Obligations of Merger Subsidiary Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger Subsidiary to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Formation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries Notwithstanding and without limiting the negative covenants contained in Sections 7.3 and 7.7 hereof, at the time that Borrower or any Guarantor forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Effective Date, Borrower and such Guarantor shall (a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Bank a joinder to this Agreement to become a co-borrower hereunder or a Guaranty to become a Guarantor hereunder, together with such appropriate financing statements and/or Control Agreements, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank (including being sufficient to grant Bank a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary), (b) provide to Bank appropriate certificates and powers and financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank; and (c) provide to Bank all other documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, including one or more opinions of counsel satisfactory to Bank, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above. Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 6.13 shall be a Loan Document.
Interim Operations of the Company Except (i) as required by Law, (ii) as consented to in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) contemplated by this Agreement or (iv) as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business only in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent with past practice and use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its present relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, Governmental Entities and others having business dealings with them to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except (w) as required by Law, (x) as consented to in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (y) expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement or (z) as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the following:
(a) except for Shares to be issued or delivered pursuant to the exercise of Options or Warrants, the settlement of RSUs or the lapsing of forfeiture restrictions of Restricted Stock Awards, each outstanding on the date hereof or the issuance of the shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary to the Company, issue, deliver, sell, dispose of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, sale, disposition or pledge or other encumbrance of (i) any shares of its capital stock of any class or any other ownership interest, or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of its capital stock or any other ownership interest, or any rights, warrants, options, calls, commitments or any other agreements of any character to purchase or acquire any shares of its capital stock or any other ownership interest or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for, any shares of its capital stock or any other ownership interest (including “phantom” rights and stock appreciation rights), or (ii) any other securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of, in lieu of, or in substitution for, Shares outstanding on the date hereof;
(b) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or propose to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any outstanding Shares, Options, Warrants or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company may (i) withhold Shares to satisfy Tax obligations with respect to Options, Restricted Stock Awards and RSUs granted prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Equity Plans or the Assumed Subsidiary Equity Plans and (ii) acquire Shares in connection with the surrender of Shares by holders of Options or Warrants in order to pay the exercise price of the Options or Warrants;
(c) grant any Options, Restricted Stock Awards, RSUs or other equity-based awards or grant any options to purchase Shares under the Company’s 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
(d) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any Shares or declare, set aside for payment or pay any dividend in respect of any Shares or otherwise make any payments or distributions to stockholders of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries that is not wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by Company in their capacity as such;
(e) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the Merger;
(f) acquire (i) by purchase, merger or otherwise, any business or equity interest of any Person or (ii) any asset or assets, except for purchases of components, raw materials or supplies in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as permitted under Section 6.1(m);
(g) sell, lease, license, mortgage, sell and leaseback or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of its properties or other assets or any interests therein, except for sales of inventory and used equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(h) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money in addition to that incurred as of the date of this Agreement or guarantee any such indebtedness or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, other than to the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries, and other than to employees in respect of travel or other related expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(i) except as required by Law or except as required by the terms of a Benefit Plan in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (i) enter into an employment agreement with any Person or grant to any Person any right to severance, retention, change in control or termination compensation or benefits, or increase any Person’s rights thereto, (ii) grant any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any increase in compensation other than, with respect to Persons who are not directors or officers and do not report directly to the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, ordinary course annual increases consistent with past practice, (iii) enter into, adopt, amend or terminate any collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement, or (iv) terminate the employment of or hire any Person whose annual compensation exceeded or is reasonably expected to exceed $100,000;
(j) except as required by any Benefit Plan in accordance with its terms as of the date of this Agreement, take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation and benefits under any Benefit Plan, take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefits under any Benefit Plan or materially change any assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Benefit Plan or change the manner in which contributions to any Benefit Plan are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined;
(k) change any of the accounting methods used by the Company or its Subsidiaries unless required by GAAP or applicable Law;
(l) amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation or the Company’s bylaws or other comparable charter or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, except as may be required by applicable Law and except for immaterial amendments under the charter or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company;
(m) authorize or make any commitment with respect to, any capital expenditure or other expenditures (including in respect of research and development), other than those which, individually, are less than or equal to $200,000 or, in the aggregate, are less than or equal to $1,000,000;
(n) (i) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities, obligations or litigation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of liabilities reserved against in the most recent Financial Statements of the Company included in the Filed SEC Documents (for amounts not in excess of such reserves) or incurred since the date of such Financial Statements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) cancel any indebtedness, (iii) waive or assign any claims or rights of substantial value, (iv) waive any benefits of, or agree to modify in any respect, or, subject to the terms hereof, fail to enforce, or consent to any matter with respect to which consent is required under, any standstill or similar contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or (v) waive any material benefits of, or agree to modify in any material respect, or, subject to the terms hereof, fail to enforce in any material respect, or consent to any matter with respect to which consent is required under, any material confidentiality or similar contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;
(o) waive the benefits of, or agree to modify in any material manner, any material confidentiality agreement or any standstill or similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;
(p) except as required by applicable Tax Law, prepare or file any Tax Return inconsistent with past practice or, on any such Tax Return, take any position, make any election, or adopt any method that is inconsistent with positions taken, elections made or methods used in preparing or filing similar Tax Returns in prior periods;
(q) sell, transfer or license to any person or modify any rights (i) to any material Company Intellectual Property Rights, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (ii) to distribute, license or co-promote any product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including products under development and products licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
(r) enter into any material joint venture or partnership;
(s) engage in any transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings with any Affiliate or other Person that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;
(t) otherwise manage its working capital in a manner other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(u) (i) enter into, amend, renew, modify or consent to the termination of (other than a termination in accordance with its terms) any Material Company Contract over $250,000 or Contract over $250,000 that would be a Material Company Contract if in effect on the date of this Agreement or (ii) amend, waive, modify, fail to enforce or consent to the termination of (other than a termination in accordance with it terms) its material rights thereunder;
(v) create any Subsidiary; or
(w) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing.
Creation/Acquisition of Subsidiaries In the event Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Subsidiary, Borrower shall provide prior written notice to Collateral Agent and each Lender of the creation or acquisition of such new Subsidiary and take all such action as may be reasonably required by Collateral Agent or any Lender to cause each such Subsidiary to become a co-Borrower hereunder or to guarantee the Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents and, in each case, grant a continuing pledge and security interest in and to the assets of such Subsidiary (substantially as described on Exhibit A hereto); and Borrower (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) shall grant and pledge to Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a perfected security interest in the Shares; provided, however, that solely in the circumstance in which Borrower or any Subsidiary creates or acquires a Foreign Subsidiary in an acquisition permitted by Section 7.7 hereof or otherwise approved by the Required Lenders, (i) such Foreign Subsidiary shall not be required to guarantee the Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents and grant a continuing pledge and security interest in and to the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary, and (ii) Borrower shall not be required to grant and pledge to Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, a perfected security interest in more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the Shares of such Foreign Subsidiary, if Borrower demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of Collateral Agent that such Foreign Subsidiary providing such guarantee or pledge and security interest or Borrower providing a perfected security interest in more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the Shares would create a present and existing adverse tax consequence to Borrower under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
Management and Operations of Business Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to control and manage the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General Partner; the Limited Partner shall not have any power to control or manage the Partnership.
Holdings Holdings shall not engage in any material operating or business activities; provided that the following and any activities incidental thereto shall be permitted in any event:
(1) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries, including receipt and payment of Restricted Payments and other amounts in respect of Equity Interests,
(2) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur and pay, as applicable, fees, costs and expenses and Taxes relating to such maintenance) and the payment of any tax distributions pursuant to Section 7.05(2)(n)(ii)),
(3) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Transactions, the Acquisition Agreement, the Loan Documents and any other documents governing Indebtedness permitted hereby,
(4) any public offering of its common equity or any other issuance, registration or sale of its Equity Interests,
(5) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, receipt and payment of dividends and distributions, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries,
(6) if applicable, participating in Tax, accounting and other administrative matters on behalf of itself or as a member of any Tax Group and the provision of administrative and advisory services (including treasury and insurance services) to its Subsidiaries of a type customarily provided by a holding company to its Subsidiaries,
(7) holding any cash or property (but not operate any property),
(8) providing indemnification to officers and directors,
(9) merging, amalgamating or consolidating with or into any Person (in compliance with Section 7.03),
(10) repurchases of Indebtedness through open market purchases and Dutch auctions,
(11) activities incidental to Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments consummated by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or Investments incidental to such Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments,
(12) any transaction with the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent expressly permitted under this Article VII, and
(13) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing.
Investments and Acquisitions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding, acquire, commit itself to acquire or hold any Investment (including any Investment consisting of the acquisition of any business) (or become contractually committed to do so) except for the following:
(a) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (a) which are domestic Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement or (b) which become domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and become Guarantors to the extent required by Section 10.09; provided, however, that the aggregate book value of all assets (other than intercompany obligations) owned by Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000.
(b) Intercompany loans and advances from any Subsidiary to the Company or any Guarantor that, in the case of loans or advances from Foreign Subsidiaries, are subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Foreign Subsidiary Subordination Agreement.
(c) Investments in Cash Equivalents.
(d) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.06.
(e) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and so long as the Company (if the Company is party thereto) or a Guarantor (if the Company is not party thereto) is the surviving entity, the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire another entity in the same line of business as the Company as described in Section 6.02(a) if:
(i) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the purchase price for all such acquisitions permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(i) does not exceed, except with the consent of the Required Lenders, $100,000,000 in cash (excluding consideration consisting of Capital Stock, the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness) in the aggregate over the term of the Agreement;
(ii) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries may make unlimited acquisitions; provided, however that in the event a transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) would, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto, cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50, the portion of the cash purchase price with respect to such transaction attributed to causing the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 shall only be permitted to be paid to the extent the Company has sufficient availability in the $100,000,000 basket set forth in clause (e)(i) to take into account such excess amount; provided, further, that with respect to any acquisition permitted pursuant to this Section 6.08(e)(ii), (i) the acquisition must be approved by the target entity’s board of directors, (ii) the Company must be in compliance with the Computation Covenants immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (iii) the acquired entity must not have any environmental liabilities which, after giving effect to such acquisition, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired under this Section 6.08(e) (other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary if the aggregate book value of the assets (other than intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries acquired under this Section 6.08(e) since the Closing Date does not exceed $10,000,000) shall guarantee the Obligations, as contemplated by Section 10.09.
(f) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make (i) Investments in Unrestricted Affiliates engaged in businesses contemplated by Section 6.02(a) and (ii) Investments consisting of contributions of Property to Unrestricted Affiliates, in an aggregate amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (f) (calculated at net book value at the time of such Investment), when taken together with the aggregate amount of all Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.10(e), not to exceed $100,000,000.
(g) Loans or advances to employees of the Company in an amount not to exceed (i) $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for the purchase of capital stock of the Company and (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all other purposes.
(h) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that other than with respect to Investments outstanding as of the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.08(h), (i) such Investments shall not involve the transfer of substantial noncash assets from the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries to its Foreign Subsidiaries other than up to $35,000,000 in book value of foreign patents and foreign trademarks; and (ii) net cash Investments of the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this Section 6.08(h) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate.
(i) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and provided that the Company complies with Section 10.09, the Company may create a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that constitutes a holding company for the Company’s European Subsidiaries.
Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements; Etc (i) Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would be materially adverse to the Lenders;
(ii) except for (x) the Obligations, or, with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness (including Indebtedness constituting Permitted Intercompany Investments), as otherwise expressly permitted below, and (y) Indebtedness pursuant to clauses (c), (h), (s) (solely in respect of clauses (c) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”) and (w) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, (A) make any voluntary or optional payment (including any payment of interest in cash that, at the option of the issuer, may be paid in cash or in kind), prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or other acquisition for value of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness (including by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee therefor before the date required for the purpose of paying any portion of such Indebtedness when due), (B) refund, refinance, replace or exchange any other Indebtedness for any such Indebtedness (other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) make any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any Subordinated Indebtedness (including Indebtedness constituting Permitted Intercompany Investments) in violation of the subordination provisions thereof or any subordination agreement with respect thereto, or (D) make any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any Indebtedness as a result of any asset sale, change of control, issuance and sale of debt or equity securities or similar event;
(iii) amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Governing Documents (including by the filing or modification of any certificate of designation, or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it) with respect to any of its Equity Interests (including any shareholders’ agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Equity Interests, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this clause (iii) that either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided that no such amendment, modification or change or new agreement or arrangement shall provide for any plan of division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any similar statute or provision under applicable law);
(iv) agree to any amendment, modification or other change to or waiver of any of its rights under any Material Contract if such amendment, modification, change or waiver would be adverse in any material respect to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the Agents and the Lenders; or
(v) change its registered office, chief executive office or its domicile (within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec) without 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent or move any of its tangible property to a jurisdiction within Canada in which the Collateral Agent does not have perfected Liens without 30 days’ prior written notice to Agent.
Obligations of Parent Whenever required to effect the registration of the Registerable Shares pursuant to Section 2.2, Parent shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement for the Registration Effective Period.
(b) Furnish to the Stockholders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registerable Shares owned by them.
(c) Use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Stockholders; PROVIDED that Parent shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.
(d) Notify each Stockholder covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an 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 not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made. Thereafter, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC and furnish to each Stockholder as promptly as practicable a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus or other such documents as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registerable Shares, such prospectus shall not include an 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 in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.
(e) Use its best efforts to furnish, on the date that such Registerable Shares are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing Parent for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) a letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of Parent, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering addressed to the underwriters.
Interim Operations of Merger Sub Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has engaged in no other business activities and has conducted its operations only as contemplated by this Agreement.