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For more information visit our privacy policy.Filings; Other Actions (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Linn Parties and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Form S-4, which will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Linn Parties and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and to keep the Form S-4 effective as long as necessary to consummate the Mergers and the other Transactions. The Linn Parties and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company stockholders, the Linn members and the LinnCo shareholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. The Linn Parties shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of LinnCo Common Shares in the LinnCo Merger and Linn Units in the Contribution and Issuance, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by a Linn Party or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) and without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Each of Linn, LinnCo and the Company, as applicable, will advise the other parties promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the LinnCo Common Shares issuable in connection with the LinnCo Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other with copies of any written communication from the SEC or any state securities commission. If at any time prior to the LinnCo Effective Time any information relating to the Linn Parties or the Company, or any of their respective affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by the Linn Parties or the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, so that any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company, the shareholders of LinnCo and the members of Linn, as applicable. (b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Laws and the Company Organizational Documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval (the “Company Stockholders’ Meeting”) and not postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of adoption of this Agreement if sufficient votes to constitute the Company Stockholder Approval have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Company Stockholders’ Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the Company Stockholders’ Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). The Company will, except in the case of a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, through its Board of Directors, recommend that its stockholders adopt this Agreement and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of the NYSE or applicable Laws to obtain such approvals. The Company will not submit to the vote of its stockholders any Company Takeover Proposal other than the Mergers. (c) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, LinnCo shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders for the purpose of obtaining the LinnCo Shareholder Approvals (the “LinnCo Shareholders’ Meeting”), including the approval of the amendments (the “LinnCo Amendments”) to the limited liability company agreement of LinnCo (the “LinnCo LLC Agreement”) set forth in Annex C and the approval of the Contribution and Issuance, and to conduct a vote of the LinnCo Shareholders with respect to the voting of the Linn Units owned by LinnCo on the proposals to be presented at the Linn Members’ Meeting, and not postpone or adjourn the LinnCo Shareholders’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of the LinnCo Issuance, the Contribution and Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments if sufficient votes to constitute the LinnCo Shareholder Approvals have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). As promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC, Linn shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its members for the purpose of obtaining the Linn Member Approval (the “Linn Members’ Meeting”) and not postpone or adjourn the Linn Members’ Meeting except to the extent required by applicable Law or to solicit additional proxies and votes in favor of the Issuance if sufficient votes to constitute the Linn Member Approval have not been obtained; provided, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Linn Members’ Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than 20 days after the date for which the Linn Members’ Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law). LinnCo will, through its Board of Directors, except in the case of a Linn Party Adverse Recommendation Change, recommend that its shareholders approve the LinnCo Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the LinnCo Issuance and the LinnCo Amendments and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its shareholders required by the rules of NASDAQ or applicable Law to obtain such approvals. Linn will, through its Board of Directors, recommend that its members approve the Issuance and will use reasonable best efforts to solicit from its members proxies in favor of the approval of the Issuance and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its members required by the rules of NASDAQ or applicable Law to obtain such approvals. If the approval of the LinnCo Amendments by the holders of a majority of the LinnCo Common Shares entitled to vote thereon is obtained, LinnCo shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its organizational documents to adopt the LinnCo Amendments. (d) Each of the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Stockholders’ meeting, the LinnCo Shareholders Meeting and the Linn Members’ Meeting to be held on the same date.
Filings; Other Action (a) The Company shall cooperate with APP to promptly prepare and file with the SEC the Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form S-4 (or other appropriate Forms) to be filed by APP in connection with its Initial Public Offering and offering of the shares of APP Common Stock to the Target Interest Holders pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Agreements (including the prospectus constituting parts thereof, the "Registration Statements"). APP shall obtain all necessary state securities law or "Blue Sky" permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall cooperate with APP in the preparation of the Registration Statements and shall furnish all information concerning the Company and NewCo as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action in a timely manner. (b) The Company and APP and each separately represent and warrant that (i) in the case of the Company, none of the written information or documents supplied or to be supplied by it specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statements, by exhibit or otherwise and (ii) in the case of APP, will, at the time the Registration Statements and each amendment and supplement thereto, if any, becomes effective under the Securities Act, none of them contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company shall be entitled to review the Registration Statements and each of the amendments thereto, if any, prior to the time each becomes effective under the Securities Act. The Company shall have no responsibility for information contained in the Registration Statements except for information provided by the Company specifically for inclusion therein. The Company's review of the Registration Statements shall not diminish or otherwise affect the representations, covenants and warranties of APP contained in this Agreement. (c) The Company shall, upon request, furnish APP with all information concerning itself, its subsidiaries, directors, officers, partners, Stockholders and NewCo, and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by APP in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statements and each of the amendments or supplements thereto, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of each such party or any of its subsidiaries to any governmental entity in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Supersedes Other Agreements This Agreement supersedes all prior investment advisory, management, and/or administration agreements in effect between the Fund and the Adviser.
Waivers; Other Agreements No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
Authorization; Other Agreements The Guarantied Parties are hereby authorized, without notice to, or demand upon, any Guarantor, which notice and demand requirements each are expressly waived hereby, and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (which obligations shall remain absolute and unconditional notwithstanding any such action or omission to act), from time to time, to do each of the following: (a) supplement, renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of, or other terms relating to, the Obligations, or any part of them, or otherwise modify, amend or change the terms of any promissory note or other agreement, document or instrument (including the other Loan Documents) now or hereafter executed by the Borrower and delivered to the Guarantied Parties or any of them, including any increase or decrease of principal or the rate of interest thereon; (b) waive or otherwise consent to noncompliance with any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations, or any part thereof, or any other instrument or agreement in respect of the Obligations (including the other Loan Documents) now or hereafter executed by the Borrower and delivered to the Guarantied Parties or any of them; (c) accept partial payments on the Obligations; (d) receive, take and hold security or collateral for the payment of the Obligations or any part of them and exchange, enforce, waive, substitute, liquidate, terminate, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, transfer, otherwise alter and release any such security or collateral;
Management Arrangements 9.1. The Management Arrangements set out the arrangements for the strategic management of the relationship between the Authority and the Contractor, including arrangements for monitoring of the Contractor’s compliance with the Statement of Requirements, the Service Levels, the Award Procedures and the terms of this Framework Agreement. 9.2. The Authority may by notice to the Contractor suspend the Contractor’s appointment to provide Services to Framework Public Bodies for a notified period of time: 9.2.1. if the Authority becomes entitled to terminate this Framework Agreement under clause 42 (Termination Rights) or 43 (Termination on Insolvency or Change of Control); or 9.2.2. in any other circumstance provided for in the Management Arrangements. 9.3. Suspension under clause 9.2 shall terminate upon cessation of all of any circumstances referred to in subclauses 9.2.1 and 9.2.2. 9.4. The Contractor must continue to perform existing Call-off Contracts during any period of suspension under clause 9.2.
Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements; Etc (i) Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would be materially adverse to the Lenders; (ii) except for (x) the Obligations, or, with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness (including Indebtedness constituting Permitted Intercompany Investments), as otherwise expressly permitted below, and (y) Indebtedness pursuant to clauses (c), (h), (s) (solely in respect of clauses (c) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”) and (w) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, (A) make any voluntary or optional payment (including any payment of interest in cash that, at the option of the issuer, may be paid in cash or in kind), prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or other acquisition for value of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness (including by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee therefor before the date required for the purpose of paying any portion of such Indebtedness when due), (B) refund, refinance, replace or exchange any other Indebtedness for any such Indebtedness (other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) make any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any Subordinated Indebtedness (including Indebtedness constituting Permitted Intercompany Investments) in violation of the subordination provisions thereof or any subordination agreement with respect thereto, or (D) make any payment, prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any Indebtedness as a result of any asset sale, change of control, issuance and sale of debt or equity securities or similar event; (iii) amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Governing Documents (including by the filing or modification of any certificate of designation, or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it) with respect to any of its Equity Interests (including any shareholders’ agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Equity Interests, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this clause (iii) that either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided that no such amendment, modification or change or new agreement or arrangement shall provide for any plan of division pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or any similar statute or provision under applicable law); (iv) agree to any amendment, modification or other change to or waiver of any of its rights under any Material Contract if such amendment, modification, change or waiver would be adverse in any material respect to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the Agents and the Lenders; or (v) change its registered office, chief executive office or its domicile (within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec) without 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent or move any of its tangible property to a jurisdiction within Canada in which the Collateral Agent does not have perfected Liens without 30 days’ prior written notice to Agent.
Management Agreements (i) Each Individual Property shall be operated under the terms and conditions of the applicable Management Agreement. Each Borrower shall or shall cause the applicable Operating Lessee to (x) pay all sums required to be paid by the owner under each Management Agreement, (y) diligently perform, observe and enforce all of the terms, covenants and conditions of each Management Agreement on the part of the owner thereunder to be performed, observed and enforced to the end that all things shall be done which are necessary to keep unimpaired the rights of said owner under each Management Agreement, (z) promptly notify Lender of the giving of any written notice to any Borrower and/or Operating Lessee of any default by the owner in the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any Management Agreement on the part of the owner thereunder to be performed and observed (which Borrower or Operating Lessee may contest in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement) and deliver to Lender a true copy of each such notice, and (aa) promptly deliver to Lender a copy of each financial statement, business plan, capital expenditure plan, notice of a default under the Management Agreement, report regarding operations at the related Individual Property, estimates of any monetary nature and any other items reasonably requested by Lender, in each case received by any Borrower or Operating Lessee under any Management Agreement. (ii) No Borrower shall (and shall not cause or permit any Operating Lessee to), without the prior consent of the Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), surrender any Management Agreement or terminate or cancel any Management Agreement or modify, change, supplement, alter or amend, in any material respect, any Management Agreement, either orally or in writing, and each Borrower hereby assigns to Lender as further security for the payment of the Indebtedness and for the performance and observance of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Loan Agreement, any and all rights, privileges and prerogatives of each Borrower to surrender any Management Agreement or to terminate, cancel, modify, change, supplement, alter or amend, in any material respect, any Management Agreement, and any such surrender of any Management Agreement or termination, cancellation, modification, change, supplement, alteration or amendment of any Management Agreement without the prior consent of Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall be void and of no force and effect. (iii) If any Borrower or Operating Lessee shall default in the performance or observance of any material term, covenant or condition of any Management Agreement on the part of the Borrower or Operating Lessee thereunder to be performed or observed beyond any applicable notice and cure periods contained therein, and Borrower or Operating Lessee is not contesting the validity of such default in good faith in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement, then, without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Agreement, and without waiving or releasing any Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder, Lender shall have the right, but shall be under no obligation, to pay any sums and to perform any act or take any action as may be appropriate to cause all the terms, covenants and conditions of such Management Agreement on the part of the owner to be performed or observed to be promptly performed or observed on behalf of such Borrower, to the end that the rights of said Borrower and/or Operating Lessee in, to and under such Management Agreement shall be kept unimpaired and free from default. Any such amounts so advanced by Lender together with interest thereon from the date expended by Lender of the Default Rate shall be part of the Indebtedness and Borrower shall immediately repay such amounts to Lender upon demand. Pursuant to the terms of the applicable Subordination, Attornment and Security Agreement and/or Assignment of Management Agreement, Lender and any person designated by Lender shall have, and are hereby granted, the right to enter upon the applicable Individual Property at any time and from time to time for the purpose of taking any such action. If any Manager shall deliver to Lender a copy of any notice sent to any Borrower and/or Operating Lessee of any default under any Management Agreement, and Borrower or Operating Lessee is not contesting said default in good faith in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement, such notice shall constitute full protection to Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by Lender in good faith, in reliance thereon. (iv) Each Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable Operating Lessee to) exercise each individual option, if any, to extend or renew the term of each Management Agreement upon demand by Lender made at any time within ninety (90) days prior to the last day upon which any such option may be exercised, and each Borrower hereby expressly authorizes and appoints Lender as its attorney-in-fact to exercise (or cause the applicable Operating Lessee to exercise) any such option in the name of and upon behalf of such Borrower should such Borrower fail to do so, which power of attorney shall be irrevocable and shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest. (v) Any sums expended by Lender pursuant to this Section shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date such cost is incurred to the date of payment to Lender, shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the Indebtedness, shall be secured by the lien of the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents and shall be immediately due and payable within two (2) Business Days after demand by Lender therefor. (vi) Each Borrower shall, promptly upon request of Lender, but no more than two (2) times in any calendar year during the term of the Loan (unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (y) such request is occasioned in connection with a Secondary Market Transaction) use its diligent best efforts to obtain and deliver (or cause to be delivered) an estoppel certificate from each Manager (A) certifying (1) that the Management Agreement is unmodified and in full force and effect (or if there have been modifications, that the same, as modified, is in full force and effect and stating the modifications), and (2) the date through which the management fees due under the Management Agreement have been paid; (B) stating whether or not to the best knowledge of Manager (1) there is a continuing default by Borrower or Operating Lessee in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in the Management Agreement or the Operating Lease, or (2) there shall have occurred any event that, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would become such a default, and, if so, specifying each such default or occurrence of which Manager may have knowledge; and (C) stating such other information as Lender may reasonably request. Such statement shall be binding upon Manager and may be relied upon by Lender and/or such third party specified by Lender. (vii) Upon the termination of any Management Agreement, subject to Section 5.1(P), each Borrower shall (or shall cause Operating Lessee to) promptly enter into a new Management Agreement with a replacement Manager, which shall deliver a comfort or similar letter and/or a Manager’s Subordination to and in favor of Lender, all upon terms and conditions acceptable to Lender in its discretion.
Effect on Other Agreements The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of any plan, policy, agreement, award or other arrangement of the Employer (whether entered into before or after the Effective Date) to the extent application of the terms of this Agreement is more favorable to the Executive.
Filings; Other Actions; Notification (a) The Company and Parent shall, subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement and applicable Laws and Orders to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as possible, including (i) preparing and filing all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (and in any event, by filing within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement the notifications, filings and other information required to be filed under the HSR Act and as promptly as practicable in the case of all other filings required under any Foreign Competition Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, which are set forth Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter) and to obtain as expeditiously as possible all consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) satisfying the conditions to consummating the Merger, (iii) defending any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, (iv) obtaining (and cooperating with each other in obtaining) any consent, approval of, waiver or any exemption by, any non-governmental third party, in each case, to the extent necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the Merger and (v) executing and delivering any reasonable additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement. (b) Subject to Section 6.6(c), in the event that the parties receive a request for information or documentary material pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws (a “Second Request”), unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to submit an appropriate response to, and to certify compliance with, such Second Request as promptly as practicable, and counsel for both parties will closely cooperate during the entirety of any such Second Request review process. Neither Party shall agree to extend any waiting period under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity to delay the transactions contemplated hereby except with prior written consent of the other Party. None of the Parties shall knowingly take, cause or permit to be taken or omit to take any action which such party reasonably expects is likely to materially delay or prevent consummation of the contemplated transactions, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties. As used in this Agreement, the term “Antitrust Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act of 1914, the HSR Act and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and other Laws and Orders that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or competition.