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Parent SEC Documents (a) Parent has made available to the Investors a true and complete copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and proxy statement filed by Parent with the SEC since December 31, 2004 (the “Parent SEC Documents”), which are all the documents that Parent was required to file with the SEC since December 31, 2004. As of their respective dates, the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, and, to the extent in effect and applicable, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and none of Parent SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Parent has made available to the Investors true and complete copies of all comment letters received by Parent from the SEC since December 31, 2004, together with all written responses of Parent thereto. As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Parent, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in such comment letters and none of the Parent SEC Documents is the subject of any ongoing review by the SEC.
(b) The financial statements of Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q or Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the SEC) and present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the consolidated results of operations and the consolidated cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of the unaudited statements, to year-end audit adjustments, as permitted by Rule 10-01, and any other adjustments described therein).
(c) Parent and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) and “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act), in each case, as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. Such “disclosure controls and procedures” are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to Parent’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of Parent required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act with respect to such reports. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of Parent (and each former principal executive officer of Parent and each former principal financial officer of Parent, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the Parent SEC Documents. Such “internal control over financial reporting” provides reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements, including that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (B) transactions are recorded as necessary (x) to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP and (y) to maintain accountability of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries. The management of Parent has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation, to Parent’s auditors and the audit committee of Parent’s board of directors (i) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which could adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for Parent’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls over financial reporting. A summary of any such disclosure made by management to Parent’s auditors and audit committee has been made available to the Investors.
SEC Reports; Financial Statements The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
SEC Reports The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
SEC Documents; Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities (a) Parent has filed all reports, schedules, forms and registration statements with the SEC required to be filed by it pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules, or the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules, in each such case since January 1, 2005 (collectively, and in each case including all annexes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Parent SEC Documents”). As of their respective dates (or if subsequently amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such filing), the Parent SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Documents, and none of the Parent SEC Documents as of such dates contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. To Parent’s Knowledge, as of the date hereof, none of the Parent SEC Documents is the subject of ongoing SEC review.
(b) Parent is in compliance with, and has complied, in all material respects with (i) the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of NASDAQ. Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. Parent’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to the management of Parent as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The management of Parent has completed its assessment of the effectiveness of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act for the year ended December 31, 2006, and such assessment concluded that such controls were effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Parent’s financial reporting and the preparation of Parent’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Parent has disclosed, based on its assessment of the effectiveness of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act for the year ended December 31, 2006, to Parent’s independent registered accounting firm and the audit committee of the Board of Directors of Parent (A) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, of which there is Parent’s Knowledge that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2006. Parent any has made available to the Company a summary of any such disclosures made by management to such accounting firm or audit committee for the year ended December 31, 2006.
(c) The consolidated financial statements of Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents (the “Parent SEC Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be otherwise indicated therein or in the notes thereto and except, in the case of unaudited consolidated quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Exchange Act), applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, (ii) complied in all material respects with published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Parent Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
(d) As of March 31, 2007, neither Parent nor any of the Parent Subsidiaries had any liabilities or obligations that would have been required by GAAP to be reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries as of such date, except (i) for such liabilities and obligations reflected, reserved against or otherwise disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries as of such date (including the notes thereto) that is included in the Parent SEC Financial Statements and (ii) for such liabilities and obligations as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect (it is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.5(d): (x) do not apply to matters described in any of Section 5.4, the other provisions of this Section 5.5, and Sections 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11 and 5.17 (which are addressed exclusively in those Sections) and (y) shall not be deemed breached if such breach relates to a matter which is covered by a representation or warranty of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Article V (other than this Section 5.5(d)) that contains a “Parent’s Knowledge” qualification).
(e) Since December 31, 2006 to the date of this Agreement, (i) neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary nor, to Parent’s Knowledge, any director, officer, auditor, accountant or representative of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries has engaged in improper or illegal accounting or auditing practices or maintains improper or inadequate internal accounting controls relating to Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) no attorney representing Parent or any Parent Subsidiary has made a report to Parent’s chief legal officer, chief executive officer or Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) pursuant to the SEC’s Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys (17 CFR Part 205), and (iii) Parent has disclosed to its outside auditors any fraud, whether or not material, of which there is Parent’s Knowledge that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal control over financial reporting.
SEC Documents; Financial Statements The Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC Documents, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof). As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act. For the avoidance of doubt, filing of the documents required in this Section 3(g) via the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”) shall satisfy all delivery requirements of this Section 3(g).
SEC Reports and Financial Statements The Company has filed with the SEC, and has heretofore made available to Parent true and complete copies of, all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by it since December 31, 1996 under the Exchange Act (as such documents have been amended since the time of their filing, collectively, the "Company SEC Documents"), each of which (except to the extent revised or superceded by a subsequently filed Company SEC Document) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. As of their respective dates or, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, the Company SEC Documents, including, without limitation, any financial statements or schedules included therein did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC pursuant to Section 12 or 15 of the Exchange Act. The financial statements of the Company (the "Company Financial Statements") included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 (including the related notes thereto) (the "Company Form 10-K") and in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three fiscal quarters occurring since the Company Form 10-K have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year end adjustments) and fairly present the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof or for the periods presented therein.
SEC Documents The Company has made available to the Investors true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. The Company has not provided to the Investors any information that, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have been disclosed publicly prior to the date hereof by the Company, but which has not been so disclosed. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and the SEC Documents did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto at the time of such inclusion. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due) that would have been required to be reflected in, reserved against or otherwise described in the financial statements or in the notes thereto in accordance with GAAP, which was not fully reflected in, reserved against or otherwise described in the financial statements or the notes thereto included in the SEC Documents or was not incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with the Company's past practices since the last date of such financial statements.
Recent Securities Transactions Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or therein, the Company has not (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its share capital.
SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities (a) The Parent has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Parent with the SEC (the “Parent SEC Documents”) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(b) As of its respective filing date, each Parent SEC Document complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Document, and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent that information contained in any Parent SEC Document has been revised or superseded by a later Parent SEC Document, none of the Parent SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The consolidated financial statements of the Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(c) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents, the Parent has no liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be set forth on a balance sheet of the Parent or in the notes thereto. Except for its agreement with Securities Transfer Corporation to act as the Parent’s stock transfer agent, the Parent has no financial or contractual obligations and liabilities (including any obligations to issue capital stock or other securities of the Parent) due after the date hereof. All liabilities of the Parent shall have been paid off and shall in no event remain liabilities of the Parent, the Company or the Shareholders following the Closing.
