Termination Effectiveness This Agreement and the Proxy shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect as of the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this Section 11 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall relieve either party hereto from any liability, or otherwise limit the liability of either party hereto, for any breach of this Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the parties thereto.
Effectiveness This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) by the Administrative Agent:
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or substantially simultaneous satisfaction) of the following conditions precedent: (a) The Agent shall have received all fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent) required to be paid on the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each Fee Letter and the Annex thereto. (b) The Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent: (i) This Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Seller and the Servicer; (ii) The Receivables Sale Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator, together with: (A) Proper financing statements naming each Originator as debtor, the Seller as secured party and the Agent, as assignee, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Seller’s interests created or purported to be created by the Receivables Sale Agreement; (B) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Related Security, Collections or Contracts previously granted by any Originator; (C) The Consent and Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator; and (D) A Subordinated Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the Receivables Sale Agreement, payable to the order of each Originator, and duly executed by the Seller; (iii) The Equistar Undertaking, duly executed and delivered by Equistar; (iv) (x) A Lock-Box Agreement with each Lock-Box Bank, executed by such Lock-Box Bank, the Agent and the Seller, the Servicer or an Originator, as applicable, and (y) a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, with each depository bank maintaining any other Restricted Account, executed by such depository bank, the Agent, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable; (v) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by each party thereto; (vi) Good standing certificates (or equivalent) issued by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Transaction Party; (vii) A copy of the articles or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of each Transaction Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or equivalent body) of the state of organization of such Transaction Party; (viii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Transaction Party certifying (A) the names and true signatures of each officer of such Transaction Party that has been authorized to execute and deliver any Transaction Document or other document required hereunder to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Transaction Party, (B) the by-laws (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (C) the resolutions of such Transaction Party’s Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (D) that there have been no changes in the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party from the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) delivered pursuant to clause (vii) above; (ix) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each Transaction Party certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 3.1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (h) have been satisfied; (x) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each of the Seller and Originators stating that such Transaction Party is Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents; (xi) Proper financing statements naming the Seller, as debtor, and the Agent, as secured party, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the ownership interests created or purported to be created by the Transactions Documents; (xii) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Pool Receivables, Contracts, Related Security or Collections previously granted by the Seller or any Originator; and (xiii) Favorable opinions of (A) Xxxxxx X. X’Xxxxx, General Counsel of Equistar, in substantially the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, (B) Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel to the Transaction Parties, in substantially the forms of Exhibit I-1 and I-3 hereto as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation (1) a “true sale” opinion with respect to the sale of Receivable Assets under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement from each Originator to the Seller, (2) an opinion with respect to the non-substantive consolidation of the Seller with each other Transaction Party or any of its Affiliates in a case under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and (3) an opinion relating to the enforceability of the Transaction Documents, compliance with all laws and regulations (including Regulation U of the Board), the perfection of all ownership and other interests purported to be granted under the Transaction Documents, and no conflicts with material agreements, and (C) special counsel to the Agent, as the Agent may reasonably request. (c) Each of the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer shall have received all necessary governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (without the imposition of any conditions that are not reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers) and shall remain in effect, and all applicable governmental filings (except for the UCC financing statements referred to in this Section 3.1) shall have been made and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without in either case any action being taken by any competent authority; and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the judgment of the Purchasers that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. (d) The Purchasers shall have received and be satisfied with (i) audited financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2002 by independent nationally-recognized public accountants which statements shall be unqualified, (ii) interim unaudited quarterly financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, through the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2003, and (iii) the financial projections of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries covering the Fiscal Years ending in 2003 through 2007, inclusive, that are included in the Confidential Information Memorandum. (i) All obligations for outstanding capital, accrued and unpaid yield and fees and other amounts then due and payable under the Existing Program shall have been concurrently satisfied, (ii) all documentation relating to the Existing Program shall have been concurrently terminated on terms satisfactory to the Agent and (iii) the Agent shall have received evidence of such termination in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. (f) The ABF Agreement shall be in full force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder. (g) The Agent shall be satisfied with the results of a field examination of the Originators conducted by CUSA’s internal auditors no more than 3 months prior to the Closing Date. (h) Total Excess Availability (after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Agreement and the ABF Agreement) shall be at least $300,000,000 on the Closing Date. The Agent shall promptly notify the Seller, the Servicer and the Purchasers of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
Continued Effectiveness The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder); and (ii) the date as of which no Holder holds Registrable Securities (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”). Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.
Condition to Effectiveness As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, an Opinion of Counsel satisfying the requirements of Section 12.01 of the Agreement has been received by the Parties hereto.
Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall --------------------------------------------- become effective when the Agent shall have received at least thirteen (13) counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the Company and the Required Lenders, provided the following conditions are satisfied: (a) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement, Section 5 of the Pledge and Security Agreement and Section 4 of the Servicing Security Agreement, of NCFC in Section 15 of the Guaranty, and of NCCC in Section 15 of the NCCC Guaranty shall be true and correct as though made on the date hereof, except for changes that are permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement. (b) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default and no Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (c) No material adverse change in the business, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or NCFC shall have occurred since May 26, 1999. (d) The Agent shall have received the following, each duly executed or certified, as the case may be, and dated as of the date of delivery thereof: (i) copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, certified by its respective Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing or ratifying the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment; (ii) a certified copy of any amendment or restatement of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Company made or entered following the date of the most recent certified copies thereof furnished to the Lenders; (iii) certified copies of all documents evidencing any necessary corporate action, consent or governmental or regulatory approval (if any) with respect to this Amendment; (iv) a Reaffirmation of NCFC Guaranty duly executed by NCFC; (v) a Reaffirmation of NCCC Guaranty duly executed by NCCC; and (vi) such other documents, instruments, opinions and approvals as the Agent may reasonably request. (e) The Agent shall have received the amendment fee required by Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction in full or waiver by all Lenders of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which all such conditions shall have been satisfied being herein called the “Amendment Effective Date”):
Integration; Effectiveness This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Effectiveness of this Amendment The following shall have occurred before this Amendment is effective: