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.
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.
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.
Waiver of conditions precedent If the Majority Lenders, at their discretion, permit an Advance to be borrowed before certain of the conditions referred to in Clause 9.1 are satisfied, the Borrower shall ensure that those conditions are satisfied within 5 Business Days after the Drawdown Date relative to that Advance (or such longer period as the Agent may, with the authority of the Majority Lenders, specify).
Satisfaction of Claims (a) Claims made by the Buyer Indemnified Persons for indemnification under this Section 8 (other than claims made under clause (iv) or (v) of Section 8.2(a)) shall be satisfied (x) directly from Compass for Compass’ Pro Rata Percentage of such claim and (y) with respect to Sellers other than Compass, from the Non-Public Stockholder Indemnification Escrow Amount, and if the Non-Public Stockholder Indemnification Escrow Amount is insufficient to satisfy such claim for indemnification, then directly from Sellers (other than Compass), severally and not jointly for such Seller’s Pro Rata Percentage of such claim. In the event of a Breach by a particular Seller under Section 8.2(b), indemnification for such Breach will be satisfied solely by such Seller (including from such Seller’s Pro Rata Percentage of the Non-Public Stockholder Indemnification Escrow Amount).
(b) Claims made by the Buyer Indemnified Persons for indemnification under clause (iv) or (v) of Section 8.2(a) shall be satisfied first from the Litigation Escrow Amount and, if the Litigation Escrow Amount is insufficient to satisfy such claim for indemnification, then, (x) directly from Compass for Compass’ Pro Rata Percentage of such claim and (y) with respect to Sellers other than Compass, from the Non-Public Stockholder Indemnification Escrow Amount and if the Non-Public Stockholder Indemnification Escrow Amount is insufficient to satisfy such claim for indemnification, then directly from Sellers (other than Compass), severally and not jointly for such Seller’s Pro Rata Percentage of such claim.
(c) Claims made by the Buyer Indemnified Persons for indemnification under Section 6.2(d) shall be governed by such section.
Conditions Precedent This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
Satisfaction of Liabilities The liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company (including, without limitation, all expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof;
Satisfaction (a) The Company shall be deemed to have fully paid, satisfied and discharged all of the outstanding Debentures and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute and deliver proper instruments acknowledging the full payment, satisfaction and discharge of such Debentures, when, with respect to all of the outstanding Debentures:
(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds or property in trust for the purpose of making payment on such Debentures, an amount in money sufficient to pay, satisfy and discharge the entire amount of the principal and interest to maturity, or any repayment date or any Change of Control Purchase Date or otherwise as the case may be, and payment of present taxes owing and any taxes arising with respect to all deposited funds or other provision for payment in respect of such Debentures;
(ii) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust property in trust for the purpose of making payment on such Debentures:
(A) if the Debentures are issued in Canadian dollars, such amount in Canadian dollars of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by, the Government of Canada; or
(B) if the Debentures are issued in a currency or currency unit other than Canadian dollars, cash in the currency or currency unit in which the Debentures are payable and/or such amount in such currency or currency unit of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by, the Government of Canada or the government that issued the currency or currency unit in which the Debentures are payable; as will be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire amount of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest to the Maturity Date or any repayment date, as the case may be, of all such Debentures; or
(iii) all Debentures Authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Debentures which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6 and (B) Debentures for whose payment has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as provided in Section 9.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; so long as in any such event:
(A) the Company has paid, caused to be paid or made provisions to the satisfaction of the Trustee for the payment of all other sums payable or which may be payable with respect to all of such Debentures (together with all applicable fees and expenses of the Trustee in connection with the payment of such Debentures and its duties under this Indenture);
(B) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to the payment, satisfaction and discharge of all such Debentures have been complied with; and
(C) the Trustee shall have received an opinion or opinions of Counsel that Debentureholders will not be subject to any additional taxes as a result of the exercise by the Company of the defeasance and that such holders will be subject to taxes, if any, including those in respect of income (including interest and taxable capital gains), on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same time or times as would have been the case if the defeasance option had not been exercised in respect of such Debentures. Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in this Section 9.5 shall be irrevocable, subject to Section 9.6, and shall be made under the terms of an escrow and/or trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and which provides for the due and punctual payment of the principal and/or the interest (if any) on the Debentures being satisfied. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 9.5 with respect to all the outstanding Debentures, or all the outstanding Debentures of any series, as applicable, the terms and conditions of the Debentures, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture (other than those contained in Article 2 and Article 4 and the provisions of Article 1 pertaining to Article 2 and Article 4) shall no longer be binding upon or applicable to the Company. Any funds or obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be denominated in the currency or denomination of the Debentures in respect of which such deposit is made. If the Trustee is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Section 9.5 by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the affected Debentures shall be revived and reinstated as though no money had been deposited pursuant to this Section 9.5 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with this Section 9.5, provided that if the Company has made any payment in respect of the principal and/or the interest (if any) on Debentures or, as applicable, other amounts because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Debentures to receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Trustee.
Further conditions precedent If any of the conditions set forth below does not exist on or before the Closing Date with respect to either party hereto, the other party to this Agreement shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
8.1 This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the Acquired Fund's shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the Safeco Trust's Trust Instrument and By-Laws, and certified copies of the resolutions evidencing such approval by the Acquired Fund's shareholders shall have been delivered by the Acquired Fund to the Acquiring Fund. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither party hereto may waive the conditions set forth in this Paragraph 8.1;
8.2 On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein;
8.3 All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of federal, state and local regulatory authorities (including those of the Commission and of state Blue Sky and securities authorities) deemed necessary by either party hereto to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of either party hereto, provided that either party may waive any such conditions for itself;
8.4 The Acquiring Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-14 shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the Securities Act;
8.5 The parties shall have received an opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Xxxx xxx Xxxr XXX, xxxxxxxxtory xx xhe Safeco Trust and the Acquiring Trust and subject to customary assumptions and qualifications, substantially to the effect that for federal income tax purposes the acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of the Acquired Assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Acquiring Fund Shares to the Acquired Fund and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by the Acquiring Fund, followed by the distribution by the Acquired Fund, in liquidation of the Acquired Fund, of Acquiring Fund Shares to the Acquired Fund Shareholders in exchange for their Acquired Fund Shares and the termination of the Acquired Fund, will constitute a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;
8.6 The Acquired Fund shall have distributed to its shareholders, in a distribution or distributions qualifying for the deduction for dividends paid under Section 561 of the Code, all of its investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code determined without regard to Section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Code) for its taxable year ending on the Closing Date, all of the excess of (i) its interest income excludable from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over (ii) its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for its taxable year ending on the Closing Date, and all of its net capital gain (as such term is used in Sections 852(b)(3)(A) and (C) of the Code), after reduction by any available capital loss carryforward, for its taxable year ending on the Closing Date; and
8.7 The Acquiring Fund shall have made a distribution of capital gains to its shareholders in November 2004 in accordance with its normal practices and, unless the Acquiring Fund distributes income monthly, the dividend distribution that the Acquiring Fund normally would make in December of 2004 shall have been made to shareholders of record prior to the Closing.
Satisfaction of Obligations The Borrower shall pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Borrower.
