable cooperation to the independent firm of accountants. The costs of the independent firm of accountants shall be borne by the Seller and the Buyer in inverse proportion to the total dollar amount of the remaining items in dispute submitted to the independent firm of accountants and the proportion thereof decided by the independent firm of accountants in favor of the other party.
1.3.6 If the Buyer shall not have timely given an Objection Notice or, if any, to such notice is given and the Statement (Seller and the “Buyer shall subsequently agree upon the Closing Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Working Capital or the matters in dispute are referred to an independent firm of accountants under this Section 1.3, the Closing Statement of Objections Working Capital as adjusted (where applicable) so as to be in accordance with the agreement of the Seller within such thirty-day period, and the Buyer or the determination of the independent firm of accountants shall be the Closing Statement of Working Capital for the purposes of this Agreement and shall become be final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a .
1.3.7 When the Closing 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall Working Capital has become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less thanbinding, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall forthwith (a) be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the net working capital according to the Closing Net Cash exceeds Statement of Working Capital is an amount greater than set forth on the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased Statement of Working Capital or, as the case may be (b), be reduced by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the net working capital according to the Closing Net Cash Statement of Working Capital is an amount less than set forth on the Estimated Closing Net CashStatement of Working Capital. If Any net increase or reduction in the PurchasePrice shall be paid by the Buyer or the Seller (as appropriate) to the other by wire transfer in immediately available funds within 5 days after the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) Statement of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beWorking Capital has become binding.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (ai) Within ninety (90) On or prior to 90 days after following the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement (in its final and binding form, the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash as of Closing Working Capital, the close of business on Adjustment Amount, and the Final Purchase Price. The Closing Date (Statement shall be prepared for the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Business in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthe Accounting Methodologies (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Closing Working Capital). In connection with preparing During 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 preparation of the Closing Date in accordance Statement and the period of any dispute with generally accepted auditing standards; providedrespect thereto, 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, within reason (A) assist Seller Buyer and its representatives in the preparation of the Closing Statement and provide Buyer and its representatives with, upon prior notice, access during normal business hours to the conduct books, records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents), and facilities of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times Affiliates with respect to the personnelBusiness for such purpose, properties and books and records and, without limiting the generality of the Company for such purposesforegoing, make available Seller’s and its Affiliates’ employees (including employees who are knowledgeable with respect to the matters to be set forth in the Closing Statement) to assist in the preparation of the Closing Statement, the review of any Notice of Disagreement, and otherwise in connection with the matters contemplated by this Section 3(b) (including any dispute relating to the Closing Statement), and (B) cooperate fully with Buyer and its representatives, including the provision on a timely basis of all information necessary or useful as requested by Buyer in connection with the preparation of the Closing Statement.
(bii) 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 The Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties 30 days following Seller’s receipt thereof unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to Buyer prior to such date. During the 30 days immediately following Seller’s receipt of the Closing Statement, Buyer shall (A) provide reasonable assistance to Seller and its representatives in the review and evaluation of the Closing Statement and provide Seller and its representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to the books and records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents) of Buyer for such purpose, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at reasonable times make available its employees that are knowledgeable with respect to the matters to be set forth in the Closing Statement in order to provide explanations with respect to the Closing Statement and the books and records described in this clause (A) and (B) reasonably cooperate with Seller and its representatives, including the provision on a reasonably timely basis of all other information necessary as requested by Seller in connection with the review and evaluation of the Closing Statement. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (A) specify in reasonable detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted and (B) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on the Closing Statement not being prepared in accordance with this Section 3(b). If Purchaser delivers Seller fails to deliver a Statement Notice of Objections Disagreement to Seller Buyer within such thirty30-day period, Seller will be deemed to have concurred with the Closing Statement. If a timely Notice of Disagreement is received by Buyer, then the Closing Statement (as revised in accordance with clause (x) or (y) below) shall become final and binding upon the parties canon the earlier of (x) the date the parties hereto resolve in writing any and all differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (y) the date any matters properly in dispute are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. Any matter not specifically referenced in the Notice of Disagreement shall be conclusively deemed to have been agreed upon by the parties. During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller and Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after differences which they may have with respect to any matter specified in the receipt by Seller Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such Statement of Objections30-day period, any remaining disputes Seller and Buyer shall be resolved by Ernst & Young submit to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the “Accounting Firm”)) for review and resolution all matters (but only such matters) which remain in dispute and which were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm Buyer and Seller shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by instruct the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) to, 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 shall, make a final determination of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced items included in the preceding sentenceClosing Statement (to the extent such amounts are in dispute) in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in this Agreement. The resolution Buyer and Seller will cooperate with the Accounting Firm during the term of disputes by its engagement. Buyer and Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm to not, and the Accounting Firm shall be not, assign a value to any item in dispute greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by Buyer, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, or less than the smallest value for such item assigned by Buyer, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand. Buyer and Seller shall also instruct the Accounting Firm to, and the Accounting Firm shall, make its determination based solely on presentations by Buyer and Seller which are in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon this Agreement (i.e., not on the partiesbasis of an independent review). The Closing Statement, the Adjustment Amount, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, Final Purchase Price shall become final and binding upon on Buyer and Seller on the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item delivers its final resolution in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right writing to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, Buyer and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement Seller (which final resolution shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall requested by the parties to be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03delivered not more than 45 days following submission of such disputed matters). The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be apportioned between borne equally by Seller and Purchaser by Buyer.
(iii) A portion of the Accounting Firm based on Estimated Purchase Price equal to Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) (the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and “Adjustment Escrow Amount”) shall be paid by Seller Buyer to the Escrow Agent to be held in escrow pending determination of the Adjustment Amount. The Adjustment Escrow Amount shall be held, invested and Purchaser distributed by the Escrow Agent in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) terms of the amount by which Adjustment Escrow Agreement in the Closing Net Cash exceeds form of Exhibit F hereto (the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash“Adjustment Escrow Agreement”). If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Adjustment Amount is a positive number, then (i) the Estimated Closing Net CashEscrow Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five Business Days) pay to Seller, Purchaser the Adjustment Escrow Amount, together with any interest earned thereon, and (ii) Buyer shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount of such excessAdjustment Amount, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at 5% per annum, calculated on the basis of a rate equal to year of 365 days and the LIBOR Rate number of days elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of paymentpayment (the “Applicable Rate”). If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds Adjustment Amount is a negative number, the Closing Net Cashabsolute value of which is less than or equal to the Adjustment Escrow Amount, then (i) the Escrow Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five Business Days) pay to Buyer out of the Adjustment Escrow Amount an amount equal to the absolute value of the Adjustment Amount, together with all interest earned on that portion of the Adjustment Escrow Amount equal to the absolute value of the Adjustment Amount, and (ii) the Escrow Agent shall pay to Seller the balance of the Adjustment Escrow Amount, if any, together with any interest earned thereon. If the Adjustment Amount is a negative number, the absolute value of which is greater than the Adjustment Escrow Amount, then (i) the Escrow Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five Business Days) pay to Buyer the Adjustment Escrow Amount, together with all interest earned on the Adjustment Escrow Amount, and (ii) Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount equal to the absolute value of the amount of such excessAdjustment Amount less the Adjustment Escrow Amount, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from Applicable Rate. Upon determination of the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made Adjustment Amount in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (53(b) Business Days after final determination hereof, each of Buyer and Seller shall execute joint written instructions to the Statement Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to an account designated disburse the Adjustment Escrow Amount in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beaccordance with this Section 3(b)(iii).
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) 1. Within ninety (90) 45 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a statement (in its final and binding form, the “"Closing Statement”), ") setting forth the Net Cash Inventory Amount as of the close opening 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 requestInventory Amount"). In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Upon 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 's request, Purchaser shall, and Buyer shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation of the Closing 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 properties, inventories, books and records of the Company Buyer for such purposes.
purpose and during the period of any dispute with respect thereto. In connection with the preparation of the Closing Statement, Seller shall take and prepare a physical count of the finished goods Inventory as of the opening of business on the Closing Date. Buyer and Seller shall engage Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. to observe the physical count of the finished goods Inventory, and the fees and expenses of Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. in connection therewith shall be borne 50% by Buyer and 50% by Seller. Representatives of Buyer shall be entitled to observe such physical count. The Closing Inventory Amount shall be calculated in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles set forth in Schedule 4(b) in a manner consistent with the calculation of the Initial Inventory Amount and the principles set forth on Schedule 2(b) attached hereto (bthe "Adjustment Principles") Within thirty (30) which, in a conflict with the Applicable Accounting Principles, shall control. The Closing Statement shall be accompanied by a special purpose report by Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. to the effect that the Closing Inventory Amount has been calculated in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. During the 30 days after immediately following Buyer's receipt of the Statement, Purchaser Buyer shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review Seller's and Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.'s working papers relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the thirtieth day following receipt thereof by Buyer unless Buyer gives written notice of its disagreement (a "Notice of Disagreement") to Seller prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (A) specify in reasonable detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted and (B) be accompanied by a certificate of Buyer that it has complied with the covenants set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2(b). If Purchaser delivers a timely Notice of Disagreement is received by Seller, then the Closing Statement (as revised in accordance with clause (x) or (y) below) shall become final and binding upon the parties on the earlier of Objections (x) the date the parties hereto resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (y) the date any matters properly in dispute are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the 30 days immediately following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller within and Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences which they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such thirtyperiod, Seller shall have full access to the working papers of Buyer prepared in connection with Buyer's preparation of the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such 30-day period, Seller and Buyer shall submit to a "Big Six" accounting firm mutually agreed upon (the "Accounting Firm") for review and resolution of any and all matters which remain in dispute and which were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after Accounting Firm shall make a final determination of the receipt by Seller of such Statement of ObjectionsClosing Inventory Amount in accordance with this Section 2(b), any remaining disputes which determination shall be resolved binding on the parties (it being understood, however, that the Accounting Firm shall act as an arbitrator to determine, based solely on presentations by Ernst & Young LLP Buyer and Seller (and not by independent review), only those matters which remain in dispute and which were properly included in the “Notice of Disagreement). The Closing Statement shall become final and binding on Buyer and Seller on the date the Accounting Firm delivers its final resolution to the parties (which final resolution shall be delivered as soon as practicable following the selection of 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 selected by Seller and Purchaser Buyer or, if the parties are unable 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 agree, by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing Seller's and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03Buyer's independent accountants. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be apportioned between Seller borne 50% by Buyer and Purchaser 50% by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare has prepared and deliver delivered to Purchaser Buyer 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 April 28, 2007 (the Closing Date in accordance "April 28, 2007 Balance Sheet"). The parties acknowledge and agree that the April 28, 2007 Balance Sheet, including certain agreed upon adjustments, fairly presents the items listed thereon as of April 28, 2007 on a basis consistent 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 shallGAAP, and shall cause reflects the Company toresults of a physical inventory taken by Sellers immediately prior to April 28, assist Seller 2007 with Buyer and its representatives in internal and external auditors and other Representatives having had the preparation of opportunity to observe such physical inventory and review all ledgers and supporting information, and having had full access after delivery to review the Statement April 28, 2007 Balance Sheet and the conduct of the audit and shall provide Seller and its representatives make any information reasonably requested and shall provide them access at all reasonable times objections to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposesSellers.
(b) Within thirty (During the period through June 30) days after receipt , 2007, Sellers and the Company shall conduct the financial and accounting operations 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash Company in accordance with Section 2.03Company's financial and accounting practices and procedures and on a basis consistent with GAAP. The fees During June, 2007 Buyer shall provide on-site training to Company accounting personnel at mutually convenient times and expenses of dates to assist the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller Company and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s its personnel in adopting Buyer's procedures and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationpractices.
(c) Upon Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer and Company’s independent C.P.A. a balance sheet of the Statement becoming final Company as of June 30, 2007 (the "Closing Balance Sheet") on or before July 9, 2007. The Closing Balance as reviewed by the C.P.A. shall be delivered to the Buyer no later than July 19, 2007. The Closing Balance Sheet shall fairly present the items listed thereon as of June 30, 2007 on a basis consistent with GAAP and binding consistent with the agreed upon adjustments to the April 28, 2007 Balance Sheet. Buyer and its internal and external auditors and other Representatives shall have full access after delivery of the Closing Balance Sheet to review it and make any objections in accordance writing to Sellers. Any objections shall be delivered to Seller’s Representative as soon as possible, but no later than July 30, 2007. Any such objections shall be resolved by Buyer and Sellers in consultation with Section 2.04(bBuyer's Chief Financial Officer, internal and external auditors, and other Representatives.
(d) The Closing Balance Sheet shall reflect as assets, at cost, certain processing equipment purchased by the Company on the recommendation and with the approval of Buyer, and shall also reflect the additional Indebtedness incurred by the Company in order to purchase such equipment.
(e) In the event Total Stockholders' Equity as shown on the Closing Balance Sheet is less than Eleven Million Seven Hundred Thirty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($11,739,390) (which was the Total Stockholders' Equity as of June 30, 2006), the Initial Purchase Price shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount by which such Total Stockholders' Equity is less than Eleven Million Seven Hundred Thirty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($11,739,390).
(f) In the event Total Stockholders' Equity as shown on the Closing Balance Sheet exceeds Eleven Million Seven Hundred Thirty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($11,739,390), the Purchase Price shall be increased dollar-for-dollar by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash such Total Stockholders' Equity exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent Eleven Million Seven Hundred Thirty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars (50%$11,739,390).
(g) Upon termination of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made Escrow Agreement in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination its terms, any portion of the Statement Escrow Amount which is returned to an account designated in writing Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement shall be accounted for by Purchaser or Seller, Buyer and the Company as a Post-Closing downward adjustment of the Purchase Price.
(h) The sum of the adjustments made pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be known as the case may be"Purchase Price Adjustment."
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a1) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable but not later than 60 days after following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a working capital statement (of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”Statement") determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing setting forth the Statement, Seller shall have current assets minus the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet current liabilities of the Company as of (the Closing Date "Working Capital") on the basis described in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsAnnex B, accompanied by a report from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall either change if the definition of Net Cash from that set forth transactions contemplated in Section 2.03 4.11(a) or extend (b) occur, the time frame in which Seller must deliver Closing Statement will be prepared as if the Statement to Purchaser. After Company did not own the Dermablend Business or the National Cosmetics Business and the Iman Business as of 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be; provided further that if Buyer retains the Dermablend Business and, pursuant to Section 4.11(b), sells the National Cosmetics Business and the Iman Business, the Dermablend Business will also include the net accounts receivable (other than the Designated Receivables (as defined in Section 4.11)), bank overdraft, accounts payable and accrued expenses related to the National Cosmetics Business and the Iman Business. Seller and its authorized representatives shall have reasonable access to all relevant books and records and employees of the Company following the Closing Date to the extent required to complete preparation of the Closing Statement, including, without limitation, preparation of any financial reports or schedules needed to complete the Closing Statement. Seller and Buyer shall split equally the cost of preparing and delivering the Closing Statement.
(2) After receipt of the Closing Statement, Buyer shall have 15 days to review it. Buyer and its authorized representatives shall have reasonable access to Seller's accountants to the extent required to complete their review of the Closing Statement, including, without limitation, the accountants' work papers used in preparation thereof. Unless Buyer delivers written notice to Seller on or prior to the 15th day after receipt of the Closing Statement specifying in reasonable detail its objections to the Closing Statement on the grounds that the Closing Statement (i) was not prepared in accordance with this Section 1.4 or (ii) contained arithmetic errors, the parties shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Closing Statement. If Buyer so notifies Seller of such an objection to the Closing Statement, the parties shall within 15 days following the date of such notice (the "Resolution Period") attempt to resolve their differences.
(3) At the conclusion of the Resolution Period, any amounts remaining in dispute shall, at the election of either party, be submitted to Price Waterhouse (the "Neutral Auditor"). The Neutral Auditor shall be engaged within five days after an election by either party to submit its objections to the Neutral Auditor, and each party agrees to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditor, a reasonable engagement letter. All fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor shall be borne equally by Seller and Buyer. The Neutral Auditor shall act as an arbitrator to determine, based solely on the written presentations by Seller and Buyer made within 15 days of the Neutral Auditor's engagement or such other reasonable period of time to which the parties agree, and not by independent review, only those issues still in dispute. The Neutral Auditor's determination shall be made within 30 days after Seller's and Buyer's written presentations have been made, shall be set forth in a written statement delivered to Seller and Buyer and shall be final, binding, conclusive and nonappealable. The term "Final Closing Statement" shall mean the definitive Closing Statement agreed to by Seller and Buyer in accordance with Section 1.4(b) or the definitive Closing Statement resulting from the determination made by the Neutral Auditor in accordance with this Section 1.4(c) (in addition to those items theretofore agreed to by Seller and Buyer).
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Carson Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a statement showing its good faith estimate of the amount of Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Estimated Working Capital Statement”).
(b) Within ninety (90) 30 days after the Closing Date, the Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Statement”), ) setting forth the Net Cash amount of Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashWorking Capital”) 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 Following the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shallshall assist, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives Subsidiaries to assist, the Seller in the preparation of the Closing Statement and the conduct of the audit and shall provide the Seller and its representatives any information reasonably requested and shall provide them the Seller’s independent auditors access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and properties, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such purposespurpose. Purchaser’s independent auditors may participate in the preparation of the Closing Statement; provided, however, that Purchaser acknowledges that the Seller shall have the primary responsibility and authority for preparing the Closing Statement. The Closing Statement shall be prepared in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s historical accounting principles, methodologies and judgments, except that no effect shall be given to, and the Closing Statement shall not reflect (a) the effect (including any Tax effect) of any act, event or transaction occurring between the actual time of Closing and the close of business on the Closing Date, including any transaction between the Seller and Purchaser or relating to Purchaser’s financing of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) any transaction occurring on the Closing Date between the Company and the Purchaser or any of Purchaser’s Affiliates or (c) any purchase, accounting or other similar adjustments resulting from the consummation of the Transaction and shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Seller that it has complied with Section 1.04.
(bc) Within thirty (30) days after During the 45 day period following Purchaser’s receipt of the Closing Statement, Purchaser shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objectionsreview the working papers of the Seller, if any, solely as it relates to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 45th day following delivery thereof, unless Purchaser gives written notice of its disagreement with the Closing Statement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Seller prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted, (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on any failure of Closing Working Capital to have been calculated in accordance with this Section 1.04, and (iii) be accompanied by a certificate of Purchaser that it has complied with Section 1.04(f). If Purchaser delivers a Statement Notice 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 Disagreement is received by the Accounting Firm of Seller in a timely manner, then the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(aClosing Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the Seller and Purchaser on the earlier of (A) the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination disagreements with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (B) the Statementdate any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the 30 day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Seller and no such determination Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any disagreements with respect to the undisputed portions matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. During such period the Seller shall have access to the working papers of Purchaser prepared in connection with their certification of the Statement Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such 30 day period, the Seller and Purchaser shall be binding on Seller or Purchasersubmit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) for expert determination any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed KPMG or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to calculate Net Cash act, such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the Seller and Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.03writing. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between borne equally by the Seller and Purchaser. If any disputed items are referred to the Accounting Firm, then such disputed items (and any resulting adjustment to the Closing Statement) shall be finally and conclusively be, for all purposes hereafter as determined by the Accounting Firm. Such determination (the “Accountants’ Determination”) shall be (A) in writing, (B) furnished to the Seller and Purchaser by as soon as practicable after the items in dispute have been referred to the Accounting Firm based (which the parties shall request shall not be later than sixty (60) days thereafter), (C) made in a manner that is consistent with the prescribed manner of preparation of the Closing Statement pursuant to Section 1.04 and (D) non-appealable and incontestable by the Seller, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, and not subject to collateral attack for any reason save only for mathematical error on its face. Any fees and disbursements of the degree to which Seller’s independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Closing Statement and review of any Notice of Disagreement shall be borne by the Seller, and any fees and disbursements of Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Closing Statement and review of any Notice of Disagreement shall be paid borne by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationPurchaser.
(d) Following the final determination of the amount of the Closing Working Capital pursuant to subsection (c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b)above, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which Closing Working Capital exceeds $(675,000) (negative six hundred and seventy-five thousand U.S. dollars) (the Closing Net Cash exceeds “Target Working Capital Amount”), and the Estimated Closing Net Cash or Purchase Price shall be decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashTarget Working Capital Amount (the Purchase Price as so increased or decreased is hereinafter referred to as the “Adjusted Purchase Price”). If the Closing Net Cash exceeds Date Amount is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashAdjusted Purchase Price, Purchaser shall pay shall, and if the Closing Date Amount is greater than the Adjusted Purchase Price, the Seller shall, within 10 Business Days after the Closing Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, make a payment to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the other by wire transfer in immediately available U.S funds in the amount of such excessdifference. Any amounts owed by the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.04(d) shall be paid to Purchaser and any amounts owed by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 1.04(d) shall be paid to the Seller.
(e) The parties acknowledge that the Seller intends to cause all Cash held by the Company and its Subsidiaries to be distributed to the Seller prior to the Closing to the extent sufficient distributable profits are available. To the extent there are insufficient distributable profits available, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate the Purchase Price shall be increased by an amount equal to the LIBOR Rate from undistributable part of the Cash.
(f) The term “Working Capital” means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities. The term “Current Assets” means consolidated current assets excluding Cash and Restricted Cash and the term “Current Liabilities” means the consolidated current liabilities, in each case, of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, calculated in the same way, using the same methods, as the line items on the Pro-Forma Closing Balance Sheet set forth on Exhibit B as of the Closing Date Date, except as described below and subject to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made adjustment in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination Exhibit A. Without limiting the generality of the Statement to an account designated foregoing, Closing Working Capital shall be calculated in writing by Purchaser or Sellerthe same way, using the same methods, as the case line items comprising Working Capital on the Pro-Forma Closing Balance Sheet set forth on Exhibit B, in accordance with United Kingdom generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) except as described below and subject to adjustment in accordance with Exhibit A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Current Liabilities shall not include (i) any portion of Funded Indebtedness, (ii) any intercompany payables between the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) any liabilities for all costs and expenses described in Section 4.06 as paid or otherwise satisfied by the Seller, (iv) any liabilities incurred in connection with financing the Transaction by the Purchaser, (v) any liabilities incurred in connection with any transaction between or among Purchaser, the Company and any third party occurring between the actual time of Closing and the close of business on the Closing Date, (vi) any liabilities for UK corporation taxes of the Company based on current-period events occurring through the Closing Date, (vii) any liabilities associated with the ongoing buildout of high density hosting space under construction at Globix House as may bebe approved in writing in advance by the Purchaser or (ix) any current and non-current deferred tax liabilities and Current Assets shall not include (i) prepaid income taxes or income tax refunds receivable, (ii) any current and non-current deferred tax assets, or (iii) any inter-company receivables between the Company and its Subsidiaries .
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Globix Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days after following the Closing Date, Seller Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a Seller an audited statement (of stockholders equity of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (including the “notes thereto, the "Closing Net Cash”Date Statement") determined together with the workpapers used in the preparation thereof. The Closing Date Statement shall be prepared as if the Closing Date was the Company's normal year end, in accordance with Section 2.03GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the December 31, 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 1996 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 referred to 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 purposes3.6.
(b) Within thirty (30) Seller shall have 30 days to review the Closing Date Statement after receipt thereof. If Seller notifies Buyer of its objection to the Closing Date Statement, Buyer and Seller shall, within 30 days following such notice (the "Resolution Period"), attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive. If, at the conclusion of the StatementResolution Period, Purchaser any amounts remain in dispute, then each of Buyer and Seller shall deliver submit all items remaining in dispute to a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants mutually agreeable to Buyer and Seller a written statement describing ("Neutral Accounting Firm") for resolution by delivering to the Neutral Accounting Firm its objectionscalculation of such items. All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by 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 Neutral Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by the borne equally between Seller and Buyer. The Neutral Accounting Firm of shall determine, based solely on 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 submissions by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced Buyer, and not by independent review, only those issues still in the preceding sentencedispute. The resolution Neutral Accounting Firm's determination shall be made within 30 days of disputes by the Accounting Firm submission as provided above and shall be set forth in writing a written statement delivered to Seller and Buyer and shall be conclusive final, binding and binding upon the parties, and the conclusive. The term "Final Closing Date Statement, ," as modified by such resolutionhereinafter used, shall become final mean the definitive Closing Date Statement agreed to by Buyer and binding upon Seller or the date of such resolution. The determination of definitive Closing Date Statement resulting from the determinations made by the Neutral Accounting Firm for any item (in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right addition to make any determination with respect those items theretofore agreed to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationBuyer).
(c) Upon Within five business days after the Final Closing Date Statement becoming final and binding is agreed to or any remaining disputed items are ultimately resolved pursuant to Section 1.6(b): (x) if the stockholders equity set forth in accordance with Section 2.04(b)the Final Closing Date Statement exceeds $28,600,000, the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser Buyer shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to excess (plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate accrued from the Closing Date to the payment date at a rate of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash 7% per annum) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified by Seller and (y) if $28,600,000 exceeds the stockholders equity set forth in the Final Closing Net CashDate Statement, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of Buyer the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to excess (plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate accrued from the Closing Date to the payment date at a rate of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made 7% per annum) by wire transfer in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement immediately available funds to an account designated in writing specified by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beBuyer.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety For the purposes of finally determining External Debt, Working Capital, Investor Expenses (90which shall be based on the certificate provided by Purchaser pursuant to Section 8.3(g)(v)) and the Company Employee Amounts (the Price Adjustments) and the purposes of finally determining Cash for purposes of Section 2.1(e), within [**] 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 StatementExternal Debt, Seller shall have the rightWorking Capital, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of the balance sheet of Investor Expenses and the Company as of Employee Amounts and accompanied by the Closing Date in accordance Working Capital Statement (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 references herein to the Statement deemed to Purchaserinclude reference to the Working Capital Statement). After the Closing Date, at As reasonably requested by Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, to assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation of the Statement and the conduct of the audit Statement, 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 properties, books and records of the Company for such purposes. The Statement shall be delivered to Purchaser pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.3 of this Agreement and shall be accompanied by a certificate of Seller that it has complied with the provisions of this Agreement in preparing the Statement.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after During the [**]-day period following Purchaser’s receipt of the Statement, Purchaser and its independent auditors (and Deloitte & Touche USA LLP) shall deliver be permitted to review the work papers of Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, relating to the Statement (which shall include trial balances and other information as to any assumptions used in making any calculation therein, where such is not apparent on its face); provided that (i) neither Purchaser nor any such independent auditors shall be permitted to review or have access to any documents, the “Statement disclosure of Objections”which would: (A) violate Applicable Law, (B) result in a breach of attorney-client, work product or similar privilege of any member of Seller’s Group or (C) violate any applicable confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement (or any other agreement with similar restrictions on use or disclosure of information) to the extent applicable to any member of Seller’s Group (provided that to the extent any such information is required to verify the accuracy of the Statement, the Seller shall (in its discretion) either make such information available to Purchaser or to Deloitte & Touche USA LLP or make such other information available to Purchaser or to Deloitte & Touche USA LLP so as to enable Purchaser to reasonably verify the accuracy of the Statement); and (ii) access to any such work papers shall be conditioned upon Purchaser (and any such independent auditor) agreeing to keep confidential, to the extent such information relates to any member of Seller’s Group, all such information provided in connection therewith (in a form reasonably required by Seller). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon Seller and Purchaser on the parties[**] day following receipt by Purchaser thereof, unless Purchaser gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a Notice of Disagreement) to Seller prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail either (A) the nature of any disagreement so asserted or (B) the inability of the Purchaser to verify the accuracy of an item in the Statement (provided that to the extent Seller has provided or made available all work papers and other information in its possession relating to the item at issue, Purchaser shall not be permitted to claim an inability to verify the accuracy of such an item in the Statement), (ii) only include disagreements based on: (A) one or more mathematical errors or based on the Price Adjustments or Cash not being calculated or determined in accordance with this Agreement or (B) the Purchaser’s inability to, acting reasonably, verify the accuracy of any item in the Statement, and (iii) be accompanied by a certificate of Purchaser that it has complied with Section 2.4(b) in preparing the Notice of Disagreement. If a Notice of Disagreement is received by Seller in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this Section 2.4(b)) shall become final and binding upon Seller and Purchaser delivers on the earlier of (A) the date Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm. During the [**]-day period following the delivery of a Statement Notice of Objections Disagreement, Seller and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to Seller within resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such thirty-day [**]-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to the parties cannot resolve Accounting Firm for final determination any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the receipt by Seller Notice of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”)Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed by Purchaser and Seller to resolve render its determination regarding such disputes disputed matters within thirty (30) days after receipt [**] Business Days following such submission, which determination, in respect of the amount of any individual disputed matter, shall not be less than the lesser of the amounts proposed, nor greater than the greater of the amounts proposed, in each case, as proposed at the time such disputed matter is so submitted to the Accounting Firm. No adjustment shall be made to the Price Adjustments unless such determination by the Accounting Firm results in an aggregate adjustment that exceeds $[**] and if such aggregate amount is exceeded, the entire amount of the materials delivered by Seller adjustment to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials the Price Adjustments shall be delivered by Seller made in finally determining the Price Adjustments (it being agreed and Purchaser understood that adjustments to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentenceCash shall not be subject to such limitation). The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall Judgment may be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding entered upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for in any item in dispute cannot court having jurisdiction over the Party against which such determination is to be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaserenforced. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses costs of the Accounting Firm (including fees and expenses) shall be apportioned between borne [**] percent ([**]%) by Purchaser and [**] percent ([**]%) by Seller. Seller and Purchaser shall each be solely responsible for its own expenses (including any fees and disbursements of its independent auditors and attorneys) incurred in connection with the matters contemplated by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationthis Section 2.4.
(c) Upon No later than [**] Business Days after the Statement becoming final and binding Price Adjustments are finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.4, (i) if the Cash Purchase Price, as adjusted in accordance with Section 2.04(b2.1(b) by such finally determined Price Adjustments (the Finally Determined Cash Purchase Price), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashPurchase Price, Purchaser shall pay deliver to Seller fifty percent (50%) payment of the amount of such excess, together with excess by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a sum equivalent bank account designated in writing by Seller (such designation to interest thereon be made at a rate equal least two Business Days prior to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of such payment. If ) or (ii) if the Estimated Closing Net Cash Purchase Price exceeds the Closing Net CashFinally Determined Cash Purchase Price, Seller shall pay deliver to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) payment of the amount of such excess, together with excess by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an bank account designated in writing by Purchaser (such designation to be made at least two Business Days prior to such payment).
(d) In the event that following the Closing, Purchaser or Sellerthe Company takes any action with respect to the accounting books and records of the Company on which the Statement is to be based that are not consistent with the Company’s past practices, as no such action (or resulting changes to the case may beaccounting books and records of the Company) shall have any effect for purposes of calculating the Purchase Price and Cash hereunder, and physical and electronic copies of such accounting books and records prior to such action or resulting changes shall be retained by the Company until the Price Adjustments and Cash are finally determined in accordance with this Section 2.4. Without limiting the penultimate sentence of Section 2.4(a), during the period of time from and after the Closing Date through the resolution of any adjustment to the Cash Purchase Price (or Cash) contemplated by this Section 2.4, Purchaser shall afford, and shall cause the Company to afford, to Seller and any accountants, counsel or financial advisers retained by Seller in connection with any adjustment to the Cash Purchase Price (or Cash) contemplated by this Section 2.4, reasonable access during normal business hours to all the properties, books, contracts, personnel and records of the Company to the extent relevant to the adjustment contemplated by this Section 2.4.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. 1. Within forty-five (a45) Within ninety (90) days after Business Days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement Arthur Andersen, LLP (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”"Auditor") 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 rightconducted, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expensein accorxxxxx wxxx XXXX (as defined in SECTION 8.3 hereof) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, an audit of the balance sheet Purchase Price for the limited purpose of confirming (i) that the Company as of reserves for obsolete and damaged inventories, doubtful accounts and depreciation are, in the Closing Date aggregate, adequate, and (ii) that the accounts for the Assets and Assumed Liabilities are presented fairly in accordance all material respects. To the extent the audit reveals that the reserves, in the aggregate, are inadequate or over-reserved or that the Assets and Assumed Liabilities are materially misstated, the Auditor shall deliver to the Purchaser and Seller a report detailing the discrepancies and the corresponding adjustment to the Purchase Price (whether upward or downward), together with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall supporting documentation (the "Auditor's Report").
2. If either change the definition of Net Cash from that Purchaser or the Seller disagrees with any adjustment to the Purchase Price 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 periodAuditor's Report, 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or the Seller, as the case may be, may within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt thereof deliver a written notice to the other disagreeing with such adjustment. Any such notice of disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail those items or amounts comprising the adjustment to the Purchase Price as to which such party disagrees and the basis of such disagreement. If no such notice of disagreement is timely delivered, the adjustment to the Purchase Price as set forth in the Auditor's Report shall be final and binding on the parties hereto.
3. If a notice of disagreement shall be timely delivered pursuant to SECTION 2.3(B) hereof, the parties shall, during the ten (10) Business Days following such delivery, use their reasonable best efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items. If such an agreement is reached, the Purchase Price as so agreed shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. If the parties are unable to reach such agreement, a Big Six accounting firm, not then performing services for the Seller or the Purchaser and which has not done so for the past three (3) years, to which the parties mutually agree (the "Accounting Referee") shall be retained to promptly review the Auditor's Report and the disputed items or amounts. The Accounting Referee shall deliver to the Seller and the Purchaser, as promptly as practicable, a report setting forth the adjustments, if any, to the Purchase Price and the calculations supporting such adjustments. The report of the Accounting Referee shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto and the Purchase Price, as determined by the Accounting Referee, shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The cost of the Accounting Referee's review and report shall be borne equally by the Purchaser and the Seller.
4. If the adjusted Purchase Price, as determined by the Accounting Referee or as agreed upon by the parties (as the case may be), exceeds the Purchase Price, then the Purchaser shall pay the amount of such excess to the Seller, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, in the manner and with interest as provided in this SECTION 2.3(D). If the Purchase Price exceeds the adjusted Purchase Price, as determined by the Accounting Referee or as agreed upon the parties (as the case may be), then the Seller shall pay the amount of such excess to the Purchaser, as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, in the manner and with interest as provided in this SECTION 2.3(D). Any payments pursuant to this SECTION 2.3(D) shall be made by wire transfer (to an account at a United States bank designated in writing by the Purchaser or to an account at a United States Bank designated in writing by the Seller, as the case may be) of immediately available funds on the second Business Day following the date on which the adjusted Purchase Price is finally determined (either by the Accounting Referee or as agreed upon by the parties, as the case may be) or on the twentieth (20th) Business Day after the receipt of the Auditor's Report, in the event that neither the Purchaser nor the Seller disagrees with the adjustments to the Purchase Price as set forth therein. The amount of any such payment shall bear interest for the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the payment date at the rate of six percent (6%), calculated on the basis of a 365 day year and the actual number of days for which the payment is due.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a1) Within ninety Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward or downward, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount of the Working Capital (90the "PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENT"). The Working Capital shall be estimated by Journal Register, to the best of its abilities, based on a date which is not more than thirty-five (35) days after prior to the Closing Dateand, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement the extent reasonably possible, is the last day of an accounting or billing period (the “Statement”"ESTIMATE DATE"), setting forth and such estimate shall be used to compute 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, Purchase Price Adjustment 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 purposesClosing.
(b2) Within thirty (30) days after receipt the end of the Statementthird full monthly accounting or billing period after the Closing, representatives of the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser shall deliver jointly determine the actual amount of the Working Capital as of the Closing Date (the "CLOSING DATE WORKING CAPITAL AMOUNT"). Upon certification of such amounts jointly by such representatives, the parties shall within five (5) business days make such further payments between themselves as may be necessary in order to Seller a written statement describing its objectionstake account of the Closing Date Working Capital Amount as jointly determined by said representatives; provided, however, that if anyany dispute arises over any item reflected in or omitted from the Closing Date Working Capital Amount or the amount to be refunded or paid, such refund or payment net of any disputed amount shall nonetheless be promptly made to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)extent such amount is not in dispute. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within Any 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 refund or payment shall be resolved made by Ernst & Young LLP wire transfer of immediately available funds to the party to which such refund or payment is due.
(3) In the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed event that the representatives of the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser are unable to resolve such disputes agree with respect to any determination of the Closing Date Working Capital Amount within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm end of the materials delivered third full accounting or billing period after the Closing, the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser hereby agree that such determination shall be referred to a mutually satisfactory independent public accounting firm of national stature which has not been employed by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(bany party hereto for the two years preceding the date of such referral (the "SELECTED ACCOUNTANTS"), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration promptly make a determination. The determination 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 Selected Accountants shall be conclusive and binding upon on each party. One-half of the partiesfees of the Selected Accountants shall be borne by Journal Register, and the Statement, as modified one-half shall be borne by such resolution, Purchaser. Purchaser shall become final and binding upon the date be required to refund any portion of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot estimated Purchase Price Adjustment amount received by Purchaser at Closing pursuant to Section 2.2 which is determined under this Section 14 to be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may bedue Purchaser.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) As promptly as practicable but in any event within 45 days after following the Closing Date, the Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Statement”)Buyer an unaudited statement, substantially in the form of Schedule 2.4, setting forth the Net Cash current assets included in the Acquired Assets and current liabilities included in the Assumed Liabilities as of the close of business on at the Closing Date (the “"Closing Net Cash”Statement"). The Closing Statement shall be prepared (including, without limitation, the taking of inventory) determined using the same accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures, with consistent classification, judgments, and estimation methodology, as used in accordance with Section 2.03the preparation of the Financial Statements, together with except that the Closing Statement shall not include (i) any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing current Tax assets or any current Tax liabilities, or (ii) any LIFO reserve or any intercompany profit on inventory reserve, except to the Statement, Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit of extent included on the balance sheet of the Company Seller as of at September 30, 2000. In preparing the Closing Statement, (x) storeroom inventory and spare parts will be determined on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence and (y) all inventory shall either change be valued based on the definition lower of Net Cash from that set forth in Section 2.03 market value 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 's cost 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 purposesinventory.
(b) Within thirty (30) The Buyer shall have 15 days after receipt receiving the Closing Statement to accept the Closing Statement or to object to all or any part of the Closing Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing setting forth the bases for its objections, if any, . If the Buyer does not notify the Seller in writing of any objections to the Closing Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period15 days, the Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections be deemed to Seller within such thirty-day periodbe final, 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 and binding upon the partiesParties. If the Buyer notifies the Seller in writing of any objections to the Closing Statement within such 15 days, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections. If such objections are resolved within 15 days following the Seller's receipt of written notice of the
(i) to review the Closing Statement and the Statement, as modified by Buyer's objections and (ii) to prepare a revised Closing Statement based upon its review and deliver such resolution, shall become final revised Closing Statement to the Buyer and binding upon the Seller within 30 days of the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationits retention.
(c) Upon If the Arbiter is retained, the Closing Statement becoming final delivered by the Arbiter to the Buyer and the Seller shall be deemed to be final, conclusive and binding upon the Parties, absent manifest error. The fees, costs and expenses of the Arbiter shall be borne equally by the Buyer and the Seller. The Arbiter shall make available to the Buyer and the Seller its work papers generated in connection with the preparation or review of the Closing Statement.
(d) If the Purchase Price exceeds the Preliminary Amount, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the dollar amount of the Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent provisions of paragraph (50%e) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with this Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be2.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within Promptly (no later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date) following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Parties a consolidated statement (of Net Assets of Seller and the “Statement”)Canberra Affiliates with respect to the Canberra Business, setting forth inclusive of the Net Cash Selling Joint Affiliates' Assets, as of the close end of business on the Closing Date (together, the “"CLOSING DATE STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS"). The Closing Date Statement of Net Cash”) determined Assets shall be prepared on a basis consistent with the Most Recent Statement of Net Assets whether or not any changes in accordance GAAP have occurred. Buyer shall cooperate with Section 2.03Seller, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may as reasonably request. In requested by Seller, in connection with preparing the Statement, preparation by 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 Statement 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 purposesAssets.
(b) Within If, within forty-five (45) days following delivery of the Closing Date Statement of Net Assets, Buyer has not given Seller notice of its objection to the Closing Date Statement of Net Assets (such notice must contain a statement of the basis of Buyer's objection), then the Closing Date Statement of Net Assets shall be final and shall constitute the "FINAL STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS" under this Agreement. If Buyer gives such notice of objection, after good faith efforts by the Parties for no less than thirty (30) days after receipt the delivery of the Statementnotice of objection to resolve any dispute, Purchaser the issues in dispute will be submitted to Deloitte & Touche LLP for resolution (so long as Deloitte & Touche LLP is not rendering material services to, nor serving as the auditor of either Party, failing which, the Parties shall deliver to Seller agree on a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement mutually acceptable accountant) (the “Statement of Objections”"ACCOUNTANTS"). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections issues in dispute are submitted to Seller within the Accountants for resolution, (i) each Party will furnish to the Accountants such thirty-day period, workpapers and other documents and information relating to the Statement shall become final disputed issues as the Accountants may request and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers a Statement of Objections are available to Seller within such thirty-day periodthat Party (or its independent public accountants), and will be afforded the parties cannot resolve opportunity to present to the Accountants any such objection within ten material relating to the determination and to discuss the determination with the Accountants; (10ii) 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 determination 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)Accountants, 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 as set forth in a notice delivered to both Parties by the Accountants within sixty (60) days of the date that the dispute is first submitted to the Accountants (or such later date as mutually agreed in writing by Buyer and shall Seller), will be binding and conclusive and binding upon on the parties, Parties and the Statement, as modified resulting statement of net assets prepared by such resolution, the Accountants shall become final constitute the "FINAL STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS" under this Agreement; and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination (iii) Buyer and Seller will each bear 50% of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions fees of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with Accountants for such determination.
(c) Upon The Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount by which the Net Assets as reflected on the Most Recent Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), of Net Assets exceeds the Initial Net Assets as reflected on the Final Statement of Net Assets. The Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash Assets as reflected on the Final Statement of Net Assets exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) Assets as reflected on the Most Recent Statement of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net CashAssets. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal Any adjustment to the LIBOR Rate from Purchase Price under this Section 2.4 shall be promptly paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds as instructed by the Closing Date Party entitled to the date of such payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller and in no event shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within later than five (5) Business Days after final determination the date that the Final Statement of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beNet Assets is determined under Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) If the Closing Date occurs on or before November 5, 2018, after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall (i) on or before twenty-five (25) Business Days following the first Calculation Date (as defined in and pursuant to Section 7.1(d) of the Note Purchase Agreement) to occur after the Closing Date, file the necessary compliance certificates with the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and (ii) on or before the next Business Day after such Calculation Date, instruct the Collateral Agent (under and as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) to pay to the Seller the Cash on Hand Reimbursement Amount in accordance with the Collateral Agency, Intercreditor and Account Agreement (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement); provided, that if as a result of circumstances that existed prior to the Closing Date the conditions to the provision of such compliance certificates are not satisfied, then the Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, at the sole cost and expense of the Seller and subject to the Seller’s full cooperation, to cause such conditions to be satisfied and to file such compliance certificates as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Within ninety (90) days after following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare the Buyer will prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a the Seller an unaudited statement (the “Closing Statement”), setting which shall set forth (i) the Net Cash as Buyer’s good faith calculation of the close Working Capital Adjustment and the Cash on Hand Adjustment, and (ii) the corresponding calculation of business on the Purchase Price, together with reasonable supporting calculations and documentation therefor. The Closing Statement will be prepared in accordance with the applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement (including Exhibit D).
(c) Upon receipt from the Buyer, the Seller shall have thirty (30) days to review the Closing Date Statement. If the Seller disagrees with the Closing Statement or any calculation included therein, the Seller may, on or prior to the last day of such thirty (30)-day period, deliver a notice to the Buyer (the “Notice of Objection”), which sets forth its objection to the Closing Net Cash”Statement. Any Notice of Objection shall specify those items or amounts with which the Seller disagrees and include a detailed explanation of the reasons for disagreement with each such item or amount, and shall set forth the Seller’s calculation of the disputed amounts based on such objections. To the extent not set forth in the Notice of Objection, the Seller shall be deemed to have agreed with the Buyer’s calculation of all items and amounts contained in the Closing Statement. The Buyer shall provide the Seller and its Representatives with any information reasonably requested by the Seller and shall give the Seller and its Representatives access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company Group Entities (including work papers of accountants and other advisors, if any) determined for the purpose of their review of the Closing Statement in accordance with this Section 2.032.7.
(d) Unless the Seller timely delivers the Notice of Objection to the Buyer, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request. In connection with preparing the Statement, Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the rightBuyer’s calculation of all items and amounts contained in the Closing Statement and the Closing Statement shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties. If the Seller timely delivers the Notice of Objection to the Buyer, the Buyer and the Seller shall, during the thirty (30) days following the date of such delivery or any mutually agreed extension thereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items and amounts. If, at the end of such period or any mutually agreed extension thereof, the Buyer and the Seller are unable to resolve their disagreements, they shall jointly retain and refer their disagreements to a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm mutually acceptable to the Buyer and the Seller (the “Independent Accounting Firm”). If the Buyer and the Seller are unable to so agree, each shall select a nationally recognized independent accounting firm and those two firms shall select a third such firm, in which event “Independent Accounting Firm” shall mean the third such firm. The Buyer and the Seller shall instruct the Independent Accounting Firm promptly to review this Section 2.7 and to determine, solely with respect to the disputed items and amounts so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the calculations set forth in the Closing Statement requires adjustment. The Buyer and the Seller shall make available to the Independent Accounting Firm all relevant books and records and other items reasonably requested by the Independent Accounting Firm. As promptly as practicable, but not in no event later than thirty (30) days after its retention, the obligation, Independent Accounting Firm shall deliver to conduct, at Seller’s expense, an audit the Buyer and the Seller a report which sets forth its resolution of the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date in accordance with generally accepted auditing standardsdisputed items and amounts; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence no event shall either change the definition of Net Cash from that set forth Independent Accounting Firm assign a value to any item in Section 2.03 dispute greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by the Seller or extend less than the time frame in which Seller must deliver smallest value for such item assigned by the Statement to PurchaserBuyer. After the Closing Date, at Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company to, assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation The decision 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 Independent 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)final, 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 and binding upon on the parties, and Parties. After the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become Independent Accounting Firm’s final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess ofdisputed items and amounts, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm no Party shall have no any further right to make any determination with claims against any other Party in respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Closing Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaserany calculation included therein. The Buyer and the Seller shall each pay their own costs and expenses incurred under this Section 2.7. The Independent Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees allocate its fees, costs and expenses between the Buyer, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, in inverse proportion as they may prevail on the value of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal matters submitted to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may beIndependent Accounting Firm.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (ATN International, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing DateAs soon as practicable, but in no event later than October 31, 2001, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Buyer a statement (the “"Closing Statement”"), setting forth (i) the Net Cash cumulative profits of Seller for the period beginning January 1, 2001 and ending as of the close of business on the Closing Date June 30, 2001 (the “Closing Net Cash”"Cumulative Profits") determined which shall be calculated in accordance a manner consistent 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 Financial Statements and shall take into account the conduct reduction of certain reserves of Seller as disclosed in Section 2.6 of the audit Seller Disclosure Schedule and shall provide take into account the difference in standard costs and actual costs for the inventory of Seller sold prior to June 30, 2001, namely the purchase price variance relating to such inventory (it being understood that the determination of the actual costs for such period may not be finalized until October 31, 2001 after all costs for such inventory have been identified) and its representatives (ii) the amount of all distributions of cash and other property to Seller's members in respect of such period (but specifically excluding any information reasonably requested distributions relating to earnings in the calendar years prior to January 1, 2001) ("Distributions"). Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that Seller may entrust members of the management of Seller who become members of management of Buyer on and after the date hereof, including, without limitation, Thomas Delaney, to prepare the Closing Statement, and that Sellex (xx xxx xxxxesentatives) shall provide them have reasonable access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties accounting systems and books and records of Buyer relating to the Company for such purposesBusiness to prepare the Closing Statement.
(b) Within thirty (30) After receipt of the Closing Statement, Buyer shall have 30 days to review it. Buyer and its authorized representatives shall have reasonable access to all relevant books and records and employees of Seller and Seller's accountants to the extent required to complete their review of the Closing Statement, including, without limitation, the accountants' work papers used in preparation thereof. Unless Buyer delivers written notice to Seller on or prior to the 30th day after receipt of the Closing Statement specifying in reasonable detail its objections to the Closing Statement, Purchaser Seller and Buyer shall deliver be deemed to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, have accepted and agreed to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Closing Statement. 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 Buyer so notifies Seller of such Statement an objection to the Closing Statement, Seller and Buyer shall within 30 days following the date of Objections, such notice (the "Adjustment Resolution Period") attempt to resolve their differences. Any resolution by them as to any remaining disputes disputed amount shall be final, binding, conclusive and nonappealable.
(c) If, at the conclusion of the Adjustment Resolution Period, Seller and Buyer have not resolved all disputes, then all amounts remaining in dispute shall, at the election of either party, be submitted to a "big 5" accounting firm (other than PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) mutually agreed upon by Ernst & Young LLP Buyer and Seller (the “Accounting Firm”"Neutral Auditor"). The Accounting Firm Each of Seller and Buyer agrees to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditor, an engagement letter in usual and customary form and reasonably satisfactory to Seller and Buyer. All fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor shall be instructed borne equally by Buyer and Seller. The Neutral Auditor shall act as an arbitrator to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt determine, based solely on the presentations by the Accounting Firm of the materials delivered Buyer and Seller, and not by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)independent review, which materials only those amounts remaining in dispute. The Neutral Auditor's determination shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm made within five (5) Business Days following the expiration 30 days of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm its engagement, shall be set forth in writing a written statement delivered to Buyer and Seller, and shall be final, binding, conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolutionnonappealable. The determination of term "Final Closing Statement" shall mean the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the definitive Closing Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right agreed to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, by Seller and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash Buyer in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of 1.5(b) or the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser definitive Closing Statement resulting from the determination made by the Accounting Firm based on the degree Neutral Auditor in accordance with this Section 1.5(c) (in addition to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid those items theretofore agreed to by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationBuyer).
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within As promptly as possible, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Seller Parent shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser the Securityholders’ Representative a statement (the “Preliminary Statement”), setting ) showing the calculation of (i) the Closing Cash and Closing Net Working Capital and (ii) the Closing Consideration substituting the Closing Cash and Closing Net Working Capital as set forth in the Preliminary Statement for the Estimated Closing Cash and Estimated Closing Net Cash Working Capital as of the close of business on set forth in the Closing Date Statement, respectively (the “Final Closing Net CashConsideration”) determined in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably request). In connection with preparing Each of Parent and the Statement, Seller Securityholders’ Representative shall have provide 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 other party 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 Representatives with reasonable access at all reasonable times to the personnel, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposesand relevant personnel and properties during the preparation of the Preliminary Statement and the resolution of any disputes that may arise under this Section 2.8.
(b) Within If the Securityholders’ Representative has any objections to the Preliminary Statement, the Securityholders’ Representative shall deliver to Parent a statement setting forth its objections thereto in reasonable detail and with reasonable supporting documentation (an “Objections Statement”). If an Objections Statement is not delivered to Parent within thirty (30) days after receipt delivery of the Preliminary 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 Preliminary Statement shall become be final, binding and non-appealable by the parties hereto. Any item or amount as to which no dispute is raised in the Objections Statement shall be final, binding and non-appealable on the parties hereto, unless such item or amount is by its nature adjusted in connection with the matters raised in the Objections Statement. The Securityholders’ Representative and Parent shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any objections set forth in an Objections Statement, and any resolution agreed to in writing by the Securityholders’ Representative and Parent shall be final and binding upon the parties. If Purchaser delivers the Securityholders’ Representative and Parent are unable to reach a Statement resolution of Objections to Seller all such objections within such thirty-day period, and the parties cannot resolve any such objection within ten fifteen (1015) Business Days days after the receipt by Seller delivery of the Objections Statement, the Securityholders’ Representative and Parent shall submit such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP dispute to a jointly selected arbiter from a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm (the “Accounting FirmAuditor”), who shall be appointed as an expert and not as an arbitrator. If the Securityholders’ Representative and Parent are unable to agree upon an Auditor, each party shall select a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm and such chosen firms shall mutually agree upon a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm that shall serve as the Auditor; provided, that such firm shall not be the independent auditor of (or otherwise serve as a Consultant to) Parent, the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates. Each of the Securityholders’ Representative and Parent shall furnish to the Auditor a statement setting forth its position with respect to each item or amount set forth in the Objections Statement that remains unresolved following such fifteen (15)-day period (each, a “Disputed Line Item”), together with such other information and documents as it deems relevant (each such party’s “Dispute Resolution Submission”), with copies of such submission and all such documents and information being concurrently given to the other party. The Auditor shall consider only the Disputed Line Items identified in the Dispute Resolution Submission. The Auditor’s determination shall be based solely on (i) the definitions of Closing Cash and Closing Net Working Capital contained herein and (ii) the Dispute Resolution Submissions provided by the Purchaser and the Representative which are in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in this Agreement (i.e., not on the basis of an independent review). The Accounting Firm Securityholders’ Representative and Parent shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Auditor to resolve all disagreements as soon as practicable. The Auditor shall select as a resolution of all such disagreements, in the aggregate, either the positions of Parent or the positions of the Securityholders’ Representative as set forth in their respective Dispute Resolution Submissions based upon which party’s positions are closest to the determinations of the Auditor. The resolution of all Disputed Line Items by the Auditor shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt final, binding and non-appealable on the parties hereto. The costs and expenses of the Auditor shall be borne by the Accounting Firm party whose Dispute Resolution Submission was not selected by the Auditor for the resolution of all Disputed Line Items.
(c) If the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(bClosing Consideration as set forth in the Closing Date Statement is less than the Closing Consideration as set forth in the Final Statement (such shortfall, the “Shortfall Amount”), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm then within five two (52) Business Days following the expiration Final Determination Date (i) Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Securityholders’ Representative, for further distribution to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 2.7(a)(ii) and Section 2.7(c)(ii), as applicable, a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (x) the Shortfall Amount divided by (y) the VWAP as of the ten Closing Date, and (10ii) Business Day period referenced Parent and the Securityholders’ Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to disburse from the Working Capital Escrow Account to the Securityholders’ Representative and the Payroll Provider, as applicable, for further distribution to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 2.7(a)(iii) and Section 2.7(c)(iii), as applicable, an amount equal to the aggregate amount then remaining in the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by Working Capital Escrow Account.
(d) If the Accounting Firm shall be Closing Consideration as set forth in writing the Closing Date Statement is greater than the Closing Consideration as set forth in the Final Statement (such excess, the “Excess Amount”), then Parent shall satisfy the Excess Amount (i) first, from amounts then remaining in the Working Capital Escrow Account, and (ii) second, to the extent that the Excess Amount exceeds the amounts then remaining in the Working Capital Escrow Account, from amounts then remaining in the Indemnity Escrow Account; provided that Parent may (but shall not be obligated to) offset any portion of the Excess Amount in excess of amounts remaining in the Working Capital Escrow Account against (A) any portion of the Earnout Consideration that becomes deliverable to the Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and/or (B) any shares of Parent Common Stock issued to the Securityholders pursuant to this Agreement and held by such Securityholders at the time of such offset (it being understood that such shares shall be conclusive valued for purposes of such offset at the VWAP as of the Final Determination Date). In the event that there is an Excess Amount, within two (2) Business Days following the Final Determination Date (x) Parent and binding upon the partiesSecurityholders’ Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to disburse from the Working Capital Escrow Account (and the Indemnity Escrow Account, if applicable) to Parent an amount equal to the Excess Amount (or such lesser amount as then remains in the Working Capital Escrow Account (and the Indemnity Escrow Account, if applicable)) and (y) if, after disbursement to Parent of the Excess Amount in accordance with this Section 2.8(d), any amount remains in the Working Capital Escrow Account, then Parent and the Securityholders’ Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to disburse from the Working Capital Escrow Account to the Securityholders’ Representative and the Payroll Provider, as applicable, for further distribution to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 2.7(a)(iii) and Section 2.7(c)(iii), as applicable, an amount equal to the aggregate amount that so remains in the Working Capital Escrow Account.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the authority of the Auditor under this Section 2.8 shall be limited solely to the resolution of the calculation of the Disputed Line Items, and all other disputes between the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination parties (including with respect to the undisputed portions contractual interpretation of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement this Section 2.8) shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash resolved in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination10.11.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Ideanomics, Inc.)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) days As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, Seller but no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Seller a statement calculation of the Closing Value as of the Closing, certified by Buyer's Chief Financial Officer. Unless Seller delivers a written objection to Buyer by the thirtieth (30th) day after Seller's receipt of the “Statement”), certificate setting forth the Net Cash as Closing Value calculation, the calculation of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Value delivered in accordance with Section 2.03, together with any supporting information that Purchaser may reasonably requestthis § 2.8 will become final and binding upon Buyer and Seller. In connection with preparing If Seller objects to 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 calculation of the Closing Date Value, Buyer and Seller shall, during the thirty (30) day period following such objection, negotiate in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; providedgood faith to reach agreement on the disputed items or amounts. If, howeverupon expiration of that period, that nothing in Buyer and Seller are unable to reach agreement, they shall promptly thereafter cause the Accountants to review this sentence shall either change Agreement and the definition disputed items or amounts and all records related thereto for the purpose 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 calculating the Closing DateValue; provided that the Accountants may consider only those items, at charges, reductions or amounts in the calculation of the Closing Value as to which Buyer and Seller have disagreed. Buyer and Seller shall require the Accountants to deliver to them, as promptly as practicable after submission to the Accountants of the request to review the calculation of the Closing Value, a report setting forth the Accountants' calculations. Such report will be final and binding upon Buyer and Seller’s request, Purchaser shall, . Buyer and Seller shall cause bear the Company to, costs of the Accountants proportionately in relation to the amount by which the amounts in dispute differ from the Accountants' determination thereof. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate and assist Seller and its representatives in the preparation of the Statement calculation of the Closing Value and in 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 reviews referred to the personnelin this § 2.8, properties and books and records of the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Statementincluding without limitation, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if anymaking available, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”). If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day periodextent necessary, the Statement shall become final all applicable books, records, work papers 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationpersonnel.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Vari Lite International Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 45 days after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a an audited statement (the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash "STATEMENT") of Closing Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date (and a certificate of Purchaser that the “Closing Net Cash”) determined Statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of this 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 purposes1.07.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after During the 45-day period following Seller's receipt of the Statement, Purchaser Seller and its independent auditors shall deliver be permitted to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, review the working papers relating to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Statement. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 45th day following delivery thereof, unless Seller gives written notice of its disagreement with the Statement (a "NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT") to Purchaser prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted, and (ii) only include disagreements based on mathematical errors or based on Closing Working Capital not being calculated in accordance with this Section 1.07. If a Notice of Disagreement is received by Purchaser delivers in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Seller and Purchaser on the earlier of Objections (a) the date Seller and Purchaser resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (b) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the 45-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Seller within and Purchaser shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such thirty30-day period, Seller and Purchaser shall submit to Ernst & Young, LLP (or if Ernst & Young, LLP refuses to serve, another independent public accounting firm of national standing) (the parties cannot resolve "ACCOUNTING FIRM") for arbitration any such objection within ten (10) Business Days after and all matters that remain in dispute and which were properly included in the receipt by Seller Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall have 45 days from the date of retention to make a final written determination of all items in dispute. Copies of such Statement of Objections, any remaining disputes written determination shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accounting Firm”)provided promptly to Purchaser and Seller. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed empowered to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt by assess its fees against the Accounting Firm party against whom the Notice 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 and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03Disagreement is resolved. The fees and expenses disbursements of Seller's independent auditors incurred in connection with their review of the Accounting Firm Statement and certification of any Notice of Disagreement shall be apportioned between Seller borne by Seller, and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on fees and disbursements of Purchaser's independent auditors incurred in connection with their preparation of the degree to which Seller’s Statement and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and review of any Notice of Disagreement shall be paid borne by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationPurchaser.
(c) Upon To the extent that the final Closing Working Capital resulting from this Section 1.07 is greater than the estimated Closing Working Capital used in Section 1.05, Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the difference to Seller. To the extent that the final Closing Working Capital resulting from this Section 1.07 is less than the estimated Closing Working Capital used in Section 1.05, Seller shall be obligated to pay the difference to Purchaser. The party owing the amount to the other under this Section shall be obligated to pay the amount in immediately available funds within five business days of the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), on the Initial Purchase Price parties. Any amounts not paid within the foregoing time period shall be increased bear interest at the prime rate of interest as publicly announced from time to time by fifty percent SunTrust Bank.
(50%d) of Following the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net CashClosing, Purchaser shall pay not take any actions with respect to Seller fifty percent (50%) the accounting books and records of the amount Business on which the Statement is to be based that would obstruct or prevent the preparation of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Statement and the determination of Closing Working Capital as provided in this Section 1.07. During the period of time from the Closing Date to and after the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination delivery of the Statement to an account designated Seller through the resolution of any adjustment to the Adjusted Purchase Price contemplated by this Section 1.07, Purchaser shall afford to Seller and any accountants, counsel or financial advisers retained by Seller in writing connection with any adjustment to the Adjusted Purchase Price contemplated by Purchaser or Seller, as this Section 1.07 reasonable access during normal business hours to the case may bebooks and records of the Business forming a part of the Assets to the extent relevant to the adjustment contemplated by this Section 1.07.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Alliance Data Systems Corp)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a1) Within ninety At least three (903) days Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Corporation will, in good faith based on the most current information available to the Corporation and in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.04(1), prepare and deliver to the Parent and the Purchaser the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet determined as of 11:59 p.m. (Montreal time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date; provided, however that all transactions occurring on the Closing Date but prior to the Time of Closing, including but not limited to the exercise of any options to acquire shares of the Corporation, shall be deemed to have occurred at 11:58 p.m. (Montreal time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, which Estimated Closing Balance Sheet shall include (i) a reasonably detailed estimation of Estimated Final Net Amount as of 11:59 p.m. (Montreal time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and (ii) a schedule setting forth the Transaction Expenses as of the Closing Date, the payees under such Transaction Expenses and wiring instructions therefor. The Corporation and the Parent shall seek to agree, in good faith, upon the Estimated Final Net Amount; provided, however, in the event that the Corporation and the Parent fail or are unable to so agree on the Estimated Final Net Amount, the Purchase Price payable on the Closing Date shall be increased based upon the Estimated Final Net Amount furnished by the Corporation (which shall be deemed to be the Estimated Final Net Amount for purposes hereof) and any dispute concerning the amounts thereof shall be resolved after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 2.04(7).
(2) On the Closing Date, immediately before the payments described in Section 2.04(3), Shire may exchange its Class B shares in the capital of the Corporation for Class A shares or Class C shares of the Corporation, on a one-for-one basis, and each of the ViroChem Trust and the Therapeutic Trust may exchange their Class C shares in the capital of the Corporation for Class A shares or Class B shares of the Corporation on a one-for-one basis. The Vendors hereby consent to the foregoing and waive their pre-emptive rights relating thereto pursuant to Section 5 of the Shareholders Agreement.
(3) On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the ESOP Shares and the transactions described in Section 2.04(2) but before the Time of Closing, the Corporation shall (i) reduce its stated capital pursuant to section 38(1)(b) of the Canada Business Corporations Act by an amount and/or (ii) pay a dividend in an amount, in either or both cases in aggregate amounts which shall be equal to the Estimated Final Net Amount, which shall be paid to the Vendors, ViroChem Employees and ESOP Holders prorated based on their ownership of the outstanding shares of the Corporation immediately before the Time of Closing as set forth in Column 6 of Schedule 2.02(2) by delivering immediately available funds by wire transfer to the XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Trust Account set out in Schedule 2.03(2).
(4) At the Time of Closing, the Purchaser shall contribute to the stated capital account of the Class A Shares of the Corporation an amount of $5,000,000.
(5) Forthwith after the Closing Date, Seller the Securityholders’ Representative and the Corporation shall prepare an unaudited balance sheet showing the assets and deliver to Purchaser a statement (liabilities of the “Statement”), setting forth the Net Cash Corporation determined as of 11:59 p.m. (Montreal time) on the close of business on Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Closing Net CashBalance Sheet”) 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 all transactions occurring on the Closing Date but prior to the Time of Closing, including but not limited to the exercise of any options to acquire shares of the Corporation, shall either change be deemed to have occurred at 11:58 p.m. (Montreal time) on 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 Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, at Seller’s requestwhich Closing Balance Sheet shall include a reasonably detailed calculation of Final Net Amount as of 11:59 p.m. (Montreal time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date. The Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, Purchaser shall, and applied on a basis consistent with prior periods. The Securityholders’ Representative 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 forward to the personnel, properties and books and records of Purchaser the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within Closing Balance Sheet within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt the Closing Date, together with appropriate supporting documentation consistent in scope and content with that which would be required for a reasonable auditor to perform an audit of same, taking into account, inter alia, appropriate thresholds.
(6) The Purchaser undertakes to provide the adequate access to the required members of management of the StatementCorporation and to instruct them accordingly in order to prepare with the Securityholders’ Representative the Closing Balance Sheet as contemplated in the foregoing paragraph.
(7) If the Purchaser wishes to dispute any matter in the Closing Balance Sheet, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, it may do so by notice (“Notice of Dispute”) 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 Securityholders’ Representative given within ten (10) Business Days after of the receipt by Seller delivery of the Closing Balance Sheet to the Purchaser. A Notice of Dispute shall specify the basis for each objection and the dollar amount involved. The parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to amicably resolve any matters identified in a Notice of Dispute as promptly as practicable. If any such Statement dispute shall not have been resolved within ten (10) Business Days following the date on which the Notice of ObjectionsDispute is given, any remaining disputes shall be resolved by Ernst & Young then either party may refer such unresolved matters to KPMG LLP (the “Accounting FirmThird Party Auditors”)) for resolution. The Accounting Firm Third Party Auditors shall be instructed decide on the item(s) in dispute as follows:
(a) The Third Party Auditors shall have regard to resolve such disputes within the specifications of this Agreement, in particular the standards referred to in the second paragraph of this Section 2.04. The Purchaser shall make available all documents and information to the Third Party Auditors for their decision.
(b) The Third Party Auditors shall give the parties the opportunity to discuss the item(s) in dispute and explain their position prior to rendering their decision. Each of the parties shall have the right to request the Third Party Auditors to hold an oral hearing.
(c) The Third Party Auditors shall give their decision together with their reasoning in writing to each party as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than thirty (30) calendar days after receipt the matter has been referred to them.
(8) If no Notice of Dispute is given within the delay prescribed above, then the Closing Balance Sheet shall be final and binding on the parties as of and from the date of the delivery to the Purchaser. If a Notice of Dispute is given in accordance with this Section 2.04, then the Securityholders’ Representative and the Corporation, as applicable, shall, forthwith after having amicably resolved all matters identified in the Notice of Dispute or forthwith following the decision of the Third Party Auditors, as applicable, amend the Closing Balance Sheet to reflect their amicable resolution of all matters identified in the Notice of Dispute or the decision of the Third Party Auditors and deliver the Closing Balance Sheet to the Purchaser and such Closing Balance Sheet shall be final and binding on the Parties as of and from the date of such delivery.
(9) The fees and disbursements of the Third Party Auditors shall be shared equally by the Accounting Firm Purchaser and the Vendors, with the Vendors’ portion to be deducted from their pro rata share of the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(acash portion of the Holdback Amount as set forth on Column 18 of Schedule 2.02(2).
(10) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials The Purchase Price shall be delivered reduced (the “Purchase Price Reduction”) by Seller the amount, if any, by which the Final Net Amount is lower than the Estimated Final Net Amount. The Purchase Price shall be increased (the “Purchase Price Increase”) by the amount, if any, by which the Final Net Amount is greater than the Estimated Final Net Amount. Any applicable Purchase Price Reduction shall be payable to the Purchaser by a reduction of the Holdback Escrow Amount in accordance with the Holdback Escrow Agreement and any applicable Purchase Price Increase shall be payable in cash by the Purchaser to the Accounting Firm Vendors, the ViroChem Employees and the ESOP Holders pro rata based on their ownership of the outstanding Shares, ViroChem Shares and ESOP Shares, respectively, as set forth in Column 6 of Schedule 2.02(2) within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period referenced in date on which the preceding sentence. The resolution of disputes by the Accounting Firm shall be set forth in writing and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become Closing Balance Sheet becomes final and binding upon on the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect parties by delivering immediately available funds by wire transfer to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Trust Account set out in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationSchedule 2.03(2).
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety (90) 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller Parent shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser Kxxx Xxxxxxx (the "Representative") a statement (the “Statement”"STATEMENT"), certified by the independent auditor of the Company, setting forth the Net Cash Amount as of the close of business on the Closing Date ("CLOSING NET CASH AMOUNT").
(b) (i) During 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 60-day period following the Representative's receipt of 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 Representative and its representatives in independent auditors shall be permitted to review the preparation of working papers relating to 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 other books and records of the Company for such purposes.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of reasonably requested by the Statement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a written statement describing its objections, if any, to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)Representative. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within such thirty-day period, the The Statement shall become final and binding upon the partiesparties on the 60th day following delivery thereof, unless the Representative gives written notice of his disagreement with the Statement (a "NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT") to Parent prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of any disagreement so asserted. If Purchaser delivers a Notice of Disagreement is received by Parent in a timely manner, then the Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall become final and binding upon Parent and the Company on the earlier of Objections (A) the date Parent and the Representative resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to Seller within the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement or (B) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, Parent and the Representative shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. At the end of such thirty30-day period, Parent 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 Representative shall be resolved by Ernst & Young LLP submit to an independent accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”)"ACCOUNTING FIRM") for arbitration any and all matters that remain in dispute and were properly included in the Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve such disputes within thirty (30) days after receipt a firm agreed upon by the Accounting Firm of Representative, the materials delivered by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) Company and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), which materials shall Parent in writing. Judgment may 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 and binding entered upon the parties, and the Statement, as modified by such resolution, shall become final and binding upon the date of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for in any item in dispute cannot be in excess of, nor less than, court having jurisdiction over the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no party against which such determination with respect is to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determinationenforced.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Advanced Technology Industries Inc)
Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within ninety Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward or downward, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount of the Working Capital (90the "Purchase Price Adjustment"). The Working Capital shall be estimated by Journal Register, to the best of its abilities, based on a date which is not more than thirty-five (35) days after prior to the Closing Dateand, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement the extent reasonably possible, is the last day of an accounting or billing period (the “Statement”"Estimate Date"), setting forth and such estimate shall be used to compute 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, Purchase Price Adjustment 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 purposesClosing.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt the end of the Statementthird full monthly accounting or billing period after the Closing, representatives of the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser shall deliver jointly determine the actual amount of the Working Capital as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Working Capital Amount"). Upon certification of such amounts jointly by such representatives, the parties shall within five (5) business days make such further payments between themselves as may be necessary in order to Seller a written statement describing its objectionstake account of the Closing Date Working Capital Amount as jointly determined by said representatives; provided, however, that if anyany dispute arises over any item reflected in or omitted from the Closing Date Working Capital Amount or the amount to be refunded or paid, such refund or payment net of any disputed amount shall nonetheless be promptly made to the Statement (the “Statement of Objections”)extent such amount is not in dispute. If Purchaser does not deliver a Statement of Objections to Seller within Any 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 refund or payment shall be resolved made by Ernst & Young LLP wire transfer of immediately available funds to the party to which such refund or payment is due.
(c) In the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed event that the representatives of the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser are unable to resolve such disputes agree with respect to any determination of the Closing Date Working Capital Amount within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Accounting Firm end of the materials delivered third full accounting or billing period after the Closing, the Journal Register Parties and Purchaser hereby agree that such determination shall be referred to a mutually satisfactory independent public accounting firm of national stature which has not been employed by Seller to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 2.04(bany party hereto for the two years preceding the date of such referral (the "Selected Accountants"), which materials shall be delivered by Seller and Purchaser to the Accounting Firm within five (5) Business Days following the expiration promptly make a determination. The determination 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 Selected Accountants shall be conclusive and binding upon on each party. One-half of the partiesfees of the Selected Accountants shall be borne by Journal Register, and the Statement, as modified one-half shall be borne by such resolution, Purchaser. Purchaser shall become final and binding upon the date be required to refund any portion of such resolution. The determination of the Accounting Firm for any item in dispute cannot estimated Purchase Price Adjustment amount received by Purchaser at Closing pursuant to Section 2.2 which is determined under this Section 14 to be in excess of, nor less than, the greatest or lowest value, respectively, claimed for that particular item in the Statement, in the case of Seller, or in the Statement of Objections, in the case of Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall have no right to make any determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement, and no such determination with respect to the undisputed portions of the Statement shall be binding on Seller or Purchaser. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to calculate Net Cash in accordance with Section 2.03. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser by the Accounting Firm based on the degree to which Seller’s and Purchaser’s claims were unsuccessful and shall be paid by Seller and Purchaser in accordance with such determination.
(c) Upon the Statement becoming final and binding in accordance with Section 2.04(b), the Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash or decreased by fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which the Closing Net Cash is less than the Estimated Closing Net Cash. If the Closing Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Cash, Purchaser shall pay to Seller fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. If the Estimated Closing Net Cash exceeds the Closing Net Cash, Seller shall pay to Purchaser fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such excess, together with a sum equivalent to interest thereon at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate from the Closing Date to the date of payment. Any such payment hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 9.04 within five (5) Business Days after final determination of the Statement to an account designated in writing by Purchaser or Seller, as the case may bedue Purchaser.
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Samples: Asset Sale and Purchase Agreement (Journal Register Co)