Termination and Abandonment This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the stockholders of the Company:
(a) By mutual written consent duly authorized by the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company prior to Merger Sub's Election Date; or
(b) By Parent or the Company if (i) the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied during a ten (10) business day extension of the Offer following the Initial Expiration Date, but all other conditions have been satisfied or (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or other governmental authority shall have issued an order, decree, ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer or the Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable; or
(c) By Parent, if due to an occurrence or circumstance that results in a failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Annex A, Merger Sub shall have (A) failed to commence the Offer within 10 days following the date of this Agreement or (B) terminated the Offer without having accepted any Shares for payment thereunder, unless any such failure listed above shall have been caused by or resulted from the failure of Parent or Merger Sub to perform in any material respect any material covenant or agreement of either of them contained in this Agreement or the material breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any material representation or warranty of either of them contained in this Agreement; or
(d) By the Company, upon approval of the Board, if (i) Merger Sub shall have (A) failed to commence the Offer within 10 days following the date of this Agreement or (B) terminated the Offer without having accepted any Shares for payment thereunder, unless such failure to pay for Shares shall have been caused by or resulted from the failure of the Company to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraphs (f) or (g) of Annex A, (ii) prior to the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, the Board shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Merger Sub or Parent its approval or recommendation of the Offer, this Agreement or the Merger in order to approve a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that such termination under this clause (ii) shall not be effective until the Company has made payment to Parent of the Termination Fee (as hereinafter defined) required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.2(a) and has deposited with a mutually acceptable escrow agent $2 million for reimbursement to Parent and Merger Sub of Expenses (as hereinafter defined) or (iii) Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached in any material respect any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which failure to perform is incapable of being cured or has not been cured within 20 days after the giving of written notice to Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, except, in any case, such failures which are not reasonably likely to affect adversely Parent's or Merger Sub's ability to complete the Offer or the Merger. The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1 (other than pursuant to Section 8.1(a)) shall give notice of such termination to the other party.
Effect of Termination and Abandonment In the event of termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this Article VIII, no party to this Agreement shall have any liability or further obligation to any other party hereunder except (a) as set forth in Sections 8.03 and 9.01 and (b) that termination will not relieve a breaching party from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement giving rise to such termination.
Clean-Up Terminations by the Sellers (a) The Sellers shall have the right to elect to terminate this Agreement in the event that the remaining Serviced Appointments have generated LTM Fee Revenue that is less than 5% of the aggregate fee revenue generated by all Appointments that are Serviced Appointments as of January 1, 2024 in the twelve-month period prior to January 1, 2024.
(b) In the event the Sellers elect to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clause (a) above, the Sellers shall, concurrently with such termination, pay to the Purchasers an amount equal to LTM Fee Revenue multiplied by 1.40.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “LTM Fee Revenue” means the fee revenue (excluding net interest income but including money market fund fees) generated by all remaining Serviced Appointments in the last full twelve-month period prior to the time the Sellers elect to exercise their termination right pursuant to this Section 7.2.2.
Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by the Servicer The Seller has entered into this Agreement with the Servicer in reliance upon the independent status of the Servicer, and the representations as to the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plant, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof. Therefore, the Servicer shall neither assign its rights under this Agreement or the servicing hereunder nor delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets without, in each case, the prior written consent of the Seller (as owner of the servicing rights relating to the Mortgage Loans) and the Master Servicer, which consent, in the case of an assignment of rights or delegation of duties, shall be granted or withheld in the discretion of the Seller and the Master Servicer, and which consent, in the case of a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Servicer, shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that in each case, there must be delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such transfer of servicing or sale or disposition of assets will not result in a qualification, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current rating of any of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer, without the consent of the Seller (as owner of the servicing rights relating to the Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer or the Trustee, may retain third party contractors to perform certain servicing and loan administration functions, including without limitation, hazard insurance administration, tax payment and administration, flood certification and administration, collection services and similar functions; provided, that the retention of such contractors by Servicer shall not limit the obligation of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Master Servicer or upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Master Servicer and the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in Section 9.01. Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 7.03, in the event that the Servicer either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets, without the prior written consent of the Seller, the Trustee and the Master Servicer, then the Seller, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice given as set forth in Section 8.01, without any payment of any penalty or damages and without any liability whatsoever to the Servicer or any third party.
Assignment by the Company The rights, interests or obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the Investor.
Assignment by the Executive This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees. If the Executive dies while any amount would still be payable to him hereunder had he continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, will be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s Beneficiary. If the Executive has not named a Beneficiary, then such amounts will be paid to the Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee, or if there is no such designee, to the Executive’s estate, and such designee, or the Executive’s estate will be treated as the Beneficiary hereunder.
Disposition and Termination (a) The Parties shall act in accordance with, and Escrow Agent shall release the Escrow Deposit or portion thereof in this Section 3(a) as follows:
(i) Party B will deliver a written direction letter, with e-mail being sufficient, in substantially the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto (the “Direction Letter”) to Escrow Agent (i) confirming to Escrow Agent that the closing under the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 16, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Party B, Far Point Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“FPAC”) and the other parties thereto is scheduled to be consummated on the next Business Day following delivery of the Direction Letter and (ii) directing Escrow Agent to disburse from the Escrow Account the Escrow Deposit to the account of FPAC specified herein (the “FPAC Account”). Following receipt of the Direction Letter, Escrow Agent shall promptly disburse, via wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Escrow Deposit to the FPAC Account and provide to Party A and Party B federal reference numbers for the wire transfer. If the Forward Purchase Price (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement dated as of May 18, 2018 between FPAC and Party A) is less than the Escrow Deposit, then Party A and Party B shall, no later than the Closing Date, deliver a direction letter (signed by each of them) to Escrow Agent to disburse the amount equal to the excess of the Escrow Deposit over the Forward Purchase Price to Party A on or promptly after the Closing Date. If the Merger Agreement has been terminated (as may be confirmed to Escrow Agent by Party A or Party B), then the Escrow Deposit will be immediately (and in any event, within one (1) Business Day) returned to Party A. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Party A shall have no right to object to any Direction Letter and any objection or other instruction which attempts to prevent or delay the release of any such funds pursuant to any Direction Letter shall be ignored by the Escrow Agent without any liability. Escrow Agent may rely upon the validity, accuracy, and content of the statements contained in any Direction Letter or confirmation delivered pursuant to this Section 3. Party B shall simultaneously provide a copy of any Direction Letter to Party A. Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively presume that Party A contemporaneously received each Direction Letter received by Escrow Agent.
(ii) Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrow Deposit, or any portion thereof, to Party A upon the joint written instruction of both Party A and Party B in substantially the form of Exhibit B annexed hereto (a “Joint Instruction”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 8, and other than as set forth above, any instructions setting forth, claiming, containing, objecting to, or in any way related to the transfer or distribution of the Escrow Deposit, must be in writing and executed by the appropriate Party or Parties as evidenced by the signatures of the person or persons signing this Agreement or one of the designated persons as set forth on the Designation of Authorized Representatives attached hereto as Schedule 1-A and 1-B (each an “Authorized Representative”), and delivered to Escrow Agent only by confirmed facsimile or as a Portable Document Format (“PDF”) attached to an email only at the fax number or email address set forth in Section 8 below. Each Designation of Authorized Representatives shall be signed by a Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or other duly authorized person of the named Party. No instruction for or related to the transfer or distribution of the Escrow Deposit shall be deemed delivered and effective unless Escrow Agent actually shall have received it by facsimile or as a PDF attached to an email only at the fax number or email address set forth in Section 8 and in the case of a facsimile, as evidenced by a confirmed transmittal to the Party’s or Parties’ transmitting fax number. Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any Party or other person for refraining from acting upon any instruction for or related to the transfer or distribution of the Escrow Deposit if delivered to any other fax number or email address, including but not limited to a valid email address of any employee of Escrow Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Parties acknowledge and agree that Escrow Agent (i) shall have no obligation to take any action in connection with this Agreement on a non-Business Day and any action Escrow Agent may otherwise be required to perform on a non-Business Day may be performed by Escrow Agent on the following Business Day and (ii) may not transfer or distribute the Escrow Deposit until Escrow Agent has completed its security procedures.
(b) Each Party authorizes Escrow Agent to use the funds transfer instructions (“Initial Standing Instructions”) specified for it below to disburse any funds due to FPAC without a verifying call-back or email confirmation as set forth below: FPAC: Bank Name: Bank Address: ABA number: Credit A/C Name: Credit A/C # If Applicable: FFC A/C Name: FFC A/C #: FFC A/C Address:
(c) In the event any funds transfer instructions other than the Initial Standing Instructions are set forth in a permitted instruction from a Party or the Parties in accordance with this Agreement (any such additional funds transfer instructions, “Additional Standing Instructions” and, together with the Initial Standing Instructions, the “Standing Instructions”), Escrow Agent will confirm such Additional Standing Instructions by a telephone call-back or email confirmation to an Authorized Representative of such Party or Parties, and Escrow Agent may rely and act upon the confirmation of anyone purporting to be that Authorized Representative. No funds will be disbursed until such confirmation occurs. Each Party agrees that after such confirmation, Escrow Agent may continue to rely solely upon such Additional Standing Instructions and all identifying information set forth therein for such beneficiary without an additional telephone call-back or email confirmation. Further, it is understood and agreed that if multiple disbursements are provided for under this Agreement pursuant to any Standing Instructions, only the date, amount and/or description of payments may change without requiring a telephone call-back or email confirmation.
(d) The persons designated as Authorized Representatives and telephone numbers for same may be changed only in a writing executed by an Authorized Representative or other duly authorized person of the applicable Party setting forth such changes and actually received by Escrow Agent via facsimile or as a PDF attached to an email. Escrow Agent will confirm any such change in Authorized Representatives by a telephone call-back or email confirmation to an Authorized Representative and Escrow Agent may rely and act upon the confirmation of anyone purporting to be that Authorized Representative.
(e) Escrow Agent, any intermediary bank and the beneficiary’s bank in any funds transfer may rely upon the identifying number of the beneficiary’s bank or any intermediary bank included in a funds transfer instruction provided by a Party or the Parties and, if applicable, confirmed in accordance with this Agreement. Further, the beneficiary’s bank in the funds transfer instructions may make payment on the basis of the account number provided in such Party’s or the Parties’ instruction and, if applicable, confirmed in accordance with this Agreement even though it identifies a person different from the named beneficiary.
Assignment by the Seller The Seller shall assign (exclusive of the Seller’s rights arising under Section 8.02(iii) and 8.03), its interest under this Agreement to the Depositor, which in turn shall assign such rights to the Trustee, and the Trustee then shall succeed to all rights of the Seller under this Agreement.
Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by Servicer The Owner has entered into this Agreement with the Servicer and subsequent Owners will purchase the Mortgage Loans in reliance upon the independent status of the Servicer, and the representations as to the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plant, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof. Therefore, the Servicer shall neither assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or delegate its rights or duties hereunder or any portion hereof (to other than a third party in the case of outsourcing routine tasks such as taxes, insurance and property inspection, in which case the Servicer shall be fully liable for such tasks as if the Servicer performed them itself) or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets without the prior written consent of the Owner, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the reasonable discretion of the Owner, provided, however, that the Servicer may assign its rights and obligations hereunder without prior written consent of the Owner to any entity that is directly owned or controlled by the Servicer, and the Servicer guarantees the performance of such entity hereunder. In the event of such assignment by the Servicer, the Servicer shall provide the Owner with a written statement guaranteeing the successor entity's performance of the Servicer's obligations under the Agreement. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Owner or upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Owner. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in Section 10.01. Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 8.03, in the event that the Servicer either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof (to other than a third party in the case of outsourcing routine tasks such as taxes, insurance and property inspection, in which case the Servicer shall be fully liable for such tasks as if the Servicer performed them itself) or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets, without the prior written consent of the Owner, then the Owner shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice given as set forth in Section 9.01 without any payment of any penalty or damages and without any liability whatsoever to the Servicer or any third party.
Termination by Seller Subject to any limitations imposed by Law, Seller may terminate this Agreement for any of the following grounds.
(1) Buyer’s failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement, which provision is both reasonable and of material significance to the relationship under this Agreement;
(2) Buyer’s failure to exert good faith efforts to carry out the provisions of this Agreement;
(3) The occurrence of an event which is relevant to the relationship under this Agreement and as a result of which termination of this Agreement is reasonable, including, without limitation, the following events:
(i) Buyer’s fraud or criminal misconduct relevant to the operation of Buyer’s business, Buyer’s Marketing Premises, or Buyer’s Outlets;
(ii) Buyer’s declaration of bankruptcy or judicial determination of insolvency of Buyer;
(iii) Buyer’s continuing severe physical or mental disability if Buyer is an individual, or if Buyer is a partnership or corporation, the disability of any individual who is currently in “control” of the ownership interest (“control” being the authority to direct the operations of Buyer and to have or exercise management responsibility) of at least 3 months that renders Buyer unable to provide for the continued proper operation of Buyer’s Marketing Premises or Buyer’s Outlets;
(iv) Loss of Seller’s right to grant the right to use the Identifications, which are the subject of the franchise;
(v) Buyer’s failure to pay to Seller in a timely manner when due all sums to which Seller is legally entitled;
(vi) Buyer’s failure to operate Buyer’s Marketing Premises for 7 consecutive days, or such lesser period which under the facts and circumstances constitutes an unreasonable period of time;
(vii) Buyer’s willful adulteration, mislabeling, or misbranding of motor fuels or other trademark violations;
(viii) Buyer’s knowing failure to comply with the Laws relevant to the operation of Buyer’s business, Buyer’s Marketing Premises, or Buyer’s Outlets;
(ix) Buyer’s conviction of any felony involving moral turpitude;
(x) Subject to Article 22(b), Buyer’s death if Buyer is an individual, or if Buyer is a partnership or corporation, the death of any individual who is currently in “control” of the ownership interest of Buyer (“control” being the authority to direct the operations of Buyer and to have or exercise management responsibility); and
(xi) Buyer’s failure to comply with Buyer’s obligations relating to Insurance set forth in Article 21.
(4) A determination is made by Seller in good faith and in the normal course of business to withdraw from marketing of motor fuel through retail outlets in the relevant geographic market area in which Buyer’s Outlets are located;
(5) Termination by Seller for cause of any other agreement between Buyer and Seller pertaining to this facility.
(6) Any other ground for which termination is provided for in this Agreement or is otherwise allowed by the PMPA or other applicable Law.
