Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof Each Purchaser severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.6. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the Securities is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
Effective Date of this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective (the "Effective Date") upon the date of your acceptance hereof, as set forth below.
ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment or in the event that the Investment Management Agreement between the Manager and the Fund shall have terminated for any reason; and this Agreement shall not be amended unless such amendment is approved at a meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Manager or the Portfolio Manager.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of, or waiver in writing by IBM Credit of compliance with, the following conditions precedent on or prior to September 13, 1996:
(A) this Agreement executed and delivered by Customer and IBM Credit and receipt by IBM Credit of all attachments hereto in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole discretion;
(B) (i) copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Customer in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of Customer authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Other Agreement executed and delivered in connection herewith, (ii) a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of Customer, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of Customer authorized to sign this Agreement and the Other Agreements and (iii) copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Customer in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of Customer;
(C) certificates dated as of a recent date from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority evidencing the good standing of Customer in the jurisdiction of its organization and in each other jurisdiction where the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires it to qualify to do business unless the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(D) copies of all approvals and consents from any Person, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, which are required to enable Customer to authorize, or required in connection with, (a) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and each of the Other Agreements, and (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement and each of the Other Agreements and (c) the execution delivery or performance and legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the restructuring contemplated in connection herewith;
(E) a lockbox agreement executed by Customer and each Bank, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;
(F) a contingent blocked account agreement executed by Customer and each Bank in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;
(G) the security interest of the Credit Managers Association shall have been released, the security agreement between Customer and the Credit Managers Association shall have been terminated, UCC termination statements relating thereto shall have been filed, appropriate filings shall have been made terminating any filings made by the Credit Managers Association with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, all in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(H) a favorable opinion of counsel for Customer, satisfactory to IBM Credit, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit and Customer;
(I) UCC-1 financing statements for each jurisdiction reasonably requested by IBM Credit executed by Customer and each guarantor whose guaranty to IBM Credit is intended to be secured by a pledge of its assets and all other statements, instruments and act (including, possession by IBM Credit) necessary to perfect IBM Credit's security interest in the Collateral;
(J) Customer shall have delivered to IBM Credit convertible preferred stock of the Customer and warrants to purchase common stock of Customer, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(K) Customer and IBM Credit shall have executed a registration rights agreement in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, which agreement shall include terms providing for a fee to IBM Credit in an amount equal to $3,000,000 in the event the securities obtained by IBM Credit pursuant to the recapitalization (including those securities set forth in paragraph J above) are not subject to an effective registration statement on or prior to a date to be agreed upon by Customer and IBM Credit;
(L) The existing creditors of Customer (other than IBM Credit) shall have either (i) converted their claims against Customer for common stock of Customer or (ii) released their claims against Customer for cash in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, other than current claims payable by customer in an amount satisfactory to IBM Credit, all in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(M) All acts necessary or desirable, in the sole and absolute discretion of IBM Credit, to the recapitalization of Customer outlined in the Private Placement Memorandum dated August 9, 1996 shall have occurred and be in full force and effect;
(N) the statements, certificates, documents, instruments, financing statements, agreements and information set forth in Attachment A and Attachment B; and
(O) all such other statements, certificates, documents, instruments, financing statements, agreements and other information with respect to the matters contemplated by this Agreement as IBM Credit shall have reasonably requested.
Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., Minneapolis time, on the first full business day following the effective date of the Registration Statement, or at such earlier time after the effective time of the Registration Statement as you in your discretion shall first release the Securities for sale to the public; provided, that if the Registration Statement is effective at the time this Agreement is executed, this Agreement shall become effective at such time as you in your discretion shall first release the Securities for sale to the public. For the purpose of this Section, the Securities shall be deemed to have been released for sale to the public upon release by you of the publication of a newspaper advertisement relating thereto or upon release by you of telexes offering the Securities for sale to securities dealers, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice as hereinafter specified before the time this Agreement becomes effective, you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, or the Company may prevent this Agreement from becoming effective without liability of any party to any other party, except that the provisions of Section 4(h) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(b) You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the First Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b), if exercised, may be canceled at any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been wholly suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, by such Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal, New York or Georgia or Minneapolis authorities, or (vi) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or an outbreak of major hostilities (or an escalation thereof) in which the United States is involved, a declaration of war by Congress, any other substantial national or international calamity or any other event or occurrence of a similar character shall have occurred since the execution of this Agreement that, in your judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(h) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter. If the Company elects to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective, you shall be notified by the Company by-telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter.
Assignment of this Agreement (a) We may assign, transfer, sub-contract or sell our rights, benefits or obligations under this Agreement at any time to any of our Affiliates or to an unaffiliated third party and you consent to this without us having to notify you.
(b) If we do so, or intend to do so, we may give information about you and the Account, including confidential information about you, the Account or this Agreement, to the relevant third party or Affiliate.
(c) You may not assign, charge or otherwise transfer or purport to assign, charge or otherwise transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement or any interest in this Agreement, without our prior written consent, and any purported assignment, charge or transfer in violation of this clause shall be void.
Effective Date of This Agreement and Termination Thereof (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first full business day following the day on which you and the Company receive notification that the Registration Statement became effective.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notifying the Company at any time on or before the Closing Date, if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has in your sole opinion, materially disrupted, or in your sole opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, securities markets; or if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or in the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed; or if a moratorium in foreign exchange trading by major international banks or persons has been declared; or if the Company shall have sustained a loss material or substantial to the Company taken as a whole by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your sole opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Shares; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the conditions of the securities market in general, as in your reasonable judgment would make it inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial or Securities markets, particularly in the over-the-counter market having occurred since the date of this Agreement.
(c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Paragraph 10, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or facsimile, confirmed by letter.
(d) If this Agreement shall not become effective or if this Agreement shall not be carried out within the time specified herein by reason of any failure on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking, or to materially satisfy any condition of this Agreement by it to be performed or satisfied, the sole liability of the Company to the Underwriter, in addition to the obligations assumed by the Company pursuant to Paragraph 8 herein, will be to reimburse the Underwriter for such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the proposed offering of the Shares.
Tax Periods Beginning Before and Ending After the Closing Date The Company or the Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed any Returns of the Company for Tax periods that begin before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date. To the extent such Taxes are not fully reserved for in the Company’s financial statements, the Sellers shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the unreserved portion of such Taxes that relates to the portion of the Tax period ending on the Closing Date. Such payment, if any, shall be paid by the Sellers within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice from the Company or the Purchaser that such Taxes were paid by the Company or the Purchaser for a period beginning prior to the Closing Date. For purposes of this Section, in the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a Taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Tax period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Tax period (the “Pro Rata Amount”), and (ii) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts, be deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. The Sellers shall pay to the Company with the payment of any taxes due hereunder, the Sellers’ Pro Rata Amount of the costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or the Company in the preparation and filing of the Tax Returns. Any net operating losses or credits relating to a Tax period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be taken into account as though the relevant Tax period ended on the Closing Date. All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations shall be made in a reasonable manner as agreed to by the parties.
SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT 2.1. This Agreement, including Parts A through L, Tables One and Two and exhibits, specifies the rights and obligations of each Party with respect to the establishment, purchase, and sale of Local Interconnection, Collocation, resale of Telecommunications Services and Unbundled Network Elements. Certain terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings defined in PART A – DEFINITIONS, or as otherwise elsewhere defined throughout this Agreement. Other terms used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Act and in the FCC’s and the Commission’s rules, regulations and orders. PART B sets forth the general terms and conditions governing this Agreement. The remaining Parts set forth, among other things, descriptions of the services, pricing, technical and business requirements, and physical and network security requirements.
ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS CONTRACT This Contract shall automatically terminate without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment; and this Contract shall not be amended with respect to any Allocated Sleeve unless such amendment be approved at a meeting by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the related Fund who are not interested persons of such Fund or of the Manager.