Common use of Affirmative Commitments Clause in Contracts

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.)