CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Offer, Acquisition shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC including Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act (relating to Acquisition's obligation to pay for or return tendered Shares promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay for, and may delay the acceptance for payment of or, subject to the restrictions referred to above, the payment for, any tendered Shares, if (w) any waiting periods applicable to the Offer under the HSR Act shall not have been terminated or shall not have expired and any required approvals or notices under the Bank Act, the Bank Holding Company Act and required approvals from state Governmental Entities responsible for regulating, in the aggregate, ninety percent (90%) of the Company's and its subsidiary's average mortgage origination volume for the period 1998 and 1999 shall not have been obtained, and, in the case of any approval, authorization or consent, shall not be in full force and effect and all conditions applicable thereto shall not have been satisfied; (x) any of the consents or approvals of any Person other than a Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not have been obtained; except where the failure to have obtained any such consent or approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (y) the Minimum Condition shall not have been satisfied or (z) at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and before the time of acceptance of such Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, any of the following events shall occur:
(i) [reserved];
(ii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, any Governmental Entity or court of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order which is in effect at the Tender Offer Purchase Time and which (A) makes the acceptance for payment of, or the payment for, some or all of the Shares illegal or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, or (B) prohibits Acquisition from operating or deriving benefits from the majority of the value of the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to operate the Company; provided, however, that the parties shall use reasonable efforts (subject to the proviso in Section 5.6(b)) to cause any such decree, judgment or other order to be vacated or lifted prior to September 30, 2000;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall not be true and correct on the date of this Agreement or the Company shall have breached or failed in any respect to perform or comply with any material obligation, agreement or covenant required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to such time except, where the failure of representations and warranties (without regard to materiality qualifications therein contained) to be true and correct, or the performance or compliance with such obligations, agreements or covenants, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;
(vi) there shall have occurred an acceptance by the Company of a Superior Proposal;
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) the Board shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent its approval or recommendation of the Offer, shall have recommended to the Company's stockholders a Third Party Acquisition or shall have adopted any resolution to effect any of the foregoing;
(ix) [reserved];
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) from the date of this Agreement until the Tender Offer Purchase Time, there shall have occurred the commencement of a war having a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; which, in the reasonable judgment of Parent and Acquisition, in any such case, and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition, makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer and/or with such acceptance for payment or payments.
(b) The conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a) (other than the Minimum Condition) are for the sole benefit of Acquisition and may be asserted by Acquisition regardless of any circumstances giving rise to any condition and may be waived (other than the Minimum Condition) by Acquisition, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of Acquisition. The failure by Parent or Acquisition (or any affiliate of Acquisition) at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right and each right will be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
Conditions of the Offer Notwithstanding any other term of the Offer, the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) will not be required to accept for payment or to pay for any Units tendered if all authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or declarations or filings with, or expirations of waiting periods imposed by, any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offer shall not have been filed, occurred or been obtained prior to the Expiration Date. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other term of the Offer and in addition to the Purchaser's right to withdraw the Offer at any time before the Expiration Date, the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) will not be required to accept for payment or pay for any Units not theretofore accepted for payment or paid for and may terminate or amend the Offer as to such Units if, at any time on or after the date of the Offer and before the Expiration Date, any of the following conditions exists:
(a) a preliminary or permanent injunction or other order of any federal or state court, government or governmental authority or agency shall have been issued and shall remain in effect which (i) makes illegal, delays or otherwise directly or indirectly restrains or prohibits the making of the Offer or the acceptance for payment, purchase of or payment for any Units by the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner), (ii) imposes or confirms limitations on the ability of the Purchaser effectively to exercise full rights of ownership of any Units, including without limitation the right to vote any Units acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer or otherwise on all matters properly presented to the Partnership's Limited Partners, (iii) requires divestiture by the Purchaser of any Units, (iv) causes any material diminution of the benefits to be derived by the Purchaser as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Offer, or (v) might materially adversely affect the business, properties, assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations, results of operations or prospects of the Purchaser or the Partnership;
(b) there shall be any action taken, or any statute, rule, regulation or order proposed, enacted, enforced, promulgated, issued or deemed applicable to the Offer by any federal or state court, government or governmental authority or agency, which might, directly or indirectly, result in any of the consequences referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (a) above;
(c) any change or development shall have occurred or been threatened since the date of the Offer to Purchase, in the business, properties, assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations, results of operations or prospects of the Partnership, which is or may be materially adverse to the Partnership, or the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) shall have become aware of any fact that does or may have a material adverse effect on the value of the Units;
(d) there shall have occurred (i) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in the United States, (ii) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, (iii) any limitation by any governmental authority on, or other event which might affect, the extension of credit by lending institutions or result in any imposition of currency controls in the United States, (iv) a commencement of a war or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States, (v) a material change in United States or other currency exchange rates or a suspension of, or imposition of a limitation on, the markets thereof, or (vi) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof; or
(e) it shall have been publicly disclosed or the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) shall have otherwise learned that (i) more than ten percent of the outstanding Units have been or are proposed to be acquired by another person (including a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or (ii) any person or group that prior to such date had filed a Statement with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) or (g) of the Exchange Act has increased or proposes to increase the number of Units beneficially owned by such person or group as disclosed in such Statement by two percent or more of the outstanding Units. The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) and may be asserted by the Purchaser regardless of the circumstances giving rise to such conditions or may be waived by the Purchaser in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion. Any determination by the Purchaser (which is an affiliate of the General Partner) concerning the events described above will be final and binding upon all parties.
Satisfaction of Conditions The conditions precedent set out in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 shall be conclusively deemed to have been satisfied, waived or released at the Effective Time.
TERMINATION OF THE OFFERING The undersigned understands that the Company may terminate the offering at any time and for any reason. If the offering is so terminated, and the Company is holding subscriptions that have not been accepted by an authorized representative of the Company, together with the un-accepted subscription agreements, then in that event the subscriptions so held shall be returned without any interest earned thereon.
Satisfaction of Closing Conditions (a) The parties shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary or appropriate to bring about the satisfaction as soon as possible of all the conditions contained in Section 7. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties shall apply for and diligently prosecute all applications for, and shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts promptly to obtain, such consents, authorizations and approvals from such third parties and governmental authorities as shall be necessary to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, making the requisite filings with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice pursuant to the HSR Act and each party will refrain from taking any action which would cause, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to take any action necessary to prevent, any of the representations and warranties made by it in this Merger Agreement not to be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as then made (except with respect to representation and warranties which are made as of a specific date), subject only to exceptions permitted or expressly contemplated by this Merger Agreement. The Company further covenants and agrees, with respect to any threatened or pending judgment, order, injunction, decree or decision of any governmental authority that will adversely affect the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, to use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the entry or promulgation thereof and to defend and cooperate with each other in the defending of any legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative and whether brought derivatively or on behalf of third parties challenging the transaction contemplated hereby as the case may be, it being understood that such efforts shall not include any requirement of the Company to expend material sums of money or grant any material financial or other accommodation.
(b) The Buyer agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the financing necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as possible. The Buyer agrees that any 144A offerings contemplated by the Financing Letters must be consummated prior to October 31, 1998 and that if any such offering is not consummated prior to such date, then the Buyer will be obligated on October 31, 1998 to obtain the bridge loan financing contemplated by the Financing Letter in substitution therefor pursuant to the terms thereof, subject to the conditions for such bridge loan financing set forth in the Financing Letters. The Company agrees to provide, and will cause its subsidiaries and their respective personnel and advisers to provide, all cooperation reasonably requested in connection with the arrangement of such financing, including without limitation, participation in meetings, due diligence sessions, road shows, the preparation of offering memoranda, private placement memoranda, prospectuses and similar documents, the execution and delivery of any commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements, pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents, or other requested certificates or documents, including a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to solvency matters, comfort letters of accountants as may be reasonably requested by Buyer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer agrees that the payment of any expenses relating to providing such cooperation, including fees by the Company in connection with any commitment letters, shall be subject to the occurrence of the Closing.
Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all the conditions precedent that are applicable to them, and to cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to obtain all material consents and authorizations of third parties and to make filings with, and give all notices to, third parties that may be necessary or reasonably required on its part in order to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.
Termination Conditions Such license shall not be terminated or its exploitation enjoined, until and unless: (i) Hitachi has committed a material breach of its obligations under this IP License Agreement, Opto-Device has given written notice of such breach to Hitachi and such breach remains uncured after the Cure Period, or, in the case of a breach, which cannot be cured within such Cure Period, Hitachi has not instituted within such Cure Period steps necessary to remedy the default and/or thereafter has not diligently pursued the same to completion; or (ii) such a material breach is incurable. In the event the breach is a curable breach that cannot be cured within the Cure Period but with respect to which Hitachi has instituted steps necessary to remedy the default and is thereafter diligently pursuing such cure, both parties shall negotiate to determine whether further pursuit of such cure is reasonable. If the parties cannot agree on a resolution in such negotiations, then this issue shall be referred to arbitration pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in Exhibit B hereto to decide whether such breach can be cured or any other alternative remedy should be adopted. In the event the breach is an incurable breach, the parties agree that the matter shall be referred to arbitration pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in Exhibit B hereto to determine the appropriate remedy. In the event that either party submits the dispute to arbitration, both parties shall cooperate in such binding arbitration in accordance with Exhibit B.
Terms and Conditions of the Offer Provided that this Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Article X and that none of the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (C)(1) or (C)(4) of Annex A shall have occurred and be existing (and shall not have been waived by Parent), as promptly as practicable after the date hereof (but in no event more than ten Business Days thereafter), Acquisition Sub shall (and Parent shall cause Acquisition Sub to) commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) the Offer to purchase any and all of the Company Shares at a price per Company Share, subject to the terms of Section 2.1(c), equal to the Offer Price, provided that Parent and Acquisition Sub shall not be required to commence, or cause to be commenced, the Offer prior to the date on which the Company is prepared to file the Schedule 14D-9. The Offer shall be made by means of an offer to purchase all outstanding Company Shares (the “Offer to Purchase”) that is disseminated to all of the Company Stockholders and contains the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in Annex A. Each of Parent and Acquisition Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Offer, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and thereof. The Offer shall be subject only to:
(i) the condition (the “Minimum Condition”) that, prior to the expiration of the Offer, there be validly tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer a number of Company Shares that, together with the Company Shares then owned by Parent and Acquisition Sub (if any), represents at least a majority of all then outstanding Company Shares on a fully diluted basis, assuming the issuance of all Company Shares that may be issued upon the vesting, conversion or exercise of all outstanding options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities and similar rights that are then, or then scheduled to become, exercisable within ninety (90) days following the then scheduled expiration of the Offer in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof (other than the Top-Up Option); and
(ii) the other conditions set forth in Annex A.
Authorization of the Offered Shares The Offered Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase the Offered Shares.
Fulfillment of Conditions Purchaser (a) shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary or desirable and proceed diligently and in good faith to satisfy each other condition to the obligations of Seller contained in this Agreement, and (b) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, take or fail to take any action that would reasonably be expected to result in the non-fulfillment of any such condition.
