Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
Final Closing Statement (a) On or before the date that is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Buyer or its representatives shall prepare a schedule setting forth its determination of Working Capital, Indebtedness and Seller Transaction Expenses (the “Final Closing Statement”) and shall deliver the Final Closing Statement to the Seller. Working Capital shall be determined disregarding any effects on the assets and liabilities of the Seller of (i) purchase accounting adjustments arising from or resulting as a consequence of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) any cash, cash equivalents, or stock contributed to Seller by Buyer or any of its Affiliates on the Closing Date.
(b) Prior to the date which is thirty (30) days after Buyer’s delivery of the Final Closing Statement (the “Protest Date”), the Seller may deliver written notice to Buyer (the “Protest Notice”) setting forth any objections which the Seller may have to the Final Closing Statement. The Protest Notice shall specify in reasonable detail any contested amounts and the basis therefor and shall include a schedule setting forth the Seller’s determination of Working Capital, Indebtedness and Seller Transaction Expenses. If a Protest Notice is not delivered prior to the Protest Date, the Working Capital, Indebtedness and Seller Transaction Expenses as set forth on the Final Closing Statement shall be final, binding and non-appealable by the Sellers. If a Protest Notice is delivered prior to the Protest Date, any amounts not disputed therein shall be final, binding and non-appealable by the Seller. Upon receipt of the Final Closing Statement, the Seller and its accountants will be given reasonable access upon reasonable notice to the relevant books, records, workpapers and personnel during regular business hours for the purpose of verifying Working Capital, Indebtedness and Seller Transaction Expenses. The parties will thereafter negotiate any objections in the Protest Notice in good faith.
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to XxXxxxxxx, covering the matters set forth on Appendix A hereto.
Closing Date Balance Sheet a. Not later than sixty (60) days after the Closing, Seller shall prepare a balance sheet of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet"), in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied in a manner consistent with the accounting principles and practices applied in the preparation of the Financial Statements (as defined herein). Seller agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause the Closing Date Balance Sheet to be prepared and delivered to Purchaser within sixty (60) days after the Closing, unless such inability to deliver the Closing Date Balance Sheet is as a result of Purchaser's failure to give Seller reasonable access to the necessary books, records and/or personnel, in which event the requirement to deliver the Closing Date Balance Sheet shall be tolled until Seller is given reasonable access to the necessary documentation or personnel. The date of delivery of the Closing Date Balance Sheet to Purchaser is referred to herein as the "Delivery Date".
b. Without charge by Purchaser, Purchaser shall cause its and the Company's employees to cooperate reasonably and on a timely basis and to assist Seller with the preparation of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, and shall make reasonably available to Seller and its authorized representatives the books, records, and personnel of the Company which Seller reasonably requires in order to prepare and deliver the Closing Date Balance Sheet. Purchaser and Seller shall, throughout the entire period from the date of this Agreement to the Delivery Date, meet and discuss any and all financial and business matters relating to such process and the preparation of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, and Seller shall make available its work papers for confidential inspection and review by Purchaser and Purchaser's accountants; provided, however, that Seller may omit or redact information that contains competitively sensitive information concerning Seller's or any of Seller's Affiliate's unrelated operations, contracts, customers, pricing, costs, or related matters.
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinions of Counsel On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinions and negative assurance statements of Ellenoff Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative as representative for the several Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and GM.
Post-Closing Matters Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.14, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule, as such time limits may be extended from time to time by Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Closing Date Deliveries On the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Representative’s Purchase Option.
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Closing Transactions On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur in the order set forth in this Section 2.1:
CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Closing Date shall be April 27, 2007, or such other date as the parties may agree. All acts taking place at the closing of the transactions provided for in this Agreement (Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the close of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The close of business on the Closing Date shall be as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or such later time on that date as the Acquired Funds net asset value and/or the net asset value per share of each class of shares of the Acquiring Fund is calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 and after the declaration of any dividends. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP or at such other time and/or place as the parties may agree.
3.2 The Acquired Entity shall direct State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian) to transfer ownership of the Assets from the accounts of the Acquired Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquired Fund to the accounts of the Acquiring Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquiring Fund and to deliver to the Acquiring Entity, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) the Assets of the Acquired Fund have been so transferred as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets of the Acquired Fund, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
3.3 The Acquired Entity shall direct PFPC Inc., in its capacity as transfer agent for the Acquired Fund (Transfer Agent), to deliver to the Acquiring Entity at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the name and address of each Acquired Fund Shareholder and the number and percentage ownership of each outstanding class of Acquired Fund Shares owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall deliver to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing that (a) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Funds account on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1 prior to the actions contemplated by paragraph 1.5 and (b) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the accounts of the Acquired Fund Shareholders on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.5. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other party such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as the other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
3.4 In the event that on the Valuation Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund or the Acquired Fund (each, an Exchange) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund or the Acquiring Fund is impracticable (in the judgment of the Acquiring Entity Board with respect to the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Entity Board with respect to the Acquired Fund), the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first Friday (that is also a business day) after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
