Status of Seller The Seller is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Seller is not subject to regulation as a “holding company”, an “affiliate” of a “holding company”, or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
STATUS OF CONTRACTOR 20 CONTRACTOR is, and shall at all times be deemed to be, an independent contractor and shall be 21 wholly responsible for the manner in which it performs the services required of it by the terms of this 22 Agreement. CONTRACTOR is entirely responsible for compensating staff, subcontractors, and 23 consultants employed by CONTRACTOR. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating the 24 relationship of employer and employee, or principal and agent, between COUNTY and CONTRACTOR 25 or any of CONTRACTOR’s employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors. CONTRACTOR 26 assumes exclusively the responsibility for the acts of its employees, agents, consultants, or 27 subcontractors as they relate to the services to be provided during the course and scope of their 28 employment. CONTRACTOR, its agents, employees, consultants, or subcontractors, shall not be 29 entitled to any rights or privileges of COUNTY employees and shall not be considered in any manner to 30 be COUNTY employees. 31
Status of Securities As of the Closing, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor as provided in this Agreement or the Series A Certificate, as applicable, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will not be subject to preemptive rights of any other stockholder of the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, any applicable state, foreign or other securities Laws, this Agreement, and Liens incurred by the Purchaser. Upon any conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock into, or the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for, shares of Common Stock pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Series A Certificate, the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion or redemption will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will not be subject to preemptive rights of any other stockholder of the Company, and will effectively vest in the Purchaser good title to all such securities, free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, any applicable state, foreign or other securities Laws, this Agreement, and Liens incurred by the Purchaser. The respective rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock are as stated in the Series A Certificate or the Company’s certificate of incorporation, respectively. As of the Closing, the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon any conversion or redemption of the Purchased Shares shall have been duly reserved for such issuance.
Status of Stock Employee agrees that the Restricted Shares will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws. Employee also agrees (i) that the certificates representing the Restricted Shares may bear such legend or legends as the Company deems appropriate in order to assure compliance with applicable securities laws, (ii) that the Company may refuse to register the transfer of the Restricted Shares on the stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed transfer would be in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a violation of any applicable securities law and (iii) that the Company may give related instructions to its transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Restricted Shares.
Status of Parties The other party is not acting as a fiduciary for or an adviser to it in respect of that Transaction.
Status of Security Interest (a) upon the filing of financing statements naming each Grantor as “debtor” and the Bank as “secured party” and describing the Collateral in the filing offices set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.4 hereof (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), the security interest of the Bank in all Collateral that can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction will constitute a valid, perfected, first priority lien subject to any Permitted Liens with respect to Collateral. Each agreement purporting to give the Bank Control over any Collateral is effective to establish the Bank’s Control of the Collateral subject thereto;
(b) to the extent perfection or priority of the security interest therein is not subject to Article 9 of the UCC, upon recordation of the security interests granted hereunder in Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses in the applicable intellectual property registries, including but not limited to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the security interests granted to the Bank hereunder shall constitute valid, perfected, first priority Liens (subject, in the case of priority only, to Permitted Prior Liens);
(c) no authorization, consent, approval or other action by (other than any authorization, consent, approval, action which has been received or taken), and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority, Gaming Authority, regulatory body or any other Person, (other than any notice which has been given) is required for (i) the pledge or grant by any Grantor of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the Bank hereunder or (ii) the exercise by Bank of any rights or remedies in respect of any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created hereunder or created or provided for by applicable law), except (A) for the filings contemplated by clause (a) above and (B) as may be required, in connection with the disposition of any Investment Related Property, by laws generally affecting the offering and sale of Securities, and (C) as may be required by any Gaming Authority; and
(d) each Grantor is in compliance with its obligations under Section 4 hereof.
STATUS OF SUB-ADVISER Sub-Adviser is and will continue to be registered under the Advisers Act. The Services of Sub-Adviser to Company for each Fund are not to be deemed exclusive, and Sub-Adviser is free to render similar services to others so long as its Services to the Fund are not impaired thereby. Sub-Adviser is and will continue to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, has no authority to act for or represent Company in any way or otherwise act as agent of Company.
Status of RIC and BDC The Borrower shall at all times maintain its status as a RIC under the Code, and as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act.
Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification The New First Lien Collateral Agent, each New First Lien Secured Party, each ABL Secured Party and the ABL Collateral Agent each acknowledge and agree that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Security Documents on the one hand and the New First Lien Security Documents on the other hand constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and the New First Lien Secured Parties’ claims against the Company and/or any Grantor in respect of Common Collateral constitute junior claims separate and apart (and of a different class) from the senior claims of the ABL Secured Parties against the Company and the Grantors in respect of Common Collateral and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the New First Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the ABL Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Secured Parties and any New First Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Secured Parties and the New First Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligation claims and New First Lien Obligation claims against the Grantors (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the New First Lien Secured Parties), the ABL Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest at the relevant contract rate, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the New First Lien Secured Parties from such Common Collateral), with the New First Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the ABL Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.
Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Second Priority Debt Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Debt Parties), the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest (whether or not allowed or allowable) before any distribution is made in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations, with each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Designated Senior Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Debt Parties.
