Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder 5.1 The Shareholder represents and warrants to the Offeror as follows and acknowledges that the Offeror is relying upon these representations and warranties in connection with the entering into of this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement and the purchase by the Offeror of the Deposited Shares under the Offer:
(a) in the case that the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has the requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;
(b) in the case that the Shareholder is not an individual, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by its board of directors (or equivalent body) and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder;
(c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Offeror, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable by the Offeror against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to limitations imposed by law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings and to the extent that the award of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction is within the discretion of the court from which they are sought;
(i) the Shareholder is the sole registered and/or direct or indirect beneficial owner of the number of Company Shares listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "A" and is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the number of Options listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "B"; (ii) the only Company Shares or other securities of the Company directly or indirectly beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is directly or indirectly exercised, by the Shareholder are those listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "A" and Schedule "B"; and (iii) except as listed on Schedule "B", the Shareholder has no agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase or acquisition by the Shareholder of any additional Company Shares or other securities of the Company;
(e) the Shareholder has the sole right to sell and vote all the Deposited Shares and all the Deposited Shares will, at the time at which the Offeror takes up and pays for the Deposited Shares, be beneficially owned solely by the Shareholder with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any and all mortgages, liens, charges, restrictions, security interests, adverse claims, pledges, encumbrances and demands or rights of others of any nature or kind whatsoever;
(f) no individual, firm or entity has any agreement or option, or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, acquisition or transfer from the Shareholder of any of the Deposited Shares or any interest therein or right thereto, except the Offeror pursuant to this Agreement;
(g) none of the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of this Agreement, the completion or performance of the transactions contemplated hereby or the compliance by the Shareholder with the Shareholder's obligations hereunder will result in a breach of (i) any agreement or instrument to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or any of the Shareholder's property or assets are bound; (ii) to the knowledge of the Shareholder, any judgment, decree, order or award of any Regulatory Authority; or (iii) to the knowledge of the Shareholder, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or rule relevant in the context of the Offer or this Agreement; and
(h) there are no legal proceedings in progress or pending before any Regulatory Authority or, to the knowledge of the Shareholder, threatened against the Shareholder or its affiliates that would adversely affect in any manner the ability of the Shareholder to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder or the title of the Shareholder to any of the Deposited Shares. The representations and warranties of the Shareholder set forth in this Article 5 shall survive the completion of the purchase by the Offeror of the Deposited Shares under the Offer and, despite such completion, shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Offeror for a period of one year thereafter, except for the representation and warranty set forth in clause (e) above, which shall survive indefinitely.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS The Shareholders, individually and separately, represent and warrant as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Sub as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Subscriber The Subscriber hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as follows:
a. The Subscriber acknowledges and understands: (i) that the Tokens offered pursuant to the Memorandum have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws; (ii) that the offering and sale of the Tokens is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and agreements of the Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement; and (iii) the Tokens are subject to restrictions on transferability and resale under the Securities Act and may not be transferred or resold except as permitted under the U.S. Securities Act or as allowed by exemptions within the jurisdiction of the Subscriber or receiver of the Tokens.
b. Prior to the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Subscriber and the Subscriber’s attorney, accountant, purchaser representative and/or tax advisor, if any (collectively, “Advisors”), have received and have carefully reviewed the Memorandum, this Subscription Agreement and the documents annexed hereto or referenced herein (collectively, the “Offering Documents”) and any other and all other documents requested by the Subscriber or its Advisors, if any, and understand the information contained therein. The Subscriber is satisfied that it has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it or its Advisors, if any, consider material to its decision to make this investment. The Subscriber recognizes that the Company has a limited financial and operating history and that the Company’s proposed investments in Digital Asset Securities involve a high degree of risk. The Subscriber acknowledges and understands that the information regarding Digital Asset Securities was derived from publicly available sources that the Company believes to be reliable, however the Company has not attempted to verify such information.
c. The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and understands, and has been advised, that there will be no or very limited disclosure materials of any kind regarding any of the Company’s investments provided to the Subscriber by the Company or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, affiliates or related parties.
d. The Subscriber is purchasing the Tokens based on Subscriber’s own assessment and knowledge of the Company, its management, crypto-currencies and other digital asset securities, together with the Company’s stated objectives.
e. The Subscriber acknowledges and understands that neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Offering or passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Tokens or the Offering.
f. The Subscriber and its Advisors, if any, have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from a person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning, among other related matters, the Offering, the Tokens, the Offering Documents and the Company’s objectives and all such questions have been answered to the full satisfaction of the Subscriber and its Advisors, if any.
g. The Subscriber has not reproduced, duplicated or delivered this Subscription Agreement the Offering Documents or other related documents or information to any other person, except to the Subscriber’s Advisors, if any.
h. In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, the Subscriber has not relied upon any representation or other information (oral or written) other than as stated in the Offering Documents or as contained in documents so furnished to the Subscriber or its Advisors, if any, by the Company in writing.
i. The Subscriber has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or the like relating to this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
j. The Subscriber, either alone or together with its Advisors, if any, has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters, and, in particular, investment in non-listed and unregistered securities, such that the Subscriber is capable of utilizing the information made available to it in connection with the Offering to evaluate the merits and risks of the Subscriber’s investment in the Tokens and has obtained, in the Subscriber’s judgment, sufficient information from the Company or Subscriber’s Advisors, if any, to evaluate the merits and risks of such investment and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto. The Subscriber has evaluated the risks of investing in the Tokens, is able to bear such risks, and has determined that the Tokens are a suitable investment for the Subscriber.
k. The Subscriber is not relying on the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or other representatives with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in the Tokens, and the Subscriber has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only its own Advisors, if any.
l. The Subscriber is acquiring the Tokens solely for Subscriber’s own account for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution thereof, in whole or in part. The Subscriber has no agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, with any person to sell or transfer all or any part of the Tokens and the Subscriber has no plans to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.
m. The Subscriber understands and agrees that it must bear the substantial economic risks of its investment in the Tokens and, correspondingly, the business objectives of the Company, indefinitely because the Tokens may not be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. It is not anticipated that there will be any market for resale of the Tokens, and such securities will not be freely transferable at any time.
n. The Subscriber has adequate means of providing for such Subscriber’s current financial needs and foreseeable contingencies and has no need for liquidity from its investment in the Tokens for an indefinite period of time.
o. The Subscriber: (i) if a natural person, represents that the Subscriber has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Tokens, such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of state law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the Tokens, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law, or the memorandum and articles of association of the Selling Shareholder, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Selling Shareholder or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(c) The Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) in respect of, the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder or a security entitlement in respect of such Shares.
(d) Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, the Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share register in accordance with its memorandum and articles of association and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph 2(e) are limited to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon information relating to the Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.
Representations and Warranties of the Seller The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Sub-Adviser The Sub-Adviser hereby represents and warrants to the Fund and MassMutual that:
(a) The Sub-Adviser has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform its obligations under this Sub-Advisory Agreement and to act as contemplated by the Trust Documents and the Disclosure Documents, including without limitation registration as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals and memberships during the term of this Sub-Advisory Agreement.
(b) There is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Sub-Adviser or any of its principals or affiliates is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Sub-Adviser is subject, which reasonably might be expected to (i) result in any material adverse change in the Sub-Adviser’s condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects, (ii) affect adversely in any material respect any of the Sub-Adviser’s assets, (iii) materially impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Sub-Advisory Agreement, or (iv) result in a matter which would require an amendment to the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV, Part II; and the Sub-Adviser has not received any notice of an investigation by the Commission or any state regarding U.S. federal or state securities laws, regulations or rules.
(c) All references in the Disclosure Documents concerning the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates and the controlling persons, affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing provided to MassMutual by the Sub-Adviser or approved by the Sub-Adviser for use in the Disclosure Documents, as well as all performance information provided to MassMutual by the Sub-Adviser or approved by the Sub-Adviser for use by MassMutual, are accurate in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make such information not misleading.
(d) Subject to adequate assurances of confidentiality, the Sub-Adviser has supplied to, or made available for review by, MassMutual (and if requested by MassMutual to its designated auditor) all documents, statements, agreements and workpapers reasonably requested by it relating to accounts covered by the Sub-Adviser’s performance results and which are in the Sub-Adviser’s possession or to which it has access. The foregoing representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Sub-Advisory Agreement.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS Each of the Sellers, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Buyer as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder, at the First Closing Date, will have good and marketable title to the Shares set forth in Schedule II to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims (other than as imposed by the Securities Act or this Agreement), and full right, power and authority to effect the sale and delivery of such Shares; and upon the delivery of and payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims, of any kind, will be transferred to the Underwriters.
(b) Such Selling Shareholder has duly executed and delivered the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney in the form previously delivered to the Representatives, appointing the persons named therein, and each of them as such Selling Shareholder's attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in-Fact") and as custodian (the "Custodian"). The Attorney-in-Fact is authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Shareholder, to deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, to accept payment therefor, and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Shareholder in connection with this Agreement, including payment from the Offering proceeds of expenses incurred on behalf of such Selling Shareholder. Certificates, in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, representing the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder have been deposited with the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney for the purpose of delivery pursuant to this Agreement. Such Selling Shareholder agrees that the shares of Common Stock represented by the certificates on deposit with the Custodian are subject to the interest of the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made for such custody and the appointment of the Attorney-in-Fact are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of such Selling Shareholder hereunder shall not be terminated except as provided in this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. If such Selling Shareholder should die or become incapacitated, or if any other event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares of such Selling Shareholder hereunder, the certificates for such Shares deposited with the Custodian shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such death, incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether the Custodian or the Attorney-in-Fact shall have received notice thereof.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder, acting through his duly authorized Attorney-in-Fact, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney; this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Selling Shareholder, all authorizations and consents necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder have been given, except as may be required by the Securities Act or state securities laws; and such Selling Shareholder has the legal capacity and full right, power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney.
(d) The performance of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by such Selling Shareholder will not result in a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default by such Selling Shareholder under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, trust (constructive or other), loan agreement, lease, franchise, license or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder or any of his or its properties is bound, or any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body applicable to such Selling Shareholder or any of his, her or its properties.
(e) Such Selling Shareholder has not distributed nor, other than as permitted by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, will distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus filed with the Commission or the Final Prospectus or other material permitted by the Securities Act.
(f) Such Selling Shareholder has reviewed and is familiar with the Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus. To the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, the Preliminary Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
