Affirmative Commitments. Except as set forth in Section 6.4, during the Agreement Effective Period, each of the Company Parties agrees to: (a) Support, act in good faith and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to implement and consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement; (b) To the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Transactions contemplated in this Agreement, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to address any such impediment; (c) Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all necessary or required governmental, regulatory and/or third-party approvals and consents for the implementation or consummation for the Transactions; (d) Negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to finalize, execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Transactions, as contemplated by this Agreement; (e) Provide counsel for the Consenting Noteholders a reasonable opportunity (which, to the extent reasonably practicable, shall be no less than two (2) Business Days) to review draft copies of all Definitive Documents that the Company Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Court; (f) Actively oppose and object to the efforts of any person seeking to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Transactions (including, if applicable, the filing of timely filed objections or written responses) to the extent such opposition or objection is reasonably necessary or desirable to facilitate implementation of the Transactions; (g) Consult and negotiate in good faith with the Consenting Noteholders and their advisors regarding the preparation and execution of the Definitive Documents and the implementation of the Transactions; (h) Comply with all Milestones; (i) Inform the Consenting Noteholder Advisors as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of (i) any matter or circumstance which they know, or have reason to believe, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Transactions, (ii) any notice of any commencement of any material involuntary insolvency proceeding, legal suit for payment of debt or securement of security from or by any person in respect of any Company Party; (iii) a breach of this Agreement (including a breach by any Company Party); (iv) any representation or statement made by them under this Agreement which is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; (v) the initiation, institution or commencement of any material proceeding by a Governmental Authority or other Person (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened) (x) involving any of the Company Parties or any of their respective current officers, employees, managers, directors, members or equity holders (in their capacities as such), or (y) challenging the validity of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or seeking to enjoin, restrain or prohibit this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (vi) the happening or existence of any event that shall have made any of the conditions precedent to any Party’s obligations set forth in (or to be set forth in) the Transaction Term Sheet, the Plan or any of the other Definitive Documents, incapable of being satisfied so as to permit consummation of the Transactions prior to the Outside Date; or (vii) the occurrence of a Termination Event; (j) Use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their good standing under the Laws of the state or other jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organized; (k) Upon reasonable request of the Consenting Noteholders (which, in each case, may be through the Consenting Noteholder Advisors), as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to inform the Consenting Noteholder as to: (i) the material business and financial (including liquidity) performance of the Company Parties; (ii) the status and progress of the Transactions, including progress in relation to the negotiations of the Definitive Documents; and (iii) the status of obtaining any necessary or desirable authorizations (including any consents) from each Consenting Noteholder, any competent judicial body, governmental authority, banking, taxation, supervisory, or regulatory body or any stock exchange; (l) Negotiate in good faith upon reasonable request of any Party any modifications to the Transactions that improve tax efficiency of the Transactions or are otherwise necessary to address any legal, financial, or structural impediment that may prevent the consummation of the Transaction, in each case to the extent such modifications can be implemented without any adverse effect on such Company Party; (m) Use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably prudent and, to the extent the Company Parties receive any Joinders or Transfer Agreements, to notify the Consenting Noteholders Advisors and Consenting Noteholders of such Joinders and Transfer Agreements; and (n) Promptly pay the Consenting Noteholder Fees and Expenses in accordance with this Agreement on a monthly basis and within five (5) Business Days of receipt of invoices thereof, which invoices may be in summary form and shall not be required to contain time detail.
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Sources: Transaction Support Agreement (Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp)
Affirmative Commitments. Except as set forth in Section 6.4Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, during for the Agreement Effective duration of the Restructuring Support Period, each the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group agrees, in respect of the Company Parties agrees all its members, including any party that executes a Joinder, to:
(a) Support, act negotiate in good faith and take all steps reasonably necessary use Commercially Reasonable Best Efforts to execute, deliver and desirable implement the Definitive Documents to implement and consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreementwhich it is required to be a party;
(b) To support and cooperate with the Company to take Commercially Reasonable Best Efforts necessary to consummate the Restructuring Transactions in accordance with the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and vote and exercise any powers or rights available to it (including in any board, shareholders’, or creditors’ meeting or in any process requiring voting or approval to which they are legally entitled to participate) in each case, if and when solicited to do so, in favor of any matter requiring approval to the extent necessary to implement the Restructuring Transactions;
(c) give any required notice, order, instruction, or direction to the applicable Agents necessary to give effect to the Restructuring Transactions if requested by the Company to do so, provided that no member of the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group shall be required hereunder to provide any Person (including but not limited to the Agents) with any indemnities or similar undertakings in connection with such notice, order, instruction, or direction or to incur any fees or expenses in connection therewith;
(d) support the Restructuring Transactions within the timeframes outlined herein and in the Definitive Documents; and
(e) to the extent any legal legal, regulatory, or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Transactions contemplated Restructuring, negotiate in this Agreement, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable good faith appropriate additional or alternative provisions to address any such impediment;
(c) Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all necessary or required governmental, regulatory and/or third-party approvals and consents for the implementation or consummation for the Transactions;
(d) Negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to finalize, execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Transactions, as contemplated by this Agreement;
(e) Provide counsel for the Consenting Noteholders a reasonable opportunity (which, to the extent reasonably practicable, shall be no less than two (2) Business Days) to review draft copies of all Definitive Documents that the Company Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Court;
(f) Actively oppose and object to the efforts of any person seeking to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Transactions (including, if applicable, the filing of timely filed objections or written responses) to the extent such opposition or objection is reasonably necessary or desirable to facilitate implementation of the Transactions;
(g) Consult and negotiate in good faith with the Consenting Noteholders and their advisors regarding the preparation and execution of the Definitive Documents and the implementation of the Transactions;
(h) Comply with all Milestones;
(i) Inform the Consenting Noteholder Advisors as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of (i) any matter or circumstance which they know, or have reason to believe, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Transactions, (ii) any notice of any commencement of any material involuntary insolvency proceeding, legal suit for payment of debt or securement of security from or by any person in respect of any Company Party; (iii) a breach of this Agreement (including a breach by any Company Party); (iv) any representation or statement made by them under this Agreement which is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; (v) the initiation, institution or commencement of any material proceeding by a Governmental Authority or other Person (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened) (x) involving any of the Company Parties or any of their respective current officers, employees, managers, directors, members or equity holders (in their capacities as such), or (y) challenging the validity of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or seeking to enjoin, restrain or prohibit this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (vi) the happening or existence of any event that shall have made any of the conditions precedent to any Party’s obligations set forth in (or to be set forth in) the Transaction Term Sheet, the Plan or any of the other Definitive Documents, incapable of being satisfied so as to permit consummation of the Transactions prior to the Outside Date; or (vii) the occurrence of a Termination Event;
(j) Use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their good standing under the Laws of the state or other jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organized;
(k) Upon reasonable request of the Consenting Noteholders (which, in each case, may be through the Consenting Noteholder Advisors), as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to inform the Consenting Noteholder as to: (i) the material business and financial (including liquidity) performance of the Company Parties; (ii) the status and progress of the Transactions, including progress in relation to the negotiations of the Definitive Documents; and (iii) the status of obtaining any necessary or desirable authorizations (including any consents) from each Consenting Noteholder, any competent judicial body, governmental authority, banking, taxation, supervisory, or regulatory body or any stock exchange;
(l) Negotiate in good faith upon reasonable request of any Party any modifications to the Transactions that improve tax efficiency of the Transactions or are otherwise necessary to address any legal, financial, or structural impediment that may prevent the consummation of the Transaction, in each case to the extent such modifications can be implemented without any adverse effect on such Company Party;
(m) Use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably prudent and, to the extent the Company Parties receive any Joinders or Transfer Agreements, to notify the Consenting Noteholders Advisors and Consenting Noteholders of such Joinders and Transfer Agreements; and
(n) Promptly pay the Consenting Noteholder Fees and Expenses in accordance with this Agreement on a monthly basis and within five (5) Business Days of receipt of invoices thereof, which invoices may be in summary form and shall not be required to contain time detail.
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Sources: Reorganization Agreement (CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.)
Affirmative Commitments. Except as set forth in Section 6.48, during the Agreement Effective Period, each of the Company Parties agrees agree to:
(a) Support, act in good faith support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to implement and consummate the Transactions Restructuring in accordance with this Agreement;
(b) To to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Transactions Restructuring contemplated in this Agreementherein, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to address any such impediment;
(c) Use use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all necessary or required governmental, regulatory and/or third-party approvals and consents for with respect to the implementation or consummation for the TransactionsRestructuring;
(d) Negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to finalize, execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Transactions, as contemplated by this Agreement;
(e) Provide counsel for the Consenting Noteholders a reasonable opportunity (which, to the extent reasonably practicable, shall be no less than two (2) Business Days) to review draft copies of all Definitive Documents that the Company Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Court;
(f) Actively actively oppose and object to the efforts of any person seeking to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Transactions Restructuring (including, if applicable, the filing of timely filed objections or written responses) to the extent such opposition or objection is reasonably necessary or desirable to facilitate implementation of the TransactionsRestructuring;
(ge) Consult and negotiate in good faith with the Consenting Noteholders and their advisors regarding the preparation and execution of the Definitive Documents and the implementation of the Transactions;
(h) Comply with all Milestones;
(i) Inform the Consenting Noteholder Advisors as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of (i) any matter or circumstance which they know, or have reason to believe, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Transactions, (ii) any notice of any commencement of any material involuntary insolvency proceeding, legal suit for payment of debt or securement of security from or by any person in respect of any Company Party; (iii) a breach of this Agreement (including a breach by any Company Party); (iv) any representation or statement made by them under this Agreement which is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; (v) the initiation, institution or commencement of any material proceeding by a Governmental Authority or other Person (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened) (x) involving any of the Company Parties or any of their respective current officers, employees, managers, directors, members or equity holders (in their capacities as such), or (y) challenging the validity of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or seeking to enjoin, restrain or prohibit this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (vi) the happening or existence of any event that shall have made any of the conditions precedent to any Party’s obligations set forth in (or to be set forth in) the Transaction Term Sheet, the Plan or any of the other Definitive Documents, incapable of being satisfied so as to permit consummation of the Transactions prior to the Outside Date; or (vii) the occurrence of a Termination Event;
(j) Use use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their good standing under the Laws of the state or other jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organizedobtain proposals and written commitments for a potential Alternative Exit Facility;
(kf) Upon upon reasonable request of the Consenting Noteholders (whichStakeholders, in each case, may be through inform the advisors to the Consenting Noteholder Advisors), as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to inform the Consenting Noteholder Stakeholders as to: :
(i) the material business and financial (including liquidity) performance of the Company Parties; ;
(ii) the status and progress of the Transactions, including progress in relation to the negotiations of the Definitive Documents; and ;
(iii) the status of obtaining any necessary or desirable authorizations (including any consents) from each Consenting Noteholder, any competent judicial body, governmental authority, banking, taxation, supervisory, or regulatory body or any stock exchange; and
(iv) the status and progress of the Company Parties’ efforts to solicit proposals and written commitments for a potential Alternative Exit Financing;
(g) inform counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of:
(i) any event or circumstance that has occurred, or that is reasonably likely to occur (and if it did so occur), that would permit any Party to terminate, or would result in the termination of, this Agreement with respect to such Party;
(ii) any matter or circumstance which they know, or suspect is likely, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Restructuring;
(iii) any notice of any commencement of any material involuntary Insolvency Proceedings, legal suit for payment of debt, or enforcement of a security interest by any person in respect of any Company Party;
(iv) a breach of this Agreement (including a breach by any Company Party);
(v) any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by them under this Agreement which is or proves to have been materially incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed to be made; and
(vi) any material operations or financial developments of the Company Parties.
(h) make commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their good standing under the Laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which they are incorporated or organized;
(i) negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Restructuring as contemplated by this Agreement;
(i) provide counsel for the Consenting Stakeholders a reasonable opportunity to review draft copies of all First Day Pleadings and “second day” pleadings, (ii) to the extent reasonably practicable, provide counsel to any Consenting Stakeholders materially affected by such filing a reasonable opportunity to review draft copies of other documents that the Company Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Court and, in each case (i) and (ii), the Company Parties shall consult in good faith with such Consenting Stakeholders regarding the form and substance of the First Day Pleadings;
(k) make commercially reasonable efforts to operate their businesses in the ordinary course, taking into account the Restructuring and the Chapter 11 Cases;
(l) Negotiate negotiate in good faith upon and use commercially reasonable request of efforts to execute and deliver the Definitive Documents and any Party any modifications other required agreements to effectuate and consummate the Transactions that improve tax efficiency of the Transactions or are otherwise necessary to address any legal, financial, or structural impediment that may prevent the consummation of the Transaction, in each case to the extent such modifications can be implemented without any adverse effect on such Company PartyRestructuring as contemplated by this Agreement;
(m) Use timely file a formal objection, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders, to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court by a third party seeking the entry of an order (i) directing the appointment of a trustee or examiner (with expanded powers beyond those set forth in sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code), (ii) converting the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) dismissing the Chapter 11 Cases;
(n) timely file a formal objection, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Consenting Noteholders, to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court by a third party seeking the entry of an order modifying or terminating the Company Parties’ exclusive right to file and/or solicit acceptances of a plan reorganization, as applicable; and
(o) use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Transactions Restructuring from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably prudent and, to the extent the Company Parties receive any Joinders or Transfer Agreements, to notify the Consenting Noteholders Advisors and Consenting Noteholders Stakeholders of such Joinders Joinder and Transfer Agreements; and
(n) Promptly pay the Consenting Noteholder Fees and Expenses in accordance with this Agreement on a monthly basis and within five (5) Business Days of receipt of invoices thereof, which invoices may be in summary form and shall not be required to contain time detail.
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Sources: Restructuring Support Agreement (Jones Energy, Inc.)
Affirmative Commitments. Except Subject to Section 7, except as set forth in Section 6.4this Section 6, during the Agreement Effective Period, each of the Company Parties agrees to:
(a) Supportsupport, act in good faith faith, and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to implement and consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement, including launching the Exchange in accordance with the applicable Milestone unless waived or modified in accordance with the terms hereof;
(b) To to the extent any legal legal, financial, or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Transactions contemplated herein, negotiate in this Agreement, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable good faith with the Consenting Stakeholders appropriate additional or alternative provisions or alternative implementation mechanics to address any such impediment;
(c) Use use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all necessary or required governmental, regulatory and/or consents and third-party approvals and consents that are necessary and/or advisable for the implementation or consummation for of any part of the Transactions, including obtaining any and all required regulatory or governmental approvals to consummate the Transactions;
(d) Negotiate negotiate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to finalizeexecute, execute deliver, and deliver implement the Definitive Documents and any other necessary agreements that are consistent with this Agreement (including the Transaction Term Sheet) to which it is required agreements to effectuate be a party, and consummate to implement the Transactions, as contemplated by this Agreement;
(e) Provide counsel use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Consenting Noteholders a reasonable opportunity (which, Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably practicable, shall be no less than two (2) Business Days) to review draft copies of all Definitive Documents that the Company Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Courtprudent;
(f) Actively oppose maintain the good standing and object to legal existence of each Company Party under the efforts of any person seeking to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, or consummation Laws of the Transactions (includingstate in which it is incorporated, if applicable, the filing of timely filed objections organized or written responses) to the extent such opposition or objection is reasonably necessary or desirable to facilitate implementation of the Transactionsformed;
(g) Consult conduct its businesses and negotiate operations in good faith the ordinary course and in compliance with the Consenting Noteholders and their advisors regarding the preparation and execution Law in a manner that is otherwise in compliance in all respects with all of the Definitive Documents and the implementation provisions of the TransactionsExisting Facilities Documents;
(h) Comply notify counsel to the Required Consenting Debenture Holders and the Term Loan Lenders if the Special Committee decides to enter into any engagement letter or other agreement with any non-legal advisor that (i) does not provide for its termination automatically upon the occurrence of the Transaction Effective Date or (ii) contains a “tail” or similar provision that could entitle such advisor to payment of any fees or expenses in connection with any transaction (including, but not limited to, any capital raise or sale of all Milestonesor any portion of the Company’s assets) occurring after the Transaction Effective Date;
(i) Inform use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Consenting Noteholder Advisors Stakeholders with any information reasonably requested regarding the Company Parties and reasonable access to management and advisors of the Company Parties for the purposes of evaluating the Company Parties’ assets, liabilities, operations, businesses, finances, strategies, prospects and affairs; and
(j) inform counsel to the Consenting Stakeholders in writing (email being sufficient) as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of (i) any matter or circumstance which they knowknow to be, or have reason would reasonably expect to believebe, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Transactions, (ii) any notice of any commencement of any material involuntary insolvency proceedingproceedings or legal suit, legal suit for payment of debt investigation, or securement of security enforcement action from or by any person in respect of any Company Party; , (iii) a any material breach of any of the terms, conditions, representations, warranties or covenants set forth in this Agreement (including a breach by any Company Party); (iv) any representation or statement made by them under this Agreement which is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; (v) the initiation, institution or commencement of any material proceeding by a Governmental Authority or other Person (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened) (x) involving any of the Company Parties or any of their respective current officers, employees, managers, directors, members or equity holders (in their capacities as such), or (y) challenging the validity of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or seeking to enjoin, restrain or prohibit this Agreement or any other Definitive Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (vi) the happening or existence of any event that shall have made any of the conditions precedent to any Party’s obligations set forth in (or to be set forth in) the Transaction Term Sheet, the Plan or any of the other Definitive Documents, incapable of being satisfied so as to permit consummation of the Transactions prior to the Outside Date; or (viiiv) the occurrence of a Termination Event;
(j) Use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain their good standing under the Laws of the state or other jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organized;
(k) Upon reasonable request of the Consenting Noteholders (which, in each case, may be through the Consenting Noteholder Advisors), as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to inform the Consenting Noteholder as to: (i) the material business and financial (including liquidity) performance of the Company Parties; (ii) the status and progress of the Transactions, including progress in relation to the negotiations of the Definitive Documents; and (iii) the status of obtaining any necessary or desirable authorizations (including any consents) from each Consenting Noteholder, any competent judicial body, governmental authority, banking, taxation, supervisory, or regulatory body or any stock exchange;
(l) Negotiate in good faith upon reasonable request of any Party any modifications to the Transactions that improve tax efficiency of the Transactions or are otherwise necessary to address any legal, financial, or structural impediment that may prevent the consummation of the Transaction, in each case to the extent such modifications can be implemented without any adverse effect on such Company Party;
(m) Use commercially reasonable efforts to seek additional support for the Transactions from their other material stakeholders to the extent reasonably prudent and, to the extent the Company Parties receive any Joinders or Transfer Agreements, to notify the Consenting Noteholders Advisors and Consenting Noteholders of such Joinders and Transfer Agreements; and
(n) Promptly pay the Consenting Noteholder Fees and Expenses in accordance with this Agreement on a monthly basis and within five (5) Business Days of receipt of invoices thereof, which invoices may be in summary form and shall not be required to contain time detail.
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