Formation and Qualification Clause Samples
The Formation and Qualification clause establishes the legal existence and authority of the parties entering into an agreement. It typically requires each party to confirm that it is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction, and that it has the power to enter into and perform the contract. This clause ensures that all parties are properly constituted legal entities with the capacity to be bound by the agreement, thereby reducing the risk of unenforceability due to lack of legal status or authority.
Formation and Qualification. (a) Each Borrower is duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the state listed on Schedule 5.2(a) and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in the states listed on Schedule 5.2(a) which constitute all states in which qualification and good standing are necessary for such Borrower to conduct its business and own its property and where the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Borrower. Each Borrower has delivered to Agent true and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws and will promptly notify Agent of any amendment or changes thereto.
(b) The only Subsidiaries of each Borrower are listed on Schedule 5.2(b).
Formation and Qualification. 44 5.3 Survival of Representations and Warranties.....................................45 5.4
Formation and Qualification. Each of the Teekay Entities has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, and is duly registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not (i) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability. “Material Adverse Effect,” as used throughout this Agreement, means a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties, assets or prospects of the Teekay Entities, taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Each of the Teekay Entities has all limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to own or lease its properties currently owned or leased or to be owned or leased at each Closing Date, and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as to be conducted at each Closing Date, in each case in all material respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
Formation and Qualification. (a) Each Borrower is duly formed or incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the state listed on Schedule 5.2(a) and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in the states listed on Schedule 5.2(a) which constitute all states in which qualification and good standing are necessary for such Borrower to conduct its business and own its property and where the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Borrower. Each Borrower has delivered to Agent true and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, certificate of formation and operating agreement, as applicable, will promptly notify Agent of any amendment or changes thereto.
(b) The only Subsidiaries of each Borrower are listed on Schedule 5.2(b).
Formation and Qualification. 44 5.3. Survival of Representations and Warranties.........................44 5.4. Tax Returns........................................................44 5.5. Financial Statements...............................................45 5.6. Corporate Name.....................................................46 5.7. O.S.H.A. and Environmental Compliance..............................46 5.8. Solvency; No Litigation, Violation, Indebtedness or Default.....
Formation and Qualification. The Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “DRULPA”) and Magellan GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), has been duly formed and is validly existing under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”). Attached hereto as Schedule III is a listing of each of the Partnership’s “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Significant Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”). Each of the Partnership’s Significant Subsidiaries has been duly formed, is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed (such jurisdictions listed on Schedule III). Each of the Partnership, the General Partner and the Significant Subsidiaries (each a “Partnership Entity” and collectively, the “Partnership Entities”) has full corporate, limited liability or partnership power, as the case may be, and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business in which it is engaged, and is duly registered or qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure to be so registered or qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to (i) have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, cash flow, results of operations, or business prospects of the Partnership and its direct or indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
Formation and Qualification. Each of Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), the Partnership, EPOGP, EPO and their respective “significant subsidiaries” as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (each, a “Partnership Entity” and collectively, the “Partnership Entities,” and the “significant subsidiaries” as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of the Partnership, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed or incorporated, as the case may be, and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as the case may be, with all corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct the businesses in which it is engaged and, in the case of the General Partner and EPOGP, to act as general partner of the Partnership and managing member of EPO, respectively, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each Partnership Entity is duly registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to so qualify or register would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability.
Formation and Qualification. Each of the EQT Entities has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization with all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Partnership Entities has all requisite power and authority to own or lease and to operate its properties currently owned or leased or to be owned or leased on the Closing Date and each settlement date, including the Assets, and conduct its business as currently conducted or to be conducted on the Closing Date and each settlement date, in each case, as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires, or at the Closing Date and each settlement date will require, such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be likely to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
Formation and Qualification of the Partnership Entities that are Limited Partnerships. Each of the Partnership, the General Partner and the Operating Partnership is validly existing in good standing as a limited partnership under the Delaware LP Act, is duly registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to this opinion, and each has all requisite partnership power necessary to own or hold its properties and assets and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, in each case as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
Formation and Qualification. (a) Each Credit Party is duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the state indicated on Schedule 5.2(a) and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in the states indicated on Schedule 5.2(a) which constitute all states in which qualification and good standing are necessary for such Credit Party to conduct its business and own its property and where the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party has delivered to Agent true and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws and will promptly notify Agent of any amendment or changes thereto.
(b) As of the Closing Date, the only Subsidiaries of Borrower are listed on Schedule 5.2(b). As of the Closing Date, the Persons identified on Schedule 5.2(b) are the record and beneficial owners of all of the shares of Capital Stock of each of the Subsidiaries of Borrower listed on Schedule 5.2(b) as being owned by thereby, there are no proxies, irrevocable or otherwise, with respect to such shares other than as set forth on Schedule 5.2(b), and, except as set forth on Schedule 5.2(b) no equity securities of any of such Persons are or may become required to be issued by reason of any options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of any Capital Stock of any such Person, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any such Person is or may become bound to issue additional shares of its Capital Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares. All of the shares owned by Borrower are owned free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances.