Form 15 Filing Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to do so under applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.
Form D; Blue Sky Filings The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
Compliance of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Incorporated Documents The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement under Rule 405 and the Notes have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on such automatic shelf registration statement. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Securities Act, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 401(g)(2)”) has been received by the Company, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. In addition, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and as of each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act, and are identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof (the “Underwriter Information”).
Filing of Current Report and Registration Statement The Company agrees that it shall, within the time required under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC a report on Form 8-K relating to the transactions contemplated by, and describing the material terms and conditions of, the Transaction Documents (the “Current Report”). The Company shall also file with the SEC, within twenty (20) Business Days from the date hereof, a new registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) covering only the resale of the Purchase Shares and all of the Commitment Shares, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Investor, dated as of the date hereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The Company shall permit the Investor to review and comment upon the final pre-filing draft version of the Current Report at least two (2) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC, and the Company shall give due consideration to all such comments. The Investor shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon the final pre-filing draft version of the Current Report within one (1) Business Day from the date the Investor receives it from the Company.
Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus; Payment of Filing Fee The Registration Statement has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
Filing Registration Statement The Company shall use its best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its best efforts to keep it effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by the President or Chairman of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided further, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.
HSR Filing Each Party (or its “ultimate parent entity” as that term is defined under the HSR Act and its implementing regulations) shall, within ten (10) business days after the Execution Date (or such later time as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties), file, on an expedited basis (meaning, with a request for early termination of the waiting period), the filing fee of which shall be borne by the Parties equally, with the United States Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “Division”), any HSR Filing required of it under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Parties shall cooperate with each other to the extent reasonably necessary in the preparation of any such HSR Filing. As promptly as is practicable after receiving any request from any appropriate Governmental Authority for information, documents, or other materials in connection with the review of the HSR Filing, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such request. Each Party shall each cooperate reasonably with the other in connection with resolving any inquiry or investigation by any Governmental Authority relating to the HSR Filing. Each Party agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to secure termination or expiration of any waiting periods under any Applicable Laws and/or to obtain the approval of any antitrust Governmental Authority, as applicable, for the transactions contemplated hereby. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Party shall promptly inform the other Party of any communication to or from any Governmental Authority regarding the Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. Except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Authority or by any Applicable Law, the Parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and will consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with preparing any submission or presentation to any Governmental Authority in connection with any such inquiry. Except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Authority or by any Applicable Law, the Parties will permit authorized representatives of the other Party to be present at any meeting, telephone call or conference with such Government Authority in connection with any such inquiry. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall require or obligate either Party to, and either Party shall not without the prior written consent of the other Party: (i) agree or otherwise become subject to any restrictions, conditions, limitations, licensing requirements, or other understandings required or requested by the FTC or the Division in connection the FTC’s or Division’s investigation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement as part of the HSR process; or (ii) agree or otherwise be required to sell or otherwise dispose of, hold separate (through the establishment or a trust or otherwise), or divest itself of all or any portion of the business, assets, or operations of such Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event a Governmental Authority plans to enjoin the transaction contemplated herein, or if the HSR Clearance Date has not occurred within six (6) months following the Execution Date, the Parties may each terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party.
Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement The Partnership will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of any request by the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Units for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iii) within the period of time referred to in paragraph (e) below, of any change in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Plains Entities, taken as a whole, or of the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act or the regulations thereunder to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which any such statements were made) not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Securities Act or any other applicable law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Partnership will make every commercially reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible time.
Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement (a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, the Buyer and the Company shall prepare and the Company shall file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, and the Buyer shall prepare and file with the SEC the Registration Statement, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, provided that the Buyer may delay the filing of the Registration Statement until approval of the Proxy Statement by the SEC. The Buyer and the Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon after such filing as practicable. Each of the Buyer and the Company will respond to any comments of the SEC and will use its respective reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC and the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filings and the Company will cause the Proxy Statement and the prospectus contained within the Registration Statement to be mailed to its stockholders at the earliest practicable time after both the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC and the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. Each of the Buyer and the Company will notify the other promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff or any other government officials and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement or any filing pursuant to Section 6.2(b) or for additional information and will supply the other with copies of all correspondence between such party or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement, the Merger or any filing pursuant to Section 6.2(b). Each of the Buyer and the Company will cause all documents that it is responsible for filing with the SEC or other regulatory authorities under this Section 6.2 to comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or any filing pursuant to Section 6.2(b), the Buyer or the Company, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or any other government officials, and/or mailing to stockholders of the Company, such amendment or supplement.
(b) The Buyer and the Company shall make all necessary filings with respect to the Merger under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable state blue sky laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Proxy Statement; Registration Statement (a) Clearwire will, as promptly as practicable following the Execution Date, prepare and file, the Proxy Statement and a registration statement on Form S-4, or other appropriate form, registering the Class A Common Stock (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC and will use Reasonable Best Efforts to respond to the comments of the SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Clearwire’s stockholders at the earliest practicable time, provided, however, that Clearwire will not be in breach of this Section 10.8 if Sprint or any Investor fails to provide any information required by Law for the preparation of the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement. Sprint and each Investor will use Reasonable Best Efforts to provide as soon as reasonably practicable the information required by Law to be included in the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement. Each Party to this Agreement will notify the other Parties promptly of the receipt of the comments of the SEC, if any, and of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement or for additional information with respect thereto, and will supply the other Parties with copies of all correspondence between that party or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or the Merger. If, at any time before the Stockholders’ Meeting, any event should occur relating to:
(i) Clearwire or any of its Affiliates, or relating to the plans of those Persons for NewCo after the Effective Time that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement, or
(ii) Sprint or any of its Affiliates, or relating to the plans of those Persons for NewCo after the Effective Time that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement, or
(iii) any Investor or any of its Affiliates, or relating to the plans of those Persons for NewCo after the Effective Time that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement, in each case, so that the Registration Statement and/or Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, then Clearwire, Sprint or that Investor, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other Parties, and Clearwire will, on learning of that event, promptly prepare, and Clearwire will file and, if required, mail that amendment or supplement to Clearwire’s stockholders, except that, before that filing or mailing, Clearwire will consult with the other Parties with respect to that amendment or supplement and will use its Reasonable Best Efforts to accommodate the other Parties’ comments thereon.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or filing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, Clearwire shall provide Sprint and each Investor and its respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response and include in the Proxy Statement any language reasonably proposed by Sprint.
(c) Clearwire will include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of Clearwire’s board of directors described in Section 6.1(b), subject to any modification, amendment or withdrawal thereof, to the extent permitted by Section 10.4, and represents that the Independent Advisor has, subject to the terms of its engagement letter with Clearwire and Clearwire’s board of directors, consented to the inclusion of references to its opinion in the Proxy Statement. In addition, Clearwire will include in the Proxy Statement a reasonably detailed description of the provisions of NewCo’s certificate of incorporation relating to limitations on fiduciary duties and a description of the material risks posed to NewCo’s stockholders relating to such limitation of fiduciary duties. Clearwire and its counsel will permit Sprint and its counsel and the Investors and their respective counsel to participate in all communications with the SEC and its staff, including any meetings and telephone conferences, relating to the Proxy Statement, the Merger or this Agreement.
(d) Sprint shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives to, provide to Clearwire and NewCo all cooperation reasonably requested by Clearwire or NewCo that is necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement, including (i) using Reasonable Best Efforts to participate in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, and sessions with rating agencies, (ii) to the extent reasonably requested by Clearwire, using Reasonable Best Efforts to, as promptly as practical, furnish Clearwire and NewCo with all financial statements, pro forma financial information, financial data, audit reports and other information with respect to Sprint Sub LLC and the Transfer Entities of the type required by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and of type and form required in a registration statement on Form S-4 (or any applicable successor form) under the Securities Act (all such information, the “Required Information”), or as otherwise reasonably required in connection with the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement or in connection with any debt financing (a “Debt Financing”), (iii) using Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain accountants’ comfort letters, legal opinions, appraisals, surveys, engineering reports, title insurance and other documentation and items relating to a Debt Financing as reasonably requested by Clearwire and, if requested by Clearwire or NewCo, to reasonably cooperate with and assist Clearwire or NewCo in obtaining such documentation and items; (iv) to the extent required by applicable Law, using its Reasonable Best Efforts to provide financial statements (excluding footnotes) for Sprint Sub LLC and the Transfer Entities to the extent prepared on a monthly basis in the ordinary course by Sprint or any of its Subsidiaries, within 30 days of the end of each month prior to the Closing Date, and (v) using Reasonable Best Efforts to execute and deliver any pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents, or other certificates, or documents as may be reasonably requested by Clearwire (including a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of Sprint or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to solvency matters) and otherwise reasonably facilitating the pledging of collateral (including cooperation in connection with the pay off of existing indebtedness and the release of related Encumbrances, if any); provided that Sprint will only be required to deliver certificates and other documentation, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses, to the extent relating to Sprint Sub LLC and the Transfer Entities; provided, further, that no obligation of Sprint or any of its Subsidiaries under such executed documents will be effective until the Effective Time and will terminate and be of no effect if this Agreement is terminated. With respect to clause (v), Sprint will have the opportunity to review and comment on any of these documents or certificates, each of which will be subject to the approval of Sprint, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. It is understood and agreed that Sprint will prepare a letter to the SEC requesting that the SEC provide written concurrence that the information in clause (ii) above may be limited to “carve-out” financial statements as set forth more fully in such letter. Sprint will provide Clearwire the opportunity to review such letter prior to its submission to the SEC. Sprint will submit such letter to the SEC no later than 15 days after the Execution Date. In addition to the obligations set forth above, (1) if the SEC grants such written concurrence then Sprint shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives to, deliver the financial statements and reports described in clause (ii) above no later than 90 days after the Execution Date and (2) if the SEC requires different or additional financial statements or has not responded to Sprint’s request, Sprint shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives to, deliver the financial statements and reports described in clause (ii) above, as modified by any written SEC response, no later than 120 days after the Execution Date.