Termination Prior to Closing This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
The Effective Time Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will cause the Merger to be consummated pursuant to the DGCL by filing a certificate of merger in customary form and substance (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL (the time of such filing and acceptance for record by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and specified in the Certificate of Merger, being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).
ACTION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE The respective parties hereto covenant and agree to take the following actions between the date hereof and the Closing Date:
Closing Termination The closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) shall be effective between the Parties as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on January 6, 2006 (the “Closing Date”). However, in the event that the Parties have not satisfied all of the conditions necessary to Close by the Closing Date including, without limitation, the completion, review and approval of the Disclosure Schedule (hereinafter the “Closing Conditions”) then, in such event, either Party may extend the time period for satisfying such Closing Conditions until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, February 28, 2006 (hereinafter the “Extended Time”) with the understanding and agreement that if the Closing Conditions are completed to the mutual satisfaction of the Parties by the Extended Time that this Transaction shall be effective as of the Closing Date. In the event that the Closing Conditions have not been completed to the mutual satisfaction of the Parties by the Extended Time, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party unless the Parties through their respective legal counsel otherwise agree in writing to an additional extension of time not to exceed ten (10) consecutive days beginning on the day immediately following the Extended Time for satisfying such Closing Conditions. The Closing shall be conducted remotely through the exchange of documents via fax or email with original documents exchanged via overnight, next day delivery by a reputable national courier on the Closing Date or, if the time for satisfying the Closing Conditions has been extended to the Extended Time, on the date on which the Extended Time ends. All deliveries made at the Closing shall be deemed to have been made simultaneously except as one delivery must logically be deemed to precede or follow another.
Conduct Prior to the Effective Time 5.1 Conduct of Business by Company, Indirect Parent, Second Intermediary -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent, First Intermediary Parent and Parent. During the period from the date -------------------------------------------- of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, Indirect Parent, Second Intermediary Parent, First Intermediary Parent and Parent shall cause the Company to and the Company shall, except to the extent that Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), carry on its business, in the usual, regular and ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, pay its debts and taxes when due subject to good faith disputes over such debts or taxes, pay or perform other material obligations when due, and use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practices and policies to (i) preserve intact its present business organization, (ii) keep available the services of its present officers and employees and (iii) preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others with which it has significant business dealings. In addition, except as permitted by the terms of this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby, without the prior written consent of Purchaser, during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, neither Indirect Parent, Second Intermediary Parent, First Intermediary Parent nor Parent shall permit the Company to, and Company shall not do any of the following:
Conditions to Closing Termination 34 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Purchaser........................... 34 6.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Shareholders................ 37 6.3 Termination................................................................ 38
Transactions to be Effected at the Closing (a) At the Closing, Buyer shall:
Transfer of Shares After the Effective Time No transfers of Shares shall be made on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation at or after the Effective Time.
The Merger Closing Effective Time 1.1. The Merger 1 1.2. Closing 2 1.3. Effective Time 2
The Merger Effective Time Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Statutory Merger Agreement, Merger Sub and PRE will cause an application for registration of the Surviving Company (the “Merger Application”) to be prepared, executed and delivered to the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda (the “Registrar”) as provided under S.108 of the Companies Act on or prior to the Closing Date and will cause the Merger to become effective pursuant to the Companies Act. The Merger shall become effective upon the issuance of a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) by the Registrar or such other time as the Certificate of Merger may provide. The parties agree that they will request the Registrar provide in the Certificate of Merger that the Effective Time will be 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”).
