Conditions to Obligation of Seller The obligation of Seller to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by both of Seller and Xxxxxx, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without regard to any qualification as to materiality) as of the Closing (other than such representations and warranties as are made as of another date, which shall be true and correct as of such date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially delay or prevent the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof. The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be complied with or performed by Purchaser on or before the Closing shall have been complied with or performed in all material respects. Seller and Xxxxxx shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Purchaser by an officer of Purchaser to the effect that the conditions set forth in this Section 9.02(a) have been satisfied.
(b) (i) The FTC shall have accepted for public comment an Agreement Containing Consent Order that includes a proposed Decision and Order in connection with the Merger Transaction that, if issued as a final order, would require Seller and Xxxxxx to divest the Triage Business to Purchaser, as an FTC-approved acquirer; (ii) the European Commission shall have issued a decision approving the Merger Transaction pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 139/2004 and Purchaser shall have been approved by the European Commission as the purchaser of the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities in accordance therewith; (iii) all other Merger Clearances shall have been received; (iv) approval of this Agreement, the Transactions and Purchaser as the purchaser of the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities shall have been received by Governmental Authorities for all Merger Clearances conditioned upon the divestiture of the Triage Business; and (v) any Consents of Governmental Authorities under applicable Competition Laws for the Transactions for the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 9.02(b) shall have been received.
(c) No Law or Judgment (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall have been promulgated, entered, enforced, enacted or issued by any Governmental Authority that remains in effect and that prohibits, enjoins, or makes illegal the consummation of the Transactions.
(d) The Merger Transaction shall have been consummated in accordance with the Merger Agreement or shall be consummated simultaneously with the satisfaction (other than those conditions that, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, but would be satisfied if the Closing were to occur) or waiver of the other conditions set forth in this Article IX.
(e) Seller shall have received an executed copy of each of the documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.10(b).
(f) The transactions contemplated by the BNP Purchase Agreement shall be simultaneously consummated.
Conditions to Obligation of Sellers The obligation of Sellers to consummate the transactions to be performed by them in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the representations and warranties of Buyer herein contained shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and, in addition, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except as affected by transactions contemplated hereby;
(ii) Buyer shall have in all material respects performed all obligations and agreements and complied in all material respects with all their covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed and complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) no action or proceeding before any court or governmental agency shall have been instituted or threatened which would enjoin, restrain or prohibit (or seeks substantial damages as a result of or in connection with) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and which would in the reasonable judgment of Sellers make it inadvisable to consummate such transactions, and no court order shall have been entered in any action or proceeding instituted by any other Person which enjoins, restrains or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iv) Buyer shall have executed and delivered the Buyer Notes;
(v) Sellers shall have received from counsel to Buyer an opinion in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto, addressed to Sellers, and dated as of the Closing Date;
(vi) Sellers shall have received from Buyer a certificate of the president and secretary of Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the closing conditions set forth in Sections 7(b)(i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vii) are satisfied; and
(vii) all other documents required to be delivered by Buyer under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date shall be delivered or shall be tendered by the Closing Date. Sellers may waive any condition specified in this Section 7(b).
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.
Seller’s Conditions to Closing The obligations of the Seller under this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:
A. The obligations of the Purchaser required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with and all of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default under this Agreement, and the Seller shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an Authorized Officer of the Purchaser;
B. The Seller shall have received, or the Seller's attorney shall have received in escrow, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Purchaser dated as of the Closing Date, in the form acceptable to the parties hereto, and attached thereto the resolutions of the Purchaser authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, together with copies of the Articles of Association and by-laws as of a recent date with respect to the Purchaser; and
C. The Purchaser will furnish to the Seller such other certificates of its officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Agreement as the Seller and its attorney may reasonably request.
Buyer’s Conditions to Closing The obligations of Buyer at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing, or waiver in writing by Buyer, of the following conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of Sellers contained in this Agreement, to the extent qualified with respect to materiality, shall be true and correct in all respects, and to the extent not so qualified, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing Date, and Sellers shall have performed and satisfied in all material respects all covenants and agreements required to be performed and satisfied by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.
(b) No suit, action or other proceeding brought by a third party shall be pending, nor shall any order have been entered by any court or Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over the Parties or the subject matter of this Agreement which remains in effect at the time of Closing, in either case, that restrains or prohibits or seeks to restrain or prohibit, or seeks damages in connection with, the purchase and sale contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) All material consents and approvals required of any third party or Governmental Authorities in order to sell and transfer the Assets to Buyer and otherwise close and consummate the transaction contemplated herein shall have been received or waived in writing; and Sellers shall have provided evidence satisfactory to Buyer of the same.
(d) The aggregate adjustments to the Base Purchase Price attributable to Title Defects, Environmental Defects and Casualty Defects shall not have exceeded the threshold set forth in Section 7.6 above.
(e) Sellers shall have performed its obligations set forth in Sections 10.5.
(f) Buyer, in its sole discretion and upon its good faith effort, shall have determined that Sellers have satisfied, in all material respects, the provisions of Section 14.5 and shall have satisfied itself that pipeline Segment No. 14609 is, as of the Closing Date, in good working order.
Conditions to Obligation of Buyer The obligation of Buyer to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waiver by Buyer) of the following further conditions:
(i) Seller shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) the representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement (disregarding all materiality and Material Adverse Effect qualifications) shall be true when made and at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date, with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) Buyer shall have received a certificate signed by an officer of Seller to the foregoing effect;
(b) all consents of third parties required by the agreements listed in Section 10.02(b) of the Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained;
(c) all governmental licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on the Business as now conducted shall have been transferred to or otherwise obtained by Buyer on or before the Closing Date, with only such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Buyer shall have received all documents it may reasonably request relating to (i) the existence of Seller and its Subsidiaries (including the Purchased Subsidiaries) and (ii) the authority of Seller for this Agreement, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer; and
(e) The proceeds of the Debt Financing shall have been received by Buyer, or shall be fully available to Buyer, on substantially the terms and conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (including after giving effect to any changes pursuant to the “market flex” provisions thereof); provided that Buyer shall not be entitled to assert the failure of the condition set forth in this Section 10.02(e) if the failure of the Debt Financing to be consummated has resulted solely from the failure of the Equity Financing to be consummated.
CONDITIONS TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debenture and Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
(a) The Company shall have executed this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer.
(b) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer the duly executed Debenture and Warrants in accordance with Section 1 above.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, as modified by the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Trading in the Common Stock on the PRINCIPAL MARKET shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Nasdaq and, within two (2) business days of the Closing, the Company will make application to the PRINCIPAL MARKET, if legally required by Nasdaq, to have the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares authorized for quotation.
(f) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of the Company's counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and in substantially the same form as EXHIBIT E attached hereto.
(g) The Buyer shall have received a Closing Certificate described in Section 1(b)(v) above, dated as of the Closing Date.
(h) The Company shall have delivered to the Buyer an executed Accountant Letter and an executed Law Firm Letter, as described in Section 3(dd) hereof.
(i) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to each Buyer true copies of UCC search results, listing all effective financing statements which name as debtor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries filed in the prior five years to perfect an interest in any assets thereof, together with copies of such financing statements, and the results of searches for any tax lien and judgment lien filed against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Buyers shall not show any such Liens.
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower;
(ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”).
(b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes.
(c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.
Purchaser’s Conditions to Closing The obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:
A. The obligations of the Seller required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with and all of the representations and warranties of the Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default under this Agreement, and the Purchaser shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an Authorized Officer (as defined below) of the Seller.
B. The Purchaser or the Purchaser's document custodian shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorney shall have received in escrow, all of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser, as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:
i. An assignment or assignments of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B with such changes as are required to adapt the assignment to the proper form in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgage Property is located, and each original Mortgage Note (or lost note affidavit and indemnity), duly endorsed originally or by facsimile, without recourse, to the Purchaser, in each case in accordance with the instructions set forth in EXHIBIT A attached hereto, which assignment or assignments and Mortgage Note (or lost note affidavit and indemnity) shall be delivered to and held by the Purchaser or its agent on behalf of the Purchaser;
ii. The Mortgage Loan Schedule prepared by Purchaser dated as of the related Closing Date and attached hereto;
iii. A certificate signed by an officer, which officer may be either a senior vice president, a vice president, an assistant vice president or assistant secretary (an "AUTHORIZED OFFICER"), dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT C, to the parties hereto, and attached thereto copies of the charter and by-laws and a Good Standing Certificate or a memorandum setting forth the verbal assurances from the appropriate regulatory authorities with respect to the Seller will be immediately forthcoming; and
iv. An opinion of Seller's counsel in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT D.
v. A security release certification, in a form acceptable to the Purchaser, executed by the appropriate mortgagee or secured party, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the benefit of such person.
C. The Seller will furnish to the Purchaser such other certificates of its officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Agreement as the Purchaser and its attorney may reasonably request.
Conditions to the Closing On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trust Depositor each of the documents, certificates and other items as follows:
(a) The List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of the Seller together with an Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(c) An opinion of counsel for the Seller substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (and including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency).
(d) A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller, the Trust Depositor and the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform.
(e) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Seller or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Seller.
(f) Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of the Seller under the laws of Nevada.
(g) A UCC financing statement naming the Seller as debtor, naming the Trust Depositor and the Trust as assignor secured parties, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor secured party, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware.
(h) An Officer’s Certificate from the Seller certifying that the Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its computer files, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) The documents, certificates and other items described in Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the extent not already described above.
