Exchange Act Compliance During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE Section 13.1 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. Except with respect to Section 13.9, Section 13.10 and Section 13.11, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article XIII is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. Neither the Depositor nor the Certificate Administrator shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or (except with respect to Section 13.9, Section 13.10 or Section 13.11) for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, or otherwise, and agree to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered” and do not mandate compliance). In connection with the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Trust 2013-C7 transaction, each of the parties to this Agreement shall cooperate fully with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable (including any of their assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information in its possession and necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to permit the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosure relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. None of the Master Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian, any Sub-Servicer or the Special Servicer are responsible for filing any Exchange Act report with the Commission on behalf of the Trust. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 13.1, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to satisfy any related filing requirements. For purposes of this Article XIII, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation. Section 13.2 Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Primary Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. (a) For so long as the Trust, and with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is deposited into an Other Securitization, such Other Securitization, is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall (and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (b) cause each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to) (i) notify the Depositor, or the depositor in the Other Securitization with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan, in writing of (A) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, or with respect to any of its property, that, in each such case, would be material to Certificateholders and (B) any affiliations of the type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB or relationships of the type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB that develop following the Closing Date between the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator (or, if applicable, any Sub-Servicer) (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party), on the one hand, and any other such party on the other, as the case may be, as such affiliation or relationship relates to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Trust 2013-C7 transaction (or an Other Securitization, if applicable), and (ii) provide to the Depositor a description of such legal proceedings, affiliations or relationships, in each case, in a form that would enable the Depositor to satisfy its reporting obligations under Item 1117 or 1119 of Regulation AB, as applicable. (b) In connection with the succession to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee as servicer or trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall (and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee, as applicable, shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Additional Servicer and each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (b) cause each Additional Servicer and each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to) provide to the Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise no later than the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K as it relates to the Servicing Function with respect to any class of Certificates. (c) With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is deposited into an Other Securitization, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall take all actions reasonably requested of it to enable such Other Securitization to comply with Regulation AB. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall, if requested by the depositor for such Other Securitization, provide disclosure (in substantially the same form as the disclosure provided by it in the Prospectus Supplement, to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with Regulation AB) regarding the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, as reasonably and in good faith determined by the depositor in such Other Securitization to be required by Regulation AB for inclusion in disclosure documents with respect to such Other Securitization, together with an opinion of counsel as to the compliance of such disclosure with the requirements of Regulation AB and indemnification substantially similar to that provided in connection with the offering of the Certificates regarding damages incurred in connection with the non-compliance with the requirements of Regulation AB relating to the disclosure referred to in this sentence. (d) If any Person appointed as a subcontractor or agent of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator (whether appointed directly by such party or by a Sub-Servicer or subcontractor or agent) would be a Servicing Function Participant, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall promptly following request provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function of such Person, which description shall include (i) the identity of such subcontractor, and (ii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the assessments of compliance to be provided by such subcontractor or agent. In addition, except with respect to any Seller Sub-Servicer under a sub-servicing agreement effective as of the Closing Date, if any Sub-Servicer, or any subcontractor or agent described above, would be a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, the engagement of such Person in such capacity shall not be effective unless and until five (5) Business Days have elapsed following the delivery of notice of the proposed engagement and the related agreement to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary, and in such form as may be necessary, to enable the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13.7 (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act). (e) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (i) terminate, in accordance with the related sub-servicing agreement, any Sub-Servicer with which it has entered into such sub-servicing agreement, if such Sub-Servicer is in breach of any of its obligations under such sub-servicing agreement whose purpose is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act or with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission; and (ii) cause each such sub-servicing agreement to entitle the Depositor to terminate such sub-servicing agreement upon any such breach without the consent of any other Person. The Depositor is hereby authorized to exercise the rights described in the preceding clause (ii) in its sole discretion.
Compliance with Exchange Act The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (file number 001-[●]) providing for the registration under the Exchange Act of the Securities, the Common Stock included as part of the Securities and the Warrants included as part of the Securities. The registration of such securities under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement. The Securities have been authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Company knows of no reason or set of facts that is likely to adversely affect such authorization.
Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934 With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to: (a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public; (b) take such action, including the voluntary registration of its Common Stock under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, as is necessary to enable the Holders to utilize Form S-3 for the sale of their Registrable Securities, such action to be taken as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year in which the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public is declared effective; (c) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and (d) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
Securities Act Compliance After the date of this Agreement, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall promptly advise the Underwriters in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Offered Securities from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430A, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder and will confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
Rule 144 Compliance With a view to making available to the holder of Registrable Securities the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor form), the Company shall: (a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times after the Registration Date; (b) use reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements; and (c) furnish to the holder so long as the holder owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed or furnished by the Company as such holder may reasonably request in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities without registration.
Exchange Act “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Securities Act and Exchange Act The Company will use its best efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Placement Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.
Rule 14d-10 Matters All amounts payable to holders of Shares and other securities of the Company (the “Covered Securityholders”) pursuant to the Company Plans and the Company Benefit Agreements (collectively, the “Arrangements”) (i) are being paid or granted as compensation for past services performed, future services to be performed or future services to be refrained from performing by the Covered Securityholders (and matters incidental thereto) and (ii) are not calculated based on the number of Shares tendered or to be tendered into the Offer by the applicable Covered Securityholder. The Company Board has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee of the Company Board (the “Compensation Committee”) is an “Independent Director” in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee (A) at a meeting duly called and held at which all members of the Compensation Committee were present, duly and unanimously adopted resolutions approving as an “employment compensation, severance or other employee benefit arrangement” within the meaning of Rule 14d-10(d)(1) under the Exchange Act (an “Employment Compensation Arrangement”) (1) each Company Stock Plan, (2) the treatment of the Company Stock Options and Restricted Stock in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, the applicable Company Stock Plan and any applicable Company Plans and Company Benefit Agreements, (3) the terms of Section 3.2(b) of this Agreement and (4) each other Company Plan and Company Benefit Agreement, which resolutions have not been rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way, and (B) has taken all other actions necessary to satisfy the requirements of the non-exclusive safe harbor under Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act with respect to the foregoing arrangements.