Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
Closing Closing Deliveries (a) The closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx, P.C., 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 10:00 a.m. local time on the date hereof, or at such other place, date and time as Sellers and Purchaser may agree. All deliveries to be made or other actions to be taken at the Closing shall be deemed to occur simultaneously, and no such delivery or action shall be deemed complete until all such deliveries and actions have been completed. The date and time at which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
(b) At the Closing, each Seller will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser the following:
(i) the aggregate number of Shares owned by such Seller on the Closing Date and set forth opposite such Seller’s name on Schedule A, evidenced by a stock certificate or stock certificates, duly endorsed for transfer by delivery or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank (in each case, if requested by Purchaser, with signatures thereon duly guaranteed or notarized) and any other documents that are necessary to transfer to Purchaser good and marketable title to all such Shares free and clear of all Liens; and
(ii) all other instruments, agreements, certificates and documents required to be delivered by such Seller at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) At the Closing, Purchaser will deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to each Seller:
(i) the amount set forth opposite each Seller’s name on Schedule A by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by each such Seller; and
(ii) all other instruments, agreements, certificates and documents required to be delivered by Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement.
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 The Closing Date shall be December 10, 2004, or such later date as the parties may agree to in writing. All acts necessary to consummation the Reorganization (the "Closing") shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Closing Date unless otherwise provided. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Xxxx xxx Xxxr XXX, 00 Xxxxx Strexx, Boston, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, xx xx xxxx xxxxx xxxxe as the parties may agree.
3.2 Portfolio securities that are held other than in book-entry form in the name of State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Acquired Fund Custodian") as record holder for the Acquired Fund shall be presented by the Acquired Fund to Brown Brothers Harriman & Xx. (the "Acxxxxxxx Fund Custodian") for examination no later than three business days preceding the Closing Date. Such portfolio securities shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund to the Acquiring Fund Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer, in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof in accordance with the custom of brokers, and shall be accompanied by all necessary federal and state stock transfer stamps or a check for the appropriate purchase price thereof. Portfolio securities held of record by the Acquired Fund Custodian in book-entry form on behalf of the Acquired Fund shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian through the Depository Trust Company to the Acquiring Fund Custodian and by the Acquiring Fund Custodian recording the beneficial ownership thereof by the Acquiring Fund on the Acquiring Fund Custodian's records. Any cash shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian transmitting immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Acquiring Fund Custodian the cash balances maintained by the Acquired Fund Custodian and the Acquiring Fund Custodian crediting such amount to the account of the Acquiring Fund.
3.3 The Acquiring Fund Custodian shall deliver within one business day after the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that: (a) the Acquired Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, and (b) all necessary transfer taxes including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid, or provision for payment has been made in conjunction with the delivery of portfolio securities as part of the Acquired Assets.
3.4 If on the Closing Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange is closed to trading or trading thereon shall be restricted or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such exchange or elsewhere is disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the NAV of the Acquiring Fund Shares or the Acquired Fund pursuant to Paragraph 2.1 is impracticable, the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
3.5 The Acquired Fund shall deliver at the Closing a list of the names, addresses, federal taxpayer identification numbers and backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding status and certificates of the Acquired Fund Shareholders and the number and percentage ownership of outstanding Acquired Fund Shares owned by each Acquired Fund Shareholder as of the Valuation Time, certified by the President or a Secretary of the Safeco Trust and its Treasurer, Secretary or other authorized officer (the "Shareholder List") as being an accurate record of the information (a) provided by the Acquired Fund Shareholders, (b) provided by the Acquired Fund Custodian, or (c) derived from the Safeco Trust's records by such officers or one of the Safeco Trust's service providers. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund Shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide evidence satisfactory to the Acquired Fund that such Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Fund's account on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, stock certificates, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
Estimated Closing Statement (i) No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror (A) a statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”) setting forth the Company’s good faith estimates of (1) the Estimated Net Working Capital (as well as the resulting Estimated Net Working Capital Surplus (if any) or Estimated Net Working Capital Shortfall (if any)), (2) the Estimated Transaction Expenses, (3) the Estimated Closing Cash and (4) the Estimated Closing Debt, and (B) a schedule which shall include (1) the Estimated Total Stock Purchase Consideration, (2) wire instructions for the payments to be made to NewCo at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(b), (3) each Seller’s Pro Rata Percentage and the portion of the Estimated Total Stock Purchase Consideration attributable to each Seller; and (4) wire instructions for the payments of Debt, and the Estimated Transaction Expenses, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction Bonuses, to be made to the applicable payees thereof pursuant to Section 2.3(b) (such schedule delivered pursuant to this clause (B), the “Payment Schedule”). The Estimated Closing Statement shall be prepared by the Company in accordance with the Agreed Principles.
(ii) The Company shall consider in good faith any reasonable comments or objections to any amounts set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement notified to it by Acquiror prior to the Closing and if, prior to the Closing, the Company and Acquiror agree to make any modification to the Estimated Closing Statement, then the Estimated Closing Statement as so modified shall be deemed to be the Estimated Closing Statement; provided, that the failure of the Company and Acquiror to reach such mutual agreement will not give any party the right to terminate this Agreement or otherwise delay or fail to close the Stock Purchase or the other transactions contemplated hereunder.
(iii) Acquiror shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Estimated Closing Statement and the Payment Schedule in all respects in making any payments pursuant to this Agreement, and all obligations to make such payments shall be deemed fulfilled to the extent such payments are made in accordance with this Agreement, the Payment Schedule, and the Estimated Closing Statement, including the Earn-Out Payment. None of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company) or the Seller Representative shall have any liability or obligation to any Person, including the Sellers and the Seller Guarantors, for any Damages arising from or relating to any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the calculations of the portion of any amounts payable to any Seller or any other Person or any other errors, omissions or inaccuracy in the information set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement or the Payment Schedule.
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinions of Counsel On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinions and negative assurance statements of Ellenoff Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative as representative for the several Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and GM.
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Closing Deliveries of Buyer At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller: ---------------------------
(a) A certificate of Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement (and the Schedules to be provided for Closing) are true and correct in all material respects and that Buyer has complied with or performed in all material respects all terms, covenants and conditions to be complied with or performed by Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) A certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of Buyer, certifying the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, incumbency and signatures of officers of Buyer and copies of Buyer's directors' and shareholders' resolutions approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) A certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of Sub, certifying the Articles of Incorporation and articles of amendment, bylaws, incumbency and signatures of officers of Sub and copies of Sub's directors' and shareholders' resolutions approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) Books and records of Buyer and Sub;
(e) Documentation satisfactory to Seller evidencing the fact that the signatories on all relevant bank accounts of Buyer have been changed to signatories designated by Seller.
(f) A corporate resolution that will irrevocably instruct Pacific Stock Transfer about the exchange ratio representing the Preferred Shares issued as partial consideration hereunder and instructions to issue share certificates to the Shareholders in the appropriate amounts, including evidence of the share conditions attributable to the Preferred Shares. No Preferred Shares shall be issued until the Buyer shall have received a certificate for required number of Seller's Shares.
(g) Share certificates in the appropriate amount of Exchangeable Shares issued to the Shareholders. No Exchangeable Shares shall be issued until the Buyer shall have received a certificate for required number of Seller's Shares.
(h) Support Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(i) Exchange Trust Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(j) The documentation required for the Amalgamation of Seller and Sub;
(k) Resignations of any directors and officers of Seller and Sub, except Xxxx Xxxxxxx, in favour of nominees of the Buyer effective as of the Closing, as well as evidence of compliance with any regulatory requirements;
(l) Resolution of the shareholders approving the name change;
(m) Employment agreement with each of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, and evidence of regulatory compliance with the S-8 registration as set forth in Section 2.5 of this this Agreement;
(n) Legal opinion of Buyer's counsel opining as to due execution, corporate authority, current shareholdings, proper share issuances and regulatory matters; and
(o) Such other documents, at the Closing or subsequently, as may be reasonably requested by Seller as necessary for the implementation and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
Seller’s Closing Deliveries Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser the following at Closing:
(a) the Assignment, the Bill xx Sale and other instruments of transfer to effectively assign, transfer and convey good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets as Purchaser shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser;
(b) copies of the Records which Purchaser may reasonably request;
(c) a certified copy of Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Seller authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;
(d) a certificate of good standing of Seller from the Secretary of State of Georgia;
(e) evidence satisfactory to Purchaser that all Liens described on Schedule 5.3(a) herein have been removed or otherwise addressed to Purchaser's satisfaction;
(f) a list of the Accounts Receivable from all Customers (Reports 18A and 19A) and a list of the Unearned Revenue (Report 17), each as of the last NRTC billing period ending prior to the Closing Date;
(g) a certificate signed by Seller's president, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Article VIII have been satisfied;
(h) an opinion of Jamex X. Xxxx, Xx., Xxq., counsel to Seller, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser;
(i) a certificate signed by Seller's president, dated the Closing Date, regarding the transfer of Seller's account at Huntington Bank;
(j) a Noncompetition Agreement with Seller substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 8.9; and
(k) such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably requested and satisfactory to Purchaser and its counsel in connection with Seller's satisfaction of each of its obligations hereunder.
