Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders Each Selling Shareholder severally represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time, and agrees with the Underwriter, as follows:
Representations and Warranties by the Selling Stockholders Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time, and, if the Selling Stockholder is selling Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholder The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company, the Winning Bidder(s) and each Placement Agent at each Representation Date as follows:
Deliveries by the Sellers Simultaneously herewith, the Sellers are delivering or causing to be delivered to the Purchaser the following:
(a) A certificate, dated as of the date hereof and signed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary or other authorized officer, as to the Company Resolutions (as defined below);
(b) Copies of any and all third party consents obtained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) A fully executed copy of the amendment to, or extension of, the Dealer Agreement, dated May 1, 2000, xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Corporation and Sxxxxxx Atlantic Corporation;
(d) All stock certificates representing the Purchased Shares and stock powers duly executed by each Seller or other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Purchaser evidencing the transfer and assignment of the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser;
(e) A copy of a written resignation notice duly executed and delivered to the Company by Mxxxxxx Xxxxxxx relating to his resignation as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company but not from any other position with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) A copy of the agreement or other instrument terminating that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated December 2, 2013, between the Sellers (the “Sxxxxxx Stockholders Agreement”), duly executed by each Seller;
(g) The Stockholders Agreement by and among the Purchaser, Hxxxx X. Xxxxxx and each Seller in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Purchaser-Sellers Stockholders Agreement”), duly executed by each Seller; and
(h) The Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement by Mxxxxxx Xxxxxxx in favor of the Company and the Purchaser (the “Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each of Mxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, the Company and the Purchaser, duly executed by Mxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and, on behalf of the Company, another authorized officer of the Company.
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders Each of the Selling Shareholders represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 2.
(a) Each Selling Shareholder is duly incorporated and organized and is validly existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and assets, to carry on its business and to sell and deliver the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder.
(b) Neither Selling Shareholder is selling the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder based on information that it holds that has not otherwise been made publicly available, which, if such information was made publicly available, could reasonably have a material impact on the price or value of the Common Shares.
(c) Each Selling Shareholder has the corporate power and capacity to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement. This Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Selling Shareholder and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Selling Shareholder enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement hereof or thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law.
(d) Neither the sale or delivery of the Offered Shares, nor the consummation of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any other of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the fulfilment of the terms hereof will (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the articles, by-laws or other constating documents of either Selling Shareholder, (iii) contravene any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries or over the properties or assets of either Selling Shareholder or their respective subsidiaries; and no Governmental Authorization of or with any such Governmental Agency is required for the issue and sale of the Offered Shares or the consummation by the Selling Shareholders of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Prospectuses in respect of the Offered Shares under Canadian Securities Laws and the Repurchase Relief to be granted under Canadian Securities Laws, the registration under the Act of the Offered Shares and such Governmental Authorizations as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Shares by the Underwriters.
(e) (A) Each Selling Shareholder, directly or indirectly, has, and on the Closing Date, will directly have, valid marketable title to a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind; (B) each Selling Shareholder has the full right, power and authority to sell, assign and transfer a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it to the Underwriters; and (C) upon the delivery of the Offered Shares, the holders thereof will obtain good and marketable title to such Offered Shares, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind.
(f) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or, except as permitted by this Agreement, facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.
(g) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has conducted any transactions with the government of any Prohibited Country or with any person or entity located in any of the Prohibited Countries. The net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares (as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) have not been and will not be, directly or indirectly, invested in or committed to any business activities in any of the Prohibited Countries.
(h) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder, agent or other party that is entitled to receive from either Selling Shareholder any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and in the event that any such person acting for and on behalf of or representing a Selling Shareholder would be entitled to receive any such fee from the Underwriters by operation of law, the Selling Shareholders jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter from such fee and as well as from any costs and expenses reasonably incurred in respect thereof.
(i) The information relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries contained in the Prospectuses and any Supplementary Material, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, on its date and, on the Closing Date, constituted and will constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating thereto and did not and will not include any misrepresentation, and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Registration Statement, nor any amendment or supplement thereto when they will have become effective and on the Closing Date, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries or omit to state a material fact relating thereto required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(j) No withholding tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta will be payable in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee by the Selling Shareholders to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), provided that such Underwriter deals at arm’s length with the Selling Shareholders (as such term is understood for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)), such Underwriting Fee is payable in respect of services rendered by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada that are performed in the ordinary course of business carried on by the Underwriter that includes the performance of such services for a fee and the amount of such Underwriting Fee is reasonable in the circumstances.
(k) No goods and services tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada will be payable by a Selling Shareholder in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada, provided that such Underwriting Fee is in respect of services performed by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada.
(l) No stamp duty, documentary taxes or similar taxes are payable by the Company under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta in connection with the sale and delivery of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement by either Selling Shareholder. Any certificate signed by any officer of a Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representatives or to the Company or counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter or to the Company, as the case may be.
Deliveries by the Seller At the Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchasing Parties:
(a) an Instrument of Assignment and Bxxx of Sale substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, duly executed by the Seller (the "Instrument of Assignment and Bxxx of Sale");
(b) a special warranty deed ("Deed") in recordable form relating to the Owned Real Property substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B;
(c) a Trademark Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (the "Trademark Assignment") and a Patent Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D (the "Patent Assignment"), each duly executed by the Seller;
(d) an Assumption Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E (the "Assumption Agreement"), duly executed by the Seller;
(e) a Transition Services Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F (the "Transition Services Agreement"), duly executed by the Seller;
(f) a License Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G (the "License Agreement"), duly executed by the Seller;
(g) a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a senior officer of the Seller, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a), Section 9.2(b) and Section 9.2(c);
(h) a certificate of good standing of the Seller from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(i) a certificate of the Secretary of the Seller certifying as accurate and complete as of the Closing certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Seller approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions;
(j) UCC termination statements, if any, and any other necessary documents that, when filed on the Closing Date, will be sufficient to release all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Assets;
(k) a certificate of non-foreign status as provided in U.S. Department of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b); and
(l) all other previously undelivered documents required to be delivered by the Seller to the Purchasing Parties at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
Closing Deliveries by the Seller At the Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser:
(a) the bring-down certificates referred to in Sections 3.5(a) and 3.5(b);
(b) a certificate signed by a senior officer of the Seller certifying (i) the articles and by-laws of the Seller, (ii) the resolution of the Seller's directors approving the subject matter of this Agreement and (iii) the signatures of the persons authorized to sign this Agreement and/or any of the documents contemplated herein on behalf of the Seller and certifying the genuineness of such signatures;
(c) a certificate of status (or equivalent) for the Seller issued within two (2) days prior to the Closing;
(d) all deeds, assignments, bills of sale and other conveyancing documents required to be executed and delivered by Seller or a Subsidiary of the Seller to transfer the various categories of Purchased Assets described in Section 2.1 and for the Purchaser to assume the Assumed Liabilities;
(e) a duly executed signature page to the Escrow Agreement;
(f) a duly executed signature page to the Non-Compete Agreement;
(g) a duly executed request form (kabunushi-meibo-meigi-kakikae-seikyusho) in the name of the Seller in order to register the Purchaser as the holder of the CCSC Shares on the shareholders book (kabunushi-meibo) of CCSC, a copy of the minutes of the shareholders book of CCSC showing that the Purchaser is the owner of the CCSC Shares as of the Closing Date duly certified by the representative director of CCSC and a copy of the minutes of the shareholders meeting of CCSC approving the transfer of the CCSC Shares from the Seller to the Purchaser duly certified by the representative director of CCSC;
(h) a duly executed signature page to the Transition Services Agreement;
(i) evidence of receipt of the Required Consents;
(j) possession of the Purchased Assets;
(k) a certificate duly executed by Seller, pursuant to treasury regulations section 1.1445-2(b), stating under penalties of perjury that Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code;
(l) a properly executed IRS Form W-9 from Seller;
(m) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser that Seller has requested, to the extent available, a Tax clearance certificate, and to the extent not available, a certificate of good standing or certificate of no tax due, from the taxing authorities of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and
(n) such other stockholder approvals, Governmental Authority approvals, documents, instruments, certificates and other documents dated as of the Closing Date as are expressly required under the terms of this Agreement.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders (a) The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-120615) with respect to the Shares has been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-1. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting in all material respects, at the time of filing thereof, the requirements of the Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits and financial statements thereto, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement, together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Act, is herein referred to as the "Registration Statement," which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. "Prospectus" means the form of prospectus first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). Each preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes effective is herein referred to as a "Preliminary Prospectus." Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents shall be deemed to refer to and include any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rules 424(b) or 430A, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders Each of the Selling Stockholders covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders Each of the Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Company that:
