Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Contracts and Commitments (a) Except (1) for Company Franchise Agreements and (2) as set forth on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules, none of the Acquired Companies is a party to or bound by any executory: (i) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or other form of deferred compensation plan or Contract; (ii) Contract or indenture relating to Indebtedness or to mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any portion of the assets of the Acquired Companies; (iii) guaranty of any obligation for Indebtedness or other guaranty involving more than $100,000; (iv) lease or Contract under which it is lessee of, or holds or operates any personal property owned by any other party, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (v) lease or Contract under which it is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any of its personal property, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (vi) other than in respect of blanket purchase orders that do not obligate the Company to purchase a minimum amount, Contract or group of related Contracts with the same party for the purchase by any Acquired Company of products or services which provided for annual payments in excess of $100,000 during the trailing twelve-month period ending on the date of the Latest Balance Sheet; (vii) Contract relating to any future disposition or acquisition of material stock, assets or properties by any Acquired Company, or any merger or business combination with respect to or involving any Acquired Company (other than this Agreement); (viii) Contract requiring any Acquired Company to purchase its total requirements of any product or services from a third party or that contain “take or pay” provisions; (ix) broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting or advertising Contract involving more than $100,000 annually; (x) material license or Contract relating to (i) the use by any Acquired Company of any third-party Intellectual Property or (ii) the use of any Company Intellectual Property other than non-exclusive licenses granted to distributors in the ordinary course of business; (xi) Contract which limits or prohibits or purports to limit or prohibit any Acquired Company from competing or freely engaging in any line of business or with any Person or anywhere in the world or during any period of time or containing any exclusivity, most favored nations, non-solicitation or similar provisions; (xii) other than with respect to any of the Company’s Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.04 of the Disclosure Schedules, Contract that provides for any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement by any Acquired Company; (xiii) Contract between or among any Acquired Company on the one hand and any Affiliate of any Acquired Company (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) on the other hand; (xiv) employment agreement or contract with an independent contractor or consultant (or similar arrangement) to which an Acquired Company is a party and which is not cancellable without material penalty or without more than thirty (30) days’ notice; (xv) collective bargaining agreement or Contract with any union, works council or labor organization; or (xvi) any other Contract, the absence of which would cause a Material Adverse Effect. (b) The Company either has supplied Purchaser with, or has given Purchaser access to, a true and correct copy of all Contracts listed on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules (the “Material Contracts”), together with all material amendments, modifications and supplements thereto. (c) With respect to each Material Contract: (i) such contract is a valid and binding agreement of an Acquired Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies; (ii) none of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, is in material breach or default, nor has any Acquired Company taken any action which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, as applicable, under such contract; and (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in material breach or default under such contract.
Contracts and Commitments; No Default (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, the Target: (i) has no written or oral contract, commitment, agreement or arrangement with any person which (A) requires payments individually in excess of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) annually or in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) over its term (including without limitation periods covered by any option to extend or renew by either party) and (B) is not terminable on thirty (30) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability; (ii) does not pay any person or entity cash remuneration at the annual rate (including without limitation guaranteed bonuses) of more than Fifty Thousand ($50,000) for services rendered; (iii) is not restricted by agreement from carrying on its businesses or any part thereof anywhere in the world or from competing in any line of business with any person or entity; (iv) is not subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any person or entity; (v) is not party to any agreement, contract, commitment or loan to which any of its directors, officers or shareholders or any Affiliate (or former Affiliate) thereof is a party; (vi) is not subject to any outstanding sales or purchase contracts, commitments or proposals which is anticipated to result in any loss upon completion or performance thereof; (vii) is not party to any purchase or sale contract or agreement that calls for aggregate purchases or sales in excess over the course of such contract or agreement of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or which continues for a period of more than twelve months (including without limitation periods covered by any option to renew or extend by either party) which is not terminable on sixty (60) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability at or any time after the Closing; and (viii) has no distributorship, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise or similar sales contract relating to the payment of a commission. (b) True and complete copies (or summaries, in the case of oral items) of all items disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.22 have been made available to the Company for review. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, all such items are valid and enforceable by and against the Target in accordance with their respective terms, the Target is not in breach, violation or default, however defined, in the performance of any of its obligations thereunder, and no facts and circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof; and to the best knowledge of the Target, no other parties thereto are in breach, violation or default, however defined, thereunder or thereof, and no facts or circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof.
Rights of Lender The Guarantor consents and agrees that the Lender may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Guaranteed Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the Lender in its sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of the Guarantor.
Mandatory Costs If any Lender or the L/C Issuer incurs any Mandatory Costs attributable to the Obligations, then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such Mandatory Costs. Such amount shall be expressed as a percentage rate per annum and shall be payable on the full amount of the applicable Obligations.
Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit Without limiting the obligations of the Borrower under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital guideline or other requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed, modified or deemed applicable any Tax (other than Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Connection Income Taxes), reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference to Letters of Credit and the result shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Bank of issuing (or any Lender of purchasing participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in) any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by the Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, the Borrower shall pay immediately to the Issuing Bank or, in the case of such Lender, to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Bank or such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amount.
Mitigation of Obligations Replacement of Lenders (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, then such Lender shall, upon the request of such Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.01, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. (b) If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or under any circumstances otherwise set forth herein providing that the Borrowers shall have the right to replace a Lender as a party to this Agreement, the Borrowers may, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to assign its Commitment (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrowers in such instance) pursuant to Section 10.07(b) to one or more other Lenders or Eligible Assignees procured by the Borrowers; provided, however, that if the Borrowers elect to exercise such right with respect to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.06(b), it shall be obligated to replace all Lenders that have made requests for compensation on a similar basis and in a similar amount pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.
Expenses of Lender As provided in the Loan Agreement, Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, including, without limitation, the costs and fees of Lender's legal counsel, and all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, or any other Loan Documents, including, without, limitation, the costs and fees of Lender's legal counsel.
Lenders’ Evidence of Debt Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or Company’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
Material Contracts and Obligations All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.
