Initial Escrow Amount; Issuance of Escrow Receipts The Escrow Agent hereby directs the Underwriters to, and the Underwriters hereby acknowledge that on the date hereof they shall, irrevocably deliver to the Depositary on behalf of the Escrow Agent, an amount in U.S. dollars ("Dollars") and immediately available funds equal to $56,000,000 for deposit on behalf of the Escrow Agent with the Depositary in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Deposit Agreement. The Underwriters hereby instruct the Escrow Agent, upon receipt of such sum from the Underwriters, to confirm such receipt by executing (by manual or facsimile signature) and delivering to the Pass Through Trustee an Escrow Receipt in the form of Exhibit A hereto (an "Escrow Receipt"), (a) to be affixed by the Pass Through Trustee to each Certificate and (b) to evidence the same percentage interest ("Escrow Interest") in the Account Amounts (as defined below) as the Fractional Undivided Interest in the Pass Through Trust evidenced by the Certificate to which it is to be affixed. The Escrow Agent shall provide to the Pass Through Trustee for attachment to each Certificate newly issued under and in accordance with the Pass Through Trust Agreement an executed Escrow Receipt as the Pass Through Trustee may from time to time request of the Escrow Agent. Each Escrow Receipt shall be registered by the Escrow Agent in a register (the "Register") maintained by the Escrow Agent in the same name and same manner as the Certificate to which it is attached and may not thereafter be detached from such Certificate to which it is to be affixed prior to the distribution of the Final Withdrawal (the "Final Distribution"). After the Final Distribution, no additional Escrow Receipts shall be issued and the Pass Through Trustee shall request the return to the Escrow Agent for cancellation of all outstanding Escrow Receipts.
Closing Consideration (a) At the Closing, Buyer shall pay to Seller or its designee, and Seller or its designee shall receive on behalf of the Affiliate Sellers and Asset Sellers, in consideration for the purchase of the Shares and the Purchased Assets pursuant to Section 2.1, an amount of cash (the “Closing Consideration”) equal to $1,978,151,867 (the “Base Purchase Price”) plus any Adjusted Statutory Book Value Surplus, minus any Adjusted Statutory Book Value Deficit, plus any Other Acquired Companies Shareholders Equity Surplus, minus any Other Acquired Companies Shareholders Equity Deficit, minus the Adjustment for PRIAC IMR Tax Gross-up, in each case, determined by reference to the Estimated Closing Statement in accordance with Section 2.6 (such aggregate amount, as adjusted in accordance with Section 2.7, the “Purchase Price”).
(b) At the Closing, in accordance with the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements:
(i) Seller shall transfer for deposit into the applicable PICA FSS Trust Account Investment Assets (PICA) that are Authorized Investments selected and valued in accordance with the Valuation Methodologies with an aggregate fair market value equal to the Net Initial Reinsurance Settlement Amount for the applicable PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreement as reflected on the Estimated Reinsurance Settlement Statement (“Transferred Investment Assets”) in accordance with Section 2.3(d); provided, if (A) the amount of the Initial Reinsurance Premium is greater than the Required Balance (as defined in the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements) as of the Effective Time for the applicable PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreement as reflected on the Estimated Reinsurance Settlement Statement (such excess amount with respect to the applicable PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreement, the “Overfunding Amount”) and (B) the applicable Overfunding Amount is greater than the applicable portion of the Ceding Commission, then Seller shall transfer directly to the applicable Reinsurer Transferred Investment Assets with an aggregate fair market value, determined in accordance with the Valuation Methodologies, equal to the amount by which the applicable Overfunding Amount exceeds such portion of the Ceding Commission, and only the remainder of the Transferred Investment Assets shall be deposited into the applicable PICA FSS Trust Account;
(ii) The applicable Reinsurer shall transfer to the applicable PICA FSS Trust Account Authorized Investments such that, after giving effect to the transfers contemplated by Section 2.3(b)(i), the aggregate Book Value (as defined in the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements) in each such PICA FSS Trust Account is equal to the Required Balance (as defined in the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements) as of the Effective Time for the applicable PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreement as reflected on the Estimated Reinsurance Settlement Statement; and
(iii) Seller shall credit to the applicable Modco Account the applicable Separate Account Assets (as such terms are defined in the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements).
(c) Buyer shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Seller at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date a statement setting forth an allocation of the full amount of the Ceding Commission between each of the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements.
(d) Seller shall undertake its ordinary course process consistent with past practice for determining any credit-related impairments or credit-related losses in value as of the Closing Date for the Transferred Investment Assets and reflect any credit- related impairments or credit-related losses in value from such process in the Transferred Investment Assets. Following the Closing, Seller shall provide reasonable documentation reasonably requested by Buyer for purposes of Xxxxx’s assessment of any credit-related impairments or credit-related losses as of the Closing Date. Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the applicable Reinsurer free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances or Encumbrances imposed under the applicable PICA FSS Trust Agreements) good and marketable title to the Transferred Investment Assets in respect of the PICA FSS Reinsurance Agreements (for the avoidance of doubt, together with all of Seller’s rights, title and interest thereto, including with respect to the investment income due and accrued thereon) and deposit on their behalf to the applicable PICA FSS Trust Account pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i). Any investment assets to be transferred to a PICA FSS Trust Account shall be transferred in the manner set forth in the applicable PICA FSS Trust Agreement. All third-party costs or expenses incurred (whether prior to, on or following the Closing Date), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, in connection with the transfers of assets to the PICA FSS Trust Accounts or the Reinsurers (including any re-registrations or re-titling thereof) as contemplated by Section 2.3(b)(i) and this Section 2.3(d) shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Seller and fifty percent (50%) by Buyer.
Contingent Consideration (a) The Vendors shall be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser the earn-out payments (the “Earn-Out Payments”), as additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Purchased Shares, based on the achievement of the Earn-Out Milestones in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule 2.8.1(A). The Parties acknowledge that the Earn-Out Payments are intended to be adjustments to the Purchase Price of the Purchased Shares to reflect the underlying goodwill of the Business, the value of which cannot be accurately determined by the Parties on or before Closing Date.
(b) In addition, the Vendors shall be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser royalties and sharing payments (the “Royalties”), as additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Purchased Shares, in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule 2.8.1(B), and as further delineated therein.
(c) The determination of whether any Earn-Out Payments or Royalties are payable shall be based on the terms of this Section 2.8, the applicable Schedule (2.8.1(a) or 2.8.1(b)) and the applicable terms of this Agreement.
(d) All Earn-Out Payments and Royalties due and owing to the Vendors shall only be payable in cash, such payment to be in US dollars.
(e) Any agreed Contingent Consideration shall be payable to the Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Paying Agent, to the Purchaser, for distribution by the Paying Agent amongst the Vendors in accordance with their respective Designated Percentages.
(f) The Vendors’ Delegate shall invoice the Purchaser for any Earn-Out Payments and Royalties payable once the amount of any such Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties have been finally determined in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8. If any portion of any Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties remains to be determined by the Parties or is subject to dispute in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8, the Parties acknowledge that the Vendors’ Delegate shall be entitled to issue an invoice for any portion of such Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties that do not remain to be so determined. For the avoidance of doubt, the Vendors’ Delegate shall only invoice the Purchaser for the portion of any Earn-Out Payments or Royalties in dispute after such dispute is settled and the applicable portion of such Earn-Out Payment or Royalty is finally determined and failure to issue the invoice due to any dispute shall not prejudice the Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate in any manner. Subject to and in accordance with this Agreement, any Earn-Out Payments and the Royalties payable by the Purchaser shall be paid within [**] of the date of the invoice delivered by the Vendors’ Delegate (each payment date, the “Earn-Out Payment Pay Date” or “Royalty Pay Date”, as applicable).
(g) The Contingent Consideration shall be payable by the Purchaser or its Affiliates regardless of whether the Purchaser or its Affiliates undertakes any corporate or other bona fide reorganization, and references to the Corporation in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to include any Person which owns or controls the ARTMS Technology.
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment 1.9.1 Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to Purchaser a statement (the “Closing Net Working Capital Statement”) which shall set forth the Net Working Capital of the Newsprint Business and of Apache as of the Closing Time (which shall be set forth separately for each of the Newsprint Business and Apache, but as aggregated shall be referred to as the “Closing Net Working Capital”) and shall be prepared in accordance with Seller’s past accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures and in the same manner, with consistent classification and estimation methodology, as the Financial Statements were prepared, except that the Excluded Assets and the Newsprint Retained Obligations shall be excluded. The Closing Net Working Capital Statement may not be amended by Seller after it is delivered to Purchaser.
1.9.2 Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Closing Net Working Capital Statement to it, complete its review of the Closing Net Working Capital reflected on the Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If Purchaser wishes to dispute the Closing Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall notify Seller in writing in reasonable detail of such disagreement and any reason therefore (“Purchaser’s Objection”), setting forth a specific description of the basis of Purchaser’s Objection and the adjustments to the Closing Net Working Capital that Purchaser believes should be made, on or before the last day of such thirty (30) day period, which Purchaser’s Objection may not be amended by Purchaser after it is delivered to Seller (except to withdraw any such Purchaser’s Objection). Any items on the Closing Net Working Capital Statements not disputed in Purchaser’s Objection shall be irrevocably deemed to be accepted by Purchaser. Seller shall then have thirty (30) days to review and respond to Purchaser’s Objection. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with respect to the determination of the foregoing items within thirty (30) days following Seller’s receipt of Purchaser’s Objection (the “Negotiation Period”), they shall refer their remaining differences to a mutually agreeable independent accounting firm of national recognition (other than an independent accounting firm utilized by any of Seller, Apache or Purchaser or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing within the past three (3) years) acceptable to both Seller and Purchaser or if Seller and Purchaser are unable to agree as to such third party accounting firm within ten (10) days after the conclusion of the Negotiation Period, either Seller or Purchaser may request that the Chairman of the American Arbitration Association (or the nominated representative of the Chairman) appoint a third party accounting firm meeting the aforementioned requirements to resolve the dispute (the accounting firm selected being referred to as the “CPA Firm”), who shall determine, only with respect to the remaining differences so submitted, whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Net Working Capital requires adjustment. The procedure and schedule under which any dispute shall be submitted to the CPA Firm shall be as follows:
(a) Within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the end of the Negotiation Period and (ii) the selection of the CPA Firm, Purchaser shall submit any unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Seller), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute a withdrawal by Purchaser of the Purchaser’s Objection with respect to any unresolved element to which such failure relates.
(b) Within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s submission of the unresolved elements of the Purchaser’s Objection as specified in sub-clause (a) above, Seller shall submit its response to the CPA Firm in writing (with a copy to Purchaser), supported by any documents and/or affidavits upon which it relies. Failure to timely do so shall constitute an acceptance by Seller with respect to any unresolved elements to which such failure relates.
(c) The CPA Firm shall deliver its written determination to Purchaser and Seller no later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the remaining differences underlying Purchaser’s Objection are referred to the CPA Firm, or such longer period of time as the CPA Firm determines is necessary.
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Additional Consideration Retrocessionaire agrees to pay under the Inuring Retrocessions all future premiums Retrocedant is obligated to pay pursuant to the terms of the Inuring Retrocessions to the extent that such premiums are allocable to Retrocessionaire in the manner set forth in Exhibit E hereto, and not otherwise paid by Retrocessionaire and to indemnify Retrocedant for all such premiums paid directly by Retrocedant, net of any ceding commissions and similar amounts paid by Third Party Retrocessionaires to Retrocedant.
Cash Consideration In case of the issuance or sale of additional Shares for cash, the consideration received by the Company therefor shall be deemed to be the amount of cash received by the Company for such Shares (or, if such Shares are offered by the Company for subscription, the subscription price, or, if such Shares are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering without a subscription offering, the public offering price), without deducting therefrom any compensation or discount paid or allowed to underwriters or dealers or others performing similar services or for any expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Adjustment of Consideration (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the issued and outstanding VAALCO Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares by reason of any split or consolidation of the issued and outstanding VAALCO Shares, then the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share shall be appropriately adjusted to provide to TransGlobe Shareholders the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement prior to such action and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share.
(b) If on or after the date hereof, TransGlobe declares, sets aside or pays any dividend or other distribution to the TransGlobe Shareholders of record as of a time prior to the Effective Time, then the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share shall be appropriately adjusted to provide to TransGlobe Shareholders the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement prior to such action and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share. For greater certainty, if TransGlobe takes any of the actions referred to above, the aggregate Consideration to be paid by AcquireCo shall be decreased by an equivalent amount.
(c) If on or after the date hereof, VAALCO declares, sets aside or pays any dividend or other distribution to the VAALCO Stockholders of record as of a time prior to the Effective Time (except for regular quarterly dividends to VAALCO Stockholders made in accordance with Section 5.2(b)(ii)), then the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share shall be appropriately adjusted to provide to TransGlobe Shareholders the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement prior to such action and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Consideration to be paid per TransGlobe Share. For greater certainty, if VAALCO takes any of the actions referred to above, the aggregate Consideration to be paid by AcquireCo shall be increased by an equivalent amount.
Environmental Considerations A. Company, its officers, agents, servants, employees, invitees, independent contractors, successors, and assigns will not discharge or spill any Hazardous Substance, as defined herein, into any component of the storm drainage system or onto any paved or unpaved area within the boundaries of the Premises. In addition, Company will not discharge or spill any Hazardous Substance into any component of the sanitary sewer system without first neutralizing or treating same as required by applicable anti-pollution laws or ordinances, in a manner satisfactory to Authority and other public bodies, federal, state, or local, having jurisdiction over or responsibility for the prevention of pollution of canals, streams, rivers, and other bodies of water. Company’s discharge, spill or introduction of any Hazardous Substance onto the Premises or into any component of Authority’s sanitary or storm drainage systems will, if not remedied by Company with all due dispatch, at the sole discretion of Authority, be deemed a default and cause for termination of this Agreement by Authority, subject to notice and cure. Such termination will not relieve Company of or from liability for such discharge or spill.
B. If Company is deemed to be a generator of hazardous waste, as defined by federal, state, or local law, Company will obtain a generator identification number from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the appropriate generator permit and will comply with all federal, state, and local laws, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not limited to, ensuring that the transportation, storage, handling, and disposal of such hazardous wastes are conducted in full compliance with applicable law.
C. Company agrees to provide Authority, within 10 days after Authority’s request, copies of all hazardous waste permit application documentation, permits, monitoring reports, transportation, responses, storage and disposal plans, material safety data sheets and waste disposal manifests prepared or issued in connection with Company’s use of the Premises.
D. At the end of the Agreement, Company will dispose of all solid and hazardous wastes and containers in compliance with all applicable regulations. Copies of all waste manifests will be provided to Authority at least 30 days prior to the end of the Agreement.
Initial Consideration On the Effective Date, Retrocessionaire shall reimburse Retrocedant for one hundred percent (100%) of any and all unearned premiums paid by Retrocedant under such Inuring Retrocessions net of any applicable unearned ceding commissions paid to Retrocedant thereunder.
